gwen, we're not trying to be greedy. we just need a little warmth. >> everybody is saying get the mercury to climb and we'll be happy. the deep freezing is heading all the way to the deep south as well. we were some 4 to 5 degrees below where we should be today which is actually the low 40s. didn't make that today. but just above the freezing mark as far as baltimore is concerned. look at where we stand right now with our temperatures. 32 degrees at national airport. 32 annapolis. 27 at gaithersburg. 31 degrees at dulles. but there's wind chills so here's what it actually feels like outside. only 24 degrees in the nation's capital. 22 at dulles. 17 at martinsburg. well, to the far west there is a wind chill advisory where tonight about sunday morning it's going to feel like it's at least minus 5 degrees. winds there gusting up to 25 miles an hour. now, i do have a bit of a warm- up in my five-day forecast. i'm going to give you those details when i come upstairs but here's a hint. don't think you're going to need any sun

>> that's exactly right, gwen. basically we agree that one way the main way employers will react to this tax is by scaling back the generosity of their plans. i would argue that there's no evidence that that scaleback will actually reduce health. we're talking about the plans of even older workers. the plans that receive this threshold are very, very generous. they'll be moved to very generous plans. 90% of those higher wages will go to workers below $200,000 a year in income. so it's basically going to be trading off excessively generous benefits for higher wages for their workers. >> ifill: jonathan gruber, you've consulted with the administration on this. a lot of house democrats think this is a deal breaker. what do you do about that? >> well, i think partly it's about education. partly it's about getting reasonablyable conversations like the ones we're having here instead of ptomemic conversations that don't make the points clear. i think it's about compromising. an additional medicare tax and a compromise whe

>thank you, gwen. >>> and you heard her say it will not let up. so how are people coping with the bitter blast. let's check in with jessica weinstein as she makes rounds across the d.c. region. >> reporter: with e solidly crossg the potomac beneath the key bridge, it's the kind of day only a canada goose or a kid can love. >> when we tell our friends we were playing on the playground and sliding on the ground. >> reporter: even runners are falling. >> people didn't shovel their walks so you end up running in the street. >> reporter: but don't run or skate on this ice. today d.c. firefighters practice an ice rescue just in case. >> there is no such thing as safe ice. you can't guarantee it's safe. beyond going to your local rink, you shouldn't e on the ice. >> reporter: and dozens of takers for the hypothermia prevention program which as 80 extra beds to the normal capacity of 50 at this shelter alone. >> in addition to our regular shelter population, we had probably 25-30 hypothermia guests who stayed in out of the elements. >> reporter: this man

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, what do the retirements mean for democratic control of the senate. we'll talk to congress watchers amy walter and chris cillizza. >> lehrer: then, some perspective on how president obama is handling the bomb plot crisis, from walter russell mead, jessica mathews, and dan balz. >> ifill: a report from the streets of yemen's capital, on al qaeda's appeal. >> lehrer: margaret warner updates the guantanamo prison story, after president obama suspended transfers back to yemen.wú ou can imagine a situation in which the government as a choice between yemen and cleveland, and that's , you know, very unappealing choice from the government's point of view. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks with rocco landesman, the broadway producer who now heads the national endowment for the arts. >> i'm going to be outspoken. i'm iz say.çadÑiçó if people want to regard that as partisan, i can't help it. >> lehrer: that's all ahead, on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for th

>> well, gwen, there are some echots here. first of all, we have a democratic candidate who, like the democratic candidate in massachusetts, may need a bit of a charisma transplant. if he wins the primary, he is not the most exciting candidate. on the other hand, mark kirk is a... in some respects the democrats' worst nightmare. you have a very moderate republican, a person who is pro-choice, who has a d-rating from the national rifle association, so he's anti-gun. he has got a strong rating from the human rights coalition in terms of gay issues. he's voted for cap-and-trade. so it's going to be very difficult for any democratic candidate to paint him as a far right person. and i think that creates here in illinois a blue state not quite as blue as massachusetts but certainly a blue state. it's a republican who has the best chance of winning of beating a democrat. >> ifill: in a state where barack obama was so recently the senator and where there is some residual affection for the president, one presumes, why isn't this seat a

ifill: ani'm gwen ifill. on the nshour tonight, u.s. officials demand stringentew security for international travelers as passenger screenings a ramped up at airports here, but n erywhere around the world. >> wdruff: what to do about yemen, an impoverished natn now labelea major terrorism

