it comes just over a week after taliban gunmen launched an assault on kabul that brought the capital city to a standstill. the los angeles city council gave final approval to close most shops that sell medical marijuana. there are currently between 800 and a thousand pot clinics operating across l.a. but under the new rules, that number will be capped at 70. mayor antonio villaraigosa still has to give his approval for the ordinance to take effect. on wall street today, stocks made early gains, but those faded in the closing minutes of trading. the dow jones industrial average lost more than two points to close at 10, 194. the nasdaq fell seven points to close over 2,203. former republican senator charles mathias has died at his home in maryland of complications from parkinson's disease. mathias represented the state of maryland for 26 years in both the house and senate until his retirement in 1987.

in the capital city businesses have been destroyed. people... there's probably 80- 90% unemployment now. until you get the economy going, people can't start taking charge of their own lives again. one of the things u.s.a.i.d. has been commissioned to do as i understand it by the president and dr. shaw who is the administrator, is to put a mass employment program rapidly together, $100 million program to get as many haitians employed in ... these are temporary jobs to clean up the rubble, repair the roads and that sort of thing. >> lehrer: meanwhile, general, back to you finally, there has to be security even to do that, correct? >> you have to have security for everything. if you don't have that, then it disrupts into riots and thiefry and things like that. you can't get started until you have security. >> lehrer: gentlemen, thank you both very much. >> thank you, jim. >> thank you. >> ifill: and still to come on the newshour: the race for federal education dollars; and a look back at year one for president obama. >> lehrer: that follows the oth

topics include efforts to manage the flow of aircraft into haiti's capital city port-au-prince. general fraser speaks with reporters for about half an hour. >> good morning general phaser. how do you you hear me? >> loudoun clear, thanks. >> if you are ready we will get started. it morning everyone. joining us again today, although today the as satellite rather than here in person as general fraser the commander of u.s. southern command. he is going to provide an update on haiti relief operations. general-- your opening statement. >> thank you very much. good morning. as you know our efforts from the d.o.t. continue in support of usaid efforts on the part of the united states government to support aid efforts for the victims of the earthquake in haiti. based on that earthquake roughly 3 million people are estimated to be impacted, so what i would like to do this morning is give you a bigger picture if you will of the overall u.s. military efforts that are being taken to aid those victims. first, if we look at the airport because that is the place that we first focus their attent

the volcano is about 40,000 miles away from the capital city.ts last major eruption was 145 years ago. >>> vice president joe biden said he's lost the woman at the center of his family. his mother, jean biden, died yesterday at the family's home in delaware. she was surrounded by loved ones. the vice president said in a statement, "she believed in us, and because of that, we believed in ourselves." jean biden was 92. >>> you may know the name art clokey, but i know you know his work. clokey created the pop culture phenomenon gumby. the artist died yesterday at his home in california. clokey invented gumby as part of a student project when he was at usc. gumby and his horse friend pokey were eventually featured on "the howdy doody show." and in the '80s, comedian eddie murphy portrayed gumby on "saturday night live" as a cigar-chomping, show business prima donna, and he enjoyed that act. >>> bank failures common last year, and they're still turning up in 2010. horizon bank in bellingham, washington, was the first bank to fail this year. all of it

they drive through the capital city. in this one we're about to show a dead body is lying in the corner. and here in the next one, one of the missionaries is treated a woman's injured foot. you can check these as well as other i reports out at ireport.com. if you have anything to stair with us upload. this video was uploads to the video website. it looks like it was shot after the quake hit. you can see the clouds of dust from the collapsed buildings billowing in the distance. we're all picking up some powerful firsthand accounts on twitter. richard morris, a well-known musician who manages the hotel wrote -- >> here's a chilling i-report to share with you from yvonne trim bell who has worked as a missionary in haiti for more than 30 years. here's what she writes, quote -- >> quite a chilling account giving us a sense of what it was to go through this experience, this ordeal besides the loss of life, this earthquake has also wiped out a keiland mark. this is a recent picture of the presidential palace. this magnificent s

embassy in yemen's capital city of sana. the british embassy is closed. all 500 u.s. embassy employees have been instructed to stay away until further notice and to remain inside their homes as much as possible. this comes just hours after the head of u.s. central command general david petraeus made a surprise trip to yemen to talk counterterrorism efforts with yemen's president. and on the same weekend as president obama acknowledged for the first time the connection between al qaeda and yemen and that suspect in the failed christmas bombing attack. >>> nbc's mike viqueira joins us live from the white house. mike, any word this morning from the obama administration or is this all simply the state department in terms of the closure of the u.s. embassy in yemen? >> actually, the white house homeland security adviser here at the white house john brennan is making the rounds, appearing on "meet the press" first and foremost, saying there is a threat from al qaeda that has resulted in the temporary closure of the american embassy in yemen. the capital there sana, we learn

