prop 58 does not allow the state to issue debt in order to balance the budget. constitutional issues aside, it was made clear by the staff and the governor's office that even if those constitutional hurdles weren't there, they are philosophically opposed to issuing debt in order to balance the budget. those are the big issues thatsid the senate budget committees thamet, the language was introdd that goes along with the governor's proposal. i have passed around a summary that highlights the key components. just to hit the high points, what the bill basically does is is t makes good on a proposal to eliminate agencies by july 1. it also freezes activities after the signing of the bill. assuming that it goes through the legislature, it freezes redevelopment activity so that new commitments can't be made. it creates a successor entities that are designed to wind down the activities of redevelopment agencies that are already in place. what we have been working on a, it has been at our office along with the city attorney's office. the intent that has been expressed by

briefly, i would just like to walk through the state's shortfall. the governor's proposal and the potential impact on san francisco. key approaches to solving the state's budget shortfall for redevelopment and realignment proposal reductions in state funding. as well as the proposal to eliminate redevelopment. briefly, we can talk about the timeline. i am happy to take any questions you might have. as you probably know, but state has an 18 month budget shortfall of $25.4 billion. the governor's budget proposal is $84.6 billion. it is a very significant question of total general spending. that is comprised of $8.2 billion in the current year. the governor has proposed $12.5 billion in spending reductions, $12 billion in revenue extensions. $2.8 billion in other solutions. those numbers add up to slightly more than $25.4 billion. he is funding a $1 billion general reserve for space. the impact of these proposals is still being determined as the budget itself is being negotiated. i have done my best to outline those for you here today. in the governor's

all that remains is the state funds that have not gone to the program. briefly, we have $19.7 million in local programs. there are some eligibility issues. there is a $30 million writ commitment. these programs are all available in 2012 and 2013. we will probably bring that action to you, hopefully next time. the very last part of this action is on page 55 and 56 of your memo. it has to do with reprogramming actions. this basically refers to deobligating funds. the first category that is affected is the muni funds. $18.7 million are being deallocated. this is possible through the common nation of $9 million in savings -- to the combination of $9 million in savings and also in she was lucky to get a $35 million grant from the federal government. that gives the flexibility to fund portions of phase one. those freed up funds are being returned to the prop k plan. in g-8 is proposing to return them to the interim operations control -- mca is proposing to return to the interim operations control center. similarly, we have the obligation of $69 million on the

of course it would be about the united states let me do that let me. let me finish please this is about if we're speaking about interest then we must speak about european countries and interests not the united states the focus here on the united states i think is a bit misleading first of all france and the u.k. took the lead on libya not the u.s. the u.s. is still there is this moment why has it and in fact that involved obama once you handed all that as a quick just read the paper i just read the press so this is really not an american war that new possibilities mean the united states military you know you know like a well known internationally and shot we know of the french and the british where the leader is behind this operation not obama. now the obama administration so what i see here is madness friends with the rebels i think you have to stay out of order as if i can go to hell right now when you ask is a i want to go to i want to go to the i want to get this is a bowl in the ok all right eric finish your point this really goes to what i want to

in the united states. at the same time, you have to figure out how to have a tax rate that works and support public goods, but one that's not so erroneous where people in the global market say, gosh, why am i in the united states paying 35%? i can't do business in this environment and pay health care costs and all this. i'll take my business elsewhere. it's a fine balance here. my personal discussion in the book is i think the united states does run the risk of ending up in a situation where there are too many people in the wagon as you say. it's not that there's too many in the wagon, but people who don't want to be in the wagon. they want to pull the wagon, but the policy environment is not incentivizing them to do what they want to do. and that's problem matic. >> host: i think of it as fly paper. people get stuck and are dependent. they want to climb the ladder, but policy isn't friendly. differences between welfare states. you mentioned scandinavia does it better, and that seems to be the case. looking

