they never -- she never use a 35 mm but a very large camera and whenever possible also a tripod parker she had a lot to low of around for gulf one it photojournalist said famously come if your pitchers are not enough what you are not close enough. lange could not get close enough and none of her pictures of the strikes and other similar conflicts turned out well. think this failure had to do a lot with the gender as well as disability. the violence terrified lange and she with trooper of labor movements often assumed of tactics, discourse and even in strategy. not interested in organizing with mint the organizing committee insulated themselves from the alternative strategies that women sometimes brought to the floor. while class violence was almost exclusively employer generated become it it nevertheless have the effect of excluding women. however tended she may happen physically coming in mind and spirit comment lange was extraordinarily brave. she defied natalee gender but it influenced from her san francisco-- one if strawberry photographer and of course, by paul taylor who was in t

>>eporter: george parker, a former math teacr is president the washington teachers union. >> there is belief that few of the fear that the chce of solution to improve in ecation is firing people. >> reporr: now for the first me since taking office, ri'slans may be in jeopardy. although she and t union have bn negotiating since december, th have knot en able to reach agreement on a conact. she is offering the teacrs a carrot, the ance to earn six figure salarys itheir student does well. but there is also a big stick. tenured teacrs have to give up job security f a year. then if theistudents do well, they get the money and they get their tenurback. t if not, they could lose their jobs. the way it works nown washingt and just about everywhere else is that teachersarn money based on how lo they've been in the system. right now a ten-ye veteran with masters degree earns just over $64,00 under ri's t-tiered proposal, tehers could stick with that apoach putting thatame teacher at $82,000 next year. t if teachers choose what is known as a pay for perfornce model and their students performell,

reservist soldier parker she eventually becomes in charge of the biggest initiative to bring americans versions of women's rights to the middle east. the other is a palestinian american activist and working for women for women international in iraq trying to help iraqi women fell the grass roots effort. >> you follow them throughout the ground from your stay? >> was there from may 2003 through 2005. >> what changes they use the? to agree with from a country that was thrilled at the thought of usair overthrowing saddam hussein and the potential to rebuild the country, to really a realization that the u.s. quite did not know what it was doing or prepared for the problems that it faced. six entry was spinning slowly add of control precut became it was a very safe place in the beginning but very dangerous place by the end. >> the women come from different backgrounds. how did they see a change as how they were treated as women. >> they have a lot of freedom center sadam hussain but they lost them immediately with the war. there was security and under house arrest for a long time. it got wo

. >> a freshman democrat from northern alabama -- huntsville, alabama, parker griffith, who democrats have been a very competitive seat -- retiring congressman bud kramer who had been a democrat -- was a democrat. democrats spent a million dollars to win that seat. and anytime anybody leaves a party -- and especially condemns the party or -- or indites his party on the way out as he -- indicts has party on the way out and joins the opposition it's not insignificant -- mr. -- mr. griffith probably nobody had heard of before this week tried to cast it in moral terms that it was a philosophical move. >> brown: that went over well with his colleagues. >> it's about self-preservation -- it makes you yearn for the unvarnished candor of arlen specter who, when he left arlen specter became a democrat from pennsylvania earlier this year -- he conceded very frankly he couldn't win the republican primary, he could not win in november as an independent so he became a democrat and there was something -- there was no paul on the road to damascus, some epiphany, this was all about self-preservation

dear madam chair, this is to advise you that representative parker griffith election to the committee on small business has been automatically vacated pursuant to clause 5-b of rule 10 effective today. signed sincerely, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house. the honorable bart gordon, chairman, committee on science and technology, dear mr. chair, this is to advise you that representative parker griffith election to the committee on science and technology has been automatically vacated pursuant to clause 5-b of rule 10 effective today. signed, sincerely, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 97 , the house shall stand adjourned until 10:00 a.m. on saturday, december 26, 2009 unless the conditions specified in section 11-c of that resolution have been met, in which case the house shall stand adjourned sine die pursuant to house concurrent resolut >> several official statements on rep parker griffith from alabama who yesterday announced he was switching from the republican party to the democratic party. the house will be ba

