all uphill after today. the next little system this one here out west, it has been producing mountain snow in montana. and even produced snow in reno, too. it is going to be heading to the east and it could produce some cloud cover, maybe a few showers, and around the weekend. but right now, we just have dry conditions posted for the weekend. there's the bubble of upper 70s and 80s. heat through the tennessee valley and gulf coast. tomorrow we will see temperatures seasonal for the year. we will push back into the low 60s tomorrow. and we will get sunshine, too. here is 8:00 a.m. tomorrow. the clouds moving through central areas of virginia. and continuing to push south with the drier air coming in. on thursday, we will see a few more clouds rotateding in. thursday will be a mostly sunny to partly sunny type of day. 50s tomorrow. certainly will take that. it will be nays with the -- north and northeasterly wind. showers up until about 8:00 or 9:00 p.m. drop from the 50s to the upper 40s. northeaster lynn win

we'll see an uphill trend in our temperatures as we head through the upcoming workweek. al >>> it's 9:18 right now. i've been complaining it's pretty cold out there. but justin, if you have to run or play a game, today is perfect weather for an athlete. >> it is, yeah. it's not too hot or cold, kind of right in the middle zone if you're spending time outdoors and being active. a bit of a breeze may bring somewhat of acally into the air at times when we're going to see gusts maybe 20 to 25 miles per hour. but not as windy as yesterday. outside right now, what's going on, there have been clouds moving in in the past few hours limiting the sun as we speak. it was a great sunrise. now the clouds pulling in. not much activity on the water. a little bit more glassy today. that shows there's less of a breeze to contend with this afternoon. there you go. you can see some of those mid level clouds starting to move in from the north. 46 is what we're at right now at national airport, northwest winds sustained at 12 miles per hour. average low temperature is 47 doigs. we were down

repeal is an uphill fight. >> clearly, but we have got to go and set the goal out there that we need to repeal this and replace it with healthcare that works, not an unsustainable dream that will bankrupt this country. >> neil: eric cantor a pleasure. thank you. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: arizona governor set to vote on the immigration bill. we're on it and all over it. forget wall street, the watch dogs at the sec have been watching this. oh, yeah ♪ [ music ] >> the inspector general who uncovered this, well, so to speak. >> neil: bernie madoff almost got away with it and we may know why. the folks at the sec were watching this. ♪ [ music ] any questions? >> yeah, lots of them. like porn, why were so many watching porn? according to a memo, some senior staffers at the sec spent more time looking at pornography than fighting crime. one guy in excess of 8 hours a day and he was the top attorney. reportedly visiting website like naughty.com. u porn and skank wire. all right. with us, the guy who uncovered this, so to speak, the sec inspector general, david kotz. this builds on early

it is unfortunate that our political system sometimes uphills to others. we would prefer the we do a little more education. in this case, and i just want to make tw 0 points. the second factor is that companies that are worldwide are around the world. the studies are overwhelming. multinational companies that are doing business worldwide, they also have more employees and more wealth creation in the u.s.. >> one other thing is an argument that the city in in the u.s.. our tax revenues are relatively low. the reason that we observe that is because the corporate tax rate is so high that no one wants to locate profits in the u.s.. then, when we observe this, we are getting revenue elsewhere. this shows the kind of lull of misunderstanding. i can that this has to be addressed if we are going to create 20 million jobs. >> the revenue maximizing is in the mid-20s. >> we talked about international tax competitiveness. i would like to drill down on that. in the last week or two, you gave a major speech on u.s. regulatory policy as it relates to the telecommunicati

