among black voters 30% are undecide. 21% would vote for davis. emanuel picks up 19% of the black vote. followed by meeks, mosley braun and burris. and emanuel gets 27% of latino voters. more than chico combined. emanuel get 46% of the white votes. the numbers show emanuel has a diverse coalition of supporters. while chico has ground to make up in the black community and davis' is mostly among black voters. emanuel was the only who did not appear at a forum tonight. >> i am attending every single forum i'm invited to because it's the best way to talk to directly. >> reporter: answers about violence and prevention. >> nobody cares more about this issue than i do. >> reporter: offstage, chico said he's frantically raising money to get his message out. >> have the resources to more than compete. >> reporter: meeks says he's planning to unveil his planning tomorrow. >> it will be different from any message you've heard to this point. >> reporter: and davis insisted he's in for the long haul with no plans of dropping out. >> it's never even crossed my

numbers up on the screen now. 22% of you are in favor of th motion. 57% are opposed. 21% of you are undecided. we also asked y a second question tonight. we asked you if you are open to changing your vote. let's have tho numbers. wow. 75% of this audience could change their vote depending on what they hear in the next hour and half. ladies and gentlemen, we clearly have a debate on our hands. remember that we will pull the audience again at the end of the proceedings to find out which of these debaters was able to win swaying as with the power of their arguments. the time has come for introductory remarks. christopher hitchens will begin with his opening statement. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. munk familyo the amou for making this possible. i might have to seize a lat er chance of taking my esteemed opnent. 3.5 minutes for the material world will not be excessive. i have the text -- because i will not take attacks from a known religious extremist or fanatic. that prime minister blair's urging, he was recently canonized. his apologia made many people reconsider and join the roman cathol

two support the plan so far, the other four are undecided. but the six house members of the commission are sharply divided. all three republicans are conservatives who say the plan relies too much on tax increases and too little on cutting entitlement programs like medicare. >> if taxes are going to be put on the table, i believe health care is going to have to be put on the table. >> reporter: and two of the three house democrats are liberals concerned that the poor and elderly are being asked to give up too much. >> sacrifice in fact has not been shared. >> reporter: budget experts say putting off the tough choices in this report will be disastrous. >> it's not a matter of if we're going to have a crisis. it's only a matter of when. and that crisis could well take the form of a depression. >> reporter: the two cochairmen of the commission said today it's unlikely congress will summon the courage to pass the plan as it is, but they said at least it's started a serious discussion about a deadly serious issue. katie. >> couric: chip reid at th

he has 32% just ahead of undecided at 30%. but he is getting a challenge to his residency.people saying he shouldn't be allowed to run because while he went to work in the white house, he effectively gave up his residency in chicago. laws there say you have to live there for a full year. he says he kept his house, still owned the house. the challengers say yeah, but you rented it out, didn't live here. a weird, strange, surreal basement hearing where people were shouting and heckling rahm emanuel. one of the attorneys for the challengers, looking at pictures inside emanuel's house to decide whether or not he lives there. >> mr. emanuel, i want to show you a petitioner's exhibit 2, document 6, and this is the -- the listing from the multiple listing for the rental of the property. that's your home, correct? >> correct. >> and that is -- >> in the left corner is the back of the house and the main shot is the front of the house. >> of course that room is the kitchen? >> yes, very good, yes. usa history for 200. >> rahm can barely contame himself. yes, that is a kitchen, well d

