so, is brian scott polish? you better believe it.ove this country. >> hate crimes in poland rose 16% in the first six months of the year. one incident in a streetcar caused an uproar. a polish professor heard speaking german was attacked. >> this guy insisted that we not speak german in his presence. i calmly explained that i was speaking german because i was with an acquaintance does not speak polish. then, the guy stood up and butted me with his head. >> most of those marching in warsaw are young, conservative, catholic, and devoted to the idea of a polish nation. >> i have not been able to sleep all week. this is one of the greatest days of my life. >> and now, to our global ideas series. here we meet people who are determined to protect the planet's endangered animals. here we are in new mexico, home to a rich diversity of species. many fall prey to the unscrupulous who are on the lookout for a profit. now environmentalists are trying , to combine business with sustainability. our reporter we went to find out more. -- our reporte

>> tonight's mission for lieutenant michael higden and brian scott is to search for a needle in a haystackaccumulated over several years. >> it's going to be difficult, honestly to look through every little piece of everything. a lot of these guys constantly have something that they're doing wrong. they have a lot of stuff. >> i am seeing an altered mattress right there. obvious stash spot. well, it looks empty. >> then, the trail to tattoo paraphernalia grows warmer. >> this is all unauthorized writing utensils, that's all it is. nice and easy. but what they can do like right here they can take red ink and make a red tattoo. and there it is. the how-tos. what i just found was little directions, how they tattooed their eyes. we might not want to have this floating around. next thing we know we got 955 blind inmates and don't know what to do. >> though the search fails to turn up the potentially contaminated needle, they return with a large bag of other contraband. >> no luck on the syringe. we did find the paper that tells them how to tattoo their eyeballs, which is a good find in my opini

in his new cookbook, chef brian scott shows you how to turn leftovers into five easy dishes. >> they easy anyway. the emmy award winning food host ryan scott joins us now. you're beginning with one dish. >> this is so easy. >> i'm a little nervous. >> you called an audible steve doocy style. you spotted our earlier untuck it segment. >> i was in my car, coming up here. i said, okay, cool. it happens to be the same brand, the same style, and the same store, which we won't say. i literally have it, and it's untucked. this is the style. >> i thought you stole my shirt. >> no. are you mad? are we brothers from a flannel mother? >> absolutely. >> all right. so suddenly we've got untuck it bookends here. you've got this gigantic pot roast. >> what we're doing is this is how simple this is. during the season when we're cooking like crazy, you want to do things that are really easy. here's a top round. it's an inexpensive cut of meat you can get for cheap at the store. this is onion powder, garlic powder. everything we have in our dry storage already. i took tomato paste and rubbed the outsi

scott. we get more from cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: will and christine. te gathering to protest the d.a. decision not to file charges against officer vinson for the shooting of keith lamont scott in september. the crowds late wednesday night were not nearly as numerous as the ones in september that numbered in the thousands. not nearly as many protesters out on wednesday night. they did walk a few blocks and the police were fairly aggressive. police really being strict in their rule to keep the protesters on the sidewalks. we did witness four arrests after tussles with police as they were aggressive to try to keep the protesters on the sidewalks. one police commander telling me they wanted to approach this strategically and let them protest, but keep them from blocking traffic. proper evidetesters out to voic displeasure of the d.a. not to file charges against officer vinson. the d.a. andrew murray saying all of the evidence they gathered in the investigation which lasted more than two mont led them to believe that officer vinson, shooting of keith lamont

scott. will and christine. >> brian todd in charlotte, north carolina. >>> in south carolina. deliberations in the trial of michael slager. he is involved in the shooting of walter scott. you may remember the witness video showing slager shooting and killing the father of four as he tried to run away. slager has flpled not guilty. his attorney argue the video does not show the entire struggle between the men. >>> a moving tribute to the members of the brazilian soccer club killed in the plane crash in clolombia. thousands geared at medellin stadium celebrating the victims' lives. the pilot told air traffic control he ran out of fuel. he desperately pleaded for permission to land before crashing. >>> dakota access pipeline protesters are about to get a boost from thousands of veterans. leaders of the group veterans stand for standing rock say they are ready to head to north dakota ready to brave blizzard-like conditions to serve as human shields for the demonstrators. protesters have been ordered to leave by monitda monday or face >>> what if i said a lifestyle change could mak

