>> happy to meet with leaders of birmingham city council as i meet with leaders of counsels up and down the country. what is important is focusing on what needs to be done in birmingham to drive economic growth and to make sure you provide good service. i hope the new council will match the record of the old council in providing valuable money. >> all of our constituencies and the sentencing -- fled guilty this week to keeping 10-year-olds in a coal bunker. at the same time encouraging action for children to highlight the neglect in 1933. and bonds to the modern currency. is not the time to ask for the lot dimension to look at this once again. >> my friend is right to raise this. was a completely shocking case. for anyone understand that is incomprehensible. i would make this point in terms of dealing with these appalling cases of child neglect where families are broken down we do have so many agencies currently working on this including social workers and the most important thing is a real system of pricing on information and concerns rapidly and acting on those concerns passing anothe

>> happy to meet with leaders of birmingham city council as i meet with leaders of counsels up and down the country. what is important is focusing on what needs to be done in birmingham to drive economic growth and to make sure you provide good service. i hope the new council will match the record of the old council in providing valuable money. >> all of our constituencies and the sentencing -- fled guilty this week to keeping 10-year-olds in a coal bunker. at the same time encouraging action for children to highlight the neglect in 1933. and bonds to the modern currency. is not the time to ask for the lot dimension to look at this once again. >> my friend is right to raise this. was a completely shocking case. for anyone understand that is incomprehensible. i would make this point in terms of dealing with these appalling cases of child neglect where families are broken down we do have so many agencies currently working on this including social workers and the most important thing is a real system of pricing on information and concerns rapidly and acting on those concerns passing anothe

cities our nodes. remember, we can't get directly om birmingham to boise, but we can make some connections to get there. so let's call the flight paths our edges. the fewest number of edges needed to get between two cities is called the "distance." so the distance between birmingham and boise is 2. we can now measure the diameter of the network, which is the greatest dtance between any two nodes. it's the greatest number of flights that you mt take to get from one place to another. since memphis only connects to birmingham, the diameter of this flight network is 3. a diamet of 3 means no more than two transfers. when edges go away, connectivity generally decreases. these statistics get at the large-scale structure of the network, but what about small-scale properties, the sort of "clumpiness" of the network? one way to measure these properties is to show, for any given node, what fraction of nodes in the graph it's connected to. another way is to ask, "what is the probability that it's connected to any other node?" a node connected to a large proportion of the graph is a hub, like an airline hub, which

tally of thirty eight points mcleish had been joined had joined the club last summer from city rivals birmingham who won the carling cup but were relegated. twice talking now in russian remain the only unbeaten saying that the world championship after beating italy four nailed getting on the scoresheet public does gannicus in itself. and alexander pope of the winnings they finish on top of group b. with seven wins from seven games in other matches that denmark beat latvia two neil finn and got a four one win because it stands and france edged better reduced to one. finally with just over two months ago before the london games the greatest olympian of the more logical phelps says it will be a tall order to emulate his swimming success from beijing four years ago. i know it won't be eight medals again. you know if you guys want to compare me to that that's your decision. but i'm going to try to accomplish the things that i have. been my by and in my heart and. you know if i could do that and then i could have really all about is for me. so that's all we've got time for for the moment so i'm back w

their worst ever tally of thirty eight points mcleish had joined the club last summer from city rivals birmingham who won the carling cup but were later relegated. now despite the massive interest from other clubs strike. says he intends to stay athletico madrid for the time being at least twenty four goals and thirty four games in the for the spanish side this season including two in the europa league final against athletic bilbao and he scored thirty three times in thirty six outings when he played for porto this season before i let it go have reportedly given him a price tag of around eighteen million dollars although the player who is on a post-season tour of colombia with the club appears happy to stay at madrid in. this moment i'm enjoying my stay in political madrid i think this is a moment not to waste to live it and enjoy it the most my mind at the moment is on the present i have four more years of my contract with the club. twice talking now in russia remain the only unbeaten team in the world championships after beating italy for nail on the scoresheet work how will that suit you kenny