. >> reporter: ironically, both sides are still undecided, which could leave president obama trying to pass his tax deal with a majority of republicans supporting it. in washington, tracie potts, "today in the east bay." >>> let's check in with christie smith. she's been talking about oakland dropout rates. no, i guess we're going to talk to brent next. okay, brent, you get to go first. >> i can talk about those too. >> it's shocking numbers. >> she's on the story and will have that coming up on "today in the bay." also a major meeting of the bigwigs in the nfl. we'll talk about how that meeting could affect the way that your kid plays football in the future. it could trickle all the way to high school and peewees. >>> a popular mtv show has an unwanted effect. how it impacts teens all across the country. >>> plus an update on the bad santa. macy's may not want his sense of humor anymore but another business does. we'll have that and more coming up in a few minutes on "today in the bay." >> thank you, brent. >>> an fda panel backing the release of the first prescription diet pill in mo

it is undecided and place will be cancelled for tomorrow. >> there are delays that the sfo for more than one hour. both oakland and international i have 50 minutes or less it delays. marin county officials say that there is a raw sewage spilled into a creek that has tripled the amount previously and thought. reggie kumar tells is that clear increased should be working at around the clock even on christmas they were moving all of the sludge on the water that removes today. >> workers were no insight. there was a much different story on friday as crews were racing against the clock trying to finish repairing a pipe that caused as second sewage spill on wednesday before this storm it did. according to the sanitation district website workers did finish in time. the other big concern was cleaning up this bill and it occurred a week ago. they believed that both pipelines leaked about 3 million gal. of raw sewage. so far they have only recovered 400,000 gal.. residents say they are upset that they have not seen it cleanup crews are working on christmas. >> date should be out on every second, a

of the commission's 18 members, nine have said they'll vote yes, four no, and five are undecided, making it unlikely they'll get the 14 votes it takes to send the plan to congress. boehner, using more of his colorful language, made light of the entire plan when asked if he would bring it up next year. >> if ands and buts were candy and nuts every day would be christmas. >> reporter: back on the tax cuts, sources say the most likely compromise is extending all of the cuts for two or three years but today the white house said any reports that a deal is near are premature and inaccurate. katie. >> couric: chip reid reporting from the white house tonight. thank you, chip. so how did the bush tax cuts come to be in the first place? we'll have a look back at how we got here a little bit later in the program. with the national debt close to $14 trillion, extending those tax cuts is one of the tough choices facing congress right now. another is whether to raise taxes on gasoline. gas now averages $2.86 a gallon, that includes about 18.5 cents in federal taxes. the president's debt commission is

is working or has any prospects of working in general propositions right before the election the undecideds usually trend against it because they're confused they don't like it but certainly there's a lot of scaremongering happening and it's not just by the government it's by newspapers twenty six of the top thirty california dailies by circulation have editorialized it on this proposition all twenty six one hundred percent this is like castro's cuba level of consensus are against prop nineteen and the arguments that they use are completely specious they're completely statist and why do you think that is i mean what interest would it serve for these daily newspapers write rather smaller publications were not just talking the l a times here purposes it's fair for them to oppose prop nineteen well i think the lesson terms of what purpose it serves and more about what it can signal to the rest of the world that they are serious they're not a laughing stock in the words of arnold schwarzenegger and being other columnists have used it as if we do this then california won't be treated seriously n

you can both go off together. >> 20% of the audience undecided on the question of whether religion isa force for good in the war. after the debate, 68% of the audience did not see religion as a force for good, compared to 32% who did. monday on washington journal, steven emerson, headed the investigative project on terrorism, talks about islamic rivals is some -- islamic radicalism within the u.s. part of our week-long series on food policy, the attorney general look set to its safety legislation passed by congress. we began with the day's news and your calls, e-mails, and tweets live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. monday is day one of american university's annual campaign management institute, a training students to work on political campaigns. we will hear from political consultants and strategists from both parties. topics include the general political environment and the chicago mayor's race. we'll have live coverage starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> c-span's our original documentary on the supreme court has been updated and errors on january 2. you will see the g