officials say there are indications terrorists are planning attack in the capital city and the embassies could be a target. we do not know when the buildings will reopen. in 2008, 17 people, including one american, were killed when militants attacked the embassy. >> we take every measure possible to ensure the safety for diplomats and citizens abroad. we're working very closely with the government in yemen on taking the pper precautions. >> this comes as the u.s. steps up aid to yemen to fight al qaeda, which has a presence in remote parts of that country. one driver was killed after his car overturned along rock creek parkway. a passer-by called 911 after spotting the overturned car in the creek. let's go live there for the test. >> police are now calling this a death investigation. we have been talking about the conditions that may have kept the man at the center of the story alive for several hours after he was pulled out of the water. waist deep in icy waters, d.c. fire and rescue divers were searching for clues in thewake of an unusual discovery. >> the cold is dangerous and it's so

it hit 14 miles from the capital city port-au-pnce. the u.s. geo logical sury reported a magnitude of 7. the largest ever rorded in that region. reports said t presidential palace and a hospital collapsed alonwith other buildis. the presidt and his wife escaped injury. but dozens of otr people wereilled or buried under rubble >>rown: with me by phone is dale grant of the u.s.eo logical suey in golden, colodo. mr. gran7.0 magnitude. what can you tell us at th point abouthe scale of the devastation? >> good evening, jf. magnitude 7.0 is very mar quake. and this one washallow and, of cours as you noted near a street. you've heard the president throhout the past year talk about e continued divergence from in all ways reali of what's goi on on main street d what's going on in some of these firmin wall street. theye folks that just ntinue not to get it. >> reporter: for the first ni months of 2009 five of the largesbanks receiving federal aid seaside $90 billion for mpensation, inuding salaries, benefits and boses. onof those was bank of america, an

it is his rules that allow a city banker to pay less tax on capital gains than a cleaner pays on wages he is about to hit millions of average earners with higher national insurance bills. where is the fairness, where is the aspiration, in any of that? >> the aspiration is helping people into jobs, giving people the chance to earn a decent living, and ensuring that the tax system is fair. presumably he will now support our 50% tax on the bonuses of the banks. presumably he will support the raising of the top rate of tax to 50%. presumably he will support the removal of pension tax reliefs, which we are carrying out as very much part of the deficit reduction plan. what we have tried to do is ensure that in these difficult times, as we make changes, the burden is shared fairly, which means that those with the broadest shoulders must pay more. i hope that he will agree with that. >> joan walley. i wish to pay my personal tribute to david taylor. i draw my right honorable friend's attention to my concern about apprentices aged over 26 at stoke on trent college, which is conducting urgent ta

creation of jobs in london and we are always looking at what we can do to create more jobs in this capital city. >> tell my right honorable friend cancer treats have been eliminated during to nhs doctors and nurses receiving support. because of excellent use of surviving cancer they are more prone to health problems. any practicalsley what can my right honorable friend can ensure to get this advice in health? >> the mcmillan work is something that is very special in our country and very much appreciated. i believe that the advances that we are making in cancer care particularly if people are detected early and particularly if people are able to go through the screening process it means lots of lives that would have been lost will be saved. there is after-care and there is considerable after-care necessary even after a many years and i'm determined that we continue to support it. i would have to say, though, the best way that we can help deal with the cancer problems in our country is to make sure we do not lose the two-week guarantee that you can receive a specialist immediately and move to a o

"the new york times" says tons of food is already in the country but some of the unrest in the capital city, a gunshot can be heard. -- gunshots can be heard. jaqnel is a port city. most of the world's attention has been focused on port-au- prince. there has also been a disaster of the southern coast. they have smashed buildings and extent of casualties. stranded residents are in the port city. they suffered widespread damage and that it has been cut off from port-au-prince to the north. they have been forgotten. four days after the earthquake, they are awaiting food, water, medical supplies, and relief workers. we're joined from wisconsin rapids, wisconsin. caller: as far as things go with haiti, many times things like the airlift and trucks are delayed not by our relief efforts. it is an internal politics they. ing. haiti is like the early days with afghanistan and iraq. i think will have a pronounced and long-term economic, political, and military presence in haiti because of the fact we want to go ahead and develop the country economically for future customers. and strategically for our

