aid is now unsafe act -- anchorage. -- is now in safe anchorage. >> they had a chance to offer an earlier assessment of the damage done to the reef. there is significant scarring and the cleanup is likely to be the biggest operation ever undertaken on the reef. the toxic paint scraped from the halull of deep vessel is also a problem. the prime minister said it was outrageous for the ship to stray so far off course. he has indicated that prosecutions will follow and that the country's maritime laws will remain more robust. >> it is a small step towards a market economy but a huge one for cuba where hundreds of state run barbershops, will be turned over to their employees. this could be the first up towards privatization for small firms. >> it is a light trim rather than a small back and sides. the retail sector has long been renowned for its poor service and rampant theft. now all farmers and hair dressers will be allowed to rent the space where they work and pay taxes instead of receiving a monthly wage. -- now all barbers and hairdressers will be allowed to rent the space where they work

host: a tear from anchorage, alaska. caller: >> in looking at the map you were just showing, the drilling is going to go ahead up on the north sea. famine areas were left untouched which is excellent. a little further down just above bristol bay there are some key areas. not that one. anywhere down further south at up north. bring your pen down. over. further down. not in the bristol bay area. with all of the hundreds of thousands of current oil leases that the oil companies currently have, and they are represented by the consortium which is a group of his douceur is that it together like shell -- a group of producers that get together like shell, how come you're not going ahead to develop the current situation? out of all the oil pumped out of alaska, a very small percentage is used by the united states. most of it is sold overseas. host: what do you do in anchorage? caller: i used to work on platforms. right now i work for a cruise company. guest: i think there is a lot of misunderstanding about the leases. part of it

host: anchorage. troy on the independent line. caller: i've got a question. i keep seeing that the country's in economic peril, that we're going the way of crap. and i'm up in anchorage, alaska, and our economy still seems to be pretty fair and strong. and what's going on with the rest of the country. what states are doing to fudge up so bad that they're going under. and also, you know, like sara palin, she is republican, got rid of the jet that the previous governor bought for no real reason. so why is the rnc trying to get jets? it doesn't seem to make any sense. is the rest of the 48 kind of asleep at the wheel or what? host: two different issues. why don't you take what you found out in your reporting about michael steel and wanting to fly on private jets. guest: michael steele has already been under criticism for chartering private jets, which means a single time you call a company and they get a private jet ready for you and fly you to your destination. he has spent quite a bit of money on that. what i reported is that at one point there was actually di

my son lives in anchorage, alaska. it was 58 degrees and sunny. think about that as we reached the end of april. let's get the official numbers. 70 degrees is our average. we will start warming things up as we get to the end of the week. there will be just a chance of rain after midnight. there is a frost advisory tonight if the wind diminishes. vieira is dynamically dryad cold. -- the air is dynamically dry and cold. there will be chilly temperatures although it to new england. a lot of things will happen with the warm-up. we will see the oil spill make landfall in southern louisiana by wednesday. if the wind is good, it could bring as showers over the weekend as well. for our area, it could be sunny, but cool in the 60's. by thursday and friday, the temperature will moderate. over the weekend, we will deal with showers and thunderstorms with the cold front. you could see some of them isolated right here over saturday and sunday. temperatures will jump. we will have all of the things we normally get with a may weekend. there is your express. we w

it happened yesterday morning at the annapolis anchorage south of the bay. >>> she was part of a religious cult that starved her son because he wouldn't say amen after meals. she won't serve additional time behind bars. the judge suspended the rest of the prison sentence sending her to a treatment facility instead. she was brainwashed into stop feeding her son and her mother says her daughter still needs help. >>> a baltimore postal worker is facing charges accused of stealing gift cards out of the mail. good morning, once again, andrea. >>> good morning, don and everyone. it was at this branch that an employee would rip open pieces of mail. wjz spoke to one of the victims who had their gift card intended for a 3-year-old stolen. >> my daughter-in-law called me and said, you know the gift card you sent, we never got it. >> reporter: they were stunned to learn what happened to a 50- dollar gift card they sent to their granddaughter. the authorities believe it was stolen. >> and our 3 year old's birthday present. you must have been upset. >> yes, i was. >> the usps monitored the building sin

