michele norris i want to read you a quote from michelle bachmann. she seems to be leading more to this idea to run for president. she says what i love about new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you were the state where the shot was heard around the world in concord. that's the gaffe that was heard around the world. >> not the first one. >> she's had a series of these. she ready for prime time? >> the voters are the one whose have to decide that. it's really interesting because despite the gaffes, despite the fact that there are a lot of people who seem willing to dismiss her, there's a lot of people that embrace her. she picked up support in iowa. we're looking at iowa first because it's the starting gun. supposed to be first. she comes from a neighboring state and among the growing but sort of loosely organized tea party federation in the state they look at her and same someone. they like her fighting spirit. we live in difficult times. people might like what they hear in terms of fighting spirit but in the end

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looking for a piece of the oxford clyde norris nichols general basil in a six working day here in russia joined business for a recap of the top business stories of the week in around twenty going to. news around the clock from around the world it's three pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t well libya's locked in bloody battles the u.s. and u.k. forces remain on standby and in fears that they could intervene as thousands flee the troubled land many of its residents say they don't want international involvement healing it as another form of oppression or he's powerless. this is the road out of libya but it's also the road to deadlines the pockets of hundreds of libyans who make their living selling fuel in tunisia fourteen times the price they paid back. the libyan good half year one. and libya long live gadhafi let him stay in power for life. and as much as some may support gadhafi other libyans despise the united states although my mother called the u.s. will not answer a libya quote right as they are they don't have a good deal of murders libyan for days he's

the ball down two point three and two and a half percent respectively bucking the trend still is norris no call itself one percent that's off the russian metal holding metal invest said it was planned that it was planning to buy shares in russia's largest nickel mining company the damage incurred by japan's nuclear crisis is causing an energy squeeze in the country from unicredit bags that japan will be forced to become more dependent on energy imports . the major impact on the commodities market i guess would come from the restructuring of the japanese nuclear industry it is facing major constraints on the further development than even the construction so that we might be talking about p.v. actually reduction of the japanese nuclear energy industry as a whole and that respect these countries might be forced to be dependent on the five nuclear gas suppliers from also possibly from russia japan and we'll need a lot of construction materials a lot of from materials the suppliers of those materials those countries or companies which have them in abundance my truly benefit from this kind of

this hour with lukoil and rosneft down around point eight and point six two percent respectively norris miku is also in the in the red with one point two percent down . the world's biggest economy and producer roussel has posted a more than three fold increase in net profit figures for two thousand and ten show revenues up by a good ten billion dollars with a profit of two point eight billion dollars traded on the hong kong market and shares have beat out almost five percent on the news the company says it plans to expand production in two thousand and eleven. and it's also good news from one of russia's big and mining steel companies everette its profits in two thousand and ten is up to five hundred thirty million dollars with a ninety percent increase in even. becomes president says they're going to invest almost three hundred million dollars in russian based production in the next two or three years and the outlook for two thousand and eleven is pretty rosy too but the company planning to boost the output by seven percent ever expects the demand for construction steel within russia t

this burbank shooting three percent for the biggest losers ross nafta's down two point three percent norris nickel is strong very flat at the moment just i'm not sharp that's after russian metal holding mentality best seller plans to price shares in russia's largest nickel mining company and now it's prices they've extended losses as the deepening crisis in japan tends to scare investors away from risky assets markets are also concerned about the possible short term decline in demand from the world's largest economy. three and four percent respectively. but that region by japan's nuclear crisis is causing an energy squeeze in the country we're going to get unicredit access will be forced to become more dependent on energy imports the major impact on the commodities market i guess would come from the restructuring of the ship and these nuclear industry is facing major constraints on the further development on even the construction so that we might be talking about the the actual reduction of the japanese nuclear energy industry as a whole and in that respect these countries might be forced t

from libyan terrorists there was a whole set of movies about hijackings of the delta force chuck norris delta force as a good example you also had a choice like g.i. joe which was also a comic book where their main enemy were it was a terrorist organization and in the comic book it was in islam a terrorist organization so you had all sorts of different products and children that used the muslim terrorists as the bad guy one of their own name for you which is a big one of monk kids was were it was pro wrestling the bad guy in pro wrestling was the iron sheik and i'm not trying to make the one to one relationship and i'm not trying to say that because there was the iron sheik in the w.w. effort because g.i. joe was was fighting islamic fundamentalists that means only that we've become. islamophobia what i'm saying though is that that medium and those products in the one nine hundred eighty s. directed at children had a profound impact on what we do we define as the bad guy now. being someone who was born in russia i feel like the russians are always the bad guys in the movie like yes now

