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i'm referring to "charlotte simmons," and i'm wondering if you transgendered into "charlotte simmons,if you think this is any hope for young college women -- i'm a college teacher -- and i'm wondering if you think there's hope for college women these days? >> you mean in general terms? when i wrote "i am charlotte simmons," i went to many different colleges, and it was not meant to be duke. [laughter] but my daughter was at duke, and i'd named it dupont, sort of close to duke. and i had gotten the architecture like duke, but honestly, it was supposed to be entirely fictional. anyway, the saying among undergraduates at that time -- except at duke -- was if she doesn't come across on the fourth date, that's it. today it's a little different. if she doesn't come across by the second date. and i was talking to one student, i was bringing this up recently, and he said what's this about dates? [laughter] and maybe that's it. but now this was a theory that i think is worth paying attention to. i think it was oscar corral's theory. tell me if i'm right, oscar. the ubiquity, the use everywhere

both charlotte and an drea did as well. charlotte at 15 years and joe airna and i 15 years. that's how we got in this program. we practiced very hard. very, very hard we practiced everyday and we have been been in india practicing 8 times where our teacher is from. yes. >> yes. >> well there are similarities all of southeast asia. we performed in bali with a group. it's a story from the [inaudible] and so the indian epiics actually the indian epiics for very common in cambodia and bali and thailand and there is a different aesthetic. all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has

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this family of five organized the charlotte branch of the national group kids against hunger. >> likehis, and open the bag. >> reporter: where volunteers of all ages pack meals for the hungry. >> just like feels really good because i know that they're going to get a meal tonight. >> reporter: 16-year-old alec does his part, so does older brother jeffrey. >> it's surprising especially since i never thought it would have been like this. >> reporter: their 14-year-old sister abbey tallies the results. >> a lot of kids lives have been saved from the food that we've packed. >> reporter: six meals per bag, mixture including rice and soy, paid for by donations from schools, churches and local businesses. >> we started off thinking we'd do one a month and we have a whole slate of different packing events coming up, sort of gets addictive to want to do it. >> reporter: about 10% of the meals stay in charlotte. the rest are shipped elsewhere, to places like haiti and central america. the yeough family partnered with an international relief agency, to spend many of the meals to children in nicar

i'm referring to "charlotte simmons," and i'm wondering if you transgendered into "charlotte simmons,if you think this is any hope for young college women -- i'm a college teacher -- and i'm wondering if you think there's hope for college women these days? >> you mean in general terms? when i wrote "i am charlotte simmons," i went to many different colleges, and it was not meant to be duke. [laughter] but my daughter was at duke, and i'd named it dupont, sort of close to duke. and i had gotten the architecture like duke, but honestly, it was supposed to be entirely fictional. anyway, the saying among undergraduates at that time -- except at duke -- was if she doesn't come across on the fourth date, that's it. today it's a little different. if she doesn't come across by the second date. and i was talking to one student, i was bringing this up recently, and he said what's this about dates? [laughter] and maybe that's it. but now this was a theory that i think is worth paying attention to. i think it was oscar corral's theory. tell me if i'm right, oscar. the ubiquity, the use everywhere

this is what makes us so happy, charlotte, to be in our great city.ng we're so lunge to be in san francisco. thanking george again for his leadership. it's an honor to host this. anita and i are so lucky to be in this city and be the mayor of the city. the intelligence and the fortitude to have everybody working together and advance on the celebration and preparedness and to celebrate the humanitarian assistance that our forces have. and with that, if i may, i would like to welcome up someone who had the distinguished career in the united states navy, and also has welcomed me aboard the u.s.s. macon a couple times this week, but also i want to single out my interests in his past, not only has he had so much leadership in the u.s. navy, but i note for you this man has had practice of landing on our aircraft carrier some 1067 times. admiral beman, please come forward. >> we didn't get a chance to do this last evening. the mayor has as busy a schedule as anyone in the crowd as all of us collectively. i would like to take the opportunity to present a plaq

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my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan. those were happy times and years later became a happy tomic with me, convinced early on that my father inhabited a magic world. a few years ago, while listening to a recording of cuban blues by chico, i remembered in new york in those stories of the 40's that chico and my father met at club cuba in manhattan and again in havana in the mid-50's. the sessions of chico's

the exceptions are around charlotte. no issues out there. this is the quietest weather pattern we've seen for a while. that storm we were talking about for tuesday and wednesday, it appears to be further offer shore. a little breezy. overall, very little impact for travel and the people recovering from hurricane sandy. >> that is a huge relief. thank you, bill. >>> just ahead, movie night at the white house. the casting crew of "lincoln" is on the guest list. and jon bon jovi's daughter is in hot water and ben affleck's new comments about the sexiest man alive. is a romance in the works? you're watching "first look" on msnbc. the way it moves. the way it cleans. everything about the oral-b power brush is simply revolutionary. oral-b power brushes oscillate, rotate and even pulsate to gently loosen and break up that sticky plaque with more brush movements than manual brushes and even up to 50% more than leading sonic technology brushes for a superior clean. oral-b power brushes. go to oralb.com for the latest offers. maybe you want to incorpo

we all went down to the charlotte motor speedway. first thing we had to do was to learn how to drive all over again. check it out. >> reporter: nascar, where drivers race around the track in speeds of excess of 200 miles per hour. it's very exciting. and very dangerous. simply put, the athletes in this sport are the most skilled drivers on the planet. >> thank you. that is awesome. >> naturally our producers thought it would be a terrific idea to put four of the lead drivers behind the wheel at the charlotte motor speedway. >> welcome to the nascar racing experience. >> the nascar racing experience lets everyday folks experience what it es like to be a nascar driver. >> our journey started in the classroom. >> our number one priority, safety. >> where we got verbal instructions. >> inches off the ground at 150 miles per hour. >> and watched a few videos. we ended the class feeling confident, yet terrified, all at the same time. >> i'm really nervous. >> no time for nerves. >> you want to avoid this. >> the good news, we had professio

