the government of alaska only turned them over this week, 3,000 pages.er 50,000 pages are pending. >> he started to be called the shadow governor, but until we see these e-mails, we didn't know he had his hand in so many policy issues. >> reporter: e-mails like this one reveal todd palin was involved in everything from vetting nominees for judicial appointments to state boards. 243 additional e-mails were withheld by the state claiming executive privilege. they have subject lines like "board staffing and budget cutting," potential budget vetoes, appointee to board of agriculture, cuts to staff, judicial nominee. by coincidence, alaska governor's released the e-mail as sarah palin is about to keynote the tea party. she is going to get $$50,000. >> the speaker's fee will go back into the cause. >> reporter: hundreds are gathering in nashville today. >> the government is not listening to us. the people here are excited. it's an issue of optimism. >> reporter: they already changed histy in massachusetts, helping to propel scott brown to the senate. and they'

the caller talked about alaska. sarah palin from your reporting was consumed with how she was being perceived and alaska during the election. >> guest: she was. one of the challenges writing about sarah palin was she had never been much involved in the national politics as the governor of alaska. very few people in the national political or media life had dealings with sarah palin so it was unusual because normally the topic -- people in washington and journalism circles know sarah palin was new support of our challenge was to talk to these national operatives on the mccain campaign and other people around sarah palin who were literally to this day amongst the only people that we know who have had exposure behind the scenes to see what she's like men she's not on tv getting a speech. they met the advisers, but never met her. she was a stranger to them and they were asked to talk in arizona before he meets with her and to talk about with the job is great to be like if they offer the position. one of the things they d

durbin: the senator from alaska is correct. mr. begich: i'll stn on until the senator from -- continue on this until the senator from oregon has a question or two, one of the things i've heard over and over again, and that's why i think it's being approached, very simple, don't cloud it with a lot of junk. the public has spoken. they want it clear, transparent, they want to understand what we're talking about, without us putting in the old business of the past, jamming in things left and right. and here it's a simple unemployment, for the unemployed, taking care of our seniors. and yet i'll ask you later, i'm on alaska time so, you know, i'm four hours back so i'm -- this is early for me, so i've got plenty of time here, and when it's midnight here, it's 8:00 in alaska. so i got plenty of time here. but when i think about these issues, it's seniors, it's the unemployed. that's who we're trying to help here. the other side doesn't want to help them, it seems. the next issue, and i'll wait my time here, and ask you about small busine

there were concerned that there was an absence of mccain-palin and yard signs in alaska.t is spent the time complaining to a -- the campaign they spent -- they spent atime complaining that there was not enough of an effort in alaska. she was not being allowed to talk to local reporters, and like a lot of governors, she would give out hurt mobile or two local reporters -- her mobile phone number to local reporters. that ended when she was put on the national ticket. from the mccain campaign's point of view, there was no time for that, and she said she understood that before she was put on the ticket. that was one of many causes of tension between the palins and the mccain staff. host: david, next caller. caller: on my part i am identified as no party affiliation. i always -- when the politician preaches the corrupt year, -- when the politicians it reaches the crop year, i will not vote for them. with clinton into york -- if i was a resident of new york, i would not have voted for her, because she moved in. and many voters in southwest florida thought they were voting for h

i talked to a young woman in alaska yesterday.e state board of sexual domestic violence and abuse. well, she didn't get reappointed. she had no idea. nobody told her why she was reappointed. now we know, there's an e-mail where they asked todd palin what do you think about this person? she's from your hometown. and he replies, well, we can see it's redacted, withheld. we don't know his reply. we know the answer came back, thank you very much, that's very helpful, and she didn't get on the board. there's a lot of that going on behind the scenes. >> todd palin's involvement is so much more extensive than a lot of people thought and quite revealing. i guess the key question, does this now expose the palins to any sort of ethics or even criminal liability because of his involvement? >> i'm guessing not. i'm guessing those e-mails that might touch on such areas would be among those that were withheld. there was some distribution of what you would think would be confidential state information to this man who, remember, held no state pos

in alaska we have a smaller version of tea party up there. we call it's iced tea. i have friends and family in the lower 48 attending these events. this is the movement and america is ready for another revolution and you are a part of this. i look forward to attending more tea party events in the near future. it is so inspiring to see real people, not politicos, not inside the beltway professionals come out and stand up and speak out for commonsense, conservative principles. and today i want to start off with a special shout out to america's newest senator, thanks to you, scott brown. now in many ways scott brown represents what this beautiful movement is all about. he was a guy with a truck and a passion to serve our country. he looked around and he saw that things weren't quite right in washington so he stood up and he decided he was going do his part to put our government back on the side of the people. and it took guts and it took a lot of hard work, but with grassroots support scott brown carried the day. it has been so interesting now to watch the aftermath o

