i'm a syracuse graduate, too. >> i know. in fact, when i was a student at syracuse university, you came to the university to speak. i saw you there. i have been following your career for a long time. now that you're in the role that you're in, i know this is one of many steps you've taken overseeing higher education, i just want to know, we've got all these states, the federal government crunching the numbers and figuring out there's not a lot of money to go around, and they're slashing funding left and right. how does that affect higher education? >> well, it's particularly affecting middle class families. the slashing of student loans that has occurred makes it much more difficult for middle class families to send their children to higher education. there's no question the students are getting more price-sensitive but so is higher education. we understand that we have to slow down these tuition increases, that we have to have price and quality in the private sector in particular to be able to attract students, and we are c

mostly from syracuse to albany down to binghampton and to the skills and some showers around new york city today, too. so carry your umbrella into new england. yesterday we saw more heavy rain and thunderstorms. an inch and a half in boston, two and a half inches in albany. we still had to deal with the storm. this is three days in a row dealing with this mess. today, it was when it will exit. the last half day will be better than what you'll experience this morning. great weather right now in the ohio valley. and great lakes, that will shift into new england for a great wednesday. so today's dreary, tomorrow is much better. the cold front went down the north florida, rare for this time of year. brought lower humidity levels. we have a couple of other spots, wet weather today. we've had showers and thunderstorms form in here in between omaha and des moines. we're getting drenched in southwest sections of iowa and also in north dakota. a pretty good line of storms just barely went through bismarck. worst of it was to the south of town. now it's traveling on interstate 94 in fargo. prob

this man, when he came to syracuse, syracuse was a very wealth city in sicily, and they really had no army, and so he had to somehow form an army out of these crazy civilians, and when he went to pick his officer core, he gave these instructions. search for men who care not about wealth or power, but who crave honor, and i would guess that that's pretty much what's filling this room here. another difference between that, the civilian values and warrior ethos values is in civilian life, they want the creature comforts. they want air-conditioning and an easy life. if you can take a pill to lose 20 pounds, you do that whereas the adversity, willing embrace of adversity is a big part of that. the rougher the better, and when people tell stories in a warrior culture, that's the most hell lish stories possible, you know? i'm a marine, and when marines talk about their history, they don't really talk about the great victories, but they talk about the worst casualty scenarios like iwo o jimo. it's one of the great warrior virtues. i'm trying to think of one other, but it's slip b my -- slippi

they sent a general to kick them into shape, and so when the general came to syracuse, syracuse was a very wealthy city, and they had really virtually no army. he had to form an army out of these crazy civilians, and when he went to pick the officer corp., he gave these instructions. search for men who care not about wealth or power, but who crave honor, and i would guess that that's pretty much what's -- what is filling 24 room here. another difference of civilian values and warrior ethos values, in civilian life, people want the creature comforts. they want air-conditioning and an easy life. if you can take a pill to lose 20 pounds, you'll do that, but in the warrior culture, adversity, the willing embrace of adversity is a part of it. the rougher the better. when people tell stories 234 a warrior culture, it's the most hellish stories poll; right? i know, you know, i'm a marine, and when marines talk about their history, they don't really talk about the great victories, but they talk about the worst casualty scenarios like -- adversity, the willing embrace of adversity is one of th

it's the state fair in syracuse, this heart attack on a plate. so we have not -- there's not one in the studio, unfortunately. we probably would eat it, think. >> i think we would. >> it's bad. >> it's late, we get the munchies. >> i feel it, i feel it. >>> but first, the debt deal is now law. president obama signed the historic bill in private at the white house less than two hours after it passed the senate. >> now a so-called super committee must begin paring away more than $1 trillion in spending. abc's jake tapper has more now on what's ahead. >> reporter: the showdown over the debt ceiling has been averted but the fight over the national debt and the deficit every year has only just begun. the first round of cuts, $917 billion, comes in the form of spending caps and congress will have to decide what gets funded, what does not get funded, what loses money, what gains money. then comes the big fight. $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction. that will be decidededy a 12-person super committee formed up of three members of the house that are democra

by syracuse and buffalo. in the southeast today, we are going to see wet weather once again from atlanta to orlando, everybody will be ducking in from the showers and storms. heat in the middle of the country probably won't end until september. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up in the year of "r" rated comedies how did the one that opened this weekend do? a apes found themselves at the top. first look on msnbc. [ male announcer ] if it's true that sharks can sense even a drop of blood from a quarter of a mile away, which razor would you use? ♪ ♪ ♪ handle more than 165 billion letters and packages a year. that's about 34 million pounds of mail every day. ever wonder what this costs you as a taxpayer? millions? tens of millions? hundreds of millions? not a single cent. the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ in one place. the winning horse you could have picked.

