. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico.ore than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was one of the best panel'' we have ever had, extraordinary people. at the end of the process, they rank their top groups which are then merged into a master list. >> performers are judged on stage presence, costumes, and innovation. >> the four programs are created around an exciting and dynamic range so the soloists and groups selected each weekend will have enough dynamic range to be a society overall to are experience. >> hundreds of dancers from dif

. >>> another deadly crash to report this one in the congo a plane carrying un staff members and peace keepers crashed killing at least 26 people onboard. bbc reports the plane broke into pieces trying to land in a rainstorm. >>> in other news a 17-year-old boy is being called a hero for saving several children from a burning mobile home. flames tore through this redwood city home about 2:00 a.m. this morning. the teens mother couldn't get to her kids she was blocked by flames in the laundry room. her 17-year-old son heard her screaming, woke up his three siblings and a friend and helped them escape through a bedroom window. >> pretty amazing for this young man to keep his composure and help his siblings out. >> no one was hurt the smoke detectors were not working the cause of the fire is being investigated. >>> a gal stone forced a judge to postpone the barry bonds purgery trial. one of the jurors called in sick the trial is on hold until he or she is back in court or an alternate is called. trial entering its third week the prosecution's last witness is an anti doping expert and bond

staff including peacekeepers that crashed on landing in congo's capital today.>jacqueline: gorgeous what are out there today changes as we head into the next couple of days. even a chance of rain by thursday. we will talk all about it coming up. >>jacqueline: a live look outside from the roof cam over downtown san francisco, sunny skies. right now in the '70s through most of the bay including san francisco at 71. cooling down to the '60s in the evening and '40's overnight. a slight bit cooler tomorrow afternoon 64 degrees compared to today's low seventies. conditions bay area wide, 64 half moon bay 80 los gatos, where expecting the cool down a five to 15 degrees starting tomorrow. mostly sunny tomorrow but cooler. 64 san francisco, 66 oakland, a few low seventies inland along the delta. we will be even cooler as we head into wednesday, winds will pick up on wednesday as well. blustery cold day with temperatures dropping several more degrees, san francisco 58, 52 san jose. it tomorrow, it will be several degrees cooler than today but still pretty nice. the north

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we may say a prayer for people in congo or rwanda, but how do connect the dots?hink that prayer is powerful and not to be diminished. some of us in this country who are struggling to put food on the table and are wondering where the next paycheck is coming from or have dangers health situations and they do not have access to corporate medical care dupree for yourselves -- medical care do pray for themselves and for others. for those concerned with daily survival, i think there is a variety of ways -- it is enlightened self interest. globally, healthy societies are better able to economically empower themselves. there is real connection in the growth of gdp with the health status of a population and come in particular, the ability girls and women to access education, income generation, technology with connecting poor communities with technology. there are connections to increase in that nation's productivity. those stable societies are what, as a global community, we're looking for. i think all of the money that we spend militarily, for example, some of it can be

all the football goes on for me on the congo first that starts on the ice and favorites. that lands two one in overtime to win the first of their best of seven the goring cup finals series on i was for some of us took the lead in the first period but surprised that package side atlanta pulled a goal back in the third to force the extra frame and in the second is over time and place to take in grab the winner go home side the advantage. meanwhile of the big are in cup itself made a thousand kilometer journey east from the headquarters in moscow four and it will be there for the first two games of the best of seven series will then be taken to the home of atlanta in mitigation just north of last go and the contest which is very news if the finals go the distance the deciding game played on it a little and see it's. football now and in the russian premier league new boys could go top if they wanted to know moscow on some so they did and will have lost their first three matches also in action after its place present is by his car and another picture clear so that's all they a

this trophy is given at the end of each year to the winner of the congo free world cup one of our students won this trophy it is a very valuable prize basically it confirms that he was the best fighter of the year and if we use. that fighters name. is mostly the sally hope who was also named the king of kong flu becoming the only non chinese warrior in the world to be awarded this title though he graduated a while ago mostly still considers it an honor to combine his alma mater to train and convey the philosophy of the next generation which. this is really a unique school first of all it discipline students who are always doing something meaningful practicing studying you have no free time i think it is very important for young people today it doesn't leave room for bad things drugs terrorism which is a big problem today sports can save young people especially in our schools kids practice study they're always supervised. the martial arts are the foundation of the school education is equally if not more important in raising children for now the school is out on spring vacation so goosey not

