, if we do not explain that being lgt or b is simply being human, we will be making a mistake. whose calling is that, if not ours? an agenda, yeah, i have an agenda. certainly. let's fight the legislative battles, including, let's end don't ask, don't tell, let's overturn the so-called defense of marriage act. pass both an inclusive employment, non-discrimination act and the domestic partnership benefits and obligation act for federal employees. [applause] >> and state by state, let's enact anti-bullying laws to protect lgtb youth. but let's not be defined by those battles solely. let's not be limited to those ways of defining our lives. we can't let others see us as just these issues. that others see our struggle as more as a movement for justice, equality, and liberation, as a movement for human rise, is critical to our success. and so as we step into this new year, let's lead, let's really, really lead, and as of today, fortunately, there are no places, and i do say as of today, because tomorrow, we'll see, but as of today, there are no places that face an imminent threat of

now perhaps it would be women, because hillary might be president, and that would be a great thing. but it takes into consideration that even the naacp i think is very targeted attempt over the last decade in particular, to deal with networks, even more than cable stations, about blacks in the media, blacks behind the camera and blacks in front of the camera. and for those of you who are aware of the work that the naacp did under, challenging the networks, in many cases in successful ways about seeing more african-american producers hired, more african-american latino directors like that more in developing shows. but this was primarily focused on sitcoms and dramas for the networks, not in network news. not in information distribution. this becomes problematic because as we know, so many people in this country define their reality based on what they see on cnn. or determine what's real or factual based on what they see on fox news. that's terrifying. [laughter] >> but regardless of what ideological position you find yourself on, i find that rather frightening. so the real question h

why would something that is so good be something we should be so frightened of being persecuted for? bring it on. bring it on. i love debating the religious right. why? because i'm not afraid of those people. why? because i'm not some persecuted minority desperate and unable to defend myself. and the first thing that i defend myself with is the first amendment, which is what i'm doing here tonight and which gay people have done for centuries. i need to conclude. the politics that i argued in alternative all these four things has, in a couple of decades since i first started making this argument come to pass, we have seen, and the are you was that the core argument is that the government, the government should stop treating us differently. the government should stop identifying us as different and stop discriminating against us. we are equal, and our government should treat us equally. and that means our relationships should be treated no differently in any way, shape or form than heterosexuals relationship that is identical in its commitment, and its fidelity, and it's love and in it

i do not want to be a pollyanna about it. it will not be easy.nce to get a bill through in the senate as well. s a lot we have to do, but i hope that it -- as we move theseç things forward, especiay if we get bipartisan support in the senate and especially if the american people see that the republicans are being hypocritical about standing back and not participating and are playing to the fierce, people's fears, as they talk about things that are clearly untrue like death panels and the fears of government involvement, which i çthink people should recognizes absolutely necessary if we are going to cover 36 million people, as our bill envisions doing. w3and holding down health care costs for the future. even getting a reduction in the deficit because of the efforts to hold down health care costs that is not just good for the health care area and the people involved, but it would be a way to get our deficit under control as well. but we have got to get back to being able to be civil, to talk with eachç other, to not approh issues as democrats v

this must be fixed. according to the secretary of homeland security the department has one mission, to secure the nation from the many threats we face. fulfilling the mission requires the department to participate in many off site activities throughout the country and the world. notwithstanding this fact, the department must exercise oversight, accountability and transparency regarding the amount of taxpayer money it spends on conference related activities. i want to thank the witnesses for their participation and certainly look forward to their testimony. the ranking member is not here, he gave us the go-ahead to start. the chair recs the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from the mississippi, mr. thompson for an opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman, it's nice to see the witnesses, ms. duke, mr. mann. as both of you know, we requested the inspector general to look at the practice of the department of homeland security as it relates to conferences, restreets and similar off

i can't guarantee you that it will be exciting, so that not everyone will be watching, but it will be transparent and it will be accountable to the american people. november 27, 2007, teen sentinel. number seven, i want the negotiations to take place on c-span. may, 2008, "st. petersburg times." number eight, i'll put forward my plan, but what i'll say is, look, if you've got better ideas, i'm happy to listen to them, but all this will have to be done on c-span in front of the public. april 25, 2008, "indiana town hall," what a great idea, mr. speaker, i simply could not agree with you more. well, mr. speaker, as it turns out, in may of last year, may 11, the white house, the white house engaged in a major stakeholder meeting at the beginning of this health reform debate. the attendees at the white house in may were the advanced medical technology association, the american medical association, america's health insurance plans, the pharmaceutical research and manufacturers of america, the american hospital association, the service employees international union. now, each of these indiv

