the chair recognizes the gentle lady from wisconsin. >> thank you. when i hear the discussions about connecting wind generation through transmission to load centers on the east coast, i feel like wisconsin could become a state that has an extension cord running through it. maybe i should use the swimming pool analogy of that, but that is the image it conjures for me and i worry that it does not incentivize distributive generation. as i pondered in my opening statement this morning, how we propose to pay for the transmission upgrades coming down the pike is a critical question. will those who do not receive the benefits of this transmission have to pay for the cost of traversing lines across the country? the rate payers i represent have supported their share of more than $2 billion of new investments in the wisconsin transmission system. clearly, there are decisions that need to be made and there are cost allocation decisions that need to be made. i would ask the entire panel, how do we best protect ratepayers? how we set up the system to protect rate

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i am the chair of emergency medicine at the college of wisconsin, and at a level one trauma center. i've been doing this kind of work for over 30 years. i first want to congratulate our congressional leaders who are with us today, and also our state legislatures, who, as senator cullerton made reference to, by the push of a button, he can save lives. you all will be able to save more lives by the stroke of a policy penn then i can do -- with a policy pen than i can do with surgery. the most difficult thing i have to do as an emergency physician is not to have to go through the critical details of patients clinging to life. it is to tell mom that their daughter has passed away, or suffered lifelong brain injury. that is the hardest thing that i do. that is what i do not want to do. our partners in public health at the state and federal level make my job easier. over the past several months, we have witnessed a health care reform debate, and have heard the important arguments for reducing health-care costs. over the past decade, tens of thousands of americans have died and hundreds ha

in wisconsin, fox news. >>> nothing melting any time soon. frozen lights might end up being a persistent problem. a wicked blast of cold air has teeth chattering, mine too. probably maureen's from oklahoma to northern new england, even the d.c. area. the arctic air couldn't stop this group of workers in fargo, north dakota. some even stripped down to their shorts for a jog in 5 below temps. ever heard of ostbite? it's bismarck that is winning the prize for the coldest. it is 33 below zero the. a chicago woman is counting her blessings. in fact, rescuers saved her and her dogs after they fell through the ice into lake michigan. >> they did a great job. this ended up really well but it could have been otherwise if they hadn't gotten there in time. >> even florida isn't so warm and while animals in other parts of the country can handle the cold, this sarasota animal shelter is preparing for winter conditions. >>> switching gears a little bit, no doubt mentoring changes lives. the mentoring for young mothers program provides special opportunities

still, northern wisconsin, western u urment of u. pumplt -- u. p. of michigan. dry areas, arizona is getting worse. i think the good news is where the weak to moderate el nino this season, you'll see a fair amount of moisture, at least more than normal in that part of the country. let's hope that pans out there because you can see things improved in the pacific northwest over the past few weeks. let's check things out then. jet stream as we head through this week is going to be pretty brutal as far as cold air coming in and it looks like that cold air is going to be diving southward into the middle of the country. eventually, coming east with time. that's going to bring shots of cold air and also allow lake effect snow as we head through this week. that's the way it's shaping up. here is the look for monday as we head into the first full week of january. another shot of arctic air coming into montana. arctic air has already moved into the northern gulf of mexico by this pointment we're looking at chilly temperatures in south florida. cold into the southeast and

one small leap for justice caught on tape as a man tries to rob a southeastern, wisconsin bank, takingtand and flying across the ropeline, tackling the masked man to the ground. an angry bull making a mad dash around an irish supermarket after escaping from the nearbilivestock pen. >> and i couldn't believe my eyes. >> another animal. watch out in aisle two. >> you are not going to believe this but this is a bear in the. >>> a bear takes a confident stroll around a wisconsin grossry store and cameras capture it going into the store. >> this louisiana woman tucks a case of beer as a man tries to block her from the camera. she waddelled away but was later nabbed by police. from stealing beer to using it as a disguise. a robbery suspect in nebraska gets crafty wearing an empty beer box on his head. he demands cash but settles for nine packs of cigarettes. guy not only took a grocery store's money but stole a kiss on the way out. holding a knife to the clerk's threat he leans in and plops one on here. comes into a building. >> glenn: narrowly missing a girl and coming within inches of the

