the question. again, potentially, using a state-regulated institution against the state if they found the state's casekest. i don't know if i fully answered your question but that's my best stab at it. >> from my reading -- >> do use the mic. it's only feeding into the cameras. >> okay. >> from my reading of the time period, the word "regulated" in the 1800s really had the meaning that it was disciplined or organized. that it was another way of terming the fact they were not rag tag groups up people but they were a unified military unit or a citizen militia of an organized nature. it wasn't that they were regulated by the federal government, certainly. but by at the state and local levels. >> they were regulated by the state, though. i mean, as i say, i think it has additional meanings except by regulated by the state. one of the foremost responsibility of a colonial or a state legislature in the 18th and 19th century was every few years to revise the militia laws to try to figure out what it was that was interfering with the efficiency of the institution, try to figure out what they could do to make

laws of the host state. ike a driver's license -- and this is my wyoming driver's license -- just like a drivers license, the thune amendment is a license for self-defense across state lines. this means my concealed carry license from wyoming, i will not be limited to wyoming. just like a regular driver's license, just about the same -- photo identification issues. the only difference is this one from wyoming says "concealed firearm permit" and it has on it a picture of a handgun. well, today we are hearing the same arguments against the thune amendment that we heard from the people who wanted to ban assault weapons. during that semi automatic assault weapons debate, we heard all of the scare tactics. we heard there would be blood all over streets, terrorists would be able to purchase uzi's and ak-47's. the lives of law enforcement law enforcement will be in danger. this is simple plt not the case. -- this is simply not the case. a study for the department of justice found that 40% of felons had not committed

education is our top priority, and we spend about 63% of the state budget on it, so we are in sync that this should be the first priority. however, every governor would like to have had a little more latitude in how to spend it. >> from our standpoint, the stimulus has prevented us from having to take cuts or make cuts in vital services that people depend on, especially in these hard economic times. there's more demand on services from state governments all across the country. it has been able to fill those voids for us. most of the seamless money will stop in 2011. all of us will be working on our 2011 budgets come this fall. when we get through that cycle, and the following years it becomes more challenging if it has not turned around. those are the concerns we have right now. without the flexibility, all your doing is pushing out some challenges that might be a little daunting. without it, i do not know what would have done in some of the states. >> do you all think there needs to be more, another stimulus? >> personally, i do not think there is another appetite for it. i think this

state. they won the fight. that was very significant. >> i am harry truman and i am looking around and i am looking at my state department and the defense department and i am looking over towards israel. what do i see? i am looking at the jews in america which were about 5 million. i look at the state department. who is over there? >> the state department is run by what we call the arabists. people in the department who ran what was called the near east desk which dealt with all of palestine. they have one position. american policy should be friendly to the interests of the arab states because we needed to things without which we could not protect our national security. access to oil and military bases. since the arab leaders said over and over again that we would not accept any jewish state in that region, they argued that american security would be violated if a jewish state were created and they were adamant about that. >> what did he see over it at the defense department? >> a similar viewpoint. in fact, he

committed to the cause of the state. luding personal lobbies about the reason there has to be a jewish state. a leader of the palestinian era andn( organized arab troops to join in the area during the war. she exposed the ties of the pollers who were lobbying to run and control the arab areas. they wondered how did she get this. did you go back and look at the press coverage. >> was it a big story? >> that would always be mainlior stories. the press was filled with reports about that. >> with trips especially to the ex-did yous. one thing i found that was interesting was what actually happened at the un. they created a commission and went to europe and went to look at the refugee camps and palestinian. we have a lot of great stories about that. the british sent their gun ships and tried send them back to germany. >> you also mention the st. louis. j it was september to cuba. roosevelt did not let them land. he's been krit sdiezed for not allowing the boat to come here. the cubans wouldn't let it land. roosevelt put more

hillary clinton is the 67th secretary of state of the united states. in addition to thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, john quincy adams, dean acheson, and henry kissinger, her illustrious predecessors all include able parker, and bainbridge colby. she is the 27 secretary of state to have shared the u.s. senate, the 15th from the great state of new york, the third woman, and the first former first lady. while i am citing statistics, of ottawa also mentioned it is i thought i would also mention that no less than six secretaries of state have gone on to be president. [applause] [laughter] secretary clayton, it is a pleasure and honor to welcome your to the council on foreign relations. madam secretary, i trust you will not take it the wrong way when i say, break a leg. [applause] >> thank you very much, richard. i am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. i have been often to the mother ship in new york city, but it is good to have an outpost of the council by here down the street from the state department. we get a lot of advice from