but then the dred scott decision comes down. brianbefore we get there, why is harriet lane known as the first first lady? mr. strauss: they sort of called dolly madison that, the first lady lady, because she was so prominent in society both while she was first lady -- while she was the president's wife and afterwards, after madison's death, she was the go to person. every party, dolly had to be at. is then harriet lane hostess in the white house, so what are you going to call her? not the president's wife, the president needs, but they called her the first lady -- the ece, but theyc called her the first lady. he was a state representative for pennsylvania? he goes on to be a congressman to the u.s. congress from pennsylvania. he becomes a senator from their. he becomes the minister to russia, the minister to great britain. mr. strauss: and secretary of state. brian: and then becomes president. is he at that point the most qualified person? mr. strauss: if that is what you go by, yes. if you go by the number of years at major posts, he

scott. i am brian sullivan. and breaking news from turkey, a russian diplomat shot earlier today has died.y is a member of nato. the question is, what will russia do if anything to retaliate? the big long. a man who nailed the big short during the financial crisis now says he's as long as he can be in one sector. that sector name coming up. and you're going to hear from a ceo of palo alto networks, down this year, but a big time turn around coming as the cyberwars heat up? we're going to

scott. >>> we will have another day of above normal temperatures but get ready. we will get some cooler air. >>> thank you for joining us. i'm renee chou. >> i'm brian shrader. >>> authorities say one person is dead after a crash in southern wake county. the call came in at 2 am. one vehicle crash on fayetteville road. county deputies and the highway patrol were on troopers tell us there was a second person in the vehicle who left the scene. we are trying to learn more about the victim and the cause of the crash. >>> three men are in jail, arrested in connection with a shooting in durham. terrance cradle, andre hilliard and william marrow are facing murder charges in the death of eric ray. charges are pending against a for the suspect, keith laney, who is currently serving time for another case. ray was killed while walking home from work on andrew avenue their first court appearance

brian, you've covered this story since walter scott was killed a year and a half ago. take us through what happened in the court. >> reporter: the judge declared a mistrial in this case. jurors were asking questions of the judge, including what is imminent danger. that is clearly a question that was operative on their minds, as they told a judge again today they could not reach a verdict. on the stand. michael slager told he shot scott because he posed a threat because he could have turned around and shot him. we're going to be very interested to find out what the jury's dynamic was today. on friday, they deadlocked. it was 11-1 in favor of convicting michael slager for first degree murder. today, we're not sure what the jury's dynamic was, did the one juror sway other jurors to his side? this is really a key question. the prosecutor in the case, scarlet wilson, said we will try michael slager again. he also faces federal charges. so yes, according to that attorney for the scott family, he will face justice again, at least twice, and the key question is, what is the ma

scott. i am brian sullivan. and breaking news from turkey, a russian diplomat shot earlier today has died. u.s. condemning the attack. turkey is a member of nato. the question is, what will russia do if anything to retaliate? the big long. a man who nailed the big short during the financial crisis now says he's as long as he can be in one sector. that sector name coming up. and you're going to hear from a ceo of palo alto networks, down this year, but a big time turn around coming as the cyberwars heat up? we're going to find out as "power lunch" on a monday begins right now. >>> i'm michelle caruso-cabrera. here's what else is happening at this hour. trading is back to normal following a technical glitch that suspended all trading. french court finding imf chief christine la guard guilty. and stocks pushing higher as we head deep near the average. the dow is about 120 points away from the dow 20,000 mark. we begin with breaking news out of turkey that brian told you about, some of the images are graphic. russia's foreign ministry announcing that the russian ambassador to turkey was assass

brian bosworth would pop into that picture. speaking of impact linebackers, the packers will be missing one this sunday. scott grodsky has the latest from lambeau field. 3 3 the hits keep coming for the packers defense. coach mike mccarthy says linebacker nick perry has a significant hand injury and will not play this week. he suffered the injury tried to stay in the game eventually playing with a club cast. perry has been arguably the defensive mvp this season with so many injured players rotating in and out of the lineup. he has 8 sacks, 48 tackles, 4 pass breakups and an interception...all career highs. sot: clay matthews didn't practice clay matthews sot: career highs. interception...all an pass breakups and an interception...all career highs. sot: clay matthews didn't practice today either as he continues to recover from a shoulder injury. rodgers was limited though both are expected to play....on the bright side offensive linemen jc tretter and tj lang are getting closer to returning. reporting at lambeau field, scott grodsky, cbs 58 sports thanks scott. more from the packers locker room tonight. the ba

