entire state of vermont. >> vermont yankee's original operating license is set to expire on march 21sttain. most likely this case will go to the supreme court and what happens there could determine the future of aging plants all across the country. >> and amber lyon joins us now. i have to say that is a really troubling report. there is so many plants like this. where does that case stand now? >> well, as of now, the state of vermont lost round one. a judge ruled that this plant can stay open. whether vermont will appeal this is yet to be seen. the state is looking at creative ways they can tax entergy to keep this corporation from making a profit from the plant which would then force it to shut down. >> as we were saying, people all over the world, this comes up and people want it open because it is their livelihood as well. it's that back and forth. amber, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> thanks, amber. coming up next, deadly cargo, the race to stop a potential airborne catastrophe. that was me trying to be discreet with my vial and syringe. me, drawing my insulin dose. and me the da

>> well, vermonters, two things. one vermonters are hard workers. and a lot of the vermonters that we're talking about have a second job. they really do, because they've got to just find ways to keep things afloat. but secondly, vermont didn't have the boom and it doesn't have the bust. you know, when we had the foreclosure crisis, vermont had the lowest or the second lowest foreclosure rate in the country, and the reason, our banks didn't give out these bogus no-documentation, no-interest loans. our realtors didn't push houses on to people that they couldn't afford. and the average vermonter wanted to buy a modest house, that would provide good shelter, but they didn't need a mcmansion. so we just never got caught up in the -- in the real estate binge that has caused so much trouble and so much heartache in so many parts of the country. so in that sense, vermont is continuing to do well. we didn't have the big boom and we don't have the big bust. >> so as you know, as a veteran of this program we're going to take calls, tweets, and also e-mails. he

workcenter, willis and vermont named after st.louis who is a merchant in and start workcenter, willis and vermont named after st. louis who was a merchant in and start come at a major lack of money from the british was a merchant in and start come at a major lack of money from the british family man and that his merchant friends for some of it off and land for a moment. so willis and his friends came up with 40 shillings in silver or not went to governor what words for granting the papers set up a township five miles by five miles. but you can see the numbers on the scale. anyone operates in 15 years pocketed $3 million, our money in fees, just from those land charts. only to be outdone by new york, but new york said wait a minute. our charter says everything between lake champlain and the connecticut river is new york. send your governors began, claiming and insisted that the settlers by the land of second time. the speculators in the settlers have begun to trickle in, only about 1500 people living in vermont by 1770. but those p

vermont is the beautiful state but -- i used to joke that vermont was america's leading canadian province but it is worse than that. is a decanted a for membership in the european union. ion fight anyone to travel up route 5 or historical roots 100 and stopped in the school houses. young families can't live in vermont. there's nothing to do. people think -- some of some -- somebody said years ago -- journalists in particular hate coming to my state. some guy in the washington post said it is new hampshire primary season again. was a hellish state. getting up at 6:dirty p.m. in the evening is breakfast. has the most vicious newspaper in america. contribution to cultures motorcycle week. it is a hideous state where as vermont has the fluffy stuff like ben and jerry's ice-cream. but that is part of the multinational unilever. it has two old hippies fronting it but they say -- they are supporting the 99%. they are a part of it. there is a subsidiary of an anglo-dutch multinational. if there -- you would understand the point of it. i ordered a stove because i had just done an event with howard

keep us growing jobs and economic opportunities in vermont. thank you. [ applause ] >> okay, thank you governor. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, governor. at this time i would invite senator leahy, please. senator. [ applause ] >> does this sound better? okay. normally i would go first, but i'm not going to tonight because senator sand ers has worked so hard on this on the floor. i'll speak after. i want to read just one thing. we got a lot of christmas cards this year, a lot one is from chris richardso. is he here? chris, there you go my family and i want to take a second to thank you for what you've done for the postal office, the employees, the families, the customers. chris, i want you to snow senator sand ers, congressman, governor and i will not stop one home standing up for you. bernie, it's yours. >> thank you. let ne begin by thank iing you t only for being here, but thank you for the extraordinary work you do every single day. sometimes we take you for granted. we shouldn't. you're doing a great job. thank you for that. [ applause

it was made in vermont. when you see the inlay, you can see the three are going in one direction and the fourth is the other. this a person, a cabinetmaker, who didn't make lots of sideboards. the fact he was making this one meant he was less familiar than his metro colleague. at the other end of the museum, i noticed a marvelous tall clock built by a vermont partnership. the timepiece boasted a calendar wheel and it played seven tunes for each day of the week and a psalm for sunday. then a massive desk and bookcase that you see before you. dominating a corner of the room where the museum had reconstructed the interior of an early 19th century vermont home. as i grew closer, the desk, i learned belonged to james wilson of bradford, vermont. a town north along the connecticut river. inching closer, because i wasn't familiar, the label stated th that wilson was the united states first globemaker. the globe sat in a plexicase. it seems strange that the out of the way place is bradford in the early 19th century

