the one electorate vote from nebraska did not matter. the one blue spot in nebraska was not a deciding thing. but in 2012, those economic headwinds president obama was talking about to that democratic audience last week, i mean, nobody knows for sure, but looks like because of those economic headwinds, it may very well be a much closer election in 2012. it may be a very hard fought election. and so that one democratic electoral vote from omaha, nebraska, obama was the first democrat to win an electoral vote in nebraska since 1964. that one vote may not have mattered. on election night in 2008. it may have been a curiosity that got chuck todd very adoraby excited. in 2012, 2012, that one electoral vote in omaha, nebraska, might just matter. it might be that close. and nebraska republicans know that. and so nebraska republicans are now mobilizing to make sure that blue omaha thing, that one electoral democratic vote from omaha, nebraska, never happens again. and by mobilizing to make sure it never happens again, i don't mean they are redoub

they had secured the house in nebraska. the irony of his 1894 senate campaign was that the republicans win for the legislature and the democratic candidate actually wins the governorship. there was two debates, one in lincoln and 1 in omaha. 7000 people turned out for the debate in october of 1894. ryan started out talking about the income tax. this is the first income-tax in 1894. on the rich, and they started his debate with john thurston on that issue. the issue is down on the list in 1894. >> in 1895, the supreme court ruled that the income tax was unconstitutional. congress passed a law, this is not constitutional. this helped to enflame the things on brian's side. -- on bryan's side. the republican majority alexa john thurston to be the senator from nebraska. bryan runs for president and gets the nomination and demand that he ran against was the republican committee chair for mckinley. >> does this home reflect william jennings bryan? >> it was considered quite nice for the time. it was a prize for his career. he worke

the governor of nebraska -- i am for getting his first name. the younger brother of william jennings bryan was the vice- presidential candidate coming out of the tumultuous commission in 1924. olderm jennings bryan's brother pushed him. at that time he was a divisive figure in the party, but the name and was -- democrats hoped would allow him to win a lot of rural votes. charles bryan --his nomination for vice president was an attempt to keep some progressive farm vote on his side, and for the most part they did not succeed. >> our next call joins us from pennsylvania. go ahead, terry. caller: very interesting talk. you stated william jennings bryan was a fundamentalist and a progressive, and i believed states like kansas and nebraska that have large fundamentalists populations but also very -- today they arema conservative. what happened to cause this change? >> that is a good question. it had a lot to do west the active -- to do with the economic conditions of his day. now the prosperity changed in the 20th-century in ways he could not have pr

they had secured the house in nebraska. the irony of his 1894 senate campaign was that the republicans win the legislature and the democratic candidate actually wins the governorship. there was two debates, one in lincoln and one in omaha. 7000 people turned out for the debate in october of 1894. the debate in omaha. so this was a great political event for the public. bryan started out talking about the income tax. this was an important issue. this is the first income-tax in 1894. bryan had been part of that. it was a 2% flat tax on anyone making more than $4,000 -- so on the rich, and they started his debate with john thurston on that issue. and then you went to the union pacific railroad and its monopoly power. the issue is down on the list in 1894. -- the silver issue was down on the list in 1894. it was not as significant as it would become in 1996. >> in 1895, the supreme court ruled that the income tax was unconstitutional. a radical thing for the highest court to do, to say congress passed a law, the president signed

national guard homeland defense ribbon, the nebraska national guard emergency service medal, the nebraska national guard service medal, and the california national guard commendation medal. these medals, as well as sergeant hamburger's willingness to serve others in need, speak clearly to his commitment to upholding the values and ideals that all nebraskans hold dear. we nebraskans are proud of his character and the ways in which he represented our state of nebraska. i am confident that in the coming months nebraskans will surround and uplift this family and friends as they mourn the loss of a truly remarkable son, a brother, and a friend. today, as we all bow our heads with the family, i ask that god protect our service members both here and overseas. we are truly grateful for the service and sacrifice made by those in uniform and their families. madam president, i yield the floor. i would notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

federal investigators are combing the nebraska crash site where nine people were killed friday when a stunt plane crashed into a crowd of spectators. stunning new video taken by a spectator shows the tragedy as it happened. officials say they've already recovered key flight data and what could be an inflight video from the wreckage. nbc's jay gray has our report. >> reporter: as investigators continue sifting through the wreckage in reno, they've located clues that could ultimately help to explain the tragedy. >> there was a camera identified, video camera. fragments were found, memory cards have been identified. all of those will be going to the laboratory in d.c. to determine if they have any video images from the actual aircraft. >> ntsb officials hope to pull important evidence from an on board data recorder. >> the aircraft recording system recorded the data in two ways, on memory card but it's transmitted by telemetry to the crew. >> reporter: part of the tail section looks like it's missing which could have caused pilot jimmy leeward to lose control. >> shock. absolute shock. n

