taken by collins. sherron one on three. a little long. henry. >> marques: one shot, trying to get his team to slow dune little bit. >> steve: ku will go for the final shot of the half, leading by seven. >> marques: more effective at penetrating -- oh, got to get it done. >> steve: good defense by ucla bruins. (announcer) pizza hut knows you've been good. so here's a great holiday meal deal. right now get two medium one topping pizzas and five breadsticks for just $14.99. that's enough to feed the whole family. carryout and we'll throw in a free two liter pepsi. happy holideal from pizza hut. oh! blue! time! time out. i touched it. i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the championship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. >>> we have reached the midway point in westwood with the number one team in the land kansas visiting u

lee on collins. johnson misses and a good rebound for kansas and a putback. this is a career high, 12 points. >> mike: back at pauley pavilion number one kansas leading ucla, 52-43. michael eaves back with you. steve and marques were talking earlier. reeves nelson is a ben howland kind of player. we've seen it so far in this game. of his eight rebounds six have been offensive. being scrappy down low. battling cole aldrich, the morris twins. really being the defensive, pretty kind of player ben howland was when he was in high school and college. but on this play, coming up, being scrappy. being tough. he takes one to the eye. the ball goes in. they've been working on him in the time-out ever since. he does have a slight scratch just below his right eye but the real problem is and marques says this, his eye is really swelling up. they put some ice on it. trying to get the swelling to go down. the trainers were having him follow a finger to make sure he could see through that swelling. they're still not certain if he's going to be able to play. he wants to play.

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collins now with four points in the ballgame. here is biko paris in the first half 1 for 3, shooting three poin points, 1 for 6. in miami, you have to have a stop. jackson being guarded by mcgowan. shot clock at 10. wide open, reggie jackson. cyrus mcgowan had no chance of blocking that. >> mike: almost the exact same play raji scored on earlier, same type of pass. >> ron: wide open in that baseline. k collins is trying to do some work on the block. pull-up jumper, tough shot. good to see him, if you're a miami fan, get on track, he has four in the game. the lead is still 10. >> mike: they really kept the ball out of his hand, only the third field goal attempt. >> ron: rebound control. >> mike: it's tough to shoot yourself into a mode especially from the three. >> ron: trying to establish something on the inside, taken away by southern, collins loses the handle. >> mike: how about the confidence in southern al skinner has. letting him play one-on-one, no double help coming. >> ron: play this time, corey raji, 13 points for raji i

frances collins of n.i.h. and we have rebecca adams and dan vergana. he's from the university of yale and university of virginia where he got his undergraduate degree. he was former director of human genome research, for how long? >> 15 years. >> and you were home schooled until the fifth grade. and you founded an institute for religion and science. >> a foundation. >> is there concern of being the head of n.i.h.? >> there was some concern, i read with it in "new york times," the concern about a scientist that openly talked about his religious base and maybe not be as hard nosed in scientific projects as he should be. anyone who worked with me in those 15 years in the human genome project would say it was not an issue. and no one would say my particular interest of religion got in the way, and i promise it won't get in the way of n.i.h.. and as a compromise i resigned that foundation, and i don't want to be distracted of what the president has asked me to do. >> time for one more round of question. >> can you say about that flack of being evangelical.

senator collins, you referenced it. let me just say there are some who have suggested alternatives such as actuarily equivalent amendments. let me just say the reason senator gregg and i reached the conclusion to no amendments is because in watching the process here, we've concluded if there are amendments the republicans would put up an amendment that will say we'll address the deficit but just in one particular way. democrats will do the same. everybody will have their amendment to explain to their constituents why they didn't support the final package and therefore we never get to implementation of an actual solution. the final vote on the recommendations would occur before the 111th congress adjourns. that is what we call the voinovich provision. senator voinovich, after all this effort, deserves to be here to vote as does senator gregg. senator gregg has also announced, and i lament this, that he is going to be retiring . and he and senator voinovich, if we don't vote in the 111th, won't have a chance to do somethi