. >> we have played 13 games and our teams is kind of undecided. we know kind of team we are now.hey are an aggressive defense. we know they are a good team. there are coming to our house. is going to be a good match appeared i do not know how much the super bowl plays into that at this time of year. >> it is a long time ago. game time, 1:00 p.m. on sunday. the ravens route will be sunday night at 11:30. james franklin could be the new head coach at vanderbilt. it is expected to be announced later today. he would receive a $1 million bonus if he does not replace ralph friedgen as head coach. franklin is 38 years old and should be named vendor build's -- vanderbilt's head coach. it will be chilly out there. >> it will be cold. i cannot take another nail biter. >> i will pass that on. >> my bug pleasure -- my blood pressure and everything. to live. here's a look ahead. an investigation is underway into whether there is extra terrestrial life inside our own solar system. keith is laughing. a deer is rescued from icy waters. the dancing cop. >> this morning, temperatures running on th

. >> the mayor's office told me that the mayor is undecided on the issue, saying because the wikileaks case is still being sorted out on a world stage, it's premature for berkeley to weigh in on the issue. the mayor likes that the topic has people engaged and thinking critically. the council will make a vote on the resolution tonight. reporting live from berkeley, today in the bay. >> thanks and because this is something everybody is talking about, we posted on the morning show facebook page a spot to comment and give your thoughts. >> it is 6:06. wells fargo said 137 workers in concord will be losing jobs. the bank is closing their home mortgage lending site in the city. they are hiring managers to give top priority to the workers. the job cuts come at a time when the east bay lost more than 19,000 jobs over the past year alone. another 650 to 700 people will be laid off from yahoo today. most of the cuts will be in the product area including engineers and product managers. most are concentrated in the united states. this will be the fourth mass lay off at the company in the past thre

but 30% are still undecided.former chicago public schools chief gary chico has 9% and danny davis has. james meeks has 7% and carol moseley braun with 6%. city clerk miguel del valle trails 3% and burris has 2 percent. >>> an autopsy will be conducted today on springfield mayor tim davlan who was found dead yesterday. davlan was 53. he had served as mayor of springfield since 2003. police found davlan's body in his home yesterday shortly before he was scheduled to appear in a court hearing in an estate case. investigators have not commented on reports that he died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. dasklan was also facing a federal tax lien of $90,000 for unpaid income taxes. >>> full body scanners have been making headlines around the country. the latest airport to get one of the controversial security devices is chicago's midway airport. wgn's muriel clair is live at midway with more on that story. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. air travelers don't have to submit to the full body scanners. they

he was on the phone anymore the last week or two with senators who were undecided. there was great jubilation among the white house staff. so they really wanted this to happen. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> the senate returns tomorrow continue debate on the start treaty. they're expected to discuss an amendment by idaho senator jim rish with a vote expected to start at 3:00. live coverage begins at noon eastern on c-span2. from this mornings etion washington journal, a discussion about the treaty. this is half an hour. host: our guest is frank gaffney. the start treaty, as far as your perspective, what should happen with this tree? guest: at the very least, the senate should postpone consideration of this treaty until next year when it has an opportunity to to do the kind of comprehensive hearings and review and debate, informed especially by the actual negotiating record of this treaty. since we know for certain that there is, at the very least, a distinct disagreement between the united states and russia about its implications for missile defense which

it means very slow growth and also 15 million people unemployed with congress undecided whether or notts. we do understand that is now an issue in the negotiations over the bush tax cuts. they may extend unemployment and offer a $400 per person tax break, but that is going on. the house passed the bill that would extend the tax breaks for the middle class. the senate is going to vote on something similar after a snafu delayed the vote. also today, the deficit commission voting on whether or not the controversial suggestions will work. things like raising retirement age to 68 or 69 and wiping out the child tax credit. they got support on both sides, but not enough to send this to congress for final approval. back to you. >> thanks a lot, tracy. we have gadget friday. >> that's quite a badge et. >> it's called a cardboard box. that would be a gadget. >> you can turn it into a boat or anything else. i will get it out of our way. so the people can talk to us. it's called storage by the box. you put stuff in the box. they send you the box and all the stuff for free. you put things in and ma

