christians believe that bethlehem was the birthplace of jesus. advent means coming or rival and marks the catholic revelation period before the birth of jesus on christmas. >>> miley cyrus is facing another controversy. this time for calling herself a pot head. in a video obtained by "the daily," the 19-year-old singer is talking about her birthday cake. she says, "you know you're a stoner when your friends make you a bob marley cake." you know you smoke way too much weed. cyrus famously refuted rumors of her smoking marijuana last year after a picture emerged of her smoking from a bong. her friend kelly ozborne has taken to twitter now saying the cake was simply a joke. >>> still ahead tonight, we're keeping a close eye on decision 2012. who picked up a major endorsement today in new hampshire? and a gorgeous day, but things are about to take a nasty turn, folks. chuck >>> in decision 2012 the roller coaster ride continues in the gop presidential race. newt gingrich is the latest candidate to surge in the polls. today he picked up an endorsement

filled with historic buildings that tell of san francisco was a industry, maritime pact, including bethlehem steel and the union iron works machine shop. the port will restore 700,000 square feet of historic resources while incorporating 3 million square feet of new office development for tech companies and art organizations. our california pacific medical center. clearly another important project is cpmc. in the next year, i will undertake a $2.5 billion project. project will combine the existing california and pacific campuses into new, seismically safe hospital on our hill. cpmc will also of hold its commitment to rebuild and operate st. luke's. we are, with the partnership, closely working in other to ensure that this project will provide all the necessary services to all the residents of san francisco, especially the poor and underserved. i expect this project will get built. stock options. for a city working so hard to support innovators and create jobs, there is one area we have to do better on, and that is our business tax system. it is broken when you have policies that punish job c

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fifty years ago the biggest employer in baltimore was the company called bethlehem steel.- you couldget a job at bethlehe? steel without lies skulduggery, join the union, have a goodÑ?7// salary, actually buy a house and two kids, yard, dog, and retire. go to the whole cycle. without nuys school degree. certainly with a high-school degree. what is the biggest employer in baltimore today? john hopkins university medical center. they don't let you cut the grass there. you can't mow the lawn there without a ph. so we have to challenges. we need to bring our bond to average command many to bring our average so much fire to the global average with particular emphasis on what tanya wagner calls the three c's of education, creativity, communication, collaboration. you have people who can not only do their job but inventing and reinvented on the spot. as ellen coleman, the head of dupont says to us, i need every employee now to be present, to be present all the time. because in this hyper connected world, and this is the last chapter of the four, averaged is officially over. what happens whe

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bethlehem, pennsylvania. bill, your first up. we have an glad executive that the leaves in the balance. perhaps we should be taxing multi-millionaire republicans like joe paternal -- joe paterno. thank you for your positive attitude. host: let's address one of those turned one of the political issues is taxation for high income people. what are your thoughts? guest: there is no reason to subsidize million-dollar homes and all secretion lower the tax rate and broaden the base. we sound like michele bachmann. i did not like her at all. i hope you do not know my personal politics. i am in economics. i really think that the tax code is dysfunctional. the only thing -- the only reason the rich are paying more is because they make more. incoming qualities are pretty clear. we know what has happened. educational attainment reached a peak in the 1970's. wages started to stagnate for the bulk of america, the bottom 50%, in the 1980's, and topped 90th percentile accelerated. i was in college in the 1980's, which balances my political and e

. >> host: tony, a democrat in bethlehem, pennsylvania, on the air with bill gertz of "the washington times.". >> caller: good morning, greta. >> host: good morning, tony. >> caller: bill, 15 years ago i was in a taxi in new york and the cab driver i looked at him. i said where are you from? he said iran. i just said, what you arabs have against america. he pulled over and he looked at me, and said i'm not an arab. i'm a persian. i realized there is more going on in this area than most people really understand. but, my feeling, i think is that the russians, who do have a lot of oil, really benefit from the instability in this area due to the price of the oil going up. and i think that behind the a lot of this problem there, and, you know, ahmadinejad when he says he wants to wipe israel off the map, we, the world can't let this guy get the bomb. >> host: bill gertz. >> guest: clearly i think that is the case especially on the russia part. russia is an oil-rich country and they're just beginning to start to get the oil out of the ground. and, clearly under the putin administration we'v

bethlehem, pennsylvania. bill, your first up. caller: i'm glad we have an executive that the leaves in the balance. perhaps we should be taxing multi-millionaire republicans like joe paternal -- joe paterno. thank you for your positive attitude. host: let's address one of those turned one of the political issues is taxation for high income people. what are your thoughts? guest: there is no reason to subsidize million-dollar homes and all secretion lower the tax rate and broaden the base. we sound like michele bachmann. i did not like her at all. i hope you do not know my personal politics. i am in economics. i really think that the tax code is dysfunctional. the only thing -- the only reason the rich are paying more is because they make more. incoming qualities are pretty clear. we know what has happened. educational attainment reached a peak in the 1970's. wages started to stagnate for the bulk of america, the bottom 50%, in the 1980's, and topped 90th percentile accelerated. i was in college in the 1980's, which balances my pol