it should be done on a case by case basis, nothing should be ruled in, nothing should be ruled out. the part of some that the only way that you can correctly get intelligence and then prosecute the enemy combatant or whatever you want to call them is through a military commission. i think their record is they've condemned three and two of them are gone. on the streets. you, through the criminal justice system, director mueller, have prosecuted hundreds. and they're around or in jail. let me just ask, director mueller, your experience as fbi director in the eight years since 9/11, and you've been there every single one of those days, have terrorist suspects provided valuable intelligence after they have been mirandized? >> on a number of occasions, yes, sir. >> case by case. >> case by case. there are two cases. one that was already mentioned, david headley out of chicago which is one of the more recent ones. back in 2004 there was an individual that provided substantial intelligence. >> on the flip side, do terrorist suspects always automatically come forth with intelligence unless

it won't be remembers, it won't be in thes, it'll be corporate america. i know they have encouraged us to move the legislation to assemble this legislation quickly. the need to act quickly is in part what motivated the decision not to go the constitutional amendment. others in the house and senate are preparing plans to pursue that path. but we believe we have to press ahead immediately. so in the weeks since the 5-4 decision came down. chris and i together with our colleagues and with the white house has finalized a legislative approach we think represents congress' best remedy to this act of political overreach by the court. our bill takes five steps, we ban foreign corporations from influencing our elections, foreign leaderring like hugo chavez should not undercut our democracy. second, we stop bailout recipients of government contracts from spending unlimited amounts, because taxpayers money should not be with used to promote a company's political interest. third, we impose new disclosure requirements and fourth, we impose new disclaimers on tv ads. b

[applause] >> thank you y'all for being here. this soon-to-be snowy day in washington, d.c. i used to live this way, and i don't remember snow being with so bad and flights canceled. i guess that's the fate we're stuck with. it is a pleasure for me to be here in the white house. we've talked to our kids about it. but somehow change has not come. when our kids are born, we always make a promise to them to live a better life, to have a better education, to be healthier, to do things and live a life better than we did ourselves. sometimes you can't keep our promises. you can't make the ballet recitals, you can't make the baseball games and take them in the play dates. there is one promise that we have to start keeping to our kids. that's living a healthy lifestyle. for the first time in decades, the mortality rate of our children and and the life expectancy is shorter than their parents. that's, as we all know, unacceptable. let's move. this is a beautiful program. because this is how i'd live my life. always moving. i remember when my mom used to go to work and just say, don't

will be a burden. -- it will be a burden. dr.hart, i would like to follow up with your comments and that of the chairman about the amount of debt that we have. maybe all of you discussed this generally, between the internal debt and the public debt. would you not agree that 30 years ago, 20 years ago, there is a bigger difference than there is today because we did not see quite the dramatic actuarial and soundness of our entitlement programs? . . but that was not true. and c.b.o. eventually made that quite clear because it created about a $300 billion surplus in the medicaid account. but it's spent it on a new plan and they didn't store the internal debt going back to the medicare trust fund as a reality and since medicare is clearly heading to default and will be called that debt pretty soon, it seems to me we've got to understand that this is not the reality of the internal debt is more significant than it may have been when lyndon johnson first started doing this. >> the work that i have done emphasizes gross federal debt. ult

there will be verification and verification has to be efficient but it, has not to be as burdensome as it had a been the case in the previous one. it is kind of basic philosophical approach. what are the nitty-gritty is certainly to be negotiated in geneva and i can not negotiate here in this room. but if you ask me, do we allow for some exchange of data? of course. some encryption removal? of course. but this some is exactly what needs to be defined in negotiations. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> a program update for you. in just a over 45 minutes at 1:45 eastern, we'll return live to a justice department symposium on changes to the juvenile justice civil. we'll hear remarks from the chief justice of the alabama supreme court as well as the public defenders from philadelphia and miami. live coverage 1:45 eastern here on c-span2. >> with your wildest imagination if you were writing stick00 you. >> sometimes i think history is a series of accidents. it's like a pileup of cars in a snowstorm. >> with the conservative political action conference underway in washington

i think he's going use all that energy that he's used to be what he's wanted to be as a golfer to behat he wanted to be as a person. his new project is himself. >> rose: so we don't know what he wants to do with respect to his wife and his family other than to have... >> everything i have that heard and my intuition tells me is he's trying to save that marriage. it's important to him i know. he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of his dad and their divorce in the early... in his dad's first marriage. his mom was a child of divorce, that's been inbred of him. you don't divorced, you stick, you make it work, make sure those kids have a great upbringing. i know he loves those kids and i'm guessing very strongly he loves his wife and this was a compulsion and i think he wants to keep that family intact. and, you know, there's a lot of reports that the divorce is inevitable. am suspending judgment on that. i think they're going to give it a good try. >> rose: michael jordan said before the scandal "i can sense and see stress in him and see he's battling himself more than he should. i th