at the state level, a close look at how revenue is distributed at the regional and the state. in particular, some of the revenue is distributed on population and number of registered vehicles. we would like an expansion for daytime population. and road and transit usage. we would like to see support for high-speed rail funindding, new transportation revenue, and the prop. 1-a bond fund and infrastructure bond funds in 2008 and 2006. we would like to see them in a stable way, flowing to the project. central subway has 360 million for the funding plan. that is definitely at the high point of the legislative agenda. did you have a question? of course, advocating for funding for the approvement program so funding can be used for these projects. and local funds will be reimbursed. that is my presentation. i am glad to answer any questions for you about this agenda. i will turn the mike over. >> i just wanted to thank you and lombardo for the great work and the regional approach. there is a coalituion, the county coalition this came out of. what is this alliance? >> these are the cou

these are some of the challenges with the state advocacy agenda. at the federal level, we have reauthorization of the surface transportation act. we generate 50 or $60 billion a year. this act is typically funded with federal gas tax money. this has been declining for many years. the highway trust fund went into deficit. with no clear signals for a consensus in congress about increasing the gas tax. 18 cents per gallon. it is a political issue. a philosophical difference. it is set back -- about four hours ago, the vice president announced a new high-speed rail program for the nation. there will be 50 billion in high speed rail. if this is new or reshuffled revenue. this will be new or it will be taken from the defense budget so we can support this. the state of california is well- positioned to qualify for high- speed rail money. we are the only state that has this kind of approval through a referendum, the rail bond. it is at least a bond to commit to the project. $53 billion gets noticed. it was very encouraging to see $8 billion a year or so ago

here's where the aca helps the state. it establishes a federal court in tough iraq is to reduce the cost and increase the quality of care for the individuals. it establishes senator for medicaid and identify policy to improve care and cut costs. these are the changes we need to concentrate on, not radical changes with the number of others assured. a number of governors such as yesterday dedicate that no standards to coverage or care. the added and the states of adequate funding and remove the federal commitment that will result in the most vulnerable and severely disabled adults and children, people needing nursing home care and poor children and families and they will exacerbate an fair distribution of dollars among the states. all the cut this program under the flexibility and fiscal restraint are shortsighted. i hope as we concentrate today on how we can work together to make our programs run better. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. i would now recognize the chairman of the subcommittee for five minutes, mr. pitts

tree beaks to grow and when finished schools from the state from. then and the am from the senate will be in serious risk. let's see control fungus unusual behavior maybe now we know the rest of the story about what happened to scott walker. still ahead here on the big picture well you can't see london or france and mostly see your underpants but now in new hampshire bill is fighting back against the t.s.a. as pat downs and body scans are unionized t.s.a. if you really want your safety officers working part time a little bit. for flimsy low and keep all the preaching about these women nothing people are saying just speak she's called her you know she says she's a star.

or partially owned by the state like some of the big chinese companies, then we can't go and tell you not to have state ownership of your companies. what we can encourage you to do is to make sure that the provisions of that state ownership and the benefits do not distort international competition or distort international trade. in other words, to have some sets of rules that limit the degree to which by virtue of you being owned or supported by the state, you have competitive benefits or advantages over companies that are not owned or supported by the state like many companies in the united states or western europe or other parts of the world. and that's really what we're trying to do. the notion is called competitive neutrality, and it means you don't have exemption from anti-monopoly rules, you don't have preferential access, you don't have exemption from criminal activity, you don't have, for instance, if you're a bank or an insurance company, government indemnity that prevents you or that enables you to borrow money more cheaply than a privately-owned insurance company or banks.

