leave connie out of it. we were like a family for two years and never thought i'd say this, but i'm getting an idea of what you put your mom through. seaterly, i never understood how cold you are until this fall. he directed a smile of pure oppression at the ceiling. there's always been something not right with his interaction with carol. she was what the boys in the prep school would call a milf, an acronym that sounded as an emission for the too for two, matter of a dirty acronym. he was a sound sleeper, there was nights during the period of his residency when he woke up in connie's bed with premonitions of himself as the unwitting and horrified trespasser of his sister's bed or the accidental shooter of a nail into blake's forehead with his nail gun or strangest of all the towering crane and the member swinging heavy containers off a ship and depositing them on a smaller, flatter barge. these visions tended to follow matters of inappropriate connection of carol. the come -- the wing he got from her at the

a face transplant. >> it is a season of giving for connie. for the very first time she got to thank the family that gave her the gift of a new life. diane sawyer was there for their emotional meeting. >> reporter: you may remember connie culp. for whom life was barely life after she had been shot in the face by her husband. doctors at the cleveland clinic performed the nation's first full face transplant. over the years, we have been so moved and inspired by her joy. >> what a great day it is. yeah. >> do you know anything more about the donor? >> they've never contacted me. >> reporter: that was last august. just this weekend, she was still wondering. >> i'm curious. >> reporter: and we were there when she did. >> she was my wife. she was my friend. i, um -- miss her. >> reporter: the woman who gave connie her future was about the same age. her name was anna. ronald kasper was married to her for 22 years. her daughter said she said incredibly generous. >> she taught me to be a very forgiving and generous person, just like she was. >> reporte

she would have wanted to help connie. >> reporter: we were there when connie and the kasper family metirst time. >> what do you say? i mean, "thank you's" not strong enough, you know? i don't know them but i feel like i love them so much, to do something so wonderful for somebody. i thought i was going to walk around like that forever. >> reporter: from anna's daughter, one hope. >> i just really want to hug her. >> reporter: after all these years, two families meet. and in connie's face, she saw her mother's perfect nose and perfect grace. >> i'm so glad you did this for me. >> she said a gift like no >>> from the banks of the rain-swollen russian river tonight, the search ends for a woman missing since a night out with friends. >>> a police chase through an oakland neighborhood. we're live tonight with a car crash and shooting death of the dryer driver. >> and new cause for ampk rit he -- anxiety for the san bruno disaster. >> and high wire act today triggered by the weekend storm. >> breaking news in the north bay tonight. crews are pulling a punny -- minivan from the russian river

22 years ago in arlington. >> connie lived for the day. she was very caring, happy. >> on november 9, 1988 at about 8:00 p.m., we had received a 911 call for a woman screaming, and as sooas we were en route there, they got another call updating it, saying they thought shots were being fired. >> reporter: on the night of her murder, she had come home from work, from shopping, and was in her kitchen baking a pumpkin pie to take on a cruise the next day with her boyfriend on his boat. in fact, shead just spoken to him on the phone minutes before she was killed. >> they were going to take a cruise. he had a yacht where they were going to cruise down the caribbean. the officers went into the building. they were directed to apartment 21 where hultsman lived. thdoor was slightly ajar. he purse was laying just outside the apartment door on the landing area in the hallway. >> reporter: police went into the apartment and found connie hultsman in her bedroom. >> they tried to open the bedroom door. there was some resistance from the other se. they we

i also have had the pleasure of working with ada, conny, adnd judith by attending meetings. we were requested to do a program where we will be serving recently incarcerated individuals, helping them establish their own businesses in the neighborhood. supervisor mar: i just had a question about the -- i guess about renaissance. you mentioned you work as an incubator for 13 small and micro businesses. can you talk more about what you do to support those businesses? >> since i have started at renaissance, i have taken it upon myself to have a large part of my job be to work with our businesses compared to coordinating programs and more higher level things. i spent a lot of time with those entrepreneurs because, again, my office is located right next to theirs. hearing their concerns, generating solutions to the problems they might have, i do a lot of work directly marketing our businesses to our network, visitors to our building, to the surrounding community, so i do a lot of face-to-face work -- supervisor mar: it sounds like you act as a liaison to the different business and