that's the pattern we're in right now for chicago, detroit, indianapolis, cleveland, buffalo, syracuse all the way to the big cities in the east. now it's finally our turn in the midatlantic up through new england for the high pressure to build in, creating a fall type air mass. great forecast. then the front comes through thursday, then more nice weather behind you. that's the next little piece of beautiful weather now back here in the northern plains. so we're setting up very dry, too. there's not a lot of moisture for the showers and storms. the only humid air left is san antonio to houston down through the gulf states. this is where you expect it to last probably another couple weeks, but all the cold fronts have brought less humid air. the humidity levels are low, which makes it enjoyable. storms around madison, maybe a sprinkle or two, same with green bay, maybe a shower for milwaukee. later there's a chance of a thunderstorm in chicago, but most areas will actually remain dry. forecast for today, talk about nice from d.c. to boston. everyone's going to be in the mid-80s with low

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so when he came to syracuse, seared use was a very wealthy city in sicily. they had really virtually no army. so he had to somehow form an army out of these kind of crazy civilians. and so when he went to pick his officer corps, he gave these instructions. he said search for men who care not about wealth or power, but who crave honor. and i would guess that's pretty much what is feeling this room here. another difference between the civilian dies and warrior ethos guys come in civilian life people want the creature comforts. they want air conditioning, they want an easy life. if you can take a pill and lose 20 pounds, you will do that. where as in the warrior culture, adversity, a huge part of it. the rougher the better. and people, when people tell stories in a warrior culture, it's always the most hellish stories possible, right? and i know, i'm a marine, and when marines talk about their history, they don't really talk about the great victories but they talk about the worst casualty scenarios, like the which he and the, that kind of thing. so adversity. o

i mentioned albany, new york, even as far away as syracuse. this storm, the legacy, it's huge, it's always been that huge, but it knocked down a lot of trees, which tamron said at the top of the show, 4 million people without power. that's incredible. still gust toss 39, still a gust to 22, 39, bridge per, connecticut, and block island, you're not done yet. even down around wildwood, new jersey, and ocean city, north carolina, still more or less an annoying wind, that's blowing all the water out of the chesapeake, hopefully that will help some of the floodings problems there. tamron, you mentioned the flooding. we're going from dealing with the winds and the surge to now all the that water's collecting and all the small streams and creeks, and now we'll deal with the crests. you heard the virginia governor said tuesday crest. new jersey crests will mostly be monday. the major river in this area is the delaware. we're already watching evacuation. all the streams and tributaries that feed into the, we're expecting all these places to have crest.

i was in syracuse, n.y. that day doing an inspection of our office there. i had been at a tv station earlier that morning. i was in a federal judge's office when the first plane hit. there were concerns about that so i went back to the fbi office and watched as the second plane hit. >> what was your role from that point on? >> i had been serving in our boston fbi office and after that i learned several of the hijackers had come out of boston. i went back to help the investigative all efforts there and was eventually transferred full time into the counter- terrorism division. fbi changed the paradigm for help fbi investigations were conducted with the focus on prevention. >> we will leap forward to tsa. you spent your fbi career trying to catch the bad guys. at tsa it is much more preventative. you hope to never have an incident. can you talk about that transition? >> the fbi changed after 9/11 to become more preventative to make sure another 9/11 did not happen. they have been working across national and international communities. that had changed in the fb

host: randy, republican, syracuse. hello there. caller: it is an honor to talk to you. you are one of the most perspicacious individuals i have seen talking about foreign affairs. my question is, what is our vital national interest in that region? i am confused, to be honest. i think that it is murkier and our goals are even murkier. host: before you hang up, can i ask you what you think the goal should be? caller: mostly with our serious economic woes, especially today, i do not think we should be doing them. guest: well, libya is an unusual case. 6.5 million people and a lot of oil. this is a country that could get back to normal and do very well, fairly quickly. the council has been dealing with the different tribes and deftness it -- and ethnicities. they are trying to be inclusive but in a lot of their own problems. this is one where the united states had to make a tough choice. it looks like gaddafi's troops are going to move into the second-largest city. on the border along the mediterranean. so, the international community, even the arab world, they all have res

