the most famous case, probably, though, is george armstrong custer's brother, thomas custer, and he wasd at the battle of little bighorn with george armstrong custer. but thomas custer had been a cavalry commander during the civil war, also, and in the end of the war, in two separate actions, he received the medal of honor, which didn't make george too happy, and at one point, he wrote to his wife that at a formal dinner, tom had shown up wearing both his baubles. this reminder is brought to you by the national road safety foundation. don't forget! february 29th is the deadline for the "drive 2 life" contest. anyone in grades 6 through 12 can submit an idea. the concept should be for a psa that runs from 30 seconds to two minutes. to enter, you need to send in a script or a storyboard. however, not send a video -- it won't be accepted. the creator of the winning concept gets a $1,000 prize and a trip to new york city, where you'll work with a professional director and crew to turn your vision into a reality. for more information and an entry form, go to... >> we're all good at something

yes here of custer? yes. here of mackenzie the actual greatest fighter? never heard of that. >> john coffee hayes who should be a household word like davy crockett but he is not? and no. you can just keep going. the fact is for me as a writer i could go sell a book in new york to people not only to an editor who gives me many which they do but i could sell to a country that had never heard of these guys. what it a cool thing. the answer to why they tended to we bottled up and prisoners of their region. 700 copies go to schools and libraries and the distribution so i saw my opportunity. i took it. the comanche story is just one of the great stories and what i love about it is it is the best kind of a school you can get from the most beloved history professor to use a vehicle the comanche tribe which is very cool in itself but to teach you how the west was one. it was not one by the white people until it was lost by the comanches. they constituted an incredible physical barrier to everything that happened in the west the mexicans and texans and americans an

. >> elisa custer's daughter valerie has down syndrome. this program is designed to help her. >> my name is sharon myers. i am one of the coaches. >> her daughter was a cheerleader but her son's down prevented him from competing. that is until she traveled to atlanta and decided to start one here in maryland. >> we're going to start from the beginning and teach them the basics. then you just work on that. been the more activities that they do and the more times they repeat it, they start to catch on. so we decided that we will push it until they do anymore. >> her daughter jamie overcame her limited motor skills associated with cerebral palsy to perform with the team. >> she has been part of the special olympics forever. they all just go and do their best and that is it. with cheerleading, it was just so different. i never thought i would say my daughter up in the air. she has a really time -- really hard time walking. to watch her up in the air was just amazing to me. >> the regiment is grueling. two practices per week. a total of five ho

names like little big horn, where 24 of the men who stood with custer won the nation's highest award.ut wherever he fought, on the plains, among the buttes or in the timber, he got the job done. that job was simple enough to state. it was to establish security and stability across the vast middle reaches of the continent. from ocean to ocean, the union stretched, and the continental united states was changed from a goal to a fact. but full security had only just been established in the great western country within our bord called on to do battle outside our shores. in the spanish american war, america's desire to help the cubans to their independence from spain flamed into action when the battleship maine was blown in the harbor. rooseve roosevelt's charge made their famous charge up the slopes of san juan hill. 30 soldier of this war, won the nation's highest tribute. the first to win army medals of honor on foreign soil, 81 navy and marine corps fighting men were also awarded the medal. this first conflict by american ground forces outside our nation's borders was brief, but it was

the first firefighters on scene tell me they had to find the fire here on schuyler and custer. they couldn't see it from the street. a single alarm that started 18 bedroom, they tell me. firefighters say that smoke detectors did work, but it was the smell that woke up some of the people in the building. firefighters went door-to-door, moving people quickly at 3:30 a.m. >> that was our initial thought was that we needed to evacuate and account for everybody. that went quickly due to the crews doing an excellent job. >> rebecca: firefighters are saying at this point they still don't know how it started. fire investigator is on the way. firefighters are going to do overhaul on the building to make sure everything is out. fortunately no injuries and except for the one unit where it started everyone should be allowed back in. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> this morning a hell's angel gang member accused of killing a fellow angel is in jail. police tracked down steven ruiz in fremont saturday night at a day's inn. officers believe ruiz snuck through