. >> reporter: returned to their charlotte home after spending most of the weekend at relatives. meanwhile, fbi investigators continue to pore over broadwell's computer and boxes of evidence taken from her charlotte home, to determine if she had classified information she was not entitled to possess. differing views of whether the decorated army general needs to resign as the director of the cia after his affair with broadwell became public. >> i come from a tradition that believes in the original sin. none of us is perfect. >> her behavior is not acceptable. it's personally unacceptable behavior. >> reporter: his fall from grace has raised questions about how our generals live and their transition to civilian life. four-star generals like petraeus are vournded surrounded by staff, security, chefs which all appear when the uniforms appear. >> you see the stars, one day he takes all of that off. it is a major adjustment. i think we need to look at this transitioning of people. >> and they went on to add that is no excuse for petraeus' behavior. the senator and leading democrat als

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the fbi declined to comment on what they were doing at that home in charlotte. assistant director at the fbi, he is now a cnn contributor, and he is joining us this morning. thank you so much mr. fuentes for joining us. i'd like to begin -- >> thank you for having me. >> i'd like to begin with general allen, if the fbi referred the case to the defense department does that suggest to you that they don't actually see criminal charges here? >> well, it suggests that they only see something that's going to be internal to military, potentially military violations, as opposed to criminal conduct that could be prosecuted in regular criminal court. or security breaches that are also -- would be a violation. so, you know, it would appear that it's strictly an administrative or military matter and that's why they would refer it. >> could we see the next step to that where there could potentially be criminal charges? >> well, there could potentially. they're going to let the army investigate it, and determine what they can find and how they want to proceed, whether it's ch

charlotte schultz. (applause) >> now, this week as you know, there is a lot going on here. and in addition to welcoming you here at the scenier leader seminar, i want to tell you we were so excited that the sls would be here that we decided this weekend to also require the americas cup to celebrate -- to require the san francisco giants to have a play off game, the 49ers to play this weekend, the blue grass festival to be here, the parade, as well as the castro sea fair to coincide and welcome you in style. but i wanted to say a few words about the one thing that keeps me up as the head of the legislative body here in san francisco. the reason why i sit with many of our first responders on our city's disaster council, the reason why a few years ago chief white and i led almost a half a billion dollar bond campaign to rebuild the water, fire, and police infrastructure. about every six months i literally wake up in the middle of the night thinking about what would happen if a disaster struck our city. and i think about this and i think i have these nightmares really for three

observer reports that she moved with husband to charlotte, north carolina about three years ago. according so sources she made trips to afghanistan to interview him unr and his staff for a biography. >>> republicans accuse the white house of failing to provide adequate diplomatic security overseas. now some lawmakers are expressing disappointment that petraeus will not testify and, in fact, the new acting cia director mikemoreell is scheduled to take his place. >> frankly, you want the agency to testify. you want someone who is knowledgeable about the events and what the agency knew, what the agency did and mike morell is fully qualified to do that. atm bass dor chris stevens and three other americans died in that attack in benghazi. >> the president of defense company lockheed martin has forced to resign. he was scheduled to become ceo of the maryland-based company in january. lockheed martin says the relationship violated the company's code of ethics, tempers flare up and down the east coast. >> what do we want? we want power. when do we want it? we want it now. >> hundreds dem

>> i'd have to leave charlotte and i don't want to leave charlotte. i've been married 42 years.e same town as my wife for 22. i think it's time for me to stay home for a while. >> all right, well thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. good to talk to you. >> a man not afraid to mince words and say what he thinks. >>> next, the red cross receiving millions of dollars to help the victims of sandy, but is relief getting to those who need it? plus, how those around petraeus suspected something more than was going on. the warning signs coming up. ♪ [ camera clicks ] ♪ it's hard to resist the craveable nature of a nature valley sweet & salty nut bar. he loves risk. but whether he's climbing everest, scuba diving the great barrier reef with sharks, or jumping into the market, he goes with people he trusts, which is why he trades with a company that doesn't nickel and dime him with hidden fees. so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense, from td amerit

>> i'd have to leave charlotte and i don't want to leave charlotte. i've been married 42 years. lived in the same town as my wife for 22. i think it's time for me to stay home for a while. >> all right, well thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much. good to talk to you. >> a man not afraid to mince words and say what he thinks. we need people like that. >>> "outfront" next, the red cross receiving millions of dollars to help the victims of sandy. but is the relief getting to those who desperately need it? >>> plus, how those around petraeus suspected something more than was going on. the warning signs coming up. about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ it's the cleanest, clearest water. we find the best, sweetest crab for red lob

. >> reporter: returned to their charlotte home, after spending most of the weekend with relatives. mean while, fbi investigators continue to pour over broadwell's computer and boxes of evidence, taken from her charlotte home to determine if she had classified information she was not entitled to possess. this morning, differing views on whether the decorated army general needed to resign as director of cia after petraeus' affair with his biographer, broadwell, became public. >> i come from a tradition that believes in original sin. none of us is perfect. >> behavior is not acceptable, it's personally unacceptable behavior. >> reporter: his fall from grace has raised questions about how our leading generals live. and their transition to civilian life. four-star generals are surrounded by staff, security teams, valets and chefs, which all disappear when they take off the uniform. >> you see the medals he has. you see the stars. one day, he takes all of that off. it is a major adjustment. i think we need to look at this transitioning of people. >> reporter: feinstein added that is no e