that s always where my heart is at. bill: there s a certain symbolism in this, too, do you think, or for you, is it more than symbolic? i think there s a lot of reasons why i m doing it and why folks, other freshmen are doing it, but it s dollars, but it s also this not getting too comfortable philosophy. we re kind of living and practicing the philosophy that we talked about on the campaign trail, which is fiscal conservatism. bill: you re a tough guy, by the way, wife and six kids in wisconsin. sorry about the packers by the way. we have a picture that our viewers will not know. you re a champion lumber jack. i am. bill: you scale the best of them! log rolling, ski climbing, chopping and sewing. we got great mileage out of the lumber jack commercials. i m a world champion speed pole climber. if you haven t seen t. i think you d be very good at it, it s racing up and town a pole, and in wisconsin,
back to you, thanks, greg. reporter: thanks, martha. martha: breaking news, in northern ohio, where an evacuation is underway after a major gas leak sparking more than a dozen fires. in the neighborhood, according to reports, everyone has been ordered to shut off their main gas line, and in the town of fairport harbor, population, 3200, east of cleveland, 20 miles, and the turn sits on lake erie and it is cold today. 7°, for the people living there. and the firefighters responding. we talked to the mayor about 30 minutes ago and he says 8 to 10 homes, caught on fire, as a result of gas leaks and explosions, and all of the fires have been contained, 8 to 10 he was reporting but, there is still a lot of caution and the danger the mayor says, is not over. so, we re working the story, too. in northern ohio. back to that when there are more developments. martha: a lot going on this morning. and we want to give you this story, as well, we talked about this on friday, and the question
casinos, and they con provide a lot of jobs, of course, and bring in big tax revenues, but, some argue that all of that profit comes at the expense of the people the state provides for, and the experiment has been tried before with mixed results an phil keating joins me live in miami beach, florida with a look at what they are trying. good morning, phil. reporter: good morning, martha. miami beach, world-famous and has pretty much everything you want in a tourist destination, sand, surf, the sunshine, but, for everything that you can do down here, in miami beach and certain south beach with the hotels an nightlife and restaurants, casino gambling is illegal. we aren t looking for vague. i don t want vague at all. reporter: republican senator ellen bogdanoff opposes gambling and tried to ended the florida lottery at one point but today supports a bill in development for the upcoming legislative session that would bring 4-5
martha: all right, we ve got a lot of breaking news going on here this morning. first we want to update you on this moscow blast, still wait to go find out what the cause of this. there were reports it was a suicide bomber. we re still drilling down on all of these details. but we can tell you, and attribute to the state news agency of russia, 23 people at least are dead in this explosion, 130 is the rough number right now said to be injured in this blast in moscow s busiest international commercial airport, where a lot of folks from europe and the united states are coming and going in that international hub, somewhere near the baggage area is some of what we re seeing in these early reports. we re going to continue to stay on top of this. greg palkot is working this story, he s going to get us new details. we re waiting for pictures and video to come in on this
is continuous and hyper vigilant on all levels. bill: are we getting better at it, progressing? how so. absolutely. you can see tremendous leaps and bounds of incremental progression, gaining intelligence and getting the people in, which is great and the advances in technical, biometric screening and facial imaging and all of these initiatives, in totality, have helped without a doubt in new york city, specifically, in preventing a lot of people from no longer breathing. bill: let s hope it stays that way. absolutely. pat brosnan from n.y.p.d., former detective here, in new york. appreciate your expertise. my pleasure. martha: well, big debate being waged in many states and cities across the country about the massive debt and in florida, many lawmakers are gambling on