their worst ever tally of thirty eight points with have joined the club last summer from city rivals birmingham who won the colleen cup but were later relegated. well from mr quiet and europa league we're not right about falcao says he'll remain at athletico madrid for now despite wide interest in the prolific striker the colombian has scored twenty four goals in thirty four games for the spanish side this season including two in athletic airstream no went over athletic bilbao in the europa league final and he also netted thirty three times in thirty six that ings when he played for porto the season before i let it go have reported the value of the twenty six year old at around eighty million dollars although he appears happy to stay at madrid in. this moment i'm enjoying my state athletic and madrid i think this is a moment not to waste to live it and enjoy it the most my mind at the moment is on the present i have four more years of my contract with the club. now and ice hockey and russia will play either the czech republic or norway in the quarter finals of the world championships after fini

that worst ever tally it's thirty eight points malaysia had join the club last summer from city rivals birmingham who won the carling cup but were later relegated . basketball now and there was hope break that says sky in istanbul as the moscow side missed out on a seven zero lead title after losing the final by a single point to impy all cost while the all the men had led for much of the getting a three pointer by milosz paid off each making the school twenty five thirteen in the middle of the second quarter and his side were nineteen points clear in the third shots at n.p.r. cos claw their way back and i rode their luck to see i missed a golden chance to clinch the game as the message just ask us failed to score twice from the free throw line in the dying seconds of the amen clung on to a one point lead but we less than a second left on the clock that were hit by a sucker punch george just paying taxes in racing down the other end to sink the winning boss just to give the greek side a stunning sixty two points two sixty one victory and cisco stauffer with andre kirilenko set his team and we had

year, c-span's local content vehicles cities tour has taken book tv and american history telephone on the road. from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, birmingham and baton rouge, and last month in oklahoma city. the lcv crews have visited the places that define a city's literary and heritage life. watch for programming from wichita, kansas on book tv and american history tv on c-span 2 and 3. >>> saturdays this month, c-span radio is airing more from the nixon tapes, secretly recorded phone conversations from 1971 to 1973. this saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, hear conversations between president nixon and white house special counsel and key adviser chuck colson, who passed away last month as they talk about the democratic presidential nominee, george mcgovern. >> he doesn't have the stuff, mr. president. he really doesn't. >> you really think so? >> no. and he is on the verge of an impending -- >> disaster? >> disaster from his side. and everything he has done has

over the past year, c-span's local content vehicles cities tour has taken book tv and american history tv on the road from tampa to savannah, birmingham and baton rouge, and last month in oklahoma city. the crews have visited the pl e places that define literary life. june 2nd and 3rd, watch for our special programming from wichita, kansas. >>> saturdays this month, c-span radio is airing more from the nixon tapes, secretly-recorded phone conversations from 1971 to 1973. this saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern, hear conversations between president nixon and white house council and key advisor chuck coleson who passed away last month as they talk about george mcgovern. >> in washington, d.c., listen on 19.1 fm. >>> a year after a japanese earthquake and tsunami that spurred the meltdown of three nuclear reactor, the heritage foundation hosted a panel discussion looking at recovery efforts, the long-term impact from the disaster, and some of the lessons learned. this is an hour and a half. >>> good afternoon and welcome to the heritage foundation. as director of lectures and seminars, it's my privilege to welcome everyone to our auditorium a

year, c-span's local content vehicles cities tour has taken book tv and american history tv on the road, from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, birmingham and baton rouge. and last month in oklahoma city. the crews have visited the places that define a city's heritage and literary life. june 2nd and 3rd, watch for our special programming from wichita, kansas, on book tv and american history tv on c-span 2 and 3. >>> a senate hearing recently examined the defense department budget and u.s. military readiness. members heard testimony from the vice chiefs of staff of the army, navy, and air force, along with the marine corps system commandant. they testified about the consequences of the sequester which would automatically cut $5 billion from the budget next year. the house placed a bill to replace the cuts, but the matter is not expected to be taken up in the senate and the white house has said it would veto the bill. this hearing is about 1:45. >>> the subcommittee of the senate armed services committee will come to order. and i will have brief opening remarks. welcome to our important witnesses today. thank you all four of you for takin