these giant robots come and attack the capital city.he filmmaker was quoted as saying it only cost him $300 to make but that would not include all the time and equipment he already had to make this happen. it gets pretty violent. take a look at this. i mean, they went all out for this video. >> kind of like godzilla with robots. >> that's just what it is like, godzilla with robots. it's set to music called panic attack by this band, snake. the filmmaker now has a $30 million deal from hollywood producer, best known for spiderman. some people are saying, he obviously can do the special effects. will he be able to direct actors. who knows. parents, your kids are into posting videos, you might be some of the people for who it pays off. here is something you might actually see running around outside. take a look at this. this is real. this, fred, is a motor less robot. powered only by the wind. this is real. the creators, this dutch engineer. they say it is about 15-feet tall, weighs a couple tons. the idea is that robots could do practical

looking out across the capital city, it looks nice out there. temperature just 22 degrees.ou get the picture. similar to the days we have had in the past. a big graphic, we'll show you to the west, a wind advisory on the blue ridge until 10:00 a.m. because of wind gusts. our forecast sunny, breezy, chilly. temperatures in the lower 30's. then tomorrow, a similar scenario. maybe snow hours or snow flurry activities monday night into tuesday. wednesday we get into the 40's for the first time since january 1. by thursday, 45 degrees. we will stay in the 40's until the latter part of the week. it will seem like a heat wave compared to what we have had. >> dave, thanks so much. thanks for watching. have a great sunday.

jefferson's concept of the capital city was a city that would remind people of ancient rome or athens. and the architect of the supreme court was very, very comfortable with that idea. although modern architecture reflected people like frank lloyd wright, who would have done something very different, i think that gilbert and have felt jefferson's idea, better than a school of architecture that might have ended up just being a fad. >> it is a little bit more than $10 million. >> it was actually a deflation. they were able to finish it and turn $100,000 over, so it came in under budget. it might have been the only government building in history that came in under budget. he was thoroughly familiar with the plants, and i think he died quite happy with the building that he knew was going to be built. he and the architect, cass gilbert, they corresponded regularly and calorically -- catholic lay. and when taft was president, he had appointed gilbert to a fine arts commission at the capitol. so gilbert knew what it was about, and he knew what visions jefferson had had. some of the justices

commissioner, sir henry, decided to take a trip to fraser's hill which is about 65 miles outside the capital city he went in a four vehicle convoy but on the way, two of the vehicles had to stop for technical reasons. but they pressed on. and when they came to a turn in the road where they had to almost come to a stop, their vehicles were ambushed by 38 guerrillas. his wife stayed in the car. you decide to try to make a run for it, and was shot down, shot dead. and this was catastrophic loss for the counterinsurgency. at that time, but leah was still a british colony, and so this was a supreme authority in the country, being killed in an ambush by the emmy. the war was already going against them. so it seemed like things just could not get any worse and malaya. something very important happened just a few weeks later, and that was that winston churchill returned to position of prime minister after elections in britain. and churchill being a man with a keen eye for talent, selected search or old camper to go out and take command of the counterinsurgency. and everyone knows that templer came in wit

and the british embassies in yemen's capital city of sana are now closed.ng to a an administration counterterrorism official, the u.s. embassy is closed in direct response to, quote, active threats by al qaeda. al 500 embassy employees have been instructed to stay away until further notice and remain inside their homes as much as possible. this comes just hours after the head of u.s. central command general david petraeus made a surprise trip to yemen to talk to counterterrorism officials there. on the same weekend president obama acknowledged that for the first time the connection between al qaeda and yemen and the suspect in the failed christmas bombing attack. >>> joining us is eric lipton. what's the latest reporting in "the new york times" in terms of what prompted officials to close this embassy in yemmen. >> >> well, apparently john brennan, the homeland security adviser to the president, has alerted him that there's this imminent threat potentially in yemen. there appears to be just an escalating situation right now between the united states and the

who now lives qutly in this dirt poor capital city, ere al qaeda stilinspires young men to wage war agnstest. >> lehrer: now marret warner looks at what the yen terrorism conntions mean for guantanamo dainees. >> warr: ever since taking office, president oba has worked to nor his pledge to shut the prison at guantanam bay, cuba. but his januy 2010 deadline has already ipped. w the apparent connection between the suspect in t christmas day pl has raised a new hurdle. nearly 100 yemenis are sll at guantanamobout half the total inmate population remainin there. near half of those yemenis have been cleared for rease. but th was before yesterday's announcement from thpresident. >> gen the unsettled situation, i've spen to the attorney genal and we've agreed thawe will not be trsferring additional detainees back to yemen athis time. >> warner: for retired u. navy commander ki lippold, the desion came not a moment too soon. i'm actual very pleased tha they chose to do that. think it shows that they recognize th the yemini govement is having a very hard time in maintaining ntrol throughout t coun

