dr roberts i don't know about you but i've been hearing a lot of people quite shocked at the reaction in afghanistan by the afghan people to this incident of burning the holy the muslim holy books last week despite apologies issued by president obama and general john allen do you think this is an illustration of just a lack of understanding in this region. where we could be straight with the cameras but. state she's been there ten years you know room in the children village elders aid workers being at schools for. families names i mean. maybe they have. maybe they've had enough. otherwise it's sort of inexplicable that for ten years they didn't mind the bomb funerals weddings but all the sudden they get mad because we would burn a couple of their holy ones well i tend to think it's just sort of like. the found straw in that finally you see what tends to happen these countries kristina's one saturday the other won't the americans to come and put them in power and so the countries are split if they want split the americans will be able to go in first but it's true i'm going to do you th

dr. robert kamen. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our meeting for the day. president chiu: at this time, we are adjourned. >> i think a lot of times we look a community and we say, there is this one and this one, and we all have our own agenda, when our agenda is to create great work. if you're interested in that, you are part of our community. >> it is a pleasure to have you here tonight. >> we are trying to figure out a way to create a space where theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of, the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course, it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons from presenting dance, producing theater, presenting music, having a full scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year. a lot of our emerging artists generate their first projects here, which is great. then we continue to try to support figuring out where those works

different i mean there are some similar strategies used i want to look ahead though for a moment dr roberts i know that you've written a little bit about the situation in syria and you write what the ministry of truth calls peaceful protestors brutalized by assad's military are in fact rebels armed and financed by washington washington as fomented a civil war he said it claims its intention is to rescue the oppressed and abused syrian people from assad just as washington rescued an oppressed abused the libyan people from gadhafi talk a little bit about syria and what you mean when you say this is thanks to obama another country has been destroyed. limb is destroyed you know that they have these clashing militias terrorizing everybody is worse than it than it ever was and so nothing was achieved there that is consistent with the claim what was achieved in libya was a messed up the chinese all investments in eastern libya which was brought. the purpose now of syria you know assad has come out and held this referendum that. will change the way the country's government other political parties a

dr. robert goddard, the father of modern rocketry and now, today's honorees. i dare say in future years, we will be giving this same ceremony and gold medal to the first crew that will land on the planet mars. ladies and gentlemen, the dream is alive. as a matter of fact, it's a part of us. it's our character as the american people to be adventure you ares and explorers. and we won't ever give that dream up. indeed, in the honoring of these astronauts, we foretell the future, the greatness, the discovery, the expressing of ourselves as a people. pioneers, adventurers and explorers. ladies and gentlemen, the dream is alive. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the ranking member of commerce, the honorable kay bailey hutchison. >> we are honoring four grave, determined, resilient men. they and the astronauts who followed took enormous personal risks for our country to venture beyond earth's orbit. their missions into the unknown remind us of what can be achieved. as well as the dangers of not reaching for the stars. america urgently needs to continue our preimm

dr. robert montgomery says there's a long list of people waiting for -- that's where brady's star power comes in. recently the football star made pleas for donors to come forward. he's also linked a picture of martinez with a website that looks for matching donors. >> that attention to the crisis helps tremendously. >> reporter: only 20% of people waiting for donations will receive one this year. 30% will die waiting. the attention brady is bringing for the need of kidney donors is invaluable. >> it could help saving several other people in addition to tom martinez. >> several dozen people have come forward wanting to be martinez donor. those who don't match, could donate to others. >> more transplants from these individuals. >> reporter: doctors say they are currently screening possible donors for martinez, and he could receive a transplant within the next few months. monique griego. >> reporter: the average person waits three to five years before a donor is found. >>> the unpasture rised milk was sold from a dairy farm in pennsylvania. the sale of raw milk is illegal in maryland. the govern