is looking to custer vons economic lifeblood by removing it from the wall financial system no sway it will rack up pressure on toronto as the country's leadership reveals new progress on its nuclear program but as artie's done you a bushel reports america's action could end up backfiring on its own people. this is a bid to kill iran's economy washington's move to tehran from the swift world transaction system would choke its ability to trade internationally swift interbank payments orders all the world's a business that all the world's business they used practically every company and state in the world to exchange financial info the legality of america's move is hardly question its unprecedented political interference in a network which has always said such issues should be handled on a national level what is clear is barack obama's frustration the sanctions work in iran hasn't backed down in the nuclear dispute in fact there's no one else to enrich fuel production new tensions mean more misery for u.s. consumers brant it's six months last night over one hundred nineteen dollars a bar

that a lot of showing the residents are entitled to state and housing in central russia the majority custer decide and return to their homes and showing. unlike many others not just a correction or a never considered leaving an option. she's a member of the village administration and spends her free time in the arctic tundra only around. she recently purchased an old motorbike and learned to ride it . twice a day julian low tide rides to the white seashore to check on the fishing nets. today's catch is disappointing. who it was is not much but enough for dinner i get flatfish call it smelt fish and herring i used to fish with a fish and rod. then i started using the net and then it just kind of bit tiring and i bought a bike to go fish and pick berries or just go see places. i love these shores there's no and to them i love showing that and that's something that cannot be changed because it is in my heart and soul. of. this is to showing i will see that it is a place of contrasts even though each house is equipped with a satellite dish they are all heated with an old wood burning stove fire

so we respect custer riss privacy and we are very cautious about the data security.we've third-party firm right now looking at our entire architecture to identify anything that may be of any concern. so the customer privacy and data security is absolutely paramount for us. >> the communicators is of the consumer electronics show in las vegas 2012. we've been talking with jon bucci vice president of advanced technology for toyota. now joining us in las vegas at the consumer electronics show is someone who's been on the communicators in our washington, d.c. studio of the hill newspaper. what have you seen the show that has caught your eye? >> the biggest thing of the show this year is three be television. right now they are staging for the benefit of the crowd in 3d that's being broadcast and every television vendor here is showing some version of the tv that with or without glasses gives you the image and it's clear that this isn't the sort of 3-d that he went to when you were a teenager in the movie theater this is very offensive and vivid. >> i think it may be a lit

[applause] you celebrated what you were able to build and your best custer's -- your ancestors to buildgreat and prosperous state, which is struggling, with high rates of foreclosure and unemployment. with an immigration problem that the government is completely inattentive to. [applause] struggling, but still fighting. you can speak loudly on tuesday. you want someone who is going to stand up and fight the insiders the establishment. who has a track record of doing it. a track record of cutting spending and taking on the big problems of entitlement, a track record and a vision to fight against the radical islamists who threaten our freedom and that of the state of israel. [applause] someone who has a track record of standing up for the basic foundation of pillars of our society, faith and family. [applause] i am not a manager. i am not a visionary. i am a guy from a steel town who grew up understanding what made this country great. for the years i have been involved in public life, i have put my heart and my effort on the line. to make this country the kind of country that we all want

i also feel a little bit like cuss ter at the little big horn -- custer at the little bighorn. i know this is probably going to pass, without much doubt. but it's still wrong. for 200 years as the gentleman from alaska said congress has been shifting more and more authority to the administrative branch or to the administrative branch of government. we are doing again with this legislation. i keep hearing people talk about earmarks and airdropped provisions in appropriation bills. i would remind the members, in the 2011 appropriation bill there were no earmarks. there were no airdrops. in the 2012 appropriation bills there were no earmarks, there were no aircrops. we have changed the way we -- airdrops. we have changed the way we do business around here. you might have had an argue several -- argument several years ago when there were thousands of earmarks in the appropriation bill. that doesn't happen anymore. for the first time we're trying to bring appropriation bills for the first time in five years, bring appropriation bills to the floor under an open rule. we didn't get it

[applause] you celebrated what you were able to build and your best custer's -- your ancestors, to buildgreat and prosperous state, which is struggling with high rates of foreclosure and unemployment. with an immigration problem that the government is completely inattentive to. [applause] struggling, but still fighting. you can speak loudly on tuesday. you want someone who is going to stand up and fight the insiders, the establishment. who has a track record of doing it. a track record of cutting spending and taking on the big problems of entitlement, a track record and a vision to fight against the radical islamists who threaten our freedom and that of the state of israel. [applause] someone who has a track record of standing up for the basic foundation of pillars of our society, faith and family. [applause] i am not a manager. i am not a visionary. i am a guy from a steel town who grew up understanding what made this country great. for the years i have been involved in public life, i have put my heart and my effort on the line. to make this country the kind of country that we all want