year, the cspan local content vehicle city tour has taken book-tv and american history to be on the road from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, birmingham to bachelor's and last month in oklahoma city. they have visited places that define a city's heritage and literary life. june 2 and 3, watch our programming from wichita, kansas. that is on c-span 2 m3. >> next, president obama concluding a two-day trip to the west coast visiting reno, nevada. the president is urging lawmakers to cut red tape so homeowners who have been paying their mortgages on time can refinance at lower rates. refinancing applications have increased 50% since the president announced last fall. this is about 20 minutes. [applause] >> you guys can come closer. you don't have to stay way back there. good afternoon, everybody. thank you for arranging a beautiful day. this is just a spectacular afternoon and i'm thrilled to be here. we all know how difficult these past few years have been for this country but especially for this state. after the worst recession in our lifetimes, a crisis that followed the collapse of the housing market, it will take a long time for the

. >> the prime minister pledged to 's citites --posie -- cities [unintelligible] on a fair deal for birmingham. will the prime minister agree to meet with a delegate? >> i am pleased to meet with leaders of councils up and down the country. what is important is what needs to be done to drive economic growth and make sure we provide its services. i hope the new council will match the record of the old council in providing value for money. >> [unintelligible] pleading guilty to keeping their 10-year-old son in [unintelligible] the law dates from 1933. [unintelligible] to look at this law once again. >> it was a completely shocking case. how anyone can treat their child in that way is unfathomable. a lot of what he says about a lot commission and modernizing the law. in terms of dealing with these appalling cases of child neglect and where families have broken down, we do have so many agencies currently working on this including social workers the important thing is to have system of passing on concerns and acting on those concerns. passing another law will not make up for the common sense and ac

. >> we have taken american history tv on the road from birmingham to adapt and rouged and also to oklahoma city. new -- to baton rouge, and also to oklahoma city. watch for our special program on kansas. >> cutting back in an age where crime is global in ways it was not 10 years ago, whether it be organized crime, cyber crime, gangs, they are globalized, and that entity that has the best chance for a dressing criminal activity is the fbi, and if you cut us out of time when most of the crime is low blows, it is a hit. >> he testified about the negative impact of budget cuts, political correctness. watch it. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney spoke yesterday to the graduating class at liberty university in virginia. in a 20 minute speech to the graduates, he stressed the importance of faith and family values, and he restated his position that marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. he was introduced by the university's chancellor. goo axe liberty university is a non- profit organization. liberty university does not endorse candidates. the bible teaches the christia

past year c-span's local content vehicle cities tour has taken booktv and american history tv on the road, from tampa to nevada, charleston to knoxville, birmingham tibetan reason last month to oklahoma city. >> securities and exchange commission chairman mary schapiro said today the agency continues its implementation of the of the dodd-frank law. and will take the necessary time to get it right in order to prevent another financial crisis. ms. schapiro's remarks came during the investment company institute annual meeting in washington. the chairman also discussed proposals to tighten regulations on money market funds, market volatility and financial literacy. ♪ ♪ >> good morning everyone. a warm welcome to you all. many of you like me still have beatles tunes buzzing around in your head from the great night last night. we are heading into the final sessions of our 54th annual general membership meeting and we are especially privilege this morning to have mary schapiro, the 29th chairman of the united states securities and exchange commission here to provide a regulatory update. our format this morning is a q&a and i'm pleased that she really is

birmingham and back in reach. they have visited the places .hat define the city's heritage what are special programming from kansas on c-span2 and c- span3. >> coming back in an age where crime is global in ways that it was not 10 years ago. by that i mean whether it be organized crime, cyber crime, white-collar crime, gangs, they are globalized. that entity that has the best chance for addressing globalized criminal activity is the fbi. >> the fbi director talked about the negative impact of renewing the foreign surveillance act. this is one amid the committee hearings in panel discussions recover this past week. he can watch portions at c-span .org/videolibrary. >> and nt colson testified in london thursday before a panel examining the relationship between politicians and the british press. before taking over, he served as editor for a kno"news of the world". next come a portion of this testimony from thursday including conversations he had with cameron. >> thank you. i should give the whole truth the truth and nothing but the truth. >> your full name. injured edward colson. >> i can ask you to turn off your wit

