tavis: up next, douglas brinkley. stay with us.glas brinkley is an award winning historian and best- selling author whose books include "the quiet world." he joins us tonight from new york. always good to have you on the program. >> thank you. tavis: given that i just got done talking with senator bradley about this speech tomorrow night, i don't want to the first question to much but what do you make of the president's mission tomorrow night? >> he will continue talking about the new civility we need in this country. it is a post-tucson state of the union address. the visual of republicans and democrats sitting by each other and talking about the need to tackle things like getting the deficit under control, finding new jobs. it will be one message that the president is taking the high road saying let's keep the noise down on the right and left and let's get some things done. tavis: you edited the reagan diaries. we know when the president went on vacation during the christmas holiday he was reading some reagan material. what is yo

i'll show the project currently under construction at 445 douglas. this is a before and after pictures. this is the oldest house in the district. it is currently under construction. the project includes introducing a newly reconfigured front entrance. historian tim kelly, the consultant hired by the owners, acknowledges in various memos to the department that the project will ultimately negatively impact the district. the project was approved anyway. the second example i will show is 368 eureka street, a before and after pictures. 368 eureka is another example of a huge expansion in our very small area to a 1906 building. it was a 10 foot vertical edition. it was more like a 25 foot vertical addition, as you can see in the before and after pictures. this is another example, at 376 eureka. the developer bought a small 1907 house, raising it, adding a large rear addition and a complex roofline that was visible from the public way. the same architect that stevenson -- stephen fowler is using for this project also deemed that compliant. basically, the bo

douglas frantz. the book is called "fallout." and the conversation with former boxing legend rubin hurricane carter. his story was the basis for the film starring denzel washington. we are glad you have joined us. douglas frantz and rubin hurricane carter coming up now. >> his name is james in he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis and remove obstacles to empowerment. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: douglas frantz is a noted author that previously joined us. his new book is called "fallout." good to have you back of this program. getting into the text and some of the other issues, height of your wife is your co-other on this project. how has it been having your wife as the co-author? it is great. she is smart. i am just along for the ride. tavis: let me take these issues separately. the start t

douglas says he's relieved after what he called, quote, a wild six-month ride.ter cancer treatment, he lost weight, but now has gained some of it back. douglas has been nominated for a golden globe award for his performance in "wall street: money never sleeps". >>> richard winters whose world war ii exploits was made famous by "the band of brothers" has died. he was commander of easy company, which was part of the normandy landing in june of 1944. he and his men fought in the battle of the bulge as german forces staged a counteroffensive. winters died january 2 of parkinson's disease at his home in pennsylvania. richard winters, a real american hero, was 92 years old. winters, a real american hero, was 92 years old. is naturally satisfying. so select harvest light soups are 80 calories or less, 100% natural. and-oh-so-satisfying. select harvest light from campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ until the combination of three good probiotics in phillips' colon health defended against the bad gas, diarrhea and constipation. ...and? it helped balance her colon

ask what >>> now to the amazing recovery of michael douglas. he said his tumor is gone.arance and cbs news correspondent betty nguyen has the story. >> reporter: just seven months after being diagnosed with stageh throat cancer michael douglas is stepping back into the spotlight, this time seemingly cancer free. >> it's about time. you know? >> reporter: douglas and wife catherine zeta-jones made the first public appearance since the good news broke days ago attending the palm springs film festival presented with the icon award. >> you have a yet another bat until your life. >> reporter: douglas spoke about the cancer last august on "late night with david letterman." >> i got cancer. i've got cancer. found out about it three weeks ago. >> reporter: thursday night, his voice strained and scratchy from months of intense treatment. the 66-year-old academy award winner acknowledged the good fortune. >> been a cycle of only seven months since the discovery and handled pretty intensely. other people obviously have had a lot longer periods to deal with it. >> reporter: douglas

i live at 455, three buildings north of 479 douglas. i lived there with my husband. i am here in defense of our neighborhood. this project has passed like a bulldozer through the neighborhood. the house served as two affordable housing units for decades. the residents were an active part of the neighborhood. steve fowler bought the property in november 2009 after an anonymous complaint called dbi to remove the second unit instead of legalizing it. the sale was not disclosed to all potential buyers. it was determined and illegal apartment. the resident had been a tenant for 40 years. there was an appeal for the permit to remove the kitchen. he says that mr. hanmura left by choice. he did not. he was evicted. i have a copy of that notice here. it is clear enough. i have a copy of it if you would like. this is fiction was an essential first step in the -- this eviction was an essential for step to rebuilding the property. the permits are connected to this project. stephen feller began negotiations with neighbors via a preapplication process. he initiated a meeting in fe

