still, there are some key worries for bond investors, according to pat arbor of shatkin arbor. >> the debt concerns in europe. the concerns about our debt ceiling being reached causing some shrinkage in supply of debt. and thirdly the concern about a double dip recession. >> tom: one good thing about those falling bond yields is lower home mortgage rates. they're at the lowest levels of the year. a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, for example, averages about 4.6% nationwide. that may help bring back home buyers in a sector that's showing hesitant signs of recovery. today, we did see some good news about housing. the commerce department reported new home sales rose a better- than-expected 7.3% in april, the second straight monthly gain. erika miller looks at whether housing is building a solid foundation on cheap borrowing rates. >> reporter: for many people, this represents the american dream. to others, it's a symbol of risk and bad fortune. the percentage of u.s. households owning the home they live in now stands at 66%. that's the lowest level in 13 years. the peak was 69% back in 2004

various russell he's a historian and author of a renegade history of the united states and in ann arbor we cross to michael heaney he's assistant professor of organizational studies and political science at the university of michigan ok cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but first let's have a look at the anti-war movement then and now. what happened so the answer will movement just drive to war in iraq mass demonstrations in the straits city squares and in front of the white house where they break fires . at city adamantly opposed to military interventions have always sleights a reflect public opinion and. makers how much has changed the answer the movement in major impacts one hundred sixty eight based widespread public opposition to the war in troubling prospects in vietnam the johnson administration halted the bombing of north vietnam in stabilize the ground war this policy reversal was the main interest. turning point. it would appear it's difficult to witness history repeat itself numbers show ansi war rallies have significantly decreased over t

. >> happy arbor day, everyone. we have a lot of volunteers from the richmond district center. i grew up in the california area, ended up at uc-davis. i made my way out to san francisco in 1984 when i was a college student. i remember growing up on clement street. i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive association. i also worked at the mental health center in the richmond district. i have always been passionate about civil rights, equality for everyone. i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality issues. i guess i have always been vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, i have to listen to other perspectives and making decisions. >> very soon there will be of much more senio

[applause] >> happy arbor day, everyone. we also have a lot of volunteers from the richmond district neighborhood center from keep our neighborhoods clean. supervisor mar: i grew

besides berkeley and madison, an arbor, san francisco, and the rest of this country is right wing. what does that mean in terms of what is happening? we have 7 million people in constructive custody. 7 million at this moment. jail, prison, probation, parole. last year, 80 million people were arrested in the united states. 1/3 of them were released in 26 hours. about 2/3 spent a day or longer in jail. we are incarcerating and solemnizing -- felonizing this population. you cannot discriminate by race, but you can buy criminal record. wisconsin was a police state, very liberal, right? it is against the law to have intercourse until you are 18 years old. but i just ask you this, this is san francisco, let me ask you this -- how many of you have smoked pot? [laughter] i ask this of my students every semester. how many of you have sexual intercourse before age 17? in my state, you are convicted felons. right? so i tell my students, i tell them that i'm going to take my university's 15,000, and going to take my students, and we're going to march down to the police station, and they are al

sharon chin on the arbor altercation. >> reporter: when larry ellison looks out his living room he seest of the problem. four trees obstructing his floor to ceiling view of san francisco bay that neighbors down the hill have refused to trim so he should them a year ago. tonight, when i rang their doorbell, it sounded like they are tired of fighting. >> we have just been through a lot so we just don't want to, we just want to let this go. >> reporter: he bought his house more than 20 years ago for more than $4 million, the von above ners bought their $7 million home 7 years ago and, since then, their three reed woods and acaron butler a have shot up several feet. they have caught ellison's workers trimming branches without their permission. they even asked the city to protect their 80-year-old acaron butler a as a landmark tree. but now they are backing down. >> we are hoping to have this very private matter and you know obviously it wasn't -- didn't become that way, we are sorry about this whole thing, we're cutting our trees. >> reporter: we're from cbs5 tv. >> i'm sorry, i can't help