. >>> finally at the nebraska state fair, we have liftoff. a group of dogs got plenty of air time showing off their leaping skills at the dock dog competition. with a little coaxing, owners did their best to get their dogs to take flight. the dogs with the longest jumps will compete for the championship monday. >>> for a look at your national and regional weather, here's todd santos. he has your weather channel forecast. good morning. >> i don't think my dog would even jump off the dock. >> it's borderline cruel. i'm not going to go there. it's all in good fun. fried oriole, dogs jumping off docks. >> they would be smart if they didn't jump in the water. you'ree headed in that direction, beautiful beaches just as far as this weekend's concerned. we'll be dealing with tropical depression 13, could be tropical storm lee by later today. look at the forecast path. now it's actually stationary. should move towards the coastline. a flood potential for sure. one of the biggest issues that you can see wave heights upwards of seven to ten feet there. t

the final. washington at number 11 nebraska. third quarter the huskers up three. rex punches it in from a yard out. nebraska up ten. then on the ensuing kickoff washington's return man. bishop sanke fumbling the ball and nebraska, check this out, would recover on the 1 yard line. tough play there. what do they do on their next play? it's berghead doing what he does best punching it home one more time. nebraska wins, 51-38 your final. the conference opener nevada at san jose state tied seven seeing the second quarter, fourth and goal nevada's mike ball getting it to go from one yard out. 14-7 nevada. now in the fourth quarter, 17-7. fourth and goal for the spartans. brandon rutly found a gap and scores on the one-yard run the spartans trailing by three. same score now. san jose state driving in at field goal range late in the fourth. matt falkner has a man open but he is intercepted by duke williams. nevada hangs on to win a 17-14 final. we've just found out the giants game will actually start at 5:30 so in just a couple minutes, and news from the oakland as that th

. >>> finally, at the nebraska state fair, we have liftoff. a group of dogs got plenty of air time showing off their leaping skills at the dock dog competition. with a little coaxing owners did their best to get their dogs to take flight. the dogs with the longest jumps will compete for the championship on monday. >>> now for a look at national weather, we turn to meteorologist todd sanchez. he has your weather forecast. very busy weekend ahead. >> yes. very busy holiday weekend. a lot of people heading to the beach. especially in the gulf coast. we have a tropical depression in the gulf that could become a tropical storm in the veneer term. it's a very slow-moving system. that has a number of concerns, especially across louisiana,especially southern louisiana, southern mississippi, flood concerns. we are talking the potential especially in the weekend. some of the rainfall totals could be upwards of a foot to even beyond that. flooding certainly a potential. also, with a system like this in the gulf, you're dealing with a situation for gusty w

barack obama actually won one of the districts in nebraska so this is so the republicans and democrats are saying we don't want back to happen again so they want to move in the other direction and make nebraska a winner take all state right now the way that i see it is we should have a uniform rule throughout the country i want to get rid of i want national popular vote i want the person who would gets the most votes to be the next president of the united states but if we're going to have this system this electoral college system i'm fine with nebraska having the same system as everyone else pennsylvania has to have it here thanks so much for joining us thank you for having as i mentioned a final ruling on texas's redistricting plan and schedule tomorrow we'll keep a close eye on that it's unclear if rick perry will threaten says session if you lose. it was just a matter of time until the tea party began consuming its own here was david lewis a self-proclaimed tea partier was challenging speaker of the house john boehner for ohio's eighth congressional district on fox news yesterday. n

the three-time nominee from nebraska. what better way to introduce you to the man by hearing directly from him. this is a speech he delivered at the democratic convention in 1896. this is commonly referred to as the "cross of gold" speech. it was from his first run at the white house. >> we do not come as aggressors. our goal is not a goal of conquest. we are fighting in defense of our families and prosperity. we have traditions and our traditions have been scorned. our in treaties have been disregarded. we have begged and they have bought an hour, -- we have balked. when are calamity came. we beg no more. we intreat no more. we petition no more. we brought forth confidence that we shall win. >> the words of william jennings bryan. we are coming to you from his home and office in the state capital of nebraska. it is commonly called fairview, because it gave you a fair view of the land. william jennings bryan and his wife moved here in 1902. we are coming to you from the first floor. his study is just below us. he did much

in my case, the state of nebraska, and issues that are important to our nation. many times, those comments deal with what seems to be the constant regulatory assault on our nation's job creators. in meetings across nebraska -- and i did 15 town hall meetings in august -- the second and third questions i often get, if not the very first, concern the regulatory burden that our federal agencies are placing on our job creators. this administration has generated nothing short of a mountain of red tape, hundreds of new regulations. of these, at least 219 have been categorized as significant. what that means is that they will cost more than $100 million per year. $100 million taken out of our economy to finance regulation. the administration doesn't even dispute the mountain of red tape, nor does it dispute the size of the mountain that is created. in a letter from the president to speaker boehner, the white house identified seven regulations. on its agenda, each costing not not $100 million but at least least $1 billion per year. these costs take important capital out o

