people and that only humans are entitled to protections under the constitution what happened in boulder colorado last night shows the way forward for all of us who are how do you know our lawmakers sleeping in the streets or writing books doing t.v. and radio shows on these issues to accomplish our common goal to end corporate personhood as will be done overnight some constitutional amendments took years to pass but they finally did pass once america reached a tipping point in each case be it the thirteenth amendment which abolished slavery or the nineteenth amendment which gave women the right to vote america is at one of those tipping points today just like it was when young people were being hauled off to the vietnam war without any legal right to have a say in who their politicians were. and in less than four months the twenty sixth amendment was passed giving eighteen year olds the right to vote that's all it took to pass the twenty sixth amendment less than four months and it took less than one month for occupy wall street to go national and then go global change often happens faster than

this is video from boulder, colorado. seeing up to 30 inches of snow.co. folks there are seeing snow and intense winds. not fun driving there. you can bet the winter weather is wreaking havoc on holiday travel. 100 flights were disrupted at denver's international airport yesterday. today, you can expect delays at airports in new york, boston and albuquerque. some wild weather in the south as well this morning. you're looking at brand new video out of alabama. small twister toppled a giant tree and in georgia, strong thunderstorms leaving a mess in and around the city of rome. at least two people injured by the flying glass there. the storms also damaged several buildings, knocked out power to nearly 20,000 customers. $10 million. that's how much money the state department is offering up for the arrest of this guy. he is an iranian fundraiser for al-qaida. he moves money and recruits through pakistan, afghanistan and iran. america's most wanted terrorist is the al-qaida leader that is still out there. $25 million bounty on his head. he was wearing his sa

corporations of their personhood other cities and counties have taken similar actions including boulder colorado missoula montana madison wisconsin dane county wisconsin and pittsburgh pennsylvania and now democrats in congress of introduce several amendments tackling corporate person most recently senator bernie sanders of vermont introduced an amendment to the constitution overturning the supreme court's citizens united ruling and saying that corporations are not people and money is not speech it's the first constitutional amendment introduced by senator sanders in two decades in office so where do we the actual people stand today in the battle against corporate personhood for the latest i'm joined from our studios in miami by david cobb national spokesperson for move to amend and national projects director at democracy unlimited david welcome. thank you tom it's a pleasure to be back on your program thank you it's great to have you with us what's the status of the of the whole move to amend the movement to amend the constitution to reverse this bizarre notion of corporate personhood at the su

welcome back to the kaiser report imax keyser time now to go to boulder colorado and speak with the rick ackerman of rick's pics newsletter available at rick ackerman dot com rick spent twelve years as a real market maker on the floor of the pacific coast exchange before turning to journalism and news letter writing wreck welcome back to the kaiser report payback so you do it very good now rick you write quote goldman's death dive sounds promising tell us more. promising maybe depending where you're sitting my guy says my subscribers love the idea goldman going to dizzy axis i've got a target down in the sixty's the stocks trading around a hundred bucks now but it's just bail stuff a number that tends to corroborate to zero target so i don't know i guess goldman's got some exposure and ok well everyone would love to see goldman sachs go to zero and go out of business so is this real art is there something to hope for is a sort of christmas gift or is it just another false dawn and we're going to another two years of these horrible financial terrorist destroying america and the global eco

corporate personhood one of the primary demands of the occupy wall street movement voters in boulder colorado in missoula montana asked similar resolutions this is just the latest victory for the ninety nine percent movement that has managed in just two months to stir debate in america away from deficit reduction and austerity and for job creation and wealth inequality so needless to say conservatives and their campaign donors who reside generally comfortably in the one percent. they're a little worried so in their latest effort to silence the voice of occupy wall street or distorted or mangle it they reached out to their favorite wordsmith right wing pollster frank luntz that's right the guy who brought us death panels and efforts to kill meaningful health care reform and job creators in an effort to keep the bush tax cuts in place for millionaires and billionaires is now targeting occupy wall street as we once attended an event in florida with the republican governors association and admitted that he's his words frightened to death by occupy wall street because it's rote having an impact on