. >> ron: collins has not done a lot, neither has dews, who you would expect to. that's only the fifth turnover for boston college in this ballgame. >> mike: the huge advantage is establishing themselves in the paint areas and area of free-throw shoot, they're outscoring miami by 12 points. >> ron: nice round of applause for jackson and raji who will get a well-deserved breather. halfway through the second half. >> mike: al skinner is looking at giving them a rest at the eight minute break and someone to finish the game off if necessary. >> ron: that's what you want to see from adrian thomas, had a three-pointer made in the last 25 of 28 games. he has five tonight. >> mike: not a good combination for miami they knocked in the free-throw line and knonot knoc down a three and adrian thomas gives them a little bit of a lift. republican he can shoot it. up and under move and it won't go. gamble kept it alive, out of the pack, and almost carried it to the hole, has it rejected! >> mike: that was a nice hustle play by cortney dunn. he missed a point-blank tip attempt on

senator collins, you referenced it. let me just say there are some who have suggested alternatives such as actuarily equivalent amendments. let me just say the reason senator gregg and i reached the conclusion to no amendments is because in watching the process here, we've concluded if there are amendments the republicans would put up an amendment that will say we'll address the deficit but just in one particular way. democrats will do the same. everybody will have their amendment to explain to their constituents why they didn't support the final package and therefore we never get to implementation of an actual solution. the final vote on the recommendations would occur before the 111th congress adjourns. that is what we call the voinovich provision. senator voinovich, after all this effort, deserves to be here to vote as does senator gregg. senator gregg has also announced, and i lament this, that he is going to be retiring . and he and senator voinovich, if we don't vote in the 111th, won't have a chance to do somethi

senator lieberman is joined by a maine republican susan collins. this is 10 minutes. >> have you been moved by anything the democrats have proposed? >> this looks like it ronald reagan moment. >> have you been moved towards voting by anything the senator reid has proposed? >> as i said last night, we are having constructive discussions3 . it is not finished yet. we have learned in the last couple of weeks that we should all be looking at paper. this legislative process and we should look at specific legislative language before agreeing or not. if, as appears to be happening,

collins: thank you, madam president. first, let me thank my two colleagues for their hard work on these amendments. my colleague from oregon, senator wyden, has been working so hard on health care issues for such a long time. my colleague from indiana, senator bayh, and i have worked together on other issues, and i'm proud of the fact that the three of us have been able to come together in a bipartisan way to present to our colleagues three important amendments. madam president, it is, as senator bayh has noted, so unfortunate that the debate on this bill has been so divisive and partisan. senator wyden approached me about trying to find some common ground on some issues that would unite us. now, i should make clear, madam president, that the adoption of these amendments -- important, though, they are; great steps, though, they are -- do not solve all the problems that i have with the legislation before us. but they do improve the underlying bill in important ways, because they would help to advance the goal of more affo

francis collins, director of the national institutes of health. he is a graduate of yale, of the university of north carolina where he got his medical degree and the university of virginia where he got his undergraduate degree. he was former director of the nih national human genome research institute. you were home schooled up until the sixth grade. earlier this year, you founded in institute for religion and science. >> a foundation. >> is there a concern that your named the director of nih when you are an evangelical christian? >> there are concerns that perhaps is scientists who also happens to have talked openly about his religious faith but somehow not be as hard-nosed at making decisions about scientific projects as he should be. anybody who worked with me at the human genome project would have stood up and said that this is not an issue. no one can say that my own particular interest in spiritual matters ever gone the way of signs. i do not want to be distracted in any way from what the president has asked me to do. >> we have time for one

senator collins, you referenced it. let me just say there are some who have suggested alternatives such as actuarily equivalent amendments. let me just say the reason senator gregg and i reached the conclusion to no amendments is because in watching the process here, we've concluded if there are amendments the republicans would put up an amendment that will say we'll address the deficit but just in one particular way. democrats will do the same. everybody will have their amendment to explain to their constituents why they didn't support the final package and therefore we never get to implementation of an actual solution. the final vote on the recommendations would occur before the 111th congress adjourns. that is what we call the voinovich provision. senator voinovich, after all this effort, deserves to be here to vote as does senator gregg. senator gregg has also announced, and i lament this, that he is going to be retiring . and he and senator voinovich, if we don't vote in the 111th, won't have a chance to do somethi

collins: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. ms. collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator is in a quorum call. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: mr. president, i ask that notwithstanding the fact that there are a few remaining moments on the other side of the aisle, that i be permitted to proceed. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. let me emphasize that was cleared by my colleague on the -- colleagues on the other side of the aisle. mr. president, i rise on behalf of the fiscal year 2010 national appropriations act. let me begin by thanking the committee's distinguished chairman, senator inouye, and the ranking member, senator cochran, for their leadership in crafting this bill and for their strong commitment to our nation's armed force

