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. >> clarence? >> the most exotic political race, the new mayor of our biggest city. >> the envelope please, martin. thank you. >> i can't tell you what's in there, john. you've got to read it. >> it is magnificent, yes. johnny had the answers. right? >> yes. >> god bless his soul. >> the biggest winner of 2013 is russian president vladimir putin. he resolved the syrian crisis in the new york times that ended the military action against syria. in december putin snatched ukraine away from the west just before ukraine signed a trade pack with the european union. boosting russia's international prestige. okay biggest loser of 2013. >> barack obama and obama care. >> eleanor? >> you've got a small point there, pat. but the president still has his job. i think the biggest loser is the president of egypt, mr. morsi, who was deposed in the military coo and has not been heard from since. >> clarence? >> well, i think the lack of coherence strategy to deal with the obama care setbacks of even a bigger loser

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such is the case with clarence butterfield.e for two years and now his trial is only weeks away. >> it's really a pretty hideous charge. i'm just being charged for, you know, killing my daughter. >> i found her dead about 11:45 on december 26th. i tried to like, revive her. but she was icy cold. it's like she had been dead for a while. all i did was sat there and looked at her for like two hours. >> why didn't you call the police? >> every time i call the police is i get arrested or hassled. all they would have done is i would have got arrested earlier. they weren't going to believe she was like that when i walked in. they're not going to believe that. >> butterfield has pled not guilty. >> hmm, hmm, hmm. it can't get much better than that. right? you can go around the world and not find anything close to this. i don't think they're really looking very hard to find the one-armed man. you know the one-armed man, the movie "the fugitive." i told the homicide detectives that. he didn't see it either. i said you've been in homicide

clarence's grandfather is here, cirrhosis of the liver. his mother was drugs. >> at 17 clarence left school to sisters. addicted? >> losing my family members. >> one by one >>opened my eyes to where i needed to sober up. >> mum was lovely, passionate. she laughed a lot and loved us kids. >> this is one of clarences only pictures with his mother. he's in the back, with a smile on his face. on the res happy families are broken by alcohol. tribal president. what has alcohol down to your community? >> it has destroyed our communities, our nation. >> of 45,000 in your tribe, how alcohol? >> i would say 100%. affected by it. those addicted - over 50%. >> over 50%. >> are addicted. >> everyone else feels it in some way. >> in my family - i went to few funerals where they died of natural causes. they died in a car accident. cirrhosis, fights, shootings. >> all connected to alcohol. >> all connected to alcohol. >> the tribe has tried to stop the booze. this is a dry reservation. there are no liquor stores on the res. possession of alcohol is illega

ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming clarence thomas. [applause] good evening and it is so good to see you again. [laughter] he was really loose at the table so i think this is going to be a lot of fun. >> thank you, thank you. >> as i talked about in the introduction, your path to the court is a remarkable american story. i would like to begin our discussion in the middle of the story with your decision to go to law school. that was your genesis or the genesis of your journey in the law. you had left the seminary and were a student at holy cross. it was the late 1960's, a very turbulent time for our country. you decided to go to law school. you were accepted at some of the best law schools in the country. as i recall from your memoir, you said you turned down harvard law school in favor of yale because harvard was too big and too conservative. i get the big part. [laughter] but the conservative part, i think you have to explain. [laughter] >> first of all, thank you for the introduction. i think i should have just quit while i was ahead

ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming clarence thomas. [applause] good evening and it is so good to see you again. [laughter] he was really loose at the table so i think this is going to be a lot of fun. >> thank you, thank you. >> as i talked about in the introduction, your path to the court is a remarkable american story. i would like to begin our discussion in the middle of the story with your decision to go to law school. that was your genesis or the genesis of your journey in the law. you had left the seminary and were a student at holy cross. it was the late 1960's, a very turbulent time for our country. you decided to go to law school. you were accepted at some of the best law schools in the country. as i recall from your memoir, you said you turn down harvard law school in favor of yale because harvard was too big and too conservative. i get the big part. [laughter] but the conservative part, i think you have to explain. [laughter] >> first of all, thank you for the introduction. i think i should have just quit while i was ahead.