and counties that have passed resolutions fighting back against corporate personhood put in boulder colorado missoula montana madison wisconsin dane county wisconsin pittsburgh pennsylvania and congress is responding democrats in the senate have introduced two separate amendments to the constitution one that overturns citizens united and gets all the corporate money out of our elections and another one that goes all the way and ends corporate personhood all together way back in one thousand nine hundred nine when i first wrote an equal protection the first major nationally published book on corporate personhood nobody knew what the heck i was talking about but citizens united in occupy wall street have catapulted it to bestseller status and put the issue before city council's across america on cable news television shows and even into the halls of congress senator bernie sanders even quoted by writing at length there in his famous nine hour filibuster and we have to keep talking about corporate personhood and keep fighting against the concept of corporations having constitutional rights beca

boulder, colorado, 72 hours ago. the snow was incredibly heavy.ll shift over into parts of texas. not impressive in terms of snow on the ground, but that will come. as we look at our radar. we will zoom in on the lone star state. on one side you have the rain, sleet, snow. a mix of things. the back half of the system, everything is frigid there with the moisture. you have some snow in the apache mountains. parts of the pacific northwest, back towards seattle, it's mainly going to be rain. getting up to the cascades, not rain. you will see that switch over to snowfall. speaking of snow, we have lake effect snowfall action. we have wind coming in from the northwest, and as it picks up that moisture from the lake, it drops the low level of the atmosphere with temperatures right at or below the freezing level. so that will result in snow. the big weathermaker we have in the northeast will be that wind. the wind that we will have across the northern plains, northern rockies. that will bring a blast of cold air into places like denver, colorado. we can

radical change from the supreme court anyway and los angeles joins a growing list of we've got boulder colorado has voted for this missoula montana madison wisconsin dane county wisconsin pittsburgh pennsylvania city council of cleveland just voted eighteen to one to endorse the occupy movement who's principally when you poll them around the country their principal demand is ending corporate personhood which these are the cities as did the city council cleveland just voted in dorset the occupy movement and to call in congress to investigate and jail banks toure's no one's talking about debt reduction everybody's talking about job creation and wealth inequality and corporate personhood so has the american has as america you know finally kicked the tea party habit is the only ws you know kick in the ass of the territory i don't even know why this is a problem in cleveland cause i had no idea they were still corporations left in cleveland there's a few i mean i would and they foreclose on their homes and i think that's the least of their problems they should want corporations to feel welcome in cl

. >>> extreme weather out west as people in boulder,colorado are facing a high wind warning. wind speeds are between 35 and 40 miles per hour. gusts could hit 80 miles per hour. we had high wind yesterday. today we had a few snowflakes. wjz has weather and traffic together. we'll talk to christy in a second. tim is here with updated numbers. >> as you saw from the picture parts of the area have clouds. the other parts have sun. depending where you are watching from you'll likely see a little bit of all of it. most of the snow associated with the a quick moving clipper system moving across the northern tier of the great lakes. we are on the bottom edge. most of the snow moves across the area much of the day not making it to the ground. temperatures have gotten up to 40 degrees. where some is making it to the ground we are seeing a mix of snow and light rain. 40 degrees around the beltway. you have to go north in baltimore county out towards frederick, washington county and carroll county will see some of it. 40 degrees is not going to sustain snow showers. this is what the sat

researchers at the university of colorado boulder looked at the smoking genes of twins and found that 65% of identical twins quit within a two-year period of each other. home 55% of fraternal twins did the same. it suggests a component -- a genetic component is at play. >>> sexting may not be as common with teens as previously thought. sexting is when teens take sexually explicit photos and send them to their friends. just 10% of teens and tweens admitted to sending or received sexually suggestive photos. a study found that 1% sent a nude or partially nowed photo to -- nude photo to someone else. >> a woman's work is never done. working moms multitask between 10 hours a week more than working dads. apparently they like it a lot less. women spent 48.3 hours a week doing at least two things at once. fathers spent 38 hours a week multitasking. women's multitasking also involved child care and housework while men are likely to talk to several people at once and supervising recreation. while men have no problem juggling different things, women feel stressed. >>> looking for a new job? what