but tofs made in windsor, vermont. when you see the inlay, you can see three of the inlays are going in one direction and the fourth in the other. my assumption is this is a cabinetmaker who didn't make lots of sideboards. the fact he was making this one meant he was less familiar than his metropolitan colleague, and that accounts for some variances in construction. at the other end of the museum, i noticed a marvelous musical tall clock, built by a rutland vermont partnership. the timepiece boasted a calendar wheel and a moon dial and it played seven tunes, one for each day of the week, with ale isment for sunday. then i noticed a large, really not just a large, a massive desk and encyclopedia-filled bookcase that you see before you, really dominating a whole side of the room, a whole corner of the room where the museum had reconstructed the interior of an early 19th century vermont home. as i grew closer, the desk, i learned belonged to james wilson of bradford, vermont, a town north along the connecticut river. inch

vermont is a beautiful state. but vermont, for example -- i used to joke that vermont was america's leading canadian province. in fact it's worse than that. vermont is a candidate for membership in the european union, its demographics -- i invite anyone to travel up route 5 or 100 in vermont, stop in the schoolhouses. they're emptying out because young families can't live in vermont. there's nothing for them to do. people like all the -- people think the difference between vermont -- some somebody said years ago, -- journalists in particular hate coming to my state, they hate coming to new hampshire. some guy in the was h washington post said, new hampshire primary season again. what a hellish state. the only meal you can get after 6:30 p.m. is breakfast. the most vicious newspaper in america, its contribution to culture is motorcycle week, it's a hideous state. vermont has all the fluffy stuff. ben and jerry's ice cream, but then and jerry's is part of the anglo dutch unilever, so they're saying we're the 99%. th

ve peter welch of vermont, chief deputy whip. at 8:15 eastern, we will be joined by the former co-chairman of the national fiscal responsibility and reform committee, alan simpson. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> good morning, it is friday february 12, 2012. after reaching a compromise on a $150 billion extension of the payroll tax holiday which also include medicare and extend unemployment benefits, the house expect to vote on it today. later on today in the united states senate. we have a to-our program and we will spend much of it talking about the provisions of this compromise and what it means. alan simpson, a former senator who was co-chair of the national commission on fiscal responsibility will join us. we will tell you more details of the plan and open up the phone lines and ask for your comments on whether or not you support the payroll tax cut deal. our phone lines are 202-77-000 to four republicans 2-0 -- 202- 737-0014 democrats and 20

maine and vermont. and guess what? fdr wins every state but maine and vermont. there used to be an old saying because maine voted first. it was an exception to the election laws to let maine go first because of its tradition. and the old saying was -- anybody know the old saying about maine? as goes maine, so goes the nation, that maine was a harbinger. farley changed that to something else after this election. anybody know what that was changed to? as goes maine, so goes vermont. >> right, as goes maine, so goes vermont, which is exactly what happened in 1936. so an enormous ratification of roosevelt the candidate and roosevelt's policies. so let's stop and take stock. you had all these first new deal programs, followed by the second new deal. you had enormous democratic majorities piling up. you had roosevelt changing the nomination process. what were some of the fundamental ways in which franklin roosevelt, during his first term, changed american politics, changed american policy, and changed the presidency? start anywhere. >> [ inaudible ]. >> very good poin

california, illinois, arkansas, connecticut, vermont. the republicans run everything. the country is moving in exactly -- growth versus not growth in that division. what we have with redistricting is helping. republicans have picked up house seats in ohio and chicago -- wisconsin. redistricting should give us a republican and conservative majority in the house for the next decade. [applause] we're only a third of the way there. the senate, 47 republican senators, not quite that many conservative senators, but we're getting there. we need to pick up 60 serious senators in the u.s. senate. the next two election cycles make this very possible. in 2012, there are 23 democratic seats. this is a target rich environment. these are people who survived the pro democrats' anti a bush landslide of 2006 and two years later, 13 republicans. in the next two election cycles, there are 43 democratic senators ought. -- up. 43 seats, more than 23 targets. their reason why we have this target rich environment and all of our incumbents are very secure and strong is back in 2006 and 2008,

