abc2 news, cheryl conner, joining us live with more on three area fires, cheryl? >> reporter: his wife just told us that the wind gusts were as high as 40 miles per hour this morning. when crews here in baltimore county were trying to knock down a fire. in fact, in some cases, they caused the smoke and flame to spread. >> a devastating start to the new year for a family. around 11:30 on sunday morning, fire broke out on the road nearly destroying it. >> and they were shooting flames outside near the electric wires that are sparking everywhere. then all of a sudden, the front windows blew out. >> reporter: telling us that a neighbor and two young children just left. crews across the region, they had to fight more than heavy flames. >> and they were battling not only the fire, but the heavy winds from the temperatures today. >> the fire actually spread to an adjacent home. six people were hurt including three children and a fire at the willows apartment. and a 2-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries. on arrival, heavy smoke was coming from the building. and mo

hello, i'm cheryl ka sony and welcome to "cashin' in," wayne rogers, jonathan hone ig, jonas max ferris and tracy burns and john wakefield and rob stein, of the astor etf mutual fund and john looks like the job market will fix itself, basically, next year, do you need the huge jobs bill then. >> absolutely not. businesses create jobs, not government. look at what the administration's track record is. they promised us 3.5 million jobs and we've lost 3.5 million, despite spending $2 trillion an proposing more debt this year than the country has done in its history and we're still losing jobs. going forward, the budgets short fall is why they want the money and will extend the stimulus and save jobs and you will not create one job. by the $150 billion. >> rob why not let the free market work? and let jobs come from companies when they are ready to hire? >> if you want to go back and let the free market work from the beginnings but now, we need to keep the momentum and the economy did better than anybody thought in '09 and we stopped losing jobs and now we need to take the momentum and help

cheryl conner has more. >> reporter: around 11:30 sunday morning fire broke out at a home on kenby road nearly destroying it. >> they were shooting flames out the side. the electric wires were sparking everywhere. then all of a sudden the front windows blew out. >> reporter: neighbors say a mother and two young children had just left to buy paint for their home. crews across the region had to fight more than heavy flames. >> they were battling not only a fire but the heavy winds and temperatures today. >> reporter: fire actually spread to an adjacent home melting the siding. then in glen burnie six people were hurt including three children and a fire at the willows apartments. a 2-year-old suffered life threatening injuries. on arrival heavy smoke was coming from the building and more fire crews were called to the scene. >> as they made the aggressive interior tack they found it was a pot on the stove. >> reporter: no doubt those injured were trying to stave warm around the -- stay warm around the stove and baltimore city firefighters say the wind added to the intensity of the fire. and

. >> pd crime analyst, cheryl, this morning on the today show, an alleged mistress, corey rist, the one that was crying, said she had a very long affair with woods. a lot of these women are claiming two- and three-year relationships with him, some in the family home. how difficult will that be for a divorce lawyer to prove after they hire a fleet of investigators like you? >> it's not going to be hard at all. again, we've got text messages, we've got voicemails. she's going to have possibly photographs of him on her cell phone. it's not going to be difficult. >> to you, ellie, we got word banning anybody from publishing photos. has that domesticated in the u.s.? >> no, that order hasn't been domesticated. we don't know of any photographs, but if you even fake a picture and try to say it's tiger, we'll go after you. >> we're taking your calls live, but as we go to break, a very special happy birthday to the most beautiful woman in the world to me. happy birthday, mother. >>> infidelity appears to be what tiger has done. >> in the symptom, the character of the person who is cheating. >> t

. >> well, i think cheryl would be happy to sign books for us, if people are interested in getting a hot more detail about this, but i also think that you will agree with me that this was wonderful. thank you. [applause] >> carol berkin is an american history professor at barook college and the graduate center of the city university of new york. she's the author of "a brilliant solution, inventing the american constitution." the 2009 fall literary festival e information, visit fallersity for the book.org. [inaudible conversations] >> this man has a pen. >> one of them is from a grandson that you delivered. >> i'll put his name. jeremy 67. >> mr. swkrao: and how would is >> and how old is jeremy? >> 23 or 24. >> he has a son now. >> oh, ok. >> do you have more time with the camera. >> if you get it fast. we have limited time. thank you, sir. >> ok. good. >> appreciate that. >> you have three? >> >> he keeps me straight. nice to meet you. or she keeps the book straight. i don't know which. >> nice to see you. >> good to see you. >> you're going to get tired of that one day. >> oh, no.

