i actually was invited to participate in a collin program at c-span many, many years ago. i won't say how many. president reagan called that call in show and i was able to ask him a question. subsequently i think c-span wrote a book for people who watch and listened to c-span and participated and bringing us information about the government and the political process. there was a very small section about the fact that i have been able to ask the question of president reagan. it was a great trip for a 16-year-old and i appreciate the services c-span provides. >> welcome back and thanks for joining us this morning. >> sally bradshaw a strategist from tallahassee. . >> hillary clinton goes before the un security council today. live pictures outside the security council chamber at the un in new york. she is expected to endorse a plan on syria calling for the president to step aside as part of an effort to resolve the crisis in the country. two permanent security members, russia and china spoke out against the plan. secretary clinton expected to be joined by the minsters of brit

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. >> the monthly visits are carefully monitored by the program's coordinator, joshua collins. >> they is what we are trying to teach them. even though they are in prison that's not a cop-out not a be a dad. >> oh, my gosh. >> you're okay, buddy. get up. >> come on. let me kiss it. tell daddy to kiss it. say kiss it so it will make it better. >> you be all right. >> you're in beast mode. daddy's beast mode? >>. >> you're all right. >> glad to see you, mr. napier. go ahead and have a seat. >> following each visit, bradley undergoes another review. >> let's talk about when he cries. >> i just tell him to get up. he is raised by a whole bunch of women. they get babied and i don't want my son to grow up getting babied all the time. i want him to have a little bit of toughness about him because the world's tough. you know what i mean? just get up and go on. >> i understand where you're coming from. i want to give you a suggestion. it's okay for him to cry. it's okay for you to say that he's okay and then address the situation and move on. it kind of seemed that some of your patterns came fr

collins, welcome to the program and nice to have you on again. i want to play you a comment from newt gingrich today in new hampshire. gingrich got walloped in iowa, but he is swinging hard at romney. listen to this. >> i find it amazing that the news media continues to say he is the most electable republican, when he can't break out in his own party, and i don't think that he is going to -- well, he will do fairly well here, because this is one of the three best states, but the fact is that if governor romney in the end has a limited appeal in a conservative party. and by the way, you look at the dollars spent by romney and dollars spent by santorum, you'd praise santorum, too. >> and so gentry, should mitt romney be celebrating today or maybe looking over his shoulder? >> i think he should be doing a little bit of both. last night was a great result for governor romney and until recently, he was not playing hard in iowa. a lot of the pundits thought that he might write iowa off, but after the disappointment that he had there four years ago, i t

collins joins us from the state house. >> this is part of the governors and less jobs bill rollout. the program is not new but the level of funding is and it will be financed through borrowing more money. >> you are witnessing state government at work. creating a private sector jobs in the process. the project is possible because governor martin o'malley is expanding a program called the reptile house works initiative. >> i know a lot of times we talk about home ownership but a lot of people make stable and committed homes in the rental properties and care about their neighborhoods. they will be able to raise -- it would now be able to raise their children with love it's not for these affordable properties. >> this will provide money for up to 20 housing projects throughout the state. supporting the governor contends 1100 jobs appeared >> we can provide a low interest rate loan to the developer. that reduces the amount of debt on the property and therefore we can hold down the rent. >> the initiative is expected to leverage thousands of private sector dollars. the rental house works program is

have with us today chuck collins from the ymca, robert connolly from the boys and girls club, and eric mcdonald from united way. as we grow, we will put in a structured programs to give kids a path to employment. now let's talk about the team that will execute our vision. that is our member companies, many of whom are here. in your packets, there is a list of all of our member companies. we could not be prouder of the number of tech companies in san francisco who have already joined s.f. citi. at 5:00 yesterday, we had 72 members. this morning, we had 85 members. from 7:00 -- yes, we should clap. [applause] why don't any member company not standing, stand. [applause] this is s.f. citi, really not the people up here. it is the member companies that have adopted us. s.f. citi -- the power of s.f. citi is in our membership. from 7:00 this morning, the following companies have also joined who are not on a placard. yelp, rippleseed, advent, yammer, and we have added a new organization to s.f. citi, the black founders, who are here. every time we have a new member company, it will go on our website. please watch the list grow. our member companies today represent 9

have with us today chuck collins from the ymca, robert connolly from the boys and girls club, and eric mcdonald from united way. as we grow, we will put in a structured programs to give kids a path to employment. now let's talk about the team that will execute our vision. that is our member companies, many of whom are here. in your packets, there is a list of all of our member companies. we could not be prouder of the number of tech companies in san francisco who have already joined s.f. citi. at 5:00 yesterday, we had 72 members. this morning, we had 85 members.

collins has more. >> you are right, many consider this a great idea and hope it catches on. but the programnot guaranteeing veterans a job, just priority consideration for one. shell shock. returning military veterans are learning that while it is called -- is great to be called a hero, it is terrible to be labeled unemployed. the health facilities association of maryland is leading the charge to do something about that. its 234 companies are signing a pledge to give military veterans hiring priority. the organization employs 36,000 people statewide. >> from former military medics providing direct care to supply clerks to help manage security, and staff and family. >> veterans have the training, discipline, dedication and passion to serve others. this lieutenant governor -- lt. left the military agrees. >> he will be getting a quality work force. >> their jobs pan average of $41,000 a year. this former soldier did four tours of duty and came home just last month. the higher heroes -- hire heros program has strong support. >> it is great to have people call you a hero. it is terrible to be l

program for us that there is there to continue that momentum. or for you do use the outflow or brains what we call in other words that human capital people collins which is behind and there are just tremendous capacity of talent but unfortunately in the last few years it has been losing sleep so the countries outside of us are and in particular the multinational corporations so it's crucial that the russian government pull this is a new context for example of projects like spoke about are very interested in those projects too but they're actually anchor multinational corporations research and development centers in russia proper itself that's a given there are younger russian people who work in that sector and in those areas and moreover the opportunities in terms of the growth and career wise and growth experience wise and skills wise and that is very very much important because russia currently compared to personal income tax rates which is a very significant incentive for people with high quality cute human capital to be there and to stay in the russia but unfortunately it doesn't offer the same quality or promotional opportunities for growth

program for the rest of the eu. back to you. >> all right, ross. thank you very much. we'll check in with you again just a little bit later. >> what? >> i'm going through gail collins putting a, b, c, d. if you put in "s" what do you think comes up? >> i don't -- >> the name of the dog. i mean, that will be -- >> but andrew is right, they must be customized because i don't get dog first. >> does canine come up? no. >> s for shamus. >>> all right. when we come back we're going to go from europe to the united states talking about currencies to the economy. we have two topnotch traders joining us to weigh in on the day's biggest stories. but first as we head to a break check out the global markets headlines. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we were determined to see it through. here's an update on the progress. we're paying for all spill related clean-up costs. bp findings supports independent scientists studying the gulf's environment. thousands of environmental samples have been tested and all beaches and waters are open. and the tourists are back. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. >>> u.s. equity futures are pointing to a higher start. ken, i want