he is only the third person to lead alvin ailey. i don't mean that you have some big feet but you have some big shoes to fill. >> thank you. i do have some big feet. [laughter] tavis: how does one go about following -- how you go about creating your own footsteps? >> i think that one of the things that was sent by -- when she took over is that she does not feel like she felt she was standing in shoes the standing on shoulders. that is a big part of it, i am not alone. there is an entire organization who loves this vision. i am surrounded by his spirit and by these remarkable dancers and people who care. >> the only -- tavis: the thing that moves me and causes me to celebrate the company. it is difficult to keep something going for a decade, a two decade, three decades, four decades. this is now 50 years old as a company and where the arts are concerned, that is a tough thing to pull off for 50 years. >> yes, absolutely. i think that the vision is very clear and very forward. in 1958, alvin ailey made a repertory company which made i

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welcome back to spotlight i'm al green alvin just a reminder that my guests on the show today are out of my league in he's here in the studio with me he is the executive secretary of the russian polish group on difficult issues and angie holan skee the chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the polish parliament he is joining us live and not being able to cover from us the beautiful picture of spring in warsaw that we see on the very ground hello again welcome back to the show and congressional races with the wonderful world of unlearnable and well gentlemen but in. general first of all i would love to remind our viewers that that cat cat in the place where the tragedy last year a clear here and there for decades this town has been a stumbling block in relations between russia and poland but the situation has begun to change spotlights you know the neither one has more than that. nineteen forty cart and massacre one in this to me to twenty thousand officers were murdered on stalin's orders is one of the most need to rip and souls and ruination between russia and poland the us in

welcome back to spotlight on alvin often just reminded that my guest in the studio today is he on the screen the agriculture minister of the russian federation. mrs crane keeping with president medvedev is instructions she will step down as a member of the board for the united korean companies here right now and it's not only yemeni high ranking officials once you do seem to know how a new director be left and will you have some people it is important to take your place right. whatever we are currently considering the best way to implement the president's instructions and escort we will follow his instructions but we need to break out all the technicalities when the government spends almost three hours the discussing this issue also will break in early at least so your ministry will have some and it's not like some stranger will come and you have to fight with him later on because that would be iran. no of course not the united grain company barons the chair of the board is a strategic company put off quickly as it is this company that sells grain from the intervention fund. this grai

banks were formally asked to stick to the official rate but later that is a bank for its hold that alvin's is way for a three billion dollar loan from moscow to regain control of the market for the beginning of the year belo is has lost a quarter of its reserves in its hands to support its currency and moscow government is selling its stake in eastern europe stops we make united confectioner's among the possible virus world's leading food groups kraft and mostly prosper proudly own around twenty six percent of the polling. well known brands in russia. and iraq front. that's about that for this hour but don't forget so log on to all websites dot com fast but that's i think i'll start. to go to. the. wealthy british soil some time to explain the fine. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger or no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cons reports on r.g.p. . the gold koori new the latest in science and technology from the ground floor should. we dump the future of coverage. is he.

thank you very much and just a reminder that my guest on the show today was sam graff director of alvin first structure your daily utilities and publicly held at the london two thousand and twelve olympic village and that's it for now for all of us if you want to tell yourself spotlight we're at someone in mind who you think i said to be next time to drop me a line algorithm of project lead our year and let's keep spotlight interactive we'll be back with more from the common something what's going on in and outside russia until then stay in touch he can take it it take . when some team has been to the jaroslav region the handicrafts have become a major industry. now quasi goes to a former top secret military stronghold. which today has a limitless possibilities for extreme sports. with them last seen couldn't damask seal has been discovered. and the real soviet fleet divers watch is a may. come from the chelyabinsk region of. russia close up.

. >> alvin thomas works for the veterans administration. >> we're still in the dark.a clue. >> the company if he ever ferrying passengers to cal ka traz says they're not worried parks would close. but today, park supervisors refused to talk on camera saying they have a plan but they will not talk about it. and they believe it has to do with strategic decision autos you have to assume you're going to to figure out a way to cut to inpact republican districts. >> that would happen in a number of ways. krt impact of slowing payments to contractors or defense projects. particularly in red states. and lawmakers now if they give in to republican demands they run the risk of making the next issue the debt limit. >> there is a lot at stake. >> in sacramento governor brown has begun to layout the consequences of not approving tax extensions and told california hospital association today uc fees could go up as high as $25,000 a year if forced to cut another $15 billion in spending. >> this is not free f you want to have the fire department there, this costs money. investing in a

