your excellencies, prime minister, your excellency ban ki-moon, secretary general of the united nationsadies and gentlemen, the earthquake of january 12th, 2010 devastated haiti. the local elected, the state were not able to meet and repair the consequences of this disaster. this day of doom of the 12th of january has exactly the tale of our basic services. we needed to react instantly in order to deal with the people leaving the area. millions of our fellow citizens fled port-au-prince, the devastated capital and the metropolitan area. all the elected representatives, the men made a primary road and bringing the first relief efforts with the organization of transport and shelter for the displaced persons. we had to look at the need for shelter, for food, for hundreds of family. we had, again, to look particularly at children that were newborn and aged. today many people are still awaiting a distant shelter to help them to get through the rainy season. however, despite the conditions. we once again the elected representatives of local governments with ngos, the minister of the interior

. >>> today would have been an excel excel -- excellent day to work outside. >> i saw people jogging on my way into work. a decent day tomorrow. a few more clouds. we'll do downhill temperature wise. take a look at the inner harbor. water temperatures chilly. last check we were in the upper 40s. maybe getting close to 50 in the inner harbor. you wouldn't want to go for a swim yet. 65 the air temperature at bwi marshall. it has been windy today. winds west at 14. that continues into the evening here. we'll stay breezy. different view from the maryland science center. a terrific evening after what was a nice, nice warmup out there today. from the inner harbor this afternoon you can see nothing but blue sky and a few thin clouds move in very late in the day. for the most part things were fantastic weather wise. gusty and breezy. not bad. warm, mild breeze. 26 wind gusts at the top of the hour at bwi marshall. winds 21 on the eastern shore. temperature wise this afternoon fantastic. 65 baltimore. nearly 70 down in washington. 70 charlottesville, virginia. maryland's most powerful radar i

it has academic programs but the students also excels in athletics.letic teams. the university of arizona wildcats basketball team has reached the ncaa tournament for the last 25 consecutive years. the women's softball team is among the top programs in the country and has won eight women's college world series. the university of arizona is designated as both a land grant and space grant institution and research conducted at the university has led to advances such as the development of cotton and new artificial hearts and has helped in the building of the largest telescopes in the world. the mission of the university is to discover, educate, serve and inspire. and the accomplishments of the students reads like this. i extend my congratulations to the university of arizona for 125 years of excellence in higher education and wish all its faculty, staff, students and alumni continued success. and i would ask my colleagues to support this resolution. i thank the gentlelady from hawaii for being the manager of this bill. and if there's no further speakers,

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schools that achieved excellence will be rewarded. local districts will be encouraged to change. for the majority of schools that fall in between, could do well but -- are doing well but could do better, we will encourage improvements, preparing young people for the jobs of the 21st century. because the most important factor of a child's success is the person at the front of the fallout from -- front of the classroom, we will be encouraging teachers and supporting teachers. treating them like the professionals that they are. we are setting an ambitious goal. all students should graduate from high school prepared for college and a career, no matter who you are or where you come from. achieving this goal will be difficult, taking time, requiring the skills, talents, and efforts of many. this is essential for our children and country. while there will always be those that claimant cannot be done, we know that america has always risen to its challenges. this challenge is no different. we are engaged in many important endeavors. encouraging innovation in energy and other growth indust

and quick thinking sister and excellent, excellent, great neighbors. >>> brandon was in the hospital for about six hours. he is doing just fine. buster shaken up but he is doing fine now as well. from that dog to a cat in northern virginia named second chance. and, of course, there is a good reason he's got that name. the little guy was found nearly beaten to death. he was in such bad shape the woman who found him took him to a vet to be compassionately put to sleep. the vet thought the cat had enough spunk to pull through. he did. after several operations he is with a foster home and needs a permanent home if you would like to see him go to our home page. >>> what the chances of getting hit by ameteorite? a space rock crashed through a doctor's office in lorton, virginia, now the smith soen yan has it. >> reporter: this meteorite fell on a doctor's office along richmond highway. >> it is probably 4.5 billion years old. >> reporter: i'm sorry. how old is it? >> 4.5 billion. >> reporter: meteorites fall over the world. most fall in the ocean. this surprised the doctor when it fell thr