nets on the road miami now just through the hall of games behind the eastern conference leadership congo as the teams gear up for the postseason they brought james the driving force behind he explained six year olds with a steal here leading to the other round jane spanish in with a game my facing one points eleven rebounds with my own in control throughout the contrast the nets did try hard to avoid their a six straight loss but couldn't find an answer to the trio of praise bosh to dwayne wade and le bron james bosh with a nice move in the post as the trio to buy in for sixty five points lotto eight to nine hundred four was the finals pool. now two thousand and nine formula one world champion jenson button has shown he is more than a one trick pony in the sports world the englishman going the distance a. big trial full on a one hundred five a one thousand and five hundred meter swim a tank you want to run and a forty kilometer bike ride no problem for bucking who says it best like this help him greatly behind the wheel. because you know it's hot here all week i've been training here in

will be back shortly after we take a break so stay with us we will be back with this interview in the congo. download the official t. application show on phone oh i pod touch from the i choose ops to. launch obscene life on the go. video on demand parties mindful comes and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the com. welcome back to spotlight and just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is mr morton galen and from a senior resident representative are the international monetary fund master and professor of the higher school there canonic smartened during the break you just as you just said you mentioned that the fun thing would be to try to understand what they are the leaders could do with that summit they're holding today in china in the in the country or what what's fun about it what could they do with it i do know it's being a bit provocative and talking about that particular group of leaders having fun together but if they're going to go all the way to one island why not they've gotten a speech is the the point though is that they've got a formal agenda which is p

will be back shortly after we take a break so stay with us we will be back with this interview in the congo. they come in the thousands. still want to play with six p. others wants to take her spirits. see what she is the chief of the river. there. is no food in her system is celia. chasing adrenaline our tastes. chosen from among many. she was given a clear cut mission. a mission he successfully accomplished. and became the first ever man in her space. hero of the soviet union one of the best known persons in the whole world. all his thoughts were focused on flights. could he ever think that his life's work would cost him his life. one happened in those few seconds. and what seemed to its knees sealed barrels still. curing a car any. place on our team. welcome back to the party lines going over just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is mr morton galen and former senior resident representative of the international monetary fund in moscow and professor of the harvard school smartened during the break you just as you just said you mentioned that the fun thing would be to try to und

the congo now where only one survivor has been confirmed among the thirty three people aboard a u.n. plane that crashed in the country on monday the jet which left the northeastern city of kiss and god he broke into and caught fire while trying to land at an airport and the capital kinshasa again workers were listed as being on the plane which had a georgian crew and both congolese and foreign nationals on board officials suggest strong winds and heavy rain may have caused the accident. the alleged mastermind of the nine eleven attacks in the u.s. will be tried by a military commission add guantanamo bay khalid shaikh mohammed and four other terror suspects were put on trial at the detention center about to abolish instead of a civil war the us president recently lifted the freeze on new military terror trials the suspect has been held by the u.s. since being captured in pakistan in two thousand and three he has confessed a host of terrorist activities in addition to nine eleven it's nearly fifty years since the first man ventured into space and today yuri gagarin is flying again a s

should be fun just mature and second and should take into account the existing social situation in congo political environment and most importantly the attitude of people before making any such decisions one has to weigh their chances avoid acting mechanically and instead fact with a clear understanding of the situation the present it is the personal insight into it. with the roles that being a president has there's a heavy burden he the journalist the president quite a young man also if he ever got tired as it was talking about the ways of the home but that he like spending time with his friends and family and of course a jealous person his relationship with five minutes the piece was a bit of talking openly about that saying that he's known by this. is like two decades. they built a. relationship they hold different with different roles. that. he mentioned probably going to be taking surely all whether or not he will be running in this election. and what president the full interview on our website at www dot com well still ahead for you this fighting for survival crews the. sooner rath

