discuss the prospects for the arab awakening i'm joined by juan cole in ann arbor he's a professor of history at the university of michigan in cairo we go to he somehow or he is a fellow at the center for research in ethnic relations at the university of warwick and in san francisco we cross to steven schwartz he is the executive director of the center for islamic pluralism and another member of our cross-talk team in the hunger all right gentlemen this is cross talk you can jump in anytime you want one can you give me your impressions what is the importance the geopolitical importance and maybe the religious importance as well of the so the saudi incursion into bahrain to suppress what people say suppressing the majority shia population in that island. well i think there are two dimensions here one is that you've had these massive demonstrations in bettering the object of which was to force us to tional change the battery is ruled as an absolute monarchy there is an appointed senate an upper house there's an elected lower house of forty seats but the districts are gerrymandered so as

in ann arbor michigan, there's a robot repair shop. in boston, a big foot research institute. and at 826 headquarters in san francisco, a pirate store. the unusual store fronts lure in curious passersby and once you're inside, 826 taps into your imagination. and every time someone makes a purchase, say a canister of alien drone, the proceeds go to the free education program. >> the one-on-one attention really changes the kid's life. >> reporter: make that 25,000 lives, that's how many kids the 4,000 volunteers serve every year. >> i always leave here feeling better than i did when i come in. >> we're going to write a book today. >> reporter: on this day in san francisco, a class of fourth graders will become authors. >> we're writing a story about a half giraffe and a half iguana. >> reporter: and back at the superhero shop in brooklyn, young minds are dreaming up new worlds. do you have a superhero name? >> yeah. >> reporter: what is it? >> junior. >> reporter: junior? young superheroes, teaming up with their dedicated sidekicks, the volunteers that work without the fancy cap

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tell all right gentlemen to leave it there many thanks so my guess again kyra san francisco and in ann arbor and thanks to our viewers for watching as we had already see you next time remember across the us. can. still. a charming here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. we'll. bring you the latest in science and signals from around the world. we've done a few jerks covered. me is heat. easy. to. see.

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>> i was one year at university of michigan in ann arbor and i went to st.ndrews as a junior abroad. i told my father i wanted to stay there. he said we will miss you. they were middle-class people and could not come to see me. >> what about being a foreign policy analysts? when did that come into your life? >> very early, in high school, there is debate. there is a domestic component an international component. at the age of 14, i thought i would give the international component a try. i never really stopped reading the paper. >> you say that high school debate by the difference in your life? >> that was fundamental. when i worked abroad and the u.k., st. andrews is the seminal experience. >> if you were to name three or four people international figures -- national figures that had an influence, would they be? >> my father made history and important part of my life. my mother loved english and loved writing. that was an honorable thing to do with your life. on the bigger side, people like eisenhower. when i read about the things american can -- americans c

this legislation is going to prohibit local stations like michigan radio in ann arbor and in your own districts and in your states from using public -- from using money from corporation of public broadcasting from producing any public radio programs. as regards to process, we are completely evading the processes and the commitments thaare -- can be found in the rules and pronouncements of the leadership on the other side. and we are finally -- finding that the htory of this, which goes back to the 1934 communications act in the commerce committee has been grossly disregarded. some for regular order and so much for transparen that the majority made such a big fuss about at the beginning of this year. what's next? are we going to amend the endangered species act on the floor to declare an open season on the big bird or upon programs which educate our kids or which contribute to the advancement of our society? i urge my colleagues to oppose h.r. 1076. it's a bad bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. ackburn: re

i recently visited our ann arbor laboratory, which sadly isn't in the state of california, but in person please. i think we invite you to see it come up if you ever have a chance to see it come your start of the dimension of economic development that is eliminate the car come to locate parts of the research lab t

a second example comes from ann arbor, michigan. senator stabenow was on the floor earlier today. and i want to thank her so very much. she was a very strong supporter of our very important small business jobs and innovation bill in the last congress. i'm pleased that the leadership has given our committee an opportunity to be on the floor with another important bill so early in this congress. i think leader reid knows and feels strongly -- as strongly as i do -- that there are more ways to cut a deficit than the one being trumpeted on the other side of this capital. -- on the other side of this capitol. and it is not even a way because it won't work. all we hear from the other side is cut discretionary spend because we'll get there. a, we won't get there. and, b, we will shut off both feet in the process of getting there because it is a dead end. you cannot get to where we want to go the way some people are arguing. we can get to reducing our deficit, eliminating our debt by doing all four of the things that are mentioned. and one of them is creating jobs and doing it in the priv