next we will hear from cheryl scarboro, the new leader of the foreign corrupt practices unit. >> this was enacted due to the groundbreaking legislation and investigative work that the sec began in the 1970's. the commission canyon views to be at the vanguard in its enforcement of this loft -- the commission continues to be at the vanguard in its enforcement of this law. bribery and international business transaction inhibits economic development, divert scarce resources, and distorts competition. it also destroys incentives to compete on quality and price. although many companies have made significant inroads in their compliance, there is clearly more work to be done. we brought more cases in recent years, like the siemens case and against halliburton. this is an opportune time for the commission to dedicate more resources to this vital part of the enforcement program. i am honored to have been chosen to lead the unit and and i am excited about building up what we've done on this area. the primary aim of this unit is to be more proactive in our enforcement. we will gain in debt knowle

i would echo cheryl's comments that upon learning about learning what we were able to survey in gettingetter understanding of the extent of the damage, it is a tragic situation. we are in a position where we are learning every minute more information about which roads are passable, which buildings are in which condition. it is a dramatic situation and one that continues to be a challenge to our teams to ground into the work that we hope they can do. nevertheless, we have been mounting as with an aggressive response. we have been doing that in coordination with department of defense, department of state and a number of other assets and entities of the federal government. our first wave of responders are now on the ground and have been actively engaged in search and rescue since last night. -- since yesterday afternoon, the fairfax, virginia, research and rescue team with all of its capacities and 72 professionals have been active for more than 24 hours. they have identified a number of buildings and are also serving as a point of coordination, working with the haitian government and with

but will begin with cheryl mills. >> good morning. me first start off by saying that our thoughts and prayers are with the haitian people and the vast internets community that is present in haiti as we are going to what has been a very challenging and difficult time. and we are looking forward to being able to provide all the support that we can bring to bear to try and ameliorate the impact of this terrible situation. as you well know, shortly before 5:00 yesterday an earthquake stuck outside of port-au-prince and outside the island of haiti and the multiple aftershocks that had an impact on the island as well. according to our initial overflights that i've gone on this morning most of the damage has been within port-au-prince and at the outer lying areas have sustained less damage are very limited damage. the situation on the ground is very fluid eras we have imitated telecommunications and certainly within the haitian community there is limited telecommunications. we have been fortunate our u.s. ambassador has been able to reach pr

continued frustration with company boards editor fail to act in a response to a successful non-binding cheryl the resolution or watered down implementation of proposals. boards can continue to rescind board adopted policies under the fiduciary duty of obligations. i encourage open dialogue between church elders and management, but i do believe that shareholders -- between shareholders and management, but i do believe shareholders need to control management in their firms. >> the senator from alabama is recognized for -- the representative from alabama is recognized for two and half minutes. >> mr. chairman, i think you have been very fair two committee republicans. you have invited witnesses that we have requested and often invited more than just one of our courses at certain hearings. of course, it is traditional that republicans get to call one witness at hearings. i have always appreciate your consideration, and i know my colleagues have, to. because you have always been accommodating of our request, the decision to deny republicans are witness choice for this hearing is both disappointing

and then cheryl, there's some talk by president -- former president rst to want to return to haiti. he says he feels horrible and he wants to go back with his wife and is ready to take some supplies. given the fact he was such a divisive figure in the country, forget about the burden that it would take, you know, security wise to handle such a visit, what is the u.s. position on this, and how they sent out signals to secretary clinton or any other fishes in the building to president aristide that now is or is not the time to go back to haiti? thanks. >> i would just i don't think it's appropriate to try to guess or target how many lies could be saved. we have hundreds, you do, probably more than 300 american professionals with equipment and with capacities to do this work, working around-the-clock in difficult and dangerous environments, putting themselves at risk to really give this effort full effort. we also have all of the other teams that constitute 24 total teams. so i respect their commitment and their full effort to save lives, but we don't -- >> how many people do you think

. >> cheryl mills has been phenomenal and keeping us involved and engaged in their response efforts as high official liaison. >> i think it goes far beyond the united states of america haiti did not get in this condition without the help and conspiracy of european countries. we have allowed that to happen. it is such as the question of guilt. it is having done a job in saying never again. i think it is more than just our responsibility. >> i have already been invited to a meeting. when i get there, i will certainly be talking about haiti to put that on the agenda with the parliament. it is a growing and our organization. >> thank you very much. let me convey my gratitude. oftentimes these meetings and get us off the radar after a crisis. we hope you will continue to follow what takes place in haiti in keeping on the public's mind. this has been a phenomenal response in terms of our country responding immediately. we want to make sure that the response is there. the media will be important in that effort. >> president obama proposes new banking regulations then reaction to today's supre

cheryl, on the democrats' line. caller: good morning. i am wondering, ambassador, how the french government is responding to the fact that because of the french economic oppression of demanding the country of haiti prepay for the french loss of the slave trade, how france can be taking the high moral ground here when their economic oppression has set the generation of poverty in motion. when haiti looks to the small haitian communities here, their identity with france is only language and a share more of the western ideals. i am wondering how france is responding to that historical responsibility? guest: on the question of history there will be much to say, but that is about the past and we really have to look at the future, about france's responsibility, the history of haiti, we could go on for hours. i would not like to bother you with that. but i think it is important to say that there is no arrogant attitude on the part of france, really. we are very humble on that field. we want to help haiti today, and we are not trying to lecture