. >>> plus, michael douglas' miracle.e tells matt lauer he has beaten the big "c." >>> college football's national title game decided in the final seconds thanks to an unusual play. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- former house majority leader tom delay has been sentenced to three years in prison for illegally funneling corporate money to texas republican candidates back in 2002. delay, who also received ten years probation, was released on $10,000 bail yesterday pending an appeal which could last months if not years. >>> rescuers in australia are racing to reach trapped residents after an inland tsunami killed at least eight people and left dozens wounded yesterday. residents ran to escaped a 20-foot high wall of water that ripped houses from their foundations. >>> officials in germany are monitoring a sinkhole which so far swallowed three cars. authorities think melting water from recent snowst

. >>> actor michael douglas sits down with matt lauer for his first interview since being diagnosed with cancer. >>> it turns out a popular drug for depression may hold the key to treating stroke victitimvict >>> e you a couch potato? how sitting around can affect your health. >>> tonight we are tracking increasing clouds and increasing chance of rain and chilly temperatures on the way. those big changes in your forecast>>ing t ck. until i look at the gumline. the problem is, you could have plaque along your gumline that can lead to gingivitis. in fact, one in two adults actually has gingivitis and might not even know it. that's why i recommend new crest pro-health clinical gum protection toothpaste. it helps eliminate plaque at the gumline, helping prevent gingivitis. and it's been clinically proven to help reverse it... in just four weeks. it also protects these other areas dentists check most. new crest pro-health clinical toothpaste. for healthier gums. >>> breaking news from richmond. a 16-year-old has been shot and killed apparently. this happening in richmond. police are on the sc

tim douglas with his second chance. the pilots went on the 25-2 run going in front by 27 points. missing the 3, but knutson does not miss the putback. they could not dig out of their hole.

. >> michael douglas!> reporter: just days after announcing he had beaten stage four throat cancer michael douglas made a surprise appearance onstage. >> there's got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation. >> reporter: while there were many winners on the golden globes stage, douglas' battle over cancer was seen by many in hollywood as the ultimate victory. kendis gibson, cbs news, los angeles. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" despite some bad bugs, the green hornet moved to the top of the box office. the superhero stars seth rogen and grossed $34 million in ticket sales over the weekend. "the dilemma" opened in the second spot. the western remake "true grit" finished third. >>> asian stock markets are mostly lower this morning. hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent. the nikkei saw late day losses but finished unchanged. markets here at home are closed in observance of martin luther king jr. day. last week corporate earnings pushed stocks higher. the dow gained 1%. the nasdaq added nearly 2%. you kno

. >> in the first major appearance since winning his battle with throat cancer, michael douglas handed out the best drama award. for a motion picture. it went to "the social network" which also picked up three other trophies and "the kids are all right" earned the best picture award for a comedy. >>> when we come back this morning, supersize starbucks. the coffee giant is out with a

europe's largest per fuse retailer douglas holding a sold its russian stores to competitor. the cost of the deal has not been revealed but analysts estimate douglas is thirty two shops could be worth seventy million dollars all douglas stores will work under their current branding and three years more according to the current licensing. the world economic forum is promoting the fairer sex in business new rules are being implemented to improve the gender balance at the annual meeting of movers and shakers in the swiss ski resort of devils the delegations will now have to bring at least one woman in every five senior executives female delegates made up around seventeen percent in the forum last year and that concludes this edition of the business news on r.t. coming up next is the headlights. world's. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around the world. we've dumped a huge earth covered. very warm welcome back it's home past the hour ahead in moscow poland admits it's made a responsible for the plane crash which killed its president and ninety five top offi

and we have great news coming up for actor michael douglas.ople have been following him after we learned that the actor, of course, had cancer. very tough chemo and radiation therapy. now he's saying he's actually beaten that throat cancer. dr. holly phillips is here to explain how that happened and what he has to do now. >> and banks are at it again. they're raising fees from checking to atm fees, to your debit cards. so business and economics correspondent rebecca jarvis is going to show you some simple ways to get around these fees and even get rid of them. get rid of some of them altogether. >> i just like to keep my own money. imagine that. first, though, just hours before jared loughner allegedly picked up a gun, killing six people, he picked up a phone for a good-bye call to an old friend. i sat down with him, bryce tierney, yesterday, in tucson for more on what it felt like to hear from that friend under such bizarre circumstances. in the hours just before jared lee loughner allegedly opened fire outside this tucson supermarket, he rea

