calcutta was very hot, said amy. i wondered how our conversation about asian american literature veered to calcutta? calcutta was very hot but i got my first doll there. we spent some time in calcutta when we fled to the united states. the doll didn't look like me blond hair and blue ice bought from calcutta. she comforted me when i remember the sounds of the japanese bombs that forced us to leave our home. did you have a dog? an indian doll to comfort you when you were a child? i told amy about my doll named champy and my oldest paternal uncle who resembled chinese ancestors. my uncle was an astounding musician played the violin and k helo. i would pick up shanty's head and place her ears on the door because her ears were smaller than my ears. i wanted her to listen carefully to the wonderful sound. i may have know in the way children know but my uncle's music would disappear from my life far too soon. he died when he was 40 years old. i tried to tell amy how my grand mother asked everyone why no one could bring her

british india moved its capital from the coastal city of calcutta to the more centrally located capitallhi, and it created the city of new delhi. in the 1920s turkish nationalists moved their capital from istanbul to aink are a kick starting rapid growth and more recently brazil moved its capital from rio de janeiro to brazila in the center of the country and kazakhstan moved its seat of government from almade to be closer to russia. it's unlikely president putin will want to follow suit. he would do well to think about the underlying thrust behind the argument. moscow needs urgent reform. russia is not really a booming emerging market economy. it is an oil-rich -- where mostly everything else in the country, including its once -- military is in a sham bells. putin often cites figures to show that he has preceded over a boom. the average russian's income has risen more than seven-fold in the last decade from $2,000 to $14,000 a year. yet, that statistic tells an incomplete story. russia's growth has been uneven. moscow has 78 billionaires. more than any other city in the world. those bi

there's many roads to calcutta and we'll take whatever road to get this. >> suppose a voter comes up says, governor brown, i hear you loud and clear, but have you a project near and dear to you, which is $100 billion high-speed railroad. why don't you make a decision now not to commit to that project because that's the kind of spending california cannot afford? >> well, you can say the same about fixing our roads, expanding our airports, our ports. have you to build to accommodate the growth. as a matter of fact, the high-speed rail over the next 40 years, it won't be 100, i think we can bring it in for a lot less than that, that will be half the price of building new expanded airports and new and expanded freeways. >> people will say the question to you, governor, whether it's more important to invest in high-speed railroad than to invest in education and you're telling me we have to cut education, why not cut plans for high-speed railroad? just as an example. these are the hard choices that have to be made. >> i'm also going to propose a $14 billion water project so make sure we ha

many roads to calcutta.e'll take whatever one will get us there. >> that's the jerry brown attitude. there is also this. suppose a voter comes up to you and says, listen, governor brown, i hear you loud and clear. you have a project that's near and dear to you which is $100 billion high speed railroad. why not make a decision to not commit to that project because that's the kind of spending california cannot afford. >> well, you can say the same about fixing our roads and expanding our airports and ports and you got to build to accommodate the growth. the high-speed rail over the next 40 years, won't be 100, we can bring it in for a lot less than that. that will be half of the price of building new and expand airports and new and expanded freeways. >> they would say is it more important to invest in high-speed railroad or education. you say we have to cut education. why not cut your railroad. these are hard choice that have to be made. >> i'll also propose a $14 billion water project to make sure we have a r

: you know, soledad, also, on this trip, no matter where you go and especially at a town hall in calcutta issue of hillary clinton herself personally what she's like, what she's like as a woman. she talked about the glass ceiling and double standards. and low and behold now in the blogosphere there's talking about hillary without makeup. hillary with glasses. so i asked her about that from sublime to the ridiculous and this is what she said about that. >> i feel so relieved to be at the stage i'm at in my life right now, jill, because if i want to wear my glasses, i'm wearing my glasses if. i want to pull my hair back, i'm pulling my hair back. at some point it's just not something that deserves a lot of time and attention. if others want to worry about it, i'll let them do the worrying for a change. >> reporter: >> i agree with her. >> reporter: let hillary be everybody. >> i feel like standing up saying we hear you, sister. wouldn't it be great to do the show hair in a pony tail, no makeup, sweats on. >> i told abby how great hillary clinton looks with her hair long again. i feel shame.

in calcutta a transportation bill will support 10,000 jobs and improve our highways and transit service 1200 of our states bridges are strictly deficient. our state completed bill will provide. we should not let another construction season go by with uncertain federal funding. we need to work on a bipartisan basis and send the ll to the president the for the current expires. i hope this conference will not be bogged down with controversial issues that did not relate to transportation. senator boxer, chairman, i look forward to working with you and all members of this conference. i hope to make quick progress. thank you. >> representative upton. >> thank you madam chair. i do appreciate the opportunity to give a statement and to be part of this very important conference committee. investor is supported on the jobs at the national security and it's real opportunity for us to get something done. backend gentry president obama said the new year's resolution was to do whatever it takes to move the economy forward. i believe that this conference is an opportunity for us to do just that. to be