but then the dred scott decision comes down. briane, why is harriet lane known as the first first lady? mr. strauss: they sort of called dolly madison that, the first lady, because she was so prominent in society both while she was first lady -- while she was the president's wife and afterwards, after madison's death, she was the go to person. every party, dolly had to be at. but then harriet lane is the hostess in the white house, so what are you going to call her? not the president's wife, the president's niece, so they called her the first lady. brian: he was a state representative for pennsylvania? he goes on to be a congressman to the u.s. congress from pennsylvania. he becomes a senator from there. he becomes the minister to russia, the minister to great britain. mr. strauss: and secretary of state. brian: and then becomes president. is he at that point the most qualified person? mr. strauss: if that is what you go by, yes. if you go by the number of years at major posts, he definitely is. but here is something about him -- he n

the officer pointing his gun and shooting walter scott in the back, a few times as he was running away. the argument the defense attorneys are making, brian, is this police officer still had legitimate fear that he could turn around and come after him. >> that is the argument the defense has made, because the officer mr. slager has claimed mr. scott took his taser at one point and there was a taser seen in the video, but it's not really clear what role this taser had, whether scott really had it or not. the officer claimed there was a tussle involved, but look, this video shocked just everyone who saw it. this was clearly the officer shooting mr. scott as he ran away several times in the back. you see scott going down. i was down there to cover the shooting at the time. i talked to witnesses who saw it, people in the neighborhood who said this officer was known as a very aggressive police officer in that community, and, you know, you would think again, with all the evidence here, certainly leaned in favor of a possible conviction, but right now it's confusing. one juror seems to be a real issue here in this case. >> laura, the argument th

scott: they are struggling but it's early. alison: look at the weather heading into the weekend. doug: coldment to and the weekend. brian is in tonight and he'll have a look at the weekend. alison: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. >>> tonight, the deadly storm system. the sheets of ice and the snow. the dangerous commute at this hour. and the deep freeze sweeping in across much of this country. from seattle to chicago to the northeast. >>> the chilling moment in court today. images never seen before. dylann roof walking into that historic church, then walking out with the gun, after killing the churchgoers who invited him to pray with them. >>> also breaking, the trump white house. who's out tonight. also, president-elect trump won't be giving up his producing role on the tv reality show "celebrity apprentice." his team tonight explaining why. >>> the takedown. growing outrage after an officer is cleared tonight after a suspect is shot and paralyzed. the k9 unleashed, too. >>> and, the warning.

scott pruitt in charge of the e.p.a. is like putting an arsonist in charge of fighting fires." senator brian schatz is a democrat from hawaii. >> this person who wants to lead the e.p.a. has made a career out of undermining the e.p.a. so this is really the worst-case scenario, and we're going to have a fight. >> reporter: the president-elect also made waves today with his choice of world wrestling impresario linda mcmahon to head the small business administratn. >> reporter: her husband vince may know better than anyone what it's like to get on the wrong side of mr. trump, even if it's just for show. less explosive was his choice for ambassador to china, iowa governor terry brandstad, whose state exports billions of soybeans and pork to china. retired marine corps general jon kelly will be tapped to lead the department of homeland security. cbs news has learned that mitt romney is now the contender to become secretary of state, and from trump also revealed today, scott, that he's been consulting with president obama on some of these cabinet picks, though it's unlikely they saw eye to eye on

let's bring in scott bolduan, who supported hillary clinton in the election, and brian robinson republicanod to have you back. >> thanks for having me. >> brian, i want to start with you on rex tillerson's connections to vladimir putin. let's listen to what tillerson said this year about his relationship with the russian president. >> my relationship with vladimir putin, which dates back almost 15 years now, i've known him since 1999, and i have a very close relationship with him, i don't agree with everything he's doing, i don't agree with everything a lot of leaders are doing, but he understands that i'm a businessman and i've invested a lot of money, our company has invested a lot of money in russia, very successfully. >> reading up on these two men, they have a pretty close relationship. he received the -- tillerson received the order of friendship decoration three years ago. is tillerson too close to russia and to putin to do the job or possibly to get the job, to get through these contermation hearings? brian? >> you know, i think american leaders throughout the years have had relati