playing with her, volunteers from wisconsin. university of wisconsin who have come in to help out at the center, and as you can see, she well entertained. >> oh. too sweet. all right. glad folk, able to find a lot of comfort in so many different ways there. thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> perhaps you've always wanted to become your own boss? keep it here to find out when may be the best time to go into business your yourself. it's really never too early to talk elections, also. we look at what could shake up we look at what could shake up congress come november. big nighttime breathing relief... >>> welcomes back. >>> in the president's weekly radio address, children with pre-existing conditions won't be denied and young adults can be covered under their parents' policies longer. >> once i sign health insurance reform into law, doctors and patientless have more control over their health care decisions and insurance company bureaucratless have less. all told these changes represent the most sweeping reforms and toughest rest

finally not to sound cheesy but check out this five and a half foot tall santa carved out of a ton of wisconsin cheddar. it is saint nick's way of saying be good for goodness sake. drew levinson. >>> bad pun, we'll be right back. stay with us. ññ >>> when we entered into the new year, some new laws and rules and regulations came in. maryland allows prince georges county to install speed cameras. in montgomery county neighbors can't store unused cars trucks and trailers on that are residential property for more than 30 days. in d.c. shoppers have to pay a nickel for every paper or plastic bag they use at a drug or grocery or liquor store. by late january parking meter rates jump to $2 per hour. in virginia a new law goes into effect today requiring cigarettes be made with a special paper that is less flammable and less likely to allow flames to spread. >>> how many times has this happened to you? you get the bag of chips home only to find out it is half empty. nobody swiped your saltines, it is called puffed up packaging. leslie foster takes a look inside those unfilled boxes in this consumer

one small leap for justice caught on tape as a man tries to rob a southeastern wisconsin bank, takinglying across the rope line, tackling the masked man to the ground. an angry bull making a mad dash into a supermarket after escaping from a nearby livestock pen. >> i couldn't believe my eyes. >> reporter: another animal, another store. watch out in aisle 2. >> you're not going to believe this, but there is a bear in the store. >> reporter: a bear takes a confident stroll around a wisconsin grocery store. cameras catch it ambling into the beer cooler. >> he knew where to go. >> reporter: this louisiana woman tuck has case of beer under her house dress as a man tries to block her from the camera. she waddled away, but was later nabbed by police. from stealing beer to using it as a disguise, a robbery suspect in nebraska gets crafty wearing an empty beer box on his head. he demands cash, but settles for nine packs of cigarettes. kansas cops say this guy not only took a grocery store's money, but stole a kiss on the way out. holding a knife to the clerk's throat, he leans in and plants on

in 2000 i was working in wisconsin, another near victory.e lost, i was working for bush campaign and we lost there by 5,000 votes. one of the things that was really interesting in the early voting stage there was actually very broadly published national story. a woman from new york, manhattan social item, went out with the campaign and gore's campaign handing out cigarettes to homeless people which was kind of awesome for us. best news story. handing out cigarettes, loading these people into vans, driving them to voting place and casting early vote. you can't give somebody anything more more than a dollar. best part about it, it looked so, so fabulously, tabloid, she was in fur handing out cigarettes and interviewed her outside manhattan apartment. i was trying to make homeless people feel better. or you were bribing them. making sure you know what you can do. you can give somebody a ride but can't pay them. give somebody something to eat but not over a certain dollar amount. make sure you know what you can do to drive somebody to the polls

host: indiana, wisconsin.n and they are both thinking about it. -- both of those gentlemen in their row thinking about it. it is not easy. it is tough on your family, a big sacrifice. i think people are sensing the call of duty in terms of the direction of the country and again, an opportunity to make a difference in washington. one of the things we saw in massachusetts is people reacting to the blacks of checks and balances here. -- the lack of checks and balances here. guest: scott brown was raising $1 million a day by the end of the campaign. is any of that fund raising energy it washing over into 2010, the national party? guest: committees do not see the same thing that individual can it its due, in terms of excitement when it comes to fund raising, particularly on line. scott brown's campaign raised $2.6 million online in one day. there were people like me and others who were calling their supporters across the country and saying, here is a great opportunity. here is a web site you can send a donation in.