. >>> alvin harrison had been working as a truck and gillroy coach.no students were in the van at the time. harrison was stripped of the 2011 olympics. >>> the oakland unified school district is facing fines thanks to a former state administrator. the san francisco chronicle is reporting that ward has been charged with fiscal mismanagement. now the state is asking the school district to pay the bill. local officials regained control of the district in 2009 and they say they shouldn't have to pay for ward's fiscal mistakes. >>> new numbers show the state unemployment rate for march dipped to 12% that's the latest level since 2005. 12% unemployment is nothing to celebrate. >> mike underwood has been coming to this unemployment office for the past six years who says in the past he's found good jobs but this time it's different. >> i haven't had good luck lately. >> reporter: the state added 250,000 jobs in just the six months. but nate williams says the jobs that are being created aren't the kind of jobs on which workers can rely. >> you can find like te

. >>> alvin harrison had been working as a truck and gillroy coach.no students were in the van at the time. harrison was stripped of the 2011 olympics. >>> the oakland unified school district is facing fines thanks to a former state administrator. the san francisco chronicle is reporting that ward has been charged with fiscal mismanagement. now the state is asking the school district to pay the bill. local officials regained control of the district in 2009 and they say they shouldn't have to pay for ward's fiscal mistakes. >>> new numbers show the state unemployment rate for march dipped to 12% that's the latest level since 2005. 12% unemployment is nothing to celebrate. >> mike underwood has been coming to this unemployment office for the past six years who says in the past he's found good jobs but this time it's different. >> i haven't had good luck lately. >> reporter: the state added 250,000 jobs in just the six months. but nate williams says the jobs that are being created aren't the kind of jobs on which workers can rely. >> you can find like te

>> well -- >> alvin thomas works for the veteran's administration. >> we are still in the dark. we don't have a clue. >> reporter: the company that ferries passengers out to alcatraz island say they are not a bit worried that the federal parks woul close. our political analyst believe all of the secrecy has to do with strategic decisions that will be made for political reasons. >> you have to assume if you are the administration you will figure out a way to cut such that is really impacts republican districts and republican constituents. >> reporter: if there is no budget deal and the government runs out of money and is forced to shut down a lot of agencies remain open. postal offense. social security checks still go out and the military and stille department people employed. three out of four federal employees will not be furloughed. >> one footnote to all of this. if a shutdown comes to pass, tens of thousands federal workers deemed essential cannot work. that means no e-mail or voice mail or blackberries for them. governor brown warned uc students their tuition could skyrocke

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. >> the san francisco 49ers select alvin smith. defensive end, missouri. >> mixed reaction in santa clara. niners hoping smith will improve their pass rush. 6'5" and 255-pound smith logged five and a half sacks despite a broken leg last season. set the sack recor in missouri. >>> one of the principal players sent to pittsburgh. he is back with the giants starting today in pittsburgh. sending a drive to the gap in left. extra bases. lyle overbay comes around to score. 1-0 pittsburgh. the giants load the bases in the third. aaron rowan with a shot just inside the third baseline. two runs score on the play. giants take a 2-1 lead. aaron rowan drives in three. swings and misses. pablo sandoval is safe stealing second. the throw goes into center field. gone on a double steal is safe. 4-1 giants. five and two thirds, four hits and two runs allowed good enough for his first win in the majors since 2005. the giants take two of three in pittsburgh 5-2. >>> brian wilson picking up a save this afternoon but working on a much bigger save off t

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were contained in trash cans but one was lit inside a dumpster outside of an elementary school at alvinthe fire didn't damage any of the buildings. if you have any information, call petaluma police. >> a suspect is in custody with respect to alameda's first homicide. the body was found inside an apartment building on buena vista avenue yesterday. police received several calls. investigators say the man was shot to death. his relationship to the suspect is still unclear. >>> we are following developing story from clock -- developing news from oakland. two people were shot, both were treated at highland hospital and are expected to survive. one victim drove himself to the hospital. it's still not clear what led up to the shooting. >>> san francisco police officers are being pressured to give up $14 million in scheduled pay raises. the city is facing a prejected $306 million budget shortfall and city departments are being asked to cut their speeding. however, the police union's president tells the examiner police officers have already gone three years without a pay raise. >>> we may find o

. >> his name is alvin wong and he is happy because he can laugh at himself. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning. sticker shock -- gas prices jump a whopping 29 cents in the past month alone, bringing the average close to $4 a gallon. and now many are questioning if the pain at the pump can slow down the nation's economic recovery. >>> weather worries -- as the massive cleanup from the deadly tornadoes continues across the south this morning, there's a concern about a new set of storms brewing from the midwest. those storms can bring damaging winds and rain. we have the latest on where they are headed. >>> and hot seat, after a "60 minutes" investigation exposes discrepancy in the book, "three cups of tea," the author comes forward to defend his work. we will tell you what he has to say and what his publisher is doing about it. that's early this tuesday morning, april 19, 2011. >>> good tuesday morning. nice to have you with us, i'm erica hill. >> and good morning, i'm chris wragge. as many of you get ready to drive to work or school, you know how ex