government closed its embassy in yemen's capital city citing security threats and continued possibility of terrorist violence. britain shut down its embassy as well. cnn's samantha hayes has more from washington tonight. >> reporter: on the southern tip of the arabian peninsula where the red sea meets the indian ocean is yemen, where a strike just last month killed three al qaeda members suspected of targeting the u.s. embassy for attack. cnn learned a fourth was captured with his suicide vest on, according to a senior u.s. military official. now, the u.s. and british embassies have been closed because of continued threats in the area. >> there are indications al qaeda is planning to carry out an attack against target inside sanad, possibly our embassy. >> reporter: president barack obama in his weekly address tied al qaeda operatives in yemen to the attempted bombing of a northwest jet christmas day. the suspect, a 23-year-old nigerian, abdulmutallab, received training. a lack of coordination among u.s. government agencies failed to keep him off the plane. >> there is no smoking gun pi

city. by the way, i'm not to worry that i'm not going to have enough to write about given how well run, efficient california government is. but one of my days in the capital, i'm driving from my apartment to downtown, and all around the city are these yard signs on the union, state employee and proud of it. that just remind you a lot of the people who live in the city are government employees, union members, and they're quite proud of it. then i got into work and i couldn't get my city run parking pass to work in the city rangarajan had to go to city hall, wait in line. people were nice, but that kind of surprised me. but as this bureaucracy, then i headed to the post office where the post office in downtown sacramento, you have to go through security gates to go to the post office to mail a letter. so there are three security guards standing there putting my stuff through an x-ray machine. and i waited in line, and i told the clerk that i wanted to get a post office box because i'm in the middle of moving. and he wouldn't give it to me because i needed to current address identifications to get a post office box, which i explain to him, if i had to curren

and i've covered government down here in orange county but now that i'm up in sacramento, the capital city, the den of inequity -- i don't know. i thought i would head up to this place. it's a nice city but it's really a government city. by the way, i'm not too worried that i won't have enough to write about california. all around the city are these yard signs from the sciu union, state employee and proud of it. and that just reminds you of the -- a lot of the people who live in the city are union members and they are quite proud of it. then i got into work and i couldn't get my city-run parking a pass to work in the city run garage and i had to go to city hall and wait in line. and people were nice. but that kind of surprised me. but of this bureaucracy but then i headed to the post office in downtown sacramento you have to go through the security gates to go to the post office to mail a letter and there is three security guards standing there putting my stuff through an x-ray machine and i waited in line and i told the clerk that i wanted to get a post office box because i'm in the middl

it comes jusover a week after taliban gunmenaunched an assault on kul that brought e capital city to a standstill the los anges city council gaveinal approval to close most shops that sell medal marijuana. the are currently between 800 and a thousa pot clinics operating acro l.a. but undethe new rules, that number wilbe capped at 70. mayor antonio villargosa still has to give his apoval for the ordinance take effect. on wall stet today, stocks made early gai, but those fadein the closing minutes of trading. e dow jones industrial avera st more than two pointto close 10, 194. the nasd fell seven points to close over,203. formerepublican senator charles maias has died at his home in maland of complicaons from parkinson's disee. mathiarepresented the state of marylandor 26 years in both the house and senate untilis retirementn 1987. as aiberal republican, he champion civil rights, opposed thnixon administration's policy on the vietnam war,nd work to clean up the chesapeake bay. mathias was 87 yearsld. thosare some of the day's main storie i'll be ba at the end of the program with a prev

