--the va. "the washington post" won a pulitzer prize for pointing out things happening at the walter reed medical facility. it is important to understand in the context of what i'm saying. the va does not run walter reed medical senator -- center. the va is part of a different picture. it is true that the wars that we have been fighting have presented us with a very difficult patient load. part of it is that due to our success in a rapid medical evacuation, a lot of people in a different war who would be dead in the field, are coming home, often with injuries that take many months and years to treat. we also have the phenomenon of a traumatic brain injury. we have become much more sensitized to post-traumatic stress syndrome. i think we have a bit of a generation of trade -- change in the percentage of returning soldiers that want mental health counseling. the seven big challenges. host: it reports that the rapid air evacuation system has resulted in the lowest mortality rate compared with other

what have the va noticed when it comes to female veterans, specifically, casey. >> reporter: good to you've talked about, they've noticed there's been an explosion when it comes to the female veteran population, nearly 15% of all veterans are female, more than 1.5 million across all branches of the military and the u.s. department of veterans affairs has started studying this issue and quite frankly, they've uncovered some disturbing trends. listen to this. more women veterans are homeless than their male counterparts. 11% compared to 7%. women, three times more likely to get a divorce. they're diagnosed with ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder more frequently than men and 40% of women are seeking services from the va as opposed to 22% of male veterans. so, there is certainly a niche here and the big question is why and kelly, quite frankly, there are several denver schools of thoughts on this. one woman that we spoke to at the va campus here in the los angeles area says typically in our society, women are more nurturing and typically more of the care givers when it comes to small ch

what specifically vuz the va done to try to help female veterans. >> reporter: first and foremost theyre doing a lot of research the explosion of the female veteran population, 15% of all veterans are female. that is about 1.5 million total across all branches of the u.s. military. so the u.s. department of veteran affairs is doing a lot of research. unfortunately, they are noticing disturbing trends in women. more women veterans are who homeless than their male components. women, three times more likely to get a divorce. they were diagnosed with ptsd more frequently than men and 40% of women shall seeking services by the va as opposed to 22 of male veterans. big question is why. there are several different schools of thought on this. one being that women by nature are more nurturers and primary caretakers for children. if they are deployed and separated from their family, the anxiety is much greater than perhaps of men. that is one of the issues why women seem to have more issues once this they have served the country. >> gregg: from a practical standpoint, what are they doing to addr

i have used the va. one of the things that struck me, and i have been out of the military for many years, but it is a rational kind of system. people think it is regimented. everything it makes sense. there is someone doing this for a reason. i felt it was an integrated approach. everyone kind of knows what everyone else is doing. part of that was an incredibly good medical record they have. my background is in information technology. theirs was eons behind -- beyond anything i've seen in private doctors' offices. guest: thank you, for that. tell your neighbors. you're starting point about who has access to health care, my wife and i live in the nation's capital. we have gold brick health insurance. she and i have spent six weeks looking for a primary care doctor who is still taking patients and is in that network. if anyone wants to say it is a debate about choice of doctor or access, get out there in the real world. that is the situation in the washington, let alone the rural areas, or the inner city, t

guest: i am an employee of the chillicothe va. it is too bad she has not seen me in the hallways. it is a phenomenal va. i love working there. we're really admire the most is that the employees are more veteran-centered and focused than i have ever seen. ever seen. gueshostcaller: she works in the fiscal office. as a vietnam-." veteran, i really appreciate what you are doing. we had close friend who took one of the flights to d.c. he has several awards and metals as a world war ii veran. it meant a lot to him. he was at the battle of the bulge. are very grateful for what you are doing. it brings a little bit of honor and glory to the town where we live. we thank you forour services will. have a good day. guest: 80. as a vietnam vet, welcome home. my father is a vietnam veteran. he did not get a welcome home when he came back from vietnam in 1969. i want to thank you for your service. host: do you have medical staff accompany them if they have medical problems? guest: we are on thin ice promoting ourselves as providing medical coverage. that means our people would have to get approv