meaning he says goodbye to the summit with a run to go the thirty five year old dylan solid position arbor to take the biggest slice of sixteen million dollars purse. passed the ball on to be n.b.a. playoffs we go memphis two on lead in their best of seven run two series against the oklahoma city thunder the grizzlies clawing our eight off overtime victory memphis a raising sixteen point deficit to take a run along like three spurred on by the rockets full support also on the night last thing cut the deficit to two want in game three of their eastern conference to sit with my all me the celtics seeing off the heat's ninety seven eighty one race on rondo helping costa rica in the lead in the fourth quarter despite dyslipidemia left. my german was too high. you know after all the crowd energy you come to know your plan will be worth a great. and i just want to play be a part of the regardless of what happened i. was gone i was doing much all things that we would like to try to keep the game would change the game when we can sort of all the fans and we you know i just need to learn from them.

as well you're looking great oh that's fantastic let's look at some of these big stories here stacy arbor is the commodities boom over and talk to me about this one yes. the newspapers oh all of the television news shows they're all asking is the commodities boom over they often call it a bubble as well and here's a chart here from the guardian a plunge an oil and gold prices has raised speculation that the long boom is over do you agree obviously the people participating in the on line poll are a bit smarter than the headline writers at the guardian forty percent say yes the boom is over sixty percent say no it's not. it's going to continue because of course the chris question max would have been is the bear market is the collapse of the dollar over right that's the inverse of the sol phenomenon it's really a story about the collapsing dollar and we had a bit of a relative strength of the dollar recently on the path of mine going on in pakistan but let me ask you about this what i've seen here jim grant you know the famous news letter writer he says the current monetary system in the us

already that's going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacey arbor i thank my guests eric sprott if you want to send me an e-mail please do so i kind of report it r.t. t.v. dot ru until next time this is max guys are saying bio. all .

it would not be inappropriate to say that this for greece a lot of skepticism already here in box arbor example of people who are skeptical people who are not really very sympathetic to the. yes you find a lot of people who are very very sympathetic to afghan taliban and very very sympathetic to the owner but ayman al-zawahiri osama bin laden i don't think you'll find many buyers here in this region but still people are skeptical and i think this is an important question that the world media needs to raise and where is the element of transparency with regard to the evidence. the possession of the body of some of the martin at least in saddam hussein's case there was this transparency it is nonexistent in the schools have been a lot in himself was used here in u.s. politics kind of a straw man to play a person who could be called a common enemy that people can unite against do you think that someone will take his place as kind of u.s. enemy number one now that he's out of the picture. we have to give full credit to the continuous political establishment of the military establishment have

stacy arbor hours i guess the president of euro pacific capital is going to send me an e-mail please do so because the recorded r t t v guide are you high status maxed out or saying by all the bad.

and says hey you know we're going to just throw out the city council and take over the city of an arbor and a guy working for me is going to do medicare they want to privatized medicare hey there's a lot of money to be made there social security two point six trillion dollars trust fund let's and that off to our to the banks there's on wall street's two and a half really good options are military we've you know we have as many private soldiers now in iraq and afghanistan as we have public and they cost us a lot more but somebody is making some money our parks are museums are zoos are libraries are playgrounds are sidewalks our courts our postal service our beaches even our lack sions have been privatized with these electronic voting machines that are owned by private corporations and now our vote is being honored in private it's insane and it's time for us to take our nation and our commons back. it's time for our daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's today's question a new poll shows majorities in ohio disapprove of governor john k. six anti-union laws will ohio voter

in five years, we will be getting loaded on arbor day.ic tonight to celebrate cinco de mayo, great band from tucson called calexico is here. [ applause ] if you are at home, having a party by yourself. guillermo, this should be the one day of the year you don't drink. wait a minute -- what is going on here? where's guillermo? >> i don't know, jim. i don't know. >> jimmy: excuse me for one second. i think -- i hear the music, so i know what's going on. ♪ what are you doing? that's great but you're supposed to be working right now. >> i cannot come tonight, i'm sick! yeah! >> jimmy: you're not sick. >> i'm sick. i'm sick of work, yeah! >> jimmy: we have -- we've got guests and we need security, you understand that, right? >> i have a guest, too, jimmy -- to thor! >> happy sin doe cinco de mayo. >> jimmy: that's not your guest, that's my guest. >> i'm sick, jimmy. >> jimmy: this is ridiculous. you need to get to work. you can wait until after the show. >> no. you are a party pooper, jimmy. >> jimmy: all right. >> come on, everybody, jimmy is