. >> reporter: the headache is over but now there is an uphill battle. >> i had three flights and about 5,000 dollars. hopefully i will cover some of it from the airport because i ended up taking a ba flight, first i could get out. >> reporter: getting home is all that matters. after days of delays and months without family. >> going home and flying my dogs and hanging out and eating. >> knowing i have a son back home that's missing his mom. >> reporter: another interesting story that i heard here tonight a lady said her husband lied to his employer to go on a job interview in london. he got caught when he was grounded for six days. fortunately though he does still have his job. we asked him to talk on him and they chose not to. passengers were carried back to london for the either hour red eye. >> and a columbia couple happy after the ash cloud stopped them from a much anticipated trip to paris. they took a french class back in high school. that was 40 years ago. since then they have dreamed of a week in paris. it's scheduled to leave last friday. united states airways rebooked their f

it makes it a very difficult uphill battle. >> a lot of these fuzzy measures are very important. not everything and can be counted counts. >> lock down, secured, and eliminated [unintelligible] they agree that what was once our greatest security blanket is now our greatest security liability with these materials spread all over the world from reactors to hospitals and various countries with security not just their -- just not there. >> i think the professor stated this earlier, the approaching the summit, president obama is raising the level of expectation for the outcome of the summit. is it a wise thing to do? >> i hope he knows what is in the communique. it will be specific and a specific road map. that would be a terrific outcome. i was really surprised to read into de's pepper -- to read in today's paper when he had to say. as the president said, he must know. i am sure he has read the communique already. >> i thought he said more about what it wasn't going to look like and what it is going to look like. we will see. >> i have been covering some of this for npr, the other np

. >> reporter: but it could be an uphill battle. >> there's in no doubt their behavior was unethical. >> reporter: lawmakers arrived armed with millions of e-mails. they say the paper trail shows the financial firm put its own interest ahead of its clients by betting the mortgage market would collapse. sound like we will make some serious money one employee e- mailed as the number of foreclosures grew. another trader wrote, i'm not so convinced this is a total death spiral. in fact we may have terrific opportunities. >> it profited by taking advantage of its clients reasonable expectation that it would not sell products that it did not want to succeed. >> reporter: but in testimony, he'll deliver later today, the ceo of goldman sachs expected to tell them his company did not bet against his client. this hearing is ten days after the government filed a fraud lawsuit against the government. the sec claims the company never told company one mortgage- related investment was designed to fail. goldman also denies the charges and plans to fight them in court. the ceo is expected to point out

would be easier to concentrate and focus on the general election that we were facing, which was an uphill battle to start with, but more is somebody from home, i felt a sense of loss of the representation that he had built up for our state over the years. one other thing i want to add in retrospect, it struck me that the example he set, not only stepping down as majority leader, but leaving the senate, as the party's nominee was a particular graceful way to exit his congressional career. more recent examples of kerry and mccain. their decisions to go back in the senate are less than graceful. they have prevented up -- presented a host of ordnance -- awkwardness. i think senator dole gracefully avoided it, much to his credit. >> bob, did you have anything to add? >> arkansas remember that day vividly. it was a day of some sadness -- i remember that day vividly. there wasn't a majority leader quite like him. there have been some great majority leaders before and after, but he gave a moving speech. there wasn't a dry eye in the room. and that was a packed room top of the hart building, this

which makes for very fuzzy metrics and very difficult uphill battle in terms of some of the programs areas that doe in particular focuses on. >> a lot of fuzzy measures of success are very important. not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts. >> i think bottom line what the fissile materials working group would like to see eventually this stuff is eliminated. i mean locked down, secured but eventually eliminated. 2/3 of former secretary of, secretaries of defense and national security advisors agree what was once our greatest security blanket is now our greatest security liability. with these nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons materials spread all over the world in unstable regions, as matt said from research reactors to hospitals to various countries with the security not, just not there. >> another question. right here. >> i think professor bunn stated this earlier. approaching the summit, president obama is really raising the level of expectations for the outcome of this summit. why do you think he does that? is that a wise thing to d

would be easier to concentrate and focus on the general election that we were facing, which was an uphill battle to start with. the more somebody from home i felt a sense of loss of the representation that he had built up for estate over the years. wonder this thing i wanted to add about that is not how i felt that they come up but in retrospect. it struck me that the example he said of leaving not only stepping out as majority leader but leaving the senate as the party's nominee was a particularly graceful way to exit his congressional career. i know more recent examples of kerry and mccain. i think their decisions to go back in the senate are frankly less than graceful. and have presented a whole host of sort of awkward -- awkwardness of having we think that pinnacle and then sort of back down on legislative process that i think senator dole gracefully avoided, much to his credit. >> bob, did you have anything to add? >> i remember that day vividly. it was a day of some sadness for me because i sort of thought and still think it was the passing of an error although there wasn't a majori