freshman democrat parker griffith of alabama announced today he is switching sides. he opposed the economic stimulus package and health care legislation, and had one of the most conservative voting records of any house democrat. democrats still control the house by a substantial margin. in economic news, re-sales of existing homes soared in november to the highest level in nearly three years. the national association of realtors said it was due to low mortgage interest rates and a federal tax credit. the housing data helped wall street rally. the dow jones industrial average gained more than 50 points to close near 10,465. the nasdaq rose 15 points to close at 2,252. negotiations intensified today for a prisoner swap between israel and hamas. the islamic militant group that rules gaza has offered to release israeli army sergeant gilad shalit. he was captured more than three years ago. in turn, israel would free 1,000 palestinian prisoners. but hamas complained the israelis were dragging their feet. >> this deal has various aspects and the resistance is working on the

we worked four days, four months on a bipartisan basis to give health care reform past parker are watched it happen. those senators were in good faith. they wanted to pass health care reform. they asked very good questions. senator snowe asked very good questions. senator grassley, we worked to give health care reform her third you know, what happened? i could feel that happening. one by one they started to drift away. they wanted to pass health care reform and act on a bipartisan basis but pressured, pressured from their political party not to do it. not to do it. not to do it. why? unfortunately they gave in to the pressure because their leadership wanted to make a political statement. one senator said make this obama of waterloo. they did not want to work with us on that side of the aisle because they wanted to make a public a call statement, but tax of the bill. that is what they are trying to do. i asked mr. president, where is the courage? where is the courage? war republican senator will say stand up and work together? which also a stand-up and work together? this senator tried mig

thanks. >> a question for robert gibbs about parker griffith. news that parker griffith, a freshman democrat will announce he is switching parties to become a republican. that will take place this afternoon in his district in northern alabama. the senate is in day 19 of debate on health care legislation. democrats passed the bill through procedural votes this morning, paving the way for more debate, although there were also hints from the majority and minority leaders that negotiations were under way to shorten the workweek, but a final vote is now set for christmas eve. you can watch the senate live on our companion network, c-span2. it is a senate hearing]i on the back lot of dna evidence collected for unsolved rape cases. tens of thousands of rape kits had not been tested. we will hear testimony from law- enforcement and a rape victim who is now a dna testing at the kit. this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. today a committee is holding a second hearing on the reauthorization of the ground- breaking justice for all act.

were dirt-poor four years while western europe his burning coal, getting rich and building skyscrapers parker is just 32 trickle and then the u.n. says and by the way that cheap energy? you cannot do that it a more. you will not stand for that if you are the third world. i think if we will get anything, the rich countries will go ahead and constrained 30 missions and then pay for subsidizing clean energy in the three days third world. that is the most you get as far as co-operation. more questions? i will follow-up on the global warming stuff right now. general electric is having eighth joint venture called greenhouse guest services that deals with carbon offset and greenhouse guest. what they have done for example,, they have on a trash heap bid north carolina they are sucking all the methane guest. 23 more times as powerful as carbon dioxide. they turn that into co2 which lowers dioxide levels. google pays them to do it because google gets the greenhouse guest credits because they are destroying methane. what does google do? they say we are curbing neutral but if the government mandates you

. >> last weekend a much-loved leicestershire teacher, mark parker, died aged only 56 following a hypoglycemic attack because of his diabetes. we currently spend 1 million pounds an hour on treating diabetes-related illnesses, but there are still an estimated 7 million britons who have a pre- diabetes condition, probably including members of parliament. i was diagnosed only three years ago. what steps is the government going to take to ensure that every person in this country has access to a diabetes test? that would save money, and in the long run save lives. >> he is absolutely right about the importance of dealing with diabetes. the test for identifying those at risk of developing type 2 diabetes is included in the nhs health check that will be offered to those aged 40 to 74. it will also assess people's risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease, and help individuals to manage that risk. we believe that we will be able to identify at least 20,000 cases of diabetes and kidney disease earlier, and that will be important for the health of our country and for preventing the further costs