. >> as you know or may be aware, many of the -- my name is conny ford, and in the secretary- treasurer fordopeiu loca -- secretary-treasurer of opeiu local 3. i also bring a great amount of enthusiasm to the work, and am excited that we have gotten together. we have reached our goals and our vision, and we have let our our first amount of money last year, and -- we have let out our first amount of money last year, and we are going through the process of reevaluating and letting out some more. some of our members have resigned, so the continuity of the three of us who are the carryovers would only add to the historic element of this, and i would appreciate your confirmation on this. supervisor campos: thank you very much. i do not think we have any questions. if we now call -- if we now could call ada chan. >> good morning. i have also served two terms. this is my third term. my background specifically is with asian neighborhood design. i worked on the first filipino town hall in the south of market in the mid-1990's. this is the affordable housing seat -- or the housing seat, not speci

she would have wanted to help connie. >> reporter: we were there, when connie and the kasper family met, thank you's not strong enough. you know? i thought i was going to walk around like that forever. >> reporter: from anna's daughter, one hug. >> i really want to hug her. >> reporter: after all these years, two families meet. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: and in connie's face, she saw her mother's perfect nose and perfect grace. >> i'm so glad you did this for me. >> what an extraordinary family. an extraordinary decision on their part. we'll be right back. mmmmm... ( crash ) ♪ mmmmm... ( crash ) ♪ mmmmm... ( crash ) when you add velveeta to spicy rotel tomatoes and green chiles, you've got a queso so good, it'll blow 'em away. mmmmm... ( crash ) - ha ha ha! - woo! - dang! velveeta & rotel. man, that's good! ♪ [ gasps ] this is for you. thanks. ♪ cool. ♪ [ chuckles ] whoa! ♪ [ chuckles ] i love this part. yeah. me, too. [ lucy gasps ] [ female announcer ] this year, hallmark has all new ways to say it. if you've had a coke in the last 20 years, ( screams ) you've had a hand in gi

we have a call fro from connie with the kcbs phone force, she tells us that traffic is backed up fromett all the way down into hercules. it's because of this, there is a traffic alert in effect on westbound 80 right before the highway 4-hercules exit. two cars were involved in the crash, debris scattered all over the roadway. it will be 15 minutes more before it's cleared. it's slow in the area. some of our sensors aren't picking that up, but thank you, connie for letting us know that traffic is starting to get jammed coming offer the carquinez bridge. there were some reports of dense fog in the area, as well. at the bay bridge toll plaza, we're looking good. delay-free but the construction work continues on that new section of tower as you drive up the incline or just next to it. so no rubbernecking. again, we have been telling drivers the second day for the roadwork continuing for the morning commute. westbound 4 we are just starting slowing offer the antioch bridge and really starts to slow once you reach a street. speeds improve closer to pittsburg and on into concord in those wes

the trees are containing the manager's and it's been my pleasure to work with connie and she a long with dave and a few others reconstructed this going back five years and we're looking at a 20 year average dating to about 1500. what's interesting is the tree ring is 13 point 5 acre point feet and historical is 18 point 1. with this no one cares about individual years and what's more important is the run, the sequences of drought and this is where the trees na >> some of them use temperatures and some use global climate models and some both. there are lots of future greenhouse gas predictions. there was a brief period of time around the time of the national assessment in the year 2 thousand that we hoped we would see more flows in the river but if you look at the study recently out of university of washington, one has to have a pessimistic outlook on what future flows look like in the colorado river. my colleague marty produced one as well. that show as 50 percent reduction by 2030. i'm not sure i believe that but if you think the river is going to get more water, you might be living in,

but in 1995 he married connie martin who had been married to peter jennings. that was one of the great romances in new york city he pegsly in foreign policy circles. he told me on many occasions how devoted he was to her and how important he was to her life. there was a soft side to him that connie filled and i think a lot of people who knew them will remember them as that romantic couple. >> i want to play for our viewers something president obama said earlier. >> richard is relentless. he never stops. he never quits because he's always believed that if we stay focused, if we act on our mutual interests, that progress is possible. wars can end. peace can be forged. this is the conviction that an mates his work in afghanistan and pakistan. >> paul, i mean certainly his career was not without bouts of turbulence even in this administration. >> oh, absolutely. i see a lot of people use the phrase bull in a china shop. what i think was unique about holbrooke is this. a lot of people in diplomacy particularly at his level are very bright. and a few people are very