. >> sreenivasan: it hit 14 miles from the capital city of port-au-prince. the u.s. geo logical survey said it had a magnitude of 7.0. reports that a hospital collapsed and that people were screaming for help. the quake also triggered a tsunami watch across parts of the caribbean. moments ago i spoke with dale grant of the usgs in golden, colorado. >> approximately an hour ago 4:55 local time which is the same as eastern standard time, we had a magnitude 7.0 quake in the haiti area. approximately 15 miles west of port-au-prince haiti. now that is a very large population center of at least 917,000 people. this is one of the... well, it is the largest quake that we have seen in this area. it has the potential of pretty catastrophic damage. we've already had reports from cnn that a hospital in port-au-prince has collapsed entirely. this is an area that doesn't receive quakes of this magnitude all that often. and we are expecting that there be significant damage. there have been two fairly strong aftershocks of 5.9 and of 5.5, which is what we would expect. we would expe

particular attention to employment and improvement in agriculture to try to move people out of the capital city, if possible. but within the city, housing is going to be a key element. host: how you do that when the median age of haitians is 20 years old and 54% live on less than a dollar a day and illiteracy is estimated at 44%. guest: of the needs are extraordinary in haiti. you can look at any of the key areas and find a glaring need for improvement. the it security, be it education, health, housing, infrastructure, governments -- all of these are areas that require considerable input and they basically have to be dealt with almost at the same time. you can't do just one of them. you can't put all of your eggs in one basket. you have to do a broad approach, starting perhaps with the security and dealing with the immediate crisis but quickly improving government and the ability of the haitian government to deliver services across the board, looking at all of these important health and social indicators which need to be dealt with. host: we are talking about the u.s. role in rebuilding haiti.

>> we start with jimmy carter, who gave me my first good job in this capital city. there's a photograph that you may have seen in association with this one. when jimmy carter became president, there was only one woman on a federal appellate bench in the entire country. jimmy carter was determined to change the complexion of the u.s. judiciary. there is a photograph that shows president carter in october 1980, when he may have sensed that he would lose the election, but he held a reception for women he had appointed to the bench and said that he hoped he would be remembered for changing the face of the u.s. judiciary. he chose people of the very best quality, but people who had not been looked for before. after he said that, no president ever retreated from that until president reagan was determined to be the president who appointed the first woman to this court, as he did. he made a splendid choice in justice sandra day o'connor. it was president carter had decided that the federal judiciary should draw on the talent of all the people of the great united states and

particular attention to employment and improvements in agriculture try to move people out of the capital citypossible. but within the city housing is going to be a key element. >> host: how median age of hait0 years old. and the 54% of haitians live on less than a dollar a day and illiteracy is at 44%. >> guest: you can look at any of the key areas and find a glaring need for improvement. be it security. be it education. health. housing. infrastructure. governance. all of these are areas that require considerable inputs. and they basically have to be dealt with almost at the same time. you can't do just one of them. you can't put all of your eggs in one basket. you've got to take a broad approach. starting perhaps with security and dealing with the immediate crisis. but quickly improving government and the ability of the haitian government to deliver services and then across-the-board looking at all of these important health and social indicators. which need to be dealt with. >> host: we're talking about the u.s. role in rebuilding haiti. tupelo, mississippi, helena, a republican, you're the

intelligence indicates that four suicide bombers are either on their way or already inside of yemen's capital city. just outside of sanaa today, government forces are clashes and say several have been killed. yemeni forces are gearing up for more intense fighting in the coming days. yemen has thousands and thousands of regular army soldiers and also hundreds and hundreds of security forces, many who the u.s. is trying to train now. additional u.s. special forces are now in yemen to help with counterterrorist training and to provide intelligence and fire power. the general in charge of the security forces says al qaeda is more dangerous than ever. >> the idea is to offer the whole yemen, in one spot of yemen, al qaeda want the whole yemen. and not only to stay on yemen, but to spread all over the world, and to exploit terrorists. >> reporter: meanwhile, they're trying to retrace the steps of umar farouk abdulmutallab. we spoke to those who knew abdulmutallab who study there had just months ago. >> he definitely believed in that, but there was nothing extreme about it. >> reporter: but officials sai

embassy, after intelligence reports indicated that al qaeda terrorists there planned attacks in the capital city. >> both the u.s. and the british embassies have been closed to give the yemeni government an opportunity to thwart the threat and the plans that are afoot right now. >> reporter: the move comes a day after president obama said the man accused of the attempted airplane bombing prepared for the attack in yemen. >> al qaeda and the yemen pennsylvania trained him. >> reporter: just after christmas, al qaeda in yemen called for attacks on western embassy there is. u.s. officials say there's no discussion now of american military strikes against suspected terror sites in yemen. but the obama administration is sending more money to the government there in counterterrorism aid. >> republican senator jim dement joins us now. >> happy new year to you, matt, good morning. >> one of president obama's chief counterterrorism officials said when it comes to flight 253 and the attempt to blow it up, there is no smoking gun and no single piece of evidence that should have alerted officials to the att