. -- the real talk of the evening. >> michael douglas may not have won a golden globe this year, buthe was treated like a winner because he recently won his butt against cancer. [cheers and applause] -- his battle against cancer. >> there has got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation. [laughter] >> then, it was on two more winners. >> and the golden globe goes to "the social network." >> the film, about the founding of the social network site facebook, took four awards, including best screenplay. there was a film about two lesbian parents which also took a four golden globes, including best actress for annette bening. she said about her costar -- >> she made it possible for us to shoot it when we did. so, you are a class act. thank you. >> other winners included natalie portman for best actress in a drama and colin firth for best actor. >> annette bening's hair. hollywood. we are back in a minute. >> welcomeback. the tunisian psident was forced to flee into exile after four weeks of protest. a transitional government has been unveiled, and the prime minister has listed a lift

to be sought in this country and what the president, i think, is trying to do for us. >> suarez: douglasholtz-eakin, same question. what does the right relationship between government and the economy look like? >> government has a role but i think the fundamental message of congressman ryan was that we need to identify that role and put the government back in those limited functions where it does things best. and i thought the most interesting contrast we saw last night was representative ryan taking on the biggest issue the united states faces-- the debt load that will, in fact, endanger our prosperity-- and identifying for a role for government as a way to decide what it does and does not do. in contrast, the president was essentially silent on this big issue. the most pressing thing that even his own fiscal commission has identified and he said nothing more than a figurative freeze on a tiny fraction of the federal budget and took a pass on the rest. so he didn't show the government stepping out of anything. and when it got the particulars, he said the right things about we can't pred

the man whose voice you hear at the start of the broadcast every night, michael douglas. in his other job as an actor, he he has won two academy awards. he's been undergoing treatment for throat cancer over the winter, diagnosed in august. this week he announced some good news in an interview with matt lauer. >> i feel good, relieved that the tumor is gone. but, you know, i have to check out on a monthly basis now to maintain. i guess there's been a total euphoria. i'll probably take a couple of months of getting checked out to feel -- but it's been a wild six-month ride. >> he looks good and his voice sounds great. our friend, michael douglas, told our friend matt, he lost 32 pounds during his cancer treatment and he's now, quote, eating like a horse to get back to his healthy, fighting weight. >>> college football championship game was up in phoenix last night and after a moment of silence, of course, for the tucson shooting victims, the game between oregon and auburn was on and it ended on a nail-biter with auburn kicking a field goal just as time expired for the 22-19

. >>> michael douglas says he is feeling good after waging a successful battle with throat cancer.e received a lifetime achievement award last night at a film festival in palm springs, california. douglas also said his cancer has given him a new outlook on life. >> great news for him. >>> in sports news the nfl playoffs get going again beginning tomorrow afternoon. as for last night's hoops action, here's adnan virk at espn news. >>> good morning. the miami heat have been unstoppable on the road until they met the clippers and blake griffin but lebron james taking on carmelo. second quarter. ty lawson gets the layup. on the inbounds, he comes up with a steal. misses the shot, gets his own rebound and he will kick it out to j.r. smith who drains the three. lawson putting in a yeoman's effort. nuggets go up, 44-33. under two to go in the third. denver by 30. 'melo. easy dunk as he embarrassed them 130-102 in favor of the nuggets. >>> hoops, minnesota taking on purdue. trevor mbakwe not playing after being arrested monday. two minutes to go. jajuan johnson and purdue trail at the half