. >> ifill: i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, schools, hospitals and government buildings have collapsed. we get the latest on the crisis in port-au-prince. >> lehrer: international groups are scrambling to send emergency help. margaret warner reports. >> ifill: then, an interview with rajiv shah, the administration official charged with coordinating the u.s. relief effort. >> lehrer: then, the investigation into the causes of the financial crisis. kwame holman covers day one of the hearings. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown looks at cyber-attacks and censorship-- google's threat to pull out of china. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world

gwen tolbart is tracking the bitter blast. i thought we were gng to get past this wind. >> no, and it is arctic cold that's settling in with it. definitely bundle up. we have to talk about also the dangerous cold weather, because it is definitely a danger out there. you have to be so careful with hypothermia and that sort. we're going to show you the wind advisory in effect until 6:00 p.m. tonight. winds gusting anywhere from 45 to 50 miles per hour. and last night we did have winds within that range across the area. and it doesn't change today. you can see the entire region that is affected. now, currently winds are gusting at 32 miles per hour at national april, 30 at dulles, 26 at baltimore, 30 at frederick. here's a look at current temperatures. only in the teens thi morning. very, very chilly. 16 degrees at national airport officially. 15 at dulles, 14 at gaithersburg. here's a look at what it actually feels like when you step outside, because we factor in the winds and the temperature to get you the windchill factor. fee

. >> thanks, gwen. >>> a local victim killed in the terror attack on a c.i.a. base is being remembered. family, friends, colleagues gathered in massachusetts to honor 37-year-old harrell brown, jr. -- harold brown, jr. he lived in fairfax station with his beautiful family here. he was one of seven victims killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. his wife and three children stood together at the service along with asrick. >> the kids will miss him. but i think in the years they had him, they did more than manpeople ever do in their whole lives. >> the attack is considered one ever the worst attacks on u.s. intelligence per knell in more than 20 years. >>> the coast of northern california rattled by an earthquake. we're everywhere at 11:00 tonight. the u.s. geological survey says a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit 27 miles from the coastal city of eureka this evening shaking buildings and knocking out power. four after shocks followed within minutes, the biggest registering 3.8. officials say there is no threat of the quake generating a tsunami. the san francisco

gwen tolbert has more. >> reporter: we're talking dangerous cold and do take this heat. it's not going anywhere any time soon at all. let's look at the maps and begin with the wind advisory in place and the areas shaded in brown, this is until 4:00 a.m. until sunday, strong winds gusting from 45 to 50 miles an hour. there is a windchill advisory in place until 10:00 a.m. on sunday, that isn the area shaded in pink and some of that hidden by the brown to the far west, including allegheny, mineral, grant, hardy, highland and pendleton and temperatures are in the teens and windchill values from 10 to 15 degrees below 0. you request just imagine. 22 miles an hougusts at national airport; 33, dulles; 38,baltimore; 31 at frederick. temperaturewise, 22 in the district; 20, dulles; 19, frederick. the same in hagerstown and 21 at baltimore. we have windchills to talk about and when you factor in the winds and the temperatures, this is what it feels like if youe stepping outside. for a good invitation, 8 degrees in national, five at dulles and minus 1 at hagerstown and 3 at freder