we even saw some locks on doors being changed. >> reporter: the mayor being dual sworn, may i be the first to congratulate you? [ applause ] >> reporter: at 12:15 this afternoon, stephanie rawlings- blake, officially became the 49th mayor of baltimore city. with her husband, daughter, mother and a roomful of supporters looking on, she signed her name under disgraced mayor sheila dixon's, and then took the reigns of city government. >> none of us asked for this moment. but all of us must accept the challenges and hard work that comes with it. >> reporter: moments after, the transfer of power could be felt and seen inside city hall. the official city seal with dixon's name, is taken down, replaced with one bearing our new mayor's name. rawlings-blake acknowledges the office she is filling needs to restore public faith in public officials. >> trust, leadership and open dialogue, will guide us in this process. >> reporter: after tending to her october, who had fainted during -- her aunt, who had fainted during the ceremony, rawlings-blake went right to work. touring the schools. she said

like any process this will be with us and there will be losers. the losers are very vocal in this process. as president calderon pointed out we need to find a balanced way forward. make the cake bigger and make sure we are offering solutions for different countries and different sectors of the economy. that is why it is important to not only talking of reducing emissions but also the impact of climate change and addressing the issue of deforestation and mobilizing technology and mobilizing financial support for developing countries to try to create the scenario in which there will be not may be something in it for everyone but hopefully something in it for as many companies -- countries as possible. in that context i want to make a statement about finance because there has been a lot of talk about hundreds of billions. i would like to be the last person in this room to create the impression we are going to subsidize our way out of climate change. we need to subsidize our way out of climate change. the scientific community has been telling us for 1

going forward, could be weak. of course, we had some weak housing numbers, as well, along with disappointing consumer confidence this week. take a look at the damage report. the yen is not helping. nor are the toyota woes. the hang seng, slightly off the shanghai composite. we did have the auction yield on three-month bills along with one-year bills earlier this week that left those yields unchanged. a lot of investors seem to be thinking that perhaps this could be a sign the pboc is taking it easy as far as tightening is concerned. as for the other markets, the kospi down 1.6%. the bombay sensex is pretty much right along the flat line and the aussie market lower by 1.2%, back below that key 4,600 level and take a look at the ftse cnbc global 300, down 0.5%. good morning, ross. nice to have you back. >> thanks for that, chloe. it's fairly neutral. stock levels in terms of the indices aren't doing very much. we're pretty flat across the ftse, xetra dax, the smi. the cac 40 is a little lower. but a huge number of s

be. good luck to you guys. have fun in the snow. >> reporter: thank you very much, martin. go get a cart. thanks. you heard it. it's only about 6:30 already that gentleman lost his cart inside. somebody took it from him. a lot of shoppers we're seeing. there was actually a line of shoppers waiting for the doors to open at 6:00 this morning. so i guess the word of advice today is if you still have some shopping to do, get out early, get it done early because it's only going to get worse. it's going to get really busy later in the day. for now, we're live in rodgers forge, linda so, abc 2 news. >>> it qob up to three months before haiti makes a final decision on ten americans charged thursday with child kidnapping. the missionaries attempted to take 33 combrun documented children across the border into the dominican republic. a spokeswoman says she believes god wall cause their release. >>> you know, you update your facebook status to let your friends know what you are up to, but a posting

>> 1 being no and 10 being absolutely?y? >> yeah. >> on a scale of 1 to 10, will hillary clinton challenge barack obama for the democrat -- >> 7. laying the groundwork even as we speak. >> in what way? >> saying, no, i have no desire to run for president. they say that. it's like a coach getting a vote of confidence and the owner gets canned next day saying you don't want to run is a clear signal you're thinking about it and you want to mu. the clintons have just as much ambition to get back there and they'll pounce on it weakness. >> scale of 1 to 10, that the tea party will become the independent party? >> 3. >> why? >> they're going to come to their senses and realize that all third parties do is guarantee the election to democrats. the perot party was the same thing. if elected democrats did the third party thing, the success here and in the future is going to be conservativism dominating, retaking, if you will, the republican party. >> chances on a scale of 1 to 10 that you will end up owning an nfl football team. >>

