least 12 republicans do plan to vote against hagel. his confirmation, even though is he a republican himself. only two have said they would vote for him at this point. and they are mike joehand of nebraska anded that cochran of mississippi. many are predicting hagel will be confirmed. i think for a cabinet office, 51 votes is generally considered the right standard for the senate to set and at that level, i think he makes it but i don t think he makes it with a lot of room to spare. senator blunt is among those planning to vote against hagel citing too many inconsistencies, harris? harris: you know, stif with that margin that he mentioned the 51 votes you wouldn t need very many republicans to vote in favor, nevertheless. thank you very much. okay. in alabama, prayers for a little boy held hostage and for the bus driver tonight. first, the 5-year-old child being held inside an underground bunker for a sixth day. police still keeping in constant communication with the man susp
and in times like these, of course, the red cross always there. stif bear with the american red cross on long island, new york, is here. are you there in. caller: yes, i am. thank you for joining us. how many shelters are open in and how many people are in them tonight? caller: i just left a couple of hours ago, the shelter in the community college. there were 500 people. just about all of them fast asleep. after having a good dinner in the shelter and comfortable and, you know, packed it in for the night. i am sure early in the morning, they will be anxious to leave. 500 people in just one shelter alone. how many shelters are open, do you know? caller: i believe suffolk county had four and three in nassau. a lot of people were told to evacuate and they heeded the warnings. what about meeting the medical
for america, and it was polled 800 veterans and i think it s because they know ultimately what maintains our strength, and our military strength. it doesn t mean we don t think that afghanistan is important, of course we do, thinking about every guy over there. at the end of the day it s that economy that feeds our military power, if we don t address our debt, a threat to our national security fwe don t get it back on track, veterans know that and that s what concerned vets for america tries to talk about. one of those tough decisions is cuts to the military. regarding sequestration and the mastif cuts coming down from the military. and how concerned are you about those? you ve got to be concerned about them. panetta calls them a meat ax to the defense budget. exactly what they are, and veterans knows there s waste in the defense department. we intoed to reform defense spending and you don t do that by chopping across the board.
new jersey supreme court told governor christi your education cuts illegal . ordering the governor to restore half billion to the state s public school . but stif, you say that is not the answer. new jersey supreme court is the living example of insanity doing the same thing again . on new jersey spends more percapita than any other states . they are doing it again. morgan, dc schools spends more money on stunes and yet the test scores are lower than anybody? there is a lot to report about this and do i think we should throw additional money be, no. states need to look hard and carefully at where and how they are slashing education. stockston, california the
and her school at high school is all about teaching that, it means to heal the world. it means that every person has a responsibility and an opportunity to bring their special gift to making the world a better place. so this really fit right into what she was already doing and what she was already committing to in her life. so, it was just it was just a great thing. rachle is very modest. if it were up to her, nobody would know. we thought this was a great opportunity to inspire other kids and also other parents. and just let people know so they know they can do something for the community. when i had told people i was running, i don t think even one person knew what it was before. reporter: what are you going to do differently aa young person who may have a fresher per speck stif, a younger perspective to help? these people have been doing it for years and they may think there s one way to do it. i m not going to change the way they do it. but i want to get more teenagers invo