we were pushing the envelope in terms of its traditions and our release of excerpts. carol, you are quiet over there. are you guys monitoring or is google it is google + we re not taking any questions. would it that we could. the president said anything about [unintelligible] does he believe in this town of sergeant that these are good things for the country? the president believes that the primary process is the way that we in this country choose our nominees. he participated in a long process for years ago. he looks forward to the time when there is a nominee from the other party and for that debate to be joined. the process has a long tradition behind it. there was a report a week ago that the labor department and other agencies had already given their thumbs up to an executive order that would expand the existing executive order barring discrimination in federal contracting based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and that the issue is at the white
six brothers and r sisters from ireland to america. at ellis island sean patrick gillespie became john patrick gillespie. in the grits neighborhoods of north philadelphia he became known as jack. he served his adopted country in world war ii earning two purple heart, a bronze star, a bronze star with oak leaf cluser and aa siller star in some of the bloodiest fighting in the european theater. he worked as a janitor with his wife, connie. he bought a mom and pop grocery store and saved enough nomoney life every irishman s dream. he bought his own bar. jack [ applause ] jack and connie gillespie made their six children the first on either side of the father, the first generation to ever attend college. i m one of those children, the son of an irish i am grant who came here illegally, worked hard and made a better life for himself and his family and helped make the world a safer, better place. jack gillespie was born in irish but he died a great american, and i am proud to
think we can do the job we need to do for the american people and with the american people. on border patrol, in canada, the beyond the border agreement includes a pilot project for pre-clearance on cargo on the canadian side. when will this pilot project be award and had will there be a project like the bridge project considered? let me tell you what pre-clearance is. that s basically doing the whole customs process abroad. and we have that in several locations around the world. it is an important tool that we can use. it is expensive. so we can t do it everywhere, but in certain places we can, and we think we ll be adding some more pre-clearance locations in 2012. in canada, i think we re moving. the issue with the peace bridge is one that s associated with that, but that s something that we re working on very hard with the authorities there. we seem that the next great threat will come in the form of a pandemic or other biological related crisis. can you tell how it wo
words about the devastating torms t good afternoon.ha i want to talk about the devastating storms that have ripped through the united states. especially in alabama. in a matter of hours, these deadly tornadoes, some of the worst that we ve seen in decades, took mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors, even entire communities. others are injured and some are still missing, and in many places, the damage to homes and businesses is nothing short of catastrophic. we can t control when or where a terrible storm may strike, but we can control how we respond to it, and i want every american affected by this disaster to know that the federal government will do everything we can to help you recover, and we will stand with you as you rebuild. i ve already spoken to the governors of alabama, virginia, mississippi, tennessee, and georgia, and i ve let them know that we are ready to help in any possible way. i ve declared a state of emergency in alabama so we can
host: the phone numbers are on your screen. there have been 133 shuttle flights since 1981. nassau nasa moves another step closer. we want to know what is the future of nasa. stock dial the in now. million is the distance nasa has traveled. host: president obama canceled bush paused proposed replacement for the shuttle program, putting in its place bigger plans for sending astronauts to land on an astronaut asteroid. you are our first caller. what is the future of nasa? caller: good morning to you. sometimes i m hard on you because i think you re more of a libertarian host. that is ok. as it relates to nasa, think obama has a right. i am a big fan of what he s doing with space. a doctor who is an ex-nasa asinine astronaut has an engine that is developed, will be able to go to mars instead of taking three to six months. think about that. they compared they can stack 3 together. it looks like a lot of the people in congress, particularly in republican districts in the s