this stretch of highway follows an underground strip of rock packed with emeralds beryl and alexandra. emerald banda some thirty kilometers wide and about two kilometers in length this is the birthplace of geologist. emeralds are the main line of his research. from time immemorial people here have literally been sitting on them or some of the veins are forty to fifty meters below ground a long time ago the french dug for emeralds and beets they used to be nearby you might say people are walking on emeralds but you can see for yourself. i these swampy banks of the river produced a geological sensation in the early nineteenth century. but he says in one thousand one stumbled on pale aquamarine colored stone. he took them to your concert in boric where scientists said they were emeralds in the summer of eight hundred thirty one emeralds were found right here on the banks of this river and exactly in first bits these unique emeralds were found. jim stone experts regard emeralds found in the urals is the best in the world they use a special scale to assess the color and transparency of a s

louis threw 6 innings, pat beryl goes down swinging.struck out 4 times, 0-9 with 8 strikeouts in the series. the top of the, cody ross gets the giants on the board with a solo shot to left. the of the playoff for the nlcs mvp 4-1 rangers. then a solo shot, the 1st of the postseason for or theez. the giants within 2 runs, but they would get no closer. the rangers beat the giant for their first win in franchise history. they have two more and in texas. tomorrow, madison balm gartner the richer for the giants will beion i think on the spot in their biggest game of the season. >> let me ask you about the designated hitter. your thoughts about pablo sandoval tonight. he struck out, grounded it on the double play. that's sort of been their story, but they felt it made sense because he was a left- handed hitter and thought it would make sense in this ballpark, but didn't work out for them tonight. they may make a change there and might change the position in left field with beryl's four strikeouts. >> all right. dennis. thanks good to see you.

the village of the emerald capital of the year olds it's seen better days beryl was produced here in the soviet era a strategic material used in nuclear reactors before the early one nine hundred eighty s. it was mined in an open pit later an underground mine was built on the site. parents live in militia. his father is a mining engineer he spent a lifetime working in the chefs. with the. produce a more strategically important enterprise. in those days. were just a byproduct so to speak the break up of the soviet union and the economic downturn that followed in its wake eventually brought production to a halt demolish if pit has been closed since one thousand nine hundred three its equipment is gradually falling into disrepair only heavy duty pumps are still in operation pumping out subterranean water from the pier. scientists say some seven hundred kilograms of emeralds valued at twenty four million dollars could be produced here each year but the pit remains closed meanwhile law enforcement officials say that up to fifteen thousand carats of your all emeralds are illegally traded a

i don't believe that the federal government our beryl or private lives. how you live. [applause] how you live, who you love, how you exercise those trots me is all about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. i think the government does not have that role. but i do think our government has an appropriate role in protecting the environment. in protecting investors, in supporting our veterans. building our economy in partnership with a vibrant private secter. my opponent believes the option. she doesn't believe the government ought to be protecting the environment. 4er mantra is drill, baby, drill. or protecting investors, it's buyer beaware. but i believe at the end of the day these lines are joined and the lines are clear, i hope all of you get how important this election is for our state and our country. over the past few weeks as i've been up and down the state, i've seen those involved in government service and many have said hey, give me a call. you need some help? give me a call. i'm calling. today, i'm calling. [laughter] [applause] we, all of us who stood h

. >> our next question comes from beryl huff and it goes to mr. abercrombie. >> i remember in the 1970's and 80's, you were an outstanding -- and outspoken critic of spending. i remember that you wrote a budget that would have fired hundreds of administrators in positions of you said were not justified. you also send 82 word letter to the chairman of the board of education, the first word of which is the "f" word. where is the old mr. abercrombie? >> no one has ever doubted my passion or intensity. the gentleman that received that letter from the is one of my strongest supporters today. i am pleased about that. apparently i was able to get his attention. it was not a matter of firing people, it was reallocating. that is one of the positions i have been very strong on and i have not changed in that regard. just as in the '70s and '80s when i was in the legislature, -- in the 1970's and 1980's, when i was in the legislature, i did the same thing on the armed services committee. i took the numbers i was given and reallocated in a manner that put peop

beryl, democratic line. caller: thank you for c-span. i appreciate the tarp funds even though it is almost like cancer, you don't like the chemo but you have to have an result. you only have to look at iceland to see what could actually happen. their recovery is probably not going to happen for years. they are like 40% unemployment. for people sit around and beat on general motors and ford and chrysler, people who helped carry this country through world war ii and all the weapons and what they have done for the united states of america is absolutely deplorable. the republican party, they should rename it -- host: "roll call" is reporting that senator ted kaufman will be replacing elizabeth warren on the congressional panel that oversees the tarp program. he was appointed thursday and congress created the panel to oversee the bailout in 2008. he praised kaufmans sang the senator was a leader in the fight to bring greater oversight to wall street and the financial reform legislation. elizabeth warren wrote an opinion piece. she poses a que