please join me in welcoming clarence thomas. [applause] good evening and it is so good o see you again. [laughter] he was really loose at the table so i think this is going to be a ot of fun. >> thank you, thank you. >> as i talked about in the introduction, your path to the court is a remarkable american story. i would like to begin our discussion in the middle of the story with your decision to go to law school. that was your genesis or the genesis of your journey in the law. you went to seminary and were a student at holy cross. it was the late 1960s, a very turbulent time for our country. you decided to go to law school. you are accepted at some of the best law schools in the country. if i recall, you turn down harvard law school in favor of yale because harvard was too big and too conservative. i get the big part. but the conservative part, i think you have to explain. >> first of all, thank you for the introduction. i should just quit while i was ahead. this is really embarrassing. there is a lot of attention on me and it

clarence gideon was involved in the justice system since he was a kid. he had been getting in trouble. >> trouble seemed to find gideon. literally small change had gone miss ing from this cigarette machine, maybe $5 total. that's the pool hall there on the bottom. some wine, some beer and a few bottles of coca-cola were gone. the witnesses saw gideon that night with pockets full of change. gideon found himself facing serious time in prison. >> i have no council >> why do you not have council? >> i would like someone to represent me. >> i would have to deny you request to a point you council in this case. >> gideon,000 this was unfair. >> by asking the court to appoint a lawyer, gideon thought he had the right to counsel. >> this right is a basic right to in in in the constitution because the threat that is presented by imprisonment and even execution is a threat that the government should allow to have. >> gideon had to represent himself because the state of florida denied a lawyer. the entire trial lasted a day before he was found guilty and sentenced t

joining me now is clarence page. you for being here. >> glad to be here, reverend. >> clarence, if the republican party is interested in change, why are they defending this kind of talk? >> well, i think i have some special insight here rb reverend, because i happen to be a "duck dynasty" fan. unlike most of my friends, neighbors, family, they all -- >> and me. >> thank you. they all ask how can you enjoy that show? for one thing, it's funny. it's a well produced show. i normally don't watch reality tv shows. i turned this one on a few months ago out of curiosity, and it's well done. the characters, and i say characters but nobody's really real in reality television. but i'd rather watch this than the kardashians. and the republicans realize this is at their base. this is a cultural war going on here. by defending phil robertson, they can up here be defending a way of life that hits right at the cultural heart of the republican base. >> what about the rebranding? what happens the autopsy? if this is what they feel as

chuck todd for nbc news and clarence page for the chicago tribune.k, it seems to me that that statement the president made, it's not going to go away as long as i'm president, i'm not going to repeal it is one of those new facts. if you put something on the table, all of a sudden it becomes a different reality. we're going to make clear there's going to be repeal, repeal efforts. you can try all you want even if you get the senate next year and you're not going to get the signature of the president on anything. >> that's right. but what i have found fascinating, chris, you know, we did a study -- i talked about this this morning on my show. we did a quick examination. not a single republican on a sunday show either last sunday or the sunday before even used the word repeal. for the most part, republicans are moving on from that. they're realizing they're not going to be able to repeal this law. their last shot at doing it was somehow this website not working at all. this new fix not working. that's not the case. the website is working. they're not go

so i can't do it, just like i say. >> clarence never left his gang.led with the desire to avenge his brother's death. and he talked about the fact that he would think about if the man who killed his brother ever came into prison, what he would do. >> would i let down my brother if i just forgive this? i ask myself that all the time. i try to weigh the options. i talk to my family about it, my mother. she try to tell me, don't, you know, don't even worry about it, which in a way makes me mad. because i feel she went soft on me. because i don't know how exactly i'm going to control myself if i see who do this. i hope i do the right thing. i hope i do. but i don't know. i really, really don't know. >>> coming up -- >> my first impression of lawrence stall was that he doesn't fit. >> i didn't even hunt. i didn't kill nothing. i was john denver all the way. >> an inmate attempts to deal with a murderous past. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "fumbling around with rotating categories" card. it's not the "getting blindsid