dr. robert, dedicated members of the san francisco public health team who were both killed last weekend inland. this is a tragic loss to our community. susan was a physician assistant with the housing and urban health clinic and will always be remembered for her sense of humor and deep compassion for the city's disenfranchised population. the doctor was a psychologist with the haight-ashbury free clinics, working with the jail health. he was committed to mental health treatment for the san francisco inmates. we are thankful for their years of service and share our condolences with their colleagues and loved ones, and finally, along with supervisor campos, would like to close in memoriam of the redevelopment agency. tomorrow will mark the end of the san francisco redevelopment agency. chartered in 1948, the intent was to improve the city and create better urban living conditions through the removal of blight, or as some people have mentioned, urban removal, in revitalization projects. though they were responsible for a number of improvements, such as in my own district, district 5, with the

dr. robert kamen. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our meeting for the day. president chiu: at this time, we are adjourned. commissioner campos: good morning and welcome to tuesday january 31, 2012 meeting of the san francisco counterattacked his majority. my name is david compost. i am the acting chair of today's meeting. the clerk of the committee is erika cheng. please call item one. >> roll call. we have a quorum. commissioner campos: please call item no. 2. >> approval of minutes of december 13, 2011 meeting. this is an action item. >commissioner campos: before we take any action, do we have any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we have a motion by david chiu, seconded by commissioner farrell. without objection? please call item 3. >> chairs report. this is an information item. commissioner campos: we do not presently have a permanent chair. unless there is an objection, we are going to skip the item. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, publi

dr. robert kamen. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this body? >> that concludes our meeting for the day. president chiu: at this time, we are adjourned. >> i would like remind -- to remind all of us to turn off our cell phones and anything else that can make noise during the meeting. [calling roll] thank you. we have a full commission today. the first category on your calendar items proposed for continuance. at the time of this calendar there were no items proposed for a continuance. that situation continues to exist at this time. so we will move on to your consent calendar. items one-four make up the consent calendar this week. they are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by a single roll-call vote of this commission. there will be no separate discussion unless off or members of the public request. -- of mustaf or members of the public request. the items are as follows. item one, case number 2010 that 0.10.1038c, 1735 polk street was said between washington and clay streets. the project would convert they can speak to a rest from wi

dr. robert watkins who performed the most recent surgery on manning's neck and the colts doctor have cleared manning to play. it's no longer a safety issue. it's now a performance issue. payton's younger brother -- peyton's younger brother eli practicing today. even though the giants beat the patriots new york is still the underdog. don't believe me. ask the giants tom coughlin. >> it's still us against the world. that's the way we play it, period. we're in here. i've seen a lot of the stuff that's been said, but as i recognize what's been said in terms of where we are, we're still the underdogs and we still have an awful lot to prove and as i said, talk is cheap. play the game. >>> finally tonight a funny post script to yesterday's national signing day. it seems birmingham alabama linebacker casanova mckenzie leaning towards clemson until he visited the campus and there was no chick-fil-a in sight. that was unacceptable to casanova who decided to go to auburn instead. never mind if there is a chick- fil-a on clemson campus, i guess it's far way and was clearly not highlighted on his visit.

dr. robert lustig of uc-san francisco has turned this into a national story with a commentary that he wrote for the publication "nature." >> the liver will turn sugar into fat causing insulin resistance and all of the diseases of metabolic syndrome. >> some experts say that the average american consumes 300 to 500 calories from added sugars every day. >> almost 100 pounds of sugar a year. >> crazy how much sugar we eat. >> we were just talking about it as we were sipping our coffee. >> very sweet coffee. >>> 4:44. a dog walker tased at a bay area park. how a congresswoman is now stepping in. >>> plus a sneak peek at a popular commercial making waves before the super bowl. >> and will he have six more weeks of winter? will we, anyway? the groundhog has spoken. >> he has? >> apparently or -- saw his shadow or didn't. it's been so nice, too. we'll tell you all about that coming up. >> we haven't even seen winter here in the bay area across the u.s. we'll talk about that and more coming up. she's calling for an independent investigation into whether excessive force was used during . >>> jackie

