a lot of times you know, technology medical technology is at the point where tommy john surge, you can come back from and really regain you form you had prior to the injury. and he did that and more and they tried him as a closer in 1997 and it didn't work out in spring training. he had an e.r.a. over 7. people thought maybe he's not the guy. now he's just happening to be the guy arguably the best closer in baseball. >> and buster posey, that's his wife to his right. is the one of best catchers in baseball and speak about him and i say that obviously i'm biased because he's very young. but they speak about him being mature beyond his years. they were worried that when we took over the pitching staff that maybe he wasn't mature or experienced enough like bengie molina was. that was the decision of why they had to let molina go and that was the risk. and the players speak of him as able to handle the pitching staff like a 30-year-old veteran, not the age that he is and he was absolutely spectacular. not just offensively, but defensively as well. >> what's interesting too is that being ro

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, smith and john car will statue. it's not only a learning experience but a commitment to work towards the problem. the youngest student out here has been coming here since he was 5. >> 72,000 people are in poverty in the usa. and we're trying to change it. >> reporter: is that something that over the past five years you kind of have a feeling about too? >> yes. >> reporter: what do you think about when you see a homeless person? >> i think -- i feel bad. >> reporter: the faculty advisor's son. the faculty advisor out here this morning as well. the idea popped up five years ago in conjunction with a student project to help the victims of hurricane katrina. the project resulted in the introduction of two bills into congress although those bills never became laws the students ended up helping hundreds of hurricane victims. i would imagine not a lot of homeless people have tents but getting around the fact it's cold out here the experience is very real. coming up in my next report talk to some of the college students out

because tommy thompson and john engler had been battling each other over who could do it better in michigan and wisconsin, and so they brokered a deal in haley's office in the mid '90s of taking that idea out of the midwest, bringing it to the country and forcing bill clinton to sign it. so it was not by accident that he and john boehner and mitch mcconnell a couple months ago started talking about if this year's as good as we hope it is, let's make sure there's not any disconnect between washington and the states. let's let all these new aboves do what they've campaign -- governors do what they've campaigned on doing, and when it works really well, let's have the partnership that we can do it for the country and force the president to sign it. it's the same thing that worked so well in the mid '90s. >> host: got it and we can expect some coordination between the house and governors, and that is on the health care issue, right? because this is a state and federal issue. >> caller: it is. and what the white house is going to find, most of their democratic candidates for governor -- not just

engle and tommy thompson who really pushed through the reforms. it's really where ideology meets the road and where ideology meets the policies. and these guys all have to actually balance the budget. they all have to actually do the job. they can't just come up and pontificate here in washington, and i think that governors get away from the washington nonsense and actually have to govern and so that's why i think that you will see the next president out of that group. >> jonathan martin, a lot of firsts on that stage. take a look at some the firsts among the new republican governors. susannah martinez of new mexico. the first female hispanic governor. nikki haley, south carolina, first female. mary fallin, oklahomas first female governor. brian sandoval, nevada's first hispanic governor. it's face of diversity. >> well, and for a parent that's known as sort of a white guy's party, this was an important election year, and the operatives put a lot of effort into this. recruiting a more diverse array of faces to run for high office. and they had som

tommy thompson and john taylor had been battling each other about who could do it better. haley, bob dole, and newt gingrich brokered an idea out of his office. it was not by accident that he and john boehner and mitch mcconnell talked about that. if this year is as good as we hope it is, let's make sure there's not any disconnect between washington and the state's. let the new governor's do what they're doing, and if it works, let's do it for the country. is the same thing that worked well in the mid 1990's. >> there's a specific issue where we can expect some coordination between house and the governors, and that is on the health-care issue. this is a state and federal issue. >> the white house is going to find of most of their democratic candidates for governor were campaigning on -- if i get elected governor, i will oppose obamacare. you have a democratic candidate for governor in oregon who is a doctor. he is campaigning that obama did not pass the health care bill, he passed an insurance reform bill, and if i'm elected governor, we're going to have to work with him t