in one e-mail he advocates removing an alaska newspaper from a press release list. >>> at least seven students at churchill high school are being singled out for punishment for their role in a grade-changing scheme. the principal at churchill says more students might be punished. the teenagers allegedly hacked into the school's computer system and charged money to improve grades for some students. they also accused are lowering grades for students they didn't like. montgomery county state's attorney has yet to decide whether charges will be filed. the school will hold a community meeting in the next few weeks to talk more about these allegations. >>> our coverage of the blizzard of 2010 will kin after this. >>> good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we are staying on with you just past midnight as we continue to cover the blizzard of 2010 and the snowstorm begins to pick up, let's go back to bob ryan in storm center 4. >> it is the blizzard. in many areas with the bands of intense snow come through and folks report the visibility is down to almost zero. that's one of the

up in alaska, we have a smaller version of the tea party. we call it ice tea. i am a big supporter of this movement. i have a lot of friends and family in the lower 48 that attend these events and across the country knowing that america is ready for another revolution. and you are part of this. look forward to attending more tea party events in the future. it is so inspiring to see real people, not politicos, not inside the beltway professionals -- it is great to see you speak out for common- sense conservative principles. i want to start off with a special shout out to america's newest senator, scott brown. [applause] in many ways, scott brown represents what is beautiful movement is about. he was just a guy with the truck and a passion to serve our country. he saw that things were not quite right in washington and he decided he was going to do his part to put our government back on the side of the people. it took guts and a lot of hard work. with support, scott brown carried the day. it is so interesting to watch the aftermath of the massachusetts'revolutions

in 1971, we passed the native lands act where we recognized the natives of alaska, alaska natives. and the progress they have made and the contribution they have made to the state. it's amazing. they are the number one -- i would say economic driving force in the state today. from a large group of people, 13 basic different tribes, regions, they were from a group that wasn't recognized other than the fact that they were natives, that they really did not fit will, but part of this state before we long came there, my state. and they were recognized. it's just awesome. and i'm hoping this happens in the state of hawaii. and for those in hawaii who may oppose this, you know, open your hearts and minds and do a little something different in hawaii as we did in alaska and see the benefit to the individual, not only to the natives, but everybody else. if this is legislation, it's a step forward. is it perfect? the governor says no. it's open for debate. if we don't do something, those people will be neglected again. so i ask my colleagues on my side and the other side, to consider, let's

as a commissioner of education for the state of alaska and trust eef the sea alaska heritage institute throughout his life he united alaskans with the lakota and strengthened our bonds with indian tribes across the nation and other indigenous people throughout the arctic and south seas. he contributed by ensuring that the cultural and linguistic community survived in the schools and our daily lives. throughout his professional life he championed three important education issues. first, early learning and preschool programs. second, meeting the educational needs of at-risk youth. and, number three, improving the academic performance of native indian and hawaiian children. the focus of his research was the -- his work was invaluable in the exploration of educational programs and schools serving native communities. helping educators an policymakers to better understand the role of traditional knowledge in instructional practice and assessing what works in providing a school environment that values academic performance, citizenship and the traditional ways for indian children. his research

>>> some dubbed todd palin alaska's shadow governor. these e-mails show exactly why. obtained exclusively by msnbc.com, these e-mails show that during sarah palin's time as governor from so-called first dude. mark halperin, co-author of "new york times" best selling book "game change," former michigan congressman, now chairman of the american rights at work and john feehery, former aide to speaker of the house. let's talk about sarah palin. mark halperin, first to you. are you surprised at what these e-mails show? they're pretty revealing and he is asking questions about every possible appointment to commissions and judgeships. he basically was signing off on everything. was he the chief of staff? >> it's not a surprise for a couple of reasons. first of all it is a very small state and as the palins point out, past governor families have been involved in politics but as i show in "game change," todd palin was involved in every aspect of his wife's professional and personal life, political standing in alaska and constantly working with her to try to get the mccain camp

he doesn't take alaska and he takes illinois and texas, say there is no fraud, and he doesn't get alaska'sthree electoral votes heeded loses an electoral college by one vote. so the wheels are always turning in richard nixon said. anyway, i think that's about it for our timeframe. i thank you all very much for coming and for some great questions, and for a warm response. thank you very much. [applause] >> i should say, anyone who wants to buy a book, some of his other books will be there. >> david pietrusza is the author of several books including 1920, the year of six presidents, for more information on the author visit his website. >> brinegar is the co-author of making your case. mr. garvin, what's it like to write a book with a supreme court justice to? first of all it is an honor but we had quite a few debates as we went along. the reason we wrote a book together is we have a very similar philosophy of writing. and advocacy. but when we got into the book we had some disagreements. so there were four debates in the middle of the books which are kind of fun. we have just done the odd io