does seem early to be talking about whether it will be in chicago, washington. go? >> my colleague had great store i don't this morning. they are looking at what the re-elected and you are right. it is early. but from the white house's perspective it is never too early to start thinking about 2012. one of the big issues is where is this going to be headquartered. the bush administration struggled with that a little bit. wanting the headquarters of the re-election campaign to be out in the real country somewhere. not inside the beltway. they ended up in suburban virginia just over the river from washington, d.c. the obama folks are saying as of now they would like to it to be in chicago where the last campaign was headquartered. it is a really symbolically important to be outside the beltway these days. the pressure is on the president. his staff. top adviser. tend to force that decision later on to move that headquarters closer to washington. that's what a lot of people are expecting at this point. >> what about your reporting -- michael enreporting david axelro

so we are having a lot of n space to be in right now. just as this is a good space to be in. i had the incredible honor of visiting the reagan ranch and to be amongst the things of his life, he and nancy together and it's just a great energy i get from that and i got from that and it's to come and share some of that in the context of his legacy and certainly what it means going forward is an honor. i really appreciated the young america's foundation inviting me here to be a part of this. andrew is right we spent a lot of time over the years working with the various groups that come to washington right to sit around the country in such profoundly important work. i was in the board room before coming down and was struck by nothing fancy about, a plaque on the wall that basically said the young america's foundation was committed to encouraging that young americans understand in our -- and are inspired by the ideas of individual freedom, strong national defense, free enterprise and traditional values and that is such a powerful statement and it is part of the underlying thinking

-- even be higher.o the bill we have here where we've had some discussion already and mr. camp has already outlined as well as mr. kyle that this bill would actually raise premium costs. week of talked about small business health plans. again, i ran a small business, it was a medical practice. and when i wanted insurance, when those premiums were going up in double digits every year, i'd call an insurance agent, they'd come in and we had very limited choice. very limited. and the cost kept going up. small business health plans is one way to really deal with this and allow for pooling and where our big disagreement is, frankly, it's with how you do it. and if you create a plan with exchanges that are overly restrictive it really doesn't -- it defeats the purpose. and i believe we can have faith in the american public to figure out if the transparent enough, what's their best deal? what's the best deal for small business owner or family in this sort of arrangement? the same goes for purchasing insurance a

should be concerned about.ut i... the idea of having soundbites and going up to congress and legislating it, i would let the systemic regulator and the prudential regulator worry about that. and i would let them deal with it. if proprietary trading is a problem as it relates to certain institutions... >> rose: then they should do something. >> they should deal with it. and what i'm concerned about right now is that with all of the dialogue going back and forth that it will slow down the process and it will create uncertainty, which will hamper the recovery. we need lending. this uncertainty doesn't... >> rose: why is it they're lending? what is it that's preventing banks from making loans so that people can build up their envintorys, so they can employ people and... >> i think part of this is the demand side. >> rose: sure it is. consumer demand. >>ened i think business needs certainty in confidence and consistency and clarity is important and uncertainty is hurting it. >> rose: this brings me to this question.

being very exotic.: once you, in your head, at least, because i still don't get it respectfully, once in your head you figure out where you're goingith this, tell me about your process. your actual work process. how do you go about the work? >> well, in a normal film, um, i think about the characters, um, i think about the storyline and i sort of go with like "apollo 13," the idea that and even "titanic," the idea that the audience already knows the ending of the movie. it is something that had happened in history. in a film like this, it is a slightly different thought process. my first thought is i wonder what it sounds like on this place and my first thought is really what instruments can i collect or what do the voices sound like? what do the sounds sound like? and i start collecting lots of sound before i start writing any melodies or things like that. tavis: stop, for a second. so when you imagine what it sounds like, in "avatar," you start collecting instruments, to your point. what kind of instr

i am sure there will be an opportunity for colleagues to be asked their position on the president's approach and what secretary gates announced. there will be a lot of activity. >> a week from thursday -- >> we will get a cross-section. are the witnesses there? >> we don't know, but we will try to get a cross section. >> thanks. >> sure. >> senator levin -- >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, all. my name is tejinder singh. i am the chair of the newsmakers committee. it's a pleasure to welcome you all on behalf of the national press club with more than 3500 members worldwide. please do visit npc.org, our website, for more details. and i will now like to take a moment of your time, as we have this newsmakers event. bold new development in nasa, civil space efforts. and we have speakers, director of the white house office of science and technology, and mr. charles bolden. i will now pass to mr. holdren. >> thank you very much. it's my distinct privilege this morning to introduce you to a man who has excelled as a marine pilot and a leader of his peers in tha