the capital city problems continue to grow as people do not have access to goods. if resources are not more strategically distributed, the security situation on the ground could rapidly deteriorate. medical teams must also remain vigilant. respite trade affections and typhoid -- thousands more -- respiratory affections and typhoid could kill thousands more if steps are not taken to mitigate risks. the immediate goals -- in light of over 50 aftershocks with magnitude of 4.0 or greater, it is -- the structure of homes and buildings as critical for the future of the population. before entering the u.s. and earning his doctorate degree in structural engineering, specializing in salvation and water resources, my brother carl worked as an engineer in port- au-prince, and building codes at that time did not exist, and construction practices were geared to withstand hurricane wind forces and not earthquakes. you know it is appropriate to compare this recovery effort to the message learned after the september 11 destruction at the world trade center, after hurricane ike and

city and the great way of the world. mayors like ivan allan who helped transform the capital of the new south. building infrastructure for businesses and bridges between people. mayors like jackson and young who help created public projects like marta by bringing unprecedented private investment and jobs into our city. and mayors like shier refrankton who continue to make sure that the state, the nation, and the world knew that atlanta was open for business. even when it was tough. and in the process, we never forget the least of these and the people who need the help the most. those leaders built a city. [applause] >> those leaders help build a city where business opportunity became hallmark. it is not overwhelming but are instead obstacles to overcome. a city where public works and good works go hand in hand with private investment and professional success. those great leaders and countless others who toiled quietly outside of the limelight with no expectation of glory or fame have made atlanta what it was always meant to be, the city on a hill. today the torch has been passed to each and eve

in 2009, the british embassy closed in the capital city on over a dozen occasions. it would not be right to comment on the specifics of this closure, but i do assure the house is kept under regular review to ensure services are maintained. the embassy maintains regular contact with the british community, and with a british nationals who are registered with the embassy. the overall threat level in yemen has not changed. as we made clear and the travel advisory, the threat from terrorism is high and remains of concern. we continue to recommend against all non-essential travel to the country. >> i refer the house to register. my personal interests, having been born and yemen and lived there for nine years, in welcoming the london conference, will the foreign secretary state precisely what additional support has been given to yemen as a result of this recent initiative? can you also confirm that all the money pledged to yemen in november, 2006, in london, has been paid over. can we stop referring to yemen as a failed state? çit has the capacity toç failf britain, amer

applause] >> afghanistan's logar province is a a mostly agricultural region located south of the capital cityabul. freelance journalist david axe was embedded there with the u.s. army in october and november. he accompanied u.s. troops as they patrolled some of the villages in the province and worked to expand security in the area. >> prior to 2009, there wasn't much of a coalition presence in logar. there were about 100 american there. there weren't enough americans to patrol and certainly not enough to keep lofar from being a taliban stronghold. so for years the taliban used lofar as a base to launch attacks northward toward kabul. in late 2008 and early 2009, as more americans joined the coalition, there was that first wave of reinforcements at the end of the bush administration and the beginning of the obama administration and some of those troops reinforced the small contingent in logar. so the coalition presence in logar grew from about 100 guys to about approximate 1,000 and it's still growing. so the coalition is on track to have 1500 guys in logar. this is one of the logar's district

jefferson's concept of the capital city was a city that would remind people of ancient rome or athens. and the architect of the supreme court was very, very comfortable with that idea. although modern architecture reflected people like frank lloyd wright, who would have done something very different, i think that gilbert and have felt jefferson's idea, better than a school of architecture that might have ended up just being a fad. >> it is a little bit more than $10 million. >> it was actually a deflation. they were able to finish it and turn $100,000 over, so it came in under budget. it might have been the only government building in history that came in under budget. he was thoroughly familiar with the plants, and i think he died quite happy with the building that he knew was going to be built. he and the architect, cass gilbert, they corresponded regularly. and when taft was president, he had appointed gilbert to a fine arts commission at the capitol. so gilbert knew what it was about, and he knew what visions jefferson had had. some of the justices did not like it hurt much. some

in 2009, the british embassy closed in the capital city on over a dozen occasions.t be right to comment on the specifics of this closure, but i do assure the house is kept under regular review to ensure services are maintained. the embassy maintains regular contact with the british community, and with a british nationals who are registered with the embassy. the overall threat level in yemen has not changed. as we made clear and the travel advisory, the threat from terrorism is high and remains of concern. we continue to recommend against all non-essential travel to the country. >> i refer the house to register. my personal interests, having been born and yemen and lived there for nine years, in welcoming the london conference, will the foreign secretary state precisely what additional support has been given to yemen as a result of this recent initiative? can you also confirm that all the money pledged to yemen in november, 2006, in london, has been paid over. can we stop referring to yemen as a failed state? çit has the capacity toç failf britain, america and the