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airlines on a 52-week high and alaska has raleigh nicely. you don't think there's much more of a catalyst to take for those, even with higher air fares in the forecast? >> i think it's going to be much more difficult for the stock prices to go up for those two. >> tom: and in regards to those picks that you do like here, american airlines, why is japan airlines such a key holding to have that alliance considering that that's a bankrupt carrier? >> well, because japan airlines is so critical to far asia travel, and i think it will be of material aid for american airlines longer term. >> tom: and what sets southwest apart, outside the avoidance of baggage fee ohs, and where can it grow its routes in the united states and continue to beat profits? >> it is now one of the largest airlines in the united states. and i think it will just continue to grow, they have one aircraft type, they've got enormous loyalty from their employees. and just look at the last two decades how this company has grown. it's been an extraordinary success story, and i th

right, now, after she said former governor of alaska we cut it off but where did the line go. >> theepublican line tanked. we asked them if you think it's funny you dial it up. if you think it's offensive you dial it down. now i would have assumed that democrats, they have a reputation of being more compassionate and more caring. republicans have a reputation for being tougher, more no non-accepts. and yet the -- no nonsense. the democrats didn't find that offensive and the republicans did. >> bill: it's all about palin and not the material. >> it's all about palin. the family guy people it's an insult. and when you have people who are watching making fun of someone in that way, could you imagine in what would have happened if a conservative had done that. >> bill: there is always a double standard in the media there shouldn't be with the folks. basically the people who voted for barack obama with were not offended by this campaign but the people who voted for mccain were? okay. i'm sorry it breaks down along party lines. now, as you may know sarah palin came on the factor to address

been a former alaska gov. sarah palin speaks at the tea party convention in nashville. president obama's comments at the winter meeting. >> members of the tea party are holding their first national convention this weekend in national -- in national tennessee. they spoke of the future of the moment -- of the movement. it is about one hour. >> thank you. welcome. this is our forum on the future of the tea party movement. by the way, i have been asked to make a couple of announcements. a couple of folks have lost cameras. one is a blue camera and another is black. if you happen to have seen them, if you would turn it into the command center, that would be very helpful. we have a panel of a credible people who are quick to talk about where we are going from here. 2010 is a huge year of change for the tea party movement. we will have people talk briefly about what they think will go on and we will open the floor to questions. if you want to ask a question, just a few real simple ground wills -- ground rules. think about your question and be very brief when you get to the mic

thank you, so very much. >> coming up next, former alaska gov.onvention. then president obama. and former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor and a number of others on women and the courts. >> tomorrow, on "washington journal," david drucker and reid wilson talk about this week's political developments, including the jobless figures, job creation proposals and the outlook for health-care legislation. then the editorial page editors and troop line and mike lafferty discuss issues. that is on c-span. >> and now, former republican vice-presidential candidate sarah palin speaks in asheville. she offered her perspective on some of the issues being discussed by party activists this weekend. this lasts about one hour. >> i am so proud to be an american. thank you so much for being here tonight. do you love your freedom? if you love your freedom bucs if you love your freedom, if you are serving in uniform, raise your hand. we will thank you for our freedom. we salute you and honor you. thank you. i am so proud to be american. >>happy birthday, rona

even in alaska, even in a legislature, my veto was overridden and the money poured into the state and believe we will see this play out in our state's and the federal government will have taken more control over the people live in our state. i understand wanting to believe that this is all free money and for some, it is good in tough times. remember our demonstration promised it would be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. remember vice president joe biden, he was put in charge of tough, unprecedented oversight efforts. nobody messes with joe. [laughter] this was all part of that change and transparency and one year later, i have to ask the supporters of all that, "how was that change stop working out for you dax?" i tried to look into that transparency thing. joe's meetings with the transparency and accountability board were closed to the public. [laughter] they held a transparency meeting behind closed doors. [laughter] so, i am not sure if anybody is messing with joe but here is what i do know -- a lot of that stimulus cash ended up in some pretty odd places including district that

