and catherine t. macarthur foundation. union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can they do for you? >> >"bbc world news." >> this week's headlines. we failed to connect the dots. president obama. metts serious shortcomings and analysis -- immense -- he admits shortcomings on intelligence. across the northern hemisphere. severe cold weather causing chaos, disrupting transports. million steel the chill of the big freeze. an egyptian soldier is shot dead at the gaza strip. reaching for the sky. dubai shakes off weeks of economic turmoil to unveil the world's tallest building. >> welcome to this week, a review of the major news story seen here on bbc world news. this week president obama detailed the mistakes that failed to stop the man accused of trying to blow up a plane on christmas day. he said u.s. intelligence received leads about the umar farouk abdulmutallab, but failed to share them and act on them quickly. since

catherine y catherine passed away at her home in greenville, delaware weather family by her side. more of our top stories in just 20 minutes. >>> health care reform by next month, maybe? could be ready for president obama's signature if he gets his way. >> what still needs to happen, though, a big question there. our deputy political director paul stain haw paul stein hauser is taking a look at that. >>> betty and t.j., working on two different health care reform bills merging into one. president obama talked with the top four democrats in congress this wast past week. in the next few days he meets with the entire house democratic delegation, so expect the white house to stay very involved in the health care talks. congressional democrats would love to have a finished and approved bill by the time the president gives his state of the union address early next month. that could be you have tough be two bills have a lot of important differences to overcome. rather than the traditional route of a committee, congressional democrats are going it alone. they say they're doing that to pre

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my sister catherine lutz is a professor and apology. she brings an approach and i'm not a teacher and a writer but i spent many years as a banker and as a marketer of consumer product. we thought if we tackled as together we could bring some insight, some insight that hadn't been brought to the subject. and we embarked on a research which took us across the country from exerting housing developers that were being carved out a pro-countryside in tennessee, to detroit, to visit gm and go to its proving ground in beaufort. we traveled to see the used car lots in the inner cities that we traveled to ottawa shows at auto museums and we spoke to a variety of people with expertise around the car, and around the ancillary services that are provided. and those who work to mitigate against some of the negative effects of the car. but mostly we talked to ordinary people, the owners, buyers, the drivers, the 244 million cars that ply our roadways. and really of course our research started earlier. as all of ours do, with the family car, and this is

catherine callaway is in atlanta showing us how people who need heat are finding shelter from the cold. >> trying to stay with people and when you have kids and things, it is kind of hard. >> reporter: just a month ago, toyia had a job and a home, a safe refuge for her four children. today, two of the kids are living with relatives. the younger ones are here with her at gateway center for the homeless. she was working in customer service and in an instant her job was gone. >> all of a sudden one day they came in and said we're going out of business. and a month later i was unemployed and i started receiving unemployment, but it wasn't enough to keep my bills and the rent paid. >> reporter: she has been at gateway about two weeks, receiving food, diapers and a warm home base. but the work of finding a job in this weather and in this job market is brutal. >> it took, like, 15, 20-minute walk to the library in the freezing cold so i could go and prepare my resume. and by the time we did that, i didn't even want to go and try to fill out applications with my kids because it was so cold. >>

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in atlanta, and catherine, joining us now, give us an idea how people are enduring this.t kind of special conditions are being made at particular shelters? >> reporter: well, as you know, this is a deadly weather for people without a home, and here at the gateway center, we're seeing more than 500 people at any time at this center. it is the largest in the area. it is much more than just the tloom i am in. there's several floors above me and a family center next door, and they're up about 20%, more people here than are usually here, and the cold weather has brought them in. that combined with this economy, fredricka, has been just devastating for so many people, and i want you to meet someone. this is toria metcalf and this is her little boy. terion, too cute. won the hearts of everyone here, and this is one of four children that she has. you actually have four kids. >> yes. >> reporter: two had you to send to live with your father and your little daughter is behind us. we'll show her in a moment, but tell us what brought you here to the center? you've been here about a w

