one of the masters american politics was william brown, former mayor of san francisco. there was a failed coup against saw his speech after he defeated it. he said the first law of politics is you have to learn to count. those that are most effective in 2014 will be those who know how to count. as bill clinton said in his to the fastest 2012 democratic speech -- it is about arithmetic. those who are following online or outside of the room, those documents we have -- you can download the data which is available at pacplus.org. the arithmetic -- 29 plus 26 equals 55. that is the new equation for this new era. allow me to explain. the census confirms there has been a profound demographic revolution in america. latinos, asian-americans, african-americans, and mixed raced americans are now 36% of the entire u.s. population. i hear that not all people of color are progressive. believe me, i know. i often shake my head wondering what they are thinking. that shows the majority of black people vote democratically. all people of color comprised 36% of the population. 80% of them,

one of the masters american politics was william brown, former mayor of san francisco. there was a failed coup against him in the late 1980's and i saw his speech after he defeated it. he said the first law of politics is you have to learn to count. inse that are most effective 2014 will be those who know how to count. as bill clinton said in his to the fastest 2012 democratic speech -- it is about arithmetic. onlineho are following or outside of the room, those documents we have -- you can download the data which is available at pacplus.org. arithmetic -- 29 plus 26 equals 55. that is the new equation for this new era. allow me to explain. the 2010 canton -- the census confirms there has been a profound demographic revolution in america. latinos, asian-americans, a for -- african-americans, and mixed raced americans are now 36% of the entire u.s. population. not all people of color are progressive. leave me, i know. -- believe me, i know. the closest statistical measure we have in the country for political ideology is present to exit polls. -- presidential exit polls.

later, horace williams brown of the government accountability office talks about the history national flood insurance program, and changes brought andt by hurricanes katrina sandy. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. conversation on twitter.and >> thursday a discussion on the recent spike in violence in and potential iraqi government plans to create three provinces in contested parts of the country. the speaker of iraq's council of theesentatives speaks at brookings institution, live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. and at 11:00 a.m. a panel from the prookings institution discusses recommendations for the administration on foreign ahead.issues in the year live coverage of that event also c-span 2. >> day feel prepared, yes, i did.y first of all i wasn't elected, so it didn't make that much difference. i did notice, though, the difference between being the the president's wife and president's wife. it's huge, because the vice sayident's wife can anything, nobody cares. the minute you say one thing as you've madewife, the news, so thats with a les

from eric, hear atlanta, georgia, democrats orrisyou're on with williams brown of the government accountabilityice. caller: yes. what i would like --know, like on the the flood insurance keeps paying these claims over and over even for new jersey, all the damage is going to happen when the next hurricane comes, going to destroy this infrastructure again because of change,n and climate the coastline is eroding in california. do these people's property, a going to be are not there. i feel like this is a scam and a republicanshe, the don like bailouts, but when it comes to helping them and asuilding their homes such want, they just don't basically the mass of the people to be helped by the government. of points raised by eric. one, the repetitive loss no question we've done work, we've looked at the issue of repetitive loss forerties, they did account a substantial portion of the losses. they're a very small percent of policies, but they do account for a fairly significant part of losses each year. of the things that the act attempts to do is address the loss issue. if someone has a property that'

alice stewart and jimmy williams and senior white house reporter carrie brown. the speech will happen at 3:00, the state of the state, we're hearing that he's going to spend sometime at least talking about the bridge scandal. obviously it's not going to be the bulk of that speech, probably just a nod. should we see a different tone than we saw in that marathon on thursday press conference, carrie? >> it's quite possible. i think that chris christie sort of put himself out there in terms of taking all of the hits and taking the questions and going through it. that was really his one shot to be reflective and just let the media have at him. at a certain point we may see this today with the speeches he's going to perhaps turn more defiant and say i'm not going to let this get in the way of doing my job. i spent almost two hours answering questions. i'm happy to participate in any kind of investigation but i'm not going to be hamstrung by this. i imagine that's the tone we'll see from christie going forward. that seems to fit with his personality, which doesn't seem

let's talk to scott brown who's back with us, former massachusetts senator, and juan williams, fox news political analyst, listening through this entire thing. as far as tests, senator brown, did chris christie pass this one? >> absolutely. it was refreshing, actually, to hear somebody actually take responsibility and within 24, 25 hours actually go out and make a decision and fire somebody. and as i said before the break, it's unlike what we see in washington today when all the problems that they have, they don't get fired and they, in fact, either get promoted or laterally transferred. so, yes, it was refreshing. i think he certainly addressed it, and he's not done. obviously, he still has to do his due diligence, and that's what you're looking for in a leader, i don't care if it's democrat or republican. he did pass the test. jenna: juan, agree/disagree? >> i think he's still in the woods. he's got, as he said, a situation where he feels he was betrayed, he was lied to, and he feels sad, and he understands that his image has been damaged. the question that you raised earlier, jenna,

