yes. >> alfred? >> as a scrabble buff and scrabble fanatic, it hurts me.nk the great thing about scrabble -- my mother used to play with us as kids -- it really does force you to expand your voe kcabularyvocabulary. >> and i don't have anything against slang, but -- >> they could make a slang version of scrabble. >> oh, thank you. >> just one slang version. >> the ebonics haters are going to -- >> i have no problem with words like tweet or bling, words that are -- but i haven't even heard isn't it until today -- >> thank is not a real new word. >> new words that are part of the zeitgeist, i'm totally fine with. but slang is a travesty. >> kids these days. we just lost all our kid viewership here. thanks to all of you. it's always a pleasure to have you all here. leigh, alfred and christine. >>> if a dealership sold you a car with no brakes and took out a life insurance policy on you, you'd be demanding criminal charges. some say that's exactly what goldman sachs did to its clients without standing trial. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network ca

alfred adask is one of them. you said, "we have the right to keep and bear arms in order to shoot our own politicians, to shoot the police, to shoot your local government officials, your state officials, your president, your congressman, your senators." >> yep. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm katie couric. >> i'm lara logan. >> i'm byron pitts. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories tonight on "60 minutes." [ male announcer ] your hard work has paid off. and you want to pass along as much as possible to future generations. at northern trust, we know what works and what doesn't. as one of the nation's largest wealth managers, we can help you manage the complexities of transferring wealth. seeking to minimize taxes while helping maximize what's passed along. because you just never know how big those future generations might be. ♪ expertise matters. find it at northern trust. [ shrek ] calm down donkey. it's vacation time! ohhhhh, who says ogres can't surf? nice moves fiona! ha, ha, ha, i love 3d. wooo h

he's alfred edmond jr., senior v.p.and editor at large at "black enterprise." >> recently, the white house kicked off national small business week by releasing the small business agenda, "growing america's small businesses to win the future," a report emphasizing the importance of supporting america's entrepreneurs. the work of president barack obama's administration in this area is of particular interest to black entrepreneurs, including the 1,000 or more who will be in atlanta for the 2011 "black enterprise" entrepreneurs conference. the good news is that between 2002 and 2007, black-owned businesses grew by 60%, more than three times the growth of all firms over that five-year the bad news is that the jury is still out on how many of those businesses survived the great recession of 2008-2009. and for all of the celebration of small business as the engine of job creation, too many business owners in underserved urban communities don't see the connection between white house small business policy and the day-to-day tria

alfred.t come to that we're stealing other people's zip codes to get our kids into better schools. >> the bigger problem is that public education is financed locally. so yers, if i live and i'm paying -- i live in a community where i'm paying five figures in taxes each year to fund the public school system and someone not paying taxes is getting into that school system, yes, i might feel like i'm getting stolen from. the larger issue is because of the way we finance public education, you are going to get a better education depending on what zip code you're in. >> i moved to a town just like you did that has a quality public school, and i pay the taxes that reflect that. but when you call this district office, it says, press 1 for hours, press 2 to talk to the principal, press 3 for the anonymous residency hotline. you can turn people in, i'm not kidding. i asked other parents and this is normal. they're trying to root out -- some schools hire public investigators to check out people's address

black, charles drew -- if you want to stand -- ramon a gram, julie foster, lynn levy, rebecca martin, alfredhez -- is in this difficult economic time that human services agencies say to the programs are invaluable to our city. one of our dedicated office volunteers is one such individual that benefited from this program. after volunteering with our office for three months, he was ecstatic to find. 39. he was so excited at the individuals at this program, he wanted to honor the job club facilitator today. we actually wanted to honor him and he asked us to honor the program that helped him today. while we are sad to lose a dedicated volunteer at our office, we are very excited about his new employment opportunity. he asked us to honor these very special people today and i wanted to have them come up together as a group and talk about the importance of this program and how our city supports employment readiness and connection to employment in san francisco. on behalf of the office of district 6 and the board of supervisors, we want to commend you for your work and doing the action of all we tal