>> right, connie cox was her name, wonderful lady. when i was 13, studied with her about seven years. of course, i could not pay, but i clean her studio, in the studio where she taught music. i would clean the studio, run errands for her, and did things between her paid students. i would sit in the corner and do my homework and listen to the paying students. i think that is where i really learned to hear the trial and errors that her paying students made and how they accomplished what they did. she was a wonderful teacher and i was absolutely blessed to have her. tavis: you studied with her for seven years, pushing you into time to go to college. what many fans may not know, you were an amazing athlete, so amazing that you had the choice at one. to try out for the olympic team or to record -- you had the choice at one point to try out for the olympic team or to record for columbia records. >> in the same week, one week, i had to either do one or the other. but over the years, i had studied with something in mind of making recordings.

married to author and journalist connie martin, holbrooke at the end was on hillary clinton's side on duty at the state department, a larger than life presence who helped reshape foreign policy. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> now back to brian williams in new york with the rest of today's news. >> tonight, there is snow, over 39% of the land mass of the continental united states. in some places, the snow dips way down to the south. it snowed briefly in atlanta today where it never got above freezing. 10 degrees in detroit. 7 in chicago. minus 14 in minneapolis, where the temperature is the least of their worries. they don't scare easily in winter in minnesota, in part because they get to watch their vikings indoors. that is until yesterday. this was downright scary. 17 inches of snowfall, just too much for the inflatable roof at the metrodome. the roof gave way. snow on the field. the game was moved to detroit tonight, and that's just part of the story in this blast of weather that has crushed some records going back 100 years. our own kevin tibbles starts us off tonight at

i wanted to move that we reappoint conny ford, ada chan, and judith baker and i move that we appoint al manalo and thomas temprano. supervisor campos: thank you. we have a motion on the floor. i also want to thank all the applicants. it is a very impressive group of people, and i think we would be remiss not to thank ms. collins and ms. cabande for the amazing work they have done. to all the applicants, this is a very fluid process. the seats become vacant from time to time, sell when there are more -- so when there are more applicants than there are seats available, i would urge whoever can get an appointment to continue to be involved because there will be other opportunities not only with respect to this body but others in the city, so we will take that motion without objection. yes, madam clerk? >> [inaudible] supervisor campos: we need to do that. ms. chan, who is current co- chair. if we could take that motion without objection. thank you very much. if we could now call item 3. >> item 3, hearing to consider appointing one member, a term ending february 19, 2012, to the work fo

we will end up at 1230 at the mos connie center.will look at them burning four model buildings. >> trying to burn. >> okay. where are we walking to. >> first let's know why we're meeting here. in 1906, this was the main drag into san francisco. this is how you came into san francisco. at this intersection, there were three major buildings. the call building, the examiner, and the chronicle. and the three major papers at that time all wanted to be at this intersection. this building has been enlarged and a number of stories added so you can't see the historic character from this building from what it looked like in 06. it survived a fire as most steel framed buildings -- i'm sorry. survived the earthquake as most steel-framed buildings did. here is the chronicle building. it also survived the earthquake. the chronicle building is made up of two buildings in front. at the time of the '06 earthquake they were building the rear annex, which was the tallest building west of the mississippi. this building survived until the fire came. the

i would like to send a happy holidays to my aunt ruby, aunt jean, aunt connie living in washington d.c. i just want to say a big happy holidays and that i love you all. >>> welcome back. manassas family is in mourning tonight. there son sean cutsforth was killed this week in afghanistan. >> reporter: their car sticker says it all. these are proud parents of an army soldier. but now those same parents are left with heavy hearts knowing their son isn't coming home from war. >> he was my baby. he was there for me. >> 22-year-old specialist sean cutsforth was killed by small arms fire in afghanistan according to his family. they say he had been there since february this year. >> he was doing what he wanted to do. he wanted to serve his country. and he was proud to do it. >> reporter: according to his loved ones he was also proud to help his friends back here in his community of manassas. he graduated from princeville district high school. those close to him say he had a reputation for always lending a hand to anyone who needed it. >> great young man that helped huge number of people. >> re