he is also a former mayor of anchorage.s an alaskan, we need to ask you about the climate change in legislation that is out there. specifically, the announcement about further oil drilling around the country. guest: no question -- we can no longer skirt around the issue of having an extensive energy source for the country, clean energy policy. the president has made a half step forward. in alaska, we have a few areas that are very valuable for us in the oil and gas exploration. one of the phrases i like to use is, when it comes to development, what is good for alaska is good for the country. i think there is more to be done. one piece that is important to alaska is as we develop the resources, a portion of those revenue streams that the federal government collects should go back to local communities impacted by ocs development. i am a supporter of revenue sharing. louisiana is one of state that has a good formula for that. again, to help mitigate and offset cost, as well to make sure that the infrastructure is there to supp

hon lulieu is followed by anchorage, alaska, and san francisco, california.he city with the lowest business cost is tampa, florida. for more news, click on cbs money watch.com. in new york, i'm farnoosh torabi. >>> and we're following breaking news from downtown. let's go to captain mike perry to find out what it's all g. -- about. >> reporter: we have university of maryland police, and baltimore city fire at the university of maryland hospital campus. now, this is at the corner of grain and lombard street. apparently a fire department hazmat crew is on the scene. we know very little of why they're here. other than to investigate some sort of leak inside the hospital property. there are about 5 pieces of fire apparatus, currently on lombard street. this is going to be west of green street. you see fire perm, meeting at this time. we have not learned of any evacuations at the university of maryland hospital campus at this point. but well there is plenty of activity here. and as we continue to investigate this, hopefully we'll get some further information. but

stowage from anchorage newberg a leader of the people of the ethical treatment of animals, which is probably the most famous and will rights group, peta she has said this over many locations but this is the best example that illustrates quite vividly of the true in all rights activist people are animal welfare activists the want us to be kinder they think they believe in animal-rights but they don't. they believe an animal welfare. writes is used so loosely it can mean anything from stopping michael vick from nurturing dogs to perhaps perhaps -- torturing dogs or prevent engaging in necessary medical research. 19809 angered said this did it is very clear what she means. and all liberation does not separate out to the human animal so there is no rational basis for saying human beings have special rights. "a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy" they are all mammals. i was going to call my book four legs good but two legs bad and nobody reads animal farm anymore so i turned to her and her many comments and i thought that was the best. the subtitle is the human cost of the animal rights movement" and

. >>> officials in anchorage, alaska are honoring one incredible canine.was awarded an engraved silver-plated dog bowl and a big chew toy. he received the honors because a few weeks ago, his owner told the dog to go get help after a fire started. check out this dish cam video showing buddy leading the police cruiser, even turning around to make sure the cruiser was following him, he led the trooper back to the property. we're joined by thomas, ben, and buddy the dog. good morning to you. you know this is practically everybody in the nation's favorite story right now. it's just a great one. ben, i know it was a tough thing for you, let's get to where you were. i know you're there center screen. you were in the shed when it exploded, you suffered second degree burns. first off, how are you doing? >> i'm doing good. >> you're doing good? . what do you make of all of this? when you told buddy to go get help, what did you think buddy would do? >> i don't know. i just said it and he ran off and went and got help. i didn't know what he was going to do. >> okay. l

the former mayor of anchorage and a businessman so he brings an important perspective to this committee. i also want to say in reference to senator bunning and that i thank him for war -- working with senator warner on a task force for government performance. i think that is a work effort that is going to produce dividends over time. santer bunning has put in significant time on that to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government. that is a daunting challenge, but they have made a meaningful contribution. let me begin by noting some of the key statistics regarding the mark that i will be presenting later. it cuts spending as a share of the national economy by 11%. it cuts the deficit as a share of the economy by 70%. i your share of the economy or percentage of the gross domestic product because it, stella's that is the best way to measure changes over time, to provide an apples to apples comparison. the chairman's mark also include $671 billion more in deficit reduction than does the president's budget. and it cuts taxes by $780 billion over the five years. most of that, a m

back into the pockets of hard-working americans like the fishermen or the small business owner in anchorage. americans expect us in congress to reduce the deficit so their grandchildren have a more promising fiscal future. they need us to provide immediate relief. what i like most about the proposal in the proposed budget that encompasses just that, extends a helping hand to people that are simply trying to make a living and also cuts the deficit. when i first got to washington, we were facing the greatest economic crisis since the great depression. it was tough for all of us to go back home and explain why another car dealership has shut down or why another neighbor was facing foreclosure. i was troubled by the enormous level of debt facing this and future generations. today's unprecedented 13 trillion dollars in federal that did not suddenly appear last year or with this administration. it is a result of years of failing to pay for two wars, tax cuts for the wealthy, and spending to prevent the economy from tail spinning into a depression. >> 800,000 jobs have been lost. unemployment reac

