baird is not alone. also in that same journal from howard university, 4273 black students were studied, and he was found that family and religious life, family and religious social capital are the most important predictors for positive student college success. so those students in low performing schools in inner cities who are involved in religious life, outside of the family, it's the second greatest predictor of them actually going to college. and, as i said earlier, it eliminates the black-white achievement gap. these officers include -- include students involved parents and active social life have greater opportunities and choices in the future. if we look, for example, at issues like the minimum wage can we recognize of course that emotionally this is a winner. people love to think about the consequences of raising the minimum wage, but i would like to submit that often people don't think about the long-term consequences of raising the minimum wage because we live in a world where people act and mak

baird child. going to friendship house drum. an appropriate song for our dancers. make them dance. all right. looking good out there, dancers. there you go. show us what you got. how about a big round of applause for our men's no. traditional dancers. all right. then, southern straits, stand by. all right. thank you dancers. thank you, singers. do we have any mends southern strait? ok, going back to our women's southern claw. make your way into the arena. how about women's northern traditional as well. i just realized we do not have a southern drum. no. the ladies, stand by. when you are ready. make them dance. [singing] how about a big round of applause for our women's traditional, southern claw. good dancing. all right. thank you, ladies. how about men's grass, boy's grass. are you ready? looking pretty good or rather -- over there. kick one out. make them dance. show us what you got, boys. dance hard. women's jindal, stand by. -- jingle, stand by. all right. looking good, boys. looking good. one more time. big round of applause for our boys grass and dancers and our men's grass

kimberly dojer of the associated press has been reporting on the dramatic raid and bob baird our oldine. do the play by play and we'll get the commentary from bob. i use these happy terms because it turned out incredibly well. all nine kidnappers killed, none of the rescuers killed, the hostages taken completely without injury. >> nine kidnappers killed. it was a high risk raid, a joint special operations raid. the seals parachuted in from a distance and then hiked to the site, which was an open encampment. they quickly subdued the attackers. there was a brief firefight. some of them were actually asleep. they secured the hostages and then army special operations helicopters flew in, took away the seals, took away the hostages, all of them unharmed. >> did they go in with those infrared goggles that can see in the night? is that how they did it with that incredible advantage? >> that is one way they could have done it. they're not giving us too many of the tactics and techniques used on the ground because there are other hostages out there. there are other people who may need to be r

baird says the apache purchase increases the value of forest oil's assets in the same area. forest shares rallied almost 9%. bank of america continues its turn-around efforts. according to bloomberg, the second stage aims to reduce its annual expenses by $3 billion. the first phase went after $5 billion in costs. b. of a. stock was the biggest gainermong dow indtrial stocks, th i 2.5% rally. this is the stock's highest close since just before halloween. details of the second round of cuts will come in april. including possible job cuts. this is another peak week for earnings and we saw several technology firms turn in financial report cards. semiconductor maker texas instruments came in three cents short of estimates. it's been dealing with weak demand, but it thinks demand is bottoming. ahead of the rults, shares fell%, b rebounded more than 3% in after hours as the firm announced it was closing two plants. on in houston. but its profit forecast was less than anticipated. disk drive maker western digital rallied off its closing price after much-stronger-than- expected reven

them the least of them are better than most what we watch today but there was no censorship except by baird he forced himself to demand the highest standards of himself and so if artists become indulgent when there's no censorship whatever then they produce pablum but when something when they set standards when someone set standards then they have to be creative you talking about stories about the necessity of stories only your life but. sometimes i see that interpretation for cinema classical literature doesn't always become a success no stories may be great what is that well be for for a lot of reasons not the least of which is the power and the beauty of a novel is the drama is ation of inner conflict but you cannot photograph thought. so it's not a mad every novel can become a great movie no. because. crime and punishment is all taking place and we're just going to head there has never been a good overview of crime and punishment how could there be because the whole story takes place in his mind and and so it's perfect that way. and to try to adapt at discrete i people have done film ad

going to stop winning and will probably have bad side effects too from the steroids maybe you know baird if you're a woman or some breath if you're a man but is that where we are as western economies where does this go if we don't bring in a new athlete and keep trying to push the old one instead. if we don't stop what we're doing we will end up with either a sovereign collapse or an economic collapse we're both in and we're running out of time to deal with this in the united states in globally the simple fact of the matter is is that governments cannot promise to their citizens more services than they are able to tax in the present day in this is something that just showed up in a recognition over in europe they've now got this new deal that supposedly is going to go in effect where they can't run deficits of more than one half of a percent but over in the united states we are currently running deficits of about nine percent so you know they may be kind of figuring it out over there in europe but we better get on the stick over here in the u.s. as well what about people who are all that