i thank you, senator collins. >> thank you. mr. walker, i cannot help but observe the irony that we are having this debate about what to do with the unsustainable debt load of this country at a time that we are debating on the senate floor a huge health care bill that is in essence creating a new entitlement program that has enormous consequences for our future budgets, and that the chief actuary for the center -- for medicare and medicaid services has estimated will actually drive national health care spending up, not down. and chairman greenspan mentioned in his opening remarks just how important health care spending is to this whole debate. i know that the peterson foundation commissioned the lewin group to look at the impact of the senate bill on long-term costs for the government. could you comment on what the analysis found and also give us your own views on what we are doing on the senate floor even as we speak. >> thank you, senator collins. it is somewhat ironic. let me just note that the lewin group is owned by united hea

enzi: senator collins. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: madam president, home health care is a compassionate, cost-effective alternative to institutional care. it allows our seniors to receive care just where they want to be in their own homes. under this bill, home health care would take a disproportionate cut. madam president, let me quote a home and health care director in my state who sums up what the approach will be, what will happen if this motion is not passed. she says, "our staff is scared, but it is our patients who will pay the price if congress makes cuts in home care." madam president, i urge support for the motion to recommit offered by the senator from nebraska. the presiding officer: the yeas and nays have been called for. is there a second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? in that case on this vote the yeas are 41, the nays are 53. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the ad

john collins is down there. i want to mention the bill, because it might cause a little stir -- i won't mention the bill, because it might cause a little stir. finally, carey said it, i don't think we will make it. his troops were going at one or, our troops were going out the other. there we stood, the two leaders of the parties working together and losing. [laughter] one of my less fond memories, but i appreciate it because we were there together, shoulder to shoulder, doing what we thought was right. of course, mitch mcconnell, my friend. he lives in kentucky. [unintelligible] i learned over the years that the leadership needed a little extra input. judd gregg, mitch filling that role. thinking strategically. i just have such tremendous respect for him. i admire what you're doing now. the minority leader, i know the majority leader is much better. keep thinking positively, match. and be nice, harry. [laughter] let me say how much i appreciate the artist. steve, where are you? they're your. i thought you were

and there were only three republicans, senator snowe, senator collins, and myself who would even talk to the democrats. and there was a determination to look ahead to the 2012 elections of the presidency, even before the ink was dry on the oath of office taken by a president obama on january 20. this was the second week of february, the week of february 6th as i recall, just a couple of weeks. and already the plans were for the next election. and as i reviewed the matter, it seemed to me that we were on the brink of going into a 1929 depression. the 1929 depression was very hard on the specter family. living in wichita kansas at the time, both of my parents were immigrants in the mid-30's the family moved from wichita to philadelphia to live with my father's sister. that's what happened in a depression. you moved in with relatives because there were no jobs. and i cited with the supporting the stimulus package and played a key role in having not enacted. and the political consequences on the personal level are not something to be discussed in this forum at this time. but the conduct p

thank you, chairman and senator collins. distinguished members, thank you for the opportunity to be here before you today. i would like to echo the commitment to keeping this nation safe and secure. today i would like to discuss key areas in which the u.s. department of homeland security plays an important role. identification of known and suspected terrorists and other individuals, screening of travelers seeking immigration benefits, and finally securing and verifying travel documents while traveling to the united states. let me start by putting this in context. to begin with, people are not born as terrorists, nor are extremists violent. but there are keypads that include ink -- recruitment, radicalization, and practice. this can occur in safe havens, foreign countries, in even our own borders. cutting off resources and intercepting, countering efforts over from amongst others. targeting travel is one of the most powerful weapons we have. united states and its allies have made significant progress in frustrating the terror

host: 4 collins, colorado, allen on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. i'm kind of nervous. it is the first time i've ever called but i work with an organization at fort collins that works with disabled kids. we cooperated with the cheyenne va and signed up for the horses for heroes program. i want to commend them, the army and the va, for going outside the box and doing whatever is good for the veterans. really works wonders, watching the mental and physical therapy that these veterans go through, working with horses, riding. it helps to balance them. i want to give them a high-five for doing a good job. guest: you know, alan, i am thrilled to be here for your first call. what he is doing is exactly what we want america to do, getting our soldiers out into the community, showing them what we ca -- what they can do. we have a lot of programs like this with other organizations. there are a lot of therapy programs like this that we're doing and other units. this one is a great idea. we have excursions' we do, we have a program called "ride to recovery," wh