in the united states. because we understand that nonstationary sources are the problems. automobiles, trucks, trains it caused a significant part of pollution especially particulate pollution and one of the programs that has been very successful i think, in the epa has been the tour program, the diesel emissions reduction act and senator feinstein and senator boxer and myself and others have been very supportive of that program because it is moving -- removing old engines, old diesel engines from the inventory and replacing them with clean diesel which has a significant effect on particulate pollution. and we know that his approach and that works and there are a lot of things we do in government that don't work. so a lot of us were concerned when you've zeroed out the tour program so i just want to bring that certainly to your attention. my home state of california as you mentioned we have our own environmental laws and i would say in almost every case, every case, we meet or exceed federal standards. we ha

the state interest because the birds were flying through on their way and there's no state interest or so the case held. this case, the state has a real interest in the law enforcement. i also think we ought to -- >> that depend on the nature of the chemical involved. suppose it was a chemical that people normally understand the kind of chemical used in a chemical weapon. let's say it's serrin. does it matter this case doesn't involve something like that in >> i think it does. it matters in part for a constitutional avoidance of construction argument which i think also ought to be open to us. i think analogy to the jones case where the federal statute of arson doesn't apply when a cousin throws a cocktail at a residence. >> that's merit questions. >> i'm just trying to respond to the question. >> i thought we were just doing standing. >> we're not asking you to do more than standing, but i think it's important to understand that we don't think we would be sort of limited to just losing on the case and coming back up. we have a good argument about against hole land and think there's sta

that is the message for the united states. the problem you have right now in education and the budget, china plays a role in tangentially but it isn't a core issue with respect to infrastructure. it's about what america is doing wrong. solve those and you will remain competitive. if we don't solve the problems it doesn't matter. china might do relatively bad things were wrong things but she is on the right track and the united states is on the wrong track. >> host: it's like the joke these two guys are out camping and a buyer comes over and one guy starts putting on his sneakers and the other says you can't outrun the air. he says i only have to outrun you. [laughter] >> guest: exactly. >> host: i am sure you have heard the theory that china will get old before it gets rich. in other words like we have the demographic problems in the u.s. with our social security system in medicare and medicaid, china especially i guess the one child policy, they are going to have this chilling and version of the baby boom generation retiring a

the state department is ramping up. the department will continue to have a large civilian mission in baghdad to meet the president's goal for an iraq that is sovereign combustible, and self- reliant. in support, the state department will train the iraqi police, operate 8 office of security cooperation to manage sales and train equipped the military and insure that ongoing reconstruction projects are properly transferred. the state department will employ 17,000 personnel. the cost will be in the range of $6.27 billion in fiscal year 2012 alone. the state department will rely on the contractors for services from food supplies to counter mortar and rocket fire. many have concerns about the ability to meet this daunting challenge and rightly so. the state department's mission is diplomacy, not combat. the commission stated that there is not enough evidence of a thorough, timely, and disciplined planning approach to the transition. commission maintains the state department is not ready. written testimony questions the state d

>> again, the requirement going up is going to cost my state an additional 1.2 to $1.3 billion over the next ten years and for a state the size of utah, that is really serious money. the only way we can afford to do that is we have to cut from some other program whether it be education or health and human services and other areas or transportation means we have in a fast-growing state raise taxes which will probably have a dampening effect on our recovering economy. so, the options are not good for us with that request. >> of america how would you respond to that? >> it's going to take a very big tax increase. the federal act would require us to increase the role by about two-thirds come from about 600,000 people, 20% of the population, to a million, one third of the population, and because the costs or ' did the first few years there's very little cost, 1,000,000,000.3 over seven years but by year tenet will be $443 million is the estimate. $443 million is a gigantic increase in our taxes, but that is what it cost us. >> i yield back my time. >> thank you mr. chairman. that is the ques

now and this guy wants to run for president of the eleven states now considering bills to require president obama to release his original birth certificate in order to run in two thousand and twelve here's today's question do you even have yours here are the possible answers yes i still have the original tiny footprints are all or no i lost the original somehow years ago and got a copy from the states around the tom hartman dot com to let us know what you think so far we're seeing about sixty percent of people saying they can't find it i can't find mine i've got to get duplicate any of the poll be open until. still ahead here in the big picture here in the u.s. we have something called separation of church and state but the state ever trumps religion when it comes to being foster parents and has in the u.k. a story it. matters lindsey lowe and he has told the preacher about these men and nothing people are suggesting she's told her no she says she's a star. state . that's. there is a story coming out of the united kingdom about a couple that was de