why they're after why don't they go in while you were at libya just go down the road a bit to the congo where literally under a thousand people are being barked out why haven't we gone there why don't we go protect the minority tribe be and is involved way there's a lot of injustice in the world and maybe injustice even in this country who knows but the issue is that there is nothing that can be done the international community is a big factor very and what happens to the politicians is that i look around at themselves to look at this their ratings in the polls and they say you know while i'm not doing very well here the people who vote for me think i'm an idiot begin to charge me. what i want to run north africa wonder around the middle east when we go into saudi arabia where they've banned march is the king as announce there will be severe repercussions for demonstrations and in the east they started firing everybody why don't we go into the main why don't we go in everywhere who was here on the to all these questions why don't we games you have and why don't we yank theri because it'

supporting a series of terrorist attacks have been prevented and russia's north caucasus republic of congo. according to the national antiterrorism committee three members of a terrorist organization were captured in the operation to homemade bombs with the equivalent of three kilograms of tuna and so we were struck to by special forces one of those seems to is suspected of attacking policemen in the region as well as being responsible for a fatal attack on security forces in december last year. now to ivory coast where incumbent president goes compound is being stormed by supporters of his rival president elect. but go is holed up in a bunker in abidjan is refusing to surrender at this point he's been clinging on to power with brutal force ever since november's election un peacekeepers and are supporting french troops have stepped in to protect civilians as fighting escalated over recent weeks the death toll is estimated at nearly a thousand on monday and a french forces opened fire on a black goes positions in the first military action supporting data moscow was questioned the move sayin

congo now only one survivor has been confirmed among the thirty three people aboard a u.n. plane that crashed in the country on monday the jet broke into and caught fire while trying to land at an airport in the capital kinshasa un workers were listed as being on the plane which had a georgian crew and both congolese and foreign nationals aboard officials suggest strong winds and heavy rain may have caused the accident. he alleged mastermind of the nine eleven attacks on the u.s. have been denied the right to be tried in a civil court instead he will face a military commission at guantanamo bay khalid shaikh mohammed and four other terror suspects will be put on trial at the detention center obama previously vowed to abolish the u.s. president recently lifted a freeze on new military terror trials the suspect has been held by the u.s. has been captured in pakistan in two thousand and three it was confessed to a host of terrorist activities in addition to nine eleven. a shootout between security forces and gunman in the mexican resort city of acapulco has left a soldier and

here in moscow you with us here but some other headlines from around the world now at this hour to congo only one a survivor has been confirmed among the thirty three people have. the u.n. plane that crashed in the country on monday the judge broke into a court fire while trying to fly out of an airport in the capital kinshasa u.n. workers were listed as being on the plane which georgian crew and both congolese and foreign nationals on board officials suggest stronger winds and heavy rain may have caused the accident. now a shootout between security forces and gunmen in the mexican resort city of acapulco has left a soldier and it two suspects that during the two hour gun battle the gangs set fire to a shopping center also destroying a supermarket another movie complex several people were injured and seven alleged gang members are arrested drug related violence has risen in mexico over recent years more than thirty thousand lives lost since a two thousand and six government crackdown. of you large that mastermind of the nine eleven attacks on the u.s. has been denied the right to be trie

regular bandits with high profile ones they're responsible for a hundred crimes in the republic of congoyou little credit and other regions they were reading a good piece in the house where they were killed. among those militants who was that cause be it just so if he was a believed to be involved in a number of high profile terror attacks in cuba do you know about guy republic including a terror act at the hydro power of big bucks on hydro power plants in a summer two thousand and time as well as a tirade. a raise scores so i'll defer still from a last chance you know enough to figure out among terrorists was also killed on the celebration but do you know both the militants they leave. with a was the among those militants that were killed so investigators say cuse jump was the game of the talking to restore from moscow in the bruce a district in february two thousand and eleven and also down saying that he was among those militants who shot does knowing hunters in combat you know both i have back in two thousand and seven well of the moment of identification process is underway at the s

the future will combine our developments and experience to create the final product the republic of congo stan has accumulated considerable experience in this field. with the glow not one one to inform much of both came from because anxiety part but there's two more innovation centers in that city neighborhood and seven across the capital with focuses in different cake sectors the stone spreads out beyond design to include several high tech investments owns in cities like mission accomplished now wish me show me and limb of course we are located in the sense of the most densely populated area for. every second citizen of the russian federation lives within one thousand kilometer distance and today it's very important for the multinational companies that's located in the center of the city circle because their maintenance in russia they concentrated in minnesota human resources is one of the seven funds for us in terms of quality quantity and where travel according to the service level with us on this is about forty five percent of even less even lower which case investors the flexibility