now, usually somebody says undecided, i say gimme a break. empathize with those people, because that is a fair, very fair assessment. >> you know, we asked these, do these 16 characteristic tests, okay, on the president, some are personal and some professional. overall, he did much better on the personal we see it here, much better. >> you know how i looked at that michelle numbers sky high and the fact it is a family they like. >> a year ago, asked the same question, 40 said they were not ready to judge a year later, after he gets health care passed, after he has to deal with the crisis -- >> explain. >> -- of the oil spill. i think it is nothing but crisis, nothing but reaction. they don't know and kind of curious, how is this guy going to handle the new congress? he has -- this is opportunity for him. that's the upside. the downside is that it is also -- >> six months from now, all right compromise he is making on taxes and unemployment comp be seen as good? here he is. support for the tax bill across-the-board 54% of dems support it, as d

so undecided is better.in afghanistan, they think that the strategy is going to work for code that is the general opinion of of the russian diplomats. everybody thinks it is going to work so they just have to wait basically. that is why i don't think that iran will take any risk of a fight or any kind direct confrontation with pakistan. that is is not the right moment. it could give the united states to -- put more pressure. and away i am -- time is the key element and their main problem. [inaudible] which have been active with the people and therefore afraid of the and the fact that they think that the united states has been financing the kurdish groups for the last few years. they are much more afraid of internal dissent than the more strategic picture. >> thank you gilles. >> mr. dorronsoro wants to clarify one thing. and understand your second goal of u.s. policy to have influence, long-term influence into central asia and iran from afghanistan. i just wanted to clarify did you think that was a sustainab

the message of the last election.f this so i think that a number of uset are growing weary of this undecided cio. we're just growing weary.ve and we believe that the people of this country spoke in the united words of the president of the united states, in shellacking. and werh ought to perhaps keep o government in operation, go home and in less than two weeks or a little over two weeks, but thehl new members of congress on both many of a these issues. now, i don't know if we'll get through all of the amendments and all of the debate that the e solemn treaty observes before the united states senate.ld i really hope that we can.emind i w mould also remind my friend from massachusetts that my colleague from arizona,de of the certainly the most respected person on this issue undecided cio has offered a date certain for january 25, with a final vote on february 3rd to theat ov other side.acceptle that obviously has not been the, acceptable to them. and by the way, that would be to withuld the input of the newly elected senators, notna of those who are leaving. so i look forward to continuing thi

he was on the phone anymore the last week or two with senators who were undecided. there was great jubilation among the white house staff. so they really wanted this to happen. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. c>> i think there was one other elements. he was able to say what to do. he was able to coordinate. he brought an improvement to the communication. >> what about civilian casualty. what is the u.k. policy? there is concern about the differences between the u.k. and u.s. policies and. can you address that? clucks high and not aware of difficulties caused between our countries. if there is any evidence of major the lessons cost, we would fight to take a look at it. -- major differences cost, we would like to take a look at it. regarding compensation -- claims officers traveled afar to see the tension and bring the claims forward. >> this is very detailed work. it depends on the circumstances. >> what about the difference between the u.s. and the uk. >> we both fulvous same procedure. there may have been different up until now. >> thanks. >> claims have been

to follow up on that were they in districts where they are our members who are undecided? >> i've not heard any discussion about that so --. >> i'd like to shift to the afghan review. that's coming up i believe this week. with the outline, what's the plan? >> the president's regular monthly afpak review meeting will be tuesday, tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. as is scheduled now in the situation room. that will have the people that you are used to seeing at that meeting. the president will make a statement on thursday and we will have -- there will be a public release for the december review. that will happen on thursday. >> of the document? >> of the document. and i think it is our hope that after that we will have in here, schedule permitting, secretary gaetz and secretary clinton and others to take some questions on the review. >> and should we expect any broad changes in policy? >> i don't want to get ahead of all the meetings. i think we are, as you have heard the president say on this most recent trip to afghanistan, i think we are seeing some progress. we still have