that one in $3 is not being spent as effectively as it should be.d we have a lot of provisions in both bills as you well know that try to get to us a place where administrative costs, health information technology, so many other things are doneton wring the costs out. and in addition, you speak eloquently and correctly about wringing fraud, waste and abuse out of this system. i know you're happy to have seen in our bill in the house bill and in the senate bill very substantial investment in doing just what you suggest. so i think we have agreement on conflict of interest in delivery of medicine, as well. we've dealt with that in our bill. we've dealt with it previously as you well know. we've put incentives for prevention in here which you mentioned. we absolutely agree on that. we think this bill does that. now you may have a better way of doing it. we need to talk about how that better way is, but we certainly have addressed the issue of making sure that we have wellness as a focus, not sickness. we have to deal with sickness but what we really wa

it will be. in terms of this recession, there is no real clear pattern. >> the labor department reported yesterday that worker productivity increased six. fourth term in the fourth quarter -- 6.4% in the fourth quarter. are these gains in certain sectors or across the board? would you have an opinion on that? >> it is pretty across the board. we do not have a lot to break out on the industries. it is across the board. that actually is a very good sign. it has been associated with early stages of economic recovery. one thing that was notable, we attack three months of very strong productivity growth. this is the first month or we had strong productivity growth and an increase in hours. >> what does that mean? >> in the entire month, we had strong productivity because output dropped by less than ours dropped. it to a strong productivity in a negative way. >> americans are working hard? >> yes. >> thank you. >> that is a strong statement. it is very true. several months ago, the dls release the empl

and redo this i just want to be clear. i want to be careful not to overreact. there is a genuine reason to react no question. because of the disparity between the members submitted to congress and the actual numbers that were dollars spent. i think those are legitimate reasons but on the other hand,, i don't want us to get to a point* where we don't get people to places where they can receive treating that will benefit the taxpayers and they not go for fear there will be some sort of reprisal or become a part of a last as a result some ways damage were turned ashley image. i am not standing up for anything that was wrong. i have seen enough that people sometimes will do things that are beneficial that other people don't always understand. the reason i was giving you the opportunity to respond because these stand out. i got an explanation of what was actually going on would be beneficial to those employees who may be under some sort of scrutiny because of the actual conference that was attended. if you would, looked into those i have called your attention worthi

will be cheaper, transport will be cheaper, you will be down loading and digitizing and transforming into printed works, all kind of books, i think in a way that will be simply wonderful and that will open up and democratize learning. that's what we're frying to do also in the harvard university library. i mean, if i had one word tore describe this sort of policies that i'm trying to promote, it would be openness. we have an open access program that was voted by the faculty of arts and sciences two years ago now, and that means that all new scholarship in the form of articles, scholarly articles, will be put on an open access repository, made available free of charge everywhere in the world. i've created an office for scholarly communications, which is disseminating this work through the repository, and is also planning to expand things so that we will have dissertations, digitized and available free everywhere. we will have what's called gray literature also available. that's -- well, casual talks like tonight's. why shouldn't something like this be made available if anyone wants to

there seems to be other agenda here. they don't seem to be listening to us.f they don't listen to us soon, the tragedy won't be just for myself and my family after 32 years in education. it will be for central falls as a stay. the former governor of this city graduated from this high school. we have many, many people throughout the country that have become famous and have great influence and the history of this place will go down the river. >> all right, thank you for your time tonight. and i wish you also very good luck and to your students. >> thank you, jessica. >>> and a reminder, you can join the live chat that's under way. next, harry reid plays hardball. he's pushing the health care bill and vowing to get it passed with or without republicans. but the question is how? we're going to tell you coming up. and later, a group of haitian orphan and the fight to bring them to the u.s. tonight, the battle is over. we'll tell you the outcome. >>> in "raw politics" senate majority leader harry reid said to a well-equipped buick lacrosse. get inside each. and see

really virtually any cardiac procedure that can be done in the u.s. can be done in canada.s raised a big question in a lot of minds. >> greta: it is not a situation, as far as we know, because we don't know what the procedure is. it is not like he can only get it in united states. he's not giving out the information as to what the procedure is? >> that's right. he's a public figure. he heads the province of new finland in charge of delivering health care in that province. yet, he's insisting that he has a right to privacy in this instance. once he recovers from this procedure, whatever it is, he would be prepared to answer questions. that doesn't appear to be good enough for many people right now. they are wondering what does this do to instill confidence in the canadian system. if premier danny williams is anywhere in the u.s. watching your show tonight he would blow a gasket if he thought he was becoming the poster boy for the conservative side of the argument in the u.s. if he were to be seen as poster boy for the status quo on u.s. health care because he has long defend