it's a very tough uphill push for the president to get that through. a lot of people, even inside the white house, have been skeptical from the beginning. >> we don't know whether that will happen? >> right. and it goes to the point that pete was mentioning at the top of the show, which is are the president's batteries really drained, or does he get extra juice from the passage of health care reform? the jobs number is really the more important issue for the electoral prospects for democrats, and the key thing is to get something positive for a series of months, over six months or so, so the democrats can begin to say, yes, 10% unemployment is bad and it's going to be difficult job market for sometime, but we're moving in the right direction. that's the argument they've got to be able to sell. >> the drilling piece that he put on the table this week, can you talk a little bit about how that represents a change in scope or scale from what the president was talking about during the campaign, a big cap and trade, much broader piece of comprehensive legisl

more and more, it looks like wall street has an uphill fight.mittee approved legislation limiting wall street's ability to make those controversial trades. it was even bipartisan. republican, charles grassley, voted yes too. dana bash, cnn, capitol hill. >> now, harold copus has a lot to say and believe me he doesn't hold back e is a former fbi special agent who investigated fraud. when you see the president is going to be talking about wall street reform, my guess is that you you think you have inmates running the asylum? >> you certainly do. you have a class of individuals who i would say to you are just educated robbers. in the early 1900s, we had the robert barrons and the legislation that came out after the bank failures. today, we have dir i have tiff barons, we have to ring these guys in also. >> you told me in the past no matter who is in charge or ha has been designated to oversee these guys, money talks and people can get paid off no matter what? >> that's exactly right. what you have is almost a lack of no supervision here. so when th

while attorneys for the women say they still face an uphill fight, monday's decision was a victory for them. >> this case will show it doesn't matter how big you are, you still have to follow the law. >> wal-mart says it will appeal the decision. the case which has been going for nine years could possibly end up in court. >>> here's sharon gibala live at wjz traffic control. >> the good news is, we've finally cleared up that accident. unfortunately, we still have a bit of a delay. there's a live look on the inner loop. it's still slow between 895 and 70 on the inner loop. about a 16-minute delay there. average speed of 23 miles per hour. as far as an accident goes. some of them at pulaski highway. reisterstown at clark. west fayette at mlk. and west baltimore at north mlk. mlk not doing so well. meantime, one in an accident. and 95 north and southbound delays now there in the southwest side of the beltway. you can see the sensors there at 9 and 32 miles an hour. there's a look at your speed sensors. your drive time on the west side of the beltway, you can see, as slow as 31 miles an ho

he actually believes, has to believe, that this is going to be an incredibly difficult, uphill fightafter the tea party express blows $250,000 into your district how are you competing with that? he saw the writing on the wall, did he not? >> there is absolutely no doubt. like or hate your congressman or woman they know their district, lawyer -- and he got elected in 2008 with 69 percent of the vote, and polling said he was in the 30's, for way to crawl out of that hole and he voted against his morals and constituents and they are speaking lout and clear right now and he is headed for the hills, though doubt. he has no chance to win and that is why he is resigning. not seeking reelection. >> and the conservative base clearly abandoned stupak after the vote. and he knew he could not win. what do you conclude a as a democrat for the other pro life democrats would voted for obama care, would you be surprised to we saw more retirements down the road? >> we have seen plenty of retirements on both sides of the aisle, six republican senate candidates would retire or not seek reelection so fa

the orioles have an uphill climb.ut they tell me they are up for this challenge. >> if you don't want to play against the best and compete against the best, then you might as well go home. that's what i've always said. we know what we're up against. and it's a challenge. but if you don't -- if you're not up to the challenge, then we have a group that we're building. >> i think andy macphail has done a tremendous job in making sure that if point of emphasis is major league players for major league people. miguel tejada is a winner. no question. wieters, matusz, markakis. jones. these guys are winners. >> jays here in baltimore on friday. o's early schedule, loaded with american league east division opponents. >>> the college basketball season is now complete. and duke stands as a champion. it's a reality nothat is probably not embraced. but the terps. butler almost did it. it was a battle from beginning to end. and the end was nearly miraculous. that's how close it was. duke wins its fourth title. >> those guys were th