other dog labrador conny is getting on well with the newcomer said to be growing up quickly. but a few minutes from now are two explores the emerging ultra right wing religious movement in the u.s. before then i'll recap the week's top stories and today's headlines they were. wealthy british style it's sometimes very surprising sometimes when. markets find scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to name two crimes a report on our to. bring you the latest in science. and technology from the ground flushed. we've got the future covered. in india ulti is available in the movie joint people joe.

month the idea was submitted by a five year old boy from bosco the pm said his other dog that rudolph conny is getting on well with the new comer said to be growing by the hour. back of the headlines in just a feeble state. wealthy british style it's a mess but i'm glad to find. that. markets finance scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headline used to mean to cause a report on our. minds in motion would be so much brighter if you knew about sums from financed impressions. for instance on t.v. dot com.

could the truth already be out there or earlier i caught up with dr collin eros president of the connie institute for psychological trauma doctor calls obtained fifteen thousand pages of cia documents through a freedom of information act lawsuit so i first asked him if anywhere in those documents there was evidence of electrodes being implanted into soldiers' brains. in the documents which were actually all declassified in the senate and he doesn't talk directly to both those individuals but it describes a series of just brain electrode in programs in different animals dolphins and human beings so would it surprise you at all or i guess you know would you be convinced that they probably did in fact do these experiments on humans as well. it's not a question of opinion there's publications in the medical literature for instance two lane where brain electrodes are implanted in a homosexual guy to try and cure is homosexuality there's a books and papers out of harvard and yale describing putting electrodes in cats dogs dolphins and human beings to control the behavior it's all published fo

in the chelsea football club owners flotilla she's the largest and most expensive private boat of connie and now besides to help me pads twenty jet skis to swimming pools and hot tubs she also boasts a dance floor and a cinema interior design might not be to everyone's taste though all five decks are decorated with reptile skin and real fur it even has its own anti-missile shield and a mini submarine life. he used to but he's used to being on the song when it comes to politics but i've seen reports of been showing that he's also in tune with show biz the russian premier has been tinkling the r. reasons wells exercising his vocal chords all the name off the charity. hitting the high notes and as you can hear in english as well listen lead a star studded sing along sharon stone mickey rourke and gerard depardieu were among those famous faces that this. gathering in st petersburg it was all go to raise money for childhood cancer charity. and a few moments we explore the unspoiled nature of russell's north caucuses the headlines are coming up first in just a moment.

culpeper connie schools are delayed two hours.calvert and charles county schools are closed today as are st. mary's county schools. the st. mary's county offices are open on time. calverton school in huntington, maryland also closed. we will put these at the top of your screen throughout the morning and everything is online at myfoxdc.com. go there and we'll continue to update them through the morning. we are getting a few more in every hour. >> not only do we have the really cold testimonies but they are anticipating that snow which is set to arrive shortly. >> snow on the way. i grew up in the area. i don't ever remember them closing the school before the event. i used to walk like 10 miles in the snow. >> uphill barefoot both ways. >> the barefoot part, no, i had shoes. i guess that was in pittsburgh gentleman spoken like a true ravens fan. >> you got it. snow on the way. not here yet but it will be shortly. and by shortly, i mean late morning. so the morning commute, we're fine. but by later this afternoon, i think the evening

governor schwarzenegger swore in the first minority chief justice today, connie -- is the first filipino american to lead the state's highest court. she's the second woman to hold the post. during a ceremony at a state capital today, the sacramento native said she has a monumental challenge ahead of her. she has served on the bench at various levels since 1990. >> remains behind bars after a judge deny his bail request today. but even after today's proceedings the final chapter in this case has yet to be written. we begin our coverage with ktvu claw vu who was in los angeles today. >> justice for officer. >> reporter: the family came to court today prepare to watch him go home. >> we believe that he was going home. we just had to be here, to witness it, and allow the community to hear our pain. >> judge perry said today he would not get bail because he said even if if errors were made in trial as claimed by the defense, it is unlikely any were serious enough to get his conviction overturned. and that is a requirement for bail. >> the order to allow bail penning appeal there has to be som