. >> last weekend mark parker died aged only 56 following a hypoglycemic attack because of his diabetes that we can only spend 1 million pounds an hour on treating diabetes related illnesses. but there are still an estimated 7 million britons who have prediabetes condition including probably members in his house. i was diagnosed only three years ago. what steps to ensure that every person in his country has access to diabetes tested this will save money and in the long run save lives because he is right about the importance of dealing with diabetes. i have to say to him that the test identifying those at risk or having a developing type two diabetes is included within the nhs health test which will be offered for those aged between 40 and 74 that it will also assess people's risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease and help individuals manage that risk. we believe that we will be able to get by at least 20000 cases of diabetes and tb disease earlier, and that is very important both to the health of our country and to preventing further costs as a result of people suffering from

myself in his place, fearing not be, fearing the eyes of strangers, fearing not the darkness one of the parker what might happen to me if i surrendered myself to sleep there, but the distain a pity of strangers who would never be anything but strangers and feeling this i thought i could find a way into his story if he decided he would let me tell it, as he eventually did. the other day someone told me i was a purposeful writer. i think that is a word. i think she meant writing aims to expose and analyze important problems and offer persuasive solutions but somehow it seems important to say that i don't deserve that compliment. other writers do. riders to understand that the world's recurring catastrophes, the grossly inequitable distribution of health for instance or the bens flexible war and genocide aren't accidents but the products of socioeconomic and political structures with histories that can be honored to. >> writers focus their books on large groups of people. they may pause know and then to describe individuals but as a rule they do this in order to illustrate points they want to mak

somebody in the military parker does his religion have anything to do with what he did or he did that because of other reasons mentioned earlier like the pressures? >> i did talk about this earlier perk right thing his religion was a factor, but from my perspective in the research i have been doing especially on ptsd and secondary trauma but not the major factor. with his religion, the fbi already said there is nothing linking this guy too any extra no group. he acted alone and no evidence to support it was out tied up or anything like this. but as i said earlier, this is a guy and i have talked to some army shrinks slightly and even some of four hood, clearly this is a guy who had secondary trauma from ongoing counseling with one soldier after another. he worked at walter reed giving direct psychiatric ptsd counseling to vets who have lost legs, arms, horribly disfigured, hearing one nightmare story after another. that is what happens when you do ptsd counseling. he had a major case load increasing and needed counseling himself. of that is what i talk about how chuck luther a two-tim

point of the chinese test of 1964 and with that the and dank community began to give serious thought parker it is a country with a lot of talented people but ghandi put the stamp of approval in 1967. the initial massive health in terms of technology and the first was me 1974. interesting thing about that test, first of all, we never saw it coming. was at the pentagon then we said the indians had done in nuclear test but the satellites showed nothing but that is because they dug the test told by hand. maybe they did not want it to be seen that for whatever reason they dug it by hand. and something most bureaucrats wedded meyer is the minister of defense or her foreign secretary or any other national operatives that she had a nuclear weapons program until four weeks before the first test. they inspired a few years after they decided to go. pakistan number eight. that is the scary part. it was a 1971 civil war in bangladesh that was off of the mainland and that civil war was assisted and the next impetus came from a nuclear test in 1974 the pakistani program was not under way but really not an

