>> i know people see "bull durham," people see the bus rides, and stuff like that, and you know what, it is like that. i mean, we go to the smallest cities ever, but you develop some really close relationships, and as you keep playing, you become friends, and you know the people on the other side too, which makes just the whole baseball community just a good place to be. >> as a pitcher, how is it for you on the mound? >> it's just me versus you. my job is to get you out. >> is the atmosphere a little more relaxed in the minor leagues? >> it's great for the fans,

>> reporter: in durham north carolina some fans of the durham bulls are feeling pretty bullish about the economy. take andrew lewis who works in the booming financial industry. >> the entrepreneur spirit here in raleigh-durham is still alive. there's more new jobs and more new companies starting every day here than i think anywhere in the country. >> reporter: lewis is the kind of educated independent voter who turned out in large numbers in this affluent area and helped candidate obama squeak out a victory in what was only recently a heavily republican state. >> hello, north carolina! >> reporter: you voted for obama in 2008? >> yes. >> reporter: and you'll vote for him again? >> i definitely will. >> reporter: but 15 miles away in raleigh jeannie mccarraher has a very different view of the economy. her business, selling hand- crafted gifts is struggling. she too voted for mr. obama in 2008 but now blames him for a state unemployment rate of 9.7%. >> he said that he was going to change these things. okay? he said he would be creating more jobs in america. i'm not seeing that. i'm se

the president is scheduling events like the one in durham to show that his administration is workingo fix the stalled economy. and he has to. republicans think it's an issue that will help them win next year. gop candidates were attacking the president's economic record ahead of their presidential debate in new hampshire. jobs will likely be the biggest topic. >> the president seems to be out of touch with what's happening in his own economy. >> obama unveiled his new jobs plan in a politically sense actively and important state. north carolina has the 10th highest unemployment in the country. also where the president won by the slims margin of any state three years ago. danielle notingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> president obama's republican challengers met for the first major debate in new hampshire tonight. sharon chin listened to the debate and found a common idea among those candidates. >> reporter: we looking at the republican candidates side-by- side. they have been very polite. the crucial early voting state of new hampshire tonight. lesser known candidates like michel

he is there in durham to sell his economic program.n 13 minutes from now or so so we will continue to watch that podium. this is all about job creation. he wants to make sure they will meet their job creation challenge, and he will meet with the jobs and competitive counsel there which is a group of industry leaders, and they will present him with a progress report on jobs. we'll keep an eye on that and as soon as he starts to speak we will bring it to you live here on cnn. >>> they caused a lot of us to pull out our hair or scream bloody murder, and i am talking about the bank fees as likeable as a swarm of flies. here are some of the annoying. fees for sending a statement to the old address because you forgot to tell them about the new address. fees for using banks coin counting machines, avoid the flee by rolling them in rolls yourself, and then if you want to chat with a bank teller, avoid the fees by getting online fees by using internet statements. and then don't lose your debit card. sign up for electronic statements. and receiv

ashley durham. i'm sorry. miss tennessee was ashley durham. she was the runner-up.new miss usa. >> congratulations for her. >> we're thrilled for her. >> excited for her. >> i'm excited for her. it must be hard to cry on cue. they all have to cry. >> the makeup or mascara, does it run? >> you can't get the crown unless you're crying. so, the second they say your name, you have to cue the tears. or you're in trouble. they are sort of dated, those pageants. >>> also, speaking about people taking on a big role, who is going to fill regis philbin's chair when he finally leaves "live"? he's been on tv more than anybody else, more hours on television. >> he's 140 years old. >> he's busy with the jim show. regis is 79 years old. here are people vying were that seat. here, you see ryan seacrest. you see bravo executive and host of "the real housewives." >> he was just in the miss usa pageant, as well. >> he's everywhere. if you can handle the housewives, how they smack each other down, that's some chop right there. >> also, mark consuelos, who is also known as mr. kelly rip

at a stage in durham, north carolina, mr.bama said it took years for the problems to develop and will take years to get back to where we need to be. the president said that's particularly true for jobs. >> these challenges predated, uh, the -- financial crisis that we had in 2008. if you look at what had happened between 2001 and, uh, 2008, job growth was slow, e slept when the economy was growing at a pretty good clip. >> with unemployment above 9%, many political pundits said mr. obama could be vulnerable in next year's election. >>> governor brown said there will be a budget vote on wednesday. that is the constitutional deadline for lawmakers to get a balanced budget on his desk. in a statement on youtube, the governor said he's frustrated he's not able to get the four republican votes need to put the question of tax extensions on a special election ballot. >> i'm not asking the legislature to make all these decisions. i'm asking for a vote of the people. >> democrats are trying to avoid having to close the remaining $9.6