investment firm baird equity cut price targets and ratings on several oil and natural gas explorers,ointing to uncertainty over energy prices. speaking of energy, some renewable energy stocks were shining bright. an analyst at deustche bank found strong fourth-quarter demand has dwindled inventories to record low levels. jinko-solar, trina solar and suntech all trade below $10 per share, but they rallied by at least 27% each today. last year, this sector was hit hard as solar panel prices collapsed, cutting profit margins for the manufacturers. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> tom: it is a tug of war over outlooks. the s&p 500 is at its highest level since july suggesting earnings optimism. government bond interest rates are nearing their lows of last fall, suggesting economic pessimism. tonight's "street critique" guest says investors need to watch profits, not politicians. he's michael farr, author of the arrogance cycle. always great to see you michael. happy new year. >> thanks, great to be with you, happy new year to you. >> tom: a strange con verge ends, both stocks and

and white house websites baird brown who's worked with anonymous on various operations believes the mega upload shutdown shows the government will take action even without new laws in place. the problem is that the track record of the us and all governments is such that given the power to do one thing is almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of power many of the things so and the way that you know the rate on megaupload cards in this opens it shows that even without sopa already in place you know already arresting and resting the owners of megaupload and shutting it down and in the future the very near future as you'll see there will be a number of other groups that will pop up using more. military. situation it's worse in the grass and smells of war and the notable civil war in the us. now look at what else is making news around the world this hour yemen's president. saleh left his nation after a farewell speech in which he apologized for his mistakes and said it's time to hand over power he's leaving the country to have medical treatment in the u.s. after which he is expec

if you remember in november they took over a building and baird jean quan negotiated.yor jean quan said that she could not defend the port. even a couple of protesters pset down and shut down the port. why are we surprised? the police missed 200 recalls because the mayor could not handle this sitter to ration the police missed 200 -- calls. she has let this develop into a crisis we did not have the right leadership that we need. brigham oakland has paid $2 million in cleanups. >>pam: the total cost is $5 million for oakland. this weekend has been up nearly 2 million. 250 arrests were made just this weekend. some were out of state the vast majority were california residents. most were processed and then, released. oakland police are reviewing this situation from this past weekend. there explore new techniques that they could employ in future protests. you can see these protests were turning violent and it is not the first time that these have been are rusted for similar crimes. based on that, they are looking for restraining orders on -- are restle-a rusting. >> some of

three men baird house on carrollton parkway. they fought with the people -- entered a house on carrollton parkway. they fought with the people inside and took off. a pilot taking off from college park airport reported seeing someone with a gun in the nearby. four nearby schools were locked down until police made sure the area was safe. >>> voters head to the polls in south carolina in just a few hours and the results of the primary there could shape the future of the republican presidential race. fox's karl cameron has the latest. reporter: surging ahead in south carolina polls after another commanding debate performance newt gingrich sounded increasingly confident of a first in the south primary win. >> tomorrow is going to be a very, very important day. with your help and with the help of other good citizens across the state of south carolina we are going to take the first big step towards ensuring that a conservative is nominated for president of the united states. reporter: mitt romney has seen a double digit lead in the sou

in fact, overnight, baird county, pendleton county, 2 to 3 inches of snow.on your future weather we're cold and we're still a bit windy for the evening. we'll settle to a breezy type of condition as we get into the late night and early tomorrow morning. continued cold to partly sunny sky. there is an area of low pressure. we'll stay to our south but it will provide the area with some clouds i think late saturday and more sunshine behind it for sunday but again continued cold. 30 to 36 degrees for your evening forecast. that west wind still at 10 to 20 miles per hour. tomorrow morning, 23 to 28 degrees so when you head off to the expo, make sure you bundle up and have nice exercise clothes on underneath. we know how to do it at the convention center each year don't we? >> oh, yeah. >> we want you to exercise. cold weekend. we're back into the mid 50s by tuesday. and that means with temperatures in the mid 50s we're talking about rain and not snow. sorry for you snow lovers. we'll hit the extended forecast when we come back. >> what you and doug are saying is

