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we are making our fresh pin ya colada from scratch. now we are branching out. my latest swedish project is hard water. i spent five days in kentucky drinking so much bourbon that i thought i would never drink bourbon again. >> research, charles! >> yes. so, it is interesting to see the history of bourbon, and we decided to build a little bar called hard water right next to pier 3. and it is the same idea. it is really about food that comes with a story, a history. like the sandwich. >> tell me about this. it smells so good up here. it seems like the minute i stop chewing i need to start talking. what makes this different than what you were finding in other vietnamese restaurants? >> we got a little detail. we buy gulf shrimp, we don't buy froze gallon you don't like anything in abbott snl. >> yes, we make everything fresh. >> you make soy sauce? >> no. we buy that. you don't make your wine, you let somebody else do that. >> but the soup stock, things like that? >> yes. >> you can't just go buy the stock? >> no. the french brought the bread to vietnam and the vi

that's the one i'm talking about and a pina colada smoothie. >> i'll try it, why not. >>> as we enterarch madness the top seed in the ncaa tournament is also the most valuable college basketball team. louisville is worth $38.5 million to the school. kansas is second at $33 million edging out third place, which is north carolina. "forbes" says those three schools are always at or near the top of the list. >>> and you can now climb the world's highest mountains from the comfort of your own home. street view on google maps now includes ground level photos from everest, kilimanjaro and other peaks, the work of a google employee who loves to climb mountains -- how cool is that -- and took a team to these mountains and took pictures so you can really almost get the experience. obviously you can't but still pretty cool. >> that's pretty cool. i'll take it from here. >> if i was going to do a trip to kilimanjaro i would probably watch the video in anticipation. >> i'm not going to take a trip and i'll still watch it. >> i won't jump out of a plane but i'd hike kilimanjaro. >> who understands

>> colada. gerri: answer the question. >> it is much easier than they may get out.s but the press or the proper r.o.t.c. would not leave the celebrities alone in a private place. >> so we have to have on a lot just for steven tyler? gerri: they say it is a magnet for celebrities wingate intrude into private space in this regard safety across as a serious wine. be clear the proper r.o.t.c. have done despicable things the last few years. >> talked-about kate middleton, princess diana, just in the bird they are relentless. when you're by yourself why shouldn't they? >> there are already laws on the books you do not need the steven tyler act. it is crazy it could go on and on. [laughter] >> i am not buying it that the laws currently detour the paparazzi. gerri: then would why any other law be enforced? >> because this is very targeted to put them on notice you cannot invade a private home. >> you just made my point* it is targeted to celebrities? what about us. >> the opera see are not interested in the rest of us >> here is the what is going on they will give special p

what are piÑa coladas? yes. let's do raising the bar for $400. joshua. what is gin? gin.got it. let's do raising the bar joshua. for $600. rayma. what is a mojito? mojis. raising the bar for $800, please. rob. to. yeat is schnapps? yes. raising the bar for $1,000. [ beep ] and that would be sambuca. back to you, rob.

members of congress may be drinking pina coladas, but it's back to work soon.ore they left both houses managed to pass budgets but don't mistake that for progress. the gap is so wide a deal may not be possible. the house republicans budget aka the dreaded paul ryan plan consists entirely of spending cuts. with the fiscal goalposts so far away from one another and unemployment stuck at 7.7%, the idea of consensus on the country's economic future may be a distant dream. earlier this month, jonathan chait predicted despair. if the goal of the two parties can be plotted along a right/left axis, then 16 negotiations may be a middle ground. if the parties can't find a middle ground, it's because a middle ground doesn't exist. when negotiations seems stall, what else to do but add another negotiate into the mix. today, president obama announces he will release his budget on the 10th. congress may have better luck lurching from crisis to crisis with a series of stopgap measures to create panic than trying to come to an agreement. wait. they are already doing that. let

. ♪ ♪ if you like pina coladas, if you're not into -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ -- if you havery go to my pc free for 45 days with this special offer, click on the try it free button and enter the promo code stephanie. charlie pierce of esquire coming up next. a lot of people with thoughts about traci lords and the stew benville stays. chad in illinois. hey, chad. >> caller: hey, steph. love you guys. love the show. >> stephanie: thank you. go ahead. >> caller: i just wanted to thank anonymous for shedding light on the subject there in stupidville, if it weren't for anonymous i probably wouldn't have found out about that whole rape case, and i also wanted to say i have two young boys one is four and one is ten, and i'm raising my boys to make sure that they have respect for themselves, respect for women, hopefully they will become good productive members of society, and i don't know i just -- you know i tell my oldest son >> stephanie: tressy brought up a good point. are we at that point where we have to debate whether a young boy things it right or wrong to pee on a young girl

a vietnam veteran who is a heroic individual, but i'm sorry that i think coconuts make good pina coladas but they make really bad policy. it seems to me that what -- and one last thought before i get to my question and that is, thank god we have missile defense. over the years, at the same time we're fighting to make sure we don't give our enemies money, which they now have used to develop nuclear weapons, at the very least we fought through a missile defense system which may provide us some security in the united states against missiles launched from north korea to southern california. so thank god that we overrode those -- that opposition to missile defense which was very strong in this congress. and finally, i'd just like to ask about china. do you folks, dr. lee, you sort of poo-pooed this and i agree with you, regime change and one singular korea has to be the goal, but isn't china really pulling a lot of strings up there in north korea and aren't they the ones who hold the key to changing the direction of north korea? the peaceful change of direction. >> indeed. the chinese again w

i think coconut make good unit dollars -- piÑa colada's, but they make that policy.icy.licy we are fighting to make sure we do not give our enemies money. we fought through a missile defense system which may provide us security in the united states against the soles launched from north korea to southern california. thank. we overwrote -- thank god we overwrote that. i would like to ask about china. you tended not to --regime change and one singular korea has to be the goal. is china pulling of a lot of strings up there in north korea? are they the ones who hold the key to changing the direction of north korea? the peaceful change of direction russia mark >> the chinese -- the peaceful direction of china? >> having that north korea card to play he studied the united states over the long term and having that long-term, china sees that to be in its interests. >> you assume you would have a system that when we hear that there would be no more truce that the chinese are in agreement with the north koreans on that type of hostile act? >> the chinese are not pleased with no