temperatures will be in the lower 40's and things will be clearing out.will be cold during the night, and beautiful tomorrow. another system is moving in for saturday and we will keep an eye on this. >> it will be a long drive this morning, and stopping your car will be the most dangerous part. expect what you usually find in your neighborhood. they are mainly focusing on the primary roads, the county roads and the interstate. right now, the highway crew will be doing their thing. the normal driver is about 50 minutes, and this may be over one hour. -- the normal drive is about 50 minutes, this may be over one hour. you will see people out there working and you will not see every vehicle -- every lane open. vehicles will be changing over with the lanes and this may be a little bit difficult. and some of the roads that have not seen any snow trucks in a long time -- you will have to decide your own lane. some areas are going through to the pavement. >> we are relatively warm, at 31 degrees. those chemicals are working so well at this temperature. that may

to be very honest, mr. speaker, i'd much rather be on the floor supporting his bipartisan legislation to write into law a five-year plan to develop america's offshore oil and gas reserves. regrettably, such reasonable legislation stands no chance of making it to the floor in this congress. and i do regret that. . i hope my friend knows that my opposition to the bill is based on my view of the matter and not a reflection of the high regard in which i hold my friend. i wish him well in his future endeavors, well, maybe not real, real well. with that, mr. speaker -- mr. abercrombie: would the gentleman yield? mr. hastings: i will yield. mr. abercrombie: i'm deeply touched by your remarks. your friendship is something i treasure and value. and i'm so taken with it, as a matter of fact, that i wonder if you would allow me to present you with a token of my esteem, my regard for you, these chocolate-covered macadamian are what you need right now. they will give you an opportunity to contemplate as to whether or no

gay and be -- you're saying that in your opinion you shouldn't be able to be gay and be a priest?aller: absolutely not. how can you say you were a priest or a minister if you're not willing to surrender to the absolute authority of god. >> clearly, that's something i can't answer that. would be between that person and god but you're saying basically there should be a separation between church and state and you think that a church should be able to make those decisions, right? >>. >> caller: absolutely. absolutely. >> lori, thank you for the phone call. connie is calling us from missouri. connie, where do you stand on this? >> caller: well, i think secular laws aren't always a right or better or moral for our people and the secular world and media sometimes make christian people feel bad when we physically stand up for god and god is the perfect love so he's who we follow. in addition to what the lady just said, pope benedict loves people, all people, whether they are gay or not. but in the bible if you follow god's law and god's law of true love, then the practice of being gay is

be adequate.cond, canada also believes must have the right purposes and must not and be excessive. now, let me just say, first of all, that i understand why there are calls for such approaches in some circles. situations very different than canada's, where big bank failures resulted in public bailouts, where the public interest the pain yet those who accosted seem to emerge unscathed, there is understandably public anger and demands for tough or even a retaliatory action. in canada because our situation is being so different, we don't face such demands of public opinion is much more reflective about what is needed. our approach to financial sector regulation in canada of historic claim much more activist than in many other countries has not micromanage the affairs of a complex industry. its purpose is to ensure transparency in the marketplace, helps link risk performance and reward, and encourage a culture a prudent behavior of focused on the long term. so one [speaking in native tongue] so let me

this will be a close one.nto the coastal storms because it may bring in enough moisture to cause snow to mix with and change to some sleet. maybe even to some rain for you folks as you know, southern maryland and especially lower eastern shore. on the other hand, the areas to the west, loudoun county and the blue ridge with the big coastal storms, montgomery county, frederick county, maryland, everything sets the stage for a big snow-producer. tomorrow morning, there will be temperatures into the 20s. a refreeze. a lot of sunshine tomorrow. nice day. that will be the last sunny one we'll see for a while. more melting. temperatures into the low 40s. then the snow begins. the way it looks right now, perhaps as early as mid to late morning to perhaps as late as mid-afternoon to the rush hour on friday. that could be slippery. then it really picks up friday night into saturday. believe it or not, with this pattern, while we get a break, there could be another storm next tuesday. >> wow. >> this is really -- >> one

i try to be as authentically me as i can be. i've said this before. because it's easier to maintain it. so, what people have seen over the course of the year is really michel michelle, and i find a level of comfort in that role. so, i don't think about occupying a list or a title. i still see myself as michelle obama, the girl who grew up on the south side of chicago, marian and frasier's daughter. i've got this husband who does these interesting things and i'm malia and sasha's mother. >> and malia and sasha, by the way, were upstairs doing their homework while we were doing that interview. >> you understand why her approval rating is as high as it is, because she's just a very, very likable person. >> no question about it. by the way, we'll have more with mrs. obama in our next hour, including what a typical conversation around the obama dinner table is like. do you know roses and thorns? you ever heard of that? >> no. >> i think some people did -- it's kind of, not a game, but kind of an exercise they go through at the dinner table. we'll explain t