they're turning the reins over to the state. and i think we've proven the ability to in fact provide good service and balance budgets were out there in the economy and i respect his states. i have young state. it's only 28.8 years of age. i have a different demographic to deal with on health care and other states that may have a more aging population. let's see some governors deal with that. i think that would define success that we otherwise would not pass. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes mr. doyle. >> thank you, mr. chairman. was nice to hear about the economic impact on health care coverage in massachusetts. he seemed well we all know providing our most vulnerable access will save individual families from extreme economic hardship. there's apparently also a larger economic growth in health plays. look at the massachusetts model after they ruled out their extensive plan, the number of 2.7% statewide, and uncompensated care costs went down by 38%. that hardly seems like a filter of care program to me. i

apologized for wrongly reporting that radiation levels at the top ten million times the norm in the state of the media it's about creation of emergency teams designed to. start debate show crosstalk today. discuss. awaken and what's the difference between humanitarian aid and western geopolitical interests that's next on our. came. along and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle libya within the great arab awakening a one off detour for the maintenance of western military and political intervention in the arab world when it comes to libya and the arab world what is the difference between humanitarian aid and western geopolitical interests. you can. discuss libya and the great arab awakening i'm joined by islam custom in the hague he is a strategic analyst at the hague center for strategic studies in cairo we crossed the editing should go fish or he is a visiting distinguished lecturer at the american university in cairo and in san francisco we have eric harris he is the founder and managing editor of antiwar dot com all right gentlemen this is cross talk you all have different points of

i applaud the state assembly and those in the state senate who are here in this chamber today for not losing sight of that. over the last few weeks, a great deal of attention has been focused on wisconsin. that is ok because freedom thrives each time there is a passionate debate in our society. passion and civility can go hand-in-hand and that is what is on display here in wisconsin. but outside observers need to know that there's more to this state as well. wisconsin is filled with outstanding workers and multi- generational employers. we have tremendous resources and amazing attractions. most importantly, we have decent people in this state. the good people of this state come from all walks of life -- young and old, urban and rural, democratic and republican. recently i learned of another story that affirms that sense of decency. some of our state employees at the farm center spent time with two brothers who jointly operate a dairy farm on the verge of fallen -- a financial collapse. one of the brothers was considering some horrible options. but farm center staff calmly walked the b

upset with illegal immigration and the state and federal government responses and while that might be the case giving anybody the idea that killing illegal immigrants is ok it's stupid and it's dangerous and as a lawmaker you should know better and that's why kansas republican state senator virgil pac is tonight's top time winner. the debate over those aggressive screenings at some airports here in the u.s. is about to heat up the cat and twenty one year old virginia man has now filed a two hundred and fifty thousand dollar lawsuit against the t.s.a. who are being detained on disorderly conduct charges at the richmond international airport aaron toby wrote an abbreviated version of the fourth amendment on his by then he stripped down to his shorts while going through the security screening area and aaron was flying last december to his grandmother's funeral when he made this political statement and this is what eric had to say about his arrest after being released from police custody they got in mind that anyone normally does i put my my belongings on the conveyor belt to be x. rayed

taking part in a meeting on monday to discuss the problem of wild pigs running free in kansas now the state currently uses helicopters to shoot the pigs and that's one version of pac had this brilliant idea. so virgil think that shooting illegal immigrants from the air would solve the state's illegal immigration problem doesn't verbal just sound like a really warm hearted nice person i mean personally i think it's insane that a lawmaker would advocate in a hearing of this shooting illegal immigrants from the air like wild boar would be a good idea after this meeting virgil was asked about his comments and you would think he would think that he might want to apologize but you would be wrong virgil said i was just speaking like a southeast kansas person really really so everybody in southeast kansas it in for illegals to be killed like animals somehow i doubt that the entire state is comprised of thought lizzie to phobics like you virgil i choose to give kansas a little bit more credit than that virgil went on to say that his constituents are extremely upset with illegal immigration and the s