senator collins and senator snowe are not on board. the class act is a devastating program that will create long- term financial problems. senator nelson may have helped on medicaid, but has not helped nebraska with medicare cuts. at the end of the day, i hope the people realize it is not over. this is a long way from being done. if you want to change, speak up. let people know. the cuts are going to affect people in nebraska, and tax increases will affect people in nebraska, and this abortion language, the conference of bishops understands the difference between stupac language and this language, and they have decided to oppose the bill. that's as all i need to know about the pro-life issue, when the conference of catholic bishops say they oppose the language and opposed the bill because of language. that is all you need to know from my point of view. i do not always agree with the catholic church, particularly on the death penalty, but i agree with them on right-to-life issue. they have just got to pass the bill, because the democrat

collins interviewed by reporters from usa today and cq weekly.com. it airs at 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> good morning, everyone. today the judiciary committee is holding a second hearing on real authorize ition on the groundbreaking justice for all act, and the justice for all act includes the debbie smith rape kit reduction act, authorizing significant funding to reduce the backlog of untested rape kits so victims do not have to live in fear and we have seen this happening around the country. now we're going to examine some disturbing reports that despite the important progress we've made tone sure justice for rape victims, in too many jurisdictions, large numbers of kits continue to sit untested. when d.n.a. evidence taken from rape victims can be iewbsed to find and convict criminals and instead it sits on a shelf and rape victims are victimized once again and our communities become more dangerous rather than safer. that's unacceptable and we have to fix that problem. since we passed this law in 2004, it has resulted in hundreds of millions of doll

control collins and aldridge. with henry's help, jayhawks have their sight set on run. departure of nick, the coach donovan was in dire need of scoring guard. 6'3", bointon. earlygoing, quickness, length and hustle has been impressive in their defensive and fast pace offensive attack. taking it to the hoop. fact he's known for his defensive prowess and tenacity, separates bradley of texas from most first year players, on a longhorn team whose expectations are high. my guess is bradley's role will expand as the season progresses. he's one tough customer. at 6'10", 246 pounds, favors is imposing figure. he's a possible bubble double guy. so far his field goal percentage has been through the roof. taking those shots and tech will be dancing in march. >> it's hard to imagine there was a day in college basketball when freshmen weren't allowed to play. what would it be like if that's the way it was today? kentucky with a 49-35 lead, one of those freshmen john wall leads all scorers with 13 points. >> matt: welcome back to rupp arena. kentucky wildcats leading austin peay. mat

probably senator collins or snowe. the republican congress are acting like the democrat congress in 1985. with the ulysses funeral, that was the greatest funeral. >> host: you're on. >> caller: i want to thank because here's a politician, lieberman. when you think you have to figured out, with he fools you. he's not holding the whole country hostage because they only dropped the options to ensure they get his vote. you want to go with a guy like joe lieberman. >> host: all right. caller is referring to the headline this morning that democrats may drop a medicare provision that had been to expand medicare to 55 and it seems that this morning the news is they will not include that in any sort of final package. st. paul, good morning. >> caller: hi, barack obama definitely. because he's taken on a big mess that was left behind by the bush and cheney administration. the republicans want to sit back and pretend like they have nothing to do with it -- >> we're going to leave the recorded program to go to the capitol for sena

collins: thank you, madam president. and i thank the kphaerpbg of the bill. madam president -- i thank the manager of the bill. madam president, i rise in support by the motion offered by my colleague from nebraska to recommit this bill in order to strike the more than $42 billion in cuts in the medicare home health benefit. madam president, you too come from a pretty rural state, so i know that you understand just how important home health care is to the seniors in our states. home health care has become an increasingly important part where -- of our health care system. the highly skilled services and compassionate care that our nation's home health agencies provide have helped to keep families together. they have enabled millions of our most frail and vulnerable senior citizens to avoid hospitals and nursing homes, and instead to receive care just where they want to be: in the privacy, comfort and security of their own homes. moreover by helping these individuals to avoid more costly institutional care, home health saves medicare millions of dollars each ye

collins, no. mr. conrad, aye. mr. courter,no. mr. cornyn, no mr. crepo, no. mr dement, no,. \ mr dodd, aye. mr dorgan, aye, mr durbin, aye mr ensign, no mr enzee, no mr feingold, aye, mrs. feinstein, aye. mr franken, aye. mrs,geillearand, aye. mr graahm, no mr grassley, no. mrñgreg, no mrs, hagan, aye. mr harkin, aye. mr hatch, no. mrs. hutchison -- mr.inhosfe, no. mr noway, aye. mr isaacs said, nope. mr.johans, no. mr. johnson,aye. mr. kaufman,aye. mr. careyaye mr. kirk,aye. mr coles, aye mr. pyle,no. ms landreau, aye. mr lautenberg, aye. mr leahy, aye. mr levin ,aye. mr. lieberman,aye. mrs. lincoln,aye. mr. lugar,no. mr. mccabe,no. mrs. castle,aye. mr. mcconnell,no mr. menendez,aye. mr. merkley, aye. ms. mikulskiaye. mr merkowski, no. mrs. mary,aye. mr. nelson of nebraska,aye. mr. nelson of florida,aye. mr. pryor,aye. mr. reed of rhode island,aye. mr. reid of nevada, [laughter] mr. reid of nevada,aye. [laughter] mr rich, no. mr. roberts,no. mr. rockefeller,aye. mr. sanders, mr. schumer,aye. mr. sessions, mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. shelby, ms. snowe,no. mr. spe