he will play peter of germany after he beat dustin brown the second semi finals and faces france's player. victoria will play winner of the williamsal as they beat yankovich earlier and the former world number one beat them 6-4-6-2 and the second seed coming up. and over to australia's west coast, the final line up for the mixed team competition and the cup is now complete and france qualified following the win over spain and they beat the spanish opponent in two sets, 6-2-6-2 to take the first points. and claimed the winning point for france and beat the 194th ranked spanyard, in 6-4, 6-7-6-2. and one took the doubles 1-6-7-7 over the australia. the golden state warriors beat the heat and in a high-scoring affair they had 22 points and lebron james had 26 and betted by the wear your and a game high and lead assist to 123-114 over the defending nba champion. that's it, more later. >> reporter: thanks indeed, that is it for the news hour and the day's top stories here on al jazeera and i'll see you again, thanks for watching. good-bye now. ♪ >> an exclusive "america tonight" investigative series >> we traveled here to japan to find

the stand saying williams told her he went to the house to hurt the family of antoine york who he thought was responsible for killing his close friend. >> happening today, governor brown will introduce his budget proposal for the 2014-15 fiscal year. it calls for the state to spend almost $155 billion, that's about a 5% increase over the current year. it includes spending about $70 billion on k-12 schools and putting $1.6 billion in a rainy day fund. the budget calls for funding increase of more than $142 million for the uc and csu systems. >> the flu is spreading quickly across the bay area and one local hospital has run out of rooms to treat sick patients. regional medical center is setting up a large tent to treat patients with flu symptoms. this is video of a smaller tent set up yesterday. doctors say this helps keep patients with the symptoms away from others. they say the flu is hitting adults unusually hard this season and the h1n1 or so called swine flu strain is more prevalent this season. this is the first time the hospital had to set up a flu tent. >>> turning to the weather, where the worst is over for nearly half of the country suffered in the coldest tem

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patrick william brennan confessed to setting all the fires by igniting garbage with a cigarette lighter. >>> it is official, our record dry winter and evaporating reservoirs have forced governor brown to declare a drought emergency. >> everyone should try at least 20% of conservation of their water use. >> so that is voluntary. the governor did not rule out mandatory rationing down the line. 2013 was the dryest year on record in the state. that drought declaration will pave the way for federal assistance and make it easier to transfer water from one part of the state to another. it also allows cal fire to boost staffing in northern california. >>> well, santa clarita county health officials are reporting two more flu deaths. that brings the bay area total to 23 people who died because of the virus. statewide 45 people have died from the flu and that number doesn't include 50 more suspected deaths. h1n1, also known as the swine flu is the predominant strain of the virus this season. >>> new details on a suicide attack in afghanistan. two americans were among those killed last night at a popular restaurant in the capital of kabul. in all 21 people were killed including 13 foreigners.

brown. >> we don't know it was random. it does appear they were probable >> the search is on tonight for the killer and the children are with protective services. >>> investigators caught officer rodney williams stealing property from the evidence control branch. internal affairs busted williams after following a tip. williams had been on the force since 1991. >>> charles county commissioner reuben collins is in trouble accused of driving under the influence. collins was pulled over around 8:30 last night. the commissioner failed the breathalyzer and the field sobriety tests. he was released to the custody of a relative. >>> new information right now about one of the companies that operates speed camera systems in maryland. apparently they get it wrong a lot. now there's a movement to turn the tables by fining those camera operators every time they fine you by mistake. scott broom is in annapolis tonight where legislators are lining up to jump on board. >> reporter: this movement in maryland has been building steam since a secret audit hidden by city officials was uncovered in the city of baltimore. the audit revealed the error rate in the city of baltimore was 40 times higher than the city w

william. thank you very much. we're are stay on -- we'll stay on this story as it develops. jon: as we mentioned, california governor jerry brownsays they're dealing with severe drought across much of that state. take a look at a satellite photo, it shows just how bad the situation really is. on the left, the snow cover last year at this time, on the right what it looked like earlier this week, almost no snow in california at all. it is one of the driest years ever for jenna's home state. jenna: it was beautiful over the christmas holiday. that's what you get, right? there's no rain, there's no snow, beautiful clear, sunny skies. jon: hope they get some moisture. jenna: well for the first time this decades, an american journalist is expelled from russia after working there on and off for 40 years. officials in russia now call his presence undesirable. they're not letting him back in the country. we're going to seek to david satter live about what's going on. >>> and how concerned should we be about security issues surrounding the obamacare web site? coming up, we're going to speak with one expert who just told congressional law

and then our guest is orris williams brown to discuss changes since hurricane katrina. president obama today created a task force to combat sexual assault on college campuses. the president signed a memorandum giving administration officials 90 days to come up with recommendations for colleges to prevent assaults. also today at the white house, press secretary jay carney brief red porters and among the topics, security at the upcoming winter olympics in sochi, russia. this is about an hour. >> feels like monday, weirdly. my kids still haven't gone to school. i hope you're holding up in the wintry weather. this morning, the president and vice president held a meeting in the oval office with attorney general holder, secretaries hagel, sebelius, and duncan and senior officials to discuss their commitment to combating rape and sexual assault in all settings. during the meet, the president and vice president reiterated their deep personal interest in doing everything possible to root autothese types of abuse and take steps to prevent pro tect americans from it. they discusse