sending back to the nebraska. got back to the white house that day, important for the country that he be back in his own home. tell us about the vice president of the traffic direction by the president. >> they put two classified into effect. continuity of presidency and government are now in effect. the president and vice president and speaker of the house can no longer be in the same geographic location. as are the principles of the three branches of government. putting the president out of d.c. for the foreseeable future. >> all around, a great show for our country. thank you, gentlemen, very much. thank you, colonel darling and good reporting by both of you. >>> up next, good history. >>> up next, caught on tape. house speaker john boehner. this is light-hearted. talking. we'll tell you what they were talking about. 2 wasn't exactly the hot issue of the 9.1 unemployment rate. that's next in the "sideshow." >>> you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. the tragedy of september 11 united our country. this year,

sending back to the nebraska. k to the white house that day, important for the country that he be back in his own home. tell us about the vice president of the traffic direction by the president. >> they put two classified into effect. continuity of presidency and government are now in effect. the president and vice president and speaker of the house can no longer be in the same geographic location. as are the principles of the three branches of government. putting the president out of d.c. for the foreseeable future. >> all around, a great show for our country. thank you, gentlemen, very much. thank you, colonel darling and good reporting by both of you. >>> up next, good history. >>> up next, caught on tape. house speaker john boehner. this is light-hearted. talking. we'll tell you what they were talking about. 2 wasn't exactly the hot issue of the 9.1 unemployment rate. that's next in the "sideshow." >>> you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. [ kimberly ] when i was 19, i found myself alone with two children

through the air force base in nebraska and we were looking out the window and there was an f-16 and we were like, what's that doing throughout? they go, they're escorting us. it put chills through you that that's how serious it was. and they followed us all the way back to andrews air force base. and we looked out the wing and you could see the pilot of the fighter's face. >> you snapped photos from air force one? >> you cannot. they have internet access onboard. but not for the press. >> so when did you get those photos back to the "new york times"? and was there a west side at the time? >> i worked for the "associated press" during this time. >> oh, you did? >> at our first stop -- here in nebraska this was the first time that i was able to send some of the stuff. when he went to his under ground bunker, they took us to another room and we were able to send the pictures back then. >> what picture is one that everybody remembers the most? >> there were probably two pictures. from that day, the picture of andy card whispering into his ear is now in the hist

we all know the benefits of trade in the united states. in nebraska, my home state, more than 19,000 jobs and more than 5.5 billion dollars in revenue were directly tied to exports last year. we often hear in trade discussions about the need to level the playing field. well, these agreements do exactly that. they eliminate tariffs and a whole host of other barriers on most agricultural products, including products that are important to, again to my state: beef, pork, soybeans and corn. no doubt about it, they increase the opportunities, the economic opportunities for nebraska farmers and ranchers, for businesses and for workers. well, for three years we've heard the president say the right thing. in fact, every time he would say something about this, i thought, finally the trade agreements are going to bust loose and we're going to have an opportunity to vote on them. he said it at last year's state of the union -- quote -- "if america sits on the sidelines while other nations sign trade deals, we will lose a chance to create jobs on our shores." unqu

. >> the heisman favorite looking very comfortable. stanford rolls in this one, 57-3. >>> nebraska with just 12 teams taking on a team from the southern conference. this was the taylor martinez show. early on a seven-yard run and this is vintage martinez making people miss. >> you know, decision-making running the option and of course he's got the natural athletic ability, but it's all about the decision making of pulling the ball, reading the defensive end, reading the pitch guy. he makes the right decision and has the athleticism to finish it off. >> a 43-td run, 47-td run. nebraska has won 26 straight openers, 40-7. >>> usc and minnesota, matt barkley and the trojans opening their season against the gophers at home. a big day for barkley and sophomore receiver robert woods. 5:00 intobarkley airing one out 43 yards and hooking up to woods. >> step into the throw and woods does a nice job of bodying up to the defender and shielding the ball. >> this one got interesting. minnesota trailing by two. the pass, not so much. >> shortel did lead a nice drive to get them in a position to

his solution to the issue of slavery in the territories leads to the kansas-nebraska act, the evisceration of the missouri compromise and what is the upper midwest. and further conflict in the west. he fanatically aggressively enforces the fugitive slave law which is obviously the most oppressive law in american history. he runs for president on a ticket that openly attacks foreigners, immigrants and catholics. in retirement, fillmore opposes emancipation, campaigns in 1864 against lincoln fillmore peace candidate who have left millions of african-americans in bondage. in the end, sadly, buffalo's first president, fortunately, not its last -- buffalo's first president was on the wrong side of the great moral and political issues of the age. immigration, religious toleration, equality and most of all, slavery. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> if anyone has any questions for mr. finkelman, please make your way to this microphone we'll be using it for the microphone. it won't amplify your voice but for the programming. and thank you for joining us, mr. finkelman. thank you. [applause] >> my name is