i am from durham, n.c., and the comments about the use of your law clerks, judge edwards suggests that our judiciary coverall all levels are to disconnected from our academies. i want to know your thoughts on that, whether or not you agree or whether you take the relationship between the practicing bench and our academies are fine or whether or not there is an impact on the future of our profession? "judge edwards is a great friend of mine. he helped me greatly. he was a model for me how to judge. he came in the very first week was there and said he was going to teach me how to use laptops and you'd be a great thing to benefit. i told him, "thank you very much, judge, but i am not up to speed on technology and i would rather not worry about." he said, "i did not ask you if you wanted to come i told you you were goingo." he was tough to argue in from to when i was arguing cases, and i am glad he did what he did. it'sort of helped bring me up to speed. we are on the same page on that point. there is a great disconnect between the academy and the profession. pick up a copy of any law revi

the president visited a plant in durham, north carolina, that make energy efficient light bulbs. president obama announced a public-private venture to train 10,000 new edging graduates every year. another program would improve energy efficiency in u.s. office buildings with the savings going to hire more workers. the president is trying to show he is focused on the economy as some indicators point to a sluggish recovery. >>> and first lady michelle obama is in california tonight. she met with hollywood writers, producers and directors in beverly hills and encouraged them to pay more attention to story stories about military families. she is also attending a pair of democratic fundraisers. next mrs. obama is heading to the bay area with meetings in berkeley and san francisco. >>> the republican challengers are facing off in new hampshire for their first major debate. here is a live look as the debate is getting under way. as manuel gallegus tells us, they are taking aim at the president's handling of the economy. >> reporter: two new polls show mitt romney leading the gop field of

>> i know people see "bull durham," people see the bus rides, and stuff like that, and you know what, it is like that. i mean, we go to the smallest cities ever, but you develop some really close relationships, and as you keep playing, you become friends, and you know the people on the other side too, which makes just the whole baseball community just a good place to be. >> as a pitcher, how is it for you on the mound? >> it's just me versus you. my job is to get you out. >> is the atmosphere a little more relaxed in the minor leagues? >> it's great for the fans, because we are very close to them, and we do have the pinstripe patrol. i mean, we have a blast and it's awesome. >> i am going to be dancing with the pinstripe patrol tonight. any advice for me? >> are you really dancing with the pinstripe patrol? >> yes, i am. >> wow, um, you gotta have a nickname. i mean we have a guy named hurley, obviously not his real name. we have empire. >> i play soccer. i play some tennis, soccer. >> soccer, kicks! maybe you could be kicks! yeah, kicks! >> kicks! >> let's see you kick, for your name

a way you can think about the story is stories really kind of like bull durham and tel aviv. [laughter] that is one good way to think about it. irresolvable durum stories in there. there is the antics, and the parting and the knucklehead move that any minor league they spoke game, anything like that. it is in tel aviv. for me that was a really special part about it. it wasn't just a slow but baseball in the holy land a place that i was passionate about. i have been out of baseball for like three years. i was teaching in pursuing this new dream of mine, this new profession of mine and i was back in hawaii where he went to school. i was hanging out with a couple of buddies of mild baseball coach who was a short little japanese guy and he said hey there and they are having a baseball league and they elisa and i thought he was making funny because he is short japanese and i'm tall and jewish and we like to give each other a hard time. three or four weeks later i came home and we had a sunday night dinner at my folks house and i was a little bit bored or whatever. i googled israel

clocker boxing fans got to enjoy a recruiting middleweight clash last night in germany ending in felix durham holding on to his job we'd be a crown against michael. ware not coming out of the all star shortening on maria sharapova capturing a second wimbledon title the russian marching into the last sixteen with victory over cora. is yet to drop a set this tournament an imperious first set this play from the fifth seed setting the tone for the second drop of all seemingly always one step ahead of her czech opponents. who are for. getting this on march sixth two six three the final score of chinese sure i hang up next. as much expectations as maybe you guys have on me based on the fact but like you said i haven't. because the first. few years. yeah i'm happy with this. and hopefully this step further and even more sure of the performances are being watched closely not only in imports also here of course in the russian capital recently retired start to limp a champion yelena dementia stating her compact feat could win in london this year even though shrug of his last grand slam claim he is trul