douglas was on with text messages having the crime. seabeck the content of the message was important. >> they are cases in which the internet user -- >> your proposal content not be retained? >> i think one of the issues congress should engage in the discussion on is whether it should include content. my view is the most useful when formation is on content. >> if this information is available would it be available for private subpoena? >> that is another issue i think is worth discussing whether it is available to law enforcement or private litigants. my interest is making sure it is available to the law enforcement. >> if we pass something like this do we need to turnaround and have some regulation to protect privacy? >> i think the questions, five or six questions congress should asked. number one, some of these -- number one what data needs to be retained. the issue we've been discussing. number two how long it should be retained for. how we need to retain it and who would have access to it whether it would be law enforcement or pri

she has replaced the foreign secretary douglas alexander. when the team the next meets, there is a big hole left by the departure of allen johnson. the man widely accepted to be the best communicator has left without uttering a word. >> it was in the united kingdom where police arrested a man accused of murdering a landscape architect. the bbc has learned that is occupied by dutchman. the heat is on, the u.n. climate scientists say last year was one of the warmest on record. an attack on an army based who has killed four soldiers and wounded several others. troops say that dozens overran the camp. thousands are stationed in the south. from bangkok, there is this report. goshawk the attack began after dark. they threw grenades -- >> and the attack began after dark. they threw grenades. and the well organized attack [inaudible] almost every day, there is violence. a small, self-contained part. the violence often starts revenge. the majority in this part of thailand. adding to insecurity. they are targeted by the shadowy groups. they have no re

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green douglas. that will help the press quite a bit. >> good morning. my name is jenny douglas. i'm ron barber's daughter. behind me are my mom, my sister, christy black, my brother ga lean douglas, i have a statement i'd like to read on behalf of my family and we'll take a few questions after that. we would like to let you all know that my dad, ron barber is doing well after his second surgery yesterday morning. he's been very alert since coming out of his six-hour surgery on saturday, he was able to see his four grandchildren on monday which gave him great pleasure. we expect him to be released from the i.c.u. on thursday. on behalf of my dad and the rest of our family, we would like to give our heart felt thanks to our extended family, friends, and community as a whole for the overwhelming support we have received. specifically, we would like to thank all of the u.m.v. staff, doctors, nurses and patient care technicians who have been lovingly caring for our dad and our family these past days. the level of care, compassion, and professionalism is truly exceptional. we would al

. -- the real talk of the evening. >> michael douglas may not have won a golden globe this year, buthe was treated like a winner because he recently won his butt against cancer. [cheers and applause] -- his battle against cancer. >> there has got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation. [laughter] >> then, it was on two more winners. >> and the golden globe goes to "the social network." >> the film, about the founding of the social network site facebook, took four awards, including best screenplay. there was a film about two lesbian parents which also took a four golden globes, including best actress for annette bening. she said about her costar -- >> she made it possible for us to shoot it when we did. so, you are a class act. thank you. >> other winners included natalie portman for best actress in a drama and colin firth for best actor. >> annette bening's hair. hollywood. we are back in a minute. >> welcome back. the tunisian president was forced to flee into exile after four weeks of protest. a transitional government has been unveiled, and the prime minister has listed a l

(laughter) >> one of the night's most emotional moments came when michael douglas took the stage to anding ovation from the crowd. this after the actor recently announced he's beaten throat cancer after rigorous chemotherapy and radiation. it's good to hear. you see the fog behind me out there. we have word san jose international airport has already cancelled a dozen flights today because of the visibility problems from this fog. >> and if it happens again tomorrow, we may have cancelled flights tomorrow, too. the way it looks in san jose. as we look at all the fog that is hanging out in the city there, and that's one of the reasons why they're having such problems. visibility there just as poor as they are just about anywhere else. somewhere we're they're not having fog. my goodness! look how beautiful in heavenly and lake tahoe today. those folks enjoying watching us from there, get out on the slopes. enjoy that. that's great. looks fantastic. wear the sunscreen, especially up in the mountains. let's take a look at the clouds still hangin' around the bay through the communities into

the chp says 48-year-old douglas scott fennel of santa rosa made desperate cell phone calls yesterday afternoon immediately after the crash. fennel first called his wife. he called 911. fennel told emergency dispatchers, he lost control of his harley and randed -- and landed in thick brush between the highway and the ocean but he could not tell them exactly where. that set off a massive search involving several search helicopters and several police agencies. >> we had three or four locations in the beginning. we tried every one of them an finally we just went on foot. >>> a san rafael couple is h omeless after a fire next door spread. the fire began around 3:30 this morning and did spread to the home next door. the first home was vary can't. but the people, two of them, inside the second house were evacuated safely. officials think combustible material may be to blame left behind from workers. >> i got a call. we encourage all people to h ave -- residents to have smoke detectors. i'll not sure if the smoke detectors alerted the people in the next-door house. >> officials say damage wa