. >> brian: barberton police are looking for the driver who struck a pedestrian last friday. happened around 10:30 at night and north van buren and lincoln avenue. scott holifield is in intensive care with serious injuries to his head. police are looking for a dark-colored sedan. >> tia: a gas leak caused the case and ridge roads this morning. it is now reopen. and if you were stuck in traffic on i-90 this morning, this is why. a car rolled over eastbound between west 117th and warren at around 7:30 this morning. >> brian: a self-driving truck hit the highway in ohio this morning. cleveland 19 news crews were there as this semi traveled down the turnpike. >>> carrier's deal to keep 1,000 jobs in indiana is the first big win for prede trump and he's going to celebrate by visiting the indianapolis plant that will now stay open. kenneth craig with more on this deal. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump delivered on one of his campaign promises to save manufacturing jobs at this carrier plant in indianapolis. >> as someone who is not even yet president of the united states is able to negotiate something that was a major issue in the campaign -- >> re

this morning brian kramp joins us live from the milwaukee public market talking all about time now for another friday of milwaukee musts! scott, radar and shannen join us live from the fm-106.1 studios. good morning guys.. st. francis christmas parade meteorologist rob haswell a very stubborn low is very slowly exiting our area today with high pressure moving to our south. that will mean a slow drying today with a few breaks in the clouds late. temperatures will get into the range through sunday. a new low arrives sunday with rain and snow likely. we could see up to an inch of accumulation. we warm into the low 40s monday and tuesday. today: mostly cloudy and cooler. early am drizzle then drying. high: 38 windn mostly cloudy. low: 28 wind: nw 3-7 mph saturday: partly sunny. high: 36 wind: w 5-10 mph sunday: mostly cloudy with a chance for light snow. am low: 26 high: 38 wind: sw 5-10 mph monday: mostly cloudy. tuesday: mostly cloudy with a chance for light snow. am low: 34 high: 42 wind: nw 5-15 mph wednesday:mostly cloudy. am low: 30 high: 36 wind: w 10-20 mphforecast from fox6 chief meteorologist rob haswellforecast from fo

brian to todd. 9 circuit court. >> and that is good news for the family of walter scott after such disappointing news that we learned in this case. we were shocked on friday, wolf, when the jury was deadlocked 11-1. with 11 being in favor of. we had one held-out juror who handed frmd. that one juror has still apparently held out and that's caused the judge to declare a mistrial. if all the coverage we've had in the past two years to eric garner, that lip case. was many michael slager. . on friday gsd tfts a slam-did you think. now he have federal court. they say they will try this family again. michael slager will have to go through this all over again. >> you're in the courtroom. explain what's happening on the ground right now. >> reporter: those in the community who support the walter scott family are disappointed. they're saying this and categorizing this as a missed opportunity for justice, a missed opportunity to heal the deep wounds within the black community in this country as a result of a series of police shootings across the country over the last two years. i was speaking to an elder here in charleston wh

scott. >>> one more day of above normal temperatures and then we will have some cooler air moving in.>> thank you for joining us. i'm renee chou. >> i'm brian shrader. it is december 1 but it does not feel like december 1. >> it does not. elizabeth, no code required again today. >>> it is mild this morning. not quite as warm as yesterday as we look to the east we can see some cloud cover. along the i-95 quarter you are starting to the clouds break a. the cold front has moved through and the rain is over. you can see our radar loop some showers around 5 am in the eastern part of the viewing area but that has shifted eastward. we are seeing clinton from downtown raleigh westward and we will continue to see clearing in the eastern viewing area. temperatures are dropping. we started in the low to mid 60s. it's now 56 in cary. you will need a jacket everywhere from the triangle and westward. 59 in southern pond. the coolest air has not yet arrived from rocky mount and clinton were temperatures are in the low to mid 60s. at 8 am expect mid to upper 50s. at lunch, 62. we bounce back into the mid-60s this afternoon. lots of sunshine. it will be bea

brian, we probably could wave at him. he finally got to the moon. >> hear hear, jay barbury in john glenn was a lovely man. for as the late scottcarpenter was the first to say, "god speed, john glenn." thank you for being here with us. "hardball with chris matthews" begins right now. >>> the right stuff, let's play "hardball." >> today the united states begins paying tribute to colonel john h. glenn jr., the first american to ride a spacecraft around the world. >> good evening, i'm chris matthews. today we pay tribute to john glenn, known as an american hero, john glenn died today. he was an astronaut, a u.s. senator, a statesman, and an american hero. he died at the age of 85.