for a few weeks birmingham in the early '60s had two city governments until the court ruled with the people who had gone through the election procedures; david van was one of the strategists, the architect of this particular plan. c-span: david van was a clerk for justice hugo black? >> guest: right, in the year 1954, which is a central moment, when the brown v. board of education litigation was before the high court. c-span: you found david van for an interview when you wrote this book? >> guest: yes, that's right. c-span: where did you find him? >> guest: i found him in birmingham in his law office. c-span: how old a man is he now? >> guest: i would say in his early 60s. i apologize if i'm off; if not that, then somewhere around late 50s and 60s. c-span: the only reason i was interested in it was because we do so much about the court, and this was an insight into the information about when the decision came down on brown vs. board of education. >> guest: right. david van lived at justice black's house, and he was driving him in. everybody knew at the court that the brown decision w

birmingham and memphis. thunderstorms in dallas and oklahoma city. also rain from chicago to cincinnati. showers in the pacific northwest and northern rockies. >> 73 in billings. 77 in colorado springs. and a scorching 103 degrees in phoenix. 60s from the twin cities to kansas city. atlanta 91 and boston is 80. 103 degrees? >> it's a dry heat is what they always say. >> heat is heat. >> i gree grae. >>> sports note. the l.a. kings are now just three wins away from their franchise's first ever stanley cup. >> they were tied in game one against the devils late last night in new jersey. that was until a winning goal on a breakaway in ot. it secured l.a.'s ninth win on the road in this year's playoffs which is a record. >> but don't count the devils out just yet, though. this is the third straight series in which they've lost the first game. and they beat the rangers in the last round. in case you are wondering if you detect any bias for the devils in our show. our producer jack is a huge devils fan. he's a very happy man, particularly when they beat the rangers. so that's jack's doing in ou

birmingham and biloxi. >> 80s in new orleans and atlanta. 58 in boston. 70s in detroit, chicago and the twin cities. upper 80s from omaha to colorado springs. a hot 94 in phoenix. 71 in sacramento. and 55 in seattle. >>> and one of your favorite stories of the day. fresh fallout from that airline decision to charge 100 bucks for carry-on bags. that's when we come back. >>> then, the gloved one, teaming up again with pepsi. the megamoney deal with the estate of michael jackson. >>> and this morning, the call of the wild. the elephant with a talent for music. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, there is good news on the jobs front before today's release ofant all-important april unemployment report. on thursday, we got another important indicator the number of people applying for jobless benefits declined again. in fact, it was the biggest tumble in nearly a year. >>> when facebook goes public in two weeks, its stock will be priced between $28 and $35 a share, putting its value at almost $100bi billion. typically, big banks buy all the shares during a hot ipo. but this time, ordinary investors may have

thunderstorms from atlanta to birmingham. >> 80s in new orleans and atlanta. 58 in boston. 70s in detroit, chicago and the twin citieso colorado springs. 71 in sacramento, and 57 in boise. a little cold in boise. >>> some good news this morning for the tallest man in america. meet igor vovkovinskiy. all 7'8" of him. >> look at that. there's a problem, as you can imagine, with his pituitary gland. that's why he's so tall. he's been looking for a pair of shoes for 15 years that will not hurt his extremely large feet. >> and that's why reebok invited him into their headquarters to be measured for a custom made pair. he's a size 25 which is too big for the company's machine. >> i think shaq is a 22. imagine that. so reebok is making the shoes by hand. after some fittings and adjustments, igor should have a comfortable pair in a few months. >> months? >> it takes months to build a shoe that big. >> 25. >> shouldn't have a problem finding a date, though. >>> coming up -- who is behind the sudden surge of interest on the internet for maternity fashions? >> later, hot fashions for people packing heat. how to be chic while co