the season. >>> some other notable games, nebraska beat washington in the third meeting between the schools forer yoo. texas hands ucla. >>> last night the tigers played their first division title in 24 years and they, no, how important their team played in the city of detroit. >> during a time like this, a sports team can lift up your spirits, because they deserve it. >> the regulars back in the lineup after the celebration last night, but scott sizemore burns his former team to bring home brandon allen, giving the as a 1-0 lead. geo allows one run, and wins for the 5th time. starts 14-12 on the season. the as hang out beat the tigers 5-3. >>> the yankees and blues, riviera pitches for a career save of 601. ties trevor hawkman with the most on the all-time list. they have a lead over the red sox. >>> sergio garcia on the move in the kwhoip. he pitches in for an eagle on 15. sergio on 57, moves up for a tie on 7th place. justin rose to under 69, separating himself from the field. will take a four-stroke lead headed into the final round. >>> the raiders have acted up quite a few frequent flyer m

winds of 80 miles an hour with the topsoil and red clay from nebraska dumped on the dying town of tampad when the dust cloud hit it looked like the ocean shoving down on a snail. like the red sea closing in on the israel children. baptist and a pentecostal and religious fundamentalists believed this was the end of the world. this was god's judgment being visited on a wicked people. as woody recalled we thought we were done for. thousands of us packed up and lit out. that year, he wrote the first of many songs about the death of his community and hundreds of others across the southern plains. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ o cf1 o ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you. woody left his wife and children either for the first nor the last time and hit the road early in the summer of 1937. it was 24 years old. somewhere out there on those choked highways leading westward along jalopies and wagons piled high there was another native named agnes cunningham. years later she would sing a radical folk group with woody and guthrie. like woody and countless other children in the dust bowl she would become radically poli

the republican governor of nebraska is now asking president obama to deny a federal permit for an oil pipeline through his state. the proposed pipeline would link the tar sands fields of northern alberta, canada, to the oil refineries on the texas gulf coast. that's a lot of u.s. land they're going to have to cover. supporters say doing that will create tens of thousands of jobs, it will pump billions of dollars into the economy all without asking for anything from the taxpayers and meet up to 40% of american oil needs in the years to come, reducing our dependence on foreign oil. sounds good, right? well, the trouble is the pipeline would run directly across a crucial water source, and the worry is, among others, that if it breaks, it could endanger the u.s. food and water supply. hundreds of people gathere in kansas just on monday to express their thoughts and concerns. this has been going on, though, for weeks and months. take a listen to what happened in kansas on monday. >> it's a very, very good supply of oil, and we're getting it from a friendly neighbor as opposed to having to

the solution to the issue of slavery in the territories leads to the kansas/nebraska act and the evisceration of the missouri compromise and the upper midwest and further conflict in the west. he enforces the fugitive slave law which is the most depressing lot of american slavery and runs for president on a ticket that openly attack foreigners, immigrants and catholics. in retirement he opposes emancipation, campaigns in 1864 against lincoln for a peace candidate who would have left millions of african-americans in bondage. .. >> i had the pleasure of having you five years ago with paul benson and you were in front of two history teachers. and i thought of you a couple of weeks ago when "time" magazine came out with the cover that pretty much supported your theory by the civil war and how this whole generation room was taught that the civil war -- the primary cause of states rights and you go what state right was that and i just loved that piece and you were so compelling and i was wondering if you could replay it through a short order here. and i know it's not on the topic but on the anniver

the tropical clouds up in the sierra, nebraska will mayplay -- 51 in santa rosa this morning. 56 livermore. same for concord and fairfield. redwood says don't forget me. they are 59 as well. a west win to 14 at travis. and a west, southwest santa rosa. that is not a warm direction for them. the tropical clown cover will -- cloud cover will continue to drift up. as it goes to the west it will tap into some of that moisture. i think low to mid 90s. all eyes focus on that low as it settled back. to give us a partly sunny and partly cloudy weekend. the fire watch has been canceled by the way. 60s to 100s. it will be a cooker. 80s for many. low 90s for some. 68 alameda to 80 castro valley. 80 san jose. 90 morgan hill. cupertino at 83. 70s on the peninsula. 76 palo alto. 64 in san francisco after yesterday's 61. five-day forecast with your weekend in view does show high clouds and partly sunny saturday. mostly cloudy and much cooler on sunday. >>> there could be another shakeup at the highest levels of the silicon valley high- rise. >>> why some reporters are getting close to where osama bin lad