dr. robert shapiro who is an expert on headache put into the record. i was interested s by a couple of issues, that spring out to me. number one, the institute of medicine report found that a person with lower educational level, and i presume lower income people are more apt to suffer pain. we did a hearing some months ago as poverty as a death sentence and what we found is if you are in the bottom 20%, you'll die 6.5 years earlier than if you are in the top 20%. so i would like to ask you, i guess what you are saying is that if you are poor, did you are uneducated you are more likely to become ill, and more likely to experience pain. could someone speak to that? >> yes, senator, i could sbepea to that. i think that, one social economic status actually may be a surrogate marker of environmental exposers, the type of exposers that put one at risk for a v

or ties conversations of great minds i'm joined by dr corey robin dr robert as one of america's foremost scholars on contemporary forms of conservatism in american society is writings appear in the new york times harper's the london review and a variety of other publications he's a widely recognized for his work his blog has been awarded the char charm work for the third place award by three quarts daily best writing in politics and social science in two thousand and eight he was named a lawrence as rockefeller a visiting fellow and a fellow in the program and ethics and public affairs at princeton university currently he's an associate professor of political science at brooklyn college in the city university of new york graduate center and the author of multiple books including his most recent the reactionary mind conservatism from edmund burke to sarah pail. dr corey robin thanks for joining us from our new york city studios tonight thanks for having me i appreciate it what is what is conservatism in your opinion how would you define that as both as a as an abstraction as a word and al

dr. robert languor has stopped taking his sleeping pill. he said whether you take multiple or just one, your risks double. >> i think patients need to be cautious about using these drugs. particularly the idea that these newer, shorter-acting drugs are safer, is just not so. >> reporter: but dr. nua is not convinced. he points outlet study only found an association between sleeping pills and increased death. >> the relationship there. but just because there's a relationship doesn't necessarily mean that there is one causing the other. >> reporter: he says more studies are needed. and this result should be looked at with caution. >> during 2010, between one in 20 and one in 10 adults took a sleeping pill in the united states. >>> also in healthwatch, could drinking beer actually help you lose weight? a number of online bloggers have reported losing weight on the new beer diet. the plan is to drink only three beers all day, with one snack and lots. water. most doctors, of course, are not on board with this. they say there are no real nutrient

dr. robert us will stick, says sugar is responsible for the high rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer and should be regulated. >> the sugar that's added is the problem. the sugar that's inherent in the food is not. all food is inherently good. it's what we do to it afterwards that makes it bad. adding the sugar taking away the fiber. >> reporter: he says it's time to put restrictions on sugar similar to the ones on tobacco and alcohol. >> i think sugar is a bigger threat than tobacco or alcohol. maybe we should card kids for coke. that's one of my favorites. if a parent wants their kid to have a coke, let them buy it for them. >> reporter: people like pat dixon disagree. >> you don't have a car accident because you had too many popsicles. you don't wake up with the wrong people because you had chocolate cake for dessert. i mean, the government should stay out of the sugar business. >> reporter: the sugar association says the research is flawed and says it's irresponsible to use sugar scare tactics. they say the obesity problem is overconsumption of all foods and lack of exe

dr. robert lustig out of uc-san francisco has turned it into a national story too with a commentary he wroughtcation, nature. >> the liver will turn sugar into fat causing insulin resistance and all of the diseases of metabolic syndrome. >> it is everywhere in our diets. some experts say the average american consumes 300 to 500 calories from added sugars per day. >>> we have justification for you to toss out that alarm clock for good! recent studies show a jarring wake-up call and rushed morning is dooming your chance of create at this time. instead, researchers suggest rethinking your morning routine. wake:a few minutes earlier -- wake up a few minutes earlier, let your thoughts wander and take time to enjoy your morning cup. coffee. who has time? >> not me. >> i'm always jarred awake. >>> we have a new ploy to keep your felines indoors. >> this is cool. think of it as a digital playmate for your lonely kitty cat. a royal society in australia designed an interactive ipad cat app that's great. you see the little mice and the cheese there. the app has three games designed to stimulate and enter