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if you wait long enough there will be a health study. >> running after soon-to-be three kids will beyou need for the week. >> oh, man. and all the cardio you need shoveling snow. be careful. it's 45 minutes after the hour. a check of the weather headlines. rob marciano is in the extreme weather center in atlanta. be careful. lift with your legs, right. >> that's right. use your legs and be careful and help thy neighbor if they're elderly. we're not done with this thing yet. sitting and spinning, wind with it as well. on most of the areas now that were rain yesterday, turned over to snow with the exception of extreme coastal new england. where there was rain, there was some pretty heavy duty wind gusts. parts of maine 70 mile an hour gusts, concord, 68-mile-an-hour wind gusts. couple that with some snow, at least further to the west, and you're going to have some drifts for sure. over a foot and a half in poconos and northern new jersey. we're getting a little dry air in here but you also see that circulation really isn't moving all that much. with snow falling mostly to the south of

the clouds will be out of here. this was the moisture going up into the atmosphere from that me melting of the snow. lot of sunshine tomorrow. watch out for the wet spots. it will be icy with temperatures tomorrow afternoon getting above freezing. so good day to begin, think about preparations. certainly this is -- as any of the big storms are, this is a dynamic situation as it develops and as we get closer, we'll have a better idea. but certainly reasonably confident at this point a major east-coast snowstorm. and i would say there's a 70% chance right now that we're looking at six to more than 12 inches of snow again from this one. it will be into saturday with a lot of cancellations. a major impact on the east coast. >> similar to the december 20th one? >> it will probably be bigger than that. >> okay. >> bob, thank you. >>> so what is all this snow doing to your mental health? we'll look at the psychological impact coming up. >>> d a warning to internet junkies. >>> you can spice up your meals with easy-to-make

snow will be on our doorstep. the forecast is coming in just a few minutes. >> state highway officials spent the day getting ready for the weather coming our way. trucks are already out working before the snow falls tomorrow. while the trucks are out preparing the roadways, officials are encouraging citizens to get their shopping done. he said it is important for everyone to be patient and prepared to stay home during the storm. >> me if you are getting ready for the weather that is coming later tonight -- many of you are getting ready. john sherman is live in baltimore county tonight. >> the doors here at this giant store are open until midnight. people have been coming and going. as you can see, the parking lot is still fairly crowded, but this is not the madness that was here earlier tonight. at this giant foods, the madness begins in the parking lot. >> you cannot even find a spot today. we made three trips around in huge circles. >> there is a shortage on lots of stuff, bread, chicken -- >> >> the stalls out

they can be pressures, they can be constrictions. in his case he felt sort of a pressure or constriction. i'm sorry? >> when can he resume -- >> he is back on his feet. >> -- activities he is scheduled? >> i told him he could be back in the office on monday. back in the office on monday. >> do you call it a wake-up call? >> i wouldn't call it a wake-up call. the wake-up call happened in 2004. he has really towed the line in terms of diet and exercise. he's followed an excellent program. this particular complication is not hardening of the arteries. this sort of failure is the -- the history, excuse me, the history of this type of treatment that is not related to anything he did. >> it's cold out here. one more for the doctor. the circumplex. [ inaudible question ] >> the procedure, it took on the order of an hour and he -- he was able to get up about two hours afterwards. >> thank you, guys. thank you. >> larry: good evening. we will be speaking with new york governor david paterson later in the hour. we'll get right to the breaking

that would be a game changer. it is a huge problem. we would be in a different situation. you can get out there and defend the work of the task force with respect to this group of yemenis were clear. there is no reason not to go home of people who were cleared. even with the notion that this airplane bomber got trained in yemen. when the initial executive order came out, we were the only group to condemn it on the basis that year was too long to sort this out. we have to accept the fact that obama owns the place. he has sent home 46 people. bush sent home 530. he owns the military commission process. we can talk about that in the comments but he has failed to lead on the fact that he is not decisive on the legal standard and failed to anticipate early resistance from his entrenched bureaucracies. there are a lot of interesting parallels between the executive order and other civil rights moments in american history. one of my friends likes to draw the parallel between brown one and brown 2. to say that we are not the hypocrites. brown 2 said we -- wrapped things up on your