it is uphill battle to get the senate to consider it. to do something. you have the power. >> the president said he believes something ought to be done but he's increasing taxes. that's why people are so irate. >> greta: the tax code first of all is insane, no one stands it, maybe somebody does. >> nobody understands it. >> greta: it is dense. why isn't there a movement on the hill to revamp it? >> there's huge movement on the republican side. we've been clamoring to have an opportunity to get in and fundamentally reform taxes. a decade ago there was this big debate over a flat tack or fair tax. that faded away the fact of the matter is, we cannot continue with our current tax structure. you can't tax people enough the way democrats want to and get the money you need run the government at the level it needs to be run. >> greta: if there is no change in the tax code what is going to happen? >> we go bankrupt. you can't spend the kind of money this administration and speaker pelosi and the folks in charge now are spending without fundament

not working and they don't have some semblance of orderly or trust, you're going to be fighting an uphilleporting. it's a most unusual presidential strip, shall we say? our jeanne moos watches president obama take his jacket off. >>> in the country of georgia an orthodox priest blesses soldiers before their deployment to afghanistan as part of a nato peacekeeping mission. >>> at the vatican. >>> in sri lanka, a fisherman returned home from sea at sunset. at a zoo in germany, a rare albino wallaby peeked out from its mother's womb. >>> it's a most unusual crowd pleaser, president obama taking it off. his jacket, that is. here's cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: definitely rated pg, it's the presidential strip. >> it's a little warm in here. >> reporter: as the campaign to sell health care heated up -- >> it's a little hot, i think. >> reporter: -- off came the president's jacket. >> i'm good to take off my jacket, guys, so if you want to do the same thing, it's a little hot. >> reporter: and sometimes the crowd reacts as if he's hot. there's no whistling at the president. look how happy she

has a very, very difficult uphill battle ahead of them because there are certain elements that they haveprove such as materiality and intent that i think they're going to have a very difficult time proving. there's no question that there's a ethical issue and perhaps a moral issue. in a court of public opinion goldman would certainly be convicted. but it's a different story to get found civilly liable under the securities law. i think ultimately goldman will prevail. >> brown: expand a little bit on that ethical versus legal issue. on the one hand creating side bets is standard procedure on wall street. a lot of the institutional investors involved here are part of these trades routinely. so what happened in this case that suggests the question of ethics? >> well, the question here is whether or not goldman had a disclosure obligation to make to the institutional investors. in other words, if paulsen, if it's true that paulsen and company was helping to select the underlying mortgage-backed securities that were into this collateralized debt obligation, then raps that should have been dis

again, it's uphill but they did it once before and they're uses the same techniques and again that sameobama himself. >> governor, i want you to -- governor i have something to show you that should scare the daylights at out of you. this is a new republican ad put out by the republican governor's association, reminds me of something about the checkoslovakian invasion. it starts with mood it shows th picture of the arrival of president obama and his administration. i'll give you some of the picture you're missing put words will help you guide it. here it is. >> yes, we can. >> the bill is passed. >> yes, we can. >> we make them up as we go along. >> we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. >> the american public overwhelmingly voted for socialism when they elected president obama. >> certainly our government can't continue to spend money we don't have. >> yes, we can. >> it comes off as the invasion of a foreign hostile army. the voices you hear are those from al c. hastings and reverend sharpton admitting or bragging this is a socialist victory. i don't see hasti