there's an awful lot of rainfall still coming in from syracuse into burlington and springfield. significant flooding going on. i'll change the map to our flood warnings and there are just flash flood warnings all the way from maine back into vermont, new hampshire and down into even pennsylvania. i saw this coming out of an area that my parents are from, wyoming county in pennsylvania, from dallas to dupont, he hadwards vil, harvey's lake, and all flooded now because the rain that fell about two hours ago. it's not that it's probably going to rain for the rest of the day in some spots but the rain that came down has to run off. and it goes into the creeks and streams and they go up very quickly. they go down quickly too. it's when it's hup you have to watch it and don't drive through it. >> a lot of city and state government leaders are still asking people to stay inside because even though it may not be raining anymore, maybe you don't have giant gale force winds, you have the potential of a lot of trees because of saturated ground coming down and that is a big problem we're se

junk that they're driving up, i remember mine when i drove to school that i drove off and i went up to syracuse, new york in my beat up honda hatch back, but anyway, there were things that i remember my parents sort of wanting me to have in the car, just a basic safety stuff in the event that there was a problem. what should people have? >> some of the basics include some of the stuff that i brought here to the studio. that's a reflective triangle. this will be seen for miles down the road, when the lights hit one of these, it's a good indication for oncoming motorists something going wrong. you want a first aid kit with a lot of the basics. a teen-ager doesn't need a cell phone, because you never -- the problems aren't going to happen when the weather is nice, when you're in your neighborhood. it's always going to happen where you're in the middle of nowhere. >> arthel: you call it a hunk of junk? >> good tires, really good tires. >> arthel: speaking of tires, i don't know how to change a tire. so i think mike was mentioning to us that it's a good idea to have your child practice in the drivew

i went to syracuse in florida state. both have big sports programs. schools make hundreds of millions of dollars on television contracts. these guys are stars and they should be paid. >> we are barking up the same tree. i am not saying get into bidding wars maybe when the guy graduates, he gets a little something to get started in life. >> they get free scholarships and free room and board, but you have expenses when you are in college. give them money every week. >> this story gets tired. a lot of these guys who make a big come from backgrounds where their parents could not give them hundreds of dollars of wheat to live. maybe $50,000 in an escrow account. give that to them on the desk howhen they graduat >> your punishing kids who are in college now for something that was done when they were in middle school or high school. >> when you are 19 years old, you come from a background where you did not have any thing. if someone comes up and gives you $20 for dinner or $100 to take your girlfriend to the movies, everyone can take a moral stand that they

if you're under this torrential rain coming up the hudson valley or way up towards syracuse you're thinking it's there too, right. but when we talk about it that's what we track. we track the center and the forecast on the center has been as good as any forecast that i've ever seen. the government threw everything, every resource it had attracting the center but modern technology does not allow us to understand the structure of the storm and exactly where that core of winds is going to be, you know, two or three days in advance. doesn't do it. >> you know, brian you've been talking about long beach and coney island as being the apex of things. we were just with al roker for our viewers on the right of the screen, that's coney island. pats peter alexander's shot. it's been extraordinary. when you look at that, brian, does that look like that's the epicenter of a hurricane right there? that's that storm because he's been lashed, peter has been lashed with tremendous winds and rains and he's been talking about almost getting a sand facial. his face has been battered by the sand coming off the

may not be over when it comes to significant flooding up here in new york from syracuse back to schenectady. i know there are evacuations going on in utica. evacuations going on in rensselaer county. very, very heavy rain in burlington, vermont. rutland, we have our gary tuchman on the way to chase some of this flooding. the problem is it's flash flooding. it comes up very fast. it may come up 12 feet in an hour. then goes back down 12 feet the next hour. you have to be ready for it if you live near water. now that it's going to start getting dark, you don't want to be driving near creeks and streams if you don't know where they are and how much rain has come down. there's been 10 to 20 inches of rainfall across parts of this area just from the storm alone. there was a dozen inches of rain before that in august. so there's no place for this rain to soak in. it's all running off. it's all causing flooding. and we will have great pictures tomorrow. right now we have words and talking about it. but i know we will have pictures from all of our affiliates across the upper parts of new york and n