governor schwarzenegger swore in the first minority chief justice today, connie -- is the first filipino american to lead the state's highest court. she's the second woman to hold the post. during a ceremony at a state capital today, the sacramento native said she has a monumental challenge ahead of her. she has served on the bench at various levels since 1990. >> remains behind bars after a judge deny his bail request today. but even after today's proceedings the final chapter in this case has yet to be written. we begin our coverage with ktvu claw vu who was in los angeles today. >> justice for officer. >> reporter: the family came to court today prepare to watch him go home. >> we believe that he was going home. we just had to be here, to witness it, and allow the community to hear our pain. >> judge perry said today he would not get bail because he said even if if errors were made in trial as claimed by the defense, it is unlikely any were serious enough to get his conviction overturned. and that is a requirement for bail. >> the order to allow bail penning appeal there has to be som

(applause) >> and there at her swearing in ceremony, governor schwarzenegger said connie is a living,reathing example of the american dream and has an unwavering commitment to justice. >> i'm fully aware of the momentumal indescribable challenge ahead of me. i also am aware that i am prepared to happily dedicate myself to this task. >> she has served the last five years as an appellate court judge in sacramento. she replaces chief justice ronald george and assumes office january 3rd. a federal appeals court will hear arguments on same sex marriage in california monday. a diverse panel will convene in a nationally televised two-hour session. they will review a ruling that same sex couples have the same rights as other couples. we will be airing this historic session live on our website starting at 10 monday morning. so you can go to there to watch it all. anchor eric thomas will host the broadcast. well, several bay area cities have laws that punish parents if their underaged children throw a party with alcohol even if the parents are out of town they can still be held accountable. now

i'm standing on the ball connie of a home, and you want to see how much snow has fallen this weekend.ook at the balcony above me. that's all weekend snow. >> you can sink in it. >> reporter: but it is this guy and this guy that has emergency crews warning you, don't be like them. justin of kansas city, he drove into the sierra today in shorts, flip flops, a t-shirt. he admitted, he wasn't expecting sierra snow. so you were not prepared for this. >> not at all. >> reporter: and this is trucker don spooner. he too wasn't prepared. his chains broke, tires popped, and listen to how long he has been stuck. >> since friday night. >> reporter: both of these guys are examples of what the police say are a growing number of people heading into the sierra unprepared. >> i'm a rookie driver. i just started. it has been one heck of a learning experience. >> reporter: back here live, that driver, hard lesson to be learned because he may be stuck here through tomorrow because of problems with his truck. so the bottom line, come up here and be prepared. as for the power outages, power has been restor

he found enormous happiness in the last years in his marriage to connie martin.it was a second marriage for both. she had at one time been married to peter jennings. that marriage was just a blessing for him. he told me on many occasions just how it really changed his life so there was a soft side to dick holbrooke, too. >> david gergen, thanks for those reflections. barbara starr, join the conversation. as you listen, you have covered as well as anyone the disputes, disagreements, the tug of war between the competing voices within the administration over the strategy in afghanistan. should we surge with the troops over whether the administration was doing enough on the other side of the border in pakistan? help us put richard holbrooke in context. >> reporter: what comes to mind, john, is i recently saw him in kabul at a press conference and he spoke about iran. i saw him at the pentagon give a briefing and he would talk about pakistan, the arab countries. this man had an enormous global vision. this was much more than just afghanistan to him. people say afghani