snow, several inches, not several feet like they had up to three feet of snowfall outside of boulder, coloradosay 72 hours ago. another place we'll see a lot of that snowfall begin to pile up is going to be in the highest levels of the cascades. the valleys though, i'm telling you, mainly in seattle all rain. back out toward the great lakes especially lake eerie. lake effect snowfall is going to be with you a good part of the day. as long as you have the prevailing wind out of the northwest, snow is going to be a thing for you especially along parts of i-90. now take a look at what we have for you. even though we've got some precipitation in the northeast some in parts of the deep south and some in the pacific northwest, for the most part the rest of the nation is going to be pretty nice. cold conditions, though, are going to be experienced especially in the northern and central plains as we wrap it up, take a look at the highs. 41 in denver. 42 degrees kansas city. 39 minneapolis. 45 in billings. 62 in san francisco. 53 in memphis. 81 in tampa. 81 miami. 45 washington, new york, and boston in

and the university of boulder colorado professor. monday at 8:00 a.m. and at 4:00 p.m., highlights of coverage of the 70th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor, and the history of native american military service. all weekend, every weekend on sees signs -- on c-span 3. >> the last and briefing of the year was held up the pentagon during your -- the pentagon. the main focus will be to maintain a strong presence in the middle east. this is 35 minutes. >> this is likely to be my last briefing in 2011, so we extend our best wishes to you in the holiday season, and have the new year. -- happy new year. this has been remarkable. if you look back, you see libya, iraq, afghanistan, the arab spring, and many other national security of events. to the military men and women, we say thank you. this year has also seen the death of osama bin laden. the secretary has recently said we are now at a turning point. 2012 is likely to bring opportunities to the united states military and for all americans. we are seeing successful transition efforts in afghan

a republican in boulder, colorado.caller: i am terrace about unemployed. -- ibm curious about on a point. -- i am curious about on a point. i refuse to take on the planet. i worked as a janitor. -- unemployed. i do not think anyone should be given anything free. people do not look for work after about 3 or four months. they might look a day or two zero week. -- or two a week. they should give back to us during the time they are unemployed. they should do something for their money. guest: why are we assuming that people who are unemployed are doing nothing? i do not accept that. i remember the carter years, too. the cost of living was cheaper then. somebody on the unemployment that will be looked for a job for a couple of months -- unemployed insurance does not cover most people's right. it is a question of being homeless. host: you are a no vote today. how many democrats do you think will be voting no? guest: the overwhelming majority of our caucus will be voting no. i do not know how you could vote yes on a bill that

and he actually is from boulder, colorado, and he's 8 years old. >> you have jump roping dogs. >> supername of mayonnaise actually joined in and started skipping. they got all the dogs involved and sime ultaneously jumping. >> hard to get humans to do that. >> 13 of them. now, they use it as part of their playtime and look at them having a well of a time. >> i love the little colors on their ears. >> you have some 30,000 records, right? what are some of the most memorable for you over the years? >> well, as you say, we receive around 50,000 inquiries every year from all over the world. they populate our database. give or take 40,000 records since we started in 1955. one of the highlights this year would have to be kicking off a record at the white house with the first lady, michelle obama. we joined with national geographic kids' magazine and let's move campaign. >> the jumping contest. >> most people doing jumping jacks in 24 hours. the record had stood at 20,000 give or take and it was actually set this year, again, at 300,000 people all over the world. >> amazing. >> kicking off the

according to the most data from the national snow and ice center in boulder, colorado, not all the ice caps are melting now. there is melting, and there is refreezing going on. so the polar ice caps aren't going on and the polar bears aren't becoming extinct. they were put on the list even though they weren't ex tinching. there are a number -- extinct. there are a number of polar bear families that are growing dramatically in the last few years even as we were warned that polar bears were becoming extinct. warming has ended, but the power grab continues. what we are finding out how ruthless and deceitful that power grab has been. one example of blackballing is like from dr. gray at colorado state university and head of the tropical meet other logical project. gray had the courage to point out that there have not in recent years been more and stronger hurricanes and other such storms than in the past. no more research grants for him. no attention to the media, either. zealots can find excuses for their transgressions against other professionals like dr. gray. professional figures in whi

county, colorado. boulder county is one of 17 colorado counties officially created in 1861 by the territory assembly. in the mid 1800's settlers began flocking there because of the profitable mining sector. local businesses were created to support the growing number of new miners to the area. the original founders had more aspirations than just be a simple colorado mining town, residents pushed strongly to have the state university located there. mr. gardner: in 1877, one year after colorado was admitted to the united states, the university of colorado, the state's first university, opened its doors. from its early status as a college town and mining community, boulder county has expanded to a population now reaching over 300,000 people. the picturesque scenery has allowed this county to grow significantly over the past 150 years. aside from the university of rofment colorado, boulder county boasts an excellent technology sector, numerous small business, countsless microbyries, -- microbreweries. it continues