however should be fun to mature and second it should take into account the existing social situation in congo political environment of that and most importantly the attitude of people before making any such decisions one has to weigh their chances avoid acting mechanically and instead with a clear understanding of the situation now the president did give the personal insight. to the journalist but they all stand with the roles that being the pres the house is a heavy burden the president was talking about the way he saw the film but that he liked spending time with his friends and family and of course a jealous person his relationship with five minutes he said present the data talking openly about that saying that he's not a friend it's all it's hard it's like two decades. they've built a certainly a warm relationship with a whole different position and different roles and obviously working in russia is but then. he says the decision he mentioned will be going to be taken shortly all whether or not he will be running in that this election. and you can watch our president get a full interview

whole financial catastrophe first of all walk over here started really getting involved in these costs congo in two thousand and four just when the violence really started getting extreme and the mexican drug wars in april in may of two thousand and seven three years later we're cobia as a result of increasing interest and pressure from the u.s. attorney general's office began to close its relationship with some of the process becomes you know and then in july of two thousand and seven all the park over years remaining ten mexican cosseted can be zero client operating through london suddenly stopped july two thousand and seven what happened to an august of two thousand and seven the world credit crunch the world credit crunch began so what we see here is that the global banking liquidity is funded from the mexican court came drug cartels when somebody decided to go after them they withdrew their liquid cash because remember the global economy it's all credit and paper money there's actually no cash except for the drug money they were they took the drug money off the market and they crashed t

in the democratic republic of congo a un plane crashed on monday killing all but one of the thirty three people on board the jet broke into and caught fire while trying to land at the airport in the capital kinshasa un staff and peacekeepers were on the plane which had a georgian crew both congolese and foreign nationals were said to be on board officials suggest that bad weather may have contributed to the accident well it's almost exactly fifty years since the first man ventured into space and today a year ago garren is flying again a space ship named after the pioneer has a blasted off from the mike and all cosmodrome in kazakhstan it's carrying three men to the international space station artie's saucily it was there to see the crew's preparations and of course the spectacular norge. well here's a lot of excitement definitely especially among biggest spectators for that we're going to see the takeoff of the crew two russian cosmonauts you have alex on the summit with jeff and today our buddy sankoh as well as nasa astronauts ron garan over the last a few hours leading up to this poin

out that this were not regular bandits they're responsible for a hundred crimes in the republic of congo if you little korea and the other regions we were meeting in the house where they were killed. among those militants who was the cause of the expression who if he was a believed to be involved in a number of high profile terror attacks in cuba is you know a gold guy or a republic including a terror act at the hydro power at the box on hydro power plant in a summer two thousand tonne as well as a tire attack at the nigeria raise corey said on the first of may last year you know enough to figure out among terrorists was also killed that this operation that both caught is a militant leader asking for with a was among those militants that were killed investigators say cuse job was again caught for talking to restore from a moscow in the district in february two thousand and eleven and also they are saying that he was among those militants who shot does nine hans's in combat in the bald guy there back in two thousand and seven well at the moment of the identification process is under way a

the democratic republic of the congo has ongoing challenge particularly in the eastern congo maintainingtability. and that instability could have a very real impact on the national security interest in al qaeda is present both as aqap al qaeda arabian peninsula and al qaeda in the land of the islamic aqim which is through the area so they feed on instead of the become faster uncovered spaces they can operate without people being able to control them. so africom has a strong interest not just in hog libya where we are aware of what's going on throughout the continent in trying to figure out how we combat political unrest and poverty which drives instead devotee to make sure that these unstable and uncovered areas to become a threat to us and we can help make sure the continent is more peaceful and prosperous for those who reside there. so i appreciate the opportunity to have this hearing today and i look forward to your testimony and with that i would yield back to the chairman. >> thank you. general mcnabb, your full testimony is without objection inserted into the record so you may tell