clarence aaron and seven others. stay with us. or ulcerative colitis is a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps come back? what if the plane gets delayed? what if i can't hide my symptoms? what if? but what if the most important question is the one you're not asking? what if the underlying cause of your symptoms is damaging inflammation? for help getting the answers you need, talk to your doctor and visit crohnsandcolitisinfo.com to get your complimentary q&a book, with information from experts on your condition. >>> welcome back. now we turn to some decisive action taken by president obama this week. on thursday, the president commuted the prison sentences of eight people who faced fairly long terms for drug crimes, many of which are no longer on the books. the president's action means that clarence aaron will get out of jail. he is a man who was sent to jail in 1993 on harsh drug charges. aaron was not convicted of drug possession, purchase or sale. but he was linked to people who were. and he ended up

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clarence page is a columnist for the chicago tribune.ichelle bernard is part of the women politics and policy. look forward into 2014. you know some of the milestones that are about to unfold. state of the union address in january, march will bring on enrollment deadline for the affordable care act, in the summer a deadline with regard to iran, et cetera, et cetera. where do you see opportunity for president obama to right this ship? >> you know, it absolutely starts with the state of the union address coming up in january. it is by far going to be the largest audience that is going to sit down and watch anything the president has to say for the rest of the year. he has to take that and lay out his legislative map, his policy map. i think just as importantly, he has to lay out for the country what his vision is for the future of the country and what his vision is for the people that feel they no longer have a voice. most people are not just upset with the obama presidency, but they're also, like, very upset with congress and the fact tha

. >> with terry's future possibly hanging in the balance, terry and clarence will have to wait to findr request to live together is granted. >>> coming up on "lockup: extended stay" will these potential cellmates become soul mates? >> when you see somebody acting just like a woman, there's always going to be some type of temptation. >>> plus, officers give these inmates a surprise wake-up call. every inch. every minute. every second -- we chip away. with an available ecodiesel engine... and a best-in-class 30 mpg highway and 730-mile driving range... for all the times you dreamed of running away from home -- now you can. with enough fuel to get back. this is the new 2014 jeep grand cherokee. it is the best of what we're made of. well-qualified lessees can lease the 2014 grand cherokee laredo 4x4 for $359 a month. wears off. [ female announcer ] stop searching and start repairing. eucerin professional repair moisturizes while actually repairing very dry skin. the end of trial and error has arrived. try a free sample at eucerinus.com. where does the united states get most of its energy?

clarence, this was a tragedy from the beginning.is was a american involved in a drug conspiracy at the early '90s the height of the drug war. he wasn't the buyer, the seller the user the supplier the dealer. he was maybe the lowest guy on the chain. he got a triple life sentence. he was a college student. a star linebacker at southern university. he went to prison. as soon as that sentence came down, it outraged people on the left and the right even when it happened and he became a great candidate for presidential mercy tore a compute commutation. from great lawyers who worked pro bono in this case, worked for free. it moved alloening the chain an even problem by the time it got to him in office, oalmost a decade after he applied that, whus was very interested in commuting his sentence. one person stood in his way, the pardon attorney. ron rodgers, he is still there today. this is an executive power. this is the president's only unfettered power to issue pardons and commutations. ron rodgers is a pretty strong guy. he misled the whi

he goes, i was talking to the duck. >> clarence is an older gentleman, old man you can call him. a giddy old man. happy. happy to be here. >> diagnosed with hyperverbal. >> we can't all be winners now, can we? you have to be people like me to make you real winners in life look really good. >> butterfield kind of jumps from one subject to another subject really quickly. he was really hard to follow in conversation. >> you know me, i'm kind of ignored. kind of being married for 26 years i'm really used to being ignored anyway. >> we start asking him direct questions. and he would answer about something completely off the wall that we weren't even talking about. >> i love germans. they're great. but you don't want to be locked in a cell with one for like five months. which i was. >> butterfield was an anomaly, because just approaching him and just speaking with him, he's very jovial. he's very happy. but on the other hand, you start hearing details about his case and you have to wonder, what is this man's mind-set? because it's so dark. it's so disturbing. >> if i don't see 20 bucks