at 8:00, university of colorado at boulder professor thomas dialer on american prosperity is in the 1950's and 1960's. meet the white house chef dating back to the carter administration. monday at 8:00 a.m., highlights of c-span's coverage of the 70th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. at 7:30 p.m., the history of it native american military service. experience american history every weekend, all weekend on c- span3. >> in a few moments, mitt romney on the economy and entitlement reform. w j" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. it focuses on north korea, the role of religion and politics, and how campaigns contract boaters' online. a couple of live events to tell you about today here on c-span. the carnegie endowment for international peace post a farm on the global economic outlook at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then at 2:00 p.m., republican presidential candidate newt gingrich will be endorsed by the new hampshire speaker of the house at a briefing in manchester. >> with the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primaries next month, the contenders looks back at 40 men who ran for preside

eastern this is the congressional cemetery on american artifacts and at 8:00, university of colorado and boulderprofessor thomas stalin era american prosperity in the 50s and 60s. at 7:30 meet the white house chef dating back to the carter administration and monday at 8:00 and 4:00 highlights of c-span coverage of the '70sanniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor and at 7:30 the history of native american military service. experience american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> a senate hearing on narcotics in the caribbean. u.s. officials said jamaica, haiti, the bahamas and the dominican republic are becoming havens for drug traffickers. witnesses discussed the state department's security initiative. a program designed to assist caribbean countries in stopping the illegal drug trade. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> this hearing of the western hemisphere subcommittee on global narcotics affairs will come to order. welcome to our hearing on the shared partner should responding to the growth of tracking in the caribbean. i want to thank panelists for coming today and h

and at 8, university of colorado at boulder professor thomas ziehler on american prosperity in the '50sn military service. experience american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. [applause] >> next, a discussion on the future of media and journalism. we'll hear from a panel of reporters and media executives. this event was held at the newseum of broadcast communications, and it's about an hour and ten minutes. >> a very old media brand that's doing a lot of new things. it's appropriate, i think, that we're here at a museum, at a museum of broadcast communication. because the question that we're going to talk about today is whether that very idea, broadcast communication, is an oxymoron. right? how much broadcast is there anymore? everything is narrow cast, everything is delivered to you directly. think about it. there's no twitter museum yet. there's no facebook museum yet. but there are television and radio museums. museum isn't always a great word because it has to preserve something that is going away, but there is still radio, people still write poetry, and i don't thi

colorado affiliate of the aspirations in computing award on the campus of the university of colorado at boulder. on friday, representatives of computer science education week and the computer science teachers association will be honored at the white house as champions of change which is part of president obama's winning the future initiative. today in harlem, california, -- sorry, today in harlem, new york, a company is launching a new national initiative, tech girls rock, in collaboration with the boys and girls club of america. they will learn website development. on marking this occasion of the week by talking to you about computer science education and urging all my colleagues in the house to support legislation i introduced earlier this year, the computer science education act, h.r. 3014. computing and information technology is transforming our world, thriving innovation, leading to entirely multibillion dollar industries, transforming how we live and how we work for the better. . it prepares students for jobs of the future by engaging -- and preparing them for careers in high-paying occup

at eight from lectures in history, university of colorado at boulder professor thomas is either on americanrosperity in the '50s and '60s. meet the white house chefs dating back to the carter administration. monday at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. highlights of c-span's coverage of the seventh anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. at 7:30 p.m. the history of native american military service. experience american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> here is the latest in a stalemate. the congressional stalemate over the payroll tax extension. house speaker john boehner today renewed his call for house and senate negotiations in extending the payroll tax cut. he says the house will not vote on the senate bill to extend the payroll tax cut for two months. house minority whip steny hoyer also spoke to reporters today and he wants the house to approve the senate payroll tax bill. you can watch both of those news conferences on our website at c-span.org. this is a the very latest from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell today. "congressional quarterly" is reporting he has calle