here we stand today 40 years later as the mayor of a capital city of atlanta and there's the president-elect of the council. [applause] but, but we must ask ourselves today is our story possible for someone who has come to a clint in 2010 because if we do not make sure that those who follow us have the same opportunities that we had that got us to where we are today then we have failed our city. and after having this taut, phil told me that this year 1 dollar out of every will be dedicated to opening recreation centers. last year and a quarter of a million visited and those dollars are going to open recreation centers for the city of atlanta. we will have action, not words. [applause] turner broadcasting has laid out a challenge that is appropriate. for other businesses that drive in atlanta to contribute to making sure our young people have the opportunities that they need to go as high as their intellect and their hard work will take them. this value brings me to my third area of responsibility, the responsibility to our future. we are a city with one of the youngest populations in the nat

called westwood, he went to benjamin and here we stand today, 40 years later, as the mayor of the capital city atlanta, as the president-elect of the council. [applause] but what we must ask ourselves today, is our story possible for someone coming to atlanta in 2010? because if we do not make sure that those who follow us have the same opportunities that we had that got to us where we are today, then we have failed our city. and after having this talk, phil kent told me that this year, $1 out of every cnn tour will be dedicated to opening recreation centers. last year a quarter of a million people visited cnn . those dollars are going to open the recreation centers for the city of atlanta. we have actions not words. [applause] turner broadcasting has laid down the challenge that's appropriate. for other businesses that thrive in atlanta to contribute to making sure our young people have the opportunities that they need to go as high as their intellect and their hard work will take them. this value brings me to my third area of responsibility. the responsibility to our future. we are a city wi

however, tensions in the capital city and the countryside continue to grow as many families do not haveccess to food and other basic goods. the escalation of frustration is already inducing violence. and if resources are not more strategically distributed around the country, the security situation on the ground could rapidly deteriorate. medical teams must also remain vigilant about infections, acceptis, malaria, tetanus and typhoid as thousands more could die if conditions are not monitored and steps are not taken to mitigate risk. in the shocks of 4.5 and greater, the integrity of the remaining homes and buildings is absolutely critical for the future safety of the population. before entering the u.s. and earning his doctorate degree in structure engineering, specializing in foundations and water resources, my brother carl worked as an engineer in port-au-prince and building codes at that time did not exist. and construction practices were geared to withstand hurricane wind forces and not earthquakes. in order to forecast the magnitude and hence the cost of rubble and disposable it's

the capital city problems continue to grow as people do not have access to goods. if resources are not more strategically distributed, the security situation on the ground could rapidly deteriorate. medical teams must also remain vigilant. respite trade affections and typhoid -- thousands more -- respiratory affections and typhoid could kill thousands more if steps are not taken to mitigate risks. the immediate goals -- in light of over 50 aftershocks with magnitude of 4.0 or greater, it is -- the structure of homes and buildings as critical for the future of the population. before entering the u.s. and earning his doctorate degree in structural engineering, specializingvati and water resources, my brother carl worked as an engineer in port- au-prince, and building codes at that time did not exist, and construction practices were geared to withstand hurricane wind forces and not earthquakes. you know it is appropriate to compare this recovery effort to the message learned after the september 11 destruction at the world trade center, after hurricane ike and hurrican

in 2009, the british embassy closed in the capital city on over a dozen occasions.uld not be right to comment on the specifics of this closure, but i do assure the house is kept under regular review to ensure services are maintained. the embassy maintains regular contact with the british community, and with a british nationals who are registered with the embassy. the overall threat level in yemen has not changed. as we made clear and the travel advisory, the threat from terrorism is high and remains of concern. we continue to recommend against all non-essential travel to the country. >> i refer the house to register. my personal interests, having been born and yemen and lived there for nine years, in welcoming the london conference, will the foreign secretary state precisely what additional support has been given to yemen as a result of this recent initiative? can you also confirm that all the money pledged to yemen in november, 2006, in london, has been paid over. can we stop referring to yemen as a failed state? çit has the capacity toç failf britain, america an

