you don't have to take a trip to b.a.'o improve your chances of surviving an airline emergency. most of the most important lessons? have a preflight plan, including know how many rounds you are from the nearest exit. adopt the brace position, head down, hands on back of head. in case there's smoke, get down low, move quickly following the floor lighting leading to the exit. unbuckle your seat belt before opening the exit window. and don't hesitate at the emergency slide. jump feet first with your hands across your chest. another tip? leave the bag behind if you evacuate in one survey of passengers who survived an emergency, 37% said people grabbing their carry-on bags slowed things down. >> taking time to grab your stuff could be the difference between life and death. >> reporter: aviation safety experts say the key in a real crash, getting everyone off the plane in no more than 90 pekd seconds. and the better prepared you are, the better your chances of surviving. and a british airways instructor says their goal is to tea

as b.a., i would not be covering it up, i would be fixing it. we need to fix it up, not a cover-up solution. that entire lives could be called into question. i hope that doesn't happen, but is much more than handing it over to the defense attorneys. they determine whether or not a live is accredited. that was the story i told you. >> it would be preferable to have an independent live than one associated with the district attorney's office for the police department. if we can do it in this economy, that is another thing. the district attorney may have an excellent police chief, but he doesn't go to court. there was a discussion about eyewitness identification a moment ago. i was in court today. i found out by talking to one of my colleagues that the defendant was acquitted of the murder case. what was the defense? they do take cases to trial that are based exclusively on eyewitness identification, and after a lengthy trial, they don't get a conviction. because he is not a practicing lawyer, he does not have any right to be in that position. >> an

meltzer received his b.a. from duke and his ph.d. in economics from the university of california los angeles. next we will be hearing from mr. chris edwards, currently the director of tax policy studies at the cato institute, editor of the cato website. before he began his work at kato, he was a senior economist for the joint economic committee, as well as an economist for the tax foundation from 1992 until 1994. he is also the author of "downsizing the federal government." mr. edwards holds a b.a. and m.a. in economics. our final witness is dr. laurence ball. he is a professor of economics at johns hopkins university. he previously taught at princeton university and new york university. dr. ball has done extensive research and writing on a variety of economic topics, including the foundation of keynesian economic models, in- depth studies of inflation and monetary policy in both the united states and in high inflation countries with a specific focus on how best to reduce inflation and economic cost of inflation. dr. ball is currentl

and only 30% of americans have a b.a. than a high school education fare even worse-- 14.3% are unemployed. >> i'm just going to take a listen, okay? >> sure. >> reporter: consider health care, a still-growing industry. lifespan, a rhode island hospital chain, has plenty of open jobs, mostly, though, they're high-skilled. >> of the almost 500 jobs that we have open right now at lifespan, only 31 of those jobs require a high school diploma or less. >> reporter: h.r. director brandon melton says he's dealing with a major league skills- worker mismatch. >> we're looking for individuals with some post-secondary education, all the way up to an associate's degree, and then baccalaureate and above, whereas the majority of rhode islanders, and actually the majority of our candidates who are applying for jobs, have only a high school diploma, or in some cases, even less. >> reporter: so many low-skilled applicants; so little low- skilled work. melton has his pick. >> it's good for us in a sense that we can take the very best, and w

>> i have a b.a. in social vary from the college in new hampshire, masters and clinical the university of toronto, ph.d. in economics mathematical economics and political economy from the university of new hampshire. >> in your view dr. pack as an economist, can you tell me what would be the impact on economic growth if tomorrow the unilaterally eliminated all public-sector unions collective bargaining rights and health care obligations for public -- what would be the impact on the u.s. economy? >> it would demoralize people at this time because i would think denying the freedom of workers, public workers to join unions. it would be incredibly demoralizing. firing people in times of massive unemployment would be a terrific mistake. and the third place it a global economy that we have now, where we need more teachers and more education to be firing teachers and wrecking the educational system more would be a terrible mistake. >> would that close state and local budget gaps do you think if we were to fi

colonel mcallister holds a b.a.the university and is a graduate of the staff college and the army air war college and has completed a harvard program on senior executive leadership. colonel mike mcallister. [applause] >> what a fine looking group of americans. when you look at the energy and excitement, no wonder the democrats are already getting scared. what a great day to be part of this fight to take america back. my name is mike mcallister. i am god-fearing, flag-waving, a pro-lifers conservative businessman running for united states senates. [applause] i want to recognize our seniors. you work and build this country with your blood and sweat and tears, and after the sacrifices you made, we must restore america to greatness and keep it there, and we cannot let you down, and i want to recognize the veterans' families who made the ultimate sacrifice. you are our nation's heroes. this is still the greatest nation in the planet, and america is the last vulnerable power and protector of freedom and democracy around t

you've been director of b.a. since 1995. since then, how has that figure trended? guest: for example when we track total government spending and outlays you see a bigger increase. that's what most people tend to focus on. it's about 25% which is a record high. host: we're going to put our numbers on the screen if you would like to talk to steve landefeld, he is the director of bureau of economic analysis. we have divided them regionally. 202-737-0001 if you live in the eastern or central time zone and for the mountain and pacific time zone you can call 202-737-0002. you have a chart here, growth and g.d.p. and standards of living. now, this begins in 1929 and charts the national growth of g.d.p. up through year and it's the highest it's tpwhn our history. what i wanted to ask you about, steve landefeld, is this almost expo innocencal exponential growth that kicks off in the mid 1970's. what happened? guest: part of what you're seeing is when you have small numbers, you're going to get that kind of growth. where you do see the significance in terms of growth, the po