. >> reporter: but jeff norris of the san mateo office of emergency services says figuring out in advance if you're on safe ground is more complicated. >> reporter: emergency officials will order the evacuation but it is important to know beforehand if you're in a danger zone. it is usually based on geography, elevation and distance from the ocean. to find out if you're at risk you can start with the website like earthtools.org. for instance, cbs5 at battery and broadway sits at 22 feet in elevation and about 6 miles from the coast. san francisco residents can cross-reference this with this inundation map at 72hours.org. for the rest of the bay there are similar maps at noah's website but they happen to be down today. keep in mind these maps are estimates and the reality depends on the size and origin of tsunamis. >> if you are in the inundation form you shouldn't have to go far for safety. >> as little as a quarter mile or half mile or elevation change of 100 or so foot is more than adequate to get you out of the danger zone. don't do what these folks in san mateo county did saying pulli

we have some scattered showers toward norris, bay area wide things to tell about noon.n as to get into the afternoon, it pushrods, not a lot expected. overnight, will stay relatively dry. it was jadeiit will stage dry overt thursday coming into friday. friday's the big green day. it is cold, temperatures get down to the mid-50s. we're going to expect rain, lightning, thunder, all of that in the mix. we'll hang on to their showers to the weekend. good morning erica? >> erica: no hot spots to >> of, here wednesday morning commuters off to a great start. approaching the bay bridge, westbound 80 more cars on the road. penciling conditions of their you'll have to stand with some standing water. other than had been no accidents or incidents to report. same story at the san mateo bridge. westbound good shape, no problems. over at the golden gate bridge says ben-1010 wet deck awaits you. traffic certainly moving at the limit. your read on the short freeway from albany into berkeley,--your ride. the commute is deathly under way, still tracking pretty good conditions. drive past

future cast four norris a sense the best chance of what weather moderate-heavy downpours and times looks like we will continue right to commute time evening hours, the best chance being into the set's been even along the peninsula. action in as into the 50s, 60s. 59 and then hand san francisco the temperatures dipping into the low 60s through the east bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. very active forecast wet weather continues to this week looks like the heaviest rain newsom on friday chance of showers through the weekend. erica? >> erica: no hot spots, not even an accident report. good drive times expected a live look carefully perched the bay bridge very quiet at this hour just a couple of cars. not tracking in eproms rear ride along the upper deck. drive to images nine minutes to the foot of the mes. westbound traffic looks good, watch this space between cars. the east bound, these bright lights, no problems reported. no accidents or incidents reported. not even install to report. 7101. traffic speeds moving 60 mi. per hour. and in the sf bay no hot spots. we don't hav

host: that was an, a republican in norris, tennessee. thank you for participating this morning. all 42 of our callers. now, for the second half of the washington journal, we will take you live to the national archives for a special show with students. host: thank you. the national archives is home to america's most important documents there is a new exhibit here, by the way, marking the 150th anniversary of the civil war. today, 100 honor students are part of the close-up program and a roundtable discussion with two political strategists, maria cardona and john free tree -- john feehery. thank you for being with us. let me begin with the letter john boehner sent to the president yesterday. i want to read a portion. in deere, mr. president. i, and many members upshaw house of representatives are troubled that the u.s. military resources were committed to a war without clearly defining for the american people, the congress, and our troops, what the mission in libya is, and what america's role is in achieving that mission. how much of this was constitutional, and how much as politi

there a lot of weapons coming in through the maritime and also a lot of things are still coming norrisfrom central america left over from some of the old civil wars that have been down there well. but in comparison back to colombia in the 80's and early '90s and i spent over 33 years of lawnmowers force meant in the capacity building training and he did see a change over time with a good welcome u.s. authorities on a much more aggressive and stronger presence to eradicate some of this criminal activity. that is not actually been something it seems mexico has an appetite for right now. >> they may have their hands full. >> we talk about the mexican border and it is a pretty negative discussion about all the violence and the drug runners and the illegal immigrants and the threat from terrorists. we had this visit from calderon a week ago where the tension and that meeting with president obama was palpable. when mexico looks at this issue, how does the border issue look to them? describe it in its effects on the u.s. mexican strategic relationship. >> there is clearly a lot of frustration

[laughter] justice kelly is from queens, justice ginsberg is from brooklyn, just as sotomayor norris kagan is from manhattan. i guess that means the next one will be from staten island. [laughter] we need that diversity. 18 of the 36 clerks this year came from harvard or yale. 20 of the 36 clerks on the supreme court this year had previously clark on the d.c. circuit or the second circuit. 20 of the 36 came from eight specific federal court judges. you will see that the justices and the clerks and the lawmaking in the supreme court are all coming from the same place. you may like that if you are from harvard or yale, or you may not think it is so good if your from the west coast. three women on the supreme court, all from new york city. one more final fact, the supreme court has issued 22 opinion so far this term. as is sometimes the case earlier in the term, you see more unanimity at the earlier part of the term because it is easier to write opinions when everybody is in agreement. it seems even more remarkable this year, out of 22 opinions, there were only 10 this sense. -- only 10

recently on all things considered, host michelle norris spoke to an entrepreneur named mohammed in theof a major protest in zawira outside of tripoli. throughout the conversation you could hear gunfire and chaos unfolding. it was riveting to listen to and brought the story home with clarity and immediacy. when the interview was finished, mohammed asked michelle, what radio station he was talking to. michelle told them, national public radio. oh, said the man. npr. i listen to that station most of the time. i have it on my waking clock. [laughter] >> this is in libya. i really love that phrase, a waking clock. every day the men and women of npr get up and go out to the world to bring back news that matters to people like mohammed and people like you and me. that is both a privilege and a responsibility. and sometimes good to have a waking clock to remind us that what we do matters. thank you very much. [applause] . >> thank you, we had i don't know a good 6 months before we knew that you were coming and we're grateful that you have and that means the comments are in my internet and we w