. >> the defense attorneys, brian, you've been watch thing closely, you were down there. they argued yes, we all saw the video of walter scott running away, and he was shot in the back by the police officer, michael slager, but we didn't see everything that happened before that leading up to that moment. the police officer in this particular case, his attorneys, his defense attorneys keep arguing in his mind he still felt threatened. >> that's right. that's been the central core of the defense case here. we don't know exactly what happened in the moments before this video was shot. the defense claims officer slager claims there was a tussle, there was a fight, and that the dead man, walter scott, took his taser. well, there was no video to support that. there is some indication of a taser in one piece of video here in the cell phone video. but again, the role of this taser, how it was used is really not clear at all. what is clear is that you see walter scott being shot several times in the back by officer slager as scott runs away. seemingly a very, very strong and convincing piece of evidence here of some misconduct by tha

brian moore, thank you. during the break, fire up the nbc washington app today. we'll take a closer look at the trump carrier deal, how it came about and what >>> i'm scott macfarlane at the live desk. we have learned a grand jury in prince georges county indicted a police officer accused of assault and of misconduct. juan hernandez is accused of hitting a suspect with his plus cruiser during a chase. the act was caught on cruiser camera. hernandez was suspended that day. the man who was hit did not require medical treatment, we're told. of the force. we'll have more on the investigation and the charges coming up in the next hour. >>> we are learning new information about a deadly accident on the clara barton parkway. police say the car crashed and then caught fire just after 1:00 this morning. we brought you this as breaking news this morning on news 4 today. part of the clara barton parkway was closed for the victim's identity has not been released. >>> the metro board gave preliminary approval to a plan that would slash metro rail hours. these new hours would last for two years beginning in the summer. and the biggest change would be to late night weekend servic

brian, we'll show you the video in a moment. martina westcott charged with murder, she was arraigned last night and remains in custody without bail. >> took me by surprise. >> martina wes scott charged with murder and other offenses, police say she turned herself in and confessed to killing terrell bruce in an suv after an argument tuesday afternoon. her neighbors saw police at the home yesterday. >> i was upstairs and cleaning and i heard banging and the police were apparently at the door. and they kicked in the door and i guess they were looking for evidence. >> the neilson's say they have surveillance footage capturing westcott walking back to her home. police recovered a gun and jacket westcott allegedly tossed when she fled the scene. no one answered the door at westcott's house where she lived with family. >> he would never go into the house and he would beep and pick her up. >> the la salle graduate was a realtor and known to give back to the community. and he is described as an ex-girlfriend that wouldn't take no for an answer. >> she needs to understand who she took from us. to do this because you are heart broken, he did nothing wrong. >> as for terrell bruce's fam

"power lunch" but right now let's go to scott wapner who, no doubt, is still basking in the glory of his redskins. >> yes. yes, i am. sully, thanks so much. brian sullivan. nike under pressure today. worst performing stock in the dow. there it is down another 1%. one analyst calls those concerns overdone. it's our call of the day. sam poser joins us live today from the new york stock exchange. sam, welcome back. >> thank you very much. thank you for having me. >> you say the concerns in the market are "short-sighted". how? >> we think they made some mistakes about a year and a half ago when they were looking at adidas and some of the other competitors coming into the space. we think they've corrected those, and from what we know of what's coming ahead, the stock is reflecting what's gone on in the past, and we think what's coming ahead is going to make it work. especially with a new shoe called the air vapor max, which we think will be an exceptionally large platform launching this spring, and then we think people are just not paying much attention to the fact that they're taking over the nba sponsorship for the next season. 17-18 season, and t

brian, we'll show you the video in a moment. martina westcott charged with murder, she was arraigned last night and remains in custody without bail. >> took me by surprise. >> martina wes scott charged with murder and other offenses, police say she turned herself in and confessed to killing terrell bruce in an suv after