northern plains with temperatures dropping to the lower 50s already across minnesota into the dakotas and central nebraska. 61 right now in washington. how about that 43 in albany? again, skies mostly clear this morning. philadelphia, 54. buffalo at 51. what happens today? the northeast, still lots of sunshine. still dry. 63 with some clouds in boston. 72 in new york. 72 in philadelphia. coming from the west will be rain chances on the increase in the days ahead. it starts today in buffalo and pittsburgh. we had a cool sunny weekend in new york. today, enjoy the sunshine. 72. then rain chances come back tuesday and thursday and friday. i don't think it will rain all day each and every day, but at least a chance is back. those sunny days, well, we'll give them a break for a few days at least. across the northern plains and into the deep south, showers and thunderstorms on the move. this is the weather that will be coming into the mid-atlantic and northeast on tuesday. for this morning, violent weather coming into locations across east-central texas. storms through dallas overnight. some strong, gusty winds

the course of public hearings, the final public hearings that are taking place all over the midwest here in nebraskan most contentious, another one set for here today, bill. bill: so can the administration say no to this pipeline when labor unions want it and you're going to get jobs out of it? >> reporter: it's a difficult call. labor unions have really been urging teamsters, pipefitters, others, have really been pushing the administration to okay this pipeline, technically it's the call of secretary of state clinton but of course she has a boss there in the white house and it's the belief of labor union folks the president has to approve this bill. >> we have a company that wants to invest private money into creating jobs in the united states of america. we can't get elected officials to create jobs but we can get elected officials to stop jobs, and that needs to come to an end. >> reporter: so essentially, two constituencies for the president, he's liked by both environmentalists and labor unions, are pressing him in opposite directions on this pipeline and ultimately he's going to have to let so

the public. >> guest: was in nebraska. >> guest: first in louisiana and then went to nebraska to talk with nationalow soon were you back at the white house? >> guest: we took off 9:45 at sarasota. >> neil: yes, he had to clear out in the white house. he was not happy about that? >> guest:. i doubt it >> neil: you have to keep the commander-in-chief safe and he anyway say this is what i want to do. you are in a bit of a box. >> guest: you work with secret service and they are critical and they make decisions on the safest route. we discussed with mr. card. and discussing whether to take him anded hading back to washington was not the righ answer but we understood the president's desire and we had to adapt. i was thankful we headed west and let things sort out in washington and then take him back home. >> guest: you found >> guest: >> neil: you learned about flight 93 was heading east. >> guest: prior to that we were going to camp david. that went away when we realized the plane was making its run. we had to keep the president out of that area just in case. >> neil: just realizing what you were going

the university of nebraska left as well. the syracuse case -- they were getting private money for some of the research. but that does not count. you have to be getting federal money. the prestige it is wrapped up in -- this must be public government funds. so at a time when we are trying to figure out how to cut back and reduce the cost of higher education, they are thinking how can we get more out of federal dollars. >> can they make money outside the classroom, outside the university, when they are tenured professors teaching two classes a semester? >> sure. >> how much of their time? who holds them accountable for research? >> you mean could they be making money doing research for a private company? >> again, i have been in school 15 years. i have full professorship. i am teaching a class is. but i find myself capable of making lots of money over here and do not want to do research for the school. can you blow the school off? >> it would be hard. usually what happens with real research grants is that the application has to

the communities. >>> amtrak plans to reopen lines to nebraska. now the tracks have been repaired.t bound service resumes thursday with a train departure from emeryville. >>> sacramento's mayor says he would welcome the oakland a's if the team is open to coming to the capital. his city's first priority is the basketball team. but he says sacramento is a baseball town and could support another proteam. >> i don't want any business to leave california. i think it's hard to do business in california, it's expensive. there's regulatory challenges. hard to build new stadiums or arenas or entertainment, sports complexes in california. so i think the mayors up and down the state have made a commit if there's anything we can do to prevent a team or business from leaving california we want to do our part. >> reporter: plans to build a new stadium for the a's in san jose are still in limbo right now. >>> perseverance pays off, an incredible effort by by standard to rescue a man trapped under a car. watch what they do here, it's all caught on camera. >> the airline extra you're paying for tha

the deaths occurred in kansas, nebraska, texas and wyoming. health officials are warning consumers not to eat raw oysters from a certain place. the symptoms are nausea, voling and diarrhea and they were harvested in hood canal, washington. they were shipped to california and 22 other states. >>> the trial of dr. conrad murray began in los angeles today. the first witness to take the stand was a renowned corographer that told jurors he had concerns about the doctor's conduct in the days leading up to jackson's death. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray is charged with manslaughter for administering a lethal dose of property thole. >> it was his unskilled hands and his desire to obtain this contract of $150,000 a month that led dr. murray not only to abandon his patient but to abandon all principles of medical care. >> reporter: prosecutors played a dramatic recording of jackson captured on murray's iphone and say it shows the king of pop under the influence of unknown agents. prosecutors say it's evidence murray knew about jackson's health issues wee

