but, generally, we have cns, or central nervous system depressants; tranquilizers, sedatives, that sortthing; stimulants, very big prescription drug abuse, often used now, and we got a growing problem, as cognitive enhancers, performance enhancers; and opiod analgesics, widely prescribed for the control of pain, appropriately so in many cases, but we see that that's a source for a lot of the misuse or abused prescription opiates. dr. clark, what are the short- and long-term effects of the misuse of prescription drugs? you have to keep in mind that people take these medications for effect. so if you take a prescription pain reliever, you are experiencing some euphoria. if you take a sedative, you are experiencing some tranquilized effect. but a lot of this is complicated by the fact that people mix these medications when they're not designed to be mixed. they add alcohol to these medications, and that's not designed, that's not a designated purpose. so when you're looking for the short-term effects, while you may be trying to get high or euphoric, you may wind up having a short-term effe

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capital to lay flowers at the spot where three demonstrators were killed three weeks ago in classes --çnnized by the opposition access list -- opposition socialist who accuse the government of corruption. there have been angry scenes in your donda. a priest called on homosexuals to repent. one man was beaten to death earlier this week. a local police -- a local newspaper publicize the fact çthat he was a homosexual. let's take you back to the main story. even before the latest clashes in egypt authoritiesç instructd internet providers to suspend services until further notice. our correspondent takes a closer look at what is behind this. >> protesters in egypt and across the arab world are mainly young and have powerful peaceful weapons in their hands, cameras in their mobile phones. the images flashed around the internet and bring others to the streets. it means the fast egyptian securityç forces are almost powerless to prevent the spread of images like this. with president mubarak being torn down. ç>> today every protester is up loading videos straight from the field from where the

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abortion generally falls in line with the far right wing every time the wall appearing on the conservative cns news network show online with terry jeffrey he was asked about president obama's stance on abortion and his answer well i thought really that it was just study take a listen. that is that human life a person of the constitution. barack obama says no well if that person human life is a person then. i find it almost remarkable for a for a black man to say don't we are going to decide who are people who are not. so rick thinks that because obama is black he should be against abortion you know the pro-life movement just never ever ceases to amaze me and recent years opponents of abortion have compared the status of fertilized eggs even pre-implantation to that of priests of a war slaves who were not considered fully human you know you remember the whole three fifths compromise thing and pro-life supporters argue that legalized abortion has led to a black holocaust and african-americans ought to be against abortion for that reason but is it just that black americans should never question w

randi kaye cn and tucson arizona. >> stay at the kron4 for continuing coverage of this arizona shooting. >> here is a view of st. ignatius church in san francisco, we have to be likelier to disguise. we have temperatures that are mile in the '50s. still at 50 degrees cool thing concord anke de off and they're filled at 46 degrees. and for tonight, mostly clear skies but the fog is going to spread terror the nighttime hours. so look for heavy fog in several places, even close to the bay. the fog will gradually clear out in the morning hours. high clouds and the north bay sunnis in the south bay. through the day, things will warm up in is not quite be quite as warmest what we had today. but still very nice for the '60s in many locations around the bay area, that is about average for this time of the year. a very similar weather pattern for more and monday, little bit warmer. we may see some more '70s popping up around the bay area, this dry weather pattern will stick around like this for much of the week. >> hard to believe that today met one year since the man land faugsully piloted and

>> matt clover with cns news. you said this was an interesting wide problem. do you have any evidence that you could share with us that the same mistakes are being made right now? are they being made in u.s. waters and whe are they being made? >> the commission did that document these problems and other places. we are perfectly aware of blowout preventers that did n work in other environments. i would cite just once a cystic -- a statistic. the fatality rate for 100 million hours worked in the united statess five in united states wer in the gulf. in the north sea and in europe it is one. that needs an explanation and points for problem. i think it points to a system- wide problem. sir? >> as early as last week jack girard, the president of the american petroleum institute said that he felt the american people believed macondo was an isolated incident. as you know, there is significant resistance on the part of industry to create the safety institute europe called for. on the government side, congress last year tried to pass an oil spill legislation that contai