. >> reporter: firefighter david wilder and paramedic david durham remember one child they saved usingor as a stretcher. >> we couldn't see. i mean, he was completely under the rubble, and as we started digging out, we saw a... it was a leg sticking out from under a door. he's been on my mind since this happened. >> reporter: because? >> because he lived. >> reporter: so we tracked down his family, corey hawkins and his seven-year-old son, mikey. >> reporter: hi, buddy. how are you? mikey's now recovered from his physical injuries but is now frightened by the rain. >> you can ask any fireman in america why they want to be a fireman. it's to help people. it's a great feeling to know this kid had a good outcome. >> pelley: mark strassmann knted us to know that the hawkins family is living with relatives but moving into an apartment of their own later in the week. that's "the cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm scott pelley. for all of us at cbs news, all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> your realtime capt

brussels and durham it continues to track down the latest on that situation in europe you can check out our twitter feed from the first in her latest tweet she says that as the planet grows all vegetables and under suspicion as a possible source of the outbreak in front of your twitter feed r.t. underscore on top of that story. this week's or breakthrough in the investigation of. assassination five years ago the main suspect a chechen fugitive has been officially charged with the murder of the prominent russian journalist and police say they have enough evidence to prove that the thirty seven year old was the one who did pull the trigger. of the reports now on this latest development. this is the man investigators say fired the shots which killed an impala called skier. had been the subject of a wide ranging manhunt after spending years on the run in belgium he was arrested by police in his home village in chechnya on tuesday and later charged with the murder. of the rest was carried out with the help of belgian police who had been hiding for several years we've been in constant contact

the special prosecutor who was investigating the destruction of the torture tapes his name is john durham from connecticut that. he convened a grand jury recently to look into the death of a detaining known as the iceman at abu ghraib and you know the belief is well perhaps these actually pursuing something that may result in. some sort of charges or an indictment and i doubt it we all. really know that with regard to the torture tapes that there was no accountability whatsoever in fact he ran out the clock on the statute of limitations there were not holding our own accountable i can't tell you how many press releases i have read from the state department within the past three months talking about sanctions and human rights abuses that match exactly what the bush administration had done to detainees in cia black sites prisons in u.s. custody so you know it's it's one of the issues that. no one seems to want to mention reporters that is when the you know when these press briefings go on. i think other countries are are looking at in. being hypocritical they don't really believe the rhetor

the special prosecutor who was investigating the destruction of the torture case his name is john durham from connecticut that. he convened a grand jury recently to look into the death. detaining known as the iceman at abu ghraib. you know the belief is well perhaps he's actually pursuing something that may result in. some sort of charges or an indictment and i doubt it we already know that with regard to the torture tapes that there was no accountability whatsoever in fact he ran up the clock on the statute of limitations there so. the the a.c.l.u. one of the you know. before we go we get a little off topic actually even a really good point there because you talked about how the u.s. often brings out the human rights abuses and the abuses of the law in other countries and not really looking at our own behavior here and i want to play you something that president obama said when he addressed the nation earlier this week we have that sound made sure in all that we do we must remember the sense america part is not solely our power it is the principles upon which our union was founded were

president obama took his jobs and competitiveness council to durham, north carolina. he announced a public-private sector program to train 10,000 engineers a year . they would help universities pay for the engineering programs. >> we know if we maintain leadership in technology and invasion . we needed best american workers. >> new numbers on retail sales and hougs starts and priveding more data on how far the american economy must rebound. a big surprise. seven of them have suddenly shut down after the company filed for bankruptcy. carez worked for years in daly city making the pipes and home style meals. as of today, they are no longer employed . what does that mean for you? >> i don't know. >> what happened is that marie cawlender's and perkins restaurant filed for bankruptcy today. the company cited limited assets of 290 million and debts of 441 million. bloomburg news warned that the ceo warned of corporations struggles back in november blaming sluggish consumer spending. products like sugar and eggs and coffee have been rise at least 13 marie callenders have clo