francis collins. dr. collins. >> thank you, bill. good morning, everyone. welcome to those of you attending here at nih, and two people joining us by webcast. i am francis collins got the director of the national institutes of health, and is a pleasure for us to host this discussion about vaccine preparedness and new technologies, to put together ideas for the future that many of which are exciting about ways the development of future vaccine for influenza and other infectious agents is actually a very rapidly moving field in the scientific arena, in which you will be hearing about over the course of this mornings presentation. i am happy to be able to host this seminar, just five months after the h1n1 summit that was held here at nih back in july. at that point, president obama put forward four pillars to a plan that are constantly being revised and reconsidered. those four pillars are surveillance, secondly, community mitigation measures, third, vaccination, our main topic today, and fourth, communication which also an important part of today's activities

collins going to turn it up. two enter acceptings for cutler. ensuing pass possession, ryan grant pounds it in. packers win again, they're #-4. >>> college basketball. for the past five years pill gefl philadelphia's big five has been like the little four. hemple taking on number three villanova. hoping they can remain undefeated. fernandez pulling up and hitting the three. a career high 33. later in the half, temple by six. scottie reynolds and then nice layup. moments later, cory fisher grabs the rebound, bringing it down court, loses his defender, nova within two. under two minute left top temple up five. ryan books off the dribble, in the paint and hit the bucket. temple upset villanova. >>> syracuse hosting st. francis. first half, herman rice in the lane. shot swatted away. rick jackson playing the big defense. next possession, jackson on the other end. playing big there as well, syracuse by a dozen at the break. second half, brandon trish the pass. going in for the slam. led the orange to 14. syracuse cruises, winning it by 24. >>> detroi

senator lieberman is joined by a maine republican susan collins. this is 10 minutes. >> have you been moved by anything the democrats have proposed? >> this looks like it ronald reagan moment. >> have you been moved towards voting by anything the senator reid has proposed? >> as i said last night, we are having constructive discussions3 . it is not finished yet. we have learned in the last couple of weeks that we should all be looking at paper. this legislative process and we should look at specific legislative language before agreeing or not. if, as appears to be happening, the so-called public option, a government-run insurance program is out and the medicare buy-in which i thought would jeopardize medicare and cost taxpayers billions of dollars over the long haul and increase our deficit is out and there are no other attempts to bring no otherhat in then i will be in a position where i can say what want to say all along which is that i am ready to vote for health care reform. my point iat president' laid out a couple of big goals for this plan.

at a news conference with still republican susan collins and ex-republican arlen specter, everything started off cozy. >> i'm delighted to join in this tri-partisan effort. we debated who first would get to use that term. to improve the health care bill that we're now debating on the senate floor. >> and specter played the good vibes for all they were worth. >> this may -- bill may be so good -- look so good to senator lieberman that he may be willing to make some accommodations. >> very artfully done. >> that's not a -- >> not a prediction. >> that's not a laugh line. >> the good feelings lasted until precisely the first question. the public option. >> the public option insurance company won't help a single poor person get insurance. it won't force a single insurance company to give insurance to people who are sick. and it won't even contain costs. i think it was originally put in there as a kind of accommodation to people who really want a single-payer government-controlled insurance company. >> senator lieberman said it very well. >> so less than half an hour after the lovin' bega

collins: it is. my friend from kentucky is exactly right. in my state, there are already severe shortages of primary care physicians, particularly in the more rural areas of the state, the northern, eastern, and western parts of the state. their practices are full to start with, and what we're asking them to do is to keep accepting new medicare patients that won't -- whose reimbursements won't cover the cost of their care, and that's why in many states you see physicians limiting how many medicare patients that they will take. and i know how painful that is for our physicians. after all, they became physicians to care for people. they want to ensure that people have the care that they need, but there is a limit to what they can do. so i share the concerns of the senator from kentucky that the result of this bill will be to jeopardize the very existence of rural hospitals, small nursing homes, home health care providers, which in my state are absolutely critical, and after all, i know my colleagues from tennessee and kentucky have had the sam