>> what do the states do? if they have $175 billion in the hole right now and then they're going to have to come up with another $120 billion. this is the worst situation since the depression. nobody wants to hurt anybody. people got health care before. they had to go to emergency rooms but they got it. i'm not saying that that's what we should return to but we could have come up with a bill that would much more economic sense, would work better, would have both republicans and democrats together. that was an arrogance of power that they had that they just put this through this way. now look i don't like finding fault with my democrat friends. i don't like finding fault with the president. i don't even like finding fault with secretary sebelius but to be honest with you what she said is, if you read through the language and you read what she said you're still going to have to meet all the onerous provisions of this bill. you can't do it. that's the problem. >> woodruff: coming through loud and clear, senator or

she also told the committee that proposed cuts to the state department and the united states agency for international development, in her words, would be devastating to national security. after her opening statement, she took questions from the house committee panel. this portion is 2:20. >> madam secretary, it is a pleasure to welcome you to our committee. after i have my opening remarks, i ask you summarize your written testimony and then we will move directly into questions. in iran we have moved to the hezbollah ackyix. the union should never have supported a government with hezbollah. with hezbollah in control, what is the justification for continued u.s. taxpayer investments? in egypt and elsewhere successive u.s. administrations failed to move beyond the status quo and prepare for the future. we should not associate the protests in jordan and bahrain with events transpiring in tripoli, cairo, and beirut. there is one constant. we have failed to build strong accountable institutions to protect human rights. this administration's decision to cut support from pro-democracy civil gro

states. the reason the sentence got adopted is in 1857 the supreme court ruled that slaves were property and not citizens and that therefore those who drafted the 14th amendment wanted to make clear that everyone's who is born here is a united states citizen. in the 1890s, the supreme court specifically ruled that everyone who is born in the united states, whether parents are citizens or not, is a citizen of the united states. that is established law now for well over a century. now, i think it is reasonable to say we should amend the constitution to change that to say that those who are born to parents who are unlawful are not citizens. i can make the policy arguments, but i don't think we should punish children because of their parents' choices, but we can have that debate, but i don't think there's much of a debate in terms of the law that's been proposed here in arizona to say that the state won't recognize the citizen somebody whose parents were not lawfully here. state only the united state

of course it would be about the united states would be to. try to let me finish please this is about if we're speaking about interest then we must speak about european countries and their interests not the united states the focus here own do not in states i think is a good misleading person france and the u.k. took the lead on libya not the u.s. they used the u.s. and still this woman why has it and in fact. one so handed all that as a quick just read the paper i just read the press so this is really not an american lord of. the united states military you know you know like a we're going to try and shock we know of the french and the british where the leader is behind this operation not obama. not the one administration so what i fear is on the fringe liberals like you have to stay out of order as if i got it right now when you ask is of i want to go to i want to go to the i want us is a bull in the ok all right eric finish your point is silly or something and i want to see a sharp the us ok the us is a bull in a china shop you do not pass the

the debt ceiling. this is something united states has to do by statute in order to make sure the united states does not default on its debt. if we default, there would be enormous, enormous repercussions around the world. this is when the house freshmen come back into the scene. th areaying they will not vote to raise the debt ceiling without significant commitments on entitlement reform. that is a first in decades that we're seeing people agreeing to not only look at entitlement reform -- is truly the third rail of american politics. host: gordon in sarasota, florida. you are on the independent line. caller: my comment is directed to ms. meckler. earlier you commented and made a comment that the republican freshmen were complaining. i take issue with that. it has to do with the evaluation of the currency. you do not have t look to any other country to see what occurs when the government starts printing its currency. at least you understand that most taxes are directed toward the port. anyone holding currency which constitutes a creditor, and printing worthless money is defrauding anyone that has any o