dr. robert klinestibar a pulmonary and critical care specialist, who's at the concert with his family, immediately starts stabilizing maggie's arm. it's been less than two minutes since the stage fell. david wood's phone is still recording the scene as he turns to help another young man. and prayter stayed with maggie. >> she said get her out of here. >> because of her broken leg, magjars can't move. >> so i handed my injured daughter over to a perfect stranger, but i knew i had no choice. >> prayter and others carry the girl out of the wreckage and on to the hospital. she's treated for a severe laceration to her arm and leg wound. luckily her artery isn't severed. magjars suffers multiple fractures to her leg. she's later reunited with her family at the hospital. at the fairgrounds, people continue to work to free the trapped and injured and secure the wreckage. in all, seven people are killed by the falling stage. more than 40 are injured. at home in northwestern indiana, maggie and her mom spend months recovering from their injuries. >> we were very lucky. i mean, even with our injuries and as

dr. robert lustig of uc-san francisco is declaring war on sugar saying it's toxic.e a paper published in the journal "nature." >> the liver will turn sugar into fat causing insulin resistance and all of the diseases of metabolic syndrome. >> some experts say the average american consumes 300 to 500 calories from added sugars per day >>> it could be justification for tossing out your alarm clock for good. get rid of it! >> you want to throw it across the room anyway, right? a jarring wake-up call as well as a rushed morning is just dooming your chances of creativity for that day, according to researchers. they suggest you rethink your morning routine, wake up earlier, let your thoughts wander... take time to enjoy your morning cup of coffee. >> do a little yoga, a crossword puzzle. >> apparently they have never worked a morning news show. >> apparently not. >> not if you get up at our hours. >>> last night marked 50 years since david letterman began his career as a regulate night talk show host. if you can call him regular. he downplayed the milestone last night as y

dr. robert jeffress, senior pastor of the 10,000 member first baptist church of dallas. he is the author of "twilight's last gleaming: how america's last days can be your best days." thank you very much for joining me tonight, pastor jefress. >> thanks, lawrence, i'm usually in my pajamas with a bowl of popcorn watching you, so this is a real treat. >> that's good to know. i'm going to picture you now every night in those pajamas. >> no, no, don't do that. >> you heard reverend graham today saying he's not sure if president obama is a christian. it's an answer he gave me last year saying i can't look into someone's heart. when he's asked about rick santorum, he said, i'm sure he is. in fact, he said he definitely was. he said he's pretty sure that newt gingrich is a christian. what is your reaction to that set of reactions by franklin graham? >> look, lawrence, we love franklin graham. his father, billy graham, was a member of our church for 50 years. we love franklin graham. i think he should have stuck with his original premise and that is that president obama claims t

dr. robert sholl from nist for the invitation. danella, good morning, how's traffic? >>> good morning.tart? brookville, maryland. have a report of an accident. this is on georgia avenue at mt. carmel cemetery road. choppers on the way now to check things out. and i'm going to come back in roughly ten minutes with an update on this possible accident, possibly involving an overturned vehicle. i-66 eastbound, slow in virginia. very, very slow as you make your way past suddenly road. i'm checking for accidents. not seeing any yet. so far looking like just delays. on the rails, speaking of delays, the metro still seeing residual delays due to this earlier malfunction at balston. if you're taking the orange line, you're going to see delays as you make your way through to new carrollton. back to you. >> thanks. >>> a sterling, virginia, man is suing a former loudoun county sheriff's deputy saying he suffered a brain injury from this encounter. the deputy's dash cam caught the incident. it shows carlos garcia standing with his hands in the air outside a shopping mall in 2009. his attorney says