the former mayor of anchorage and a businessman so he brings an important perspective to this committee. i also want to say in reference to senator bunning and that i thank him for war -- working with senator warner on a task force for government performance. i think that is a work effort that is going to produce dividends over time. santer bunning has put in significant time on that to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government. that is a daunting challenge, but they have made a meaningful contribution. let me begin by noting some of the key statistics regarding the mark that i will be presenting later. it cuts spending as a share of the national economy by 11%. it cuts the deficit as a share of the economy by 70%. i your share of the economy or percentage of the gross domestic product because it, stella's that is the best way to measure changes over time, to provide an apples to apples comparison. the chairman's mark also include $671 billion more in deficit reduction than does the president's budget. and it cuts taxes by $780 billion over the five years. most of that, a m

this provision is a good start to but i would respectfully anchorage the committee to work with fema to offer reduced flood insurance premiums to those areas that have already been revamped or implement other policies that would injure the affordability of flood insurance rates in doing so the committee would make sure of responsible homeowners across the country continue paying into fi nfip without adding risk to the flood plain. thank you for letting me address the subcommittee. i look forward to the continuing efforts to improve flood protection. i yield back the balance of my time and i apologize for my horse race. >> thank you ms. congressman. [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you, chairwoman waters and ranking member capital and distinguished members of the subcommittee. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before the subcommittee on h.r. 1264 the multiple peril insurance act. this bipartisan legislation has 22 co-sponsors and makes critical reforms important to the people of south louisiana. by adding multiple coverage which includes wind and hail to the national flood insura

obviously, not just at the border, but, you know, cities from anchorage, alaska, to hartford, connecticut. and pretty much anywhere in between. again from a law-enforcement view, you think at some point, as the government in mexico is steadfast and really courageous and continuing this battle, not to yield control of much of the country to criminal elements, that we would turn a corner. and the violence would begin to recede. but that hasn't happened yet. so i may ask you and the sheriff about this for law enforcement. can hope for such a turning point, mr. berg? that the good guys will win your? >> i don't know at this stage, this juncture, mr. chairman. i can say that the steps were taken and cooperation, part a trip partnership we have with mexico is good. the best we've ever had. i think concerned by a lot in law enforcement is a window of opportunity that really have with president calderon. >> sheriff, what would you say? >> well, there's so many unknowns. what we do know is that the population in mexico is going -- growing favorite rabid and, therefore, the financial pressures, tem

the potential and have personal tradition of schools for people that fall behind in you've got to anchoragele to stay on the school and get qualifications and this is the way that we could have a new generation of middle class jobs in the country where young people from poor backgrounds could get the opportunities they've never had before and that is what the social mobility that i want to promote is all about. >> david cameron? >> first of all i would like to say big thank you for what you do because i think the teachers perform incredibly important work in our society and we should do more to value them and respect them and raise their status. i think one of the most important things we can do is give the teacher control back over the schools. discipline is the absolute foundation of a good education. and right now it just doesn't work. we have something like 17,000 attacks each year on teachers and you get kids who can be excluded from schools including one in manchester who is excluded. if it gets put back into the school by the appeals panel that is just not right so we will say but th

obviously, not just at the border but in cities from anchorage alaska to her for connecticut to pretty much everywhere in between. again, from a law enforcement point of view, you think at some point as the government in mexico instead past and really courageous in continuing this battle not to yield control of much of the country to criminal elements that we would turn a corner and the violence would begin to receive. but that hasn't happened yet. so i thought maybe i'd ask you in the sheriff about that because from law enforcement, can we hope for such a turning point, but the good guys will win here? >> i don't ballot stage and this juncture, mr. chairman. i can say that the steps were taken and the cooperation of the partnerships we have with mexico are as good -- the best we've ever had heard i think the concern by a law and law enforcement is a window of opportunity we only have with president calderon. >> yeah, sheriff, what would you say? .. where they did we 24/7, 30 days not crossing occurred political will and proper strategy and makes as has been discussed today by people a