to congo now only one survivor has been confirmed among the thirty three people aboard a u.n. plane that crashed in the country on monday that you have broken into and caught fire while trying to land at an airport in the capital kinshasa u.n. workers were listed as being on a plane which had a georgian crew and both congolese and foreign nationals on board officials suggest strong winds and heavy rain may have caused the accident. a shootout between security forces and gunmen in the mexican resort city about the pull of who has left a soldier and two suspects dead during a two hour gun battle the gangs set fire to a shopping center also destroying a supermarket at a movie complex several people were injured and seven alleged gang members arrested last month ten people were killed in the city one gunman opened fire in a nightclub. well it's nearly fifty years since the first man ventured into space and today you're a good car and it's flying again a spaceship named after the pioneers blasted off from baikonur in cast stamp and is carrying three men to the international space s

regular bandits but high profile ones they're responsible for one hundred crimes in the republic of congo the little corridor and the other regions we were reading in the house where they were to you as big clash with was among those militants who were killed in battle peroration and he was believed to be involved in a number of terror attacks not only in that region but across the north caucasus including a terror act at the hydro power plant and of the terror attack on the racecourse or a last year now in another figure among terrorist ask you have job was also among the killed militants investigators their cues jump with a gang of attacking tourists from moscow in february twentieth levon and russian security forces also add that further d.n.a. tast would probably be required to identify some of the militants and of the identification process is under way out of the scene of the special operation at the moment. corresponded in a question of are there russian oil producers who have to come up with a new plan to make big profit as authorities are cutting their exports right now much lowe

and we could contrast it for example to like you know the wars in the democratic republic of the congo which has killed something like five million people in the last decade but obviously it's a very symbolic it's a very important battle and it's one that has been with the u.n. since the beginning since they created the state of israel so it's i think the perception is that it was when obama came in perception i would describe it journalistically without saying it's right or wrong it's kind of a hope on the part of a lot of the sort of middle eastern countries that they would that the u.s. under obama would be less supportive as a of israel as you probably saw the obama did cast a veto on a pretty pretty watered down resolution that basically would have just said that settlements built by israel on occupied palestinian land or violations of international law and that's true it is a violation of law to build to put your people into occupied land but i think the obama you know this is i think one way to understand is that israel for whatever reason is probably the number one foreign poli

let's get more now on some other news making headlines around the world and the congo only one survivor has been confirmed of anger thirty three people aboard a u.s. plane that crashed in the country on. monday that you have broke in to caught fire while trying to land at an airport in the capital kinshasa u.n. workers were listed as being on the plane which had a georgian crew and both congolese and foreign nationals on board official suggests strong winds and heavy rain may have caused the accident. shootout between security forces and government in the mexicans resort city of not a full coat as lafe to soldier two suspects deaths during the two hour gun battle the gangs set fire to a shopping center. parking and the movie complex several people were injured and seven alleged gang members arrested drug related violence has risen a massacre in recent years with more than thirty thousand lives lost since the two thousand and six government crackdown. the alleged mastermind of the nine eleven attacks on the us has been denied the right to be tried in a civil court instead he will face a

sold over three hundred million dollars worth of weapons to congo dothan shortly before the libyan uprising began. frissons in one find himself under attack first really out of gas chechen terrorists martin and his terra link supporters in helsinki finland salvors an extremist islamist web site were a march make statements about terror attacks in. breaking the news breaking apart that u.s. networks count the cost of covering disasters and war but still find the billions needed to pay their star anchors some outlets have spent most of their annual budget in just a few months. people of al next in his cross dog discuss america's foreign policy that's president obama's call of his own lawyer or has seen harriet his course of action from the bush administration that's coming up next here in our. world. bringing you the latest in science and technology from the realms. we've done to the future of coverage. can. start. following welcome to cross talk i'm people of god deal by my god when is there such a thing over the past few months we've seen the u.s. waffle as change rages across the arab midd

battalion will perform pretty well but we think there's more that we can and should be doing to help congo become a more professional military force, more civil control and responding under international norms. but initial indications are pretty good i think, but still certainly some work to be done. >> thank you. general mcnabb, i had questions but congressman wilson kind of threw me off track there. so i will get back to you at some point in a future. thank you, gentlemen for your service to the nation. >> thank you. the chair recognizes mr. kline for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and with all apologies to my colleagues from south carolina and georgia, most of windows that minneapolis-st. paul is probably the transportation center of the entire world. general mcnabb, i've got a copy of the letter that you sent to mr. babbitt, the f.a.a. administrator, where you are expressing some concerns about a proposed rule that will affect crew rest for our commercial partners. could you briefly outline what your concerns are, what impact this rule might have on our ability to move troop