alaska had been projected for the democrats and he hates that. if he does not lose our take alaska or takes illinois and taxes and get the three votes he loses. the wheels are always turning. but i think that is it for our timeframe. those are great questions. thank you very much. [applause] >> what are your reading? >> and is now finishing "the lost symbol" which i had been reading by listening to it on cd in the car. and in terms of the book i am reading, holding in my hand is a book about running that japanese novelist wrote to. and it is what i think about what i am running. i am not a runner but what goes through his mind. i always try to have a non-fiction thing going at the same time. that is where i am. >> i fully expected to hear some public policy title from new. >> guy read that stuff but that is where my job.

>> in alaska, because the ground is frozen right now, and easy for census workers to get around, and also because fewer people are out fishing and hunting. >> let's check the financial markets you. richard, the bounce that we're seeing in the stock market, is it believable? >> the jury's out. at this point, the equity's on tuesday closing just a few points off the high in the s&p, but the market is still shy. a close blow the 50 day moving average is still a bit bear tour me. at this point, i think it's a little bit of a rally. we need confirmation. the first couple days of the month, you may see 401k money hitting the markets. the institutions put the money into the market. we have a lot of data coming up friday. the jury's out. at this point, we're still looking at sell rallies until we move above the 50 day average on the s&p. >> buyers are coming back to the gold market. is there anything to thaty think it's set up by slightly overbought dollar. we've had a nice rally off the lows of the dollar, but five or six consecutive days up. now the dollar may pull back to the 50 day movin

there are no groundhogs and alaska. in alaska it is marmet.ear. the marmet does not have any forecasting duties. the lawmaker and it is the bill says she hopes the state will create educational activities around the animal. jane: it is. oscar time just around the corner. the winners were announced. a bit of an awkward moment. more on that. you are the big winners? james cameron which "avatar" picked up nine nominations. tied with the movie called "the hurt locker," also nominated for nine awards. get this. kathryn bigelow, she and james cameron used to be married. both of the films have already taken on some of the year's top prizes. we can weigh in on which film you think will come out on top. you see the blue arrow. it is the second one down. so far more than half of our voters say "avatar" will take on the prize. jon: i saw "avatar." i have not seen "the hurt locker." a few of them. i'll take you to the movies. jane: that is going to do it for us. jon: "america live" with megyn kelly begins right now. megyn: good afternoon and welcome to "a

a tsunami advisory is in effect in california and alaska.cials in japan and australia are warning a tsunami is likely to hit asian shorelines within the next 24 hours. chuck will join us in just a moment with your weekend weather forecast. stay with us. >>> meteorologist, chuck bell joining us. >> gd morning, everybody. your weekend under way. skies are cloudy. we have snow flurries and showers to show you on radar. another area of light snow across southern portions of pennsylvania is swinging down to the south. so as a result, you folks already into northern maryland are seeing light snow. that whole patch of light snow will be coming down through washington and east over the bay and the eastern shore. might be enough to whiten the ground. temperatures later on today should climb into the upper 30s and low 40s. the snow showers shouldn't stick around for too much longer. windy and chilly weather for the rest of the weekend. kimberly? >>> coming up on "news4 today," more reports on the situation in chile after a record-breaking >>> we are b

the deadliest hawaiian tsunami back in 1946 was triggered by an 8.6 earthquake centered near alaska. >> i think people are very astute and careful now and i don't think people are afraid. i think they pay attention to the rules. >> reporter: many residents and tourists watched the waves roll in from high above safe hillsides, a close call according to scientists s at center. >>. >>> meanwhile back here in maryland tonight a deadly plane crash near lee airport in edgewater. it happened just feet away from two houses. wjz live on this story and we have more on the investigation. >> reporter: this was so massive that eyewitnesses could see large plumes of black smoke from miles away, but now officials have no idea why it happened. a single-engine plane shaters into pieces in edgewater. the pilot is killed. >> a heard a large crash like, a big boat hitting the water from 20 feet. >> reporter: the aircraft landed three or four feet away from this man's rental property. his own house is next door. >> i called 911 immediately. >> reporter: investigators say it first crashed into a set of tr