. >> reporter: scott nicholson is a professor at syracuse university and an avid board gamer. >> if you actually look at the data from the last few years board games as a segment of the toy industry have continued to grow. now the size of the market is much smaller but because they're an investment. if i have this game and in ten years i can still play this game. we can play board games from 100 years ago. we would have a hard time playing a video game that was made 15 years ago if you went to your typical house, you couldn't even get it to hook up to the tv. >> reporter: nicholson points out that board games have been around for thousands of years. >> one of my favorite games is "go" which was a chinese board game that's been around for a very long time. there's games that trace back to egypt. >> reporter: most of the classic board games today date from the early 20th century. >> the interesting thing about candy land is it was actually designed as a game during the time of polio to keep kids inside so they wouldn't go out and spread polio or catch it from other kids. in fact the early

he moved on to syracuse university from 1990 to 2001. at syracuse he was trustee professor of economics at the maxwell school. he was chairman of the department of economics. the doctor serves on the boards of the tax foundation, national economists club and the committee for a responsible federal budget. the floor is yours, sir. [applause] >> well, thank you. happy birthday to social security. hope i make it to 76. >> i also have three parts to my remarks. anyone who talks about the system at this point in time has to document the problems that are out there and spend a little time on that. then i want to, for the purposes of framing the debate, talk a little bit about what i think are the five crucial decisions that one has to make in thinking about the future of social security and once you go through that list you'll know where you stand in terms of reforms and i'll close with some thoughts about the way i think the united states should go. but let me just start with the problems. the top problem that you hear so much about is the fi

he graduated from syracuse being can want of the football team and received his first doctorate from howard university. he was also a local prosecutor and a san fransisco district attorney's office -- and with the san fransisco district attorney's office, appointed by jimmy carter in 1977, and after serving as u.s. attorney, he developed a private practice basically representing white collar clients, and he's represented such individuals as san fransisco mayor willie brown, mc hammer, deon sanders, henderson, and a host of athletes and entertainers. with that, join me in welcoming mr. billy hunter. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> i put mr. submit's bio bigger so i can wear my glasses. he's the executive directer of the players association on march 16th of 2009. he replaced the legendary gene upshaw who passed on august 20th, 2008. his election -- prior to his election, he was a trial lawyer and litigateing -- mr. smith served from 1991 to 2000 as an assistant u.s. attorney in the district of columbia u.s. attorney's office incoming service as a senior prosecutor in violent cri

when he came to syracuse, it was a wealthy city in sicily. they had no army. he had to somehow form an army out of these crazy civilians. and so we went to pick his officer corps, he gave these instructions. he said search for men who care not about wealth or power, but who crave honor. and i -- i would guess that that's pretty much what's -- just what is filling this room here. another difference between that -- the civilian values and more ethos values is in civilian life, people want the creature comforts. they want air conditioning and they want an easy life. if you can take a pill and lose 20 pounds, you'll do that. whereas in the warrior, adversity, the willing embrace of adversity is a huge part. the rougher the better. when people tell stories in a warrior culture, it's always the most hellish stories possible; right? and i know, you know, i'm a marine, and when marines talk about their history, they don't really talk about the great victories, but they talk about the worst casualty scenarios like tarawa, iwo jima, so adversity is one the great warrior

hunter graduated from syracuse university where he was the captain of the football team and received his o his jurs doctorate from n. -- and with the san francisco district attorney's office. he was appointed u.s. attorney by jimmy carter in 1977 and after serving as u.s. attorney he developed a private practice, basically representing white collar clients, and he's represented such individuals as san francisco mayor willy brown, deion sanders, ricky henderson and a host of athletes and entertainers. so with that if you'll join me in welcoming mr. billy hunter. [applause] i put printed mr. smith's bio a little smaller so i have to wear my glasses. >> he was elected iner march 16, 2009. he replaced the legendary gene upshaw who passed away on august 20, 2008. his election prior to his election he was a trial lawyer and litigating partner at pat and box and is a native of washington, d.c. mr. smith serveed from 1991 to 2000 as assistant u.s. attorney in the district of columbia u.s. attorney's office. in addition a prosecutor in the violence crimes and major crimes section of the offic