(laughter) >> one of the night's most emotional moments came when michael douglas took the stage to ag ovation from the crowd. this after the actor recently announced he's beaten throat cancer after rigorous chemotherapy and radiation. it's good to hear. you see the fog behind me out there. we have word san jose international airport has already cancelled a dozen flights today because of the visibility problems from this fog. >> and if it happens again tomorrow, we may have cancelled flights tomorrow, too. the way it looks in san jose. as we look at all the fog that is hanging out in the city there, and that's one of the reasons why they're having such problems. visibility there just as poor as they are just about anywhere else. somewhere we're they're not having fog. my goodness! look how beautiful in heavenly and lake tahoe today. those folks enjoying watching us from there, get out on the slopes. enjoy that. that's great. looks fantastic. wear the sunscreen, especially up in the mountains. let's take a look at the clouds still hangin' around the bay through the communities into the

his job goes to his wife who is replaced by douglas alexander.hen that team next meets the they will notice a big hole left by the departure of alan johnson. the man widely widely expected to be his parties best communicator has left live politics without uttering a word. >> the best things in life are free, but would you say a hotel made of garbage? an attack on an army base in southern thailand has killed four and injured several others. thousands of thai soldiers are stationed in the south to tackle an insurgency by separatists. we have a report from bangkok. a warning -- some of the images may be disturbing. >> the attack began after dark. in this small military base overrun by dozens of militants. they threw grenades and set fire to buildings. some of the survivors were seriously injured. it was one of the most daring and well organized attacks as thailand's -- of thailand's islamic separatists. almost every day, there is a violence in thailand -- drive-by shootings. rarely full on assaults with so many armed men. the violence also sparks re

tim douglas with his second chance. the pilots went on the 25-2 run going in front by 27 points. missing the 3, but knutson does not miss the putback. they could not dig out of their hole. at 6-1 they lose in the conference for the first time. 18-4 overall. >>> something had to give in the women's finals of the australian open. this is what they were competing for with a lot of money. the first player from china to make to a grand slam final. kleisters in the near court. returned wide, 6-3, again the score, and the major turnment win number for four kleisters who can add the australian open to her list. >>> we will see you tonight at 10. >> thank you, joe. on the 10:00 news, the ktvu crew is on the scene right now where the body of a woman missing for two weeks has been discovered, not far from her home. we will have more tonight on the 10:00 news. that's our report tonight. i'm ken wayne. for mark, joe, and everyone here, thank you for joining us. our next report is at 10:00. we hope to see you then. until then, good night.

freshman tim douglas a perfect 4-4 from downtown. he leads them with 26 points. then it is jason haniball putting the exclamation point on the win. 85-70 the final. the first loss in league play for st. mary's. >>> jerome randall all smiles when his team gained the lead. cal's lead was cut to 1. under 5 minutes to play. gutierrez missing the floater but tips it back out. two passes later it is back in gutierrez's hands and he drills the three. put cal up 6. he was just 2-11 from the field. then it is gutierrez to a cutting allen crab for the layup. 18 points for the bear's freshman. cal holds off oregon 85-77 for their third straight win. >>> over on the women's side stanford blew out their opponent. cal also swept the oregon schools this weekend. they beat the ducks 81-65. >>> so much for the warriors making up ground during their longest home stand in over 40 years. they have lost four straight and last night they blew an eight-point lead with 90 seconds to play. >> missed it so badly that it banked in. >> steven jackson scored a game high 31 points against the