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gwen tolbart is live in the weather center to get us started. >> reporter: bitter, bitter cold conditions a cross the area. we've had gusty wind all day. no longer under a wivend advisory. take a look at this map. there is a windchill advisory for the areas to the west. it's going to feel like minus 5 to minus 10 degrees below zero and even in the higher elevatio up to minus 15. single digit temperatures and in the teens. allegheny, mineral, hardy, grant and pendleton. winds gustg hour. also across the west a winter weather advisory. they've already received more than 4 inch of snowfall and in this area we are talking an additional 1 to 3 inches of snowfall tonight through into monday. this ends by 6:00 monday evening. so a lot going on. we still have the wind. fairly strong across the area. 26 miles per hour gusts at national. 30 atulles and 31 at baltimore. 26 at hagerstown. here's the windchill factor w feels like its only 12 degrees in the district right now. 5 at disilvestro and only 6 at hagerstown. 11 at baltimore. satellite radar composite showing you cloudy conditions. could see

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, we'll get a preview from white house advisor david axelrod. and analysis from mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: toyota halts sales and production of some leading models-- judy woodruff reports. >> ifill: then, lawmakers had tough questions today for treasury secretary timothy geithner and his predecessor henry paulson about the bailout for insurance giant a.i.g. kwame holman covers today's congressional hearing. >> why shouldn't we ask for your resignation as secretary of the treasury? >> that is your right, that is your right to that opinion. >> lehrer: a paul solman take on the federal reserve, as the fed held interest rates at a record low with a little country music help. >> ♪ the fed is printing trillions now, but will their ♪ efforts work? >> ifill: and margaret warner talks to ray suarez in haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people are still in need of food and shelter. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major fund

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m gwen ifill. a unning upset in the massachusetts senate race. >> brown: and m jeffrey brown. on the "newsur" tonight: with a republican winninthe seat long he by edward kennedy. we look at what scotbrown's victory means for president obama's agen. >> ifill: then, a powerful aftersck hits haiti as victims arstill being pulled from the bble. and doctors strugg to provide even basic care. >> ware running our operating rooms without elecicity, without oxygenwithout proper anthetics. >> brown: margaret warner ge the latest othe situation in port-au-prince from jas bebien of n.p.r. >> ifill: ying for the "new york tis" on line, but will readers buyn? >> bwn: and body scanners in airports. ray suarez reports on a continuing debate. >> they'reoing to detect prosetics. they're going to dett vasectomy scars, s change operationsadult incontinence. >> are they perfect? no. but do thetake us very much further downhe road to curity against this kind of device? the answer to that is yes. ... >> ifi: that's all ahe on tonight's "pbs newshour." major nding for the pbs nehour is provided by: >

>> well, it's definitely a more subdued atmosphere, gwen. i remember auto shows when there were jeeps crashing through plate glass windows and mini-vans dropping from the ceiling and lots of dancers and pretty girls and pretty guys too. but this year it was deaf tonightly a lower-key atmosphere, probably fitting. >> ifill: the volkswagen dancers didn't do it for you, i'm think something. >> well. >> ifill: has the culture changed forever in detroit now? >> everybody here is getting their arms around the idea that they'll never be as big as they once were. it's really easy to see if you just look at the car sales figures. as the report said, we sold about 10 million vehicles in the united states. last year. people think we'll sell about 11 million this year, 11.5 million. about five years ago the industry sold 17 million vehicles. so it's down 40%. you look at all the factories that have closed all the people who have lost their jobs, the grants that have... the brands that have gone away and you can see things are a lot smaller here. >> ifil

>> well, it's denitely a more subdued atmosere, gwen. remember auto shows when therwere jeeps crashing rough plate glass windows and minians dropping from the ceiling and lots of dancers and pretty girlsnd prettyuys too. but this year it was df tonightly a lor-key atmohere, probably fitting. >> ifillthe volkswagen dancers di't do it for you, i'm think something. >> well. >>fill: has the culture changed fover in detroit now? everybody here is getting thr arms around the idea that they'llever be as big as they ce were. it's realleasy to see if you just look at the car sales figures. as the report said, we sd about 10 million vehics in the uned states. last year. people think we'll selabout 11 mlion this year, 11.5 million. about ve years ago the industry sold 17 million vehicles. it's down 40%. you look at all the factors that have closed allhe people w have lost their jobs, the grants that have.. the brands that have gone ay and you can see thin are a lot smaller here. >> ifill: who are the bi three's biggest coetitors now? obviously chin