and duke really off to a good start, with their only loss at wisconsin, and a really tough place to play. north carolina, i think, still trying to find out what's going on with their club over there. >> bob: and keep this in mind. the clemson tigers have won their last two against duke. can they make it three in a row at cameron? >> larry: well, the question becomes -- you and i have seen clemson this year. i'll tell you, they are very tough defensively. i've seen mike krzyzewski's club this year. they may be playing as good a half court defense that i've seen in years. he's really got them motivated. >> bob: and debbie antonelli will be making that trip over there later tonight. deb? >> debbie: i hope that game is as exciting as this one. the x-factor is the depth against the offensive scoring about, because duke shares the ball and spreading the floor so well. and clemson's pressure can be a factor in the game. they have a chance to win. oliver purnell's club has never won in cameron. >> bob: 53-48. >> larry: get a report back from debbie about dealing with those two guys, versus us? >

if there is a judge who declined in texas, let him do a hearing in wisconsin.ere are things like this that we are trying to do to get all of the inefficiencies out of the system so we can have these waiting lines cut way down. it is a resource question, and a procedure question. those have got to get cleaned up and there is a problem that needs to be fixed. host: next call is from republican, curtis, from queens new york. caller: my question is why is it, and why doesn't anybody talk about the disparity between the parties, our system? why is it that when we republicans were doing the same thing that democrats do now, during the bush administration, everything got rammed through and nobody wanted to listen to the other side? and then also, why is it our system of government, which is admirable what the founding fathers put together, but it is an adversarial system where we are electing each representative to go and represent us, just us as individuals, and that it creates fights? because we are fighting against each other for what we can individually get out of

last year we introduced you to the held brants, a wisconsin family that managed to dig themselves out of a six-figure debt in less than five years. this year they're pledging to stay debt free. lights, presents, debt. for some, it's inevitable after the holiday season. but not for the held debrants. the family we first met last october after they climbed out of a whopping $123,000 of debt. >> this beautiful little victorian i got at a craft store. but on an after-christmas sale. i probably got it 65%, 70% off for her. >> reporter: this year they survived the holiday shopping debt free. the kids still got stocking stuffers but candy didn't spend more than $30 on each. one tip, thrift store shopping. how much would you pay for one of these turtlenecks? >> lowest price right now is $2.99 to $3.99. >> reporter: another cost, is baking cookies or singing christmas carols at a local nursing home instead of expensive 408 day entertainment. just one year ago russell hindbrant was working a second job as a night janitor, sleeping in his car to save on gas money. candy stretched their dollar wi

. >> and a couple with the terps and to help themselves, they got cincinnati and wisconsin in the early season tournament and a lot to william and mary. it's not that bad. how do they shake it up. what do they do in conference play to catch it? >> in my opinion they have to win some games and more pornly, ivan, all of the teams that you mentioned, they were opportunities that maryland had to gain a quality win they could not convert them so at some point i'm a believer in my amateur, you know, bracket constructing that i do for the show, and at some point you have to beat other teams that are going to be in the tournament. if you can do them away from home that's more important. you have to be able to win on the road. none of the -- none of the tournament games will be in the comcast center. tough win from home and that's something that they have not proven they can do. >> you have an acc play and the league is, you know maybe not as top, we don't have the stud team like in the past but good teams. speaking of maryland. coach williams. coach his 1000th game this weekend. is has it gone

michigan, wisconsin, new jersey and at least 11 more have raised income taxes. ohio, oregon, minnesota, and 30 more, have raised gas taxes. many states have raised multiple taxes at the same time. i hope you will join me in saying tonight to the people for whom we all work, we will make the hard choices, we will stretch the available dollars, we will do whatever is necessary but we will not take the easy way out and we will not make this recession worse by adding one sent to the tax burden of our fellow citizens. [applause] >> and for us economy and government did not begin with this recession. together we brought the state from bankruptcy to solvency over a five year period of careful budget, stewardship, and before. per capita state government spending in indiana is now sixth lowest in the nation, and a place improvement from a few years ago. state government has two thirds fewer airplanes, thousands fewer vehicles. we had the fewest state employees since 1982. we have heeded the mariners instruction. what we did was, we didn't get ourselves in the position of

for states arkansas minnesota florida and wisconsin pat primary enforcement see bell loss. there are still 21 states that need this law. 11 states took action to strengthen their teen driving requirements. today only one state, delaware, has all of the optimal six elements of the strong graduated driver's licensing program for teens even though motor vehicle crashes are the number-one killer of our teens. booster seats covering childrens corrade seven were passed in five states first passed in washington ten years ago and we still have too many states that don't have it and only six states enacted laws addressing impaired driving. right now today there are 46 states in the district of columbia that are missing one or more critical of impaired driving laws. ten states telecaption to pass laws restricting text messaging for a total of 15 states with this law and we are looking forward to more states acting to pass this law this year. and as usual there was an attempt to repeal one of the most effective and lifesaving loss. right now we only have 20 states that have this law a