what is the effect outside of the capital city?est: if we had a map -- you see the country of haiti. port-au-prince is over here. all this area has been hit. i do not have all the estimates, but so far more than 70,000 bodies. the estimate is it could reach 150,000. host: that is over all. in the finger? guest: in the figure -- port-au- prince was -- finger -- port-au- prince was hit the hardest. churches, buildings, everything fell. we do not know exactly how many people, but in total, maybe 150,000. host: is aid getting to communities outside port-au- prince? guest: by now, yes. the reason that we could not get out there faster, in the southwest, is because the roads were bockelocked. now that they have been cleared, aid is moving again. host: i want to show you this picture from "usa today." it shows one line at a food distribution center. are you suggesting to them that they should stay there even if they do not have basic supplies? should they try to leave the city? try to leave the country? guest: i keep saying this, and i me

creation of jobs in london and we are always looking what we can do to create more jobs in this capital city >> to my honorable friend [inaudible] -- from our constituents to the doctors and nurses meeting exact targets. today we reported because of the use of more people surviving cancer more are prone to health problems. what can my friend do to ensure they get the advice and help? >> the macmillan board is something very special in our country and very much appreciated. i believe the advances we are making in cancer care particularly if people are detected early and particularly if people are able to go through the screening process it means lots of lives otherwise lost are being saved but i appreciate there is after care and there is considerable aftercare necessary even after many years and i'm determined we continue to support it. i would have to say though that the best way we can help deal with cancer problems in our country is to make sure we do not lose the guarantee that you can see a specialist immediately and to move toward the one we guarantee that you will be diagnosed and giv

obviously, there are -- there's the u.n., there are ngos, there's millions of haitians in the capital citywant to make sure that we're doing all that we can right now, in this window of time, to get materials and assets as quickly as possible there to assist in that search and rescue. we know that there are likely people trapped, still trapped in this rubble, that have a good chance if we can get to them. i think that's what our primary focus is right now. >> and on the bank fees, the president expressed outrage today about the resurgence of wall street bonuses. how can the administration practically get these banks to roll back bonuses or hold down on them, and to use that money to repay the bailout funds as he suggested? >> well, the second part i don't -- ç>> well, he said that they should roll back their bonuses, then use that money to pay the bailout funds, instead of passing it on to the customers. ç>> well, let me go through -- there's a number of different questions. first and foremost, the president discussed today his proposal for a financial crisis responsibility fee. taxpayer

. >> afp'istan lowingat province is near the capital city of kabul.there in october a company u.s. troops they patrolled villages and worked to expand security in the area. >> prior to 2009 there wasn't much of a coalition presence here. not enough to patrol and certar'ly not enough to keep it from being taliban strong hold so for years the taliban used i as a base to launch attacks ull. base to launch attacks to kashgs bull. as more americans joined the coalition. there's that first wave at the beginning of the president barack obama administration and% some troops enforced the small in ten against there and so the low square low squgar grew so i have like 1500 if guys in logar. one of the districts here is, well when the army moved securiáy here they identified this most amenable district forgeting a good hold in logar and as a result this is a safest district. that is most american troops and most afghan troops and best security. you see a lot of off on effects as new businesses get started and people are getting back to work. the army still has se

s, millions of haitians in the capital city and time is critical to ensure those safety efforts. we want to make sure we are doing all that we can right now in this window of time to get materials and assets as quickly as possible there to assist in that search and rescue. we know there are likely people still trapped in the rubble that have a good chance if we can get to them. i think that's what our primary focus is right now. >> on bank fees, the president expressed outrage about the wall street bonuses. how can the administration practically get these banks to roll bank on that money to repay bailout funds as he suggests? >> well, the second part of that -- >> should roll back their bonuses and use that money to pay back the bailout money instead of passing it onto the customers? >> first and foremost, the president discussed today his proposal for financial crisis responsibility fee. you heard the president discuss ensuring that taxpayers that acted quickly to deal with quite frankly the wreckage left by excessive risk taking and its threat to our financial and economic syst

please sign up outside with your e-mail address so we can keep you informed >> located south of the capital city, david ax was embedded with the u.s. army in the district in october-november. he followedst troops as they work to extend services to the farmers of the area and connect them with the afghan government. >> rocky barack is a district or sub division of a province. i think there's i don't know 100,000 people in the district. it's a farming community, so 80%-90% of the folks there either grow wheat or corn or raise animals, gets to, sheep, cows. traditionally baracky brock grows most of the food people in kabul eat. it's about a two-hour drive. the troops there, in fact represent reinforcement, because a year ago there were 100 americans in the province. now there are 1,000. when there were 100 they couldn't do anything. they sat in one little base and looked around. that's all they could do. no local development work or training up the afghans now they have enough troops to do some work tan colonel there from the division decided he was going to identify the population centers in low g