matt from atlanta here with a gator nation boo-yah to you. >> excellent.ank you for that southern boo-yah. how can i help? >> caller: i want know how you feel about symbol st. >> this reminds me of a young and aggressive emerson, a lot of control business, also in the technology business for aerospace. the stock is not high enough. i think the stock can go higher. i'd like to pull the trigger and buy right here. new deal that i like. charles in new york. charles! >> caller: hello, jim. boo-yah. >> boo-yah, charles. what's up? >> caller: i'm looking at zmh. zimmer holdings. >> i like that group. i think that group has been through a lot. why? because of the worries about medical device taxation. i feel the same way with stryker. but you know what? i like that company. and i would buy it here. >> buy buy buy! >> let me add that i also like st. jude, which i know has doen controversial. and one of the biggest positions for my charitable trust, where i just made my distribution to charity, is abbott, which has both high-growth drug and medical device. that's t

and thank you so much for those excellent words. it is always good to come back to britain which is where we are. the british territory you understand. [laughter] and not to go to the formality of proving who i am which is what happens, of course, when you go through any security. in this -- he is so lucky because this is true. the juliet lived very close to been and he's lucky because we never matched. [laughter] because who knows, tina, what would have happened if i met the gorgeous julia became as scientists and like me ended up in the united states. tonight really should be a celebration, not of me frankly, but of reporting. when that's what my book is about. it's about what newspapers can achieve a, not what an editor can achieve. but of what the reporters on the ground can achieve. that's what i am particularly honored tonight to have been bradley here who represents journalism at its best in many other excellent reporters here. and also glad, of course, that we're here with a synthesis i think of remarkable quality about what

i have excellent job. still right now i can't work. host: sir, what's your question for mickey mccarter? caller: i ask him for any new law. that's it. host: any new law on immigration? caller: yes. >> well, i was saying earlier president obama has vowed to pick up this torch that president bush had carried and pass a comprehensive immigration reform package. the elements of that package would be taking the illegal immigrants currently in the united states and offering them the opportunity to stay. a lot of people are saying it ought to be an employment-based program but that hasn't been threshed out yet. there is a proposal in congress right now in the house that is not employment based. and basically would ask immigrants that are here to come out, apply, pay taxes, go through a criminal background check then you would be able to stay in some sort of temporary capacity and perhaps eventually earn the legal citizenship. host: mickey mccarter with homeland security today. thank you for your time. >> just a couple minutes we'll take you l

he's an excellent three-point shooter. herb sendic makes mow bones about it, arizona state goes as he goes. very impressive career, and closing in on 1,000 points. >> steve: usc comes in cllosing three straight games. offensively, they have been down. if they come up, dwight has to be your guy. >> p.j.: no question. if they're going to score points against this great defense, dwight has to show the way. >> steve: back on january 2nd, usc beat arizona state by two points. lewis was very good in that game. the sun devils, though, want the payback, and to move a little closer to the ncaa bid that they want so badly. it's all part of pac-10 hoops presented by oberto beef jerky. how do we e educate in a rapidly changing world? how can we create a sustainable way of life? how can we ♪ join asu. rise to the challenges before us. en aecia risk theflu soyourinat fn moflu. tor, we can all fight the flu. ♪ [ nnou mak bea. ♪ we mem t. ♪ e thenda e thter... e yoe be and neve one the lectssan ♪ >> steve: welcome back to tempe, arizona,

this is as high stakes poker as it gets. >> geraldo: thanks, chad, excellent work. one of the many sore points with the program is that it will be another program and we have a history of -- a proven history of waste, fraud and abuse in the programs and according to my next guest, even had the penetration of the healthcare system by the mob. jim frogue is the project center director for healthcare transformation and mark segal and jim epistein standing by here. >> you think the mob is going to get some of the healthcare money? that we will be paying healthcare money to the mob. >> they have been doing it for a long time. for decades it has been the exact same schemes going on over and over. doctor's billing number stolen, sometimes with the doctor's concept. patient billing number stolen, sometimes with the patient's consent and services billd that weren't delivered. and the mafia and different branches -- why wouldn't you move into medicare fraud. no one shoots at you and very unlikely to get caught and more money there to steal. >> dr. siegel, you buy it? >> here

i thought brian did an excellent job yesterday evening. as in the stands it, once the exit strategy has been implemented, we will have a short-term interest-rate and it will be closely related to the reserve. maybe the funds rate will be affected by the other two. that is not clear. the thing i'm wondering about is two of the interstates are not set by the fomc. monetary policy is the job of the fomc. at the fed reminded as recently when they changed the discount rate, changes in the two rates are set by the boards but don't necessarily coincide with the fomc. i'm wondering if this is an issue, if it makes any difference, this legal distinction that the rate paid on reserves and the discount rate are determined by the boards and not by the fomc, which is the monetary policy maker? >> that is a fair question, given our different governments structures. it's more theater than actually what will matter. during the current environment, the fomc, as we have for all the years i have been observing this, have a very collaborative approach to look