scott pruitt a strong skeptic of climate change and stronger advocate against environmental regulations tapped to lead the agency. i want to bring in hawaii democratic senator brianyour time this morning. are you planning to block the nomination? >> we're going to do everything we can to block this nomination. this is not with any historical precedent. even under republican administrations, george w. bush, they didn't appoint the head of the epa to dismantle the epa. this is someone who made a profession out of undermining the ability of the epa to enforce the clean air act and the clean water act. this is a four alarm fire for the environmental community and for anybody who cares about clean air and clean water. we'll fight it with everything we've got. we'll see whether we'll be able to get any reasonable republicans to come to our side. there are a number of them who have occasionally sort of flurried with the truth and been on the right side of this climate change question but there's nowhere to hide now. if you are not a climate denier, then you cannot put someone who is a climate denier to head the epa. >> is this something for which you would shut down the

brian claiming his bid lead to tough discussions about the party's future ohio governor and the future term limits present john casing from running again. no charges filed against the charlotte police officer shying killed keith scott back in september the deadly competition sparked several nights of protest today prosecutor released evidence that scott was armed at the time of the shooting his family had claimed that he did not own a weapon but the prosecutor says is got dna was all over a gun recovered at seven people confirmed dead following those wildfires in the great smoky mountains of tennessee more than 400 buildings have been damaged in and around the gatlinburg area the blaze remains 10 percent contained covers nearly 15,000 acres wildfires forced evacuations thousands of residents and tourists. public transfers in cleveland. city council member spitting out over the decision of public square that's not sitting well. back of an armored truck the search is on for a pot of gold but buses will not return the public square sounded off on the change in the same thing kept the dark force a mile. the small portion of the public square is causing a major headache for rta writers. keith ballantyne is one of 40,000

brian: why did he succeed in the civil war? ronald: if you think about it, no one had ever led an army of more than 14,000. which winfield scott led to in the war with mexico. so, you might have graduated first in your quest at west point but that did not mean you could manage an army of 150 or 250,000 men. grant had the ability to keep fighting. what lincoln called pertinacity. to keep fighting. what lee did was he shifted his interior lines. when he had a force attacking him, he would move over to fight that force. a force came over here, he moved over to write that force. usually the fighting would cease and desist after two or three days. people would rest and refit and re-do the battle. there was no resting and refitting for grant. he kept the forces going. also, he discovered that the forces had not bought in coordination. theater, he had five different armies. he said these armies must attack in a coordinated way. if we attack here, there is no coordination. that gives the troops the ability to withstand our attacks. so his masterful ability to fight in a coordinated way. however he gave his chief , generals the ability

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sheldon whitehouse and brian schatz plan to leverage corporate concerns about climate other concerns about oklahoma attorney general scottbeen critical of the agency he now is cap to lead, even suing the organization. donald trump is back on the road today in ohio to meet with victims of last week's ohio state university attack. he will then take his thank you roadshow to des moines, iowa for his third victory celebration. tomorrow he is holding rallies in baton rouge and grand rapids, michigan. in london, it's the fourth and final day of a supreme court hearing on brexit. the judges are asked to decide who has power to exit. the government says it can use royal prerogative to invoke the formal start of brexit talks. primes challenging minister theresa may say she will travel hundred years of british law if she begins brexit without a vote in parliament. undecided inere the case against a former white police officer charged with the murder of a black motorist. that's according to the jury foreman. dorsey montgomery told nbc news he initially wanted to convict michael slater. daysdeliberated over four before a mistrial wa

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scott whisked his fiance to a surprise engagement party with their closest family and friends. best wishes to you. see you soon. brianred superstar jim brown and ray lewis joining the list of high-profile guests at trump tower. the former football champs met mr. trump, the president-elect, to discuss solutions for many black communities. so how did it go? jim brown and long-time activist. great to see you again. >> good to see you, brian. >> in case you don't know, jim and i were hosting a radio show back in 1990 for about four years. it was great. i knew right back then it was so much more than sports with you. everyone knows that. what was it like meeting donald trump? what did you expect? what did you find? >> it was really not surprising because his characterization of things are so broad. but he was a nice man. and he was knowledgeable. he gave me great respect. i was so encouraged because, you y get what i do. they've done their research. it was really like talking to myself. >> you know a lot of people that say they want to help. you left that meeting thinking that they are ready to help and go into action. wh