after a day of very contentious debate last fall the wisconsin court by a 4-3 margin supported verbatim proposals proposed to them. they also rejected proposals for a broader study of the issue that would actually have gone beyond each of the proposals they had before them and instead look at the issue more holistic play. .. >> he made references to the metaphor progreso and that there at good guys and bad guys. justice bradley from wisconsin as well in hearing last fall she took the step of reading her dissent allowed, and another interjected, do you really want to do this? do you want to do this as a justice of the court. she responded she would not be silenced and read the dissent. they refer to this as the most important vote i cast in 12 years. she turned to the other members of the court's and said don't do this. this is even for judicial wrangling in oral arguments. it was very personal. i would just add as a footnote, we have seen there are some judges who are angry about the fact most americans do think can't pay my is affecting decisions and they believe reform advocates has h

we're joined from wisconsin rapids, wisconsin. caller: as far as things go with haiti, many times things like the airlift and trucks are delayed not by our relief efforts. it is an internal politics they. ing. haiti is like the early days with afghanistan and iraq. i think will have a pronounced and long-term economic, political, and military presence in haiti because of the fact we want to go ahead and develop the country economically for future customers. and strategically for our own defense in that part of the hemisphere. i think our president will see the opportunity to open these markets strategically, financially, politically and this terrible tragedy is airport in the door. -- is our foot in the door. i think we will be in there for the long term. host: thank you for the call. more reported from "the new york post." dennis set up roadblocks in port-au-prince. -- deng's are setting up roadblocks in port-au-prince -- gangs are setting up roadblocks in port-au-prince. caller: i am a veteran and i think one of the biggest thin

as well as wisconsin republican, paul ryan. on "face the nation" bob schieffer will speak with john boone, grant hall, and edward bell, as well as haley barbour. "state of the union" is hosted by john king on cnn, including mitch mcconnell, and robert gibbs. you can listen to all five of those talk shows on c-span radio starting at noon. also on the web at c- spanradixdo.org. follow-ups on twitter and facebook. >> today, byron dorgan talks about whether or not the president made a mistake in putting health care in such a high agenda place in the last year. >> do you think that he made a mistake? >> i do. not because health care is not important, but i think that the timing was not good. Ñispending in a deep hole, it is hard to reach as high as you need to reach to get a proposal that will go through congress. personally, i would have said to work exclusively on economics again, putting people back to work. i am sure that the president will say that he was working on that as well. look, the president won the election, i did not.

four states, arkansas, minnesota, florida and wisconsin as the primary seat belt law. they're still 21 states that need this law. 11 states sec action to strengthen seen driving requirements. only one state, delaware has all the optimal six elements of a strong, graduated driver licensing program for teenagers even though motor vehicle crashes are the number-one killer of our teenagers. booster seats covering children through age 7 were passed in five states. this law was first passed in washington 10 years ago and we still have too many states that do not have it. only six states enacted laws addressing impaired driving. there are 46 states and the district of columbia missing one or more critical impaired driving law. 10 states took actions to pass laws restricting text messaging for a total of 15 states with this law. we're looking forward to more states passing this law this year. as usual, there was an attempt to repeal one of the most effective and life-saving laws -- all motorcycle helmet laws. right now, only 20 states have this law. there were efforts in 19 st

i am the chair of emergency medicine at the college of wisconsin, and at a level one trauma center.'ve been doing this kind of work for over 30 years. i first want to congratulate our congressional leaders who are with us today, and also our state legislatures, who, as senator cullerton made reference to, by the push of a button, he can save lives. you all will be able to save more lives by the stroke of a policy penn then i can do -- with a policy pen than i can do with surgery. the most difficult thing i have to do as an emergency physician is not to have to go through the critical details of patients clinging to life. it is to tell mom that their daughter has passed away, or suffered lifelong brain injury. that is the hardest thing that i do. that is what i do not want to do. our partners in public health at the state and federal level make my job easier. over the past several months, we have witnessed a health care reform debate, and have heard the important arguments for reducing health-care costs. over the past decade, tens of thousands of americans have died and hundreds have