perhaps the most memorable moment came with michael douglas' appearance on stage.the actor's victory over throat cancer made him perhaps the night's biggest winner. and now that the golden globes are in the books, attention turns to the oscars coming up in the next month. only once in the last five years have the academy awards and golden globes agreed on the top picture of the year, and that was in 2008 with "slumdog millionaire." in beverly hills, i'm mark barger, nbc news. lynn back to you. >> all right, thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. flood advisories remain in place in counties across oregon and m in others as heavy rains saturated the land overflowing the banks of nearby rivers. forecasters say the weather system which extends into parts of washington state is likely to stay in place until tuesday. but some waters have receded, motorists are warned to stay off the roads. >>> in california, three people are dead and several more seriously hurt from a violent ten-car pile-up. police say the accident was

host: douglas brinkley? guest: keep in mind, this is somebody actualizing an event in tucson. congress people constantly get death threats. here at c-span, you probably get some incredibly crazy people that call in or right in. they are out there. there is a percentage of the country that is not stable. we have to figure out a way to address that. one question, it was mentioned in an e-mail, how do all states better deal with mental health? that is something that we need to look at. semi-d we be giving semioti automatic weapons to someone just because they are 21 and have a driver's license? the gun lobby is very strong in the united states. here in texas, we have a land commissioner that is pushing for people to carry guns on city buses. recently, he said, i should have shot my opponent when i had the chance. there is a kind of gun culture to texas and the southwest, and it is fine if you are doing it as feeder, but when you have young people actualizing it, it becomes a problem. these states need to stop m

. -- symbolic says conservative economist douglas holtz-eakin, but still important. >> there is no tradition of cutting spending on either side of the aisle. so for legislators-- republicans and democrats alike-- to get used to the idea they have to vote on spending cuts is a very valuable thing, even if they're just small cuts. >> reporter: the year's main event will come this spring with a show down close to when the nation hits the debt limit. the result says hoagland is likely to be an agreement to put limits on spending as a step towards budget discipline. >> if you do not meet those targets, fine, congress and the president there will be an automatic process that will make across the board cuts-- not the right way to govern, but there is some penalty for not acting. >> reporter: if all this sounds like abstract washington maneuvering, it isn't. analyst stuart sweet says it will affect investors directly. >> all sorts of spending under the knife. if you own shares in companies that do business with the federal government, you won't like the news. >> reporter: republicans like the new ho

eight games on saturday and in the early one liverpool claimed their first went on to manage a county douglas seeing off wolves three nail on the road fernando torres with a brace while royal mail us added one for the reds elsewhere manchester united extended their leader at the top at least for a couple of hours the red devils fresh in birmingham five neal will have tricks from berbatov since him and while have started that match they could catch up with united later on the day if they can beat struggling alstonville it's nil nil there after twenty minutes also now are currently second thing stay confident we know we're going to have been one person with a hat trick games that want the rest of the time is on your screen as well with fourth place chelsea travelling to vault on on monday. now we take a child and a moscow have ended their eleven game losing streak by beating to number minsk on home ice three one need good model for their us love songs on the scoreboard for the muscovites while the only other game of the day second probably bottom beats his last is not might even get in the mosc

in the case of douglas, is rather famous. he took for his staff took boats that she had cast in the house, that were similar to the most left-wing member of the house. marcantonio. and they printed it on a pink slip, pink being highly suggested in those days. and he became known as the pink lady. these were campaign not as some of that. but these were very close to the edge, if not over the line. and he had with him merry chatter throughout all of this, kind of his karl rove. and they stop is very little. so it's almost a straight line. with all these crutches and all of this, boy, you really go against people who are your opponents, your enemies. it's a straight line from thereto in february 1969, setting up the secret investigative unit. that's why i'm just really trying to explain that the watergate break-in was coming in now, not very much in the context of the whole thing that was going on. >> host: well, we've got the next question. did you in the press corps have any hint that so many fewer being wiretapped? william be

general douglas macarthur is rolling in his grave. colby, who got what out of this deal?>> both sides got something to it is a recognition of what china is and the world today. i this is 28 talk radio show or somebody like rush limbaugh -- to a talk radio show where somebody like rush limbaugh was talking 1950's cold war rhetoric. china has opened up to a bill market economy -- real market economy. the time i see is not the time i sought last year in -- china i see is not the time i saw last year in beijing and shanghai. this is a vibrant economy, top of the game in foreign exchange, a tremendous influence throughout the world. the united states is right to entertain the president on a state visit. >> but they don't fight fair. i could mention currency manipulation, the theft of american intellectual property, just named to examples. how tufton be with them, charles? -- tought can you be with them, charles? >> why did he have to give them a state visit? this is a rare honor. no canada, new britain, japan, close allies in the world. it is a very high honor, and the chinese