also covered dave collins book on columbine. here's a look at. >> eric's journal is filled with hate, hate, hate all the way through. it starts up cleanup onward by the opening night is i hate the act in world and it paid on every page. he started out wanting to kill any ended up killing over the course of the year. but with dylan it's completely different. dillon spent two years writing his journal and the most common word in his journal is love. it's completely unexpected trade to meet dylan was the revelation of his case. he was a loving and sensitive boy with a whole lot of anger, but his anger was mostly direct it in word. he was angry at himself for being such a loser, such an outcast. he wasn't. it was objectively untrue, but that's how he thought. >> host: to atlanta we go. here is an independent color. what was your favorite nonfiction book of 2009? oligo good morning and merry christmas. my favorite book is douglas black men. i believe he cover this book on c-span as well. the subtitle is displacement of black american

here indicating -- i know that the committee on homeland security as senator lieberman and senator collins have filed legislation. part of that would be to part to deal with select agent list by tier so that there are added precautions to those who deal with those chemicals and agents that could very well be used as a weapons of mass destruction. and require greater background checks, greater security issues, training, et cetera, greater inventory controls, et cetera. at tier 1. and have you had a chance to rough those recommendations and do you have any -- >> i have reviewed them and have discussed them with members of the department including the newly confirmed undersecretary for science and technology dr. o'toole who's really an expert in this whole area. and the way we look at it is that the department of homeland security provides standards that would need to be met in a way similar or analogous or similar in the chemical arena where you have the tiering as you suggest, one, two, three, and four and you have an engagement process by which laboratories are tiered and standards establi

. >> reporter: barbara kantor couldn't find a bank that would even talk to her about an arc loan, collin shattuck's banker wouldn't even take an application. shattuck has been selling motor scooters at four stores in colorado for more than 10 years. in 2008, sportique scooters had a record year. what a difference a year makes. when gas prices dropped, sales cratered. >> in 2008, we actually had a local news outlet here to do a report on the scooter shortage in the united states and now we're, we're literally choking on inventory. it's beyond hard to stay open. it's virtually impossible and we've had to reduce our staff levels a lot more dramatically than i ever have before. we've grown over the last 10 years. typically 20 to 25% per year. this is the first decline we've seen in excess of 60%. >> reporter: so shattuck turned to his longtime banker, wells fargo, and asked about the arc loan program. >> my local banker who's a friend of mine and an outstanding nice guy looked me right in the eye and tell me there's no credit. we've talked to numerous local banks, um, we've basically been to

in other words, -- or in other words you could collin the democratization model. now it is a kind of roman senate. the difference between them is they say the blogostroika is a grass-roots phenomenon not waiting for the government's permission to take place. whereas another model for understanding the internet would be in -- this will be from the cuban government's perspective, and nelson fell thus represents their perspective in terms of how they see it -- nelson weill says represents their perspectives in terms of how they see it -- destabilization. in this case, it is not the roman senate, but the trojan horse is a better way to understand the internet, or explain the cuban government's reticence to open the internet because it feels it is under threat. in this sense, cuba is not best seen as a communist dictatorship, but as a developing country under threat by the world's largest military economic power and is very hesitant to open up because the stated policy of its neighbors is regime change -- weather is regime change in with the states or with the carrots

host: 4 collins, colorado, allen on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. i'm kind of nervous. it is the first time i've ever called but i work with an organization at fort collins that works with disabled kids. we cooperated with the cheyenne va and signed up for the horses for heroes program. i want to commend them, the army and the va, for going outside the box and doing whatever is good for the veterans. really works wonders, watching the mental and physical therapy that these veterans go through, working with horses, riding. it helps to balance them. i want to give them a high-five for doing a good job. guest: you know, alan, i am thrilled to be here for your first call. what he is doing is exactly what we want america to do, getting our soldiers out into the community, showing them what we ca -- what they can do. we have a lot of programs like this with other organizations. there are a lot of therapy programs like this that we're doing and other units. this one is a great idea. we have excursions' we do, we have a program called "ride to recovery," wh