. >> warner: but, lombardi admits, it's an uphill battle to restore confidence in the church's believability now. >> for the church is very hard. this was a wound for the credibility. this was clear. >> warner: even if the vatican learns to market its message better, this papacy has another achilles heel: how benedict himself dealt with sex abuse cases, as archbishop of munich, and for his 23 years, as then- cardinal ratzinger, heading enforcement office, the congregation for the doctrine of the faith. the past months have brought a cascade of news stories based on charges that ratzinger's office was complicit in maintaining abusers in the priesthood. benedicts defenders insist he was aggressive in the c.d.f. job. for example, instigating pope john paul's 2001 decree that bishops must inform the c.d.f. of all sexual abuse cases, not just the most egregious ones. at the same time, supporters like father wauck say the vatican can't be held responsible for the actions of legions of bishops running a global church on the local level. >> the idea that all roads lead to rome is somewhat misleading

an uphill battle. he's no stranger to political organizer.e helped tim johnson withstand the republican tide back in 2002. in 2008 he helped turn iowa and virginia obama blue. not bad for a south dakota boy whose dad was a sociology professor and his mom taught fifth grade. >>> i want to bring dana bash back into the conversation. we all get the e-mails, too, because we're trying to track them. one of the steps they've taken in recent days is a personal video appeal from the president himself. and listen who the president is trying to motivate saying, you were with me in 2008, don't sit out 2010. >> it will be up to each of you to make sure that the young people, african-american, latinos and women who powered our victory in 2008 stand together once again. >> so when you run into the vulnerable democrats on capitol hill, do they think this operation has their back? do they want the president so invested? >> they'll take anything that they can get. historically last year when some of the vulnerable democrats who were conservatives were conside

we live on an uphill planet because the kind of costs associated with the deteriorating areas is strong. and getting insurance a coastal areas is kind of a break on economic development certainly if parts of the world where they need that kind of economic development. if you think we have problems with infrastructure at the moment in this country, and we do, think what happens when as is becoming more and more common the 100-year storm that planters plan for occurs every five or six years, you know? those sort of costs mount up in huge ways. we need -- economists are never very good at subtracting, you know, and we need to figure out just how dangerous and expensive it's going to be to not take action so that we can gear ourselves up to take the that is correct we must. >> that refuted the argument that it's too expensive to do anything about -- >> it refuted the argument. it's going to be very expensive to do anything about it. the only thing that is more expensive is not to do anything about it. >> i think we've got four people in line there. and so the fourth person is going to be th

. >> the president says all incumbents face an uphill battle because of the economy. but insists the economy is turning around. my friends, those are some of your headlines this morning. >> thank you very much. >> what's happening in california? a little bit of anger. a little bit of rudeness. >> i think the president also said that unless she gets some support, major support from her democrat electorate out there, she could actually lose the election. >> coming up straight ahead, defense secretary robert gates bustin lea mememo he wrote about iran's nuclear abilities but was it really a leak or was it revealed on purpose? could it have been the secretary himself? that story is next. >> and residents in one community told they can't fly american flags on their own property. is that legal? in that state, it might not be. >> this fox news alert. we thought the space shuttle was going to be landing about an hour and 15 minutes from right now but it looks as if they are putting off the orbital burn and so it looks as well as if they're going to delay it a second day. stan

>> it is going to be an uphill fight.'s the primary responsibility of government. this is the most important thing the state does. california still has $85 billion and i think within that we can find enough money to protect our children from sexually violent predators. but we've committed to working to find when the fiscal analysis of the bill is done, working to find reforms within the system and cost offsets because we are aware of the budget problems. it has to be the highest priority but we're willing to try and find the money within the budget to pay for it. >> just on a personal note, brent and kelly, i think you're very brave. i don't know i'd have the strength to do what you're doing right now because in a way, every day you have to relive what happened to your daughter and you have to think about that molesters and other molesters like him. where does that strength come from? >> i think as a parent, when something like this happens, you're able to dig deeper than you yourself ever thought possible. we do this for

i now maintain, pat, i still say that ehrlich has an uphill fight against the democrats in maryland.> the end of an impasse. after more than two years of tense negotiations, there is finally a tentative contract agreement between the washington teachers union and the d.c. public schools. it still has to be ratified by the council and the union membership. but the proposed pact gives the city 3800 teachers a hefty raise, 20% over five years. they're going to get extra pay for performance. the city would have to provide professional development programs to help the teachers keep their jobs.there's less reliance on tenure and there are tougher dismissal rules. mayor fenty calls this one of the most progressive contracts of its kind and both sides seem to be happy with it. did both sides win. >> $65 million is coming from private funders, the city's finance officer is white knuckled about this. frankly their concern is we're looking at a personality thing. the full employment bill instead of a union contract. if rhee walks out the door or invited to take her elsewhere, what's going to ha