joint ventures the game came together because of the government black rock teamed together with new cn and wellington and came together with the advent both of these institutions got to know each other through working on treasury business and because of that collaboration have decided to continue the relationship and are now actively marketing funds in the private sector. this is what government should be doing and we come command of the caucus for the system. yes, clap. [applause] then as it relates to treasury assets sales, i just mentioned the government now owns securities sales and preferred stock and common stock companies like general motors and aig and others while the treasury has been selling these securities, selling organs from corporations like bank of america, pnc financial land this week citigroup. also the government owned 8 billion approximate shares of citigroup officially and hired 12 minority and women owned firms to work with those disposing of assets and ten minority firms involved in the general motors ipo and now we are working on a ayachi. again, none of this c

if you read the communist manifesto, it is old daughter cn tell you that you have to kill people if you do that. okay? abolition of private property, that's a good idea? that's craziness. i could look at that right there, 1850 come and see do you know how many people are going to have to die, you're going to have to kill to pull that off? not a good idea three which is what almost everywhere it's been tried, anywhere on the planet, where the asia or africa or latin america or eastern europe, wherever, widespread bloodshed and tragedy. again and again and again. a professor at university california at berkeley said in each of these cases are in each of his country would communism has been tried, the massive annihilation of human beings and repression in basic crimes and carnage far outdid anything in the previous experience or nationality or history of any of these countries. this is an entirely new thing, whether it's in cambodia or the soviet union or china or cuba, whatever, you name it. again and again and again. and we are not learning any of it. and the reason why is the wretched,

>> i'm going to take a look at the birds and tried to determine if there's any common factor is the cnhe birds of their obvious contaminants or causes of death. open up some birds and sisters and the obvious growths or lesions. >> to be sent to labs in madison wisconsin and georgia for further testing at this point does not believe that humans aren't. >> that cheryl reporting and more dead birds. the seven founding kentucky that as many were talking about dozens verses hundreds of woman found a lot of dead birds on our front lawn. biologists think the problem here was the cold weather. >> the navy has removed capt. 01 honors from the carrier he is the officer who made a crude a comedy video and show the to his crew. navy officials said he showed " it for judgment of videos which included anti- gay slurs sexual innuendoes the navy said it will continue to investigate the case. the man suspected of killing and yale student is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow. the areas from an earlier hearing raymond clark is charged with murder. he will go before a superior court judge her body was

anthony hopkins the rite $15,005,000 based on a cn has a priest. it was only in 3000 theaters. the no strings attached $13,650,000 the other stabile the green hornet and the king's speech $11,000,000. third. >> we'll be back with more and a couple of minutes. a quick bridge check, headed for some of the bridges, bay bridge, free and clear. moving well. metering lights off. over the san mateo, nice, clear traffic is very light. let's check the golden gate, traffic is light, no fun get. we will be right back.

if you throw in to this also the fact that cn and which was initially the brand name in cable news is known number 3 far behind fox news and msn b.c. gives you a sense of how often does have changed the landscape. another way i think of this is it was last year that walter cronkite died. i think to myself when i was a kid growing up how much i admired walter cronkite. a little black kid in brooklyn and i always thought that guy is really good. i liked listening to him, his telling of the news of the day. i don't think of him as a liberal or white or democrat or republican. i think that is a trust worthy, good news man. i am not sure that would work in this political environment. in this political environment people seem to want to know if the host is liberal or conservative. they want to know about their personality and their views. that is what drives the top-rated prime-time cable programming in the country. even if you swing back over to something like the nightly news. and declining ratings for all three big networks in terms of the nightly news broadcasts, those audiences tend to

winds could be gusting as high as 50 miles per hour in boston, and that will feasibly bring blizzard cns heaviest of the snow is tracking into maine. how much snow are we talking? well, much of the east coast could see about 6 to 12 inches. but it looks like, boston, you're right where that storm potentially will bomb out. essentially, thats wthe stos go e st, where it will see oow. so we ar exng a 12 18 inch i now, for the northwest they're dealing with snow as well. seattle has already picked up a couple of inches, but as temperatures wap instthis be ng t. >> you know, ava, these are like the worst stories for people who this morning are packing up right now heading to the airports. i'm curious to know, is all of this, the storms on both regions, going to have a big impact on any of the airports? >> absolutely. i think travel in the northeast is just going to be an absolute mess throughout the day even as the snow tapers off in new york city. they're going tove aot o catching up to tho youbare so thank yo muc. >> good to see you. >>> and atlanta, brutal storm. ice was so thick that out