opinion started in this room tonight with 22% of you in favor of the motion, 56 opposed and 21% undecided a large number indicating that tchow change their vote also. you have your ballots with you. they were included with your program. simply hanged them to the usher and, again, we will announce those results in the public reception that follows. ladies and gentlemen, start voting. we'll see you in the reception. monday is day one in the campaign management institute training students to work on political campaigns. topics include the general political environment and chicago mayor's race. we'll have coverage at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> "q & a" continues tonight and tomorrow on interviews from london. tonight the labor party shadow minister for public health diane abbott, our government's plan for budget cuts as well as her experience as a minority in parliament and comparing the american and british forments of government as we talk about our guests about elections and impact of money in races, the power of prime minister, taxes, social issues and cost of living. "q & a," tonig

that rahm emanuel is the heavy front runner in this race. 32% support him in a large field and undecidedsng very well at this point. we'll have to see how he's doing on his residency, however. >> if the wedding dress is there, that's your home, no doubt about it. >> that's what i figure. >> next cnn political update is just one hour away. >>> coming up, the founder of facebook is this year's "time" magazine person of the year. this is my band from the 80's, looker. hair and mascara, a lethal combo. i'm jon haber of alto music. i've been around music my entire life. this is the first alto music i opened when i was 24. my business is all about getting music into people's hands. letting someone discover how great music is, is just an awesome thing. and the plum card from american express open helps me do that. i use it for as much inventory as i possibly can. from picks...to maracas... to drums... to dj equipment... you name it, i can buy it. and the savings that we get from the early pay discount on those purchases has given us money to reinvest back into our business and help quadruple the

now the track of the system is undecide as of now. it could stay more inland. if it stays along the coast, then more of the east the eastern shore will get snow as we head into saturday night and sunday. let's head over to kim brown with track. >> reporter: good morning. you can expect to see your usual a congestion around the beltway both inner and outer loop and typical trouble spots. hook live at jfx northbound past the 41st street bridge. an accident is blocking the two left lanes and traffic is jammed from about fayette street. keep that in mind or plan your trip accordingly. looking at the map, we have incidents in baltimore including an accident at pulaski highway and crescent street in the final stages of being cleared. a water main break closes south highland between bank and pratt streets. northbound 795 past franklin boulevard a reported accident lingering on the scene. also southbound out harrisburg expressway at padonia debris in the roadway. stay with us, we are send yowing back up to new york for more of "good morning, america" ♪ good morning ame

. >> where their members who are undecided? >> i have really had discussions about that. they're not picked because of that. >> the afghan review was coming up this week. what is the outline? is there a fire nsd meeting? >> the president's regular monthly afpac review meeting will be tuesday, tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. as it is scheduled now and the situation room. -- in this situation room. the president will make a statement on thursday and there will be a public release for the december review. that will happen on thursday. i think it is our hope that after that we will have in here, schedule permitting, secretary gates and secretary clinton and others to take some questions on the review. >> should we accept any broad changes? >> i don't want to get ahead of all the meetings. as you have heard the president say on his most recent trip to afghanistan, i think we are seeing some progress. we still have, and i think you know many of them, we have many challenges in both security and governance. we have progress and we have challenges. that is something that he has ta

youare's and fully 21% of are undecided. we also ask you a second question tonight. we asked you, depending on what you hear during the debate, are you open to changing your of both the? let's have those numbers. wow. 75% of this audience, three quarters, could change their vote depending on what they hear in the next hour and a half. ladies and gentlemen, we clearly have a debate on our hands and remember, we will hold the audience again at the end of our proceedings to find out which of these two debaters was able to win by swaying us with the power of their arguments. the time has come for oduct yemchristophes we h an you, ls thank ry muc mu mi who a gat phanropi making this utordltime to pry i migh to see aett tece furing that pd ld wo't be acpted. i aext. [lr] created second ordered to be well. it orders us to be supervised in this. we install a celestial dictatorship, a kind of divine north [laughter] korea. [laughter] swift to punish the oseeh w it y fted un thry fst ple. [lghter] wever, letone say theis no cure. salvation is offered, redemption, indeed, is pr