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. >> lehrer: and gwen ifill talks to biographer joan biskupic about supreme court justice antonin scalia. >> he says i read text, i read the constitutional, i'm an originalist, i do not let my religious views come in. and i don't let any other personal views come in. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what makes us an engine for the economy? plants across america. nearly 200,000 jobs created. we see beyond cars. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. >> we are intel, sponsors of tomorrow. the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the official story of how the airline bomb plot eluded u.s. security was made public today, and at the white house, president obama ordered changes in the handling of information

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, u.s. officials demand stringent new security for international travelers as passenger screenings are ramped up at airports here, but not everywhere around the world. >> woodruff: what to do about yemen, an impoverished nation now labeled a major terrorism threat. >> the instability in yemen is a threat to regional stability and even global stability. >> ifill: then, new political turmoil in afghanistan. margaret warner talks with the afghan ambassador to the united states. >> woodruff: a jeffrey brown profile of the dancer who has been at the helm of the alvin ailey company for two decades, and is now stepping down. >> people don't remember me for how high my legs were. they remember me and any other dancer because something touched them inside. >> ifill: and the gadgets that have changed our lives, and what the next decade holds. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy t

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, the pace picks up on the delivery of food and medical aid. >> lehrer: we get an update on the bottlenecks and the security concerns. >> ifill: and we look at the mission for u.s. forces, now numbering 11,000 on and offshore. >> lehrer: then, today marks the deadline for states to apply for federal stimulus dollars for their schools. john merrow reports. >> the states, we're hoping that they show the way for the rest of the country for what could and should happen out there. >> ifill: and a look back at president obama's first year-- reality collides with expectation. that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the w

thanks, gwen. good to with you. >> ifi: we've heard so many times the next speech th president is goingo give, whatever it is, ishe speech of a litime. at makes tonight different? >> well, younow, that is what washington does every spee. it becomes a speech ofhe lifeti. doubt it's an important speech a it's an important speech because aricans have been through a very diffult time and there looking for a sense of what the future wl hold. the present is going to talk about where we've been andhere we're ing and how we create jobs in this country that pay we, see wages grow, and secure the middle class ain after this very difficult peri we've beenhrough. >> ifill: the president is pected to call for a the-year spending-- freeze on some domestic spending, d, yet also for an increase in educion spending. hodo you balance all that out? >> just likeny family or busiss does, gwen. evybody in hard times has to ke chces. you have to priotize. you have to do withouthe things you can dwithout in order to p for

gwen ifi recorded this yesterday. after ten years of -wars a tas and economic booms and busts, we ta a look back tonight the decade in politics and governce, througthe eyes of three newshour regulars who ve helped ucover it all. amy walt, editor in chief ofhe hotline national journalsolitical daily, andrew kohut for the peoe and the press d presidential historian michael burbve. arting with you, michael. whatould you say is the signal event of this decad >> it would ve to be the attack oseptember 11th -- 001 because not only h thataused all sorts of obvious changes inmerican society but look at ththe kind of even that led to. george w. bush declared a war on terrism, lead us to a war in afghanistan, aq, used very harsh measures against rrorism. in 2004 i ink andy would agree with thi george bush s re-elected largely by ople who may have been concerned abt his other polici, but were worried abt terrorism. 2080 tery unlikely that barack oma would have been nominated by the demrats if he we not so against the r in iraq,

gwen tolbart is in the weather center to start us off at 10:00. >> the arctic air is going to be in place. we'll feel it starting tonight across our area. we had a windy day today. but as we move into tomorrow, we'll be talking some windchills to be definitely concerned w. let's take a look at temperatures across the area. 28 degrees officially at national airport this hour. we've got 30 degrees in annapolis. 23 in gaithersburg. 26 degrees at baltimore. but these are the windchills. this is what it actually feels like if you're getting ready to step outside. only 17 degrees in the district. we've got only 18 degrees at baltimore. 14 degrees at dulles. 15 at manassas. to the far west, we have a windchill advisory in effect till 10:00 a.m. on sunday. their winds will be gusting up to 25 miles per hour. it's going to feel like it's minus 5 degrees. that includes allegany, highland, and mineral counties. for tonight a chilled boning night. we speak about the windchills, take a look at this. by midnight our temperature at 22 degrees. it's going to feel like it's only 11. and by 7:00 a.m., 19 d