want to reward excellence. increase local flexibly and we want students to of well-rounded curriculum. and this is the right thing to do for children. it's the right thing to do for adults. there are too many perverse incentives. the cost -- >> i'm so. that when you went through no child left behind, we went through and i highlighted every time it said the state or local school district shall, must or will. do you expect that this new authorization will be full of school districts shall, the state will, the state must, or will there be a tremendous amount of flexibility? because of these ideas, you're right, i'm glad they came from grassroots. so did no child left behind, but what no child left behind did is they went to the ideas they came up from the grassroots level and they said we're going to accept some and we're going to leave some others on the wayside. and that we will tell local school districts that they shall or what they must. i can tell you, and you know this, that the needs of detroit are very, v

there is something in you that -- that excels at a given thing and maybe you can spend your entire lifetimerching for that thing that you're chosen for and i'm not talking about chosen by god. i'm talking about that you have a -- you have something that you gravitate towards, something that you can excel at. in this case, you have a woman who is chosen to do something. who is she chosen by even? that is a question that grace continuously asks all the way to the end of the season. of the series. tavis: is it important for her, without jumping ahead. i don't know what these nine episodes are going to reveal. is it important for her to discover that given that she has had her flaws obviously throughout this run? >> is it important for -- tavis: is it important for us to see this character discover that so that the message to those of us who view the show is that even with our flaws, we all have a purpose. we all have a calling. there is something for us to do. >> i have to say i don't know if there is a message to the show really. i've always done the show to ask questions. tavis: that's fair.

we must continue that investment so our next generation reaps the benefits of excellence in science, math and engineering. human space exploration is part of that national plan. there is still time to correct our national decline in both education and space exploration. they go hand in hand. madam speaker, a strong human space exploration program is a key motivator for american students to pursue careers again in science, math and engineering that we need to compete globally and requires a national commitment both public and private. that is america at its best and that's where we want to keep and we do that by maintaining the constellation program. and my colleague from utah would like to speak to some of these issues, i yield the floor to him. mr. bishop: i thank my good friend from texas yielding me some time on this significant issue. i have read some of the comments that have been made in the past saying you're a conservative. nasa is saying in this new budget that they want to commercialize and privatize the program. why aren't you supporting that? and i have to admit that i th

he's an excellent senator.a great deal of experience, will become the top republican on the banking committee, which is a very, very important thing to utah and to the country at large and i think most people back here think he's an excellent senator who should be re-elected. i know even democrats have come up to me and said, gee, what's happening to bob? you know, they're basically -- even they realize he would be a good person to keep in the united states senate. but it's a tough process. we have to go through it and i've gone through it twice now in the last two times and been able to make it through but it's not easy. >> not easy being an incumbent and all the things you have to face. >> no. >> now, you guys have finished, obviously, with health care. the recess begins. are you off i hope for a holiday break and go back and face those voters? >> well, i know i'm going to have town meetings back there and i remember the last one just a few weeks ago around 500 people showed up and there were probably ten to

. >> excellent way to put it. >> when "dateline" continues. >>> los angeles, california, not so much big city as a vast collection of suburbs, some with painfully crime-spattered histo history. one of the least so inflicted is tucked away, quiet, safe, even quaint. the town of whittier. but murder, as we know, can happen anywhere, even in the high-security condo, even the young and attractive, christine flemming. christy's normally immaculate condominium was a blood-stained mess. she lay dead in chaos, her personal belongings strewn helter xelter across the counters and floors. the local media jum all over the story. >> the victim a beautiful young woman in whittier. >> the flemming family struggled in the glare of television lights to cope with the loss of its youngest member. >> christy was my best friend. it affected my life a lot. >> i think about it daily. you look at other people, and they have brothers and sisters, and i don't anymore. >> detectives disturbing theory to go on. despite the murderer's clumsy efforts, it was obvious the work was not of a random stranger but someo

join me in thanking our excellent speakers.[applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this week on "the communicators," a discussion about the current wireless industry with martin cooper is credited for the creation of the mobile cell phone. >> well, recently on this program robert mcdowell was our guest. he's an fcc commissioner. and during that interview he mentioned somebody who's very influential in telecommunications industry. here's what he had to say. >> i was recently speaking to the inventor of the cell phone, lest we all know the inventor of the wireline phone as alexander graham bell. his name is martin cooper. 99.9% of americans have never heard of him. he is the host influential person no one has ever heard of. he is in his 80's now and you should have them on this program sometime. >> curious on your screen. mr. cooper, we're not sure whether to curse you or thank you for inventing the cell phone. >> guest: well, peter, would you give up your cell phone because of all these disadvantages? i