clarence, how do you see this playing into 2014. >> i thought it was an aspirational speech meaning one who sets goals to aspire to without giving you formula for getting there. it was an important pep talk for his base. he spoke at a liberal think tank and he's got a lot of people as he mentioned who, word of the white house came through there, the center for american progress and he's speaking to folks across the country especially in the wake of the whole meltdown of the obama care website. this gives him more of a positive message to give to democrats, and to a working class people certainly who have been suffering on the losing end of a rising income and equality. >> you pointed out, susan, that this is not unique to his campaign either for barack obama or period. it's been used before this income inequality theme. john edward his the two americas. most recently here in new york bill de blasio's two cities theme, and in one case it worked and in another case it didn't if you talk about being elected. maybe that message can work on a local level and not too effective nationally? >>

because of clarence thomas' vote -- if danforth had not been a senator, he would not have taken clarencehomas. if he had not had those credentials he would not have been nominated by the same president bush. he would not have been the one vote margin that halted the florida court ordered recount and put the second president bush in the white house, even though independent counts later showed that indeed gore had won the state of florida. then bush ii, all this is for want of a nail, right -- bush ii could not have not caused another optional war in iraq, the biggest transfer of wealth to private hands in the history of the nation, another optional war in iraq, high-level disbelief in global warming, public schools with abstinence only education enforced by federal funding that helped to create the highest unwanted pregnancy rate in the entire developed world, or an executive order giving billions in tax dollars to faith-based centers of right wing political power. or the global gag rule that deprived poor countries of u.s. foreign aid if they offered any information about abortion, even

and clarence page is a columnist with the chicago tribune.oing i'll give reign here. i think this exposes the bug life under the rock. every couple months you get a look at it, and there are the bugs, the ones to the right of ted cruz, who will not permit a kind statement -- excuse me -- about someone of color. it's that, and if it's anything more, i think it's bs. i think this is what this is about, because mandela spent 27 years in prison, and he came out and he argued for the case for capitalism. one of the points made in bill cowher's excellent obitry in "the new york times" time was how much grief he took for trying to bring capital corporations, investors into south africa so that country could boom. he worked very hard to build a mixed economy. and calling him a commie or a marxist is so wrong. it must have some other ambition behind it. your thoughts, gene? >> well, mine are the same as yours, chris. i think we know what's behind it, and it doesn't surprise me that there are some of these people out there, because, in fact, i hear fro

joness say clarence worked only a handful shifts at this fire hall in northeast d.c.ing placed on leave. they say he was arrested in prince george's county on a theft charge. authorities would not provide us with the circumstances surrounding the arrest, but involved items between $1000 and $10,000 in value. about anotherd issue impacting the department. department has been under fire for years now. the fire chief. other issues with the equipment. graduated say jones from the cadet program. the program was introduced with the mayor with the enthusiastic support of the fired chief. -- fire chief. it was designed to give the strict residents a chance to learn to be firefighters and serve their city. the 11th.arrested on d.c. fire officials have c onfirmed that they are aware of the arrest. they have placed him on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. jay korff, abc seven. -- isarrest is the worst part of a number of problems faced by the department. multiple ambulances broke down. more recently, the chief admitted that only a fraction of the fir

then he lay next egg and on the workings of the court and justice clarence thomas on adjusting to -- then elena kagan on the workings of the court and justice and clarence thomas on adjusting to the supreme court. we talk about the deal with iran on the nuclear program. that is discussed along with the volcker rule. washington journal, every morning at 7 a.m. eastern. >> we look at the u.s. response to typhoon haiyan in the philippines. >> if you are a middle or high video student, c-span competition wants to know what is the most important issue congress should address next year. make a video and be sure to include c-span programming for the $5,000 to win grand prize with $100,000 in general prices. >> saturday with the deadline set by the administration to fix the healthcare.gov website. at a press briefing the spokesman took questions about the site. you can see the briefing on c- span.org. here is a look. >> there were reports over the weekend on this that this of the website. basically, they said the problems are over but there are other problems. thethey comfortable with level