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they are not willing to be quoted. the reuters news agency spoke to one official who said this was an attempt to take the focus away from the election in april. there have been reactions from rebel groups. i spoke to one person from a rebel group, and he did not think much would happen because of this decision, or the genocide charge against president bashir. i spoke to some opposition leaders in sudan. again, reaction is mixed. the candidate for another party said that he felt this was a great thing and a positive thing for justice and that there should be a case to be answered, and that the president should go to the hague to answer that. the man who many people think is the biggest threat to the president in the elections, he said he was not necessarily in favor of the icc. he wanted something more like a hybrid court. >> do not go away. i want to bring and our guest again. it is quite clear. do you think that even though this has not moved on to the trial, the existence --. a that has changed the behavior of other

to be a grandfather.ean, i raised two boys now we have a granddaughter, i am so out of my element. i have no idea what to do with a little girl. >> sean: i got an 8-year-old little girl. she promised she would never leave me and date. i got the promise on paper. i got to applaud you. we saw this horrible devastation in haiti. your program has been active and you have been showing the doctors on your program. i know people that really have stepped up and showed really the great side of humanity to help these people that are in terrible need. what was your thoughts when you were interviewing these doctors? i thought they were amazing. >> let me tell you, these guys don't see themselves as heroes. i don't see them as heroes. they are just americans that have a skill set that wanted to roll their sleeves up and go down there and do it. they will be back down there again. i just know they will. for example dr. orton goes to haiti and works on cleft lip and palate surgeries down there time and again. will be go

be done.holiness has a tight travel schedule neboj >> very tight travel schedule -- >> some positive things happened -- too much over excitement. if something goes wrong, too much complaint. do not do that. [laughter] [applause] of course, on the intellectual level, there is no -- we must know right and wrong and good and bad. when something actually happens, on the emotional level, deeper levels, i think he must try to keep the difficult things that they come -- relies on the intellectual level that it happened -- realized that it just happened and it should not affect you emotionally. we all have the capacity and potential. if you look at inner values or energy sources, you become more realistic. particularly here, compassion. infinite compassion is very powerful. it is part of my own practice and many good practitioners. i cannot say i am a good practitioner. i cannot say. but i am a practitioner. [laughter] dedicate your own bodies and minds for the well-being and impotent -- infinite bein

it could be white collar crime. it could be organized crime. it could be foreign counterintelligence. it could be counterterrorism efforts. and arbitrarily said after five years you're done. you'd have to step down. you have to come to washington, d.c., and apply to be -- to another job. can you step down, go to a brick agent in the f.b.i. five years ago we said this is really unfair to a lot of agents. you're going to lose agents. unfortunately they implemented it. we lost agents. seep yor agents. talented -- senior agents. talented agents. we heard stories from after stories about good, quality, talented, seasoned f.b.i. agents being forced to make decisions based on their families. some were just not in a position to come back to washington, d.c. so their reward for all that honorable service is get out. well, the director cut a deal with this congress five years ago, i will fix this problem for the agents that are harmed. we are still waiting today. this is called the up and out policy of the f.b.i. it is wrong, mr. director. it is absolute

i not be short? >> first off, let me finish the other part of the question. i don't think we'll be digging into our cash for operations. if we do dig into our cash it will probably be for acquisitions. as far as shorting us, listen, i'm a long-term guy, all right? our whole philosophy is long term. so the economy stinks. we're not doing the right things to get it turned around. we're fiddling while rome is burning. i hope the american people get folks shaked up because we've got a lot of work to do and we're not doing the right things yet, but nucor, if you know anything about nucor, and i'm sure you, do these are the times when we shine. these are the times when we build for the future, build our earnings base, keep our operations. we don't lay anybody off. our people are there and they're working and improving. so you're going to see nucor do some things going forward that are going to build a platform for growth. >> mr. dimicco, on that very note in terms of building the platform for growth and yo

>> it could be.is guy right here -- or this girl right here? >> we're going to take this guy on the treadmill, good. >> this is for dogs who can't really go outside. i'm sorry. start. treadmill is a perfect combination that you can do for exercise. >> is that how you should stand over your dog? >> this is one way. it's not a general way. it's just for him to be comfortable so he doesn't go on this side or that side. >> i see. >> they enjoy that, cesar? >> eventually, they do. the challenge is buffing things out. it also prevents for a dog to become more, you know, with the allergies outside. >> this dog likes me. >> he's sweet. >> these are the plant that is can be very toxic for your dog. >> the bulbs or the flower. >> what comes out of it. if they chew on it, they can have diarrhea, all these things, side effects. >> we only have 30 seconds, cesar, honey, sorry. >> no, that's okay. these are some of the products you can use and here is for traveling time, springtime, can you travel with your dog. >