on, the court opinion that says vermont law was unconstitutional essentially said the people of vermont trampled on the rights of other people. other people being monsanto. so this is really about a power struggle, a struggle of people against big organize corporate power. and citizens united, i sometimes call it the football playoff season, it's really an end zone dance for the corporate power grid. it's a celebration. that's it. they essentially just said out loud what has been going on for long time before citizens united, and not just a campaign finance, which is corporations are just like people and we can't regulate them different that would regulate people. and that is catastrophic to american democracy. interestingly i think it is catastrophic the american economy. we have a thousand businesses to come out working with the american sustainable business council, business for democracy, calling for an amendment because they know government pay to play, business is not good for competitive, healthy, innovative economy if used by the biggest corporations in the world throughout the

to a hurricane in vermont. who ever knew vermont would get struck bay hurricane? and on the ground in joplin, missouri, 14 hours after the tornado went through there. and i was in tuscaloosa, alabama, smithville. mississippi. northern georgia, all affected by the tornadoes. and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose

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the court opinion says vermont's law was unconstitutional and the people of vermont trample on the rights of other people, so this is about a power struggle, a power struggle of people against the big organized corporate power, and the citizens united i sometimes call it in the playoff season when i see the patriots are doing so well it's really an end zone and dance for the corporate power grab. it's a celebration and they easily said right out loud what has been going on for a long time before citizens united and not just in the campaign finance which is the corporation's are just like people and we can't regulate them differently than we regulate people and that is catastrophic i think to the american democracy. interestingly its catastrophic to the american economy. we have a thousand business leaders that come out working with the american sustainability business council and for democracy calling for an amendment because they know essentially pay to play government business is not good for the competitive and healthy economy. it's used by the biggest corporations in the world to thro

i hope vermont can learn -- the nation can learn from what vermont will be doing. we want to share that with the rest of the country. mr. secretary, it seems to me that one of the sad moments in terms of what's happening in our country today is the degree congress, we are not dealing with the horrendous planetary crisis of global warming. and it is -- and i say this not to be terribly partisan here. but it is very sad that we have a major political party where many of its leading members actually reject what virtually the entire world scientific community is saying, "a," about the reality of global morning. "b," that it is significantly caused by manmade activities. and, "c," that if we are aggressive, we can begin the process of leading the world in reversing greenhouse gas emissions. and without getting partisan, it's just sad to me that we have so many people rejecting what is very clear scientific evidence, not only in this country, but from scientists all over the world. in terms of cutting greenhouse gas emissions, i think that energy efficiency is a huge ste

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he studied in a one-room schoolhouse and later at amherst for his vermont ways proved puzzlement andamusement to his more sophisticated and careless classmates. his habit that with the habits of his future wife, none of them pointing the way towards a commitment of any sort of public career that he grew upon his classmate and invariably grew upon just about everybody and somewhat iconic speech or he graduated laude and decided to practice law on attending law school and clerking offices in massachusetts, just south of amherst on passing the bar he set up a practice that is owned into politics and took a wife. grace cushier was nothing like calvin. also hailing from vermont, burlington to be exact and their fate also drift into the hands and outgoing and curvaceous educated at the university of vermont she tied at the local art school for the death. one day, she happened to be walking past the lodging and she looked up, saw him shaving while wearing a derby hat. she laughed. he hurt her, saw her result. they married in burlington on october 4, 1905. the couple eventually took a $27 a

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funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. ♪ >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key, strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> from new nukes, to a mutual defense, britain and france, cross channel cooperation. common solutions to pressing problems. welcome to gmt. also in the program, out of office and under investigation, the german president christian wulff quits and lance -- lance angela merkel with a headache. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in new york. britain and france are, it seems to mike eager to bury their differences in a new era of cooperation. the prince conference -- the press conference is continuing, and we can fit into it now. >> [speaking french] of course, and sure you understand what i mean by the revolution. if

funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news. >> a british journalist has been smuggled to safety after being injuried in an attack in the syrian city of homs. an italian cruise ship and its passengers are toted to safety. welcome to "bbc world news." can you get fit with just three minutes of exercise a week? new research suggests less is more. and we'll meet the feminist group ahead of the presidential elections. one of the journalists injured in shelling in syria was pulled. he is said to be safe and sound now. he was rescued with assistance by the -- of the syrian opposition. we will bring you more on both of those developments in the

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>> this is "bbc world news funding for this presentation is foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you capital for key, strategic decisions. dietewe offer expertise and taid industries. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america" reporting from washington. ase 20th day in a row on the syrian city of homs, we are with opposition fighters and the north also fighting the assad regime. course we are told that they are just a few hundred meters out in that direction. das >> we are told that they are just a few hundred meters in that direction. we have to keep low. >> coordinated bomb attacks kill more than 50 people across iraq once again raising questions about the country's security. diving to the deepest spots on earth, more than half a century after explorers first made the journey, another team is out to follow their lead. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. crimes against humanity are be