we get that from historians ellen fitzpatrick and michael beschloss. director of the oklahoma city national memorial and exam and reverend janet vincent from the episcopal church in washington. did the president do what what he needed to do tonight, michael? >> it was one of the best speeches he's ever given. not only the message but also the way he sort of came to life while giving it. he was sort of soaking in the atmosphere and you have a sense it was a speech written in advance but it gave the sense of someone who was giving it extemporaneously. >> ifill: ellen fitzpatrick, how did that speech compare to the kind of speeches we've seen presidents give in these situations before? >> i thought that this speech was a particularly personal speech on the president's part in which it was a little different, i think, than other speeches. it was intensely personal, evoking the lives of the victims of this tragedy, describing the heroism of everyday americans and the theme of children. this, after all, is a young father. we've seen him with his own children

we get that from historians ellen fitzpatrick and michael beschloss. director of the oklahoma city national memorial and exam and reverend janet vincent from the episcopal church in washington. did the president do what what he needed to do tonight, michael? >> it was one of the best speeches he's ever given. not only the message but also the way he sort of came to life while giving it. he was sort of soaking in the atmosphere and you have a sense it was a speech written in advance but it gave the sense of someone who was giving it extemporaneously. >> ifill: ellen fitzpatrick, how did that speech compare to the kind of speeches we've seen presidents give in these situations before? >> i thought that this speech was a particularly personal speech on the president's part in which it was a little different, i think, than other speeches. it was intensely personal, evoking the lives of the victims of this tragedy, describing the heroism of everyday americans and the theme of children. this, after all, is a young father. we've seen him with his own children

so with that, ellen. >> thanks, doug. i want to make sure everyone can hear me. i have a love-hate relationship with microphones. i want to thank you all for coming today. this is really a wonderful turnout for us. the german marshall fund, for those of you who don't what the fund is, wire a 501 c public charity that was funded as a gift from the german people. we were set up as an american institution to work on a broad mandate of tackling the changes that are faced by advanced industrialized societies. that is a broad mandate. we work with europe and the united states and we work on how europe and the united states can work together on the major world challenges like climate change and economic trade and development, just a number of issues the program i run goes back to the early days in the first 20 years when we were primarily a grantmaker making grants to low-cal practitioners and policymakers. i started this program about four years, five years ago now, i think, time flies, to really bring in members of our marshall memorial fellowship network of which dav

the night before i called ellen at work. i said, 'when you come home, i'm going--i'm not going to write the last word till you come home.' and she came home, and i had the notebook and i wrote the last word and we had champagne. and the next day i delivered the manuscript. c-span: are you now financially a wealthy man? guest: yeah. c-span: what do you think of it? guest: well, it won't help me to write my next book. all the millions in the world, that's the main--i had to do this. now i have to do that. why do we burden ourselves like that? i could sit back now for the rest of my life and roam the world and see--and--faraway places. but i have to write a book. c-span: who's this? guest: oh, that's--oh, that's my--back--my--i had a house in brooklyn in cobblehead. that's my daughter maggie when she was three years old. c-span: what's she like? guest: oh, she's great. she's 26 now. she has a little girl. she's out in santa cruz. maggie's going to school. oh, god. malachy and myself at yeats' grave. yeah. 'cast a cold eye on li

>>ellen: the only thing, the don'ts that you don't do is put them on the electric fence. i know you're laughing but it has been done before. that's why i mentioned it. and don't forget to keep your eyes on the ground for snakes, please. >>maelzer: a circuit of sorts has developed where people can go from country to country virtually anywhere in the world and find opportunities to volunteer their time to help conserve threatened and endangered animal species. >>reporter: for instance, people have gone back and forth between the cambodian bear sanctuary and this centre for rehabilitating orangutan in the malaysian state of sarawak. >>here at the matang wildlife centre, the state's forestry authorities work with a private company called way out experiences to run the rehab and volunteer programmes. >>reporter: wox charges people around 2500 dollars each for a one-month volunteering stint. >>some two-thirds of that money goes back into rehabilitating the animals, almost all of which were rescued from the pet trade. >>landong: the objective is very simple, plain and clear. if

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>>ellen: generally they've all been rade and also the restaurant trade. he was actually found at the back of a restaurant. he's now the breeding male in perth zoo. by looking at thephoto you wouldn't even think he was still alive. >>reporter: the front paw of this unfortunate sun bear ended up a bowl of soup. he'll now live out his days in comfort...with a steady stream of volunteers helping see to that. >>castano: i'm passionate about wildlife. and i was living in australia so it seemed like it was pretty close to this place and it was a nice idea to help the animals. >>reporter: having paid to fly out to cambodia, and then paid a fee to cover their room and board, they help outwith manual labour, with preparing the animals' food, and with cleaning up the aftermath. >>ford: it's definitely going to be an experience. i've never owned pets before, so i've never cleaned up anything's poo before. that's going to be a big task. >>reporter: this centre is run by the australian ngo free the bears in conjunction with the cambodian wildlife department. >>ellen: w

