they went to complete -- went to chattanooga. the new network allows them to do this and maintain all of the relationships they had with silicon valley and new york which was the best of both worlds as far as they are concerned. part of this is to help figure out how to have all of the entrepreneurs get access to the resources, not just locally, but worldwide. and the second part of this is in the knowledge economy that we're going into lifelong learning is critical. i know you've heard about this to some extent. it'll really no longer just a nice to have. so much effort has gone to the k-12. we forget about later on. they need to keep their skills up. we started to talk to the library about having them take on the role of organizing all of the education and training that exists on the internet and most of it in the form of video that can be now be delivered. and taking all of that stuff and organized it for people in the city so that they can go to the library and say, look, i need to learn this or that and they can immediately

courts on impressive new volkswagen factory in chattanooga, tennessee. this is built as part of the ambitious goal to become the world's largest automaker. this is another chapter in the american dream, but this time is being written by volkswagen. the u.s. market is the cornerstone of its expansion. they are making their reputation for excellence a major selling point in america. they're looking to produce cars using the exact same standards but at the outset, it was a clash of cultures. and factory workers in viewed with a very american values. >> they think that is the overriding state of mind. this is borne out of a uniquely european mindset. there is a passion for detail. >> the german precision and engineering and the american dream, a powerful combination that often produces striking results. in november, 2009, angela merkel visited washington, d.c. to make good on a rare honor and address a joint session of congress. she told a very personal story of revision of america. >> for much of my life, the land with unlimited opportunity was the land of

chattanooga comes along.e of cities we could work on to do this project, and it came along. mary did not mention, but there is an annual award for the most intelligent communities in the world. they were in this year plus top seven. most of the actual cities that were in the top seven were not american. which is typical. we're back word about this compared to the rest of the world. in addition to the deed of light -- gigabyte network, hundreds of times more than the home, thehave now comeat city has a tremendous quality of life. it is a real human scale that is hard to appreciate unless you go. there is a visionary mayor, a civic culture that works, functioning, and an active entrepreneurial committee unity. there's a local foundation that is helping the city revitalized itself. the chamber of commerce, and we have been talking about a variety of things we can start to do to demonstrate feature oriented economic approaches. one account -- one aspect of this is connecting the community with video and other way

cbs news, chattanooga. >>> man suspected of robbing a south bay bank was found near the crime scene readinger. a detective in mountain view spotted lawrence today at this starbucks on castro street. a half an hour after the bank robbery. he went to the bathroom. when he came out, he had on different clothes and his facial hair was completely shaved off. police arrested him and recovered the $1100 he allegedly stole. >>> all right ms. roberta, it's the weekend. what do you have? >> first of all, we have a will the of people happy it's the weekend. in fact, they are so happy they are outside dancing. this is dancing under the stars. it's an annual event that returns to jack london square every friday night at 8:30 and it will take place each and every friday until august 26. i think i can do that. one step, two step, and those folks out there notice the increasing clouds. they will be lurking tomorrow morning. coastal clouds during the afternoon hours and lots of sunshine inland. temperatures will be close to today except right here. but take a look at officials. 6:00 in the morning, lots of

armen keteyian, cbs news, chattanooga. >> pelley: here's something we found amazing about the war ons. in the last 30 years, the number of people jailed in this country for drug offenses has increased more than 1,400%. look at this. in 1980, more than 23,000 drug convicts were behind bars, but by 2008 it was more than 346,000. some of the most striking images we've seen today came from argentina-- a resort town is buried under a foot of ash from an erupting volcano in chile. people are using wheelbarrows to clean it up. it's all happening at the start of argentina's ski season and tourists are staying away. all the children at one camp have lost parents. how they're helping each other, next in steve hartman's "assignment america." [ waves crashing ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here. a new chance for all of us: people, companies, communities to face the challenges yesterday left behind and the ones tomorrow will bring. prudential. bring your challenges. and the ones tomorrow will bring. hey! hey! hey! that's our snack machine. you should try something new. activia

reasons success is one why volkswagen last week opened its north american manufacturing plant in chattanooga, and why honda, and toyota, bmw, kia, mercedes-benz, hyundai and thousands of suppliers have chosen southeastern right to work states for their plants. according to the chief of the boeing company, "an unintended consequence of the boeing complaint is that forward thinking ceos also would be reluctant to place new plants in unionized states -- lest they be forever restricted from placing future plants across the country. boeing is america's largest exporter, but we want them to export airplanes, not jobs. our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private-sector jobs in this country. giving workers the right to join or not to join a union helps to create a competitive environment in which more manufacturers like nissan and boeing can make here what they sell here. i'm lamar alexander, thanks for listening. >> monday on c-span, are road to the white house coverage continues with rick santorum, as he makes his official presidential campaign announcement. that is live fro