they will be again for the next couple of years. states will be helped to the extent that they find ways to increase revenues. the last couple of recessions, the majority of states did that and that helped them. there will be no easy answer. there is no single answer. you cannot solve this problem by budget cuts alone. you have to have a balanced approach of cuts, tax increases, and a stimulus money. host: would like to hear your comments by e-mail, baidu.com or by phone. your perspective on what's happening in your state. the legislatures and governors debating your state budget. a caller earlier said one of the real problems is that their state has pension obligations that are not practical in today's society. guest: the states had pension obligations they did not fund is one of the problems. some states cut taxes in the 90's and boller against pensions and placed a bet on wall street, which they lost. governments should set an example. i understand the frustration people are facing cuts, state workers seem to be doing so great, but they

if you take out the entire state of the ohio catastrophic to us to the other 49 states the impact onthe rest of the country is going to be really -- i think what defines it is whether or not it's a catastrophe -- >> do you think the state of ohio and not have -- >> well, my governor probably wouldn't like that. i think the definition of catastrophe has to be what's the major catastrophe in our nation not in one state or one region or community. >> i want to point out there's -- it was pointed out in our testimony it's to create a national recovery framework, and i think fema has done this with a planning parkway -- framework and not a recovery. >> you think -- >> it hasn't been done yet. that's already been mandated. i think you might want to direct them to do it. >> and if that happens, then what. >> then start thinking about how the recovery process -- we've heard, i think, testimony about the flexibility of speed but i think the fact that -- >> that would help define -- >> there was an issue from the red cross of housing and social services but understanding what's involved in the

that includes the governor of the state, who is a republican. the honolulu advertiser, which is a big newspaper there, has faxed to nbc news last night his birth announcement. which was back at the time of his birth in 1961. why are conservative radio talk show hosts fueling doubts about his citizenship, nine members of congress are doing that as well as senator shelby. e. steven collins, g. gordon libby is a radio talk show host. so here we go. what is your argument, gordon? >> my argument is this whole thing could be settled in a minute if the president would simply produce a valid birth certificate. so far, so far as i know, he has not. all he's produced has been a, quote, certificate of live birth. you can't get a passport with that. you can't even register your son for little league with that. that's the problem. >> i understand that he presented a -- what's called a short version of the birth certificate which is what you need to get a passport. and that's adequate to get one. that's what people expect you to turn over when you go to the st

didden had his claims, the private developer had agreements with the state. so he was doing in -- at least this was the private developer's argument -- what he was entitled to do, which is to say, we disagree. i'm claiming that i have a right under contract. you're claiming that you have a right under the takings clause. let's settle this. i'm going to lose "x" amount of money. so you pay me that for me not to do what i'm entitled to do under the law. that, however, was -- those were the claims of the parties in the action. in the end, the decision of the court was, if you believe that the takings of your property were not proper under the public use under the takings clause, and you knew that the state had entered a contract with this private developer, then you had knowledge that you could be injured and you should have come to court earlier. >> why was the situation in didden not the kind that -- how was this not some sort form of exinterrogation? if there wasn't a pretext in the didden case where the developer says give me the money personally or we'll tak

i live near one of the wealthiest states -- in one of the wealthiest states. have oranges, nasa, so much, and tourism. so many different ways people in florida make money. the same as california. i cannot understand year after year of being the most wealthiest place where most people and a lot of workers and illegal aliens, large amounts, working at low wages, year after year, were not doing nothing but working and working and our dollars that we have sweated for, how can these two states, especially california, be in so much debt year after year after year? it is robbery. i want to know why this is not being investigated. every state everywhere across the country, everybody is broke and bankrupt of a sudden. nobody had any problems until the word "stimulus" or "bailout" came about. there are no excuses. we're working and busting our backs. host: thank you. in florida there% of general fund deficit is 27% this year. in dollar figures that is $6 billion. lisa is online at reporting on how the states are dealing with their budget deficits this year. we heard abo

farah pandith has worked with the state department. this is about 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody, welcome, sorry for the delay. we had some technical difficulties. i am pleased to have with us today special representative to muslim countries, farah pandith. miss pandith will brief you on her new position and the it ministration's efforts to create opportunities for dialogue with muslims around the world. i am going to turn it over to her in just a second. before asking your questions, if you could identify yourselves and your news organization, we would greatly appreciate it. >> good afternoon. i am sorry you had to wait. technical difficulties. my name is farah pandith, i am special representative to muslim communities. what i want to do before q&a is take a minute to tell you about my background because there were a lot of questions about that and tell you about the role of the secretary envisions for me and open it up for questions. i was born in india and grew up in massachusetts. i did my education in massachusetts, i wen