. >> reporter: her teacher ellen roth a child welfare advocate turned paste trie chef.ed cakes for cause, the nonprofit that runs this bakery. here at risk teens learn to cook which in turn, she says, offers lessons on life. >> we need to teach our children how to be the adult that we want them to be. >> you're to the going too fasten them yet. >> the bakery has provided mentors and six months of job training to nearly a dozen apprentices, three have dropped out. but not 18-year-old dustin raymond. sent here by juvenile authorities. >> i could have been in jail for a pretty long time. >> instead dustin is living with his family, about to finish high school and earning his own money. >> it's a a real big sense of accomplishment. a big change from being where i was to actually working for what i want. >> how's the food. >> with the food is great. >> the customers say they also like helping the kids. money from food sales supplements funding for the program. halfway through her apprenticeship katie started voicing her dreams to become a doctor. she has taken a second job a

has ellen ever given you a go cart? i didn't think so.ay, you notice i'm not wearing a helmet? that's because i'm rebellious. that's right. one of my new year's resolutions is to raise more hell in 2011. i'm doing it with the go cart there. i'm planning on eating by body weight in pez, as well. that's what 2011 has in store with me. do you have a new year's resolution, uncle frank? >> yeah, to stay alive for at least one more year. >> jimmy: that's a very good one. [ applause ] and you're doing it because you are actually multiplying. this morning at 4:00 in the morning, uncle frank, for the first time in his lengthy life, became a grandfather, so, congratulations. little baby. a long night at the hospital. >> jimmy, can i say something? jimmy and cousin sal were in the hospital for nine hours. he's the greatest boss, the greatest relative, because they're cousins him and my daughter. he was in that hospital until she gave birth. he wouldn't go home. i don't know how he looks so good now. he didn't sleep all night. him and cousin sal were

probably not a molecule of gas from russia although it's possible we could at some point be getting ellen g. from l. and g. from russia but the point is the more that's produced it will open up markets in other areas and make other markets more accessible as well for the united states for the state the energy issues in utero opinion it sits in the comic or on the political that because energy is very politicized these days you would deny that. well first of all certainly attack anomic. were trying to deep politicize the issue and make it. and make it last and one of the ways we're trying to do that is to constructively engage with all countries on energy issues and not put it in terms of zero sum games. i'm here in moscow now i had. a very good meeting yesterday with the minister schmock go on the. with other officials while i'm here and. the point that i keep trying to make is that the world is changing very quickly global global energy markets are changing we've seen chest amazing changes in the past few years with the shale becoming a big part of the united states market that opens up

thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, i'm ellen birmingham, i live across the street. i am curious how many of you have been to pleasant, because it is a cute and quaint street. as you stand at the top of the hill, you see a gradual sloping line going down the hill. most of those buildings with the exception of the top are three-story buildg

thank you. >> thank you. >> hello, i'm ellen birmingham, i live across the street. i am curious how many of you have been to pleasant, because it is a cute and quaint street. as you stand at the top of the hill, you see a gradual sloping line going down the hill. most of those buildings with the exception of the top are three-story buildings. this proposal, while clever is deceptive in that it'll stand out. you'll go from a nice gradual line into a line that really stands up and blocks people's view. it is very realistic to the -- to be asking for a three-story building, a renovation that would include three stories. on the south side of the street, there's a lot of open space and greenery because most of those houses face sacramento. there's garage faces in the back. the ownerers and developers as pleasant street are asking for four stories plus a roof deck. that four story that they're proposing -- other penthouses on the block which you saw earlier don't include living space. it is -- i really think that it is an optical ill lewis if you look at the drawing very

ellen goldberg from our nbc station in dallas explains. >> reporter: it's been pounded in our heads. breakfast is the most important meal of the day. >> it gets your metabolism going right away in the morning. >> reporter: but new research suggests waiting to eat breakfast until after you workout could be the fastest way to lose weight. >> when i eat before a workout i generally feel bloated and lethargic. i wait until afterwards. i find i get too bloated before and just can't do it. i like to have an empty stomach and it just makes the workout better. >> reporter: these workout partners could be on to something. researchers in belgium followed two groups of young men for six weeks. one group ate a carbohydrate-packed breakfast then worked out. and the other group worked out and then had the same carb-rich meal. group one gained three pounds. group two gains almost no weight. >> on conventional wisdom has shown within 35 to 40 minutes of a workout is when your body will most effectively use the protein you take in. >> reporter: while hitting the gym on an empty stomach may not be for