community service, i help people and for them to just all of a sudden, i helped the veterans and at the vaospital, but the point is for them to just say, oh, there's a mexican, let me pull him over and see if he's legal, that's harassing me. >> now, in an effort to calm some of the fears about this bill leading to racial profiling, arizona governor jan brewer signing an amendment that would prevent law enforcement to use race as a sole reason to ask for papers. if police suspect they're in the state and in this country illegally. they say the law is necessary to curtail problems in arizona and three official lawsuits have been filled in an effort to keep the law from going into effect at the end of july and more lawsuits are expected, still, despite all of the outrage over this contentious issue, no major reports of violence to report at any of the may day rallies in this country yesterday, juliet. >> good news. >> casey stegal live in phoenix, thanks. >> you got it. >> thousands in tennessee needing real help. some of the state's worst flooding causing several deaths. the big question, is

so, like kaiser, the va, group health, despite to the to the six scribes' debate to discuss your access care. in the vast majority of practices there are full practice is still paper, of telephone and fact based that kids too clerical where they're scheduled regardless of clinical urgency. a lot of inefficiencies exist in the systems including often the wrong the clinics. someone may refer someone today diabetes clinical they should be going to an end to current glenna or vice versa. unnecessary referrals meaning the patient with hypothyroidism i should be about to manage with a little bit more information or guidance from a specialist that really doesn't need to go see the specialist. premature folds where if i had done before the work on the first visit the specialist wouldn't have been spent filling out that the forms and x-ray forms. then obviously things like an ability to discern the referral questions. at the san francisco general hospital we are the customer so we take the of injured patients and a large portion of medicaid patients and this exemplifies what the system was five

guest: when i was working for the va in dayton, the french foreign embassy went around. they're giving medals to world war i the actions. this was in 1999. the call went out asking for world war i veteran patients. we were able to find two. one had advanced alzheimer's disease. he sat in a wheelchair oblivious to what was going on. that left one that could appreciate this. i think that this country when it comes to world war i and ii have fallen way behind in properly recognizing these people for their efforts and sacrifices. now it is coming around. i do not want the world war ii memorial to be something that looks more like a tomb or mausoleum simply because there are not any world war ii veterans there. about one to 2 million veterans across this country, and everyone of them deserve to come and see the memorial. in another 10 years, they are gone. host: evansville, indiana, the morning. this is rose on our veterans line. caller: i am a navy veteran. i was in from 1943 to 1946. also in the cold war. host: where did you serve in washington? caller: in the navy departme

meeting al qaeda what around the room, us, the large employers, and the federal buyers, jerry from the va and others were sitting there. and we all said we want comprehensive integrated coordinating care. and by the way, the academic medical centers, you have to train the kids to do that, train the students to do that. that's the product we want to buy. so, you know, we, the buyers, right, we the community that's organized with the providers. are going to insist on that. no new nih grants for academics is that don't deliver. seriously, we are serious about this. we are going to work, you know, with our senators, with our members of the legislation to make certain that we begin to move. because just as joel and larry said, it takes social movement. so we are beginning to see some real changes from the employer side. boeing just announced a 20% lower cost. we have companies building this if they can't buy it. probably about 20% -- 10% of employers, employees are now in a medical home that is being built in communities, if we can -- we can't buy it. you know, i think that you're either part

and the social engine that they have both had, you saw what the dod and the va did after world war ii i think they have the same social phenomenon. and i think that the large employers really stepping up and say we value comprehensive primary care. we value the primary care providers, the comprehensiveness and that's what went to buy. if you would pass the tipping point. i think the train has left the station. i think those systems that are embracing this in the earlier to do so this are going to be the future mayo clinics. they're going to be the ones that really succeed a center authority showing that and i think those that don't will fail. a phenomenon that i don't think americans understand is that i spent quite a bit of time in denmark and the gains have gone from 155 hospitals in 10 years to 25. a profound change where chronic diseases are no longer things that happened in the hospital. this prevented or care is provided at home. some remote monitoring with technology that delivers information that's actionable, right into the medical home. that technology that the 60 billion th

with respect to the game change your comment that you made, and the va lease sale, let me say to this committee that there are three options. the first option is to shut down all drilling and development in the outer, nor shall. no more offshore development. the sec is to not make any changes in simply move forward with the plans as they have been announced. and the third is to make adjustments based on the lessons that are being learned. the president has said from the very beginning of december, we will learn and make adjustments as we move forward, so i would ask you to stay tuned and there will be additional announcements that will be coming as the president's considers different options. >> off fourth option or a version of one of those options that you mentioned, seems to me, would be to begin establishing presumptions in one direction versus another. in other words, a presumption against offshore drilling in certain places. these presumptions can be overcome. they can be rebuttable based on the evidence that is brought forward, and the comfort level we have about the technologi