it was interesting that senator susan collins was standing with joe lieberman in that senate piece. she doesn't sound to be very interested in supporting this. she sounds very reluctant. you heard senator mcconnell saying we have 40 votes against this bill. it's not happening. >> reporter: is it possible or even constructive at this point to look at the possibility of when there could be a final vote? >> yeah. i think, you know, they clearly have a plan. they have a schedule. whether they stick to that schedule is an open question. they really feel like they want to have this thing signed by the president by the state of the union address which is in late january. to do that certain things have to happen at certain times. at the need to pass it through the senate by the end of the year. of course there will be an agreement between the house and the senate. they need to pull that off. then the two houses have to vote again in january. so that's the schedule. it's a very important to them to stick to that. they want the president to be able to get up at his state of the union and say

finally, senator collins, senator bayh and i have a proposal, a proposal that has been endorsed by the national federation of independent businesses that would say that employers who are in the exchange, if the employer voluntarily says that they want to give their workers more choices, they could do so. in effect, it would say to the small employers in the exchange you and your workers will have a choice to have a choice. no employer is required to do anything but should they want to concentrate on making their widgets rather than being in the health insurance business, they would have the opportunity to do it. what they would give their worker would be tax free to the employer, tax free to the worker, and once again you bring the principles of choice and competition into the health care marketplace, move us closer to that day when the consumer can give the insurance company the ultimatum i have envisioned, which is treat me right or i go elsewhere. mr. president, i close by saying that in my view, the majority leader has laid the foundation for a new health care marketplace. i'd cert

francis collins on the latest developments in stem cell research. and how nih may be affected by the bill making its way through congress. newsmakers airs sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span treated -- on c-span. monday, an update by blair 1 levin. >> and now, a house subcommittee on how cyberspace is being used by terrorist groups to spread their message. the subcommittee on terrorism and unconventional threats is chaired by adam smith of washington. it is about one hour 5 minutes. >> what some. i appreciate everyone being here this afternoon. i think we have about an hour block to go through. i will make a few opening remarks and then turn it over to questions. i really appreciate the doctors being with us. several of us on the committee have been briefed a couple of times of what has been going on in cyberspace in regards to al qaeda. it is a very extensive part of the battlefield but i think that too few people on our side are aware of. al qaeda is on the internet, aggressively recruiting and trying to radicalize people

francis collins. dr. collins. >> thank you, bill. good morning, everyone. welcome to those of you attending here at n.i.h. -- it's a pleasure for us to host this discussion about vaccine preparedness and new contingencies to put together ideas for the future, many of which are quite exciting about i was in which the development of future vaccines for influenza and other infectious agents is actually a very rapidly-moving field in the scientific arena and which you will be hearing about in the course of this morning's presentation. happy to be able to host this seminar just h1n1 summit that was held here at n.i.h. back in july. at that point president obama put forward a four pillars to a plan that are constantly being revised and reconsidered. those four pillars are surveillance, secondly community mitigation measures, third vaccination, ourxd main topic today, and fourth communication which is also an important part of today's activities. we've learned a lot about the courset( of h1n1. over the course of the autumn as it returned to this country, and we ha

finally, senator collins, senter by and i have a proposal that has been endorsed by the national federation of independent businesses that would say that employers who are in the exchange if the employer voluntarily says that they want to give their workers more choices they could do so. in effect it would say to those small employers in the exchange you and your workers will have a choice to have a choice. no employer is required to do anything but should they want to concentrate on making their bridget's rather than being in the health insurance business they would have the opportunity to do it. what they would give their workers would be tax-free to the employer, tax-free to the worker and once again, you bring the principles of choice and competition into the health care marketplace, move us closer to that day when the consumer can give the insurance company the ultimatum might envisioned which is treat me right or i go elsewhere. mr. president, i close by saying that in my view the majority leader has laid the foundation for a new health care marketplace. i would certainly like to do m

in fact, just got a statement a few moments ago put out by senator susan collins of maine, she was saying she's expecting a briefing from the department of homeland security because she has a lot of questions starting with how did this person get these materials on the plane in the first place. >> larry: there's going to be a lot of questions asked of this administration about what security officials have been doing and have not been doing. >> and whether this person had any ties to an extremist organization as the government claims he said he has. if he did, should he have been on some list somewhere? there are a lot of questions. ed getting us a lot of answers in honolulu. we'll check in with you again. you're looking at a delta plane that was a northwest flight. delta and northwest have merged. the planes are all in the process of being changed over to delta planes but there are still northwest flights. that plane went from amsterdam to detroit. detroit is a major hub for what was northwest airlines and a longstanding relationship with klm. we did learn from representative peter king e