coast, it is go to move up toward alaska.ading over towards indonesia and into japan. in fact, you know, the tsunami that happened in 1960 from chile quake, the highest tsunami that was reported from it was in japan. so you don't want to say we're over and done with this yet. while it feels that at this point, at least for hawaii, it feels like a nonevent, let's hope that's the case. but as long as the warnings are up, i want people to pay attention to that, stay where you're at, stay where you're put until those warnings have been dropped. there is no expiration time on a warning like this. the tsunami warning center will say, hey, okay, we feel that that threat has been cleared and we'll cancel the warning. until that happens, we're going to say, you know, we'll watch for more waves and that's a good possibility. >> so tell me how or whether all of those aftershocks that people are feeling in chile might in any way impact the tsunami watch. >> probably not. probably not at all. because, you know, you usually need a 7.0 or h

and the grassroots conservative group has a big name for its headliner, former alaska governor, sarah palin. domenico montanaro is in nashville for us this morning. what can we expect from this weekend? >> reporter: you can see behind me, people are starting to fill in, having some breakfast. we'll see other speakers this morning, there's guy from junkscience.com, climate change doesn't exist, that kind of stuff. you'll see a lot of other speakers throughout the day. but, you know, palin is the main attraction. there's been a lot of controversy surrounding this convention, surrounding -- talking about its organizers, personal finances, whether or not this should be a for-profit event. but, you know, people here, they just want to see sarah palin. they don't mind that the prices were as high as they are. of course, they'd like to pay less, but they want to see sarah palin. they're fired up and we've got -- we're having a lot of fun out here this morning. >> looks like you're having breakfast too, domenico. is that the buffet right behind you? >> reporter: you know, we're not allowed to

their convention will climax tomorrow night with a speech from former alaska governor sarah palin. >>> scientists are reporting a brain scan breakthrough in their study of people with severe brain injuries. researchers in belgium and bret tip found unexpected brain activity in some patients formerly thought to be in a nonthinking venlg eight difference state. scientists even managed to communicate with one such patient reading patterns of brain activity as a yes or no in answers to questions. >>> the los angeles county coroner says actress brittany murphy died of pneumonia complicated by anemia and prescription drug use. the 32-year-old murphy died a few days before christmas after collapsing at her home in the hollywood hills. >>> straight ahead, your friday morning weather forecast. and in sports, lebron james does his thing scoring 36 points to beat the heat in cleveland. whatcha doing, little bite? trying to be big like you, dad. you're so good at keeping everyone full and focused with your fiber. but you already are great at doing that. - really? - sure! you're made with fiber ju

i hope that ncai will work with the alaska tribes who are 40% of the tribes of the united states. we hope that ncai will work with us in any future stimulus money to be cognizant of the fact reservations don't exist in alaska and that effect should be, should not be in the stimulus package. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for the comment. john? >> there is money that is available for training young people communications especially journalism. i met with arne duncan and he now holds more money than anybody in the history of the world for education and the thing is when i told him and asked him what is he doing for indian education, he almost tear up when he talked about going to blame here saying that he was really said he didn't know how to be will to help. i said there's a lot of ways ncai has a few ideas about that. so the opportunity to be about place we can help place young people. we had a meeting here at the press club with several of these news reporters, helen thomas was there probably the oldest one sitting in the front but we need to have a native american strong i

my name is bill martin and i'm part of the indian tribes in alaska.nd during the stimulus package funding, and paw of the alaskan native corporation director we're landless and so we missed out on many opportunities because of that. and yet alaskan tribes still have the same needs as the needs of the 48. and he lost out on funding simply because we're landless and we don't of that capacity. i hope that nci will work with us -- with the alaska tribes much more 40% of the tribes in the united states. so we hope nci will work with us. of any future stimulus money to be cognizant of the fact that reservations don't exist in alaska. and that wording and the verbiage of that effect should not be in stimulus packages. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for your comment. and john? >> there is money that is available for training young people in front communications, especially, in journalism. i met with arne duncan and he holds more money than anybody else for education. and when i told him and asked him what he's doing for indian education, he almost tear

former alaska governor sarah palin is calling on president obama to fire chief of stay rahm emanuel.d the word "retarded" in a strategy session back in august and apologized for the remark last week. palin, whose youngest son has down syndrome, compares the comment to using a racial slur. to hollywood now. the oscar nominations are out and the cop contenders this year are the sci-fi blockbuster "avenue tar" and the gritty iraq war movie "hurt locker." each dot got nine nominations, including best picture. ten movies in all will be competing for that category for the first time since 1943. coming up next, the stars align again for "we are the world." ar. i've had asthma forever. i never knew why my asthma symptoms kept coming back... ...kept coming back... ...or that i could help prevent them in the first place. the problem was that my controller medicine... ...was treating only 1 main cause of asthma symptoms. but there are 2. airway constriction. and inflammation. unlike most controllers, advair treats both main causes. advair treats both main causes. and that helps prevent symptoms