as president obama wraps up his speech in the united states on the topic of libya rebels in libya trying to push westward toward the capital tripoli there are conflicting reports just how far they've advanced claims of controlling colonel gadhafi hometown of syria have been dismissed by reports on the ground which say the city is still held by government forces who've been putting up heavy resistance . russia's foreign minister says the international coalition is taking part in the civil war in libya beyond the limits of what's been allowed for u.n. resolution sergey lavrov has also expressed concerns about the protection of civilians which was the reason for the sole goal of the mission agreed at the u.n. security council. russian authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the general terrorist bombing at moscow's airport in which thirty seven died seventeen militants were also killed in a special operation by three different russian federal agencies in the southern republican. at the fukushima nuclear plant in northern japan are frantically trying to dispose of radioacti

once a pension benefit is given by the state to city employees where the city has to pay, even the state can't take away. there's very little you can do for existing employees other than lay them off. the trouble is if you want to provide services, those are the people that provide the services and i have argued that the problem isn't so much the unions whose job it is to ask for as much as they can for their employees, that's why union leaders are hired. it is government and the public that has given them things that we cannot afford in down times and that they were given in good times and nobody thought about the down times. >> charlie: so how do you deal with this problem, mayor reed. >> i say we have to deal witness head on. the pension challenges, we actually know the answers to. what you really have is a will problem. resolving these deficits we're facing are very hard and require a lot of negotiation. but the data really is undeniable and if we don't deal with it, you're going to have a simple government that becomes insolvent. what i think the people who around this table want to

discuss the state of democracy in the us i'm joined by steve lesser in new york he's a columnist for democrats for progress dot com also in new york we have niles standage a journalist and author of redemption song an irish reporter inside the obama campaign and in washington we cross to florida o'connell he's chairman of civic form pac and another member of our cross talk team yelena hunger all right gentlemen all three of you have been on cross talk before so you know how it works for and i want to go to you and inside a little bit about collective bargaining in the united states democracy are the founding fathers a little worried right now as they see what's coming out of ohio and out of wisconsin the current resting i had states isn't about the merits of democracy democracy is live alive and well it's really about sort of spending and fiscal responsibility as a relates to government this may be the issue of the decade in the united states to be perfectly honest with you democrats love to blame folks like george w. bush i don't reality the situation dates back to over a generation

you need to know this the labor battle in ohio is largely lost last night republican senators in that state passed gov john k. six plan to strip public workers of most of their rights even with six republicans voting against the bill kaisa got his bill through the senate chamber it was packed with full of teachers and firefighters and chanted shame down at the lawmakers that the bill was passed legislation now moves to the state house where swift passage is likely and once government basically puts its signature on it and the rights of more than three hundred fifty thousand state workers will be wiped away just like that back it caught was. johnson there's a tale of two political strategies unfolding democratic effort at two recall republican senators is underway all democrats need a roughly twenty thousand signatures against each of nine republicans to force recall elections to get back power in the senate and stop walker's agenda for good meanwhile republicans in the state senate passed a bill that instructs the sergeant at arms to arrest the fourteen missing wisconsin democratic senators

possible justification for the united states or even the e.u. to get involved in libya there's just nothing in their charters or just there's nothing that would justify this it's an civil war in a different country in which the details are very murky which could america be a hop skip and a jump away from another war the white house is now saying it will wait for the when to lead the way in dealing with libya but with the habit of getting need deep into other nations affairs will america be able to resist the temptation this could be a rerun of iraq this is a rerun of humanitarian. and very very dangerous. for the west despite warning signs flashing some experts believe history is about to repeat itself iraq and afghanistan they warn suck the us much further into war then first anticipated the definition of insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting different results well in the case of the united states it would be doing the same thing dozens and dozens of times in trying to get different results in the united states. hasn't won a war

we're the only state since 2007 that's have an improved bond rating. we have continue to unvest in public education at the highest levels in the history of the commonwealth. i'll also say our unemployment rate is about a point and a half below the national unemployment rate. we are not satisfied. we still have to drive that down. but when i talk to those small businesses who are concerned about their premium increases, they appreciate we have the additional tools now to be able to get at that end. i meet entrepreneurs that say the security that comes from universal care is a factor in their decisions to invest in massachusetts. we welcome that. >> con tear -- contrary to public influence, the bond rate is up, the budget is balance -- >> we have more work to do. but i'm proud of it. >> you've done a great job. thank you. >> chairman recognized mr. walden. >> thank you for being here. my home state of oregon has tried to innovate. i was part of the legislature when we implemented the health care plan, and i've been an employee for 20 years and spent five