he moved on to syracuse university from 1990 to 2001. at syracuse, he was trusty professor of economics at the maxwell school. he was chairman of the department of economics. he serves on the boards of the tax foundation, national economists club, and the committee for a responsible federal budget. the floor is yours, sir. [applause] >> thank you, and happy birthday to social security. i hope i make it to 76. i also have three parts to my remarks. anyone who talks about the system at this point in time has to document the problems out there and spend time on that, and for purposes of framing the debate, i want to talk about what i think are the five crucial decisions one has to make in the about the future of social security. once you go through that list, you will know where you stand in terms of reforms, and i will close with some thoughts about the way i think united states should go, but let me just start with the problems. the top problem we hear so much about is the financial condition of social security. there are many different n

i have gone back to syracuse after 25 years and coming back together for the athletes. a guy hired to recruit to the school was two years behind me so we are back in together and they've asked me what was doing. at that time i was engaged in private practice that left the u.s. attorney's office a few years before. a month or so later he called and said are you familiar with the nba players association? what is that? they represent the basketball players and they are moving on to executive director. i think you are the guy for the job. i can't promise it to you but i would like to submit your resume and have people get behind you and i said okay. that is how it started. i got the interview and from there i was interviewed by a group of players michael jordan included. we had at three day process whereby we had 15 or 16 candidates from corporate america and private practice etc. and we were interviewed by 33 ballplayers in the room. michael jordan was one of them. buck williams and a group of them. every day they would cut somebody so it was like playing football. you tur

including dozens of college students from syracuse, university. coming up the father of one of those victims joins us live to talk about what he wants to see happen years after his daughter, diane was killed. you may have heard price of oil is dropping like a stone, but why are folks here in the united states still paying more than 4 bucks a gallon for gas in some states? lou dobbs has an answer three minutes away. two tragic accidents at two separate air shows in the united states. we'll take a look at what went terribly wrong in both. two white house insiders, one current, one former, not really they are both former. exchange heated words over president obama, the economy and the stimulus. who proved their point, karl rove or bill burton. we'll play the tape and let you decide. >> he has yet to put pen to paper and issue a jobs plan or a deficit reduction plan in the last nine months. >> as someone who is a leader in the white house who turned a record surplus into a deficit, that got us involved into a war we never should have been in and turne

hunter graduated from syracuse university, where he was captain of the football team, and received his doctorate from howard university. he was also a local prosecutor in alameda county and with the san pritzker district attorney's office. he was appointed as u.s. attorney by jimmy carter in 1977. after serving as u.s. attorney, he developed a private practice representing white collar clients and has represented such individuals as and c. hammer, deion sanders, rickey henderson, and a host of athletes and entertainers. with that, when you join me in welcoming billy hunter? -- would you join me in welcoming billy hunter? [applause] >> i put mr. smith bio of a bigger strike would wear my glasses. mr. smith was elected a director of the national football league's player association on march 15th, 2009. he replaced the legendary gene upshaw, who passed away on august 20, 2008. his election -- prior to his election, he was a trial lawyer and the litigating partner. the is a native of washington d.c.. mr. smith served from 1991 through 2000 as assistant u.s. attorney and ditch attorney at t

removed onto syracuse university from 1990 two to 2001. at syracuse dr. eakin was trustee professor of economics at the maxwell school and chairman of the department of economics. dr. holtz-eakin serves on the boards of the tax foundation, national economists club and the committee for responsible federal budget. douglas holtz-eakin, the floor is yours. [applause] >> thank you jammin thank you 60-plus and happy birthday to social security. i hope i make it to 76. i also have three parts to my remarks. anyone who talks about the system at this point in time has to document the problems that are out there and spend a little time on that. and for the purposes of framing the debate, i want to talk a little bit about what i think are the five crucial decisions that one has to make thinking about this is a -- future of social security. once you go through that list you will know where you stand on reforms and i will close with some thoughts on the way i think the united states should go. but let me just start with the problems. the top problem here so much abou