this is not just a problem for the united states. it raises the prospect of a nuclear arms race in the middle east, which would endanger global security while iran's ballistic missile program could pose a threat to the broader region. i'm pleased that we have agreed on a joint statement of cooperation on missile defense and a joint threat assessment of the ballistic missile challenges of the 20% 3, including those posed by iran and north korea. we have taken important steps forward to strengthen our security through greater cooperation. president dmitry medvedev and i agreed upon the need to combat violent extremists. we have signed an agreement allows the transit of military equipment through militaryto afghanistan. this is a substantial contribution. it will save the united states time and resources, and giving our troops to support that they need. thanks to admiral mike mullen and his russian counterpart, we have agreed to resume military cooperation between the united states and russia. this provides a framework for its robertbett

the states are a drag on the stimulus. they are basically dragging down any of the impact the stimulus might have had because they're retrenching. they're can selling summer school, furloughing workers. if you're furlowed you're not going to go out to dinner or the movies. so it's a real drag on the stimulus. they are talking about what they can do to help the states but you can't really help one state and not the other and what can you do that's a one size fits all? the states have very different problems. and they need to prove to creditors that they're worthy of their money and fix their vobs -- problems so that they can borrow money. gwen: i was struck by how interested the republicans were in this. they seemed to grab on to this as something they can push back hard on every single day, talking about how this didn't work. is this a theme we're going to see now develop among republicans, which is ah, finally we've got something we can beat them about the ears with? definitely. i think you're seeing 2010 election campaig

it will be again for the next couple of years. states will be helped in the way that they will be increasing revenue, but there will be no easy answers, and in most cases, there is no single answer. you cannot solve the problem by budget cuts alone. >> i would like to go back to the telephone calls. we would like to get your perspective on what is happening in the state. we had a caller earlier who said one of the real problems is that states have pension obligations that are not practical in today's societies. >> during the course of the 1990's, some states cut taxes. they placed a bet on wall street, which they lost. it is a little simplistic to say they are getting too much money or too much benefit. the government should set an example. i understand the frustration as people are facing cuts. there are furloughs, pay cuts, so it is not as if state workers are coming through this unscathed. let's take some phone calls. this is peter honor democrats line. caller: i think one of the biggest problems that many of the states are having is

we are the only state where you could only serve once. it is only the only state. it is also the only state where the title is "your excellency." [laughter] that is kind of nice. i think they thought that eight years of it would make it too hard to live with. a dear friend of mine who is a longtime member of our state legislature and senate, who was my running mate running for attorney general for years ago, lost in the closest statewide election in virginia by 300 votes. he is running to continue to a great tradition of democratic leadership in virginia. he brings his own unique set of skills and abilities to the table. it is a very close race. it is a dead heat right now. his republican opponent and he are debating at the virginia bar association today. i feel good about the race. it is a dead heat. four years ago when i was running for governor, i was down in the race. i had both u.s. senators campaigning against me. i had a strong majority of the house delegation campaigning against me. both of the state houses of the legislature were republican. they were campa

this is not just a problem for the united states. it raises the prospect of a nuclear arms while the ballistic program could also pose a threat to the broader region. we've agreed on a joint statement on cooperation of missile defense and a joint threat assessment of the ballistic challenges of the 21st century including those posed by iran and north korea. second, we have taken important steps forward to strengthen our security through greater cooperation. president medvedev and i agreed upon the need to combat the threat of violent extremists, particularly from al qaeda. and today we signed an agreement that will allow the transit of lethal military equipment through russia to afghanistan. this is a substantial contribution by russia to our international effort and it will save the united states time and resources in giving our troops the support that they need. thanks to admiral and his russian counterpart, we've agreed to resume military to military cooperation between the united states and russia. this provides the framework for

the united states that the united states could hold them indefinitely in the event that we couldn't finda place to send them. that there is no constitutional issue, no constitutional right for that detainee to be released after a period of time. do you agree with that? >> make sure i understand the senator's question. would there be a constitutional claim by someone in the united states having served his sentence, for example, with the existing immigration laws that allow us to hold an individual who is deportable? >> if it's a foreign national, i don't believe -- if it's a foreign national, i don't believe the individual would have a credible claim that he cannot be detained under the alien removal statute. the boundaries of how long that detention can take place may be questionable. >> do you agree with that, ms. pearlstein? >> i agree that it's an open question. you know, without any legal authority, to continue to detain somebody, they just need to be deported and we have no place to send them. could we continue to detain them beyond six months, a year,them, detain them? the supreme