the white house. this is a big story coming to us from nebraska, and that's where we find steve brown. eve. >> reporter: hey there, jenna. yeah, the obama administration's under a lot of pressure out here because of this particular issue. here's why. the canadian company transcanada wants to build an oil pipeline all the way from southern alberta all the way down through the u.s. down to the texas gulf coast where all those oil refineries are. the problem is that environmentalists and some nebraska farmers and ranchers say that the proposed route for the pipeline passes over the ogallala aquifer, the water source for eight states. should the pipeline ever leak, the environmentalists say that could impact the drinking water for millions. >> we don't think that president obama's really going to let a foreign oil company bully a bunch of landowners in nebraska. i just don't think that's in if his makeup. >> reporter: but pushing for the pipeline are several unions. the teamsters, pipe fitters and others who would benefit from the thousands of jobs in the building that pipeline. >> we have

you remember what the big ten was originally when it had ten teams, then 11, now 12 with the university of nebraska. now you also have the pac-10 now being called the pac 12, the big ten, we've heard texas a&m is going to -- sorry the big 12 -- >> see? >> leave the conference and they will become the big nine? let's talk about that texas a&m thing for a while because it plays into rick perry. >> it does? >> it does. >> political connection. >> political connection. a proud aggie. you have texas a&m, who's going to leave the big 12 -- >> but only if the s.e.c. invites them. >> but you know why? all this has to do with the facr own television network on espn and they want to be separated from that and no longer want to lay in the same realm. >> we have ten seconds. we decided because no one cares what we think about college football, we'll make picks anyway. >> we do. >> oregon/lsu, which team has more players eligible? >> i'm going with lsu. james carville. >> i went oregon. it's being held in dallas, texas. >> the jerry bowl. >> boise state and georgia. >> boise state always comes to play. >> mark

the kqed table. it is my honor to introduce our first artery, nathan costello. [applause] nathan is omaha, lakota, northern cheyenne, and was born in winnebago, nebraska. participates in the sun dance in south dakota and assists with ceremonies in california. nathan is respectful to elders and those who struggle with the digit -- addiction and other health issues. the path he found through recovery is called the good, read have, at half that requires one to give back and take care of the community. he has chosen to walk the good red road with support from friendship house and native american health center staff. after graduating from friendship house in 1996, nathan joint sober spirits, a support group of friendship house alumni. they provide security at powwows and other community events, and they are role models for a clean and sober life style, reaching out to community members who are struggling with addiction. nathan has volunteered for the san francisco and oakland tribal tanf program and has been a motivational speaker at schools throughout the area. he is a strong advocate for embracing native cultural arts, activities, and athletics. in 1998,

of the 13 deaths, four were in new mexico, two were in colorado, two in texas, and there was one each in kansas, missouri, nebraska, and oklahoma. all the illnesses started on or after july 31. the outbreak caused by a tainted cantaloupes melons. more on that to come. stock markets around the world have risen sharply as hopes increased about a new plan to deal with the euro zone debt crisis. speculation that the european bailout fund will be greatly funded with the help of the european central bank. german and greek leaders insisted they have a grip on the debt crisis. the greek prime minister told a german business leaders that the greeks would -- greece would live up to its promise to cut debt. >> the two leaders at the heart of the euro zone crisis, angela merkel and the greek prime minister. they were in berlin today. the hubs and smiles were all in place, but many germans along believe that greece is worth supporting. >> they know all about the strains between greece and germany. he is a great and she is german. he has seen the mood in germany turned against helping increase further. >> of the german people a

so when i took him to the next stop was off an air force base in nebraska, the goal to get him underd so everybody could figure out what needed to be done, and he no sooner got underground, talking with the military leadership, and he decided to come back. he came back on the plane and we rushed him back to washington, d.c., at that point. >> you flew right back to andreandre andrews air force base. >> absolutely. came back across the country as fast as we could go. we had fighter support throughout the day. they joined up on us and escorted us into the washington area. >> f-16s, f-15s? >> f-16s from his guard unit. when the president's guard unit in houston, went over the gulf of mexico, the fighters joined up on us. houston center told us the airspace was ours. we were flying with f-16s on our wing, they were protecting us. >> was that the most nerve wrack day in your history as a pilot? >> absolutely. we have been trained for different emergencies for the president and no one ever train ford the fact that the country, sounds kind of bad but the country was in chaos at that point.