in many places, stanford, m.i.t., for example, wisconsin, the institute in akron, we're doing the same. we take teams of students and we expose them to problems. in our case we have teams including an m.b.a. student, shadowing orthopedic surgeons, looking at the things they are doing. to determine, where are there opportunities to innovate new products? now, once they do that, they learn things like how do you develop a need statement? what's the need? what's the problem here? how do we develop a need statement? how do you do the analysis in terms of the stakeholders, the surgeons, the nurses, the patients who got to interact with that? the analysis around the commercial assessment, the competitive assessment. what other things are out there? and finally, doing a real business case out of all of that which could then, after you have the business case, position you to launch a small start-up company. so the experience, to have this type of education without giving the experience that they will end up potentially being an entrepreneur in launching a company. >> so if you have a conversio

it is a new song from a group of young ladies in wisconsin. ♪ >> the tune sounds familiar.t is one of the most popular songs to date. you will meet some of the performers this hour in the "newsroom." >>> you could make a short film about robots attacking south america, post it on the internet and post back and sit back while hollywood launches a huge xet tigs for your video services. coming up next on viral rewind. >>> a look at the top stories. a new video shows the man blamed for the deadly attack on a cia outpost sitting next to the head of the pakistani taliban. it was apparently made ten days before the attack and in the video. humam khalil abu mulal al balawi calls on jihad to attack u.s. targets. >>> a man accused of touching off a massive security scare is due in court next week. they say 28-year-old haisong jiang dunked under a security rope and forced officials to shut down the terminal and rescreen thousands of passengers. it delayed flights worldwide. he was arrested and charged with defiant trespass. >>> the nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a northwest

the city business district, main avenue and water street southwest and the national mall a part of wisconsinenue from van ness to western. the began rollout was in the water front area home to the seafood wharf where many are outraged. thanks to the sluggish economy, business here is already slow. >> our regular customers don't come in like they used to. they can't afford it. and they don't need extra parking to pay for it. >> reporter: and the free parking on saturday will definitely hurt. >> people from out of town, why do they want to come to city any more. they have to pay a parking fee. you have to have a draw in for the customers. >> reporter: d-dot says the changers are not just about money, but encourage folks to take public transportation but some businesses say the trickle down affect will hurt them. >> here at the wharf, year just struggling to survive. we're totally against it. >> reporter: now this may not make you feel a whole lot better, but even at $2 an hour it's less than other cities. $3.50 downtown in san francisco and $4 i'm told in los angeles. in southwest d.c., i'm ro

in 2001, when it came time to renew it and came under fire from people like senator finegold of wisconsin and senator sanders of vermont, that was their right in a democracy to speak their opinion. i thought it was disingenuous of the president, this president was on the front line of attacking the previous administration's use of gitmo as a repository are for these enemy combatants. he was a frequent opponent of interrogation techniques which were vital to keeping us safe. he was opponent of the surge. we had a democrat nominee for president in 2004 who voted against a war funding bill while our troops were in combat. and nobody on the left thought that was inappropriate. and frankly, it's not. what is inappropriate is when when it goes too far. when you question motives. for example, when al gore stood up and had a speech in 2003 or 2004 said george bush lied us into war and betrayed the country, he was questioning his patriotism. that was too far. when some of these people said bush lied about wmd when they themselves said iraq had wmd, senator graham of florida and senator rockefeller

four states, arkansas, minnesota, florida and wisconsin as the primary seat belt law.ey're still 21 states that need this law. 11 states sec action to strengthen seen driving requirements. only one state, delaware has all the optimal six elements of a strong, graduated driver licensing program for teenagers even though motor vehicle crashes are the number-one killer of our teenagers. booster seats covering children through age 7 were passed in five states. this law was first passed in washington 10 years ago and we still have too many states that do not have it. only six states enacted laws addressing impaired driving. there are 46 states and the district of columbia missing one or more critical impaired driving law. 10 states took actions to pass laws restricting text messaging for a total of 15 states with this law. we'reki

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. >> reporter: gerri willis, cnn, >> reporter: gerri willis, cnn, new richmond, wisconsin. >>> you coulda decade of innovation. let me take a moment here today to look back at the last ten years and see some of the technology that changed wait we do things every day. our own fredricka whitfield has that. >> reporter: has it really been a full decade since we were counting down the minutes to the new millennium and hoping the lights would stay on when the clock struck midnight? we were afraid the y2k bug was going to shut down computers. remember? not only did our computers stay on, year by year during the first decade of the 21st century, they gradually changed our everyday lives. no more waiting for the paperboy. we went online to get more and more of our news and information. >> my children do not read the newspaper. my children get all of their news online. >> i don't even subscribe anymore. >> reporter: we used computers to buy things opinion not just on craigs list, the term cyber monday was coined in 2005 referring to online shopping the monday after thanksgiving. we also used comp