runner, great britain, so they had been economically active and innovative from the very beginning in massachusetts and virginia. va unfortunately had the slave system but massachusetts is much more plucky all entrepreneurs. this fostered the individualism, individual initiative and responsibility those are the moral bedrocks of capitalism. you have act for yourself and you have act on your own. you have a lot to do with causing their revolution. when the british tried to change the rules, they are not at all happy about it and they are not afraid to oppose it. so i would say that economic initiative -- widespread economic initiative was crucial to the revolution and to the founding of this country. >> what about slavery? you mentioned that in your book. not just in this country but around the world. >> slavery is terrible. their profits to be made in the tropics by growing sugar. imagine a world without sugar and all the sudden they can get sugar. and then you get this vicious exploitation of labor. it weighed on the conscience of these european countries. what did they do? they blamed this on the slaves. it is th

rates rt according to some including me were a very major factor in could tip into the financial so, crisis. i re a vas the way that signal it was a unsustainable. they certainly encouraged itasing, carrying trade. they should encourage or makevey cheaper to develop a more rapidd development of the various derivatives and hedge funds ande so on that everybody is now so at.lopm okay? so f so balances were unsustainable and as it happens the way they blew up was to the financialgloe sector. and global imbalances were realt wasthey were real underlying causes, namely these big surpluses and deficits, intoere major parts of the world.plusesd with all of that, we have now seen a situation where china's current account surplus went down somewhat. have the current u.s. deficit is down somewhat but there is nothingh'' that i know of and nothing tooma anybody that i know oft and knof that is to prevent it from b happening again to as the world economy picks up it is certainly likely that u.s. imports will rise more rapidly than experts, especially with the recent dollar appreciation. it is more likely when the

military has done more in this war to look at posttraumatic stress syndrome, brain injuries, and what the vado to support soldiers. all as a result of the sacrifices he made with at the military supporting individuals. more importantly we have seen the united states of america, regardless of political party, embrace the selfless sacrifice of men and women. host: the administration came out with their national strategy last week. reading about iraq and their executive summary, they write that they are transitioning into full sovereignty and responsibility, a process that includes troop removal, strengthening a civilian capacity, and a partnership with the iraqi government and people. hearing that, does it make you feel your mission is on target? guest: it does in terms of where we are going in 2011. i think that what you talked about in the national security strategy, our mission is to help the iraqi people build civil institutions. we're working with them on borders to enhance its sovereignty. provisional construction teams in the state department are helping on issues of local governments.

are fortunate enough to get your care in a very integrated health care delivery system like kaiser, the va group health, this like probably describes your expense we are trying to access to specialty care. in the past majority of practices, the full process is still paper, telephone and facts days which leads to clinical rather than clinical process. were the first person referred is a purse under -- first person schedule. including referring to the wrong clinic, so as a primary care provider i'm ashley for someone to a diabetes click when they should be going to an endocrine clinic or vice versa. unnecessary referrals meaning there's a patient with hypothyroid condition. it doesn't need to go see a specialist. premature referrals what if i had done a more throat work up the first visit with the specials wouldn't have been spent going out loud forms and x-ray forms. and then obviously things like inability to do for referral questions. at san francisco general hospital we are the sole public hospital in the city, so we take it of the vast majority of uninsured patients and a large portion

that decision gets made and it comes out of the military budget. host: va on the democrats line.r: i wonder if you have heard a and people in kabul coming down with amtrak's poisoning the plea? -- anthrax poisoning in kabul? guest: i have not heard anything to that effect. host: how does the iraq government evolve once they get parliament decided, what do they want to see happen? guest: the most important thing is that the votes are verified and accepted by the parties. most people believe that they will reach some sort of a chord among the various blocks and religious and ethnic participants. the important thing then will be to nominate a prime minister. they will need to nominate a president, and of course, the vice presidents, of which there are two. the first step is for the nomination of the speaker of the parliament. traditionally, these roles have been divided up along ethnic and sectarian lines. you have had a shiite as the president and the occurred as the vice-president and a sunni as the speaker of the parliament. that system, -- and a kurd as the vice-president and a