another man who may have left his playing days behind is pakistan cricket legend shot he'd alfre to the all rounder stating he will not play under his country's current cricket boards the thirty one year old here knocks against the west indies earlier in the month was quoted as saying he was not in a mental frame of mind to continue wherever he had it was a conditional tire meant afridi left the test cricket scene last year but continued to need touchstones twenty two squad for the national league team of the rule two weeks ago the man known as boom boom holds the record for the fastest century one day international. a rematch of the two thousand and six n.b.a. finals get underway later on the hardwood with the dallas mavericks are out for revenge against the miami heat but as events of course he explains the two teams have drastically different storylines compared to the squads from five years ago. he is one of only two map splitters who took part in an at the can melt down against the heat in two thousand and six dallas took a two nothing lead in that best of seven series before losin

and she wanted a bracelet. >> reporter: she wore it in the alfred hitchcock film stage fright.y movie star or celebrity to collect van cleef and arpels jewelry. the exhibition included jewelry from elizabeth taylor's collection. richard burton bought her this set because he said the a.m. thift matched her eyes. how romantic. the prince rainier of monaco didn't do badly on that either when he married grace kelly. >> it's a whole set that prince rainier bought for her in new york in 1956 before their wedding. >> reporter: in fact it was the duchess of windsor who thought up one of the most ingenius designs van chief and arpels has ever made. >> amazing piece. like a regular zipper but instead in diamonds. >> reporter: yes, a necklace that zips but that's not all it does. >> and here you are. >> reporter: this one is vintage from the 1950s. van cleef and arpels vice president nicholas luke singer because it out of the company vault just to fry on me... just to try on me. it isn't for sale. but if you wanted one, van cleef and arpels will gladly sell you a brand new replica for a m

alfred rodriguez' family lit flower and put candles in front of the market in his memory. the family too devastated to talk. they came here to pray and to look for answers. a little before 4:00 monday morning, police found rodriguez on the ground with a gunshot wound. he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. the family says am freddo's death is a tremendous loss, especially to his three children. one of them his daughter only a few week old. milpitas police block off main street for hours, hoping to find any evidence or clues that can lead them to a suspect or suspects. one key part of the investigation may come from video recorded on surveillance videos at jerry's market. one camera has a direct shot of the street. >> one of my friends -- >> reporter: they're trying to figure out a motive. why anyone would want to kill alfredo rodriguez. if you have any information, please call milpitas police. we're live tonight, nbc bay area news. >>> new at 11:00, fire crews watched as a man drowned in the waters off alameda this morning. it happened along the be

. >> reporter: mike huckabee is the alfred hitchcock of politics. a master of suspense. >> i plan to make a little news with some announcements at the end of the show. >> reporter: the arkansas governor has dragged out his flirtation for months. >> not even my executive producer knows what i'm expected to say. >> reporter: tonight he's expected to announce on his own fox news show if he's in it to win it in 2012. many republicans could use a new face. the more they know the candidates, the less they like them. an associated press poll finds 45% of republicans now say they are dissatisfied with the gop field. that's up from 33% two months ago. >> republicans believe that there is a candidate out there that is going to be the perfect candidate. they just haven't found that candidate yet. >> it's the 2012 republican presidential undeclared candidates debate. >> it's a point not lost in the late night comics on "saturday night live." >> the debate included ron paul, tim pawlenty, rick santorum, and i'm going to stop there before i fall asleep. >> report

train for 16 hours with someone talking on a cell phone, to me it's much more creepy than anything alfredcock could imagine. if there were cell phones in his day, "strangers on a train" would have been a much different movie. in 16 hours, you could watch the movie "throw momma from the train" 10.9 times in a row. you wouldn't be able to pay any attention to it, because cell phone lady would have been talking the whole way through it. but still, in 16 hours, you could watch 32 episodes of "soul train." or listen to the clash song "train in vein" approximately 320 times back-to-back. all of which i would rather do than listen to someone talking on their cell phone for 16 hours. it would almost be -- the way i see it, there are only a few viable reasons. please, people, stay off the phone when you're in public. it's rude and a sure fire way to get you on the "ridicu-list." a lot more ahead at the top of the hour. we'll be right back with the breaking news. [ slap! ] [ pneumatic wrench buzzing ] [ slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tu