this legislation is going to prohibit local stations like michigan radio in ann arbor and in your own districts and in your states from using public -- from using money from corporation of public broadcasting from producing any public radio programs. as regards to process, we are completely evading the processes and the commitments that are -- can be found in the rules and pronouncements of the leadership on the other side. and we are finally -- finding that the history of this, which goes back to the 1934 communications act in the commerce committee has been grossly disregarded. some for regular order and so much for transparency that the majority made such a big fuss about at the beginning of this year. what's next? are we going to amend the endangered species act on the floor to declare an open season on the big bird or upon programs which educate our kids or which contribute to the advancement of our society? i urge my colleagues to oppose h.r. 1076. it's a bad bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. black

this legislation is going to prohibit local stations like michigan radio in ann arbor and in your own districts and in your states from using public -- from using money from corporation of public broadcasting from producing any public radio programs. as regards to process, we are completely evading the processes and the commitments that are -- can be found in the rules and pronouncements of the leadership on the other side. and we are finally -- finding that the history of this, which goes back to the 1934 communications act in the commerce committee has been grossly disregarded. some for regular order and so much for transparency that the majority made such a big fuss about at the beginning of this year. what's next? are we going to amend the endangered species act on the floor to declare an open season on the big bird or upon programs which educate our kids or which contribute to the advancement of our society? i urge my colleagues to oppose h.r. 1076. it's a bad bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. black

i am loving being back in ann arbor with my family and i love a wonderful two years in washington. so i'm happy to be where i am. >> hi, michael holt. first i want to endorse the idea that you should consider coming back to d.c. but i had a specific question. i was intrigued by the rule on federal -- the new treasury rule on federal benefits going into approved or accounts with certain specifications. how will that consumer says here's the account i want it deposited to. how will treasury ensure these meet the standards in the rule? >> so there are two separate things. one is that account that treasury sets for deposits to go into. those are enforced because treasury sets up all the rules and exactly the accounts that treasury wants. there are the other accounts that people have their deposit put into. and in those instances in which the deposit account is other than what is permitted by the rule, we're going to have to rely on the first instance -- treasury would have to rely in the first instance on consumer complaints and information from the market. there's not a -- the part of

this legislation is going to prohibit local stations like michigan radio in ann arbor and in your own districts and in your states from using public -- from using money from corporation of public broadcasting from producing any public radio programs. as regards to process, we are completely evading the processes and the commitments that are -- can be found in the rules and pronouncements of the leadership on the other side. and we are finally -- finding that the history of this, which goes back to the 1934 communications act in the commerce committee has been grossly disregarded. some for regular order and so much for transparency that the majority made such a big fuss about at the beginning of this year. what's next? are we going to amend the endangered species act on the floor to declare an open season on the big bird or upon programs which educate our kids or which contribute to the advancement of our society? i urge my colleagues to oppose h.r. 1076. it's a bad bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. black

. >> elise reamer is from ann arbor, michigan.urn. why does she deserve it? >> she works so hard and is busy all the time. she deserves a makeover to do something new for herself. >> you're going into your senior year. what do you think mark will think? >> i'll be very excited. >> mark, we'll make her very sexy. are you ready to go? >> yes, very excited. >> they're all waiting. don't turn around until we tell you. look at elise before and bring her out now. >> wow. >> you know college kids today. are you ready to see your friend? all right, kids, look around. >> wow. >> oh, wow. >> do you like it? >> yeah, i do. >> it's really cute. tell us what you did. >> again, this is jennifer lawrence. she left the texture. she controls it with the two clips to give her that natural veronica lake waves. i made her hair dark, because weptsed to go for a sexy look. the blonde didn't really work with her hair. they needed to open up her eye by the way. >> what do you think of her as a brunette? >> she looks great as a a bruin snet. >> still in m

this legislation is going to prohibit local stations like michigan radio in ann arbor and in your own districts and in your states from using public -- from using money from corporation of public broadcasting from producing any public radio programs. as regards process, we are completely evading the processes and the commitments that are -- can be found in the rules and pronouncements of the leadership on the other side. and we are finally -- finding that the history of this, which goes back to the 1934 communications act in the commerce committee has been grossly disregarded. some for regular order and so much for transparency that the majority made such a big fuss about at the beginning of this year. what's next? are we going to amend the endangered species act on the floor to declare an open season on the big bird or upon programs which educate our kids or which contribute to the advancement of our society? i urge my colleagues to oppose h.r. 1076. it's a bad bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves the balance of her time. the gentlelady from tennessee. mrs. blackbur