the mid 80's -- dryer. >>> 123 burke lake road is taking bail out traffic, saturated. springfield, va., northbound. gon. not bad on 66 with a brief delay in manassas, slowing in centreville and again at 50. let's look at the beltway near college park. looks great. alison and doug. >> thank you. >>> new bicycle lanes on pennsylvania avenue are not ready for bike to work day. that is today. some are already using those lanes, but some changes are needed. there will be a bicycle rally at freedom plaza in d.c. from 8:00 to 9:00 this morning. 85 and hundred people are expected to take part in bike >> denied it 5:00, gordon peterson reports on -- tonight at 5:00, the school in washington d.c., and urban boarding school having miraculously success. that's tonight on abc 7 news at 5. >> you are watching abc 7's good morning washington. with doug mcelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, and lisa baden with traffic. this is good morning washington, on your side. >> good morning. our top story, investigators are trying to piece together a mysterious death in southeast d.c. a woman's body wa

the next phone caller is from alexandria, va., from the line for democrats.aller: [inaudible] the preamble to the constitution of the u.s. if i remember correctly it basically says that we the people of the u.s. in order to perform a more perfect union to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for common defense, and promote the general welfare, to ourselves and our prosperity do ordain and establish this constitution of the united states of america. i remember that from school. americans will have to realize that we have a position to play. if we are to americans, and believe in the constitution, that is where we stand. host: the next phone call comes from atlanta, georgia. maddie? caller: yes, like to say it does not really -- we have had a lot of people call in and indicate that the government role is to help certain people, but actually it does not matter your economic status, creed, color or whatever. anyone living in the united states benefits. i want to put an accent on that -- benefits from the role of the government. we'll utilize th

the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/vaw pressure moving north and we'll deal with the low bringing us shower activity through the next day or so. 72 degrees, periods of rain, tomorrow a chance of showers, 76 degrees, seeing some clearing by afternoon. >>> direct from charm city, mo'nique is taking hollywood by storm after her role in precious. >> in this exclusive, mo'nique reveals to vick carter how her baltimore career got her to where she is. reporter: mo'nique makes a turn from comedy to drama in her performance in precious. her gritty role as an abusive mother gets a claim. >> who else is going to love me reporter: the world doesn't know the mo'nique that baltimore knows. >> it started at home, baby, in baltimore. reporter: she invited wjz to the set of her new talk show. >> i love baltimore, baby. baltimore was the place that would tell me what was funny and what wasn't funny. reporter: it's a long way to here. how did it happen >> seems like yesterday i was walking on stage on a dare to do open-mic night. 20 years l

police are cracking down on hov violators as part of the first ever ho va wearness day. y are patrolling 395, 66, and the dulles tollroad. it will continue with this afternoon's rush hour. we will take a break and >> sunny today and highs in the low 80s and maybe thundershowers friday evening. how's the traffic? >> tough morning for a lot of folks making the trip in on 66. the dulles tollroad into the sun. it appears they put cones in the regular lanes. >> high tech methods could rid your home of dust mights, but wi >>> 8:00 now on a wednesday morning, it is the 5th day of may, 2010. it is cinco de mayo. it happens to be a beautiful day here in manhattan. not a cloud in the sky, about 61 degrees, going up near 80 today. loving that. >> cinco de mayo! >> i said that. out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer, along with meredith vieira, and al roker. >>> coming up in this half-hour, the former first lady, laura bush. >> that's right. she's written a revealing memoir in which she talks about the first time about her journey from west texas to the white house. this morning she'll tal

the next phone call comes from alexandria, va., on the republican line. caller: yes, first of all, thank you c-span for continuing to voice people's opinions the matter of party affiliation. i have a couple of remarks about this bp oil spill. i follow the news and i see that they have this problem. i am sorry, but even though i am a republican, i think to myself, okay, they pulled in millions of dollars per year as far as oil money. i'm pretty sure they have expenditures and whatnot, but at the same time, you mean to tell me you can drill 5,000 feet below sea level to get the oil, but you do not have a solution just in case anything hemorrhages or goes wrong? that is not tolerable. they're supposed to have the safety precautions for any kind of contraption. you should not just try to make up something at the last minute -- with as many brilliant-minded engineers as you have. this is not mount st. helens. this is a natural/man-made disaster -- so they are supposed to have something at least that can help avert disaster from spreading the way it is. it shou