>> caller: excellent. how are you? >> not bad. thank you for asking. how can i help? >> caller: well, i've been investigating a retail stock for the past few weeks. joseph a. banks. ticker josb. >> right. >> caller: it seems to have a very strong balance sheet. any thoughts? >> yeah. well, you know what? i got burned by men's wearhouse. i said that i thought that men's wearhouse, after they put in that really good dividend boost, that that would be good. and i feel chastened by how men's wearhouse did. so i'm going to say don't buy joseph a. banks because they're similar enough. now, look, every company's a little different. but that -- men's wearhouse made me feel like don't go to joseph a. banks, the stock. maybe the store but not the stock. monday tiffany and williams-sonoma, the high end. don't forget, tuesday we find out about kb homes and regular homes. wednesday be careful, i might recommend profit taking for treehouse. thursday best buy just to temper things, although goldman said they like it. and most importantly i'm giving you the blessing to buy oracle mon

so, excellent question there. >> two hands, you first and then... go ahead. >> you think there is a higher percentage of americans today or lower percentage who recognize the exaggerations of the war on drug? >> a good question. >> [inaudible]. >> the question is, if people today might be more attuned to the prevalence of propaganda and recognizing this exaggerations. yeah. i think so. i think you have a divided country, at the same time you have -- why i think there is somewhat of a crisis in the u.s., because there's a divide between the population and the government. and government policies in many areas are unpopular and the '60s movements, one could -- debate what the legacies of the '60s movements were and one legacy that really took root in society was the fundamentally trans -- a the culture of the country, and, also, just, you know, to transform cultural more rays, and the spirit of questioning authority, and, being critical minded, i think is... among many youth and i think it has -- many do recognize the exaggeration, but, still goes on,

it is excellent.ny of my seniors have met new friends through that program, outside of the fitness benefits. i'm a whole different person. we see folks we haven't seen in awhile they say what's happened to you? you know. and boy, you got skinny! i've always been a very social person, involved in a lot of different things. umm, the dimension that silver sneakers has added is being able to socialize with people within my age group. knowing that silver sneakers is all across the united states, that if we do start this traveling, we know we can find a city somewhere that has silver sneakers and continue on with the swimming and exercising. and we'll make new friends someplace else. let's take a look at some of the most frequently used benefits. things like doctor visits and prescription drugs. let's take a minute and compare apples to apples between the different kinds of medicare coverage. let's start with doctor visits. something most of us use at least a couple times a year. with original medicare, you

we formed a center of excellence for af-pak in the joint intelligence center aft central command. the af-pak cell or cell as it's called in the joint staff, has also done the same, and so what we've tried to do as part of the overall effort is just to build the capability that we had. this is not unlike what we did in iraq actually has well, in early 2007, one of the first requests i have made before even going to take command was for a sub stages augmentation of our intelligence capability. we got that and we've been working on providing that type of augmentation in afghanistan as well. >> anything to add, admiral? >> it's natural for the early energy of the intelligence community to be focused on hidefying the immediate threats to our force, but as the battlefield has evolved, the transition in to using intelligence capabilities to better develop our understanding of the environment and to seek opportunities for engagement is a transition without flaw. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. thune. senator bill nelson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, thank you for yo

i mean his excellence in the classroom. a class he needed to take.f them in the second half. washington has opened up a 22-point lead. igbinosa found his spot. >> marques: igbinosa, the management and engineering major, has a job all lined up for an engine company in northern california. he has been a valuable walk-on to this conference ball team this season. johnny dawkins allowed him to miss games to make up points so he could graduate. >> steve: overton pushes it back to 21. they have just one signee, simons. the outside shot. tnc t.j. wilcox, he can flat out shoot. they have another from turkey, 6'10" tall. i'm not sure -- >> marques: prep school -- >> steve: california prep school is all i know. >> marques: a lot of kids go through there to hone their skills. stonewood prep. >> steve: that's it. >> marque >> marques: nice, nice move. he's done a terrific job, the toughness he wants from his team. if they can get to the upper tier of the conference. >> steve: jarrett mann, count the basket. when we come back, mann will be at the free throw line a

>> you know, that's an excellent question. let's go to the reporter with the "times herald record" joining us there in newburgh where the tiny body was found stuffed in a duffel bag. doyle murphy. doyle, what about it? how did the child burn his hands? >> that part's been left unclear. they said it was an accident. that's about as much detail as we've gotten on it. i don't know. everybody's seen the photos. you see him with his hands bandaged up and a smile on his face. we haven't gotten any detail or solid explanation for that. >> to dr. robert cartwright, pediatrician, renowned in his region, joining us tonight. dr. cartwright, isn't it true that when a doctor treats a child and suspects abuse, just like a schoolteacher that sees abuse, don't you have to report it? >> absolutely. it is a legal statute that you have to report it. whether you really truly feel like it's abuse or not or maybe it's just the possibility, you're responsible for reporting it and letting the authorities handle the outcome. >> dr. cartwright, i don't