let's move on to christina. >>> you think i don't know who ellen is? yes, i love el . it comes on before our evening newscast. 46 in hayward and san jose. high pressure firmly in control of the weather pattern. it will be a beautiful day in the bay. we have changes on the way. you'll notice here this system of low pressure trying to make its way onshore. what that means for us is more of an onshore flow. for the past five to eight days we have had high pressure setting up firmly over us. that's driving the winds from land to sea. they are actually warming up on the way pushing all that fog off the peninsula. for us today what you can count on is more of the same, but this system is going to change heading into tomorrow. we have more of the onshore flow with cooler conditions. this is the last day with really, really warm temperatures. 69 degrees today in san jose. 69 in livermore. and 69 degrees in fremont. and it looks like as we head through the next few days we'll drop off a little bit, but not all that much. your extended forecast is on the way. stay tuned for that

i'm ellen schumer, i'm chair of the city hall preservation advisory commission. richard and i have known each other a very long time. when i was sitting at my desk, i started to go through a copy of the dictionary. it said, scholar. with richard johns, we have a scholar with an incredible passion for san francisco. it is very hard to work in the city of san francisco and look at what truly needs to be preserved in an ongoing manner. he has had years of experience, and adjust the amount of time he has spent would truly make you a scholar of san francisco history. >> it is great to see you. i have known richard for 15 years. i have worked with him with the first husband of the brown administration. richard was everywhere and i think he had the true reached to a lot of different communities. it will make him a very accessible member of the historic preservation commission. he has made himself accessible and i think she is a living historian ha, someone looking to make the history and county of san francisco and other aspects of our history more accessible. he is qua

southeast of ellen rock about 11 mi. north of morgan hill. it was a magnitude 4.1 and took place on the faults. >> it is a 4.1 on the calaveras fault. >> we understand are to aftershocks' other but others. >> and not in front of a computer. it was about 4.5 mi. deep which is pretty typical. are getting from our viewers that was felt in a wide area around the bay area. these bay, in the south bay is that unusual? >> know it's not unusual and yes it was widely felt. it was very weak shaking out widely felt. over 1500 people went on line to tell us did you feel it? they felt it again north bay, east bay quite widely. >> have you seen a lot of activity on the calaveras fault in recent days? >> nothing of the ordinary. thank you so much lesley from usgs thank you for your time. the genesis of your shoes on the fall she also felt it where are you living. ? >> i live in fremont the and i felt the jolt and i instantly know was an earthquake. i just went right into my prepared mode. what do i do? i decide turning on channel 4 news to switch to beds wo

recognize that it will be able grudging relationship, but i am convinced that the individuals that ellen this establishment and the supporters want to be a good neighbor and an asset to the neighborhood. i would hope that they have the opportunity to succeed. there was uncertainty about what direction they would be able to take. i had an event there myself last week. i personally have experienced this business and i believe they will make every effort to be a good neighbor. the conditions that are established to provide them a good way to do that. and >> i am neutral. i have tried to mediate neighbors with this. there is a stalemate. some of the options that were offered, i would like to -- you have this right here, right now. could you put this on the -- what happened is this. the neighbors i asked on one side say that if they close it, they will not argue with tables and chairs in the front. the brickyard said no. this is an idea where you could have it, i suggested if you have windows here and have the back open for air, it was no. i asked could you have only 14 seats on the yard and

mark gallagher, ron cox, ellen beach. >> my name is mark gallagher. i was asked to contribute to the public comment today. i am a member of the dtna and have lived across from trigger for approximately seven years. when i moved into the residence, there was no bar open. soon after a bar named detour opened and there was never any problem. around 2006 a new operator reopened the bar and this bar quickly became a nuisance receiving many complaints. mainly complaints from neighbors and went in different directions either to the police, the commission e the neighborhood association, and eureka neighborhood association, and supervisors and others. they were put on notice and continued to fail sound inspections. later, some time later in 2008, the same operator reopened jet bar and to the adjoining building and renamed it trigger. the new club is bigger, had a larger sound system, and had an open type of city scape garage door which acted as an amplifier to the noise. this is nothing new. again, the club was going to be put on notice. they received 164 comp