they have spread around the country and hoping to get chapters to link up with every va hospital across the program. brian, back to you. >> thank you very much. and hope you bring us back some fish. >> will do. >> that is all from me here in washington. stay tuned, america's news ericndrters with ehrlich shawn shawn and jamie colby continues. thank you for j

that decision gets made and it comes out of the military budget. host: va on the democrats line.aller: i wonder if you have heard a and people in kabul coming down with amtrak's poisoning the plea? -- anthrax poisoning in kabul? guest: i have not heard anything to that effect. host: how does the iraq government evolve once they get parliament decided, what do they want to see happen? guest: the most important thing is that the votes are verified and accepted by the parties. most people believe that they will reach some sort of a chord among the various blocks and religious and ethnic participants. the important thing then will be to nominate a prime minister. they will need to nominate a president, and of course, the vice presidents, of which there are two. the first step is for the nomination of the speaker of the parliament. traditionally, these roles have been divided up along ethnic and sectarian lines. you have had a shiite as the president and the occurred as the vice-president and a sunni as the speaker of the parliament. that system, -- and a kurd as the vice-president an

the carolinas. northern plain states, threat of a va severe weather. oing to be much cooler than normal. topping out in the mid 70s. west coast looks good. that's a quick >>> that is a quick look at your weather picture. these canadians want your -- all right. i'm sure that sign was for me. >>> back in september, we met "dude perfect," some texas a&m students who became a youtube sensation with their incredible basketball shots. millions have watched the jaw-dropping shots from various locations. just amazing. like a water tower and a barn roof, but now their game has really gotten off the ground. >> it's the airplane shot. >> how much fun is that. tyler toney is the guy who sank the shot from the plane. they join us exclusively from ft. worth. >> good to talk to you good. >> since the last time we visited, what has your life been like? >> the last time we were up there in new york, we had just done the world's longest shot. and since then, we actually got to go up to sacramento and help out tie reek evans for his rookie of the year campaignnd and now w

the virginia festival of the book posted this event and to find out more visit va books.org. >> drexel university center for nonviolence and social justice chair, dr. john rich present several portraits of young black men trying to avoid violence in the inner cities. he also discusses the challenges posed by socioeconomic factors. the enoch grad library in baltimore host this hour-long event. the program contains language some viewers might find objectionable. >> i am grateful to be, grateful for this limitation and grateful for the opportunity to have a conversation with you this evening, and to hear your thoughts. i am grateful to see young men and women here, who can reflect upon how many of these issues, the issues that the young people in the book talk about affect their own lives. i would also like to thanks piece band for-- c-span for being here and for my colleague, christina from johns hopkins press who has been wonderful. now, i come to this really from the perspective of a doctor, and i appreciate your reading those words. that is where i ended up, in understanding that we c

there's nothing wrong with having a va sec top, except what? >> therotum. >> not yours. mika. you've got nothing to worry about here if i know anything about anatomy. i think i do. >> that's going to mess up your week. >> got any more booger jokes? >> is the hole -- >> no, no. >> it's not a good question. >> wait a minute. he wrote about it. crossed the line. >> they give you a bag of frozen peas and a jock strap. >> i'm not kidding. right up there. >> no, no. there actually is a parallel between your book and mika's book. >> what? no. >> she talked about how when you become a mother, you've got to fight to maintain your individualism and your personality. it's sort of the same thing you're writing about here, as you grow older, you've got to fight to find that inner self. >> that's exactly right. >> i'm a uniter, not a divider. >> exactly. >> about finding your inner -- >> knowing yourself. >> mika has a few less booger jokes in hers. >> you had a good experience in miami, right? >> it was lovely. >> you didn't get shot in any way. >> no, it was love

the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/vammy: hi there, we're back. still to come, massive attack. our next guests have been delighting and tormenting us for the last five years. they are the masterminds behind maybe the greatest show ever. on sunday night at 9:00, it ends for good right here on abc. the show is called "lost." please say hello to damon lindelof and carlton cuse. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thanks for coming. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i know you guys have been very busy and i appreciate you making time. does it really have to end? i don't think anybody is going to be mad if you go, you know what we're going to do another season. >> one more year, sure. >> jimmy: what the heck? >> no, this is it. i mean, no one would care if we were not ending the show. >> jimmy: people would -- well, no, people would care, i think, one way or the other. but i think we just -- me personally, i don't know -- i really realize how hollow my life is now. because like, even when it wasn't on the air i was waiting for it to come