mandela had much more in common with clarence thomas. >> i'm not too good on limbaugh lingo, so could you interpret? >> remember this is the same guy who was attacking the pope. he thinks he understands christianity better than the head of the catholic church. but limbaugh, obviously, this is part of the concerted effort to take down some of our greatest heroes. i think about it this way going back to the santorum comment. if you go back to what the word apartheid means. apartness. it was all about separating and dividing people. that's what this republican party has been about for the last several years. >> and castigating and demonizing people. because on the very same station, the very same day that o'reilly was calling mr. mandela a communist last night, another fox news personality said about president obama on the same network, now, just hours earlier, listen to this. >> more class warfare, more radical wealth redistribution because this is who he is. he is essentially a statist. he is essentially a socialist. >> socialist, communi

clarence jones was charged on a felony assault charge. he was then placed on leave from the fire department. >> the fire chief and other issues with the equipment. this is another bad mark on their reputation. >> jones worked only a few shifts at the fire hall in northeast d.c. before he was arrested. authorities would not provide details on that arrest. an item or item valued at $1,000. in the spring, the department came under fire after multiple ambulances broke down. the chief admitted only a raction of the ladders pass -- ladder trucks passed the safety tests. 4:47. the florida republican who pleaded guilty to cocaine possession said he is not going to resign. he left a rehab facility. he said alcohol was the root of the problem. in november he admitted to buying cocaine from an undercover officer. several republican leaders have called for his resignation. deputies in loudoun county are searching for more victims after a driving instructor is arrested for sexually abusing two students. khawaja vohra tran driving school from his home

now 43 years old, clarence aaron spent 20 years of his life in prison. another inmate was stephanie george, who received a life sentence in 1997 at age 27 for hiding a boyfriend's crack cocaine in her house. she's now 43 and as well eight prisoners commuted by the president, she and others will be released from prison in april. commuting the sentences of the eight americans is an important step toward restoring fundamental ideas of justice and fairness. that is what president obama said yesterday but it must not be the last. joining me today politics editor and business insider josh berra, host of "disrupt" karen finney, ezekiel edwards, business and economics correspondent. josh, it does seem to me this is one of those issues that unites all the way from libertarian right to left. this idea it does seem insane that we sentence people to mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug offenses, essentially a crime against yourself. >> this has become a less partisan issue than it was 15 or 20 years ago. senator mike lee, conservative from utah co-sponsor of a bil

. >> among them clarence, sentenced to life in prison. his crime - introducing two drug dealers. today erin was one of the eight people whose sentence was commuted. >> in a statement the white house pointed out that each served 15 years in prison: >> in addition to the eight computations president obama pardoned 13 people who completed their sentence on a variety of charms, including embezzlement and robbery. >> london theatre goers had to evacuate in the middle of a show when large parts of the theatre ceiling fell on them. 76 were injured, seven seriously as a 30 by 30 foot portion of the ceiling came clashing down. a chaotic seen emerged as rescue crews worked to evacuate the apollo theatre. investigators are looking into the cause of the collapse. >> in southern california three bus crashes left dozens injured. the first, the bus slid, 14 injured, one seriously. 50 miles ost of los angeles, 13 were injured when a bus slipped over. it was raining hard. it's not clear if that caused the crash. 50 miles south on the same highway, another tour bus overturned. a woman died at the

it's clarence aaron.dent-athlete at southern university, was convicted and sentenced in 1993 at age 24 for his nonviolent role in a drug deal involving nine kilograms of cocaine and one kilogram of crack. it was his first offense and he was neither the dealer, the supplier, nor the buyer of the drugs. but he received three life sentences without parole from the judge. >> i think to myself, what in the world was i supposed to doing three life sentences about? i just couldn't believe that this was occurring to me. >> aaron first applied for commutation two years after that interview. it was a good case, but it grew even better in 2008 when both the new u.s. attorney for southern alabama and even the judge who sentenced aaron started to advocate for commutation. the person who could make that happen, however, was this guy, the u.s. pardon attorney, ronald rodgers. but according to a report last year, aaron's case was mishandled by rodgers who failed to accurately convey the views of the u.s. attorney and the