catherine lutz is an anthropology professor at brown university. she has written or edited nine books. >> we are at west virginia university speaking with professor daniel shapiro about his book, is the welfare state justified? so let's start at the end that if you will, is the welfare state justify? >> probably not but i should explain a little bit what i mean by that. out the first one i mean by the welfare state, by the welfare state i mean programs like national health insurance, social security, sometimes called social insurance program and government welfare and when i say probably not what i do in the book is interesting i think is i look at the values and principles of people who defend the welfare state and take their values and the reasons they give it so i'm in philosophy, various positions and that support it. to skip technical terms i will say people feel it is fairness or protecting the poor, providing a sense of community and i argue that a given their values if you compare those institutions with feasible more market-based alternati

catherine's and my mother picked me up one day from school as she really did and she said get in the car we are going to that house pour's house. kid raised in church, going to catholic school, the only name i had ever heard like that was in the bible, in scriptures i thought this is a bible retreat we are going on? [laughter] is there a bible lesson? i would soon find out so we get to this neighborhood. my mother gets out of the car and takes me with her. i was about probably nine, eight, nine, 10-years-old. she rang the doorbell several times. a pretty woman with long and curly brown hair finally answered the door. i was struck by how much she resembled my mother. tell my husband to come out here my mother yelled. the woman answered i don't know what you're talking about and slammed the door. i could see the rage building in my mother's fist and across her face. she backed off the steps and screen towards the window in the second floor. william pitts, you s.o.b., bring your but outside right now. i've edited the language just a little bit. [laughter] there was silence so she said i

fred, but when i got on the air, catherine and i were talking and i said that i do not know how much she want me to talk about her or what. somehow, mrs. fred just sprang from my imagination one day. ching lao is just a joke. i wanted to express that this could not possibly be her name. someone thought i had adopted a korean child. >> does your wife listen? >> >> all the time. she is scrupulous in her comments. she occasionally fills in for me. >> how long can you keep this up at 2:00 a.m? >> that is a very good question. as much as i like it, over time, this is going to have some health consequences. i like being on radio, but i cannot be sure how long i will be able to sustain morning radio. morning radio is prime-time radio. drive time is the equivalent of 8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. on tv. having said that, there are times when i say that i would not say no to a 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. show. >> any more public office? >> for me? >> yes. >> as much as i enjoyed it , it is interesting -- i do not think i am alone in this. i see congress distancing itself. i see talk radio moving in to fill

catherine, how was this experience for you? >> it is an intrinszic right.ve the right to pray in mocks but because of cultural reasons the older generation in some mosques in this country are excluding us. >> you are not supposed to show your face. >> we are not asking for the rights in the mosque. >> this is absolutely the right time for women within islam to be having these debates. more and more women were allowed to have a greater role in muslim community it would help temper some of the extremism which is ruining things for the whole community. >> how delicate is the situation in england? >> i think the situation is incredibly delicate. the majority of muslims in this country are very passionate about their religion but they're also moderate people. they're passionate about their lives they've created for themselves in britain. >> like aiysha and her family who made a cross cultural leap when they moved from india to scotland. >> when my dad first moved to glasgow one of his patients said what are you? i'm a muslim. what kind? a celtic muslim. >> footb

. >> catherine herridge takes us where reporters have never gone before. >> how tough is it? >> behind the scenes with the fbi at the biggest party of the ye year. >> but first almost a year after president obama took office, those in charge of keening us safe when we fly do not have a boss. running the transportation security administration. now, one week after the attempted bombing of northwest flight 253 there is brand new trouble. errol southers admitting he inadvertently misled a hearing only after a day the committee approved him. molly henneberg live in washington with more, molly, what's changed in his story? >> hi, gregg, initially southers, a fbi agent told a senate committee he asked a police department employee to look into some law enforcement records on his then estranged wife's new boyfriend and that was back in the late '80s. later southers told the committee that he personally had looked into those confidential records, what he now calls a grave error in judgment. southers wrote to the senators, quote, this incident was over 20 years ago, i was distraught and

the field staff and ground crew who prepared the infrastructure for king performance and my wife catherine and i were in mali until the week of the anniversary with some of his colleagues and somebody i spent time with, willie was one of the extraordinary of these characters who was beaten and scarred and when king preached about it is better to live with a scarred body than scarred sold. he was talking about the stuff character is paved the way for the moral argument to get people to get the guts to walk over the bridge in selma, to walk out of the church door in birmingham knowing there were konar and his people were on the outside. so when king is in selma he says wyche had come to king and he gives the same answers he gives the ministers and the rabbi who criticized the men birmingham which are all theological and morally universalist answers. in her justice here is justice anywhere and he quotes again tillich but in selma he adds something different. all i am here because my people are suffering. and this phrase, "my people," and king was shifting out of the economic freedom, he was c