the state didn't do it, and that's where the systemic regulator comes in. so one company, detaining him what to do, to anyone who looks at them, i guess can shake the system up just a little bit. so therefore i don't quite, although i appreciate his hearing, i'm not quite sure what we are talking about except a unanimous opinion that there is some need for some generic national oversight of what's happening in the insurance industry. understanding fully well the federal government should not and need not be doing things that some of the states are doing very well. particularly that aspect between the company and customer. i agree totally the federal government doesn't need to do that. states are doing a great. that's the consumer side. but on the investment side, no one is looking at it. one company has and could begin tomorrow, did i miss something, has anybody on any level today up until this point said that there could not be another aig tomorrow? if they chose to, couldn't choose to invest all of their receipts into credit default swaps if they chose. i

toner relied on the supreme court's decision in the united states v miller. court examined miller and concluded that, quote, the case did not even purport to be a thorough examination of the second amendment, unquote. and that miller provided, quote, no explanation of the content of the right, unquote. are you familiar with that? >> i am, sir. >> okay. let me ask you, doesn't the supreme court's treatment of miller at least cast out on whether relying on miller as the second circuit has done is proper? >> the issue -- >> i'm saying at least cast doubts. >> that's what i believe justice scalia implied in his footnote 23, but he acknowledged that the issue of whether the right, as understood in supreme court jurisprudence was fundamental. but that the supreme court didn't consider it fundamental so as to be incorporated against the states. >> it didn't decide that point. >> well, not only didn't it decide it, but i understood justice scalia to be recognizing that the court's precedent had held it was not. his opinion with respect to the application of the secon

fact that some of the states that are protested are in fact close to compliance with all law. but understandably they did not like washington telling them how, and they were in some cases resentful of the financial burdens. does every state currently have the requirement for legal precedent? >> i believe we are almost there. when real i deep first went to place, 10 states did not have it. there may be one left who does not have the requirement. everybody else now has it. >> do any of the other panelists not the answer to that question? >> i am under the impression that mexico -- new mexico and hawaii do not have the protection. >> that is something that we will check with the departments for. i know my state of maine was one of the last. the governor recently vetoed a bill that would have repealed the requirement for for a showing of legal presence. i salute the governor for doing so. i am sympathetic to the situation that was described, because we have had situations in maine, because of our closeness with canada

the state of virginia was, state of virginia was almost 10. west virginia was a little bit less than that. ohio, primarily came in through the facility. but some other as well. that and the balance which is going to turn out -- you'll notice i said the project was on time. i didn't mention the budget. we will put eight? yeah, the total project is over $150 now. we'll be around $70 to $80 of it. but, still, a great cost effective project in terms of the benefits. >> any oirs? mr. moormann, thanks so much for being with us, and best of luck. governor rendell began to introduce our next speaker by videotape, a few minutes ago. but it's a pleasure to welcome fellow new englander to the podium. she's been focused on the need for transparency and accountability in infrastructure spending. and new sources of funding, sort of national capitol budget for some time. it's a real honor to have her with us this morning. please welcome kong woman rosa delauro. >> thank you very much governor douglas. i'm really delighted to be here this morning with all of y

. >> the constitution of the united states. >> and the constitution of the state of alaska. >> and the constitution of the state of the alaska. >> and i will faithfully discharge my duties. >> and i will faithfully discharge my duties. >> as the governor of the state of the alaska. >> as governor of the state of alaska, so help me god. >> and to the best of my ability. >> and to the best of my ability. (cheer (cheers). >> julie: and former lt. governor sean parnell now sworn in officially as alaska's new governor. the 12th and current governor of alaska. parnell does plan to run for governor of alaska in 2010 after serving out the remainder of governor palin's term. i want to bring in now dan springer live there in fairbanks, alaska. with this ceremony, she spoke just about 19 minutes and it was a typical sarah palin speech, full of color and of course, she went after some members of the media as well and got a lot of laughs and allot of applause from the audience where you are, dan. >> reporter: yeah. yeah, she absolutely did. in fact, that was the large s' mraus line when she