>> this was an important base, gwen. it's very close to the areas of pakistan. this base was used for gathering information that could then be given to the targeters for our predator drone attacks on key al qaeda and talibanç figures who are hiding out in these tribal areas of pakistan. it was said to be a key hub forç information. they were meeting with agents . unfortunatelyç they seemed to have invited the agents inside the base which was dangerous but it was an important place in this war. i talked to c.i.a.ç officer today's who said we have done so much damage in the last year against this enemy, against al qaeda and p taliban, we have to expect they're going to try to hit us back. it won't stop us from continuing the activity that that base was doinu. >> ifill: the president talked about the flexibility with which al qaeda is demonstrating andçó changing its tactics. is that something we have begun to see? was this unfortunate episode a sign of how alç qaeda is changing and becoming something else? >> well, i mean i think this is really a d the

our team coverage kicks off with gwen tolbart. >> reporter: you're absolutely right, will. this is dangerous cold weather, not to be taken lightly. ps. we have advisories to talk about. a wind advisory in effect for most of our area. all that you see shaded in the brown. expecting winds up to 45 miles per hour. even up to 50 miles per hour is the potential with this advisory. this until sunday at 4:00 a.m. i would not be surprised if that was extended. along with this a windchill advisory as well. areas to the far north and northwest could see windchill values that drop down to the single digits. here's a look at the wind gusts right now. 40 miles per hour wind gusts in the district. 46 at dulles. 36 at bachlt temperatures are into the 20s but it feels a lot colder than that. you factor in the whipped along with the temperatures and here's a look at what the windchill values are. 10 degrees in the district. 6 at dulles. 9 at baltimore and 6 at hagerstown. to the far noornthd west we have snow. that has created a winter storm warning for areas to the far north and northwest

gwen o'keefe, pediatrician, joining us out of boston. dr. o'keefe, if the child is alive right now, what position is that child in healthwise? >> i'm pretty concerned, nancy. we don't really know where the baby is or who the baby's with. but the baby's clearly going to be stressed out. we have to be concerned that the baby's not getting fed enough, not getting the emotional needs that gabriel needs. and i think that we have to be just concerned that the baby is going to be environmentally in an unsafe situation. because 8-month-olds are fairly mobile. so depending where he is, he can get himself in a lot of trouble depending where he is. so i think his health is at great risk. >> just thinking back at lucy and john david at 8 months, and they were so helpless. and if this child has any special needs, you know what's amazing to me, dr. o'keefe, is even with this mother obviously not wanting the baby, the baby probably loved the mother. you know, just -- >> absolutely. 8-month-olds are so endearing and they just love unconditionally. i can onl

let me just say president obama gwen nurick of yesterday stood on the steps of the capital and ask for action swift and bold to address the problems that our country has been facing, had been facing with the recovery package would not only treated jobs with 2 million sabar created and more being rolled out but pull this back from the brink of a deeper recession in his budget, which we passed 100 days after his swearing in. he had a blueprint for how we would create jobs, stabilize the economy and do so as we reduced the deficit, a very central to everything we do. we to the deficit in three central pillars of that to create jobs or invest in education, to produce innovation for the 21st century, and investments in health care, to lower its cost and it is a competitiveness issue as well as a health issue and that is important to business and then to have a new green energy policy to create new jobs, said the jobs issue has permeated every thing, a major initiative of that. we have of course our last action here in the house was to pass a jobs bill before we adjourned for the christmas h