>> we were here 26 years ago and we moved to wisconsin and we came back to watch it again. >> so thisr for you. >> yes, it is. >> i would take this jacket off and run around in a tank top. >> we thought about that. >> i'm going to stop kicking kids. >> just staying together and keeping our friends close. >> it's like a hallmark commercial. >> we've been talking for about an hour and a half but i think that last one will be a good one for you. happy new year. >> thank you so much. >> can i get a hug? >> what you didn't see was that she had 67 more but we ran out of time when new year's eve rolled around and the clock struck midnight. thank you to everyone that helped out. we'll be right back after these messages. granddaughter: grandma, you did it! woman: i did. granddaughter: oops. vo: quitting smoking feels good. walmart saves you an average of 20% on these products. vo: save money. live better. walmart. >>> time for a check of what's coming up this morning on "meet the press." david gregory joins us again. >> coming up this morning, a new year and new fears about terrorism, includin

of the volunteers councilman hall brought in from a collaboration effort with the university of wisconsin. these young people you see in the green bandannas are here volunteering. they were here for another program, but the cold weather actually -- they had to cancel. they were here for a habitat for humanity program and they're now here helping with some of the families playing with the children, talking with the mothers, and it has been a moving sight to see today, the interaction between these young people and some of the children here, t.j. >> you know, you're absolutely right. you look at most of those folks and see them interacting there, doesn't look like they have a problem or a care in the world. if nothing else, fellowship. catherine callaway, we appreciate you this morning, again from the gateway center in atlanta. thanks so much. >>> you know, you wouldn't think of the economy as being a laughing matter, not at this point, but josh levs has a story of a guy who has turned the recession into a stand-up routine. what's so funny about this, josh? >>> people go wild over it. he's

>> wisconsin. >> you're right, it actually is. then we have a birthday girl who i thought is 16.s what it looks like to me. you're not really 76 are you? >> yes, i am. >> up believable. happy birthday. somebody has got you beat down here. there's an 80th birthday. who's doris? >> she's our mother. >> happy birthday, doris. >> excellent. let's talk about the weather this morning, that's the big thing other than the birthdays. the record cold that hit the gulf coast and florida and all the cold that's across the east actually from the central plains clear across to the east coast and the southeast. the western half of the nation, you have near normal temperatures, but everybody is goingo warm up gradually this week. it's still cold tomorrow in florida, across parts of the upper midwest and here in the northeast, but it will slowly warm up this week. as a matter of fact, temperatures wil >>> good sunday morning once again, everybody. meteorologist chuck bell here. it is, indeed, a cold start on your sunday. great falls, virginia, at 17 degrees right now. luckily, not much of a breez

. >> host: jamesville, wisconsin is next. this is scott on our independent line. good morning, scott. >> caller: good morning. i have a question of efficiency and automation. is it possible that we could -- i know that there's a lot of advancements in surgery and things. and is it possible that we could have a loss of jobs because our medical system gets so efficient like what happened in industry of working class people, you know, fabrics, automotive, woods and things like that? is that a possibility that could happen? >> it is. it's actually -- the move towards our being more efficient, we can have lots of people who are digging ditches. and we can hire more people to dig ditches and fill them back up but if they're not providing value then it actually doesn't help our economy. and in a similar way in healthcare, if we are moving more and more the labor force into that sector of our economy, it means we are not able to grow many other parts of the economy. and so the places where that we're going, we're far from a world -- one of the striking things is in the la

two senate democrats-- rus feingold of wisconsin and barbarboxer of california-- announced theyl oppose bernanke. theyriticized the fed's handling of the financial bailouts. that left the white house issue a statement,aying the presidt still has "a great deal of confidce" in bernanke, anbelieves he'll be confirmed. but wall street so off again today,mid the uncertainty both abouternanke and the president's tougtalk on banks. the dojones industrial average fe nearly 217 points to close below 10,173, the lowest sce la november. the naaq index was down 60 to finish a2,205. woodruff: and for more abou the bernanke story andow it nnects to the economic and political fallout from this week, we're joined by david wessel, economics itor r "the wall street journal." david, good to s you again, let's start with thearket drop. do you hava sense, an derstanding of how much of th is due to the kemp that bernan might not be reconfirm ed? or how much is d to the present's bank proposal? >>ell, you know, it's very hard to figure out wt the maet does and why it does it. but i do think thathere is realiz