>> yeah, matt clover with cns news. you mentioned in the steech these are industry-wide problems. do you have any evidence the same mistakes are being made right now, and are they made in u.s. waters, and where are they being made? >> the commission did not document these problems in other places. we're perfectly aware of blowout preventers that didn't work in other environments, but i cite one statistic that's induce piewtble. the fatality rate for 1 million hours worked in the united states is 5. in united states waters in the gulf. in the north sea and in europe, it's one. that needs an explanation, and it points to a problem. i think it points to a system-wide problem. sir? >> thank you, gary with plats. as early as last week, president of the american petroleum institute, said he felt the american people believe that macondo was an isolated incident, and as you know there's resistance on the part of industry in creating the safety institute you called for, and on the government side, congress last year tried to pass an oil spill regulation that could handle the things you cal

>> matt clover with cns news. you said this was an interesting wide problem. do you have any evidence that you could share with us that the same mistakes are being made right now? are they being made in u.s. waters and where are they being made? >> the commission did that document these problems and other places. we are perfectly aware of blowout preventers that did not work in other environments. i would cite just once a cystic -- a statistic. the fatality rate for 100 million hours worked in the united states is five in united states water in the gulf. in the north sea and in europe it is one. that needs an explanation and points for problem. i think it points to a system- wide problem. sir? >> as early as last week jack girard, the president of the american petroleum institute said that he felt the american people believed macondo was an isolated incident. as you know, there is significant resistance on the part of industry to create the safety institute europe called for. on the government side, congress last year tried to pass an oil spill legislation tha

>> matt clover with cns news. you said this was an interesting wide problem. do you have any evidence that you could share with us that the same mistakes are being made right now? are they being made in u.s. waters and where are they being made? >> the commission did that document these problems and other places. we are perfectly aware of blowout preventers that did not work in other environments. i would cite just once a cystic -- a statistic. the fatality rate for 100 million hours worked in the united states is five in united states water in the gulf. in the north sea and in europe it is one. that needs an explanation and points for problem. i think it points to a system- wide problem. sir? >> as early as last week jack girard, the president of the american petroleum institute said that he felt the american people believed macondo was an isolated incident. as you know, there is significant resistance on the part of industry to create the safety institute europe called for. on the government side, congress last year tried to pass an oil spill legislation tha

else.t so the heart of this bipartisan compromise is to make sure that every hold has a public owner cn and there would be consequences. there may be madam president, there may be a senator ranchers becomes known as senator obstruction.r senator obstruction is the one who is trying to block publicam business. let them explain it to the american people. i will have more to say about ia in a little bit and the possibility of other colleagues coming but senator mccaskill han really brought an energy and passion to this that is made it possible foror us to as i say be the cusp of finally forcing here in the senate public business to be done in public and i want to thank herc. for all her help, allow her to take this time. she said she thought she mightut speak for 10 minutes. senator klobuchar who has also been a great and passionate advocate of open government will alsote speak and her colleagues who have an interest, we have 30 minutes of time and senator f mccaskill with appreciation for all you have y done, the time is yours. >> madam president? >> the senator from missouri. >> madam pr

this is illustrative of the earlier mechanics of the cn thfrpblgts poll showing 78% of democrats wanted president obama to be renominated. there is not going to be a primary challenge to president obama. he is too popular among the democratic base, among every key constituency within the party. unions may not like him at the moment but they will when they see the alternative that republicans put up. i doubt whoever the republicans nominate will be a big friend of unions. end of the day president obama is going to go renominated. anybody who spends time writing that he might not be i think is just looking for a story. host: 2012 politics with reid wilson of hotline, thank you very much for being on the program. we are take a short break and when we come back we'll continue our discussion regarding the top stories of 2012. give us a call and tell us what you -- 2010, rather. 2012 yet to come. 2010. what were the top stories in your opinion? and you may want to tell us what you think may be the top political story of 2011. all that on "washington journal" when we come back. >> the one thin