. >>> prince george's county is a little greener on this arbor day.f at the robert cross elementary school planted some trees and for the 27th consecutive year the county received the tree city u.s.a. award. >>> from trees to flowers they will be all over the place at the washington national cathedral flower mart festival. honoring the country of austria and there will be a special international exhibit. plant sales. features a singer. >> great place to pick up things for mom. >> always great stuff there. >> and the weather is going to be cooperating kind of for the most part today. and for the most part this week. >> there. >> lots of silve lining. >> up around frederick rumble of thunder there. some lightening just north of frederick now crossing on the east side of 270. another little storm just behind it actually. loudoun county pushing into montgomery county. some of us won't even see a shower tonight. all right, right now temperatures very nice. 69 in arlington. 68 in bethesda. 70 down to the south in springfield. 74 rockville. one of the warmer

suppose when you see a clip like that, you can just tell this kind of -- it's part arrogance, part ann arbors shichl, part defiance, it's part the wall street mentality. what's extraordinary to me and to lots of people watching from the outside, not a single one of any of these executives from wall street has ever gone to jail. over the greatest financial scandal in history. why? >> well, so i think the hardest part is that this entire financial crisis is a crime unto itself. it's a crime against our country. it's a crime against our economy, the global economy, and, yet, on an individual basis it was so engrained in the culture, every -- all the decisions, all of the risk taking that we haven't figured out a way to make the risk taking itself a crime. these people just made horrible decisions over and over again, but it's unclear whether all of it was fraud. was there some fraud? absolutely. was there fraud at the top? it's been a lot harder to pin the blame there than probably should be. >> let's remove the word fraud. it carries with it all kind of contations. >> that's what the crime is s

arbor of bush's sort of the still water as these things move along. such a tremendous popularity. she was seen as straight talking, down-to-earth, grandmotherly, at least that was the public persona. the private persona was a little bit different. i found her to be a political realist, to be tough, to be smart and savvy. and she always said her husband's back. still does. the public never saw any of that come and that certainly okay. as i said, her great popularity helped people to ensure program come and to buy her books among other things. just very quickly then, she was born in rhyme, new york, in 1925. she was the daughter of a gentleman who at that point was the assistant to the editor of mccall's magazine. later on in barber's like you become the president of mccall's magazine, and she really enjoyed a life of affluence. she went to the private right country day school. when she got to high school she went to ashley hall in south carolina. and that brings us to an important moment in her life. advance at the round tree country club. during christmas break of her junior year.

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. >> met ronnie was in an arbor michigan today. -- mitt romney was in an arbor, mich. today. this event is hosted by the university of michigan. >> thank you to the leadership of the medical school and school of public health. people are here as part of the cardiovascular center. we appreciate your willingness to address the members of the student body. it is good to be back. i europe as a wolverine fan. i am a wolverine fan. it is nice to see how the campus is growing. it has attracted more talent. i appreciate your being here. this is like being home. i am going to talk today about repealing the healthcare system. i heard that your plan is an awful lot like president obama's plan. why are you so anxious to repeal this? before i talked about the plan, i spent a moment talking about what we did in massachusetts. in my view his plan does not work properly. looking get that groundwork laid. 100,000 feet and talking about the country and what makes america work because when the founders got together and decided what kind of nation we'd be, the first decision they face side wheth