va.. robert on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning.s the ruling goes, i agree. i think what he was referring to was the justice system. everyone out there bad mouthing clarence thomas -- the only reason why you do not like clarence thomas is because he is a black man who is a conservative. yes, i think the african- american community in this country -- most of them are liberals and they are bigots because he is not one of them. host: more on justice thomas' point of view in "the new york times" this morning. right here, he added -- next telephone call is chicago. this is jerry on the line for democrats. good morning. you are on the air. caller: it is very complex. i am ambivalent about the ruling. pardon me understands that -- part of me thinks that some of the crimes that the youth are committing our of regis. i wish the accord would have expanded their view on doing things like outlawing things like grand theft auto, and take on the aclu. to a certain extent, it correlates with the types of crimes that are being committed. i hope the

va a potentially fatal illness. >>> a tax benefit a lot of people use to buy over the counter medication is going away. it is just one of of the changes to your medical flexible spending account, also because of the new health care reform law. we have more on what you need to know. >> reporter: drugstores ring up a lot of sales in december. that is usually when customers with money left in their use or lose flexible spending accounts are trying to max out their balances. >> it is unscreens, the eyeglasses. it is the band-aides, advil and such like that. >> reporter: employees can use free tax tax dollars for medical spents not cover the by health insurance. currently, that includes over the counter medications but not after december 30th, 2010. >> it means that people will have to plan better. >> reporter: he saws the changes mean a few more tax dollars for the feds. >> it is two reasons. one to increase revenue to pay for health reform and two, it will put less money in the account and that means they will have less money available to use for health care and hope any, he will use less health care. >>

the gulf of mexico. they're spawning right now. we know their la va are coming into contact with the oil and dispersents. we don't know what that's doing. it will likely have a f an impact on the ability to recover. it's a threatened species. host: go ahead. guest: what we do know is there's a sperm whale population that's in this area that their most productive feeding area is in this canyon. so we know they have been moved off their best feeding area or coming into contact with the oil. so again, we don't know what the impacts are. we expect them to be significant. we hope they're not devastating. host: we are lining up calls. the numbers are on the bottom of your screen. the impact on the environment. the impact of the livelihood of those living on the gulf coast. caller: thanks for taking my call. i have a comment i guess. i keep hearing a lot of like basically excuse making for this administrrtion's response to this. and they could talk about the culture that exists with the friendly ties to the oil companies. but the bottom line is according to

the studies in the metropolitan area from which i come and represent, va., could grow 165,000 jobs withoutng investment. but when we are looking at some of the items that we are discussing here on the "you cut" option, these are options that are not for debate. , these are options that are niceties. host: what do you think about the gop you cut program. is it a good idea or a gimmick? the numbers are on the screen. what do you think here are a couple of things that have already been posted. that have en posed to the iran eric cantor's blogging, or on the representatives aside. "z and this is some of the thgs -- these are some of the things that the gop has proposed cutting on their site, and include taxpayer subsidized union activies, is how they phrase it. the $600 million in savings. should they also be subsidized by the taxpayer for their official functions? and some comments that have come in on you tube from citins include proposing budget and staff cuts by 90% as a beginning. another one -- trying to do this piecemeal will just generate the usual "what about me" mentality. what do yo

the gulf of mexico. they're spawning right now. we know their la va are coming into contact with the oil and dispersents. we don't know what that's doing. it will likely have a f an impact on the ability to recover. it's a threatened species. host: go ahead. guest: what we do know is there's a sperm whale population that's in this area that their most productive feeding area is in this canyon. so we know they have been moved off their best feeding area or coming into contact with the oil. so again, we don't know what the impacts are. we expect them to be significant. we hope they're not devastating. host: we are lining up calls. the numbers are on the bottom of your screen. the impact on the envonment. the impact of the livelihood of those living on the gulf coast. caller: thanks for taking my call. i have a comment i guess. i keep hearing a lot of like basically excus making for this administrrtion's response to this. and they could talk about the culture that exists with the friendly ties to the oil companies. but the bottom line is according to my

