to keep our nation strong, free, and prosperous. so stand strong. thank you. god bless you, god bless iowa and the united states of america. [applause] let s give an iowa welcome to the iowa energy forum. ladies and gentlemen, the following are iowa citizens speaking about the importance of america s energy security. my feeling has always been we are short. people talk about it. i don t think we re short on energy. i believe there s enough energy on the soil and in the oceans to supply us for many, many years, and we don t even know how much is there. it s very important to the state of iowa. one in 11 people of the state of iowa receives a paycheck because of the trucking industry. and the trucks for delivery of good delivered on a daily basis. not only for the trucking industry, but for everybody in the united states. energy is important to our livelihood. it s important to our economy, and it needs to be the number one priority among lawmakers and decision makers.
that is the conclusion of the republican straw poll. you can see the three top finishers on your screen. we heard a little bit ago from the fourth place senator, rick santorum. rick perry announced his today and finished sixth as a right in candidates. he was in south carolina today. but she out the less, finishing out 10th, mitt romney. in 10th place, congressman and thaddeus. we are going to take a look at cyber security. this week on the communicators, two legislators discuss cyber security issues. it he is the chair of the task force. jim is the co-founder of the caucus. this is the communicators program. we re continuing our discussion on the cyber security. joining us is mac thornberry who serves as head of the task force on cyber security. thank you for being here. different martinez of politico is our recorder. what are the cyber security needs of the u.s. to defend against? do you think the white house plan introduced in may addresses those needs? the count
well, ladies and gentlemen, it is now my flows introduce our next speaker. and she has an thumb contagious to everyone around her. ascended to the iowa senate and quickly rose to become lieutenant governor last november. since taking office, she has spear headed so of the most ambitious educational and tech in a logical advances in years. her tireless and unending optimism make her an outstanding voice for the republican of iowa. she understands budgets and has never forget at any rural iowa values she was raised with. welcome me in join me in welcoming lieutenant governor kim roons. good afternoon and thank you to the thousands of iowans who have ventured here. today all eyes are on aim aims, iowa. i could not be more excited to be here today with governor braham sted. we have not had a sitting republican iowa governor at the straw poll since 1995, and what a breath of fresh air. today it is my honor to stand before you in ames and do the work our party entrusted t
the government, they tell you what it feels like when you add the humidity in there, 116. when s the last time the heat index was report as an actual temperature? it hasn t been. but it looks like they re trying to get away with doing that now. rush, i have a question. by that logic is the windchill factor a government plot to deny global warming? thank you for that one. all it takes for me is a walk outside here in new york to question the logic. next up, no secret the country is getting fed up with the fact that there s yet to be a deal reached on the debt ceiling. two union leaders in west virginia took it upon themselves to come up with their own solution to paying back the nation s debt and making a point at the same time. they sent the following e-mail to speaker john mainer. in support of your effort to continue millionaire s and corporations outrageous tax cuts, we re advising you of the
just a moment. nbc s kelly o donnell joins us with the latest from capitol hill. kelly some. we expect a major change to be announced in how the debt talks will go forward. we all know the deadline is pressing and we know from the house gop leadership aides that the speaker sent out a letter to lenders, contacted majority leader harry reid and the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell to talk about changing how this is being done tp. that is prompting the president to come forward and make his own statement about where things stand. as you know, the big, big divide has been over key issues. taxes and entitlements. republicans don t want to see any tax increases. democrats do and on the other side there has been a lot of discussion about how could there be shared pain for both parties to get a deal where there would be some changes to entitlements. that s tough for democrats and some change in the tax code that would increase how much the government takes in but do it in a