joint ventures the game came together because of the government black rock teamed together with new cn and wellington and came together with the advent both of these institutions got to know each other through working on treasury business and because of that collaboration have decided to continue the relationship and are now actively marketing funds in the private sector. this is what government should be doing and we come command of the caucus for the system. yes, clap. [applause] then as it relates to treasury assets sales, i just mentioned the government now owns securities sales and preferred stock and common stock companies like general motors and aig and others while the treasury has been selling these securities, selling organs from corporations like bank of america, pnc financial land this week citigroup. also the government owned 8 billion approximate shares of citigroup officially and hired 12 minority and women owned firms to work with those disposing of assets and ten minority firms involved in the general motors ipo and now we are working on a ayachi. again, none of this c

i think cn and hosted a youtube debate back in 2007. again, i think it is a perfect opportunity to discuss these things, much like you would at a town hall meeting. i do not consider myself a younger voter. [laughter] >> one final question. are you closer to naming [unintelligible] >> the president and the team have the announcement to make on the job of the press secretary and others as a part of the organization that will be made. i do not know when that will be. i would refer you to my previous answer. >> robert, on the new color coded alert system, is the president confident that the new system will be able to communicate to americans appropriately and affectively? >> it is designed to take some of the confusion out of -- you have seen this from both democrats and republicans. they agreed that there may have been disagreement in the beginning, it has caused some confusion. secretary napolitano is going to speak on this very shortly at george washington. i would point you to that. >> the cdo projected this week that the unemployment

that i get from people in wyoming is that the is it this new high risk pool, that thi can't get they cnit unless they go without insurance for six months and they can't do that because they have problems similar to what we heard about today. i want to get a little bit of clarity on some of these things. mr. olivo, you said that the 1099s as the accountant in the senate and i'm now joined by senator johnson who is also an accounnt, so we'll have an accountant's caucus, i am familiar with the 1099s. and i wondered if you had any evaluation on what potential cost is for you on those with the equipment and things that you might have to put in or hire a person. i know it's important for you to do a evalue on that but do you have one? >> i don't have an exact dollar cost, but to give you an idea, i can't afford to hire an hr consultant or an accounting consultant. so i'll have to do it myself as a business owner or assign someone internally. just to give you an idea, my trip down here, i took a train, i took a cab, i stayed in a hotel. i had to monitor did i go over $600 staying at a marriott

host: i go back to the political note because as a contributor to cn thfrpblgts you weighed i on the012 race. guest: i have. host: marco rubio as vice presidential running mate? guest: well that was a bit of a flip comment saying we already have the vice president marco rubio. certainly that is not a certainty. but what an attractive guy, what an experienced guy with experience in the house, terrific speaker. i will be going to his swearing in on wednesday. florida is an important state. one takes those things into account. but we are loaded with talent. we were running through the list earlier and i forgot him. how do you forget rubio? i think he's going to be a very important player. note, too, this i not your grandfather's republican party. this election, suzanne martinez from new mexico, new governor. nicky hailey from south calina. tim scott from south carolina. first black republican since reconstruction. alan west. it is a very different group and different looking group and that is all good for republicans. stkpwr let me ask you abouthe hispanic vote because the president has

>> matt clover with cns news. you said this was an interesting wide problem. do you have any evidence that you could share with us that the same mistakes are being made right now? are they being made in u.s. waters and where are they being made? >> the commission did that document these problems and other places. we are perfectly aware of blowout preventers that did not work in other environments. i would cite just once a cystic -- a statistic. the fatality rate for 100 million hours worked in the united states is five in united states water in the gulf. in the north sea and in europe it is one. that needs an explanation and points for problem. i think it points to a system- wide problem. sir? >> as early as last week jack girard, the president of the american petroleum institute said that he felt the american people believed macondo was an isolated incident. as you know, there is significant resistance on the part of industry to create the safety institute europe called for. on the government side, congress last year tried to pass an oil spill legislation tha