the cause of the across state boundaries. then have to worry about whether their cars are going to break down and have to wonder whether they might be victimized as they go to sleep in the cannon of their truck. they can legally carry many of them and their own state because they have to worry if they crossed another state boundary trying to defend themselves in committing a felony. this is the type of situation that i believe this legislation is attempting to undress. i believe it will have a beneficial effect and that we need to work together in this body to address other situations of gun violence in this country one and i am glad to have and never in sight i can have two this body to do so the support this legislation and will vote for it. >> you have nine minutes to the center from new jersey. >> mr. president i come to the floor saddened by the tragic death yesterday of a mark, one of five of the jerseys the finest police officers shot last week by a gunman. he was killed not by a law-abiding gun owners and a sportsm

lawyers for the state uses its circuit court judge's finding to back up the case. last summer, both sides argued in federal court before a judge who indicated he would make a decision by september. he didn't. >> there have been times if i wondered what was holding it up. i don't know what is taking so long. >> judge davis also has a letter before him from the archbishop. he told the judge they would be further harmed if his request to be released from prison would be granted. >> this is a man that held a gun to my head and played russian roulette with me. this is a man that fired a gun in a classroom of students. he said no matter how old you were, he said he would find you and kill you. >> his victims total at least a dozen, both male and female. >> now to the fight over the health care reform issue. nancy pelosi says she is upbeat that the house will be ready to vote on the bill next week but some say congress has a long way to go before overhauling the health-care system. leaders are still trying to figure out how to pay for the plan and control costs. 11 news h

what is the state doing? in the ford case that you just mentioned, the question there before the court was, did the district court err in considering whether or not the religious belief the prisoner had was consistent with the established traditional interpretation of the meal at issue, ok. and what i was doing was applying very important supreme court precedent that said it's the subjective belief of the individual. is it really motivated by a religious belief? it's one of the reasons we recognize conscientious objectors because wean are aski a court not to look at whether there is orthodox or not, but to look at the sincerity of the individual's religious belief and then look at what the state is doing in light of that. so that is what the issue was in ford. >> thank you for that answer. and again, thank you very much in the manner you responded to our questions. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, senator cardin. as i noted earlier, we will now recess until 9:30 tomorrow morning. and wish you a

in the same state on the same day not surprising? when more than 130 of their state cohorts have pled guilty or have been convicted of corruption already this decade. that's new jersey. and that's coming up next. >>> and does ms. packman deserve a shot at the olympics? duh. kent jones is on it in a moment. >> but first, time for a few holy mackerel stories. first up, an exclusive clip of a new interview of the top republican of the united states senate by our own john hardwood. >> how do you feel, senator ensign has handled the controversy that he's been facing? do you want him to serve out his term and do you support his re-election? >> what senator ensign is doing is handling that issue himself. it's a personal issue to him and his constituents and i'm going to let him speak to that. >> are you uncomfortable with the idea that the senator's parents paying that money to the family that he'd been involved with? >> as i said, this is an issue personal to senator ensign and his family. he's going to handle the issue himself and be the s

one of the deputies is an ambassador from the state department. usaid has key personnel that run important partss of africa command. so it's an despiting departure, and -- it's an exciting departure and the goal is to synchronize our efforts in support of what the state department wants to accomplish on the continent. >> and u.s. sorn command for example is -- southern command is also like that, where the deputy is from the state department. for the time being, you only have two sort of c 130s, that you control the 17th air force at this point. what are some of the other capabilitys that your air force needs, whether in terms of training aircraft, transport aircraft, strike aircraft, and even c4 isr, commanding control unmanned air vehicles. >> we have the spectrum of specialties that we need to support whatever we're doing on the continent. now, we do have two aircraft that we brought forward, but we actually give great support from other commands, like u.s. transportation command, european command, where they will send aircraft to support whateve

e relationship between china and the united states. e relationship between china and the united states. this is the eighth american administration and the fourth generation of chinese leaders who have pursued a consistent policy that has brought us to this point. and, of course whenever a chinese delegation comes here, it contains so many things and so many individuals whose experiences i have seen over the last decades, that this is a guarantee for our future. there could be no stronger chairman of this dialogue then secretary clinton and secretary geithner on our side, and i am confident that we are at the beginning of another extraordinarily creative year. vice premier qishan wang mentioned deng xiaoping and one of the most moving experiences in my life was one evening when deng xiaoping-- return to beijing in 1979 and explained to me at a banquet what his plans were and what he understood. i mention that only because it was a very unusual approach and it brought us to this point because of the combination of courage and vision, whic