we found that there was unusually high percentage of undecided voters among the api community and theytting little information on the governor's race. it would targeting truncation of 200,000 api community folks, where we found them for micro-targeting universe. we then communicate with them in four languages mandarin, cantonese, korean and pekingese. we found by talking to those people around these issues when they voted for years earlier, there is a 25-point margin in favor of arnold schwarzenegger by the apa community. as a result of our two indications with these folks, it completely turned around from a 25-point advantage to republicans to a 17-point advantage for jerry brown. he was the most renick turnaround we have seen in any community in terms of the election of the governor's election in california this year. so we think the republicans really took the api community for granted this time and we actually moved the program. the latino project was also very germanic. and seiu was the primary theater in california, the latino project. they're a couple others in los angeles and c

usually 10% are don't know, undecided. clueless. 91% less likely to vote for her, so after that, every answer became she moved in from san francisco. how do you do that? how does that become an issue? ok? and it goes back to -- any issue could be answered in a way that reminds voters that she is from san francisco. throw me and issue. ze portation. well, my pound has blah blah blah on the issue because that is the way they think. but i lived on the coast all my life. i'm a deputy sheriff for 18 years. i talked to many people in many communities and i know what they think and they think blah blah blah. see, it is not what you believe. it is why you believe it. like george costanza. there should be a book of politics written by joverage costanza. jason alexandria, write that book. it is not what you believe as well as why you believe it that voters care about. it is not who you are, it is why you are. that voters want to know. kevin gentry works at coke industries. he likes to say it is a wizard of oz 340dle of campaigning.

so undecided is better. think that the strategy is going to work for code that is the general opinion of of the russian diplomats. everybody thinks it is going to work so they just have to wait basically. that is why i don't think that iran will take any risk of a fight or any kind direct confrontation with pakistan. that is is not the right moment. it could give the united states to -- put more pressure. and away i am -- time is the key element and their main problem. [inaudible] which have been active with the people and therefore afraid of the and the fact that they think that the united states has been financing the kurdish groups for the last few years. they are much more afraid of internal dissent than the more strategic picture. >> thank you gilles. >> mr. dorronsoro wants to clarify one thing. and understand your second goal of u.s. policy to have influence, long-term influence into central asia and iran from afghanistan. i just wanted to clarify did you think that was a sustainable policy or not? is

public opinion started in this room tonight. 22% of you in favor of the motion. 56% opposed and 21% undecided. a large number indicating they could change their vote also. you have your ballots with you. we will announce these results in the public reception to follow. ladies and gentlemen, start voting. we will see you at the reception. >> the 111th congress and it earlier this month. all this week we are talking to departing members and some new faces coming to replace them. we will start at 6:30 p.m. eastern time with congrressman kanjorski. he lost his bid for a fourth term. we will also talk with mike castle of delaware. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the future of investigative and listen. there will be a panel discussion. at 9:30 p.m., "q & a" from london with a documentary filmmaker dan reed. all on c-span. >> now a discussion on pakistan-based military operations. and the afghan security director on dealing with the taliban. this is about two hours. >> thank you. i help everybody has their tea or beverageir of their toys. we will be talking about lashka- e-taiba. i am joined by two panelists.