dr. robert feldman to talk about the latest jobs report released yesterday. what do the numbers tell us about the state of our economy. guest: i thought it might be useful to highlight the broad outline of the macro-economic framework. i think it will help to give some perspective to answering questions that come up. over long periods of time, the performance of the u.s. economy or real gdp can be depicted as a trend line moving higher. that represents the u.s. real gdp growth, averaging about 2.5% per year. without getting into the technical ins and outs, we call this to a potential gdp or full employment gdp. macro economic economists broadly agree that fluctuations are a result of fluctuations in aggregate demand. we have the economy going up on trend over time. we have fluctuation around the trend because of changes in aggregate demand. sometimes the economy is above full employment. when credit was really easy and housing prices were going up, the economy was booming. people could get home equity loans. they could buy more things. there was increased dem

dr. robert feldman of georgetown university. he is formally with the international monetary fund. he held positions with the federal reserve in new york. he was heavily involved in work on exchange rates and the performance of the u.s. economy. let's go to ron, who is still looking for a job, in clarksville. caller: a lot of jobs offer no full-time employment like walmart. everybody works 16 hours every two weeks. i was wondering how those figures figure in the 19,000 jobs. guest: people working part-time are counted as employed whether they are working four hours a day, they are counted as employed. host: another helpful charts from yesterday's "washington post" shows the graph of the u.s. unemployment rate from 2000 onward. there is a large jump over several years. here we are today at about 8.3%. it also compares the u.s. unemployment rate to spain at 22.9%. greece is at 19.2%. ireland is at 14.5%. germany is up 5.5%. let's go to st. louis. joan is on the employed line. caller: i am employed in the health care industry. i am in the "back office" type of job. how many of the job

dr. robert biswas-drener of positive acorn.e. >> what does make people happy? you traveled all over the world. >> a lot of times people look for happy innocence their paychecks, in their life circumstances. the best bet where happiness dividends are concerned, is to look for happy innocence relationshis. we're social creatures. having good, trusting, solid social relationships your best bet for happiness. >> i like the story in the rickshaw driver in calcutta or india, he's so happy. he doesn't make any money. there isn't a connection between wealth and happiness. >> i think that is a really powerful example. and one of the great things about the documentary, a human face is on the signs of happiness. i researched happy innocence slum areas in calcutta, and the filmmaker came in and actually told these wonderful stories, and this rickshaw puller, a terrible, terrible job, but describes him as the happiest man in the world. >> in the video the clip, you have to cultivate happiness, it's not just in you, it's something you have t

the great to have you on the show as always that was former reagan administration official dr paul craig roberts. well the capital account is up next on our t.v. let's check in with lauren lister to see what's the agenda today hi there lawrence hi liz nice to see you i heard you talking a bit about the china the peace visit to the united states we're going to talk about that to look at the economic aspects of it though we've heard a lot of the campaign rhetoric we're going to separate rhetoric from economic reality when it comes to this ongoing discussion i've heard for years now about currency manipulation and trade we're going to really break it down with professor and author and lee we're also going to talk europe now greece of course the austerity measures passed and another hick up now the e.u. ministers the finance ministers say or cancelling this meeting over the bailout we're going to have a conference call so we're just really highlights that all of these solutions these so-called solutions are a lot more complicated than meet the eye a lot more complicated than they're played to the pr

the great to have you on the show as always that was former reagan administration official dr paul craig roberts. also had an hour to the war in iraq is over but that's not stopping the pentagon from hemorrhaging money into the country so it was a withdrawal all for show that story next. welcome to the capital account i'm lori mr. pepper spray that just burns your eyes right right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. this is much stronger than anything it's the bio absolutely thousands of times and stronger than any kind of variable ever put in your. well president obama has unveiled the department of defense's new budget and among the military splurge is nearly three billion dollars for a war we're supposedly not fighting now this is supposed to go toward what's called post operation new dawn in iraq what exactly is part of that operation though is unclear so months after the president announces the end of the war in iraq is this the mysterious beginning of something else or earlier i spoke with retired army colonel douglas macgregor the billions being