. >> public information officer wade baird says redistricting is a way of life in loudoun county, built4 schools in ten years. he says new boards usually respect the old board's decision. >> there were nonpublic hearings done here. we did some in leesburg. we put out notices in english and spanish well ahead of time. they were well-attended. all of the plans were posted on the web site. >> byard says this is the first lawsuit they've had over redistricting. peggy fox, 9news now. >> this is the first lawsuit over redistricting plan. the county tells us in order for the school board to reconsider its decision, it would have to redo the entire process and that would mean another four months of public hearings. >>> it is coming up on 6:50. time to answer our question of the morning. it was 52% of all men in a recent survey said they want women to banish this beauty product. is it a, lipstick. b, body glitter or c, black nail polish. >> a lot of us guessed this one right this morning. the answer is b, body glitter. >> one of our viewers said it doesn't taste good. a check on the news before

jul julia baird. >>> we are just a few days from new hampshire's primary.ng the today's edition of fact or fiction, joining me from washington is editor of roll call daily briefing. and equal tax cuts to all americans. >> that's a fiction. the joint tax policy center, which is actually considered the most credible scorekeeper of these things, there are liberals and conservatives on it. their assessment is that the richest, the millionaires would get a tax cut averaging between 5 and 7%, depending on their tax returns, $150,000. the tax cut would get smaller and smaller as he was a virtuous culture warrior but also in favor of earmarks. he's unapologetic about it. defending it and saying it's the job of a member of congress to try and bring home a fair portion of the tax dollar to the state. in the second to last year he was in the senate, he and his fellow republican teaming up about $500 million in earmarks. now, to be fair to rick santorum, the rules have changed and earmarks are not allowed anymore and you have to disclose what you are after. >> jobs wil

zoe baird, who i know is here. stewart baker. richard ben best day. p. jay crowley. steve had lee, brian jenkins all the way from california, michael liter who was a marvelous head of the national counterterrorism center and poppa to be. stuart levy. jim hooley, paul mchale in the united states congress. bill mudd. eric olson. marin strameki. guy swan. evan wolfe. gary hart, former senator gary hart, a good friend and member of the group here from colorado, and the director former homeland security inspector general corker -- clarke ervin. we're pleased to partner with the aspen institute for this discussion we have held with homeland secretary janet napolitano. today we are examining the international dimension of homeland security. huh? most people of recognize what an important role the homeland security please internationally as a recovering politician as i mentioned who sat on the house homeland security committee and chaired the subcommittee on intelligence for many years i do know about this. representing two of america's largest points of entry and target l.a

i was approached by louise slaughter and brian baird and they said to have something you might be interested to read to started talking about the idea of the trade on the knowledge. like most americans i couldn't believe it. there would be impossible there will be a loophole. that anyone else would do it with the fact that studies are done she seem to blow to the commercial the stock market by six to 10% on a regular basis. that may be due to the infinite wisdom that resides or it may be something different. look, smart, savvy, trading or the possibility of there was inside knowledge. i don't know, my point was the idea of serving in congress is the single greatest arbor your neighbors get imposed upon you and it's not to have them agree with every political decision we make but to have them do it in their best interest everything we do. we could be 100% wrong in their opinion that if they believe we are doing it for the right system and the system isn't game. so i got on to this bill and spent countless hours with the sec, professors of law with laws and a our esteemed colleague talking abo

zoe baird going to is here. stewart baker. richard, p.j. crowley, steve hadley. brian jenkins, all the way from california. michael leiter, who was a marvelous head of the national counterterrorism center, and poppe to be. stuart levy, is to hear? no. jim loy. paul mchale, former colleague in the states congress. phil mudd. eric olson. dan, is he hear? no. maren? guy swan, yes. evan wolf. gary hart, former senator gary hart, very good friend and another of the group here from colorado. and the indefatigable director, former homeland security inspector general clark ervin. the wilson center is pleased to partner with the aspen institute to host this event. the second public discussion we have filled with secretary, open secretary janet napolitano. today, we are examining the international dimension of homeland security. most people don't recognize what an important role the department of homeland security action place internationally. as a recovering politician, as i mentioned who sat on the house homeland security committee and shared it subcommittee on intellige

zoe baird who i know is here. stewart baker, richard bena vista, p.j. crowley, steve hadley.s a marvelous at at that the national counterterrorism center and papa to be. stewart levy. is stewart here? jim lloyd, phil mudd, eric olson, guys won, juan zarate, evan wolf, gary hart, former senator gary hart a new member of the group. you are from colorado and the indefatigable director of homeland security, inspector general clark ervin. the wilson center is pleased to partner with the aspen institute to host this event. the second public discussion we have held with secretary, home and secretary janet napolitano. today, we are examining the international dimension of homeland security. most people don't recognize what an important role the department of homeland security actually plays internationally. as a recovering politician, as i mentioned, who sat on the house homeland security committee and chaired its subcommittee on intelligence for many years, i do know about this. representing two of america's largest courts of entry and terror targets lax and the port of los angeles