he spoke in an arbor.also attempted to draw a distinction between the new health care law and the plan he passed in 2006 as the massachusetts governor, the first state law in the nation to require most individuals to purchase health care insurance unless they already receive it as a benefit through their employers. mr. romney ran for the republican national nomination in 2008 and he is considering another run for the presidency in 2012. this event was posted by the university of michigan college republicans. thank you to the university of michigan. dr. eagle, i appreciate your willingness to invite me here today, to let me address members of the student body as well as individuals that are part of the faculty and administration at the school of public health at the carter vesco center and the medical school. it is good to be back at michigan. i grew up as a wolverine fan. my brother went to michigan state. [laughter] he was elected to the board of trustees of michigan state. i have some divided loyalties,

bookstores a little off the beaten path, and i like going to places too that are not the typical an arborsnd where there's an echo chamber. i like going to different places down south, like going to military towns. i like talking to people who maybe disagree with me or think they disagree with me and it's good for me to listen to them, and i want them to know that while we have our political differences, we're all americans, all on the same boat, we sink or swim together, and we have all of us more in common with each other than not. you know, if you get out a piece of paper and make a list of everything we disagree on, it's a much shorter list than that of what we all agree on. we want schools for our kids, drink clean water and breathe clean out. women should be paid the same as men. there's a list of thing that we have agreements on an and the things we disagree on. if i don't want a gun, i won't have one. if you want one, go buy one. if you don't want a kiss another man, then don't. i don't think you'll like it. but if somebody else wants to, get married. i mean, come on. >> what recep

he spoke at the university of michigan in ann arbor.so attempted to draw a distinction between the new health care law and the plan he passed in 2006 as the massachusetts governor, the first state law in the nation to require most individuals to purchase health care insurance unless they already receive it as a benefit through their employers. mr. romney ran for the republican national nomination in 2008 and he is considering another run for the presidency in 2012. this event was posted by the -- was hosted by the university of michigan college republicans. [applause] >> thank you. morning. thank you. i appreciate the warm welcome. thank you to the college republicans for hosting me today and welcoming me here. thank you to the university of michigan. medical school in school of public health, particularly those that are here as part of the cardiovascular center. dr. eagle, i appreciate your willingness to invite me here today, to let me address members of the student body as well as individuals that are part of the faculty and administ

now two girl scouts from ann arbor, michigan said the do-si-dos, the tagalogs, the thin mints are bad meet the two women. you're about to meet two teenagers campaigning for five years against one ingredient in the girl scout cookies they once cherished. >> when madison and rhiannon set out to win their bronze awards as members of the girl scouts, they found a cause near their hearts. >> we became invested and passionate about protecting the orangutans. >> what they learned upset them. >> they're suffering for deforstation. and interesting enough, the -- >> what they uncovered put them at odds with their own organization and their trademark cookies. >> girl scout cookies comes in and there's palm oil. both of us are really shocked. >> that realization nearly five years ago began their crusade to remove palm oil from the cookies. palm oil is found in half of all packaged foods sold in all u.s. supermarkets. experts say the demand has created a disaster with rain forests in indonesia and malaysia for palm oil, threatening wild life. >> have you considered quitting the girl scouts. >> the

this is between the lakeshore and ann arbor areas as a path of destruction goes across the midwest lastilling power to more than 100,000 people in this one state alone. trees, you see them, they are down. power crews have a busy, busy day ahead of them cleaning up and checking out the damage there. >>> president obama pledging to stand with the people of joplin, missouri. he says "every step of the way as the town rebuilds." yesterday the president toured the shredded city and spoke at a service honoring the 142 people who lost their lives when the tornado hit joplin last sunday. 29 people still unaccounted for. >>> to texas now where wildfires are burning across the pan handle there. hundreds of people who had to evacuate their homes in amarillo are being allowed back in. the u.s. forest service says 12 homes have been destroyed thus far. evacuees have been getting help from the red cross. >>> and now to southern tennessee where crews are trying to rescue a man trapped in a cave. this is happening right now in franklin county, near the alabama state line. here's what we know. the man i