>> renee, connie. >> riley. >> kelsey. >> thank you very much for joining us., scott. it's one of the most critically praised films of the year and "black swan" is getting oscar attention for natalie portman's role as a troubled ballerina. here's more on the film. good morning, mara. >> good morning. "black swan" hasn't even opened nationwide and critics are already saying it could be an oscar contender. it is about the world of ballet, a captivating art form with a side few ever see. ballet, elegant, graceful, mesmerizing, but the new film "black swan" portrays the dark side of that beautiful world. >> attack it! attack it! >> reporter: on the surface, a movie about classical dance, the film is a deep psychological thriller about the anguish of a prima ballerina. >> our new swan queen, nina sayers. >> reporter: natalie portman plays the innocent and naive nina who reaches her lifelong dream when tapped for the lead in "swan lake" but the dream becomes a nightmare as she faces a tough director, a complex rival and her own inner demons. >> what you think will be

there was another side to dick holbrooke and his marriage to connie martin was really one of the romancees. >> yes. >> the two of them really had a special relationship that i think brought him enormous sense of satisfaction. >> they were in a certain sense at the center of the entire social circuit among what i would call the council on foreign relations, erudites, smart thinkers who to a certain extent these days are being derided but they were the ones who would run american foreign policy, understood our role in the world but exceptionalism. it is there. we're going to continue with our guests in a minute. we have to take a quick break. we'll be right back. >> in regard to afghanistan, here is a country which -- in which both india and pakistan have interests and unless those interests can be brought into symmetry and that symmetry aligned with the afghans, this war could go on indefinitely. so it has to be addressed. [ female announcer ] imagine the possibilities with stelara®. for adults, stelara® helps control moderate or severe plaque psoriasis with 4 doses a year, after 2 starte

both presidents, president bill clinton came and visited and people like connie stevens. it was just tremendous. >> host: let's go back and talk about what does it mean to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff? what does the chairman to? >> guest: well, it is an awesome responsibility because you basically represent the men and women in uniform at the highest position as the principal advisor to the secretary defense, to the president of the united states and the national security council and that is basically when you do. you have a 1200 man staff and some of the finest people in uniform of all the services, the marine corps, coast guard representatives and you advise the secretary of defense and the president on the best military options for the particular situations we find ourselves in. >> host: as high as that position is you were not in the quote, a chain of command. what you mean by that? >> guest: the chain of command runs from our combat commanders from people like central command and pacific command in to the secretary of defense and to the president. that's

speech writer for attorney general edwin meeks and director of the office of personnel management connieorner and secretary of health and human services lewis sullvn and he was co-director of a.e.i.'s constitution, he served on the committee for records and he served on the board of directors for the corporation for national and community service. bill crystal is editor of "the weekly standard" which he co-founded in 1995. he frequently appears on fox news sunday and the fox news channel. before starting the "weekly standard" he led the project for republican future and served as chief of staff to vice president dan quayle and secretary of education william bennett. he taught politics at the university of pennsylvania and finally, senator alexander's coed tore is joining us, checker finn is president of the fordham institute, a think tank devoted to furthering educational excellence. he's part of the task force on k-12 education. he's senior outstand -- on education reform, education next. he's an adjunct fellow here at the hudson institute. he's the author of 19 books and innumerable ar

connie culp, the brave and inspiring face transplant recipient, she is meeting the donor's family.pe and the new face. >> that's the news at 8:07. time with the weather with sam champion. he's this disneyland. >> our car rorolers will tell y it's the busiest time. miles of garland, thousands of lights. let's show it to you. three, two, one! hit the lights. wow. spectacular. we're in "it's a small world." there are 30,000 l.e.d. lights lighting this up. we have a couple more this week. we'll be in las vegas, chicago. stay with us. one or two things going on we want to show you as you step out the door. a phenomenal weather pattern. an incredible amount of moisture. it hits the west coast and swings on in. into the northeast, the cold air. stays in place tuesday and wednesday. 33 the, 38 in boston. the same thing happens in new york. still chilly into florida. nice and sunny and warm in the state of texas. we're watching that moi ♪ >> and we are live in disneyland this morning. i told you they were great. we do have the lights up all this week. juju? i'm sorry, it's elizabeth. >> tha

because i really believe that the american people know, the last thing we should do in the worst conniexes on anybody. so i'm going to unhook the microphone in a second. walk over and raise the curtain alongside senator jim demint on a bill that would permanently extend all the current tax rates which would mean we would permanently repeal death taxes once and for all. we permanently fix amt with a patch. and look, as i said at the detroit economic club monday, i think most americans know, jenna, uncertainty is the enemy of our prosperity. saying that there is going to be a tax increase two years from now or saying we're going to raise taxes on some americans and not others, leaves further uncertainty in the system. we think the time has come to make it clear to the american people in this economy, and the world community, here is our tax rates. this is what they're going to be permanently. and then they can get on with growing this economy, encouraging investment and putting americans back to work. jenna: congressman, a lot of viewers on the chat board said they agree with you. they th