chip reid is in durham, north carolina. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. when president obama won north carolina back in 2008 he did it in large part by winning over independent voters with a message of hope and change. well now those voters have lost a lot of that hope and still waiting for the change. when anna bunya graduated from north carolina's elan law school last year her job prospects seemed bright. >> i thought this should be okay. >> reporter: with the north carolina unemployment rate stuck at 9.1%, more than a year later, she's still looking for work as a lawyer. >> we have all these new graduates who are going to college, going to grad school, going to law school because they think it's going to help them in the job market and it really doesn't. >> i know this, north carolina, the time for change has come. >> reporter: during law school in 2008, she became swept up in the excitement of the presidential campaign of candidate barack obama. >> when you're in law school and you hear this guy talking about how he's going to create jobs and he's goi

president obama travels to durham, north carolina where he'll discuss jobs and manufacturing at an energy.e.d. lighting factory. contenders for the republican presidential nomination take part in a debate in new hampshire, first televised debate for the gop front-runners. >>> and daniel's vancouver canucks look to raise lord stanley's cup tonight in boston, they face off against the bruins in game six of the nhl finals. big win there over the weekend. i was thinking about you when i heard the score. >> for the sake of my heart can we not take this to game seven. please? that's all i'm asking. >> nice to win on the home ice. >> it would. >>> we need some heroes. speaking of heroes to within tonight and heroes, finish this half-hour with something that could be part of a super hero movie. >> it is not, in fact, its invertor says it could change real-life crime fighting. rob hayes of kabc reports. >> reporter: this is called the arm star bodyguard, lightweight electrified arm shield creators say could change the way police and prison guards do their jobs. >> it works as a defensive shield, i

you know, nobody wants to be durhamed in the middle of the night so imagine being on the receiving end of a wake-up call night after night. well, that's what happened to one bay area man, a problem he could not fix until 7 on your side's michael finney got involved. [phone ringing] >> dennis said it happened like clockwork every night. >> i'm in a dead sleep and the phone rings, like i say, religiously right around 3:30:00 in the morning. [phone ringing] >> it happened night -- [phone ringing] >> after night -- [phone ringing] >> after night. each time he would pick up the phone, no one would be on the other end. but dennis knew the cause almost immediately. >>at&t again. >> you see, this has happened to dennis once before, about a year ago. >> it scares you. the first thing you think is an emergency. >> the last time is appeared. at&t technicians check the phone lines that came into the house. >> he said it had something to do with the test equipment, something having to do with the computers at at&t in their facility there. >> translation? there was some sort of a computer malfunctio

first on monday, president obama heads to raleigh, durham, north carolina where he will visit a companythings l.e.d. lights. he'll also be talking about job creation there. later in the day he heads down to miami for fundraisers. it's more money in the bank for a campaign that's expected to raise $1 billion. then on tuesday the president flies to puerto rico, a place he visited during the campaign and said he would return to if elected. he will be the first president to make an official visit there since john f. kennedy. >> reporter: the house returns monday after a week home in their congressional districts. and a big topic in both the house and senate, the federal debt and raising the debt ceiling. debt talks between democrats, republicans, led by the vice-president, are ramping up bipartisan group tries to raise the federal debt limit. also we're keeping an eye on the scandal surrounding congressman anthony weiner. congress will be returning for the first time since the congressman admitted to sending nude photos. >> reporter: coming up next week we'll get a host of economic news. wa

in durham, north carolina, rick lazio, a former new york congressman who ran for the senate against hillary clinton. and howard kurtz, washington bureau chief for "newsweek" magazine and the daily beast and host of cnn's "reliable sources." thanks for all being here. james, let me begin with you. you were in the clinton white house, in charge or there in moments of crisis, in management. assuming that anthony weiner has told the truth, has it made it possible for himself, for him to survive, as he goes forward? >> well, history shows that a lot of people have survived, but i'll tell you that right now, the democrats are furious at this guy. i mean, you can see what leader pelosi is calling for an ethics investigation. he's married to one of the most popular people in the democratic party, and people are livid at him. you know, my general view on these kind of things is let the voters decide. if they want to send him back, that's a choice for the people of the ninth district of new york. it's a choice he'll have to make. and i don't know if he broke any laws. you know, i don't exactly know w