and i actually picked omaha without high expectations, and i came away blown away by the fun you can have in nebraska really fascinating. what a great list. bob, great to have you on the program. thank you so much for the information. it's really helpful. >> you're very welcome. >> bob frick joining us on value cities across the country. >>> up next on the "wall street journal report," we'll take a look at the news this upcoming week that will have an impact on your money. and as we take a break, a look at how the stock market ended the week. back in a moment. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ♪ visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. usaa. we know what it means to serve. >>> for more on our show and our guests, check out our website, wsjr.cnbc.com, and i hope you'll follow me on twitte

the retro college is a win or take all in all states except for nebraska and the state of maine. maine has to congressional districts. whoever wins congressional district one in maine in the race for white house, the presidency get one of electoral votes. if you win the second congressional district, you get that vote. whoever wins the white in maine, you get the votes that come from the u.s. senators. everyone gets these based on the total number of u.s. house seats. the states that have gained in population like texas, florida, nevada, their vot will go up in the 2012 presidential elections. the electoral map will be different and 2012 that was in 2008 strictly because you got through a reapportionment cycle. -- we have went through reapportionment cycle. states like nevada, texas, and florida are gaining seats in the electoral college. host: ohio is next. danny on the republican line for tim storey caller: i was going to ask you about texas, but that was answered already, so i want to ask you about ohio where i am from. what is the population in ohio? i know we of lost seats.

the city for a week. didn't know about riots in washington, dc or omaha, nebraska, or connecticut, or san francisco. or arizona, and these race riots swept across the cup trip. thankfully i don't have a power point because i would mess it up, but i would have loved to have brought a map of the united states and pointed to different places where there was racial violence in 1919. it was in the north and the west, everywhere. and i want to talk about there - there was a lot of violence in the south, and there were a lot of reasons. broadly what was happening in 1919, we had won the war in world war i. democracy had triumphed. and so it should have been this great moment for the united states. president wilson, woodrow wilson, was in paris. he was working on the versailles treaty. he was giving speeches how democracy triumphed and we were in a new age of peace. at home it was chaos. there was chaos all over the world. the soviet union had risen. jewish people were being killed in ukraine, armenians were being killed in turkey, british colonial forces were shooting indian people, absolutely a time of cha

ultimately, to the pope in rome for their marching orders on what to say and what to believe and who to vote for. and this was considered un-american. of course, it was totally false, but nebraska the less -- nevertheless, sometimes americans believe things regardless of facts. and that was the case. and this new party, the know-nothing party, was dedicated to limiting immigration, particularly from ireland, and secondly, to limiting the civil rights of immigrants once they were in the united states. they were called the know-nothing party because it was a secret organization, and be you had approached one of the know-nothings, they would have said, oh, i don't know anything about that, that political party. so, hence, they were called the know-nothings. the formal name was the american party. the american party was fairly successful in the early 1850s, but ultimately they thought that they would be much stronger if they combine with the that new party that i mentioned earlier, the republican party. and so these two strains, the anti-catholic/anti-immigrant strain and the anti-slavery strain came together in the republican party. many people in the republican party were strong

well, syracuse decided it was about to get kicked out so they left voluntarily and the university of nebraska just left, too. what was interesting is they were getting private money for some of the research but that doesn't count for the aau. you have to be getting federal money. so the prestige is all wrapped up in this must be public government funds. so at a time when we are trying to figure out how to cut back and how to reduce the cost of higher education, they're thinking, how can we get more out of the federal dollars. >> can they make money outside the classroom outside the university when they are tenured professors making 70,000 a year and teaching two classes a smest center >> sure. >> how much of their time -- who holds them accountable for research? >> you mean could they be making money doing research like for a private company? >> well, in other words, again i'm -- i've been at school for 15 years, i've got full professorship, i'm teaching my two classes but i really find myself capable of making lots of money over here and i don't want to do research for the school. can you ju

the prayer will be offered by our guest chaplain today, reverend leroy adams jr. a morning star baptist church, omaha, nebraska. the chaplain: our god, we come with gratitude for another day and with thanksgiving in our hearts, for the privilege of life and opportunity to make this day purposeful. we ask for your blessings in this legislative body as they govern the welfare of all people of this great nation. endow them with wisdom, courage and conviction, to engage the issues of our day and for the generation to come to be better off as a result of all decisions made within this assembly hall. finally, i pray to you that a spirit of cooperation and sincerity would transcend our nation to have solidarity, peace and equality for all. we ask this to be done this day and in the days to come, to give glory and honor, our god and we pray that your blessings be upon us always, in your name we pray, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance to

sunday and that is when the wind of more than 80 miles per hour with the topsoil and the red clay from as far away as nebraskae dust cloud hit it looked like an ocean was chomping down on the snail like the red sea was closing in on the israel children he said and the baptist and pentecostal religious fundamentalists believed this was literally the end of the world, this was god's judgment being visited upon the wicked people and as he recalled, we thought we was done for, thousands of bus packed up and led out and in that year he rode the first of many songs about the death of his community and hundreds of others like it across the southern plains. ♪ i've sung this song and i will sing it again about place that i lived on the west texas place in the city of tampa the county peers what all of the people have to say. they say so long, been good to know your ♪ ♪ so long it's been good to know you ♪ ♪ salonga, been good to know you ♪ this dusty dust storm is getting my home, and i've got to be drifting along. that dust storm hit them like thunder and trusted us over and thus the thus under ♪ ♪ blocked out the tr