former alaska governor, sarah palin, who did not attend, a distant third with seven percent. 10,000 people attended this year's conference and organizers say 2400 of them voted. of those, 48 percent describe themselves as students. a group ron paul has done well with previously. in washington, fox news. >>> former secretary of state alexander hague has died. he died this morning at johns hopkins hospital of complications from an infection. his long and decorated military service launched his career in washington. the four-star general served as top advisor to nixon, ford and reagan. he ran for president in 1988. he was surrounded by his family and in his final hours. he was 85 years old. >>> in honor of black history month, fox 45 held a 23rd annual champions of courage banquet. the awards are held to recognize maryland students and the people in their lives, who inspired them through the teachings of dr. martin luther king. >> all essay winners were rewarded. >> (unintelligible). not somebody else. it's based on the choices you make and how much energy you're willing to put behind you. >>

the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: thank you, madam president. madam president, when president obama delivered his first state of the union address just several weeks ago, i will tell you, i was pleasantly surprised by his remarks on energy policy. in addition to calling for bipartisan legislation, the president indicated his support for more nuclear energy and new oil and gas development. and i think those are all positive steps. they're taking us in the right direction, not least because they would draw strong support here in congress, and i think that they would really help to create jobs all across the country. and in a time when we're looking at how we boost the me and create more jobs, this is critically important. now, having listened to the president's ideas, i -- i looked forward to seeing how the administration would begin to act on them, how these would all play out in his new budget. and when the document came out last monday, i -- i expected to at least see some progress in each of the areas that i just mentioned during the state of

model that you had because this s an active area in terms of earthquakes and you get tsunamis from alaska and chile and even local tsunamis as well. you did an excellent job. >> you are over 6 feet tall. is that the biggest playor that exists in the united states? >> he is huge! >> the tallest and singingest mayor in america. >> let's hear a song. ♪ we are hawaii, we are forever, we will always say aloha to you ♪ >> geraldo they want you to know bring the tourists back, it's safe. >> come on back. general lee and i welcome you back. >> geraldo: thank you, mr. mayor. thank you, general, craig. >> michio thank you so much. you really make science understandable and i really do appreciate it and i hope to continue a relationship with you. ♪ >> where is my grass skirt? >> don't give me any ideas. >> a note of levity we end a serious show. it is the jewish holiday of coming up at the temple in cleveland they will auctioning off a boat ride i will offer in my boat.

states, whether or not they live free or die they have the lowest taxation committee state except alaska. and the neighbor is contrasting with higher social expenditure. it does not matter how you get your great day quality as long as you get it somehow. of a few other suggested explanation sometimes people say we have a whole relationship the wrong way around. if you try to use that explanation is you find what it is that is moving those different problems together. why are they consistently worse for others? what is the underlying cause that means a country tends to do well or badly on most of them? so to explain this relationship in so many settings it also explains why the quality moves with those other things. with child outcomes it is hard to see how child of coombs would effected a quality. with a new political ideology, within a period of reagan, and we've had year liberal economics and so on to trade them bell law with the changes in taxes with the rising inequality of that point*. but those political leaders never intended to increase obesity or drug problems or teenage birth.

regards to the gmd, i appreciate the missile ground defense system and the work you have been doing in alaskand the efforts you have over the years with the transition of what's going on overall with missile defense. the way i understand this is you will finish off and do you have the resources in this budget or do you allocate utilizing other resources to get the final completion of the 12 and the decommission of the six? >> that's budgeted for. >> in this cycle? >> yes. >> is there anything beyond even the six decommissioned? do you have to budget or do you have that in the cycle? acron acronym. >> i know you mentioned it and i think it's important, maybe again at a later time as you know, we have three in the european and the pacific comm d command, is there a process to bring the joint commander and how we deal with that? are you going through a process now? >> they would use the normal process. we do that routine and there is no view that i have heard of that don't see us from an intention to create another command to handle this. acronym and brought to to our attention and we have a lon