first on monday president obama heads to raleigh, durham, north carolina, where he'll visit a companyalso be talking about job creation there. later in the day he heads down to miami for a fund-raiser. it's more money in the bank for a campaign that's expected to raise $1 billion. then on tuesday, the president flies to puerto rico, a place he visited during the campaign and said he would return to if elected. he will be the first president to make an official visit there since john f. kennedy. >> i'm kate balduan on capitol hill. the house returns monday after a week home in their congressional districts and a big top nick both the house and the senate, the federal debt and raising the debt ceiling. debt talks between democrats, republicans led by the vice president are ramping up. the bipartisan group has three scheduled meetings this week as they try to hammer out a deal to raise the federal debt limit. also, we're keeping on eye on scandal surrounding congressman anthony weiner. lawmakers will be returning this week for the first time since the congressman acknowledged he did send

[laughter] i mentioned that it was kind of like bull durham until of beef. another person told me i should have named the book shekel balks. just as zoom out a little bit and give you guys a little bit of context we had six different teams, and maybe you can tell us. right down year. that is my jersey that of work. we were the tel aviv and lightning. six different teams like us. all kinds of stuff. all kinds of different teams. i'm going to talk about that in the second. we had six teams in israel. of course you can't play on sjambok. six days a week instead of seven. the only problem with that of medical range members the lack of field. we had one really good field, and that was a good start. one real field. the second was a converted softball field. just one second. the third one was built under the cherished still leave soccer ground three weeks into this season. so coming to place six days a week on 31 half, two and half baseball fields. it makes for some interesting times. things like dr. ruth tearing out his first pitch of the game. things like an alle

meanwhile, almost 90 in raleigh-durham. 80 in new york city.s a satellite image of a burst levee threatening to flood the town of hamburg, iowa. a blackhawk helicopter dropping sandbags on the levee, which sits on the missouri river. it could damage homes and farm land as the army corps of engineers takes a good look with their satellite. >> gretchen: it's monday and this that means it's time to bring in donald trump who joins us every monday. good morning to you, donald. >> good morning. >> gretchen: hope you had a fantastic weekend. it was beautiful here in new york. >> it was. >> gretchen: not so beautiful with the economy news. may created a 4,000 jobs in the private sector. and one of the chief economic guys for president obama, austin goolsby, was on some of the talk shows yesterday trying to explain why maybe it's just one bad month. i want you to listen to this and then comment. >> okay. >> what you want to look at are what are the recent trends because one month is not a trend. and the last six months, we've added a million jobs in the

check out this fire, flames shooting from a home and in durham, north carolina. it started in the basement of the home, they do not know the cause yet. there are no people inside the home at the time, no one was hurt. >> this airbus has been in a new jersey storage facility since it was pulled from the hudson river, a bird strike the engine during takeoff and forced the pilot to land on the hudson river. all 155 people survived. many survivors are expected your attended the reception in charlotte once the plane arrives. we are back in 2 minutes as the kron 4 morning news continues. a live look from the james with freeway. traffic is very light on this friday. >> and wet and cold by late this afternoon and a steady rain as we head into the weekends. for the weekend we have future cast 4 is set for 5:00 a.m.. widespread light rain with pockets of moderate rain falling in the north bay and in the delta as well. we will push the claw of towards noon, widespread light rain all morning long towards the rain is a lasting into saturday evening and sunday. light-moderate

happening right now, president obama has just arrived from air force one at the raleigh-durham airport in north carolina. he's there greeting folks at the airport waiting. he will later tour a company that makes energy-efficient l.e.d. lighting and will meet with the jobs and competitiveness council to spur economic growth as well as job creation. >>> strong after shocks hit christ church, new zealand as people there are recovering from a deadly earthquake. >>> dozens were feeted with -- were treated with minor injuries. the quakes hit within an hour of each other. pretty shake be up up. pretty take time for everybody -- pretty shaken up. pretty tough time for everybody. >> in february, 181 people were killed when a 6.3 quake hit christ church. today, as congress gets back to work, more lawmakers say anthony weiner should resign. as carol han reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, congressman weiner will not be at work today. carol? >> reporter: dave, anthony wiener won't be here today -- weiner won't be here today because he's taking a leave of an scans for an unknown condition a

