see now a good country dogs is great for winning the pools and all but i think that all mr norman told probably was used to something a little while ago. i might not have been appropriately dressed but my hostess dilemma was kind enough not to comment on dr i'd been introduced to the local snake society she wished to be off to the docks for i knew the poor mr letterman told had met his end in a jewel so i was definitely on my best behavior and fortunately i was able to finish my waltz with my dignity and yellin is toast still intact. thank you very much limitless you get to see you here again and me too. i'm just outside the gates of your state there was even some area transport available. so sadly it's time to get back to the twenty first century but at least looking leave the nineteenth in an authentic fashion. to follow the herd or. unfortunately for me i'm like because horses get tired and i was dropped off still a fair distance from penza it was time to get hiking. walking for ages well i'm absolutely paul just quite tempted to start eating some of this snow well hopefully i think

norman, oklahoma. go ahead, vance. >> caller: hi, mr. tyrrell and peter. i just wanted to make a couple of observations. see how mr. tyrrell might respond to this. first, i'd like to say that i am a proud liberal and so was -- [inaudible] and so was friedrich high yak, and i think -- hayek, and i think your half-hearted defense of richard nixon really is absurd. i mean, milton proceedman called him the most socialist president in the 20th century -- milton friedman. so then i would also like to ask you what you think not only about the word liberal, but also about the fork in the road that the republican party -- >> guest: okay, hold it right there. hold it right there. >> host: stay on the line, vance. go ahead. >> guest: well, i had a generous remark about richard nixson, and i dare say milton friedman had a generous remark about richard nixon too. it doesn't mean that he was not our kind of person. but, you know, you can talk about people in politics, and you can admire them for what they do right. i only said that he had a very active interest in be --

mr. steven d. lewis, the city manager of city of norman, due to severe weather, mr. lewis was unable to travel but he is putting his statement in the record without objection and i know we will have him on the phone; is that correct? he cannot be on the phone? okay. we will not do that but i'm sure i will give extra time to senator inhofe to ask questions. really, i will. so you'll get 10 minutes for your questions. mr. chuck murray, general manager of fairfax water, dr. thomas burke, associate dean for public health practice and training johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health. so i think all of you probably were very interested in the first panel and we really need doneed your expertise and i ask that we come to order, and those leaving please do so quietly and we will start with you, mr. cook, president environmental working group. welcome. >> chairman boxer -- >> excuse me, let me interrupt for just a minute here. unfortunately, i will not be able to stay. i want to hear all of your opening statements. my concern is that you address the unfunded mandate p

mr. president times two. >>> two men had once worked together as antioch police officers go to court this afternoon to face charges that they worked together on stealing and selling drugs. norman wielsch is commander of the contra costa county's narcotics enforcement team. he is accused of stealing and selling drugs confiscated by his officers. private investigator chris butler is also under arrest. >>> pg&e is sharply raising its estimates of what it will cost to deal with last year's deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. the utility may ask for permission to pass some of that cost on to the customers. christin ayers is in san bruno with a look at the numbers, joins us now. good morning, christin. >> reporter: good morning, frank. it seems like the tab for the san bruno explosion just keeps growing and growing. and as you said, customers may soon be asked to foot the bill for the explosio last september. pg&e just announced its cost are far exceeding its estimates because of new tests and inspections addressing that deadly explosion. it's going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than the company originally estimated. that's in addition to the millions that pg&e is