ely from syracuse, new york. independent line. caller: good morning. i'm so disheartened. i have worked all of my life and paid my taxes and my bills and to look and listen to the republican party and the things that are going on. they have no clue of what the regular working people go through. and to blame president barack obama for what he was handed? how do you get ahead. you look and reflect. we had, how did we get here. what mistakes we make. democratic congress. passes $420 bills the first year that president barack obama was in office. the senate passed nothing. those bills went over and laid there because of the filibuster from the republican. it's so horrible to see how many people want the demise of this president. i'm going to work my tail off to get him re-elected. i think he deserves it and as far as republicans. e buyers remorse is coming. host: national news media are trashing s&p instead of accepting which is true. can't spend 40% more than we bring in. london daily mail. different take on this. the headline is world markets plummet. in california over the

albany to syracuse, scranton area, the cities are dodging the showers, making a run for philadelphia. dc, you're dry. north of philadelphia, there's a kman of showers. a winter storm, temperatures are cool in the 50s and 60s up there in areas of new england. the forecast, we're going to make it to the 70s, very cool. dc, you'll be better. same with buffalo and pittsburgh. gorgeous weather today in chicago. watch out for thunderstorms in minneapolis. in texas, we're doing it again, 100-degree heat. there's hope in new york city for a peek at sunshine today. not much. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. >>> top tier in this race for romney, perry dchlt. >>. >> fair to say. you're not consistent 12-term congressman 200 votes of winning the straw

host: randy in syracuse, new york. caller: good morning. my question is about our involvement in libya. president obama said it would be a better -- a matter of days, not weeks. it seems like our goals there are quite murky. what are our national interests there? guest: i can tell you what they say. beyond that, not much more. the president, when he said it would be quick -- remember president bush saying mission accomplished. every president that gets that nation into a conflict has to learn the phrase that the general staff once said. no military plan survives first contact with the enemy. almost every plan disintegrates on site when they get into the battlefield. clearly, again, in libya, that is true. it has taken a lot longer than predicted and it is not clear where the outcome will be. president obama is learning that hard lesson the same way that every other president before him has. the decision to go there, i believe, was largely influenced by two things. one is the sense in the administration that the libyan people were facing a v

host: randy in syracuse, new york. caller: good morning. my question is about our involvement in libya. president obama said it would be a better -- a matter of days, not weeks. it seems like our goals there are quite murky. what are our national interests there? guest: i can tell you what they say. beyond that, not much more. the president, when he said it would be quick -- remember president bush saying mission accomplished. every president that gets that nation into a conflict has to learn the phrase that the general staff once said. no military plan survives first contact with the enemy. almost every plan disintegrates on site when they get into the battlefield. clearly, again, in libya, that is true. it has taken a lot longer than predicted and it is not clear where the outcome will be. president obama is learning that hard lesson the same way that every other president before him has. the decision to go there, i believe, was largely influenced by two things. one is the sense in the administration that the libyan people were facing a v

before joining aei, he was a professor at syracuse university. his latest book is "the battle, how the fight between free enterprise and big government will shape america's future". please welcome author brooks. [applause] >> thank you, heather, for that really gracious introductionings and thank you to all of you. it's such an honor to be back this year,. this event has been one of the premier conservative events in the united states and this is a testament to the organization and vision, a great constitution that many of you support. isee the people who support my own constitution, aei here. i see the fodys and others involved with the organization for years and foster freeze, there's so many of you who have been involved in the free enterprise movements with so many organizations that matterment thank you. i'm just honored to have an opportunity to have a few minutes with you here today. i'm going to report to you from washington, don't leave just because i'm about to do that. [laughter] first of all, i'd like to say it's a tough assignment to

i was in syracuse, new york, that day as an fbi inspector doing an inspection of our office there. i'd been at a tv station early that morning to do what we called an outside contact just to see how that fbi office was doing. and then i was actually in a federal judge's office when the first plane hit and, obviously, concerns about that. so i went back to the fbi office and then watched as the second plane hit. >> and what was your role from that point on? >> i had been serving in our boston fbi office, and after that i went back because several of the hijackers had come out of boston, portland, maine, and then boston's logan airport. so i went back to help the investigative efforts there and, eventually, was transferred full time into the counterterrorism division as the fbi changed the paradigm for how fbi investigations were conducted. >> well, we're going to have to leap forward to tsa. i know you spent a lot of time trying to catch the bad guys, trying to foil the plots. you moved to tsa where it's much more prevent preventive. can you talk about that transition in terms of yo