. >> durham what your response was?no. >> i am referring to the deposition of july 30th, 2009, page 279, lines 1 through 25. >> lines what? >> i'm sorry. lines 1 through 25, judge. >> okay. >> you have it? >> your honor, i am bringing it up on the screen now for the witness. specifically, i'm sorry, specifically, i'm going to be referring to line 17 through 25 and on page 280, which i will put up in a minute, lines 1 through 4. mr. anthony, if you would take a look at line 17 through 25. just let me know when you are done. >> i will finished with that part. >> thank you. >> again, sir, i will ask you to read lines one through three. okay. all right. mr. anthony, what was -- does that refresh your memory? >> yes. >> what did your sister tell you the reason for caylee being taken was? >> in her opinion, casey was not being a good mother to caylee or wouldn't be a good mother for caylee. she was taking her -- taking caylee from her to teach her a lesson and also told her not to go to the police or anything like that. >> di

ron claiborne, abc news, durham, north carolina. >> that is pretty shocking.. >> this is interesting that they want you to know this as an american citizen. yet our youngsters aren't really learning it in school which is pretty alarming. one of the questions, fourth grade sample question would be, which became the last part of the united states, which was added last as a state? >> which state was -- >> we have choices, hawaii, texas, oregon, alaska, choose from those. >> the answer is canada. just kidding. >> part of north america. there i am. i'm going to rap your knuckles with a ruler. uckles wit >>> by this time next week, father's day is in the books. that means there is a dwindling number of days left to get dad something nice -- who better than to offer a few options, the giz whiz, dick dibartello. thank you for joining us. you have a number of cool and quirky things going on here. literally quirky. >> yeah, exactly. >> what is on your right here? motorola had success with the droid x, this is droid x-2. this is the droid x2, in the motorola dock, then i

president obama took his jobs and competitiveness council, to an energy-efficient lighting plant in durhamne idea he announced was a combined public/private sector program to train 10,000 new american engineers every year. while offering incentives to students who finish their degrees and help universities pay for their engineering programs. >> we know that if we're going to maintain our leadership in technology and innovation, our companies need the world's brightest workers. american workers. >> reporter: new numbers are coming out this week on retail sales, housing starts and prices, providing more data on just how far the american economy must rebound. peggy and daniel? >>> a group of hackers reached the u.s. senate's website. they say they did it for fun. investigators on capitol hill insist no senate security was compromised. the group of hackers known as lolz said they broke into the computer network to prove how vulnerable it is. that group claims to have hacked into several high-profile websites recently, including those at pbs, sony and nintendo. >>> new zealand is still rattled

after, the president will speak about jobs and the economy from durham, north carolina. house speaker and john boehner also talked about job creation it and the national debt saturday at ashland university. during q&a, he also touched on gop efforts to repeal the health care law, tea party movement, the gop medicare plan, and what he wants to see in a 2012 presidential candidate. i am honored to speak with all of you tonight at this great event, held in honor of a great man and great ohioan, john ashburn. as most of you know, tonight was originally supposed to happen a couple of months ago but we had to reschedule because i had to be in washington for the final negotiations to keep the government running and finished last year's budget. i was supposed to be with you that friday night, but instead, spent the day on the phone with president obama trying to squeeze another billion dollars out of the most powerful man in the world and a reluctant one, i might add. but i'm confident that this evening will be more pleasant. in fact, it already has been. thank you for your pati

i am from durham, north carolina. judge harry edwards suggests that our judiciary all levels and be practicing bar are, unfortunately, to disconnect it from our academies. i want to know your thoughts on that. do you agree with that or do you think the relationship between the practicing bar and our law schools -- is there some impact on your structure as it relates to the future of our profession? >> first of all, judge edwards is a favorite of mine. he helped me greatly when i joined the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit, not only as a model for a judge, but also in a wide variety of areas. he came in the first week i was there and said he was going to teach me how to use a laptops to let me stay connected with the court where ever i was. i said, "thank you very much, the judge, but i am not up to speed on the technology and would rather not worry about it." you wanted to do it, i told you you're going to do it." [laughter] he was tough to argue in front of. i am glad he did what he did because it brought me up

i am from durham, n.c., and the comments about the use of your law clerks, judge edwards suggests that our judiciary coverall all levels are to disconnected from our academies. i want to know your thoughts on that, whether or not you agree or whether you take the relationship between the practicing bench and our academies are fine or whether or not there is an impact on the future of our profession? "judge edwards is a great friend of mine. he helped me greatly. he was a model for me how to judge. he came in the very first week i was there and said he was going to teach me how to use laptops and you'd be a great thing to benefit. i told him, "thank you very much, judge, but i am not up to speed on technology and i would rather not worry about." he said, "i did not ask you if you wanted to come i told you you were going to." he was tough to argue in from to when i was arguing cases, and i am glad he did what he did. it's sort of helped bring me up to speed. we are on the same page on that point. there is a great disconnect between the academy and the profession. pick up a copy of any la

