but the significant movepls moments -- moments, i mentioned benson, and obviously that moment in that debate was a juncture in which people saw benson in a different way and saw his vice president, dan quayle in a different way, and it developed out of that moment. which, you know, the complaint about the sound bite aspect is not the fault of the candidates, it is the fault of the medium. that was a moment picked out, but it framed something about the difference between the two candidates and what their respective compafts were. and we leverage that. the fact senator benson was seen as someone who had a legacy and a history and had capacity beyond a much more junior colleague in the u.s. senate that was running against him, we then put in front of the voters and instantly turned, you know, senator benson into a more formidible running mate. we started going places because he suddenly was kind of a rock star. we put him out campaigning in places where he otherwise would not have gone. it was a moment where these debates impacked the way in which the campaign developed strategy after wa

carly shea, freddy benson, sam puckett. >> jimmy: ah, come on. >> wow. >> jimmy: that is correct. ♪ [use ] >> i wasn't expecting that. >> jimmy: miranda, are you freaked out right now? >> no. >> jimmy: miranda, name at least two categories that sam won in the yearbook. >> ooh. oh, no. class clown and she was a pageant girl. no? >> jimmy: no! [ sad tuba ] >> oh, my god. >> jimmy: you guys want to try a steal? >> yes. we watched pageant girl last night. >> we actually did. >> but that's -- >> jimmy: two categories in the yearbook. won more than that, but give me two. >> class clown sounds like a good guess. maybe puppets -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what kind of yearbook -- have you never seen a yearbook? >> final answer. >> jimmy: no. absolutely not. most likely to get suspended, teacher's pest, most likely to ask for more food at a party and most likely to be in detention. so wrong. all right, ready? writer's question. what is the tablet device that was introduced on the show called? >> pear pad. i feel bad. you gave her an easy one. i mean a -- >> jimmy: oh, my god. i'm so sorry. mirand

jackie benson reports on amazing stories of those inside and those who ran to help. >> reporter: the stairwell was quickly filling up with heat and smoke. one resident chose to jump and broke his leg in the fall. >> it was impossible to escape. there was entirely too much heat and smoke in that stairwell. they retreated to their balconies. at some point they made the decision they couldn't wait any longer and they jumped. >> i heard people screaming. and i was looking on the balcony to see if somebody was jumping out or something. the neighbors went around front to help people come out. >> a number of elderly and infirmed residents were in there. >> my mother was in there and heard glass. by the time she came out, fire was coming through the ceiling. >>> a massive wildfire threatens thousands of homes. the fire near the arizona/new mexico border charred 500 square miles. strong winds are fanning those flames. 2,000 people evacuated the town of eager. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what caused this mill fire in rhode island. it collapsed in the eight-alarm fire. the fire f

jackie benson, news 4. >>> a man in jail charged with murder in centreville, virginia. 53-year-old park stabbed a 49-year-old woman to death. it happened in an apartment on braddock springs road. the woman's sister and park were also stabbed in the incident. investigators say that all three people knew each other. and they're still work to go figure out exactly what happened. >>> court documents show a d.c. police officer spent hours with a woman before killing her and leaving her baby to die in a hot car. 39-year-old richmond phillips is charged with the murder of juanetta wright. court documents show surveillance showed him talking with white at a park bench for seven hours. she was found shot to death nearby. the two were supposed to be in a child support hearing hours after that. >>> this morning d.c. council member denies any wrongdoing amid a million dollar lawsuit against him. the d.c. attorney general filed a lawsuit claiming war 5 council member used his nonprofit organization as a personal bank account. according to the suit he secretly diverted $300,000 in district money mean

. >> there was actually a 13-year-old orphan named benny benson who submitted the winning design.s a territory-wide flag contest. alaska wasn't even a state yet. and they got all sorts of wonderful entries with polar bears and everything else you'd relate to alaska, eskimo images, those sorts of things. but he simply went with the big dipper, which is a part of ursa, the great bear, because he saw strength in the people of alaska. and then he also included the north star, because, whether it was his foresight, his hope, whatever it might be, he saw that someday alaska would be, or he hoped it would be the northernmost of the united states. >> his hope became a reality in 1959, when alaska became our 49th state. today, alaska remains our nation's largest state geographically, but our smallest in terms of population. with "flag facts," i'm kristen. >>> coming up, i'll take you to the yankees' home away from home. >>> this season we were invited to do some behind-the-scenes reporting on the new york yankees. here's this week's segment. ♪ >> reporter: sunshine and baseball. welcome to

jackie benson is here with stories of people inside and some who ran for help. >> reporter: we've just learned that new carrollton police officers who were on patrol were the first ones to get here. they saw the flames and ran to help some get out, but some were trapped. not only was the fire raging up the balcony side of the apartments, the stairwell was quickly filling up with heat and smoke. one resident chose to jump and broke his leg. >> it was entirely to escape. there was too much heat and smoke in the stairwell. they retreated to the balconies and made the decision they couldn't wait and jumped. >> reporter: residents ran to help. >> i heard people screaming, and i was looking on the balcony to see if anybody was trying to jump, neighbors went around front to help people come out. >> reporter: a number of elderly and infirm rez departments were affe -- residents were affected. >> my mother was in there. she just heard glass. by the time she came out, fire was coming through the ceiling. >> reporter: two people have been hospitalized. 35 people will not be able to get back into