ron reagan and clarence page.irst of all, it's a lie to say the government is getting all this money. two, the idea you get free health care anywhere is crazy. you have to pay for it somehow. this part here, this death panel that somehow if you have any kind of national health system. a different system for a single provider, they will cut it off to kill you if you don't vote their way. and they check the voter roles and know what happened in that voting booth and somehow kill off. what kind of crazy talk is this by unusually crazy rick santorum? >> only in the fever swamp that rick santorum lives in does this sort of thing happen. i mean, may i just observe that as you implied earlier that this was a lot of self-contradictory gibberish. does this man not speak english, first of all? can he not express himself clearly? beyond that, he's proposing two things. one, you can't have the government provide health care for the people because then the people won't give it up. then you can't have them provide health care f

. >> the seven-time major champion has won only one clarence lamb -- only one grand slam title since 2010. it is very different to when he was enjoying his peak years. >> now to change things up a little bit, just a different, getting used to making sure i -- i don't want to say have never looked unprofessional in the past, but you have to be ultra-professional. it is like a car. you have to warm it up more than in the past could back in the day, 10, 15 years ago, i would jump up-and-down for 2 minutes and go out and play a five-set match. today it takes 20 or 30 minutes to get ready, which is ok and i am happy to do that. it is an interesting time. i don't mind doing it. it is just a different part of my career today, and i love the game, so that is not going anywhere. i am very excited that 2014 is just around the corner. >> 1 big addition to his team has been his childhood hero, stefan decker, who is joined the crew. he is on a 10 week basis taking them through the aussie open and hopefully beyond. >> a bit of a wait and see. i'm just happy spending time with him because he was my

kari clarence was one of eight people who had their sentence commuted by president obama earlier thisk. in a statement statement the president said, quote, today i'm commuting the prison terms of eight men and women sentenced under an unfair system. each of them has served more than 15 years in prison. in several cases, the sentencing judge has expressed frustration that the law at the times did not allow them to issue punishments that more appropriately fit the crime. now, this in addition to steps taken earlier this year by attorney general eric holder are part of a renewed effort to reform sentencing requirements for nonviolent offenders. since the 1980s started the war on drugs, the u.s. prison population has more than quadrupled from 500,000 to 2.4 million. one of the primary reasons for the increase? mandatory minimum sentencing. originally marketed as a way to be tough on crime, mandatory minimum and three strikes laws have resulted in overcrowding prisons and unequal application of the laws. this has gotten renewed interest for two basic reasons. overcrowding aened the signifi

expectations and just think, actually all i am doing is coming out here and waiting for my brother clarence to come by. >> rose:. >> and i might as well talk to you about what is going on. but of course you have fearful thoughts in your mind. >> rose: do you really? >> sure, sure. >> rose: i mean every night you go out with some fearful thoughts in your mind? >> by that time, i will start half an hour, i really will -- i immerse myself into the thinking of the character. >> rose: how do you do that? >> well, i think what the character wants. >> rose: said, wants. >> what he needs, the way his attention ranges. >> rose: so you are him by the time you hit the stage and -- >> oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> rose: or her? >> yeah. oh, yeah. as much as i can be. that is what you want to hear and see. >> rose: yes, you. >> do you want to be in the room with richard the third not just have an idea of him. >> rose: tell me how you do that. what is the craft of doing that? >> i don't know, i don't know. >> >> rose: it is your life. >> yes, it is my life and a lots of peop talk about it and write books abou