host: cheryl, good morning. caller: i'm really upset by the number of people who do not care about other americans. it is ridiculous to me. people are driving the shopping cart around a supermarket and figuring out whether people are paying for with a card or whatever. they are americans. who cares if they are buying lobster or steak? they are eating food. they want to taste what steak is like. we are so caught up with "this person got more than me, this person got less than the." who cares? i see people who are homeless homeless veterans. and yet people are calling and are upset that people are eating steak? why should we care? host: next call. caller: i don't understand that there is a federal poverty guideline for the amount of money you make you -- you make every year and why companies are allowed to pay less than that. everybody should be able to have health care. guest: that caller makes a good and interesting point. if you want think about economic security for low-skilled workers, one thing is to raise t

continued frustration with company boards editor fail to act in a response to a successful non-binding cherylthe resolution or watered down implementation of proposals. boards can continue to rescind board adopted policies under the fiduciary duty of obligations. i encourage open dialogue between church elders and management, but i do believe that shareholders -- between shareholders and management, but i do believe shareholders need to control management in their firms. >> the senator from alabama is recognized for -- the representative from alabama is recognized for two and half minutes. >> mr. chairman, i think you have been very fair two committee republicans. you have invited witnesses that we have requested and often invited more than just one of our courses at certain hearings. of course, it is traditional that republicans get to call one witness at hearings. i have always appreciate your consideration, and i know my colleagues have, to. because you have always been accommodating of our request, the decision to deny republicans are witness choice for this hearing is both disappointing

[inaudible] >> again, if there are those that have again, part of this cheryl is you have to come and you have to be, you have a lot of health care stories, right? do you sense that the people that you were discussing have moved off of beared universal opposition to health care reform? >> i am not answering the questions. >> no, no, i understand. >> let me ask you about something else the president said last week to house democrats. republicans want to campaign against what we have done by standing up for the status quo and insurance companies over american families and businesses that is a fight i want to have. does he still feel that way today? >> absolutely. if you are going to decide-- we are going to have legislative debates going forward. we are going to have a debate on financial reform. we are going to have debate on bank fees. people are going to get to decide whether there for the banks or whether they are four americans getting paid back. they are going to get to decide whether they will side with the lobbyists on killing a consumer agency or those that want to support it.

continued frustration with company boards editor fail to act in a response to a successful non-binding cheryl the resolution or watered down implementation of proposals. boards can continue to rescind board adopted policies under the fiduciary duty of obligations. i encourage open dialogue between church elders and management, but i do believe that shareholders -- between shareholders and management, but i do believe shareholders need to control management in their firms. >> the senator from alabama is recognized for -- the representative from alabama is recognized for two and half minutes. >> mr. chairman, i think you have been very fair two committee republicans. you have invited witnesses that we have requested and often invited more than just one of our courses at certain hearings. of course, it is traditional that republicans get to call one witness at hearings. i have always appreciate your consideration, and i know my colleagues have, to. because you have always been accommodating of our request, the decision to deny republicans are witness choice for this hearing is both disappointing

on what we are facing today, but also give you a sense of the longer-term challenges we again have cheryl mills, our counsel to the secretary of state, as well as are able administrator, rajiv shah. >> good morning. almost afternoon i believe. first of all, i wanted to start out by saying that our commitment, the united states commitment to haiti is a long and deeply that it is one that president obama is not on good to be in our hour of need, but for the long-term. that's something that president obama reiterated in a 30 minute conversation he had with the president shortly ago. they spoke for quite sometime and spoke about not all you need for the immediate recovery but also the need for the long-term rebuilding. that's something that secretary clinton has been focused on for quite some time here at the state department, the commitment to being a partner with haiti as they were building towards economic growth, sustainability. we've been focused on that primarily because haiti is not only our neighbor but also we have a special relationship with haiti. and have always been needs that ha

we heard from cheryl mills, from secretary of state office recently on a conference call where she updated us about all of the military and humanitarian usaid problems that are going on. we have ships that are going to haiti. we have mercy hospital ship that's on its way. we have helicopters that will be deployed from our aircraft carriers. we have the coast guard that is coming down and so we have a tremendous amount of media. there was never any hesitation on the part of our government and i commend the obama administration. in my state of new jersey we have many, many haitian americans and my office has been inundated with calls of people who want to know what they can do and concerns about their family and loved ones and what will the next step be? and just sort of in concluding, haiti has been a strong ally to the united states of america throughout its history. haiti sent troops to fight with the american patriots who were fighting for their innocence against great britain and -- independence against great britain. in savannah, the battle of savannah, many haitians lost their lives w

thank you to my family, especially my children, my grandchildren and my closest partner in life, cheryl for the sacrifices you've made so i could do this job in the best way that i knew how. so governor-elect christie, i extend my sincerest hope that you do well. we hope that new jersey will be in better place. finally, to all of you, don't worry. i'll come see are you at the 2011 correspondents club dinner. if there's still a correspondents club. let me end where i started. as a 14-year-old kid watching j.f.k.'s inauguration, i could have never imagined that one day i'd enjoy the awesome privilege of serving in the united states senate with his youngest brother. my friend, ted kennedy, taught me a lot about public life. one of his finest hours was in the late summer of 1980 long before i met him. you know it. speaking before the democratic national convention, bruised but not beaten, in words far more eloquent than i could ever summon. he said, "for all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on. the cause endures, the hope still lives. and the dreams shall never die." a