chris found the body of 21 -year-old bruce benson just before 10 this morning.ng with friends when he panicked and went under the water. one friend try to rescue him but was unsuccessful. >>> police report that dozens of bodies were found dismembered in a home in texas. but that's far from what they found. coming up in a minute, the real discovery of this house and why police say they are relieved. >> plus its minimum purchase requirements and use your credit card. we are working to find a way to use plastic without that requirement. >> why it's in his sunglasses singing to the moon. it's way too early for the abc them to holiday party, so why was he playing jon bon jovi backs will tell you in 60 seconds. @@ [ waves crashing ] [ whistling ] ♪ [ male announcer ] discover all that northwest florida has to offer. seventeen hidden beaches, one revealing destination. and only at southwest.com can you get our nonstop flights from bwi airport to panama city beach. [ ding ] >> listen to this story out of rural southeast texas. please get two phone calls from a person cl

minutes to go young's naisi run and strike could only be powered by the keeper but somehow darren benson managed to miss an open goal and two two was how it finished. so disappointing as you bring on however they stay top of group g. after montenegro squandered their chance to overtake the lead they had to force baseball garia and with a more aggressive it's foggles to convert their chances before that amir gel of each left were to volley the opening eight minutes after the restart but the hosts let their lead slip evil in part of the design it crossed into an equaliser thirty minutes later i'll go of salvaging a one one draw which will montenegro stay second. and it's greece the top group ever after a three one win over malta there a point above croatia twelve points along with israel we love the year two one. and this a three way tie at the top of group h. portugal beat norway one no which means both teams are on ten points along with denmark they want to know in iceland. and emotion g.b. former champion casey stone has clinched his second win in a row following his triumph at the cast

yeah unless they can find other candidates somehow that you know don't follow those sort of partisan benson and you really just kind of but we've you know smart things with the economy able to do what do you think are we going into a double dip is this going to be a recession that lasts a really long time because president obama wasn't alito heigho today at chrysler factory and he was saying you know we're still on our road to recovery we just have a few bumps in the road but is this really a bump or is this becoming a much much larger whole i think it's too early to talk fortunately i think right now certainly expect right i mean this was a target of april really as one started we started soon we're going to get it going to start a point guard words and that's what really affected the lack of hiring here now a lot of this is due to gas prices right a lot of hope. sure the problem. spreading to us demands that you saw higher so if those gas prices continue to rise what about trouble however if they start recording or even stay steady we might be ok again interested in how things turn out ag

and sam evans. -- hal benson and sam e lance. this means not only -- blews is actually going to be -- blues is actually going to be something that people recognize as a distinctive style down the railroad line to southern centers. and when one thinks, for instance, just about these two genres -- gospel music on the one hand in the 1940s, blues music in the late '40s into the '50s -- one can see that synthesis. it's eventually going to give rise to rhythm and blows and soul -- blues and soul. >> host: the importance of ebony magazine. >> guest: ebony magazine is, in the many ways, the first movement on the part of african-americans within journalism in publishing to come up become a -- and there's several opponents to this. one is editorial. ebony was very interested in trying to find ways to encourage african-american readers to think about individuals coming out of their community as being able to convey stories, narratives, trajectories, arcs of unquestioned success. and so you would have whether it was a major movie actor, a m

unfortunately didn't get very far in the process and president john glenn, bruce babbitt, vice president benson, president mondale, president dukakis, bob kerry, john kerry. [laughter] >> and for the national democratic institute i went to poland. [laughter] you ask a question of an international world class loser. [laughter] but the significant moments for me, i mentioned in that moment in the debate was a juncture in which people salles benson in a different way and saw his opponent for vice president dan quayle in a different way, and it developed out of that moment which is of the complaint about the sound bite aspect is not the fault of the candidate is the fault of the media and how the media presents and covers these debates but there was a moment to tell because the was a powerful moment, but it frames something people understood about the difference between the two candidates. and what their respective capacities were. and we leverage that and the dukakis-bentsen campaign has senator bentsen was seen as someone who had a legacy and history and capacity beyond a much more junior colleag

i'm nora benson, deputy director of studies and a senior fellow of at center for new american security and it is my pleasure to introduce jake sullivan to you today. jake sullivan is the director of policy planning at u.s. department of state and deputy chief of staff to secretary clinton. prior to assuming his post as director february 20 11, mr. sullivan also served as deputy chief of staff for policy since january 2009. he also serves as deputy policy director on then senator clinton's presidential campaign and as a member of the debate preparation team for then senator obama's general election debates. in his past life before coming to these positions he also clerked for justice stephen breyer on the supreme court and was a rhodes scholar at oxford. he will talk to us on american foreign policies in age of uncertainties. for those of you who are here this morning this fits nicely with our conference theme on risks and rewards and i'm sure he will touch on topics related to middle east and afghanistan and tradeoffs involved we were talking about earlier. so please join me in welcomi