we're not talking about the [bleep] over-- dip [bleep] over in nebraska this is iowa. applause) and unlike-- excuse me, cus me. but unlike woi, i believe that iowa voters can understand even a complex message like go to the am ercks straw poll, write in perry, spell it with an "a" or did i lose you woi? should i have the boys from who news channel 13 explain it to you? and listen to how they end. >> please let me know if you have any more questions. >> yeah, just one more. what the [bleep]? with an "a" i'm mad! (applause) i am hopping mad. but of course i am not mad at the news team. amanda, and rachel, top-notch. of course john walters giving you the latest on sports and brad edwards manning the weather center, no. i'm talking about woi management. you had our ad for two days, gentlemen. hell, you had my monies fo six days. (laughter) and one hour, one hour before taping you suddenly said hey, it might be too confusing for your viewers, really? both of them? i happen to know you haven't won a local emmy in ten years. want to touch mine? (cheers and applause) i know wha

nebraska. it's one of the hardest golf courses you'll ever see. seven birdies, five bogies. shot two under. >> you're kidding me. >> the next day i go to sand hills, i shoot 86. one day i play great, the next day i play awful. this is the round of the decade. >> a couple of scratch golfers. i've never seen these men in such an animated conversation. golf seems to be their common ground. >>> that's "hardball" for now. coming up next "your businesses" with j.j. ramberg. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. [ male announcer ] get five dollars in money-saving coupons at v8juice.com. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno.

the president should go? george w. bush flew to florida to louisiana then to nebraska on the day when airplaning were the most frighten. the colonel was at the helm of air force one on that september afternoon. thank you for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> you were in florida with the president when the first plane slammed into the north tower. i understand that you thought it was an accident like many others. when that second plane hit the south tower, what did you do? >> at the point that the second plane was hit, we knew we were under attack. we started taking precautions to make sure the plane would be sit. it was a sitting duck on the ramp in sar sew ta and started working with the president's staff to see where the president needed to go. >> we've all seen that image now over and over of president bush in that classroom reading that story to those kids and white house chief of staff at the time telling the president that we're under attack. when the president boards air force one and you take off from zayra sew ta is the cockpit chaotic or had you guys still managed to maintain control? >> we mainta

the american people. he taped a message in louisiana and went to a meeting in omaha, nebraska. he went to a bunker under ground and the secret service said he could go back to washington. it was a tough day and i was impressed with how he met his response abilities. >> you can hear the scene that is being prepared now. >> i cannot help but think of tall buildings with people jumping out of them. that is what we witnessed that day. >> thank you for joining us. we will return to our coverage of the 9/11 anniversary later in the broadcast. let's get some other news from around the world. in libya, there is growing concern about the disappearance of highly sophisticated missiles and other weapons from compounds in tripoli. western nations fear they could feel a conflict inside -- fuel inside libya or fall into the hands of terrorists abroad. >> in a aaa warehouse, an alarming discovery. -- in a tripoli warehouse, an alarming discovery. >> this is a dangerous weapon. it is gone. this is the surface to air missile, the exact model. >> thousands of sophisticated weapons have been stole

we are in opening statements in the gentleman from nebraska mr. terry is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman and this was to be an important hearing. as the chairman of the full committee said, we want clean jobs. we like clean energy. all of us want jobs to be created in our own districts. some of the districts mentioned by mr. waxman have very high unemployment rates. so when you combine the two it only makes sense that members would encourage job growth in their own communities. and i think it is a tactic that is being used by the white house and now by members of this committee to reflect attention away from the real issues and that is whether or not the fundamental question was, it doe and omb and the white house was duped by solyndra, or did they ignore the information that was available to them for whatever purposes, whether it was to put green energy and a better light than it was currently in the markets for press availability glory even for more onerous, for one of its major shareholders, mr. kaiser who had 16 contacts w

for what purpose does the gentleman from nebraska rise? mr. terry: i rise in opposition to this amendment. the chair: the gentleman qualifies. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. terry: thank you, mr. speaker. and i believe that ms. richardson, the gentlelady from california's, amendment is heartfelt and sincere to the program, but irresponsible as it's produced here today. there are costs associated with the e.p.a. going forward with the studies that we are requesting of them. so under our rules of the house there's pay-go rules. we must offset those costs. this is one of those tough decisions made to offset the cost. so the first line of irresponsibility would be it will add to the deficit but for this offset. the second line of irresponsibility would be, well, it may feel responsible, this really is a poison pill because if the offset is eliminated they get to kill the whole bill because of that. so it's not as innocent in an amendment -- as innocent an amendment as it is portrayed on the surface. the real issue of this bill in