dr. robert song. do you remember that?s. >> gretchen: but it's not just rock stars who are dying from -- this is a national epidemic right now with just jane does all across the world. >> you're so right. we hear about it when it involves whitney houston, if, in fact, there is criminality here. we hear about it with michael jackson. we hear with elvis presley. we hear it with other stars, going back to charlie parker in the jazz age and some of the great singers back in the 40s, 50s and '60s. it is a problem. and the truth of the matter is, it's difficult to prosecute. there hasn't been the will to prosecute. jerry brown started a task force trying to coordinate all these prescriptions, who is getting what, where and then seeing what the aliases are. it's extremely hard. the other issue is people say, well, this person here, that person there, they're drug addicts. they charted their own course. there is a free will aspect and people say, well, how can you blame the doctors? but doctors have to abide by the claw hip cratic

the 2011 national humanities medal to robert darnton for his commitment to making knowledge accessible to everyone. an eminent cultural historian and librarian, drted the world of enlightenment and revolutionary france, and has pursued his vision for a national library of digitized books. [applause] andrew delbanco. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to andrew delbanco for his insight into the american character, past and present. in writing that spans the literature of melville and emerson to contemporary issues in higher education, he has continually informed our understanding of what is means to live in america. [applause] accepting on behalf of national history day, cathy gorn. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to national history day for sparking passion for history in students across our country. every year national history day inspires more than half a million young americans to write, perform, research and document the human story. [applause] charles rosen. [applause] the 2011 national humanities medal to charles rosen for his contributions as a pianist and a scholar. demonstrating a rare ability to join artistry t

dr. martin luther king, robert kennedy, dropped with an assassin's bullet.s before the start of the olympic games, hundreds if not as many as 15, 1600 students and workers slaughtered in mexico city before the start of the olympic games. these were things done and tommy new very well. tommie terms de jongh before they get on the stand and he says what happens if someone takes a shot at them and john says you know we are trained to listen for the gun. [laughter] and you know we are fast. [laughter] so we will do the best we can. they get up there and they do all the choreography they planned. peter norman, the greatest sprinter in the history of australia chose to wear a patch that set olympic project for human-rights so history what report and what continues to stand with them every year for the rest of his life, much to his internal credit despite all kind of pressure to get him to recant on his actions on that day and they stood up there and raised their fists at the national anthem began, and as john said the these are his words in the book. he said it go

dr. conrad murray, investigators will be checking every prescription and every amount to uncover what was medically necessary. ken. >> robertes, thank you for that. we obtained original takes of whitney ha launched her career. take a listen to these. ♪ how will i know if he's thinking of me ♪ ♪ i do shine >> yes, vocal track, you can't mistake it. whitney singing in a san rafael studio in the mid 80s. at the time, she was a complete unknown. the song was originally meant for janet jackson, but then bay area song writers, george meryl and shannon heard whitney sing their lyrics. >> as soon as i heard it over the phone with george, we went, oh my god. >> she was just this young, vibrant, you know, spunky kid and you know, she could do anything. >> a lot of folks don't know that seven of whitney's number one hits were recorded in that san rafael studio. >>> the search for victims of the so-called speed-free killers was suspended because of the rain. investigators have been digging in an area near the town of lyndon since thursday. over four days found human bones and shoes. today, we heard from a woman whose father may be one