fact of picking up so the biggest crowds yet more than one hundred thousand people descend upon the state capitol in madison wisconsin on saturday to speak out against governor scott walker's ideological war on unions the largest demonstration that state since the vietnam war and the protesters were joined by crowds nationwide as move on dot org held rallies in every state capitol to show solidarity with the working people of wisconsin on sunday felice ordered people in the state capital in wisconsin to leave by four pm or risk of rouse but the deadline came and went with hundreds of people remaining camped out and those who stayed were allowed to sleep overnight there for the thirteenth night in a row back they were joined by many off duty police and firefighters police officers and firefighters meanwhile not to be out there on the billionaire koch brothers whose court. aeration is based in kansas at pleasure continue advocating for their interests in wisconsin a state or a statement released by koch industries read for the left trying to intimidate the koch brothers to back off from the

crowley the state department spokesman was actually asked whether the u.s. had ruled out the idea of arming rebel libyan forces and he said no that's not off the table because at this point quite frankly nothing is off the table all options are still have to be there but my question is who exactly what we are right i mean it's not like there is a unified opposition group here no options are off the table or all options are on the table is like saying we don't know that's what they really say we don't know what we're doing yet maybe you'd be a little bit better in. more convincing and transparent they said that might not be big with the international community or the american people so they don't say that but frankly as i said before this is got to be handled very carefully because we're seeing u.s. policy collapse u.s. policy has been shaking hands with tyrants in order to protect oil that policy is falling apart on the other hand the us had for at least the last twenty years i could argue for the last sixty five years a nother policy and that was to breed f

that's why we have become the first city in the state and we're very proud of the leadership now in the state and i say leadership now in the state, not leadership 5 years ago, but now in the state on these issues, by becoming the first city to register where we are in terms of our emissions and having more objective minds determine exactly where we are so it's not just a politician coming up and saying we've rolled it up 30 percent below 1990 and everyone applauds but the reality is that's not necessarily the case. so we have a plan of action. we have a coordinator whose purpose in life is to advance these efforts, and within that plan we've got actionable items, some of which are as interesting or at least elevating in terms of the quality of imagination, tidal wave energy or wave energy which to me is just low-hanging fruit. the idea that mother nature has given us all the tools to solve this riddle and we're not taking advantage of those tools by focusing appropriately, but almost exclusively on solar and wind and other efforts and not taking advantage of harnessing the extraordinar

we can't have all these black people voting in the state can wait. i don't necessarily think that that's what the governor saying i was talking to many people from across the country today about this law you know law is not all that much different than it is in some other states yet twelve states but most states reject this i mean it's. what part of redemption don't you believe them i'm not saying i don't believe in it i believe in the absolute as governor scott. well i think that he thinks that criminals need to pay for the crimes they commit but isn't it also isn't violent criminals need to pay for a longer period of time than not restart an awful story about somebody go bust a personal of a job and the five years and be. so it's ok what he's doing is he's adding five years to the penalty so he doesn't actually believe in the rule of law and justice he's saying that whatever the courts decide whatever the judges whatever the juries decide it's constitutional bodies that the you know the founders put into place in the constitution the fifth sixth sev

we are to have one in the state. art of the affordable care act requires the federal high-risk pool, but the answer came back we can't answer that question. we haven't had a chance to read the bill. >> governor barbour you had interesting comments about the high-risk pool at the national governors association on sunday. could i get you to quickly summarize about the number of people they were covering it the number --. >> governor herbert's point about the need for a quick decision by the supreme court because we were required to create a second high risk pool in mississippi to comply with this law even though we had one since the mid-90s and it insured 3600 people. we were forced to add another one and now in the course of however long it has been, 58 people have signed up when they could've taken our high-risk pool and not force us to have an opening. >> the simplicity could be absolutely stunning in that and actually we had legislation to try to do that, but it didn't fly unfortunately with the affordable care act.

