>> he is in upstate new york. >> u.n. up there with him and the family?hey let you in and what were the roles? >> we had to go through their office. we had to go through the proper pathways. >> what impact did that particular session have on you? >> that was a difficult day and a long interview, about 2.5 hours. i had never been to a maximum security prison before. we had not met before, but i knew his whole family. it was very emotional. >> is he married? >> how many children do they have? >> just one, gregory. >> most of the kids were going into kindergarten or first grade. >> how long does the charter school go? >> this is news so they have their first class of fifth graders this year. it began in kindergarten and grows every year after that. it will go through 8th grade. >> how close is the test -- a statistic, 1.1 million students k-12 and 50,000 in charter schools in new york city? >> that sounds about right. there are 200 charter schools. >> this is a confrontation of the city council. we will watch this. did you evvr see eva moscowitz blue circle?

so learning about the needs of customerssin new york city, learning about the needs of customers in upstate new york and in maine. and what's interesting is that while those are very diverse geographies, in many ways, customers need our lines they tend to be the same. it's interesting to see where is that alignment and how can we respond to customers and what things need to be different? what things need to be different for a customer in new york city versus in charlotte, north carolina. it's exciting to up the thi about finding the right model for serving customers in that diverse geography. >> how public do you expect to be? >> how public do i expect to be? well, you know, i don't know. i imagine i'll be a bit more public than i have been in the past but my -- >> you're in one of the biggest markets in the country. >> my passion is really operations. i love working with a team of people, responding to the needs of customers and developing and introducing products that make customers' lives simple and easy. that's realy my focus. >> thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you. >> y

>> he is upstate new york. >> and you had to go up there with him and the family and all? >> we did. yeah. >> and why did they let you in? what were the rules there at the prison? >> we had to go through their office in albany, but we just had to go through the proper pathways, and then they helped us. >> what impact did that particular session have on you? >> that was a really difficult day. it was a long interview. it was about two and a half hours. and i had never been to a maximum security prison before. we hadn't met before, but i knew his whole family. and so it was very emotional. it was an emotional day. >> now, is he married? >> they're still married. >> how many children do they have? >> one. just little gregory. >> how old are most of the kids? >> going into kippeder garten and first grade. >> this goes for how many years? >> this school is new so it has its first class of fifth graders this year and it began in kinder garden. >> how close is this to what you know? 1.1 million students in k-12 with 50,000 in charter schools in new york city? >> that sounds about

next is weighing from upstate new york, good morning. caller: good morning. ultimately believe it would be in the best interest of the country that congress approve the $50 billion. i also believe the federal government cannot spend their way out of the mess we are in, but need to show themselves as trying to do the right things to me the president in the middle of the road, and get the ball rolling. government cannot spend its way out of these problems. i would not trade places with the president for all the tea in china. host: the president urging quick reaction on his proposal to expand tax breaks for small businesses and to create a $30 billion lending facility because many banks remain reluctant to lend to small businesses. the conversation is also going on line on twitter. vincent joins uu from for washington, maryland. caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. i support the president and what he is doong. most people who got money do not want to see him make get. if the poor man rises, then what do they get? they don't like for their taxes to get

host: do you know how new york is using stimulus funds? caller: in upstate new york, we have used all of our stimulus money to offset medicaid costs, to fill budget gaps, and we have done no major reform to our budget process. so the underlying problems that have gotten counties across the state and states across the country into the problems they are in in the first place. all we are doing is we are filling in or bailing out these states and filling in a gap that ultimately, once a stimulus funds run out, we are going to be back where we started off. host: the president wants $50 billion for states in 2011. thisklein's column morning says that in order to give money to responsible states and not give it to irresponsible states, she said that the aid should be tied to payroll data. what do think about that? caller: i absolutely agree. i love the state of new york, but that would mean the state of new york would be on the bottom of the list. host: why? caller: we have been rated the most dysfunctional legislature. as you have been following, we have major fis

not a single member of the new york city assembly or senate delegation voted for the project because they considered it to be an upstate project, but the details of that story which i have acquid having come and been in this city for ten years caused me to wonder whether or not the erie canal could be built today. because we have become very risk-averse, and it's become more difficult to take on projects with almost any kind of risk attached to it. so i ve much apreciate your willingness to tackle this problem becausegetting our markets and regulating our markets -- and many of you have d experice both regulating and having diffulty doing what you believed and now is clea i'm looking at brooksly here, was the right thing in the 1990s -- regulating those markets so they remain viable, active and trusted by the american people and the world is an extrely important task, so i welcome you once more to new school, to new york city, and i congralate and thank you for myself and, i hope, for other americans as well for your willingness to tackle this problem. >> thank you much, senator. wod you like to make a comment to the s

new york, mr. mcfadden. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcmahon: many doctors in my upstate district have started %- to turn away medicare patients and many fear senior -- doctors will drop out of medicare all together. a doctor payment cut of this magnitude will decrease access for our seniors and sometimes with tragic results..+ seniors and their doctors should not pay the price for partisan politics. they should have the peace of mind to -- mr. ma fee: they should know that the doctor of their choice should be able to see them and will be reimbursed fairly without having to worry about cuts month after month. while it's clear the system is broken and needs to be fixed permanently, there's a need to fix it permanently. if you can't cure the patient, find a treatment. if you can't find a good treatment, stop the bleeding. this is just a band-aid, it stops the bleeding temporarily. we have made a commitment to provide for seniors and i'll stand with our seniors and physicians. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois continues to reserve. the gentleman from calif