[unintelligible] moved on to syracuse university from 1990-2001. he mistrusted professor of economics. chair of the department of economics. serves on the board of the tax foundation the floor is yours, douglas. [applause] >> thanks jim. happy birthday to social security. i hope i make it to 76. i have three parts to my remarks. i want to talk about the five crucial decisions that one has to make regarding social security. once you make the list, you have an idea regarding the reforms. let me start with the problems. the financial condition of so security is what we hear about. there are many different numbers and metrics. it is easy to get completely baffled about what is going on. the simplest way to think about it is revenues about 5% gdp benefits that have to come out, usually 4.5%. they are gone. they will rise to about 6.5% gdp. the revenues are here as far as the eye can see. you can add it up or do infinity and beyond and get different numbers. we have benefits that exceed what we can provide, and it has to be addressed. problems get lost i

i was in syracuse, new york, as an fbi inspector doing inspection of the office there. i'd been at a tv station early that morning to do what an outside contact, to see how it was doing. then i was actually in federal judges office when the first plane hit. and obviously, concerns about that. i went back to the fbi and watched as the second plane hit. >> and what was your role from that point on? >> i had been serving in our boston fbi office. and after that, i went back because several hijackers had come out of boston, portland, maine, and boston, logan airport. i went to help the efforts there and was transferred full time into the counterterrorism as the fbi changed the paradigm for how fbi investigations were conducted with the focus on prevention, rather than solving the crime after the fact. >> well, we're going to have to leap forward to tsa. i know you spent a lot of your fbi career trying to catch the bad guys, trying to foil the plots. where you moved to tsa, where it's much more preventive. you are hoping to not ever have an incident. can you talk about that

i was in syracuse, new york that day, an fbi inspector doing an inspection of our office there. i'd been added tv station early that morning to do -- to see how the fbi office was doing, and i was at a federal judge's office when the first plane hit. i went back to the fbi office and watched when the second plane hit. >> what was your role from that point on? >> i had been serving in the boston fbi office, and after that i went because several hijackers had come out of the boston logan airport. i went back to help investigative efforts there and was eventually transferred full- time to the counter-terrorism division. as the fbi change the paradigm for how fbi investigations that were conducted, with a focus on prevention rather than just solving the crime after the fact. >> we will have to leap forward to tsa. he spent a lot of your it be a career trying to catch the bad guys and -- you spend a lot of your fbi career trying to that's the bad guys and four of the plots. can you talk about the transition and terms of your life? >> the fbi changed after 9/11 to become one of preven

before joining aei, he was a professor at syracuse anniversary. his latest book is the battle. how the fight between free enterprise and the government will shape america's future. please welcome arthur burks. >> thankou to all of you. this has become one of the premier conservative offense. i see many who support my institution. there are so many of you that have been involved in the free enterprise movement with many in -- organizations that matter, thank you. i am honored to have the few minutes with you here to date. i am gng to report to you from washington. do not leave. first of all i would like to say it is a tough assignment to follow my friend, dennis prager. he started off by giving his liberal credentials. in the spirit of competition, i would like to mention that -- he says he is from brooklyn. i am from seattle. some of you know i am from a family of artists and professors from seattle, washington. liberal artist and pressures -- professors. i'm effectively from the soviet union. [laughter] what heather did not mention, my parents work disappointed when i dropped

before joining aei, he was a professor at syracuse anniversary. his latest book is the battle. how the fight between free enterprise and the government will shape america's future. please welcome arthur burks. >> thank you to all of you. this has become one of the premier conservative offense. i see many who support my institution. there are so many of you that have been involved in the free enterprise movement with so many in -- organizations that matter, thank you. i am honored to have the few minutes with you here to date. i am going to report to you from washington. do not leave. first of all i would like to say it is a tough assignment to follow my friend, dennis prager. he started off by giving his liberal credentials. in the spirit of competition, i would like to mention that -- he says he is from brooklyn. i am from seattle. some of you know i am from a family of artists and professors from seattle, washington. liberal artist and pressures -- professors. i'm effectively from the soviet union. [laughter] what heather did not mention, my parents work disappointed when i d