being a shorter way of saying, "we add three seconds of boobs to this." [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, alfreding "american idol" this week. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ thank you, the phrase "i've got good news and i've got bad news" for basically being another way of saying "i've got bad news." [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, "law and order" disclaimer that says "this story is fictional and does not depict any actual person or event" for basically telling me "this story totally happened and absolutely depicts the actual person and event. we're just covering our asses." [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, frozen burrito in the bottom of my freezer, for being the food equivalent of a booty call. [ laughter ] "i'm drunk and we're totally going to hook up tonight. [ cheers and applause ] but i have a feeling i'll regret it in the morning." ♪ thank you, skinny jeans, for looking terrible on people who don't have skinny genes. [ laughter ] ♪ and finally, thank you, men and women of the armed forces. you protect our country, you serve with honor, and most importantly, you're totally getting laid in new y

train for 16 hours with someone talking on a cell phone, to me it's much more creepy than anything alfredre were cell phones in his day, "strangers on a train" would have been a much different movie. think about that, she was on the phone for 16 hours. in 16 hours, you could watch the movie "throw momma from the train" 10.9 times in a row. you wouldn't be able to pay any attention to it, because cell phone lady would have been talking the whole way through it. but still, in 16 hours, you could watch 32 episodes of "soul train." or listen to the clash song "train in vein" approximately 320 times back-to-back. all of which i would rather do than sit on a train with someone talking loudly into their cell phone for 16 hours. please, people, stay off the phone when you're in public. it's rude and a sure fire way to get you on the "ridicu-list." >>> up next, building up america. see how they keep traffic moving in one city and you could see a lot more of this nationwide. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] doctors have been saying it forever. let's take a look. but they've never actually been able to do it

you live in the bat cave with alfred and robin. >> you get to do the bruce wayne part too, socialiteith all the people. >> i forget about the bruce wayne part of the equation. >> i was thinking about doing good for the world. >> right. i was thinking about the stuff. the plane, the car, the mansion. >> especially the car. >> especially the car. and keep your smartphones out. we've got your qr code for your extended forecast coming up in ex[ male announcer ] this year, get the most out of your lawn with the fertilizer that gives you the most for your money. scotts turf builder. unlike bargain brands, which have up to 40% sand, sawdust, even gravel, turf builder has no filler. it's 100% food, for a deep feeding you can see, feel, and enjoy. for a lawn that can't be beat, get a fertilizer that can't be copied. scotts turf builder. now is the time to feed and kill dandelions. use scotts turf builder plus 2. >>> 9:47 right now. it is freezing in the studio. >> you had the goose bumps all day long. >> i look like a chicken. >> we can't wait to get outside. >> i'm just right. it feels perfe

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alfred marshall was high on this notion 120 years. it's nothing that separates us. i think i'm probably less optimistic about the -- his vision for competitiveness in the inner city. i think actually there was probably too much of an emphasis of what their current competitive advantage is relative to trying to think of more game changing things. actually radically increase the human capital in these areas. i think that's -- that's the fundamental thing. it's not actually figuring out how to do low value-added services in inner city areas. it's actually figuring out how to provide the skills and the connections that enable those areas to grow and then, of course, there's a whole 80% of the book is about things that are unrelated to, you know -- unrelated to michael porter's core interests but certainly, you know, i share his enthusiasm for competitiontician and entrepreneurship and the value of connecting in dense corrid s corridors. >> right here. >> the cover of your book has a picture of chicago, i think, right? >> it is. stretched out. >> anyone who has been to c

and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. suppoing science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the plague of tornadoes in the midwest claimed 14 more victims overnight, in oklahoma and several other states. and, more storms whirled into life today, while the people of joplin, missouri continued searching for their own dead and missing. "newshour" correspondent kwame holman has the story. >> reporter: nerves already were on edge across the midwest as forecasters issued a new wave of warnings. kansas city, missouri went on alert, and the storm system threatened half a dozen other states as it headed west. less than 24 hours earlier, tornadoes tore their way across oklahoma. >> this was a large tornado that come through here. >> reporter: da