host: 4 collins, colorado, allen on the line for republicans. caller: good morning. i'm kind of nervous. it is the first time i've ever called but i work with an organization at fort collins that works with disabled kids. we cooperated with the cheyenne va and signed up for the horses for heroes program. i want to commend them, the army and the va, for going outside the box and doing whatever is good for the veterans. really works wonders, watching the mental and physical therapy that these veterans go through, working with horses, riding. it helps to balance them. i want to give them a high-five for doing a good job. guest: you know, alan, i am thrilled to be here for your first call. what he is doing is exactly what we want america to do, getting our soldiers out into the community, showing them what we ca -- what they can do. we have a lot of programs like this with other organizations. there are a lot of therapy programs like this that we're doing and other units. this one is a great idea. we have excursions' we do, we have a program called "ride to recovery," wh

i assume you have seen it, collin, or you would not be your. [laughter] did i mention how gutsy colin powell is? [laughter] able to accept the unknown and go forward. so today we unveil another work of art dedicated to this public servant and this great american. and i join all members of the foreign and civil service and the employees of the state department in thanking view for the time that you spent here. it is a great privilege to serve in this position and to look at the portrait of my predecessors as i walk around the seventh floor. now i will be able to look at your portrait as well. and it will give me great pleasure. thank you so much for everything. [applause] >> thank you so very much, thank you. [applause] thank you very much. thank you. thank you so very much, ladies and gentleman, and secretary clinton. hilary, i thank you for your kind remarks in hosting this ceremony. i especially want to thank your wonderful protocol staff, king townsend working closely with my staff and pulled this altogether. if i am deeply appreciative of a

i wanted to just follow up a little bit on senator collins' question. a foreign army alone cannot be an insurgency. the insurgency in afghanistan requires an afghan solution. this is their work. he went on to say any success must come and go by, with, and through the afghan government." and other words, without a legitimate, credible, reliable government afghan partner, it sounds like the strategy would be flawed. by all reports that we have, president karzai, as a result of a flawed or fraudulent election by default. he presides over a culture of corruption, and dependent on unfortunately, and opium economy. what i am concerned about is whether we are taking a leap of faith here with respect to our afghan government partner, and not irrespective of that, but related to that, if we are going to spent -- send 30 dozen more troops and expend additional u.s. dollars, should we not be looking for more a indices or evidence that he truly will be a partner that has a response from his own citizens and support of them, so that we are not just in there without

francis collins the director of the national!ynstitutes of health. during conversation he talked about religion including his own. here is an excerpt. >> i'm concerned about it. the integrity of biomedical research is something we must not compromise. the public counts on the results of the research to give trust worthy data and if it is discovered that investigators have been involved in such research and published parepers have undisclosed conflicts of financial interest that makes the field look less than it should be. so we have to tighten up on that. there is a process ongoing at n.i.h. to put out some new ideas about how our grantee institutions and investigators need to be more forth coming about disclosure. that will result in a proposed notice of rulemaking which will appear in the next month or two. it will be quite a change from the way n.i.h. has in the past largely left that to institutions. now n.i.h. will want to have a lot more information about what its investigators are up toç a far as any potential conflict. >> what type of infor

francis collins has been the director of the national institutes of health. a $30 billion budget is under his control. he is our guest this week on

collins interviewed by reporters from usa today and cq weekly.com. it airs at 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> good morning, everyone. today the judiciary committee is holding a second hearing on real authorize ition on the groundbreaking justice for all act, and the justice for all act includes the debbie smith rape kit reduction act, authorizing significant funding to reduce the backlog of untested rape kits so victims do not have to live in fear and we have seen this happening around the country. now we're going to examine some disturbing reports that despite the important progress we've made tone sure justice for rape victims, in too many jurisdictions, large numbers of kits continue to sit untested. when d.n.a. evidence taken from rape victims can be iewbsed to find and convict criminals and instead it sits on a shelf and rape victims are victimized once again and our communities become more dangerous rather than safer. that's unacceptable and we have to fix that problem. since we passed this law in 2004, it has resulted in hundreds of millions of doll

francis collins on the latest developments in stem cell research, the future of genome technology and how nih may be affected by the healthcare bill making its way through congress. he is interviewed by reporters from usa today and c.q. weekly.com. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] cheer clear next, broadband expansion in the united states and blair levine is back at the federal communications commission, this time as the omnibus broadband initiative executive director, and he is our guest this week on "the communictors." amy schotts of the wall street journal is joining in on the questioning. mr. levine, we're about 50-odd days away from the national broadband plan being presented to congress. can you give us a status update on that report? >> sure. as we set out in july, we have been getting status updates all along. in september, we laid out for the f.c.c. where we thought the state of broad broadband was in the united states. in november, we looked at the problems we needed to deal with. a couple weeks