on c-span 3, speaking in an arbor, at the university of michigan cardiovascular center. "the washington times" previews this speech. the venue raises pro-life doubt -- that is in "the washington times." frontpage of "usa today" -- here is the op-ed mitt romney wrote for "usa today." that is just a portion of mitt romney's op-ed in "usa today." what do you think about newt gingrich for president hersman caller: i would not support him at all. basically his immoral life. probably the one person i would look at on the republican side right now would be mike huckabee from arkansas. i feel like at least he has had experience in making executive decisions as governor. and i would think that he would be my candidate right now. and i believe the man is a christian. he was president of the arkansas southern baptist convention before he got involved in politics. i think he is a person worth considering. right now he would be my candidate. host: by the way, if you want to continue this conversation you can go to our facebook page -- facebook.com/c-span. we are having a conversation

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from ann arbor, michigan, this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> well, congratulations to the class of 2011. it is truly an honor to be here today. michigan is a special place to me, and when you think about making a commencement address, you have two choices. you can talk about major issues or you can talk about your life and personal issues. today, i'm going to talk about my personal experience at the university of michigan and deal with the question i'd like to share with you. what is the university of michigan the world leader at, and what it means to all of us and about all of us. to begin, this is just a personal opinion, so i would make that clear, but let me start with my experience as a student at the university of michigan. i only had one other opportunity to come to the university of michigan for a football game when i was 7 or 8 years old. the next time i came was thanksgiving week of 1975. i came up to go to the office of admissions and to tell me story. i had a meeting with the associate director, a gentleman named lance

mitt romney went to ann arbor, michigan, to the medical complex to deliver an explanation about his healthcare position and why he supported the plan in massachusetts. let's listen to a little bit of that. >> i also recognize a lot of pundits are saying that i should stand up and say this whole thing was a mistake, that it was a bone headed idea and i should admit it was a mistake and walk away. i presume a lot of folks would clue that would be good for me politically. there is only one problem, it wouldn't be honest. i did what i believed was right for the people of my state and i'm going it describe for you now what i believe would be right for the people of the united states, which is quite different plan. host: governor romney yesterday. newspapers full of coverage of the story and reaction. we will spend a minute showing that to you to get a sense of how his speech played. home state paper "boston globe" romney says he stands by the law. critics open fire against fatal flaw is the secondary column. romney defends massachusetts health plan but concedes flaws in "new york times." he said he

host: recovered his speech in an arbor, mich., in which he detailed his plan and criticized the president's plan. here is more with governor romney. >> i also recognize that a lot of pundits around the nation are saying that i should stand up and say, "this whole thing was a mistake." that it was beheaded and i should admit it was a mistake and walk away. but i'm presuming lot of people think that be good for me politically, but there's only one problem with that -- it would not be honest. i did what i believed was right for the people of my state. i would describe for you now what i think would be right for the people of the united states, which is quite a different plan. host: then karen, a power point presentation that included 25 programs. guest: as a bing consultant, i would expect nothing less. he was not wearing a tie and he was trying to show that he could be the casual businessman, i suppose. again, there is the question about authenticity. who are you really? what are trying to tell us? what are you trying to sell us? that is part of an romani's issue. -- romney's issue. his plan

host: recovered his speech in an arbor, mich., in which he detailed his plan and criticized the president's plan. here is more with governor romney. >> i also recognize that a lot of pundits around the nation are saying that i should stand up and say, "this whole thing was a mistake." that it was beheaded and i should admit it was a mistake and walk away. but i'm presuming lot of people think that be good for me politically, but there's only one problem with that -- it would not be honest. i did what i believed was right for the people of my state. i would describe for you now what i think would be right for the people of the united states, which is quite a different plan. host: then karen, a power point presentation that included 25 programs. guest: as a bing consultant, i would expect nothing less. he was not wearing a tie and he was trying to show that he could be the casual businessman, i suppose. again, there is the question about authenticity. who are you really? what are trying to tell us? what are you trying to sell us? that is part of an romani's issue. -- romney's issue. his plan