it extends from the northeast down to the gulf state. many of the areas to the western edge of the state moving through. we'll see these as they move up in time for the afternoon and we'll continue to see more showers and thunderstorms, some could become severe. as a result, there's two watches to tell you about, one is a flash-flood watch and one is a flood watch in effect, they're cecil and garrett counties. if the rains pick up and any hail reported we'll keep you updated. we're looking at 84 degrees, a lot of moisture out there. the dew point that high means a lot of energy in the atmosphere. 66% humidity, a southwest winden the barometer is falling. temperatures ranging to 90 on the shore. the immediate metro area, temperatures around the 80- degree range. 80 in westminister and the winds from the southwest continuing to bring in the warm, moist flow, we'll see the showers move in from west to east and moving across the state and this system extends down and tapping into gulf moisture, we're going to see it play out tomorrow afternoo

it aunted to a full-scale rolng back of the welfare state. the coervative economic revolutn didn't begin in thaher's britain or rean's america, it began right here in cle. the mastmind behind this wholesaldismantling of the welfare state was a youneconomist called jose piÑe. chile's economy wadestroyed. we have had 50 years of protectionism, state intervention, and me light socialism, if yowant, and thenhat was exacerbated duri the allende government. we had created a sort owelfare ste, and that, course, was going bankru in chile. between 1979nd 1981, piÑera and his colleagues erected a radically new pension system for chile, givingvery worker the ance to opt out of the old pay-as-you-go state system stead of a payroll tax, eachorker now could put 10% his wages aside into an individualersonal retirement accou toe managed by private comping companies. there s also a small premium for disability d life insurance. thidea was to give each worr a sense that the money being put asi was his own property, his own capital. [man singing native language]

from a regulatory standpoint, there were failures at both the state and federal level. using capital for their-- further from their insurance subsidiaries with the approval of various state insurance regulators, the securities lending division in tandem with the financial products and it put at risk the entire company and the broader financial system. half of this came from the securities lending division, the other half from the financial products unit in terms of the overleveraging. with more than 250 subsidiaries operating in 14 states and more than 100 countries aig is the poster child for both the need to open up lines of communication among regulators worldwide in the need to establish a domestic insurance regulator with the ability to oversee these large and complex institutions and again, mr. chairman thank you for holding this hearing. >> thank you mr. always and that we will hear from the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott for one minute. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. i think of course this is a very important timely hearing. the issue is of course, i thi

the state attorney office says the downgrade is appropriate. he remains free tonight on bond. >> howard county police are trying to find the person that gun down a man after a fight on a basketball court. it happened last night in columbia. kim cayce is live and has details on this ongoing investigation. >> the victim, keontae johnson, is in stable condition at shock trauma. some residents say this community needs to come together. the basketball courts and columbia became a crime scene thursday evening. two groups of teenagers for unknown reasons got into a fight that ended in gunfire. keontae johnson was shot in the side and taken to shock trauma. >> [unintelligible] >> his family does not know much about what happened, and neighbors are upset but not shocked. >> i am not surprised because i have seen a lot of activity going on in the area. the kids around here are seeming like they are not the best kids. >> they say they will keep a closer eye out for their own and children's safety from now on. many of them attend the school near where the

service on the united states district court, trial court. and now serves on the court of appeals for the second circuit. the conventional wisdom is that judge sotomayor will be confirmed. but not withstanding the convention wisdom, under the constitution it is the responsibility of the senate on its advice and consent function to question the nominee to determine how she would approach important issues. it also presents a good opportunity to shed some light on the operations of the supreme court of the united states in an effort to improve those operations. it has been my practice recently to write letters to the nominees in advance, as i discussed it with judge sotomayor during the so-called courtesy visit i had with her, and she graciously consented to respond, or to receive the letters, and was appreciative of the opportunity to know in advance the issues which would be raised. sometimes if an issue comes up fresh, the nominee doesn't know the case or doesn't know the issue and may be compelled to say, well, let me consider that and i'll g

. >>> this week on the i had for yal report. states are paying. california, new jersey and new york all on the brink of insolvency after decades of failed policies is. federal government headed down the same path? as they work to push a climate bill. a look at the true cost of cap and trade and how things look. and banning the burka, muslim validate isn't welcome in his country. the journal editorial reported starts right now. >>> welcome to the journal editorial ri port. i'm paul gigot. new jersey, california and new york a decade ago was among the states most prosperous but after progressive tax policies they are on now on the brink of insolvency. california has begun to hand out ious to its creditors. doesn't sound good for the rest of the country but is the federal government headed down to the same road? here is deputy editor dan hairringter and steve moore. you paid a lot of attention to all these states. what policies do they have in common? >> the wheels have come off in california, new jersey an new york. none of them can pay their bills.