dr. martin luther king, robert kennedy, dropped with an assassin's bullet.s before the start of the olympic games, hundreds if not as many as 15, 1600 students and workers slaughtered in mexico city before the start of the olympic games. these were things done and tommy new very well. tommie terms de jongh before they get on the stand and he says what happens if someone takes a shot at them and john says you know we are trained to listen for the gun. [laughter] and you know we are fast. [laughter] so we will do the best we can. they get up there and they do all the choreography they planned. peter norman, the greatest sprinter in the history of australia chose to wear a patch that set olympic project for human-rights so history what report and what continues to stand with them every year for the rest of his life, much to his internal credit despite all kind of pressure to get him to recant on his actions on that day and they stood up there and raised their fists at the national anthem began, and as john said the these are his words in the book. he said it go

sharing a story >> started with one but now attorney robert olson says it is up to three women claiming this man dr. rajat prakash touched them inappropriately while serving as position >> victim #1 awoke to him fondling her when she was not sedated anymore fondling her breasts grabbing her hand in his crotch area >> second victim claims dr. rajat prakash call to tell her the severe infection he needed to meet with her quickly to show a result they would meet not at the hospital but local starbucks text message leading up to the meeting allegedly asked her to call them raj >> back of the card test results at that point he locked the door had fondled her and put his hands on her crotch area >> now picked no. 3 nicole piper says dr. rajat prakash and kirk for endometriosis and bided her for lunch to talk plan to become a radiologist >> getting into the car giving me aggressive hug and on the way to do restaurant trying to hold my hand and rub my hand. touching my thighs hands in between my thighs i was getting uncomfortable did not know what to do. >> nicole piper admits making the mistake going to l

first we hear from general robert titus who received the distinguished flying cross. after that, we hear from francis "jeep" sanza who was dr. dwight d. eisenhower's driver during world war ii. this is about an hour. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i hope that those of you who were here yesterday enjoyed the proceedings. i thought we had a very full program of interesting panelists and speakers. i hope you agree. and should get even better today, i think. thank you for getting up at this early morning hour on saturday to be with us for a full day of adventure as we listen to some great stories from some great heroes from a number of conflicts that the country has been in over the past 70 years. we take pride in the fact that we have a lot of students come to the conferences. different groups all three days. we're expecting yet more to come in today. i'm also proud to say that for the first time we have representatives from all five of the service academies with us. the united states military academy at west point, the u.s. naval academy in annapolis and the coast guard and merchant ma marine academies which are new t

about it, when when you see robert zolick talking about monetary reform and gold, our time has come for serious discussion on monetary reform. thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you, dr. paul, for that statement and mr. watt is recognized for three minutes. the gentlemen from north carolina. >> i appreciate the opportunity to substitute for my friend lacy clay, the ranking member of the sub committee because he is unable to be here because of a conflict. and i'm glad to see my friend president paul back from the campaign trail. this seems to be like dejavu all over again, since i was the chairman of the monetary policy sub committee and he was the ranking member. and i got to go back-to-back with him quite often. since i'm substituting i think i can do something out of the order today and that is praise the work of my good friend, chairman bernanke, for doing his job. and really not bowing to the political pressure of either the right or the left or political pressure of republicans and democrats since the federal reserve is supposed to be free of all of those influences and i just are think he has done a magnificent job be and the fed has done a magnificent job of n

dr. marban hopes to find out why with a largeer study this year. when it may be widely available in clinical setting he says it could be 2016. in atlanta, john robertsnews. >> bret: international creditors rin cysting on written details of new austerity measures in greece by tomorrow. the clean-up from sunday night riot continues. one business leader says 200 jobs may have been permanently lost because of the damage. the government says the country's economy shrank by 7% in the last quarter of 2011. stocks in the u.s. were mixed today. dow gained four. s&p 500 lost 1. the nasdaq was up half a point. retail sales rose .4 of a percentage point in january. that follows a flat reading in december. government pulls out all the stops to bust an amish farmer. we'll tell you why next in the grapevine. russia's strong pan wants to share the government on valentine's day.  >> bret: now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. it's valentine's day. let's ask not why vladimir putin wants people to cozy up. in sharp contrast to people like china trying to limit births. putin hopes to boost the number of babies in russia. he is promising cash incentiv