. ♪ up 70 >> if you watch iptv uc gwen ifill. with her and new book what are you reading? >> i had no time to read anything that had nothing to do with the book but now that it is out, i am in the built middle of the buck about anthony skelly at and i reading the book about the campaign of course. and i am reading subsection called trading dreams at midnight. >> host: who writes these stories? >> said they are about african-americans and stories in this city it is a downer. >> host: what is the preferred place and time? >> guest: i read a lot of the plane, i have the amazon candles all i can carry six books at one time and i read at home and i have a special book chair that is dedicated special just to reading with a special task light. >> host: the latest interview is break through you can go to booktv.org and check out her interview. thank you very much. >> host: welcome back to booktv after word spread the we're talking with professor peniel jospeh tufts university history professor. and a very interesting book which i recommend. "dark days, bright nights" from black po

gwen o'keefe, pediatrician, founder and ceo of pediatricsnow.com joining us out of boston. dr. o'keefe, thank you for being with us. what position, if the child is alive right now, what position is that child in health-wise? >> i'm pretty concerned, nancy. we don't really know where the baby is or who the baby's with. the baby is clearly going to be stressed out. we have to be concerned the baby is not getting fed enough, not getting the emotional needs gabriel needs. and i think that we have to be just concerned that the baby is going to be environmentally in an unsafe situation because 8-month-olds are fairly mobile. so depending on where he is he could get himself into a lot of trouble if he's left alone, especially if it's a cold area. i think his health it at great risk. >> i'm thinking back on lucy and john david at 8 months, and they were so helpless. if this child has any special needs -- you know what's amazing to me, dr. o'keefe? even with this mother obviously not wanting the baby, the baby probably loved the mother. you know, just -- >> absolutely. 8-month-olds are

ifill: ani'm gwen ifill. on the nshour tonight, u.s. officials demand stringentew security for international travelers as passenger screenings a ramped up at airports here, but n erywhere around the world. >> wdruff: what to do about yemen, an impoverished natn now labelea major terrorism that. >> the instabili in yemen is a threat to regional stality aneven global stability. >> ifill: th, new political turmoiin afghanistan. rgaret warner talks with the afghan ambassador thenited states. >> woodruff: a jeffrey bwn ofile of the dancer who has be at the helm of the alvin ailey company fotwo decades, and is now spping down. >> people don'remember me for hohigh my legs were. they remember me a any other ncer because something touched em inside. >> ifill: d the gadgets that have changed our lives, d what the next decade hos. >> woodruff: that's all ahd on night's "pbs newshour." major fundg for the pbs newshours provided by: >> what the world needs now energy. thenergy to get theconomy humming agai the energyo tackle challenges like climate

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, would new tax credits for children w1 and the elderly win over main street without losing wall street? >> woodruff: then, an iraq update after deadly bomb blasts hit hotels in baghdad. >> ifill: as threats and plots multiply around the world, how strong is al qaeda? margaret warner poses that question to a former c.i.a. officer. >> the adversary is growing in its own sophistication, running different types of operations. and as we hit them in certain areas, neutralize capability, they shift to other things. >> the latest from haiti whereas many as 1 million p >> woodruff: the latest from haiti, where as many as one million people are still homeless. ray suarez is in port-au-prince, where he talked with paul farmer, the u.n.'s deputy special envoy, even as international donors meet in montreal to figure out how to help. >> ifill: and a fish story. tom bearden reports on the battle against the invasive giant asian carp. >> they are biological terrorists. and if

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we have gwen joining us. caller: good morning, steve, how are you. host: i am great. caller: happy new year. i am calling as an african-american woman, i want to make a comment. i think that senator reid's comment is onpoint. some people donxunderstand what he is saying. i understand where he is coming from. and that's why the african-american community jumps on his side. because we understand why he is where he's coming from. i do not want o-any republican any other person in america to make this racial, because it's not. what he is saying is so true. and the other point is on the book that anne kornblut wrote, in alabama, we have one female and several gentlemen running for mayor, we have an election on 19th of february. the female came in because of [inaudible], but did you know that she lost the two gentlemen. and i think it's women will not vote for another woman. we have to get away from this issue that a man can win in everything. women have to embrace this politics. host: thank you, gwen. thew>i director says that it wa poor prey craft in afghanistan of the