good example of that journey from the new deal democrat as he was to expounding a reagan revolution parker a fair real majority is over. it is over. three big revolutions are happening in the united states today. first, we have a new demography. that revolution is a racial revolution. when the real majority was in full swing, nine out of 10 voters were white. in 2004 that is 77% of the electorate that is the reasons why i say watch the number, it is declining. of course, it declines even more in 2008 at 74%. partly because we have the first african-american run for president with barack obama. but that number was going to decline any way. why? because by 2042 whites would be a minority throughout the united states by 2042. of the census bureau a four years ago estimated 2050. and as a parent of a 12 year-old, i think about what country he is living in? and i see it already in the schools that she goes to. and her school, she is a minority of being white. what is going on? immigration. we have more foreign-born with and in the state of california today than people in new jersey. there are m

obviously candace parker. right now because they're such a young team, you know, they have seven sophomores, it looks like they're really searching to see where their next basket is coming from. >> mary: they do not have any rhythm. their leading scorer is stricklen, then bjorklund. so your guards are your one and your two. so i was maybe expecting pat to come back with cain even when appel is on the floor, maybe try to take advantage and not have to bang away with big jayne appel. >> jim: remember what pat said earlier in the week, their problem is they've been inconsistent with their effort, turning it on and off, it's hurting them right now. under two minutes now to play. stanford has slowly taken control of this game. not a good entry pass. peders pedersen. 12 seconds on the shot clock. >> lisa: i'm sure they're trying to get tennessee to hang their hats on their defense is what they're most known for. they've mixed it up man-to-man and went zone as well. >> mary: stanford has 28 points and they've done a

parker ran on the issues, not on, you know, a gay agenda. she served our city for many, many years. she's been a friend of our church. >> larry: washington, d.c. passed the same-sex marriage. although you're against it, do you have a feeling it's coming? >> you know what? i don't know. it seems like that the majority of votes that i see, the places that have voted, have voted against it. maybe i'm not up to speed. i thought i read where 37 states -- >> larry: they get closer, the votes. >> i'm not necessarily afraid. it's my wish that we would keep marriage strictly between a male and female. i think we're in a democracy and people get to vote. >> larry: do you have a resolution for the new year, victoria? you're a perfect couple. >> we always want it to be new and fresh and you hope for the very -- that it will all be good. the resolution is really just to not be perfect but to do better than i did last year. >> larry: what about you, joel? >> you know, i set some goals for the new year. >> larry: like? >> just ways to touch more people and just really be focused on our time and ou

and anisse parker, she ran on the issue, not a gay agenda. she served our city for many, many years. she's a friend of our church. we wouldn't be where we are if it weren't for her. >> larry: same-sex marriage, even though you're against it, do you have a feeling it's coming? >> you know, i don't know. it seems like the majority of votes that i see, the places that have voted, voted against it. i thought 37 states -- >> larry: but they're getting close in the votes. >> i'm not necessarily afraid. it's my wish that we would keep marriage strictly between a male and a female, but we're a democracy and people get to vote. >> larry: do you have a resolution, victoria, do you make resolution. you're a perfect couple. what do you have to resolve? >> you want to keep it new and fresh and that it will always be good. the resolution is not to be perfect but to do better than i did last year. >> larry: what about you, joel? >> you know, i've set some goals for the new year. >> larry: like? >> just ways we can touch more people and really be focused on

i took this picture in a refugee camp near el parker. this is a child who's living there, who's still full of life and passion and compassion for everyone around her. i'm finding in the exhibitions, i'm doing the speak to a lot of people. i want to give it to a lis 15, who helped organization the event tonight. [applause] >> okay. so david martin, he and i had the pleasure of going to peru together a couple of years ago. i guess it would be almost a small thing to say, but we bonded. 24/7 for 14 days. you get to know somebody. and he and his wife had been incredible in support of this book. i told them a few months ago that i had a gift for them. i kept meaning to mail it so i couldn't get around to him. i'm going to hand it to colleen if she will come up here for one second. for those of you at home, this is cover image for your support of the book. >> and there's a person here tonight, you know, who never gets enough credit. his name is peter buffett. let's give peter a round of applause. you might think -- [laughter] >> you know, it j