always fighting uphill.thers not knowing much about two-way, necessarily paying a lot of attention to you. but strong good people. so is the sense of what is really that sets us apart in my mind. and i am so proud to be a west virginian. in your all too familiar with this agony. and now the presiding officer is. we have been here before with sago iowa, and win a our worst fears are realized as they were in this terrible tragedy one must find a way to the searing pain and the loss because of that's the way it is. in our appalachia. central apple lachey. everybody understands that mine and has always been risky. but you know, it can be made safer. by people there who want to make it safer. that will often start with a person who is in charge of the company. safety is about a company doing the right things, mr. president. safety is also about a sting of federal government stepping in and toughen it up our laws or that needs to be done. and is about providing the resources and the people and to enforce those

always fighting uphill. others not knowing much about you, not necessarily paying a lot of attention to you, but strong, good people. so it's this sense of oneness, really, that sets us apart in my mind and why i'm so proud to be a west virginian. we are all too familiar with this agony. i know the presiding officer is. we have been here before with sago, with aricoma, and when you're worst fears are realized as they were in this terrible tragedy, we know we must find a way through the searing pain and the loss because that's the way it is in our appalachia. central appalachia. everybody understands that mining has always been risky, but you know it can be made safer by people who want to make it safer. that will often start with the person who is in charge of the company. safety is about a company doing the right thing, mr. president. safety is also about a state and federal government stepping in and toughening up our laws where that needs to be done. and it is about providing the resources and the people

would be easier to concentrate and focus on the general election that we were facing, which was an uphill battle to start with. but, you know, more as somebody from home, i felt a sense of loss that he built up over the years. one thing that i would want to -- not about how i felt that day but in retrospect, it struck me the example he set of leaving the -- not only stepping out of ace majority leader but leaving the senate as the party's nominee was a particularly graceful way to exit his congressional career. i note more recent examples of kerry and mccain. i think their decisions to go back in the senate are frankly less than graceful. and have presented a whole host of sort of awkwardness that, you know, having reached that pinnacle and then sort of being back down in the legislative process. i think senator dole graciously avoided much to his credit. >> did you have anything to add? >> well, i remember that day vividly. it was a day of some sadness for me because i sort of thought and still think it was a passing of an era. there wasn't a majority leader quite like them. and not have

as long as that is the case, it will continue to be an uphill battle for democratic presidents to pushon this front. one final thing, then to questions. in terms of reforming the process, i think it is very difficult to think about reforms, except for one thing. i do remember speaking to a democrat. this was during the bush years. one of the nominees, perhaps jay bybee who now sits on the ninth circuit of appeals and who is the author of some of the torture memos, he refused to give it any of his memos that he approved of when he ran the office of legal counsel, to the senate went up for confirmation. i remember saying to a democratic senator, just do not show up at the hearing. do not go. if they do not provide you the documents, then how can you have a hearing? the senator told me, but, nan, the cameras will be there. i cannot waste the opportunity. we're kind of stuck with the process as it exists. i would make one suggestion. of love to see the republican senators and the democratic senators each appoint a lawyer to ask questions -- i would love to see it -- after they go through t

that someone is the devil, they can be as reasonable as they can be in person but he is fighting an uphille which is not helped by the color of his can or the size of his person. -- by the color of his skin or the size of his person. i am worried that the normative the size of the media, the norms we had are pretty much gone. >> what is important to remember, but the president is the head of state and government. prior to oklahoma city, president clinton was also a partisan figure, he was seen -- the house minority leader called him your president. in response to the tragedy, it enabled him to be seen by a much larger group of people by fusing with their patriarchate aspects. -- patriotic aspects. right now, there are not the unifying media. was sorry if there was a tragedy, would there be a rallying around. obama has dealt with some very serious issues. i don't think that we should be under illusions that he would be heard. corks i think that a collapse >> basrah line >> -- >> i think that there is the concern of trying to name and shame people. at some point, something has to stop. if th