. >> larry: it's he object yus, what's your read on the former governor of alaska?> i don't have a read. i try not to make or set opinions about people i haven't had any substantive interaction with. i know what you see on tv. >> larry: does it irk you when she criticizes your husband? >> democracy is about critique, and the president is not immune to criticism. i think he's doing a phenomenal job, you know. we have to think of where we were when he took office. we were on the brink of a depression, worse than anyone really ever imagined, and i don't think the country ever really knew how bad things were. because of important steps, quick thinking, we're not even talking about that. we've got to do more on jobs. we need to get health care done. there's a lot of work to be done, and we need to do more to improve the civility in washington. i think if there's a disappointment, barack wishes that we have come farther in that effort. >> larry: is she a phenomena to you? >> again, i mean, i think she -- i think it's wonderful to have strong, female voices out there. but

former alaska governor and fox news contributor sarah palin, mother of a special needs child, compared the "r" word to the "n" word and said emanuel should be fired. on her facebook page, ms. palin said, "mr. president, you can do better and our country deserves better." there is a website devoting to e ending this. >> words are powerful. hearing the "r" word makes people with intellectual disabilities and those who love them feel like less valued members of humanity. >> this is not the first time the obama administration offended. aides apologized after the president himself made this remark about his lack of bowling skills on jay leno tonight show. >> move like special olympics. >> it wasn't just rahm emanuel apologizing, the education secretary duncan phoned the new orleans mayor after saying hurricane katrina was the best thing that happened to the city's schools because it provided them an opportunity to rebuild. joining what one reporter called a buffet line of administration officials eating their words. at the white house, wendell goler, fox news. >> bret: also in the buffet li

it killed 159 people and started as an 8.6 earthquake off of alaska. the difference today is that islanders and tourists have plenty of warning. buildings are designed to survive most of what mother nature serves up. and this time, hawaii got lucky. >> it's smaller than we thought. it's beginning to look like we escaped sort of with the skin of our teeth. >> reporter: today, officials are proud of the fact that most everyone here took the threat seriously and that the island seemed to be prepared. bill and kate? >> everybody took it seriously. we were all watching our television all afternoon. ron will get into that later on. >> we'll break it down a little more. >>> good morning, bill and kate. good morning, everyone. after two weeks of fighting, the u.s. and afghan troops say they have cleared the last pocket of resistance in mar january. coalition forces are already planning a larger offensive in neighbori ining kandahar. >>> this compound houses a mosque and has been the site of clashes between israelis and palestinians. >>> the white house has cho

at the end of the day in sitka, alaska, everyone awaits the return of the fishing boats. their safe arrival is highly anticipated. as is something else. a shipment of natural sea salt from cargill, essential for preserving the catch. we deliver the salt on precise schedules and ship it efficiently all along the alaskan coast. saving the fishermen money and their catch. this is how cargill works with customers. [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new lexus gx. it has the agility and the power to take on any mission, and the space to accommodate precious cargo, because every great action hero needs a vehicle. see your lexus dealer. ♪ >> larry: sean penn remains with us. so does diana jenkins. joining us is kent page, senior communications officer for unicef. their website, by the way, is unicef.org. christiane amanpour interviewed the prime minister of haiti earlier this week, asked him about the exploitation of the earthquake's youngest victims. watch. >> do you know for sure that children are being trafficked now? >> there are children being trafficked. and also guns.

a tea party movement in mesa, arizona, or a young americans for freedom and tea party group up in alaska that are going to go ahead and pool their money and send representatives and say, we want ownership in the movement. that's why we're here. they're here to come and learn and report back to their local groups and use the innovative information and implement something that will go ahead and bring the movement together. >> and what about you, lisa? >> i'm just -- i'm glad that this opportunity came up. i did think the ticket prices were high, but, again, the intent of this organization or this convention was to get all the different organizations together, and the intent was to have the groups that they're representing, all leaders from all the different groups come together so we could all network, we could all figure out a strategy on how we can, as a movement, move forward and make congress listen to us. so really this is not meant to be a convention for just everyday people as much as leaders of all those everyday people organizations that are out there. there are so many out there

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in the pacific basin, we also have tsunami advisories posted for california, oregon, washington, alaska and the west coast of canada. we are expecting significant -- we are expecting to see very significant currents in the area. very turbulent water in bays and harbors of those locations. >> the wave generated by this earthquake in the hours immediately following the quake itself were described as moving across the ocean as fast as a jetliner. how would you characterize the waves now from the data you're looking the at and what you're hearing? >> yes. the waves are proilgating across the ocean at the speed of a jetliner, 450 to 6 a miles per hour. as they get nearer to shore in all of these areas, and it's happening at different times around the basin, but as they do get nearer to shore, they encounter shallower and shallower water, so the wave speed slows down, but that causes the water to come press. that's why we see a tsunami come into shore with wave heights that can inundate land. also to note they do come in at a speed of about 35 miles per hour. a very dangerous situation for th