. >> mandela had much more in common than clarence thomas. >> that would bhaek the argument, we havetry. >> more in common with clarence thomas than barack obama. of. >> the size of government taking over and controlling people's lives. and obama care is front and center. >> you wrote a facebook page praising nelson mandela, wrote that on your facebook and then were surprised by some of the reaction you got. this clench-fist murdering g guerilla warrior does not deserve respect. >> president reagan argued for the release of mandela. >> let's not act like reagan was a major supporter of mandela and the anti apartheid movement the. it's just not true. >> let's bring in our panel. henrik hertzburg from the "new yorker" magazine and jesse jackson, and long-time advocate for mandela. reverend, let me start with you. the world does now recognize nelson mandela's face. when he was released from prison, you were there to be one of the first people to see how that time had had changed him. his image had banned at times in south africa. what comes to mind now when you think back on that histor

and that is clarence otis of darden. this is a fascinating situation.hat with otis, today, the company said it's going to spin off its red lobster division. remember, they own red lobster and olive garden. these have been terrible performers. otis got a lot of credit back during the recession when darden did very well. now you have it out of the recession, it's lagging the group. you wonder if another ceo could have -- would have either spun off red lobster sooner or perhaps they wouldn't have had to spin it off at paul. >> they had to spin it off because those restaurants aren't growing, right? i do like the move because now they're putting the growth companies in one company in stock, and they're going to put sort of the slow and steady i guarantee you they'll have a dividend increase or something like that with the olive gardens and red lobsters because they'll be slower growth and we're just going to kick off cash. >> you just said something very interesting. it was dividend increase. they actually increased the dividend. as i tweeted out this morni

to perfect the design holding the dress and kyle was presented by the salesman dutch midfielder clarence to go out for her room and allow the fed cup with his amazing resilience. a breeze. it's like the fourth recipient of the local portuguese language the bullets but the bible to a million brazilian fall from the pulpit selected last september. this is the one for the extensive testing before its official debut and we as a tonic taught them. i must be taught that bible than six hundred of the world's top players as well as the thirty teams in ten countries. it's been designed to provide improved grip touch stability of everett dynamics. formula one races in new jersey mexico and south korea up being dropped from the twenty fourteen calendar. the final version was issued on wednesday after leasing of the world motor sports council and perez. new jersey's crump rate up to be postponed due to financial issues that have been doubts over the readiness of the mexico city truck the korean race perhaps one of the least popular sustained heavy losses in the start order for but rubble and tarmac

but then there is a fourth man, clarence cain. a fascinating character. to many jews, highly educated, and using. from newport rhode island, and fantastic american was from a very good ones family who went to yale, ph.d. at harvard. the aged 27 he was given charge of the survey of all the lands between sacramento and the west of cheyenne. a hundred miles to the north and south, the 40th parallel survey. to consider years. the books and maps. could cost hundreds of thousand dollars. beautifully, beautifully accomplished. and he had all sorts of amazing adventures while doing the survey, but as a reward for doing so well he was appointed to be the first-ever director of the newly established body count the united states geological survey which, of course, today the country in its entirety. the move to new york, the headquarters of the usgs and he was the first director. the second was john wesley powell. his personal life is what i want to mention briefly. i was astonished when i stumbled across it. help no one will hold this against and, but he was a sexua

i'm standing now on europe's clarence and silky at three hundred meat is done that independence but is preparing for a sixth consecutive sunday of mass protests against president begin to cut its bid today not everyone is going to be protesting here in the center of kiev. this line of cars is out to mike dunn agreed that has been protesting from behind the wheel seems that this whole movement started and they have today propose to ferry protest is to get it right that says residents mr giddy up outside did about twenty km from the city center it's a sumptuous this takes up more than a hundred and fourteen packed as in many ukrainians believe that the president has appropriated for private use when really it should be property so it sort of a symbol of his corruption and its become doubly symbolic this week the custody of a tunnel built at the ukrainian journalists he was badly beaten in the audi hours of the twenty fifth of december was a missed call a photo cropping at this estate decided that today the idea is to take to protect its message as soon as they get excited it's at the tim