. >> reporter: geoe parker is president of t teachers' unio i think to some degree, the ght have been an intentional effort to target some tehers to get ridf them and the way u do that is that you go out and you hire additnal teachers cause somewhere down the lin you intend to use those tehers toeplace certain targeted teachers. >> reporter: fueling parkes suspicions are public commen by rhee and her team. early last year, her heaof profesonal development spoke with us abouwashington's tehers. >> 50% d't have the right mindset, and there is a possibility that morof them don't have the contentnowledge to do thjob. >> reporter:nd rhee has been open about her operatingtyle since our first interview o years ago. are you a le-breaker? i think what i am is somebo who is focused on thend result that i think needs to happenso if the rule is standing in the way of that, will question those rules. i will bend the rules. >> reporter: aan education conference two wee after the layoffs, i askedhee and her boss, mayor adrian fenti abo the controvers >> they're saying because yo overhired, you have

. >> reporter: teachers' union president george parker is watching rhee closely. >> we have to move the discussion away from hiring and firing of any number of employees and begin to move the discussion to what kinds of supports are we going to put in place in our district to support teachers a and children. >> reporter: while rhee was seeking greater control over her central office, the contract with the teachers expired. >> chancellor rhee, can you tell us are you seeking similar type of authority to allow you to fire teachers in the future? >> absolutely. we have to ensure in whatever contract that we have that we are able to remove ineffective teachers from their positions. >> reporter: rhee will have to negotiate a new contract with the teachers' union in the coming months. many ex-sperkt her to focus on hiring and firing. >> the chancellor already has more than enough authority to remove from the system any teachers that are deemed ineffective or incompetent. i cannot at this point imagine what any... what additional authority the chancellor would need in order to remove ineffecti

. >> in his home state of alabama, congressman parker griffith announced he is switching parties. the first term democrat says he will join the republican party. this is about 15 minutes. >> thank you for being here. i appreciated. this is a big day. it is a big day for me. it has been a tough decision. my family and i have thought about it. i just want to say thank you for taking the time of the middle of the day. it has been an immense pleasure. as most of you know, i was elected by the people of north alabama as an independent conservative congressman. i am pro-business, pro-live, pro-second amendment, and have worked hard to support our defense programs and represent our alabama values. however, as the 111th congress has progressed, i have become increasingly concerned that the bills and policies pushed by the current democratic leadership are not good for north alabama or our nation. and more important, they do not represent my values and convictions. while i voted against health care, cap and trade, and huge stimulus bill, i now believe i have to go further and stand with th

a lot of anti-gay rhetoric, but apparently annise parker is the apparent winner. more from the houston chronicle dot com. caller from ohio. caller: i think we've reached the tipping point. we may well stee what the civil war could not do, the undoing of this country from a fiscal standpoint. and i suspect that texas will be the first to withdraw from this union, bissed on the fact it was a republican who came in and has the only legal right apparently to withdraw from the union. if that happens, you will see the demice of the -- demiesñr o the united states. you cannot snub your nose at god for -- or the constitution. you cannot spend your way out of a resession when you don't have the money. we have borrowed on credit cards tot maximum, and this may well be the year of the tipping point. i think we got what we asked for, and i think we're going to probably be very sorry in the future, and certainly our children and our grandchildren will be sorry. host: if you just joined us, we're reading from "the washington post" outlook section. "the year is over, but is it

. >> lastly there is real news on house side with alabama congressman parker griffeth switching parties from the democrats to republican party. how is that news been greeted on capitol hill, on the senate side? >> definitely something i would not be surprised if the republicans seize upon that as, evidence that, the voters are making, that these opinion polls and their arguments this bill is unpopular is making some kind of an impact. one of the interesting things is that, this, this latest announcement is, coming on the heels of a couple of republican house members, sorry, democratic house members who said they're not going to seek reelection also from the south. so, i think it would be interesting to see, particularly with blanche lincoln from arkansas, who is from a conservative state and has been voting with democrats, whether there, republicans i expect would make links between her and representative griffin is expected to announce this afternoon. >> covering the senate health care debate. kathleen hunter of congressional quarterly. >> thank you. >> follow all the gavel to gavel co