there is a lot of differences within the new england states. talk about the middle colonieslo of new york, new jersey delaware and pennsylvania period divers with their population, and again farming, largely greens then what will further south of very different place now you have plantations rather than the family farms producing tobacco slaves? yes.la but they were not unique to this south the chesapeake to a little further and georgia and i left at north carolina but 40% of the population were slaves and you have that majority in south carolina but slavery was every where.... the remarkable part is that it was not much criticized. the real opposition except for quaker's yousaf but it was wrong earlier because it violated the principles thatec wereau expressed for example, in the declaration of independence. i don't know of that is what you mean but there is no one picture of the united states 1775 because there are so many. h the colonies have very h distinct cultures and economies. >> host: was there amood similar political mood in 1775? >> g

you know, both in defense and in usaid and in the department of state. you know, we kind of ride on the back of d.o.d. when they come in for these big supplementals. you know, maybe it was a political mistake but it was an honest effort to say, let's be transparent, let put everything in the budget. little us tell you what our operations are, $47 billion, and let us tell you what our frontline contingencies are, $8.7 billion. what we're trying to do is make the case as this committee, which has such an important responsibility, works with the defense subcommittee, you got to cooperate the same way we're cooperating. i mean, i'm in touch with secretary gates and admiral mullen and general petraeus in afghanistan the general in iraq and the general in sitcom because we are literally joined at the -- centcom because we are literally joined at the hip. the state looks at the pentagon account and the usual treatment is the pentagon doesn't get whacked pretty hard and they make it up at the 150 account. those days are over, congressman. i'd make that strong cas

quickly, about the impact on the state. as i say, this may change. as of this morning at 12:15, we understand that the california redevelop association has been working with the five republicans who are still not supporting the governor's bill. with the amendment that the cra is putting forward, we anticipate up to a 10% increments payment to the schools by the redevelopment agency, and in exchange, we would get two years additional. there is different scenarios under the. the cra is still pushing republicans to move forward and try to get agreement. we understand a trailer bill will be out any day, and the vote will happen shortly after, so we will not have much time to read the bill before the vote happens. it was speculated that the republican convention is happening this week and, so republicans would not do anything until monday, but now we are hearing it could happen any day now. it is still a precarious situation that we are in. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we go to the budget analyst report and then open up for questions? >> on page fo

well i think these are issues that have long been on the table in the united states the disparities in wealth you have a relatively small relatively elite group of you know it's state citizens who control the disproportionate share of the wealth we also noted that disproportionate wealth is racialized that is on average white folks are doing better than black and brown folks the recession the economic meltdown the financial crisis the last few years have simply be exacerbated but we're existing inequality is deeply embedded in the u.s. system because our inequalities that have endured even after the significant achievements of the civil rights movement of the one nine hundred sixty s. these racialized disparities in wealth and continue and so what we're seeing now is a kind of intensification of a profoundly unequal system. that's being magnified by the crisis yeah sort of put the magnifying glass on it all let's talk about this concept of the american dream and more specifically the contradictory nature of it you know i love this term people are pulling themselves up by their bootstra

foreign policy that was the agenda today for u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton as she spoke before the house foreign affairs committee on capitol hill and as events each day now change the global landscape is becoming more and more clear that the power and influence of the u.s. government well that's shifting as well are the corresponding christine for his outlooks into the changing tides of american foreign policy. afghanistan iraq egypt. libya. when it comes to u.s. foreign policy this country's hands are not just full they're often tied secretary of state hillary clinton charged with the task of laying out a plan for the future generations of americans including my own have grown up successful and safe because we chose to lead the world in tackling the greatest challenges but now clear signs that the challenges and the times are changing but a lot of people in this country have come to the conclusion that our policy overhaul has been inconsistent sometimes we support bad guys and the bad guys become our enemy. when eleven has been a major year