. -- the kind all -=- the congo has an ongoing challenge in maintaining stability. there are vast, ungoverned spaces. we are trying to figure out how we come back political unrest and poverty -- combat political unrest and poverty. we want to make sure the continent is a more peaceful and prosperous place to those who reside there. i appreciate the opportunity to have this hearing today. with that, i will yield back to the gentleman. >> thank you. tearful testimony will be inserted into the record. you can tell us whatever you feel is appropriate. gentleman? >> distinguished members of this committee, it is my distinct privilege to be here today with you representing more than 145,000 of the world's finest logistics professionals. the u.s. transportation command team, merchant mariners accomplish incredible feats in the face of historic challenges. we have a saying. we view our success in the eyes of the war by to. -- of the war fighter. working with the joint staff, the services, and the command staff, our teams have provided unparalleled logistic superiority to th

>> my name's lawrence and i'm from the congo. >> jimmy: shh. >> my name is rubin, i'm from long islandshh. >> my name is joe, i'm from pearl river, new york. >> jimmy: shh. >> my name -- my name's big dave, i'm from philly. [ scattered cheers ] >> my name's robby from south jersey. >> jimmy: all right, good man. you guys are all friends? >> yeah. >> jimmy: well, maybe not after this. it's so hard not to laugh when you're playing with your pals. but here's how it works, you're each going to pick a card. whoever gets -- when you flip it over, whoever gets the skull and crossbones, they're the person that has to do the challenge. okay? if you complete the challenge, each one -- each one of you gets $50. if you fail, or if you guys make too much noise, kiss that money good-bye. you got that? >> yeah. >> jimmy: all right, good. i'll be doing all of the judging tonight. and just for fun, you guys will be doing some of the same challenges that we did on our episode, sans the six-foot sub. you won't have to do that. all right. let's deal out the cards. go for it. [ drum roll ] shh. [ gong ] th

colonial countries and many of those are failing and falling apart the splintering of cdn and the fact congo has been declared a country that doesn't exist when happens with pakistan and yemen speaks to the fragmentation of much of the postcolonial world three cannot treat all states the call or pretend anything that is going on today will contribute to building a set of strong states to be the base line for future diplomacy instead what i see happening in afghanistan itself is a new hybrid government. a new public-private -- private those who get the lithium and the copper out to ship it in all directions so they have some revenues into their economy. it involves ngos to build the schools and hospitals and clinics. how long would it take to build a strong central afghan that is not correct to set up the number of schools and hospitals and clinics? how long does it take? a very long time if ever but if you had better coordination among all ngos that build the schools with the ministries and foreign donors and investors and so forth i think you get to that solution a lot faster. we should reo

. -- congo. i am delighted that he could be with us. join me in welcoming president abdulsalami abubakar. [applause] >> and mr. president, ladies and i have been asked by my colleague to introduce the conversation this afternoon. as you know, we are the african union high implementation panel. we started to work in march 2009 on dark for -- darfur. our mandate was extended to the world. we have been working with the sudanese to follow up the implementation of cpa. we have been asked by the sudanese to facilitate the talks on what is called the post-cpa arrangement. maybe the best ways to tell you where we are on these matters. then it may trigger a discussion, a question and answer. maybe that is the best way. first, as you know, about the implementation, we have come a long way. i recognize those people who played a very important role in the organization. the professor and his deputy. [applause] we work with them on the issue and referendum. the contribution of everybody on the incredible referendum and the outcome of which has been a

the new job reports that came out, the unemployment level and i have to think they're dancing the congohe most important issue with the americans. all the national polls agree. most recent from cbs news. when's rig what's right at the top? jobs and the economy. every other poll indicates the same thing. jobs and the economy, carroll, a huge issue in the midterm elections and unless things change it will be a very, very important issue for the presidency which is a year and a half away and talking about that, carroll, april 1st, a very important day in the race for the white house. why? not because it's april fool's day. today is the beginning of the second quarter of fund raising. thinking of running for the presidency, you have to start raising money and file papers and i think we'll see a lot of contenders, possible contenders actually get into the game and includes president barack obama. he has to file papers to form a re-election committee. carroll, the race for the white house heathing up entering the second quarter. >> many thanks. your political update in an hour. and a reminder