i thank my good friend, miami-dade police director, bobby parker, for all that he has done for our community in south florida, and i truly wish him all the best in his years to come. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. mr. murphy: madam speaker, since our economy bottomed out in late winter and democrats took bold -- but more can be done and more must be done. so as rerecover from the most severe recessions in our nation's history, democrats will focus on helping americans on main street, not wall street. we will build upon the momentum we created for positive growth in our economy and bring to the house floor strong legislation to create jobs. american families are depending on their leaders to focus their attention on job creation and make the difficult decisions necessary to curb unemployment and begin growing our job force once again.

parkers berg, west virginia. jeff from republicans. good morning. caller: i don't think bringing the prisoners here to illinois or new york to try them is a good thing. opens the door to let them be re&eased for the simple fact that when you bring them here and try them in a civilian court, they're liable for our rules of how our courts decide what evidence can be used against them. they can decide that the evidence that was found ouá by using torture - so-called torture - can be disemploy bowed and be found innocent. the whole purpose of them tried by a military court, was to be so that they can use that stu#f. they was tried already and convicted. - and we need to standby the military court. it's worked so many years for us and worked us in the second world war and worked for us in trials that happened over in bosnia. nobody has said anything about that. host: you think making proposal to bring them out of guantanamo administration is expressing that it's not particularly satisfied or iá doesn't really have the confidence that you have in a mili

i'm a fan of charlie parker and miles davis, great jazz musicians. i think all musicians respect miles davis, as maybe of the greatest influence on their lives regardless of whether they're rockersed on blues musicians or jazz performers. i thank the chairman for his appreciation of what's a uniquely american cultural achievement and with that the world holds dear and respects america for its appreciation of jazz, an art form that's being lost to our students that needs to be taught in our schools and maintained as a living and breathing expression of american artistry. thank you for the time, i yield back the remainder and thank the chairman for bringing this resolution. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas has yielded the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i yield myself one minute merely to say that i appreciate the gentleman from tennessee because an earlier jazz started in his state in memphis in nashville, and the roots of it were embedded in the modern jazz that the -- of the music that we reaffirm to

a picture of the mayor-elect, how parker won and what lies ahead. "the houston chronicle" and their analysis of the election in houston over the weekend. 11 newspaper to look at this morning, inside "usa today." white house backed out for the holidays. photos from inside-the white house that will greet bankers today as they meet with president obama. last call, from rome, n.y., james an independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment in the but about the unemployment -- on the unemployment. i was making $40,000 to $50,000 between salary and commission. what is going on now, with the amount of the economy and what is going on, the tree is getting shaken. these companies are taking commissions and your benefits and cutting them so bad that you can't even afford to live and pay your bills and then eventually you have to go look for another job which cost you more money. i ended up getting fired because -- host: what job did you get fired from? caller: i was going insurance selling, home and auto. i used to do mortgages, unfo

. >> alabama freshman congressman parker griffith announced he is switching party affiliation from democrat to republican and cited health care legislation, the economic stimulus package and other measures where he differs with the house democratic leadership. from huntsville, alabama, this is about 15 minutes. >> thank you very much for being here. i appreciate it. this is a big day, a big day for me. it's been a tough, tough decision for virginia and i and my family who have thought it out, but i just want to say thank you for taking the time out of the middle of the day. it's been an immense pleasure to serve the fifth congressional district of alabama this last year. as most of you know, i was elected by the people of north alabama as an independent conservative congressman. i am pro business, pro life, pro second amendment and have worked hard to support our space and defense programs and represent our alabama values. however, as the 111th congress has progressed, i have become increasingly concerned that the bills and policies pushed by the current democratic leadership are not good f