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the exam, did not see it as a hurdle. see it as an opportunity. aquasco richmond, va., you are next. caller: i was wondering if you could go over the finer points of a gideon versus ogden and how women obverses -- and how it helps with the religious cases? guest: it is a note -- it is really an old case. you'll be asked to know in generality. this is the case that expanded the power of government. if you get an opportunity to talk about the growth of the national government, that is a great case to drop in. you cannot know them all. as far as the religious cases, there is a great number of cases to look at. i would know the distinction between the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. know when the establishment clause was incorporated. 1947 -- there was a wall of separation between church and state. applying that concept to all 50 states. it dramatically change the culture and the way we talk religion in this country. host: from twitter -- guest: it would apply to the topic of gay marriage. that is also where we see federalism. the idea that if one state recognizes a con

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the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run into. get started at buschgardens.com/vas news" saturday morning at it's 66 degrees outside a consumer alert to passe long this morning. tainted alfalfa spouts has been linked to salmonella in 23 people prompting a nationwide recall. four people have fallen seriously ill but no deaths reported. the sprouts are sold in 18 states under the caldwell fresh foods and naystures's choice they are available at trader joe's and wal-mart stores. >>> jetblue pilot is pulled off a plane at logan airport in boston for allegedly threatening to crash the plane. authorities took a gun from the pilot just before his flight took off and he apparently only wanted to harm himself. >> reporter: it was the most unsettling news for a passengers about to take off on jetblue. and it came from the cockpit. >> i don't think it's appropriate especially with what's going on around the world and air travel. >> reporter: sources tell wbz radio a pilot so personally distraught he e-mailed his girlfriend threatening to crash the plane he was about to fly if

you va has graduation ceremonies later today. have thetudents celebrating from graduation at cal state fullerton. next is steve from virginia. good morning on the republican line. caller: we are in afghanistan because if you look at iran and afghanistan -- iraq and afghanistan, that makes iraq -- excuse me. that makes iran surrounded. we have to make sure that iran cannot have any adventures, especially with nuclear weapons. there will have to be a hostage rescue thing in about -- and about 20 things will have to be removed from the influencing of iran. the people are on our side. those religious fanatics run the country. they have the place torn up. if you bring all of the soldiers home, they will run for congress and impeach the president. host: ok. that it? thank you. we appreciate the call and the comment. the atlanta newspaper this morning, looking at the cost of incarceration, per day, per person, just under $50 per day. community-based program is about $16.40 per day. next is suzanne from california, democrat line. good morning. ca

the exam, did not see it as a hurdle. see it as an opportunity. aquasco richmond, va., you are next. caller: i was wondering if you could go over the finer points of a gideon versus ogden and how women obverses -- and how it helps with the religious cases? guest: it is a note -- it is really an old case. you'll be asked to know in generality. this is the case that expanded the power of government. if you get an opportunity to talk about the growth of the national government, that is a great case to drop in. you cannot know them all. as far as the religious cases, there is a great number of cases to look at. i would know the distinction between the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. know when the establishment clause was incorporated. 1947 -- there was a wall of separation between church and state. applying that concept to all 50 states. it dramatically change the culture and the way we talk religion in this country. host: from twitter -- guest: it would apply to the topic of gay marriage. that is also where we see federalism. the idea that if one state recognizes a con

va., he traveled to kentucky with his family. they had moved there while he was in richmond. >> there is a painting of his home in lexington, ky in your book. where did the name actually come from? -- ashland come from? >> from the trees of the work on the property. >> if you were to describe him physically -- he looked thin in all of his pictures. >> he was a very tall man. he resembled in posture and build andrew jackson in that regard. he was not handsome by anyone's estimation, but at the same time, he had an animated way of speaking that was charismatic, drew people to him. many people say that you could never know clay from portraiture or photographs, because to put -- freeze him in them is to drain all of the vitality and charisma out of him. he had a very wide mouth. as he puts it on his passport, the chin he describes as not particularly prominent, longnose, and blue eyes which no portrait painter ever really attempted to capture. it was like a wind rotor -- weinmaner, the translucent blueness of his eyes had sort of a pale transparency to them. his voice was a deep baritone and very commanding. we mentioned in the book that daniel webster had t