he was director of the office of -- and director of the office of personal management connie horner andlicy programs for aei and codirector of aei's decadent study of the constitution. he served as member of the national historic publications and records commissions to which he was appointed by president reagan. and from 2003 until 2006, served in the of of directors of corporation financial community service. bill kristol is editor at the weekly standard, which he cofounded in 1995. he's one of the nation's leading political analysts and commentators. he forgot me appears on fox news sunday and on the fox news channel. before starting the weekly standard, though lead the project for republican future and prior to that service chief of staff to dan quayle and chief of staff to secretary of education bill bennett before coming to washington in 1985 by bill kristol taught politics at university of pennsylvania and harvard's kennedy school. and finally, senator alexander's coeditor, checker fan is joining us. he is a think tank devoted to advancing educational excellence. also at the red t

you look at north waziristan, then you have this constellation of like-minded groups under the hot connie network -- haqqani network. and then you have south waziristan led by a mullah in a deal with the pakistani government. then have hakimullah mehsud considered the leader of another group. some people believe that he is dead as a result of an attack, a drone attack in january of this year. and a movement of uzbekistan is also reportedly located there. its former leader was killed about a year ago in a joint attacks and now there's a new leader, leading these uzbekistan dissidents. then you have the one the general spoke about. i will not retreat into a state of denial on --because there are stark reality is we have to live with. there is a splintering of that group. i think we have something -- these are some of the leaders that you will be familiar with them. in the center is kashmiri, the reinforcement behind a group upper right now considered to be leading operations from inside north waziristan. everybody knows mullah omar. hakimullah mehsud, his deputy is reportedly also did -- de

it is a very dear connie and potential sanction. we have moved quickly to implement society. we publish required regulations promptly and we've traveled to more than 24 countries since jan, both to educate governments in the private sector about cisada and also to share information about iran's illicit conduct. we have more than dozen countries to investigate what could be under the act. but we are seeing thus far is very dramatic. even banks that had previously been willing to do business with designated iranian banks are now reversing course and cutting ties with iran altogether. beyond this average, treasury has used its authority to designate a wide range of iranian actors melissa condit. as i mentioned earlier, we expected iran to try to evade and include action such as definitions to maintain the effects of sanctions. just since june, we have designated 53 z two individuals, 10 individuals or entities related to the irgc into iranian phone banks, host bank, homburg pih. we have also identified 42 entities as being bad at the iranian government. the cumulative effect of

host: connie, birmingham, alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. how're you?oing fine. how are you? caller: fine. we can get into debates about how this country was started. started for everyone. everyone in america comes from somewhere. there are people on the table than one to complain -- and one to complain about how we are spending money to build things. the thing is, we need to come together as a country like we used to be. arguing over a simple things, if congress would get together and realize that they were there because the bus, not little groups, the rich or the port, they are there for all americans. and they need to remember that. we need to pull together to say that we have old people, young people, of rich people and for people. you are there to represent all of us. we will have to come up with something, no matter the issues that we deal with, getting together as a country and dealing with these issues to come up with a budget that we can afford and just do it. the greed is killing us. host: the bottom -- guest of the bottom line is that we are

when it opened 50 years ago it was known as connie industrial education center. that the muscle.tive mechanics were some of the first crossing to take. of course back then you did not even needed to agree to earn a living. if you could get a job at the local tobacco or textile plant and still tries to solve and your family. that world has changed. in a last decade's revolution in communications, technology have made business is mobile and made a commerce global. the big company can shares shot higher workers and other products wherever there's an and a connection. that transformation that's touched off a feared to competition among nations for the jobs and industries in the future. some of the nitro nation several weeks ago. you get a billion people in india who are solidly plugged in to the world economy. you've done over a billion people in china were suddenly plugged into the global economy. and that means competition is going to much more fierce. and the winners of this competition will be the countries that had the most educated workers. syria's commitment to research and te