catherine eugene jean finnegan biden was defined as a remarkable woman. she is the daughter of ambrose and geraldine finnegan. growing up in pennsylvania in the collective embrace of her four brothers who she adored, jerry, bosey and her jackie. certain in their love, secure and their protection and nurtured by their loyalty and affection. by their words and their deeds they instilled a sense of self-confidence and competence allowing her to learn and trust her instincts and never be afraid to take risks knowing she was any man or woman's equals. as long as i can remember in scranton mom was referred to by her family, her extended family, her friends and neighbors as our jean. it's kind scranton thing as the scrantonians know. that was at least until she met the man she referred to as the most handsome man she ever met, joe biden from wilmington delaware, our dad. in our view, mom was the sole spirit in essence of what it meant to be an irish-american mother. devoted to a roman catholic faith, proud of her irish heritage, fiercely protective of her family

would she be mad that louisa catherine for defying her own wishes that the money should go to women? that is a possibility but it is also possible that, when louisa katherine, a married woman, took that money and gave it not to husband, not to were husband to but two were three sons, and did so on her own authority, that what she was doing was affirming what abigail had always insisted on and what the law denied, and that was the money was hers. one last thing. the document you are holding if you are good at reading the handwriting you can see she says in the very first line she is distributing this property by and with the consent of for husband, john adams, but, his signature does not appear anywhere on the document. so it is not a legal document that any court is bound to respect. tense so, john adams would have been perfectly within his rights in taking that document and throwing it in the fire. and i am thrilled to be able to tell you that john adams carried that document out to the letter. this is the most illustrious couple in the american revolutionary era. they are famous fo

as you said, my name is catherine pierce and i the acting director of the justice department offices on violence against women. it was enacted almost 15 years ago and i'm i want to talk about the challenges ahead. i want to personally thank the chairman and committee staff who worked so closely. this bill contains a number of much-needed amendments to improve aw -- avwa. we provide funding to states, tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to assist communities and encourage them to come up with innovative strategies. we are grateful to congress for responding to all victims of violence against women including victims of sexual assault. we are pleased to report that this year for the first time, they will make an award. o.v.w. has increased its efforts to respond to the serious crime of stalking. in january this year, the department released a special report which confirmed stalking is pervasive. women are at high risk of being stalked. as the nations' understanding of domestic violence, stalking has increased. these forms of violence affect all age groups and violence within

wonderful reading the stories much.e can't forget.very [applause] in the book carjacked authors catherine anne and anne lutz are due gasoline are not the onl problems presented by america's love of cars. ms. anne lutz speaks at the library in new haven, connecticut. [applause] >> thank you. hello. i would like to thank and elm street books and the library for inviting me to speak tonight and thank you for coming to listen. my name is anne lutz fernandez and i wanted to share our decision to write the book of where that came from and it all happened a few miles from here at my home in norwalk over thanksgiving weekend about four years ago. my sister and i were there. our family had gathered and from various points driven of course to norwalk and my driveway was filled with cars and spent a beautiful weekend celebration in but invariably as has happened in the prior few years the conversation turned to the loss of our cousin christi in a car crash and shortly after we lost christi i lost a good friend in a highway crash and the two losses had a profound affect on their lives and we started

the assignment was find a social issue and take some action. 16-year-old catherine young wanted to helpe national debt, so she hold a bake sale. >> at first, i wasn't serious about it, but when i thought about it, it would be a powerful statement to make to the government, the nation, kids around the school. because the national debt's a serious problem and i don't think it's handled as one. >> all her goodies sold out in just 12 minutes. she's raised about 50 bucks and awareness about the debt. >>> this weekend, las vegas is a high-tech haven. joe carter is there and takes a look at something that soon, you may not be able to do without. >> reporter: the biggest story this year, 3-d tvs. ryan, editor with cnet, what do you see is going to wow us? >> i hate to say it, but 3-d tv. i'm kind of an i don't get it guy. i think it's for an audience that watches a certain kind of content. but i don't think we're going to put on goggles to swatch a weekly scripted drama. might be shot in 3-d, but i don't want to put goggles on all the time. and a lot of consumers don't want to go buy a new tv r