birmingham as well. sadly, this is really the trend for newspapers in these smaller cities. this ad revenue in print plummeting because people are getting their content in digital form online and not in paper and ink. so the focus for this newspaper is really going to be putting content online. >> and warren buffett just making a big investment in newspapers. wants to buy more. that does not equate. >> he's doing the opposite. going in the opposite direction. but it's warren buffett, he can do what he wants. he's investing in small town papers. he does own a stake in a big paper, in "the washington post." he just bought 63 papers from media general. that includes 20 local daly newspapers. and buffet rooks like he wants more, too. but interestingly enough, he really seems more interested in keeping these small town newspapers alive more than the big ones. he says he favors the small cities, the sense of community. it sounds like he's doing it out of the goodness of his heart, but it certainly is a smart business move as well. local advertising is still pretty lucrative. >> is

birmingham and pensacola. >> 83, miami, 61 here in new york. 53 in beantown. mostly 80s from the twin cities to indianapolis. phoenix at 90, sacramento, 71, billings, 61. >>> the ballroom is a little less crowded this morning now that urkel has been ousted. >> our solemn duty to report that jaleel white was last night's big loser on "dancing with the stars" defeated in the final "dance duel" of the season by roshon fegan. >> white was gracious in defeat and said he made great friends and that his fans have been great, as well and said he thought he would only last three dances. he did twice as well as that. >> there we go. >>> well -- >> good to see urkel again. >> definitely. >>> coming up what's next for exotic animals caught in the middle of bizarre circumstances? >> later in the show we'll reveal secret menu items at national food chains, something you don't know about. we'll share the good taste. >> you're watching "world news now." [ dog barking ] ♪ [ female announcer ] life is full of little tests, but your basic paper towel can handle them. especially if that towel is bounty basic. t

birmingham, alabama. otherwise, your saturday plans in atlanta should be okay. showers holding off until the afternoon. and what a nice way to get your weekend started in new york citythe mid 70s. 69 in minneapolis and 77 degrees in dallas as the sun comes back out. sunday, going to have to shield mom from the rain across the ohio valley, mississippi valley, as well. 72 in atlanta with the clouds and showers around. also tracking showers and storms in miami. the west coast looks nice and dry from seattle towards san diego. great day for taking mom out. monday, looks like soggy conditions in the northeast. plan for a little extra time in that commute in new york. 69 nor a high in washington, d.c. wet in the southeast and even tuesday, this system is slow to move out. so much of the east coast still being impacted by at least a chance for showers and thunderstorms. for more on your forecast, "wake up with al" on the weather channel. ♪ so every year my family throws this great reunion in austin. but this year, i can only afford one trip and i've always wanted to learn how to surf. austin's great -- just not for surfing. so i checked out hotwire. and by booking with the

birmingham and new orleans. rain and mountain snow in the pacific northwest and northern rockies. >> 65 in boise. 74 in salt lake city in albuquerque. mostly 80s from kansas city to detroit. a hot 92 in dallas. 84 in atlanta and a nice 70 right here in new york. >>> let's play a little game, sunny. ready? yes. if i went like this, what would you say? did you catch that? >> yes. >> what would you say? >> that painting. "the scream." >> that's right. i'm doing this. not just because of the painting but because of the price that the scream the painting just sold for. get this. the scream sold at auction here in new york city last night for $120 million. >> that is a record for a piece of artwork and is more than $13 million more than the previous record. the name of the buyer with the deep pockets wasn't released. >> deep pockets to say the least. the painting that was sold is one of four "screams" but it's the only one now in private hands. if you have $120 million to spend in art, you are living a pretty comfortable life, i'm assuming. >> but it's such a piece. let's face it. it's such a piece. if you have the money,

history tv have gone on the road from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, birmingham and back to nourish and in oklahoma citythe crews visited places that define the city's heritage and literary life. june 2 and third, watch for our programming from wichita kansas on book tv and american history tv. >> arizona republican senator john mccain encourage the by administration to expand its free-trade agenda in asia and drop economic sanctions on me and our. -- on myanmar. >> good morning, everybody. a special thanks to senator john mccain, who is going to get our week started. we were sitting back and he said he was not impressed -- i said when you get 200 people to come on time, you have to reward them. thank you for coming. we're still waiting for others to come and it's a bit of an impediment but we don't want to delay any further it's a real source of pleasure and an honor for me to welcome senator john mccain back. he has been a long-term study support to what we do and i will have to say more important today than ever. when i look at the landscape of political washington, who is bringing the strategic fram