colorado, it was bad for drivers. some numbers good for ski resorts. they were desperate for the snow. it came not in inches but in feet. in southwest boulderen, colorado, 27.5 inches of snowfall and then over 20 inches of snowfall in colorado and everygreen. you know, obviously, terrible for a lot of the people that are just trying to drive from one part of the freeway to the other, but for the ski country, it is just phenomenal. we have been seeing a lot of the focus of the heavy snow now pushing to the south into parts of new mexico and back into arizona. we have the winter storm warnings in effect and the winds strong, too. anyone making that drive along parts of 25 or even 40 and the high mountain passes, not only the snow to deal with, but the winds will help pick it up and limit visibility and very difficult times. please, be careful out there. very close to a foot of snowfall at higher levels around 7,500 feet. now, something else we're seeing around the nation, a glut of cool temperatures moving through the southern rockies. 37 degrees for denver your high. el paso at 40 and 61 in san francisco and 46 in portland and upper 40s back

saturday, visit the congressional cemetery. 8:00, actors and history university of colorado at boulder professor of american prosperity in the 1950's and 1960. saturday evening, meet the white house chefs dating back to the carter administration. and highlights at c-span's coverage of the 70th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. experience american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> i am still arguing in favor of higher taxes on the wealthy. i am one of the 1%. >> would you be willing to donate to the department? >> individually? now. i am a philanthropic active. >> i have the donation page. you can donate to the government. >> that is not going to help anybody. >> you don't want to donate to the government? >> you are being silly. >> i am a video journalist. i would say that what we're doing is it like citizen journalism, which is basically when an individual who doesn't have that much training in journalism has the tools of modern technology to capture a live event that doesn't have a background in journalism. >> video journalist michelle fields shares her e

colorado. the pilot brought down the single engine craft on this four lane road just north of boulder.old he and his teenage daughter were returning there from nebraska when the engine trouble started. >> he had to we've his way in to land on that road. >> the plane fully intact and nobody hurt. texas. disaster on the tracks after an amtrak train and an 18-wheeler collided. it happened north of austin on a trip from san antonio to chicago. no word on any passengers hurt. but the impact reportedly ejected the truck driver leaving him in critical condition. florida. a bright 2012 ahead for a struggling couple northeast of orlando. they just learned they won't have to pay their mortgage for a year. they are caring for a terminally ill son and they face losing their home as well. when they came across a contest looking for a deserving family, they gave it a shot. >> i said well, you know, our luck usually doesn't go very well but it can't hurt to fill it out. >> shepard: they won and now have one less worry on their mind. arizona. a phoenix man harnesses the power of the sun to make the ho

storm warnings that still remain in effect and farther north inial colorado, up to three feet of snow in some locations outside of boulder. that will leave parts of the mile high city and in albuquerque one to three inches of snow expected and in the higher elevations of the mountains close to a foot by the afternoon. anywhere from eight to ten inches of snowfall from about 7,500 feet up. the problem is along parts of i-40 and i-25 the strong winds could give you whiteout conditions at times. as we advance the map, could see backups along parts of the southeast, mainly into miami and back into orlando and houston could have some backups and four corners look a little bit better and we talk about the snow we have in new mexico and arizona looks nice and at that point we can expect scattered showers. wrap things up, your high for the day today in chicago, you can barely see it, 37 degrees. 48 new york and the biggest backups possibly new york due to that storm system. that is the latest we got for you, back to you, kyra. >> thank you, reynolds. >>> coming up, trapped in a car for nine days. find out how an arizona woman su

we had snow in boulder, all the way up and down i-25. for a while it was difficult in colorado. now it's also closed in new mexico. they're having a very difficult time. the department of transportation is not on twitter, facebook, they don't have a great website. we're trying to call them. they're not answering their phone. they're busy trying to get the roads clear. it's still snowing, t.j. you have to take this. a lot of people, i mean, from houston, from dallas take i-10 across to their loved ones in santa fe, into phoenix. all the way from albuquerque down. that's the trouble spot. there will be other trouble spots but it will be more wet than white. this will be a wet christmas in a lot of the southeast and even up in parts of the northeast. could be wet on sunday as we get here. travel troubles because you're going to need windshield wipers. no real significant airport delays. there may be some delays across atlanta airport because of low clouds and rainful. that always happens. you can get 30 minutes delayed, but not like last night when there were thousands of planes th