knew it would be easier to concentrate and focus on the general election we were facing which was an uphill bell to start with. but somebody from home i felt a sense of loss of representation that he had built up for the state over the years. one other thing i want to add about that that's not about how i felt that day but in retrospect, it struck me the example that he set a fleeting not only the majority leader of leaving the senate as the party nominee was a particularly graceful way to exit his congressional career. i know that more recent examples of kerry and mccain, their decisions to go back to the senator frankly less than grateful and presented a posted all court mess that having reached the pinnacle and being back on the legislative process that i think senator dole recently avoided -- graciously avoided much to his credit. is the negative you have anything to add? >> i remember that day vividly. it was a day of sadness because i thought and still think of it as the passing of an era. there was no other majority leader quite like him or hasn't been since. some great majority lead

we have to assume that the race is more uphill this year. and so that's where we begin. when people are hurting they want to see change and they sometimes want to see it faster than you can produce it. so even those accomplishments that i laid out, they haven't yet penetrated to every american and they haven't yet changed everybody's circumstance to the degree they hoped would happened. so that's the challenge. i am convinced we are going to exceed expectations for the midterms, that we are going to hold the strong majority for both houses, that we have the thing the president needs for the second two years of his term and beyond and i'm convinced of that for three reasons. the third of the reasons is the plan i am going to lay out for you today. reason one, we have a successful president. so those building blocks of the success story from economic recovery to health insurance reform to the wall street reform that we're going to get. you know, they can try to filibuster every day but they're not going to be successful. [applause] and, you know -- and for our young voters

just because you haven't got to the final day that some uphill process says you have to pay these fines, it's too late for these miners. they have gained the system here. and i mentioned that in my testimony, and, you know, there's going to be someone argued that, well, we don't really need laws or whatever. and i would point out, i said this in the beginning, had the law been updated here, we would not have had this explosion and 29 minus losing their life. . . before we passed the 1969 act. it didn't work. i have a lot of ideas about this, but i would like to get the other panels' input. >> thank you. i just have a question. >> thank you, physicians chairman. we've been -- mr. chairman. we've been talking a lot about the culture and i think it's important to point out that i would say 98% of west virginia virginians, pennsylvanians, of ohioans wyomingites, have never been down a mine. so it's -- what people have to understand, this isn't sort of a public place we're talking about. this is 35 minutes, 45 minutes up a beautiful hollow, with lovely streams and things, and then all of a s

but the thing that strikes me is logically how is it because it seems like you're making water run uphill. what you're saying is the federal government will lower their tax rate and yet they're going to get more money back. that seems counterintuitive. so i'm thinking about it like, congressman scalise, let's say you're king for the day and the only thing you can tax is loafs of bread. you say, how much tax can i put on one loaf of bread? and you say if i put a penny on it nobody's going to notice and i can collect a penny on all these loafs of bread that are sold. and then you say, hey, what if i put five bucks on the loaf of bread? then i'll really get a lot of money anytime somebody buys a loaf of bread. well, maybe people won't buy as much bread if you pay five bucks' hit to buy bread. then you go back in your mind and say, common sense says there's some optimum tax on that loaf of bread where you can get the most possible money. if you go too high you get less money for the government. if you go too low you left money on the table. so there's some sort of optimum point. i think that'

and i think as long as that's the case, it will continue to be an uphill battle for, i think, democraticents to push on this front. one final thing and then we'll get to some questions. i remember -- in terms of reforming the process, i think it's very difficult to think about reforms, expect for one thing. i do remember speaking to a democrat, this was during the bush years. and i think one of the nominees that may have been jay biebe who is the author of the some of the torture memos, jay in the white house refused to give any of his nem mes that he authored or approved of when he ran the office of the legal council to the senate when he was up for confirmation. and i remember saying to one of the democratic senators, well, just don't show up at the hearing. just don't go. if they don't provide you the documents, then how can you have a hearing? and i remember the senator saying, but, nan, the cameras will be there. i can't waste this opportunity. we're kind of stuck with process as it exist. i would make one suggestion. that is i'd love to see the republican senators and the democrati