members who have decided they would not like to vote for the treaty and members who are undecided and for whom the amendment process is very very important, but one thing that we share is our desire to debate and consider important matters before the senate in a way which does credit to the senate, to the american people and the seriousness of the issues that confront us. that begins with the omnibus appropriation bill. we all believe that after the tax legislation and we are not done with that, that the next order of business should be to fund the government, which funding runs out as of midnight on saturday. it is important for us to find a way to move forward with that in a bipartisan way. right now we don't have that. and then, if there is time before the christmas holiday, going beyond the original december 17 to date that the talked about as the desirable date to leave, we could consider those issues but the leader decides instead to proceed to the s.t.a.r.t. treaty and that we all share is a belief that is not a good idea because it does not give us the appropriate way forward

we found that there was unusually high percentage of undecided voters among the api community and they were getting little information on the governor's race. it would targeting truncation of 200,000 api community folks, where we found them for micro-targeting universe. we then communicate with them in four languages mandarin, cantonese, korean and pekingese. we found by talking to those people around these issues when they voted for years earlier, there is a 25-point margin in favor of arnold schwarzenegger by the apa community. as a result of our two indications with these folks, it completely turned around from a 25-point advantage to republicans to a 17-point advantage for jerry brown. he was the most renick turnaround we have seen in any community in terms of the election of the governor's election in california this year. so we think the republicans really took the api community for granted this time and we actually moved the program. the latino project was also very germanic. and seiu was the primary theater in california, the latino project. they're a couple others in los angel

so undecided is better.in afghanistan, they think that the strategy is going to work for code that is the general opinion of of the russian diplomats. everybody thinks it is going to work so they just have to wait basically. that is why i don't think that iran will take any risk of a fight or any kind direct confrontation with pakistan. that is is not the right moment. it could give the united states to -- put more pressure. and away i am -- time is the key element and their main problem. [inaudible] which have been active with the people and therefore afraid of the and the fact that they think that the united states has been financing the kurdish groups for the last few years. they are much more afraid of internal dissent than the more strategic picture. >> thank you gilles. >> mr. dorronsoro wants to clarify one thing. and understand your second goal of u.s. policy to have influence, long-term influee into central asia and iran from afghanistan. i just wanted to clarify did you think that was a sustainable

he was on the phone in the last week or two talking to senators who were undecided. i can tell you because one of my staff members was with the white house staff and the vice president's office when the final vote was tallied. there was great jubilation among the white house staff. they very much wanted this to happen. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> after 20 years of allowing people -- gay people to serve in the military as long as they didn't reveal their sexuality. "don't ask, don't tell" is being repealed. the president said he will carry out the changes carefully and methodically but purposefully. he also addressed the men and women in uniform, saying while today's vote is historic, it will take time to implement. again, repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, heads to the desk of the president after passing a final vote in the senate. we talked earlier with a reporter about the bill. >> so the senate is working on "don't ask, don't tell" this weekend. how did the democrats end up getting the votes they need to approve this repeal? >> well, the ma

we found that there was unusually high percentage of undecided voters among the api community and theying little information on the governor's race. it would targeting truncation of 200,000 api community folks, where we found them for micro-targeting universe. we then communicate with them in four languages mandarin, cantonese, korean and pekingese. we found by talking to those people around these issues when they voted for years earlier, there is a 25-point margin in favor of arnold schwarzenegger by the apa community. as a result of our two indications with these folks, it completely turned around from a 25-point advantage to republicans to a 17-point advantage for jerry brown. he was the most renick turnaround we have seen in any community in terms of the election of the governor's election in california this year. so we think the republicans really took the api community for granted this time and we actually moved the program. the latino project was also very germanic. and seiu was the primary theater in california, the latino project. they're a couple others in los angeles and cal

i know many of my colleagues may still be undecided. some have supported the "dream" act in the past only to move away from it in face of heated rhetoric around the issue of imgraismtion i ask that before any of you make a final decision that you step back and take a fresh look at the facts and the reality facing these youth. support for the "dream" act is not only a matter of conscience for me, since it is the right thing to do, it's also a practical solution. continued delay is an irresponsible waste. we owe it to the taxpayers who have invested in the education of these youth, the teachers who have fostered their development and our military who can benefit from these new recruits to move forward on the "dream" act. i plan to vote "yes" and strongly urge all my colleagues to do the same. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until 3:30 p.m. tands in recess until 3:30 p.m. >> the senate has recessed to attend a party caucus. senators voted unanimously