it's an issue that affects every single person in the united states, every job in the united states, for the good or bad. and just the public needs to know the facts. and the longer the facts are in front of the public, then the better decisions they will call their senators about on the phone and understand this and understand what to say. >> thank you, govern josh. thank you, mr. chairman. >> any closing comments? >> just one. i know you have a commitment. you and i are both old enough to remember the b.t.u. tax in 1993. i referenced that this morning, the interesting thing, and let me get -- at least when you get on your plane to leave, let me share, i don't think this bill will pass. it'll pass out of this committee, there's nothing that won't pass out of the committee, but on the floor it won't. in 1993, when they had the b.t.u. tax, it passed the house by the same margin of one, it was 219 votes. that's what this passed. and of course it was overwhelmingly defeated when it got to the senate, people had time to look at it, it was a regressive tax, while it wasn't nearly as high a

they came from every state. the first time that i realized how americans were pouring out there for -- pouring out their heart for our state, after the storm when president bush was here and we went over to the feeding station. the feeding was so crowded whenever the president, i would usually try to be as far away as i could because of the crowds. i saw these seven guys standing over and i want over to speak to them. they said they were from vermont. they said they drove those. tractor-trailer's down their full of food. i said that is so fantastic. and a man named pettitt who is older than i am now but said, this is my third trip. just spectacular what people did, what the states did. we will never forget it. i mean that sincerely. i want to thank you again for coming here. i told everybody who was here last time that this will be a great conference. we have a lot of business to deal with, some serious issues to talk about and share ideas about solutions. but we intend for you to have a good time. if you don't have

you can't just switch to the states. e to balance budgets here, if we have for example, in montana if it cost $115 million, i have to cut a program someplace else. no more shifting of the liability to the states. congress you have a job to do, get it done. you pay for it and design it. but don't design and make states pay for it. host: governor, we are pleased to have you on c-span, thanks for joining us. guest: good to be back. host: and you can watch the live coverage in biloxi, mississippi, an area was damaged by the hurricane. and tomorrow we have a conversation with two governors, including mike rounds, and the incoming chair from vermont, here is an excerpt from governor douglas, and we will have governor o'malley when we come back. >> we have a lot on our plates in the next days, and as my colleagues have suggested, no critical time than now. with states facing short falls and constituents out of work and facing losses of income, and families struggling to put food to the table and meet the needs of america. no mor

hillary clinton is the 67th secretary of state of the united states. in addition to thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, john quincy adams, dean atchison and henry kissinger, her predecessors also include able parker upsure and others. she's the 22nd secretary of state to serve in the u.s. senate, the 15th to hail from the great state of new york, the third woman and the first former first lady. and while i'm citing statistics, i thought i would also mention, in case anyone is interested, that no less than six secretaries of state have gone on to be president. [laughter] >> secretary clinton, it is a pleasure and it is an honor to welcome you here to the council on foreign relations. madam secretary, i trust you will not take it the wrong way when i say, break a leg. [laughter] [applause] >> oh, thank you very much, richard. and i am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. i have been often to, i guess, the mother ship in new york city, but it's good to have an outpost of the council right here down the street from the state department

we have an image of europe in the united states, perhaps unfairly, but the imf numbers again tell youwhy, which is that this is a place with a very large state, perhaps as a result of very good life for most people, but very little energy, very little vitality. as one senior official in the bush administration once said to me, he said it's the world's greatest outdoor museum, meaning its glor riz are behind it, it lacks the energy, vigor, to kind of confront the problem, the world of the future. is that changing? is there a sense that that may always have been a caricature but there was some true to it. >> i said to you earlier that there was this straitjacket and that the country was a little bit dozing. that was a bit the case. there was -- we were very proud of our history, our monuments. we should be very proud of that, very proud of our cuisine and we should be proud of it. but i think president sarkozy's talent has also been about stimulating people, about encouraging, about -- for instance, we give a 30% tax discount for anybody who invests in research and development. we creat