i am douglas haynes. and i rise in support of this nomination for leona bridges.a 24-year employee of muni, i think that she will be an asset to the mta board. her skills and her experiences are vast and cover the full gamut we have to encounter in the muni and mta community. she is a community worker in the church community, in the sorority community, in the financial community. she is a rare person, and it is our opportunity now to bring her into the city government so that we can get the benefit of her skills and of her personality, and of all the experiences that she has. so i encourage you -- please do not continue this nomination, but give it your full support now that it might go forward. thank you so much for your consideration. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you. good afternoon to the board of supervisors. we are here on behalf of the confirmation of ms. leona bridges. will not go through a whole lot of rhetoric in terms of what others have said. ms. bridges is experienced. she is engaged. her ethics are just impeccable. and

so definitely a wonderful, wonderful recovery for michael douglas. said they thought the recovery was going to be good, and now it looks like the tumor is gone. >> one of the best actors around. that's great news for him and his family. congrats, michael. well, to the other spectrum of news, charlie sheen back in the news. starting 2011 the way he left 2010. man, apparently after that whole drama here in new york at the plaza with the porn star and the wrecked hotel room, well, apparently now charlie is in vegas at the palms hotel and has been on this wild what they're calling an epic bender here. he's basically been having a foursome, he and three porn stars who were in town in vegas for a porn convention. that's a fun group. >> oh, yeah. >> and so he's been holed up in his room. he was spotted at the hotel bar just downing the grey goose vodka and all of this. and just kind of a mess. and he's expected back on the set of "two and a half men" fairly quickly. so obviously, his co-stars and the folks over there, you know, want to know what's going on

time running out, coleman charged that virginia news organizations have glossed over what he termed douglas wilder's dishonesty and corruption. i don't think it matters how much history doug wilder's election on tuesday would make. he has to meet the same high standards that virginians have always demanded of their governors. and i for one am not going to stand by and watch a person who is unfit to preserve that tradition glide into office with a feel-good, make-history message, and a cry of negative every time someone dares to tell the truth about him. no more lies! no more lies! no more lies! reporter: college republicans don't buy wilder's denials. they turned up at a wilder rally at the college of william and mary, but they were shouted down by wilder supporters. (chants) take my word for it. i will be the next governor of virginia. (cheers) the day of the election, the exit polls showed him winning by ten percent, which was a landslide. and i remember very well the night of the election, going over to the marriott hotel and arriving, and it was really a huge celebration. it was... peop

host: douglas brinkley?mind, this is somebody actualizing an event in tucson. congress people constantly get death threats. here at c-span, you probably get some incredibly crazy people that call in or right in. they are out there. there is a percentage of the country that is not stable. we have to figure out a way to address that. one question, it was mentioned in an e-mail, how do all states better deal with mental health? that is something that we need to look at. semi-d we be giving semioti automatic weapons to someone just because they are 21 and have a driver's license? the gun lobby is very strong in the united states. here in texas, we have a land commissioner that is pushing for people to carry guns on city buses. recently, he said, i should have shot my opponent when i had the chance. there is a kind of gun culture to texas and the southwest, and it is fine if you are doing it as feeder, but when you have young people actualizing it, it becomes a problem. these states need to stop making guns into

. >> in the first major appearance since winning his battle with throat cancer, michael douglas handed out the best drama award. for a motion picture. it went to "the social network" which also picked up three other trophies and "the kids are all right" earned the best picture award for a comedy. >>> when we come back this morning, supersize starbucks. the coffee giant is out with a brand-new bigger size. >> much bigger. >>> then reagan versus reagan. the former president's oldest son blasting his brother on twitter over controversial comments. >>> on top of that, meet the eighth grader who has created the best-selling iphone app. xqxú >>> giant american banks are among the companies said to report fourth quarter earnings this week. jpmorgan chase reported a soaring 47% rise last week. citibank, goldman sachs, morgan stanley and bank of america are all due out this week and big profits are expected. >>> also, wikileaks may soon release a new batch of secrets. today, a whistle-blower hands over reports of offshore banking accounts, some of them belonging to americans. the former bank ex