rep parker creek it decides to change parties. finally, the report from the annual meeting of the gulf cooperation council. >> the proposal to protect security proposals. the group responsible for recovering money from investors. -- money for investors. >> this hearing of the subcommittee on capital markets will come to order. i ask unanimous consent that permission be granted to anybody who is a non member of the subcommittee who is present today to sit with the subcommittee. pursuant to committee rules, each side will have 15 minutes for opening statements without objection. opening statements will be made part of the record. the morning, everyone. one year ago, federal authorities arrested mad bernardoff -- bernard madoff for perpetrating the largest ponzi scheme in history. we are examining for the third time this massive securities fraud. this is a case study to guide our work in reshaping and reforming our financial services regulatory system. last month, our committee hashr3817, the investor protection act. the house will b

we keep calling the airlines something that what they are parker regional carrier? a flight from canada to mexico. we need to get away trying to pigeonholed because they fly just 50 passengers. >> one of the things that we discussed the are you believe the regional pilates, some of them are flying shorter flights but the flight time is more stressful because it involves more takeoffs and landings and actually doing more during that time. wonder should we take that into account as opposed to looking at time in that her? >> yes. take that issue into account of the frequency of the legs and the workloads that involves. it is interesting that area is that have the least amount of research done in a lot of work has done old trial long haul and time zone shift. more work is being done in that area and it is critical to take into account. and as they understand the rules described will take this up and down into account. >> what to redo about learning from what other countries have done? one thing they talk about it is allowed 91 piloted to nap if the other one is the way.

. >> freshman democratic house member parker griffith of alabama has announced in the past hour that he is switching to the republican party. here now is his brief announcement from owensville, alabama. -- huntsville, alabama. >> it has been a tough decision for virginia and i, my family. but this one to say thank you for taking time out of the middle of the day. -- i just want to say thank you for taking time out of the middle of the day. it has been a pleasure to serve this past year. i was elected by the people of north alabama as an independent conservative congressman. i'm a pro-business, pro life, pro-second amendment, and have worked hard to support our brands and represent alabama's that these good as the 111th congress has progressed, i am concerned that the bills and policies pushed by the current democratic leadership are not good for north alabama or our nation. more importantly, they do not represent myçó values and convictions. while i voted against health4++ care, i voted against cap-and- trade, and two huge spending stimulus bill, i now believe that i have to go eve

a picture of the mayor-elect, how parker won and what lies ahead. "the houston chronicle" and their analysis of the election in houston over the weekend. 11 newspaper to look at this morning, inside "usa today." white house backed out for the holidays. photos from inside-the white house that will greet bankers today as they meet with president obama. last call, from rome, n.y., james an independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment in the but about the unemployment -- on the unemployment. i was making $40,000 to $50,000 between salary and commission. what is going on now, with the amount of the economy and what is going on, the tree is getting shaken. these companies are taking commissions and your benefits and cutting them so bad that you can't even afford to live and pay your bills and then eventually you have to go look for another job which cost you more money. i ended up getting fired because -- host: what job did you get fired from? caller: i was going insurance selling, home and auto. i used to do mortgages, unfo

i'm also very proud because as a native estonian, he was instrumental in helping elect and each parker to be the first openly gay mayor in the entire country. at least of a major city. so i'm usually excited that he is here today. we are moving into money. so we will be raising money for the rest of the afternoon. we're going to be raising money sporadically to the rest of this class. but this is your first foray into money. switch brains for a moment. it's not about how many votes you need for the next two hours, it's about how many dollars you need. are you ready? all right, jason, take it away. >> how's everybody doing? good. can everyone hear me okay? good. i really want this -- you probably heard this several times. i want this to be as interactive as possible. were going to go over some working with major donors 101. and then at the end will spend about 20 or 30 minutes role-playing. of some situations worked out, it's a hopefully we'll have some volunteers to do that. but if you have a question at any point, please interrupt me. that's the way i want this to work. and we'll just