mark pointed out that he felt she was from wisconsin, someone who is not him.hat is a fundamental question -- does this candidate understand the problems, anxieties of people like me? scott brown is winning that race right now. with a very strong indicator of white coakley got herself into this problem. host: this reporter says amidst the ceaseless campaign commercials at the brown campaign is managed with overriding cheerfulness. coakley by contrast is attacking so relentlessly that they risked undermining her own support. at what point do negative ads hurt yourself? guest: there is always a fine line. you are trying to define yourself and your bottom. you generally define your point with mostly negative that spring and she is obviously running from behind a little. but i think enthusiasm is ginger. the democratic machine is turning itself arm. he got the benefit. when you are behind you can go one of two boys. you can go-to catch up, or stay positive. clearly he has done some very smart things. he has done a good job of positioning himself and tapping into th

. >> stahl: sean carroll, a professor of molecular biology and genetics at the university of wisconsint, like so many things in the field of d.n.a., the progress has been staggering. one surprising discovery has been the value of ancient hair. scientists recently discovered that the hair shaft seals d.n.a. inside it like a biological plastic, protecting it, and making hair a rich and plentiful source of genetic information. does that mean that you can take extinct animals... i mean, there's hair in museums? >> carroll: right, yeah. >> stahl: and get the genetic sequencing? >> carroll: possibly. and especially if those animals were preserved in any way, there's a good prospect of that. it's sort of like "c.s.i.," you know? how good is this forensic material? can you get good d.n.a. information from older and older and older material? that's pretty promising. >> stahl: so dusty old specimens that have been tucked away in the drawers of natural history museums like the smithsonian are suddenly potential treasure troves of genetic information. just last year, using only a few clumps of woo

i'm from racine, wisconsin. my quick question is. i came into a 17.5 unemployment in myzy. -- in my city. is there any emphasis or additional emphasis when you look at tiger grants or funding cbdg in cities that have an extremely high unemployment rate. >> if you look in the guidance that we put up in our website really early on before we accepted any proposals -- i mean, this money is to put people to work. that's what our $48 billion is for. that's what the whole economic recovery package was about. we really took that seriously. and we take seriously the idea that every dollar we spend we know that people go to work. and in doing that, we drive down unemployment but most importantly, we give people hope and opportunity for a good job so they can take care of their jobs. that is a part of the criteria to get people to work. and to bring down unemployment in communities like racine and other communities around the country. >> we appreciate it. keep it up. thank you. >> thank you. >> yes, sir. hey, mr. secretary. i'm with the mayors

host: wisconsin, on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning, ladies. want to thank you for addressing this today. i have a comment and question. my comment is that most of the programs we're talking about, or services that is offered, our government -- are government programs and services, and there are tax codes which is also interested in jobs, -- entrenched in jobs, at entrenched in everything, when it comes to poverty, that anybody who is poor not make it out of it because of the system. take a public housing section, transportation. in the public housing section, at any time you want a bigger community built up, you usually have another problem, and the transportation. now, i understand that president barack obama said that he is going to invest in high-speed trains and that type of thing. here in wisconsin, we are fighting with other countries regarding the transportation, them being in on a high-speed rail -- they don't want poor people coming into their community to take those jobs. host: do you have anything to add to that? guest: just to unde

jobs came to michigan to marion, pennsylvania, wisconsin to auburn, mexico to elkhart.applause] there is a long germ frs -- >> watching the agonies of other states, we make no delight. if we take no enjoyment, we will take the job from companies who know a state with its act together when they see one. [applause] we will have a higher share of america's auto, steel, industries. when national investment fell by one-fourth the number of new jobs committed to indiana grew over the near record year of 2008. 2009 was the year when several young companies that may lead the electric vehicle industry chose indiana for their plant. our goal is to be the capital of this potentially massive industry of tomorrow. over the last two years, indiana has been the fastest growing state in wind power. and now businesses seeking to build the equipment for this new industry are coming to cities in missouri. within weeks you will see us explode onto the solar power landscape. perhaps most telling, 2008 brought the welcome word that more people are moving into indiana than moving out. the num