obviously we are as i said before respectful of the states' rights and state law that have been enacted with regard to this particular issue. but i might say we have a national reciprocity understanding national reciprocity concealed carry understanding with all the other states in the country and so the other 47 states were a fan concealed carry any of those residents of those states who have concealed carry permits can carry in the state of south dakota. there's ten other states who also fit into the category and i believe if you check the records and look at the data it is pretty clear that the states of enacted national concealed carry reciprocity agreements have not seen as has been suggested by opponents of this amendment any increase in crime rates. this is something that i believe mr. president is consistent with the constitutional right citizens in this country have to keep and bear firearms, and we have as i said 40 states currently today who have some form of a concealed carry law that allows other individuals and states residents of their states to carry. this simply extends

it would do the same in 47 other states. nd the great irony of this amendment is two that that program lobby has always said that let the states decide and now they're doing 180-degree turn and saying to the federal government decide. and impose the lowest common denominator mine comes to carry out concealed weapons on all of the states except illinois and wisconsin which don't have any carry laws. in reno the gun lobby is strong camino that are many members on both side who believed strongly in individuals' rights to carry arms. but this legislation goes way beyond the previous pro gun laws that we have voted on the session. it is a bridge too far, it threatens the safety of millions of americans particularly in urban and suburban areas. it directly threatens the safety of millions of new yorkers. and let me illustrate -- our neighboring state of vermont, i have great respect for it, and it is two senators. it is a rural state with ended has a strong libertarian beliefs. and it has a very lenient concealed carry law. the ver

which as much as $40 billion worth of collateral held in states across the united states. there has been a move to move towards the rating process in itself seems quite discriminatory with the higher ratings being required, very high ratings for foreign companies and very much less so it seems for domestic companies which if you are operating in a global reinsurance market business to business doesn't make much sense obviously i understand the necessity of covering risk, but we have just done away with collateral in side of the e.u. and we think it is a blunt instrument. we wonder why that is still of course here whenever the neic says this is what we are going to do we are shocked by it and think we have a very modern approach or technique and we prefer to look at risk management which after all at the end of the day tells you with those companies are doing and how they are we hitting and predicting their risk which is more essential than how much money they have in the bank. >> thank you. my last question is for mr. mcraith. the just become a delaware corporation at the t

the united states stands with you. the united states believes that israel has a right to security. we believe, however, that this approach we're taking holds out the promise of realizing our common objective, and we want to brief the israelis, we want to listen to the israelis, and we want to enlist the support of all of our allies and friends in moving forward on this policy. >> is iran an illegitimate regime? >> you know, that's really for the people of iran to decide. i have been moved by the, just the cries for freedom and a clear appeal to the iranian government that this really significant country with a people that go back a my len ya deserves better than what they're getting. >> but if the united states decides to negotiate with iran over its nuclear program, as has been the stated policy of the willing months engage, are you not betraying this democratic movement trying to overthrow that regime? >> i don't think so, david. because you can go back in history and not very long back, where we have negotiated with many government who is we did not believe represented the will o

reid: madam president, i don't know much about the state of new york or the city of new york. but i do know there is a high school there called james madison that has some pretty prominent graduates. as united states senator, bernie sanders from vermont went to also there, chuck schumer, went to high school there and norm coleman, a senator of minnesota, was also a graduate of that school, and i also understand that ruth bader ginsburg also graduated from that high school. i'm sure there are others. my message to norm coleman is that i've been involved in close elections. i lost an election for the united states senate many, many years ago by 524 votes. i won one, not too many years ago by 428 votes. so i have some appreciation for what norm coleman and his opponent, al franken, went through. and my thoughts during these past eight months have been directed toward the difficulty they've had in their lives as a result of that close election. one of my elections, the one that i won by 428 votes, took six weeks. i can't imagine one taking eight months. it was a hard-fought campaig

the situation? why would you pick just one state? >> because senator cardin who is a friend of mine was on national television on sunday talking show saying that he thought that the money didn't need to be spent. if they didn't need the money maybe we should send the money back to washington. i just wanted to double check with the person in charge of the money. senator kyl -- senator kafeel is not in charge of the money, congressman. the governor is and i wanted to be sure the governor wasn't in the same line of thinking as senator kyl and the reason i did it is because -- let me finish on going to answer -- >> it's my time. >> it's your time but do you want me to answer or not? >> i will ask the questions and he will answer. >> i haven't answered yet. >> why did -- did he say he didn't want the money going to his state? >> if you go back and look at the transcript of that program, but he said is that we should send this money back as not being spent. and i wanted to check with the person responsible for spending the money. that's why