host: durham, north carolina. kerry, independent line.aller: i see the position that rep weaner has got himself into. no. 1, if the house rules and ethics committee, if according to those rules he has violated them, he should step down. if he has committed some criminal act or some other act against the house rules, definitely, definitely saying no. he should resign. why i am saying that? there might be an underage women here. i do not think that anyone knows yet. the ages of anyone that he was having social networking with. the second part to that is -- if he did not violate any rules by the house, -- any rules of the house, that if his wife -- if he can get help, his wife, if she can live with him and forgive him, he can do his job. i recently moved to north carolina and was a lifelong new yorker. i want to move back as soon as possible. the other thing i want to say, george bush lied to the country and the world to take our troops to war. host: the caller mentioned the investigation. nancy pelosi called on monday for a house ethics com

host: in durham, n.c., independent line, weighing on whether or not employers should help boost skillsschools. caller: my son after he got rid of high school through his vocational education took all of his court classis, he took one class of welding for four years. he was in high school. now he is a certified welder with four certifications. he works every day and makes $20 an hour, if he stays busy. he works in different parts of the state. it keeps him going. it is between the child and the parent. i am glad he has graduated. he is done. now he is doing his part of trying to do the right thing. thanks. host: education must be pursued on an individual basis. that is a comment that body just made. asheville, north carolina, republican caller. caller: i see several things going on. you heard a lady called up earlier saying teachers are getting better. here are a few facts that to be viewed that. -- that refutes that. less than half of all teachers at colleges are professionally accredited. many teaching colleges are worthless, unless you are part of the union. it used to be -- i worked

to get perspective i'm joined by two small business owners in the raleigh-durham area.ounder and president of southern energy management and also joining me sam, president of wakestone corporation. nice to meet you this morning. i want to start with you first, maria. you've grown your revenue over the past year, added almost 50 workers to the rolls. things are looking better for your company. first of all, tell me why and tell me what you'd like to hear from the president's competitive council when you meet with them later today? >> we've been very fortunate. there have been a lot of attention placed on energy independence and helping our country to become more energy independent and that's something that americans care about. we'd like to hear the president talk about more ways that we're going to continue along this path toward energy independence and allow us to create more great jobs that our people love to do and proud to do every day. >> and maria, give us a sense of what your company does in the energy independence field. you do work in solar, right? >> we instal

degree from north carolina's central university, known at that time as north carolina college at durham. later in life she earned a master's degree in religious education and doctor ofdy vinity degree from the james -- doctor of divinity from salisbury, north carolina, from livingstone college. she received a doctor of ministry degree from gordon conwell theological seminary in charlotte. over the years dr. johnson found many ways to serve her community as a public school teacher, school administrator, social worker, and even a seamstress. she was particularly devoted to her faith and church. in 1979 dr. johnson was elected by the general conference to oversee the youth mission. during her eight year tenure, she worked to build a youth retreat that was eventually named in her honor and today, and today serves as many as 575 youth at a time. dr. johnson was a missionary supervisor with the a.m.e. zion church and pastor of indian hill a.m.e. zion church in fort mill, south carolina. her work with the a.m.e. zion church took her around the world working in england and puerto rico, the baha

host: in durham, n.c., independent line, weighing on whether or not employers should help boost skillschools. caller: my son after he got rid of high school through his vocational education took all of his court classis, he took one class of welding for four years. he was in high school. now he is a certified welder with four certifications. he works every day and makes $20 an hour, if he stays busy. he works in different parts of the state. it keeps him going. it is between the child and the parent. i am glad he has graduated. he is done. now he is doing his part of trying to do the right thing. thanks. host: education must be pursued on an individual basis. that is a comment that body just made. asheville, north carolina, republican caller. caller: i see several things going on. you heard a lady called up earlier saying teachers are getting better. here are a few facts that to be viewed that. -- that refutes that. less than half of all teachers at colleges are professionally accredited. many teaching colleges are worthless, unless you are part of the union. it used to be -- i worked