clarence e and white dt team took all the ga back to celtic park and a special fundraiser in aid if the friends of the circuit any general hospital. charlie collins reports. the syllable store was a very special evening for specter paul mccormick retired from the new york based apartment. his former colleagues kim here to play a special much i guess and on the golan gam agents team that was a wonderfully non entertainment and paul certainly benefit from an awesome day. the defense of the county general hospital this is credited by the legends that have shown up here and i did on the golf stars of her gifts and ideas that really sends chills down my spine us to spread it well the faint of heart or i grew up and down. here is part of the gathering it's just it's a wonderful occasion and hopefully out we'd make a lot of money from other conventional hospital which focuses on christ's own stats are great if they started very very proud to be here at the gym again to set up a policy as ezekiel avoid pressure to secure more pressure because south east of the four dollars us long to make them

very least she could have fired the man alternately responsible for child protection in the state clarence carter ironically burr even said that fixing up arizona's troubled department of child protection services was a top priority as governor but it seems like she's been far more concerned with making sure all those brown people stay out of her state. of the. it was a. very hard to take a. look at her had sex with her right there. well guys i didn't think it was possible that the cia is officially ruined one of my all time favorite beatles songs that's right according to the associated press reporters out of goldman in matter who is lennon mccartney is classic penny lane was the code name for a multi-year long program to turn guantanamo prisoners into double agents goldman in a talk to nearly a dozen u.s. officials involved in the program and while they owe it all chose to remain anonymous these are the same guys that uncovered the n.y.p.d. is enormous muslim surveillance operation so i think it's safe to say they have some credibility according to their reporting as hundreds of detainee

. >> mandela had more in common with clarence thomas and a lost conservatives than he has nelson mandela but the left doesn't care. >> juan, you had sick santorum on o'reilly comparing medicare to apartheid. is that analogy getting stretched and overused? >> way overused. for jewish people it would be the holocaust. they are trying to impose this on their agenda and politics and the media universe we focus on, that is what is going on. let me just say, i remember being in south africa at the time of his release and the newspapers could fault print his name until he was released. you could not is a t-shirt with his picture or his name in print. >> we should remember, nelson mandela was a mission. it is okay to about him in political terms. the edification would not be appropriate, he was remarkable and he did remarkable things. he was the first to say he was no saint. >> it is cool to walk about him and politics and whether you draw the conclusion rightly or wrongly it is okay. >> good time to get a break. >> when we come back, year was the one-year anniversary of the newtown shooting tra

look at the video we are getting in from clarence center.re and melting snow combining to create flood waters, then, the floodwaters are freezing over and creating very icy conditions on the roads. more than 10 roads are said to be shut down because of these hazardous conditions. they are trying to keep people who have to head out safe. it is a messy and dangerous condition. back to you guys. taking a live look at the capitol building. that way muchook longer when they put the scaffolding up. >> they will get started any day. temperatures are going to be in the 20's? will be cold putting up all that scaffolding. >> this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon, it will be seasonable. it will not be as cold as yesterday. family moving in in your going out to the car, bringing in gifts and taking them back out and you are freezing. degrees yesterday at reagan national, which is the coldest christmas since 2000. in 2000, it was 28 degrees. 44 and i think we will get to that today and also for the day tomorrow. does show a few snow showers moving into n

false expectations and just think -- actually, all i am coming out to do is wait for my brother clarence to come by. i might as well talk to you about what is coming on -- going on. out withnight, you go some fearful thoughts in your mind? >> by that time, no -- i will start half an hour before -- i --lly will immerse myself up myself into the thinking of the character. i think with the character wants, needs, the way he -- his attention ranges. >> your him by the time you hit the stage? >> yeah. >> or her? >> yeah. that is what you want to see. you want to be in the room with richard the third. >> what is the craft of doing that? >> i don't know. i don't know. >> it is your life. >> yeah, it is my life. let's people talk about it and write oaks about it. -- books about it. >> the read those books? >> to be honest, i have not. i think they are very good and can be very helpful. >> do not read him because you have other things you want to we -- want to read or -- >> i read them when i was a drama student and things like that. i prefer talking to people about acting. actors posture the con