competitive i think the european market will become more competitive look at what the effect right now is of ellen g. on on pricing with respect to your so just as you know we've always argued that europe needs to diversify i think russia's efforts to diversify are probably a problem it's probably the right thing for russia whether it be to china other parts of asia president medvedev was and. was in south korea recently and i think offered ten b.c.m. of gas to south korea that's the world that we live in today. and i think it's healthy that markets speak competitive that companies from what ever countries whether it be russia the united states europe china india wherever they may happen to be realize that they're working and operating in a competitive world that that's alternately going to be better better for consumers . and one follow up here you mentioned the relations between russia and the ukraine the you mentioned establishing a normal working relationship in transit one of the problems in this transit is the need to modernize the ukrainian gas pipeline system was one of the options that ru

ellen is down with the dougie, and, so is cnn's wolf blitzer.think when you saw wolf blitzer doing it on the soul train music awards? >> i thought it was pretty funny. but it was -- he started off like -- once he got it, like, yeah, all right, now you got it. >> reporter: the phenomenon started in texas, but this group from california is teaching it to the country. >> everybody was telling us to teach them. we're like, why not? let's do it. >> reporter: the song they made about it, simply called "teach me how to dougie," recently went platinum. remember when everybody was doing the moon walk? or the running man? and who could forget the 1995 on session with the macarena? ♪ the dougie, which you might consider a bit more hip, has been met with similar enthusiasm by people of all ages and races. >> this hand, then go that way, and this hand go that way. >> reporter: did you ever expect it to become the success that it has? >> not really. that's what we wanted, but we didn't expect it to go this far. >> reporter: more than 2 million people have tur

nbc's ellen goldberg explains. >> reporter: low fat, whole grain and a good source of fiber. sounds healthy, right? >> nutrition uses marketing just like every other industry does. so what's marketed on that package doesn't necessarily mean it's the healthiest choice. >> reporter: a dietician in fort worth cautions many foods labeled to be diet food may be comparable to eating junk food. >> many times there's just as many calories in the health food. >> reporter: take veggie chips for example. there's a full serving of vegetables in every ounce. but they contain the same amount of calories and fat in regular potato chips. >> a whole-wheat cracker would be a better option. >> reporter: other items that look healthier from the front to the back, smoothies. >> some of these smoothies have as many grams of sugar as two packs of m&ms. >> reporter: not to mention about 300 calories a serving, the name number of calories in a cheeseburger from mcdonald's. >> many will drink these with a meal when this smoothy could be the meal. >> reporter: another tip, don't let the word yogurt foo

my name is ellen sandler. i will briefly remind you of a prior situation, or the owner was the contractor for a major remodel in 2007. the house is located -- and it is also on a different part of urbano drive, located immediately behind my home. within days of the sale of that home, i was aware that a major construction project had begun at the house, which i have a completely unobstructed view of from my house. having just completed the permit process myself, i notified my neighbors my intention to add a small deck. i wondered how this project had started so quickly after the house had sold. at the final approval of my deck, the building inspector said the permit had been obtained. winning or rick, i found out that -- on inquiry, i found out that in over-the-counter permit had been obtained. as soon as the roof came off, i knew that this was no kitchen and bathroom model. the bedroom floor was reconfigured, removing a former back door and stairway, and framing was added for huge windows across the back of th

. >> maurn egg bar and mary ann miller and ellen goodman. >> good evening. my name is eveningburg. i lived in merced since 1993. i'm 100% opposed to the project. the city claims that they're -- there are public benefits to the project. how can the city claim that making me and the other 8,000 residents of park merced -- sick with cancer by exposing us to asbestos and other substance that is we know are in the building being demolished is a good thing for all of us. the fact we will be subject to construction noise and other air and water pollutants for the next 30 years of our life is for the public good, according to -- to the e.i.r., asbestos is not part of the e.i.r. and is not -- nor on the draft e.i.r. how can asbestos not be an essential part of any environmental report is beyond my comprehension and one of the most absurd statements i ever heard. as of july 99, merced was 196 acres, 4 blocks and 3,487 rental units. the planners have not taken into consideration that blocks one, two, five, six, 41 and 42 are part of town houses and parking spaces that caramel partners sold to

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ellen wilson who was a childhood sweetheart kind of got into the white house. she died in office. after his -- edith wilson helped him stay in the white house said they were very powerful women in their own day. >> tell me what the two women have most in common, personality wise? >> they had very little in common except they were both completely devoted to woodrow wilson and what he needed and wanted. >> was there anything surprising that you found in your research while writing? >> well he had a girlfriend too. and theodore roosevelt said who would have thought the man was a r-romeo? he looked like they judges apprenticed. >> did have a girlfriend with each wife or just during one? >> just during one. the first wife really believe that it could harm him politically so he acted as though the girlfriend were a family friend and basically kind of co-opted her. but the second wife did not have any intention of sharing him with anybody and their relationship really had come to an end before she had come on the scene. >> how did either were both influences politics and his policies? >>