aside i think what best personifies the republican party is a little incident that happened in chattanooga tennessee who was there that republican congressman chuck fleishman he said without gas at a local gas station for the day part of a publicity stunt to call for more oil drilling so he cut a deal with local racetrack gas station was given a one day gas pumping good unfortunately make room for congressman fleishman the gas station had to send one of its actual employees just a louis home costing the us a day's paycheck as you can imagine he was and please take a look. no three was there as the congressman pumped gas and mingled with customers the mua says he's a johnson wanting to be there for the meet and greet cost him a day's pay i needed that shift. you know obviously i don't make one hundred sixty five thousand dollars a year so missing a day means a lot more to me. but isn't that what the republican party is all about today bells whistles and publish the stunts to make it look like they care about the working class but in reality they're just looking out for the banks of the bill

and baltimore was 100 and chattanooga all of the way up to 97.ing for the last few days is the wind in arizona and what has it been doing? and has it been slowing down for the firefighters? yes, it has. and here is the highest gust i have seen so high today, 3, 2, 7 and nothing in the double-digits which is great news for the firefighters there. let's go off of the radar here. and i don't know if you saw the launch earlier, but a delta rocket went straight up in the air just like it is supposed to carrying nasa's new satellite. kind of a joint venture, argentina, and u.s. will be able to look down at the surface of the earth and the oceans in particular and find out where the salinity is high, and where the salinity is low. i love to watch things take off like that as a little rocket model kid, and when that we launched that thing in a three-year experience we will find out what fresh water is melting and what salt water is getting saltier because of evaporati evaporation. it will have a lot more information from the observations from all over th

chattanooga, tennessee, good morning. caller: regret that he feels beltway about baby boomers. i was a penny per when i had to go to vietnam at age 19. i made the choice to go into the military at 18, because of the benefits that the military provided. the decisions that people make concerning their future, but will be capable of sustaining a decent lifestyle for themselves. that is my feeling on that. i hope the young man does not look at all of us baby boomers as something to do. when i retired in 60 years old, i am looking at another three months when i retire, of all want to continue to work. i will work as a volunteer and like other disabled veterans like myself. it is about how you perceive this thing called work. thanks. host: the operative word is continue to work at 69. the question we are asking based on a gallup poll, will you work after retirement? many say a third of them will do so out of necessity. welcome to the conversation. caller: i am going to answer your question and get a comment and ask a question. that question is so interesting. will i work after retire

>> hello, chattanooga, tennessee. >> whoo! let's check the weather and see what's going on.eat and humidity from oklahoma to indiana, heat warnings, advisories, rapid city, 102 degrees. rest of the country, it's down right balmy in the northeast with temperatures only getting up into the 80s and 70s, 60s around western new york. we've got more heat out west, some showers and thunderstorms move into the pacific northwest with a risk of strong storms there through the plains. wet weather along the southeastern atlantic coast, sunshine, great lakes to the southwest, beautiful in the mid-atlantic states as well. that's what's going on around the country, heres what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good wednesday morning to you. it's not going to be all that warm today as we had has cold front that came through yesterday bringing about record rainfall in san francisco. 62 degrees, that's it for you today, as a result of that cold air trailing behind the front. it's going to take a while to mix out. by tomorrow back in the 80s, 71 in los gatos, 69 in san jose. take a look

nissan's success was one reason why volkswagen opened a manufacturing plant in chattanooga and why honda and toyota and mercedes-benz and thousands of suppliers have chosen southeastern right to work states for their plants. according to the chief of the boeing company, an unintended consequence of the boeg mpinisha 4thinng c's ulbe reluctant to place new plants in unionized states. lest they be forever restricted from placing future plants across the country. largests america's exporter, but we want them to export their plans, not jobs. our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private sector jobs in this country. giving workers the right to join or not to join a union helps to create a competitive environment in which more manufacturers like nissan and boeing can make care what they sell here. i am lamar alexander. thanks for listening. >> next, from the faith and freedom conference, quicksand torrent, ken cuccinelli, mich. representative thaddeus maqtada, and former ohio secretary of state ken blackwell. on his bankers, sander levin, ranking member of the house ways a

nissan's success was one reason why volkswagen opened a manufacturing plant in chattanooga and why honda and toyota and mercedes-benz and thousands of suppliers have chosen southeastern right to work states for their plants. according to the chief of the boeing company, an unintended consequence of the boeing complaint is that 4-thinking ceo's would be reluctant to place new plants in unionized states. lest they be forever restricted from placing future plants across the country. largests america's exporter, but we want them to export their plans, not jobs. our goal should be to make it easier and cheaper to create private sector jobs in this country. giving workers the right to join or not to join a union helps to create a competitive environment in which more manufacturers like nissan and boeing can make care what and we appreciate by that standard this conference is so very successful but we your deeply honored to have with us today at least an avatar former lt. general david rot rodriguez as the speaker of our annual conference. general rodriguez assumes command of the international