some of the north korean workers but you raise a very good point that a unified korea is most likely gwen to lower wages sycophant lee for south korea. and i don't think there's going to be any way that they can keep the two labor forces and economies separated, and it is going to create a big social problem for south korea. but we know which of the three d's, dirty, dangerous and difficult the south koreans like to avoid the north koreans will be asked to work those jobs. so i guess on an optimistic day i would say this is going to be manageable given that the labor shortages south korea already faces on a pessimist would say this is we to be very dramatic for the korean labor but it's another very good question. >> kathryn. you sort of touched on this issue a little bit but haven't addressed directly. one of the biggest differences with germany is east and west germany never thought a war with each other and they didn't have -- the kind of intensity feeling, the experience of the horrible suffering at the hands of each other. so, how do you see this play out in a unification scenario, d

>> , gwen to do a back and forth from the podium. pride kelly was in tegucigalpa last week. he continued to work with all sides to consult with all sides. they had a meeting with everyone and we just mentioned. and we continue to encourage efforts to promote national reconciliation and to remain focused on steps that can be taken between now and january january 27th. >> [inaudible] and international law experts and class a composer is a candidate of the opposition of the social democratic party and he made the fight against corruption the centerpiece of his campaign. could he expect u.s. support in this effort in condemnation of reforms to our operation and membership? >> first of all, the offer our congratulations to croatia on having selected their third president since independence in free and fair elections yesterday. we look forward to working with the president-elect on issues of common interest. as croatia has into the final stage have succession to the european union. and in that dialogue with croatia and the e.u., obviously effective governance is an import element,

enhanced the courage mortgage fraud statute which was sponsored by or supercompetitive carles low post and gwen margolis. these bills were signed into law by governor crist and affect it july 1st of 2000. they enhanced the law-enforcement ability to notify the county property appraiser's office when in effect this property has shown mortgage fraud and has pompano caused that it occurred and this is important because a property appraiser's office is now required to reevaluate not only the affected property but the properties run a particular home or that condominium. and this will reduce the taxes and has reduced the taxes of all the properties affected by the front yard not only the individual property, but everyone involved in the scheme. the bill also created a second-degree felony for the mortgage fraud that occurs over $100,000. in 2008 at the federal level, house resolution 6053 the nationwide task force act of 2008 sponsored by congressman cantor's bake was passed in the house of representatives and it was cemented as a nationwide fraud coordinator of 2008. an importunate wintertime in th

fraud statute which was sponsored by our state representative carlos lopez-cantera and state senator gwen margolis. these bills were signed into law by governor crist and effective july 1st, 2008. they enhanced the law enforcement ability to notify the county property appraisers office when an affected property has shown mortgage fraud and there is probable cause that a mortgage fraud occurred and this is important because the property appraiser's office is now required to reevaluate not only the affected property but properties around that particular home or that condominium. this will reduce taxes and has reduced taxes of all properties affected by the fraud. not only individual property but everyone involved in the scheme. the bill also created a second-degree felony for the mortgage fraud that occurs over $100,000. in 2008, at federal level, house resolution 6853, the nationwide mortgage fraud task force act of 2008, sponsored by congressman kendrick meek was passed in the house of representatives and, it was amended as nationwide mortgage fraud coordinator act of 2008. unfortunately

or you can have the public gwen you and still win -- against you and still win. but it's, you know, a lot easier if the public's on your side. so you want to figure out how do you target and message those swing voters and what of what your opposition is saying has an impact? there have been many campaigns, and you have to be very careful on this, you have to when you're looking at what your opposition is saying, you have to be honest about what it is they're saying and test the it in the best possible light for them so you can see what happens when they do it. you know, the nice thing is, you know, compared to -- dating myself now, but compared to 15, 20 years ago, you can just go to their web site and see how they're couching things and basically take that language, take those talking points and test them. and that makes life a lot easier because you know you're being fair as opposed to having to read through all the clips, although that's helpful to do as well, and see how they're wording it. here they tend to, you know, on the web site they tend to say what th