could withstand that, he couldn't withstand the pressure of them telling him to choose this nut from alaskaarry: in the next portion we'll try to get him to have an opinion. does the american political system suck? a member of the transition team said so. what does bill think? i'll ask. it's ahead. ill look bad ♪ ♪ when the bike store saw my credit ♪ ♪ they said this was all they had ♪ ♪ i'm singing- f to the r to the to the e ♪ ♪ to the c to the r to the e-d-i-t, ♪ ♪ re to the port to the dot, to the com ♪ ♪ come on everybody grab your bike and sing along, ♪ ♪ it's easy... f to the r... ♪ vooffer applies with enrollment in triple advantage. boss: y'know, geico opened its doors back in 1936 and now we're insuring over 18 million drivers. gecko: quite impressive, yeah. boss: come a long way, that's for sure. and so have you since you started working here way back when. gecko: ah, i still have nightmares. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. land music] ♪ fa-diddle-diddle-do-do-do ♪ fa-daddle-daddle-la-da-da ♪ fa-diddle-diddle-leh-dee-dee ♪ fa-daddle-daddle-le

went after her family, who said slanderous things about her, who did not allow her to be governor of alaskaankly a lot of us are just as happy as we can be that she now is making a good living and having money to do things for conservative candidates. again -- >> dr. scarborough you may have misheard me. >> i'm not here to argue the report. >> spent more money, $63,000 buying her own book from the pac, more than 40,000 she contributed to candidates. does that concern you? >> it doesn't concern me at all. in fact, i don't have a dog in that fight. >> it doesn't concern you tea party funds that would go for her speech, that she might use that for personal gain. >> every person taking place in this tea party, myself included, knew what the cost was, paid the fee. in my case, i'm one of the sponsors of the event. i looked at the finances. i thought it was a good investment. i still think it's a good investment. how people on the other end handle the funds as far as i'm concerned is between them and their god. there's enough people who are watch dogs like yourself will hold them accountable. wha

the national prayer breakfast was going on, we had communities gathered all the way to anchorage, alaskaaying for these good people of uganda. you know, i was in uganda doing aids work helping set up a national aids education program back in the early '90s, and i don't think i've ever met a more hospitable and wonderful people and yet we've got these conservative christians going in and lighting the fires of hatred, which must break god's heart to see parents turning on their children who happen to be gay or lesbian. >> i understand, bishop, that you had a meeting at the white house this week in which you talked to the president about this. what did you say to him if you're at liberty to tell us? >> actually, the president was here in new hampshire. >> oh. >> the day i was at the white house. but we did talk with some of his advisers. and talked to them about the importance of our government making it quite clear that we would not cooperate with anything like these proposed draconian laws. and, you know, one of the reasons that we are making some progress here with respect to gay and les

could withstand that, he couldn't withstand the pressure of them telling him to choose this nut from alaska suck? a member of the transition team said so. what does bill think? i'll ask. it's ahead. my doctor said most calcium supplements... aren't absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it's different -- it's calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. also available in small, easy-to-swallow petites. citracal. shakes off dry winter skin with 2 separate ribbons. the white ribbon that cleanses and the body butter ribbon that moisturizes continuously leaving skin satiny smooth. goodbye dry winter skin. >> larry: we're back with bill maher. don't forget his hbo comedy special, and the eighth season with bill maher debuts february 19th. the top aide to bill clinton who chairs obama's transition team, he says that america's political system sucks. do you agree with that? >> i totally agree with that. i think most americans agree with that. i don't think people in his position usually use that word, maybe for comedians like me, but absolutely, it sucks

. >>> newly released e-mails from the state of alaska are painting an unflattering picture of sarah paliner husband, todd. e-mails were obtained by nbc news and it showed todd played a much bigger role in palin's administration than just first dude. several e-mails showed he got involved in a judicial appointment and even monitored contract negotiations. another e-mail shows he sent confidential reports from his employer, bp, to the attorney for the state. then there's one from the governor herself saying, quote, man that gossip crap bugs me, after the anchorage daily news wrote about mansion repairs. many e-mails were requested redacted or when would, with the claim that privilege extends to todd palin as an unpaid adviser to the government. >>> $150 per ticket tea party convention is happening at a swank hotel in nashville, meetings and speeches. one speaker today has called environmentalists a greater threat than islamic extremism. later today, convention goers will hear from justice roy moore, famous for refusing to remove a ten commandments monument from a state building. participant