. >> you brought up an excellent point, when a republican is in charge you always hear the phrase "a heartbeat away" whether it was dan quail and when mccain was running it was pay lynn. just a heartbeat away. we all laugh about grandpa and how bumbling he is. but nobody says that. why? >> he is pulling in $227,000 a year to do nothing. i know a lot of families out there who would love to see that change. >> he breaks editorial votes. how about funerals? >> that's depressing. he goes to the things the president doesn't want to go to and that's every vice president's job. >> when they need an extra body, don't forget that amazing accomplishment. he said, put me in, coach. >> didn't he single handedly caused the flu. he is our minister of health. >> that's what something your grandfather would say. i am not flying. i don't think you should fly either. until this whole thing is over. i'm in the basement until everyone is dead. then i'm coming out with my pitch fork and we have eaten all the paper. >> my grandpa used to say that all the time. >> they are telling people not to go to vegas

excellent opportunity to pull his team within a point. >> barry: and now, trying to use the clock, 2:. >> marcus: arizona now, up to ucla to play extended time at the defensive end of the floor. >> barry: six on the shot clock. horne, to wise, four on the shot clock and a foul. >> marcus: hate to see that ucla, good, aggressive play by wise, three seconds on the shot clock. one-on-one situation for nic wise, to extend the lead. >> barry: fogg will come back into the arizona lineup. he has been the offense. honeycutt, fourth personal foul with two minutes and change to go. of course, leave him out there. wise makes it a five-point ball game. >> marcus: credit arizona's defen defense. the last three, four minutes, doing a good job making it tough for ucla. every shot. >> barry: right side. remains a five-point game. plenty of time. 1:55. >> marcus: honeycutt. posthim in to take advantage of his height. >> barry: dragovic, a little out of control, underneath t won't go. the fight for the rebound. we have a foul. and lee will go to the free-throw line. >> marcus: yes, it is again, another

thank you so much for those excellent words.is always good to come back to britain where we are because this is a british television you understand. not to go through the formalities of proving who i am which happens when you go through any security. nigel is so lucky. juliet lived very close to me and he is lucky because we never met. because the knows what might have happened if i had met the gorgeous juliet which became a scientist and like me ended up in the united states. tonight should be a celebration. reporting -- that is what my book is about. it is about what newspapers could achieve, not what an editor can achieve but what the reporters on the ground can achieve. i am here to have ben bradlee here who represents journalism at its best and many other excellent reporters here. i am glad we are here with a synthesis of remarkable quality about what is going on at the moment because few people apart from me can read every newspaper every day and so it provides that synthesis as well. so celebrating reporting which all of

excellent question. let's go to robot andy and ask. think about the new york mets' chances this season. >> thanks for that question, greg. and thank you, mike, from trenton, new jersey. i have been to trenton many times for cat shows and cat club meetings. i can't go back, however, not after the incident of 1990 ices is. i think it is going to go down in flames. they have no bench. their pitching stinks and they are all wooses. would you like me to take off my clothes and let my cats play on my chest? it is really not a bother. i quite enjoy it. >> i'm sure you do, robot andy levy. >> before i forget, the debate tomorrow is at skyline west 500 west 36th. that's the javit center. and it is not tomorrow, it is today, later in the evening. it commences at 9:00. anyway, shut up! we will close things out with a post game wrap up with tv's mike baker. and to see clips of recent shows, go to fox news .com slash red eye. >>> coming up tomorrow on the next "red eye." fox news correspondent courtney f ry el returns to the program. there she is.

that guy, jerome randle withmon excellent game. all 22 of his points in the first half when he went 8 of 8 in the first half. including two three-pointers. california with a 90-74 win over the oregon ducks. we'll check out the pacific life pac-10 tournament bracket as you recollect cla beat arizona earlier today. reeves nelson the freshman, went for a double-double. 19 points and 10 rebounds. they'll meet california tomorrow at 6:00 in the semifinal game. and then, we've got two more later tonight. number three seed washington against oregon state the six seed and number two arizona state against stanford >>> down here with coach mike montgomery. 90 points. solid defense. when you take a look at the season, was this more of a complete games you have had all year? >> no, not really. we shot the ball well today. so you know, when our guys shoot the ball we're hard to beat. i thought we made some mistakes. the fact that we were shooting the ball well, we got a lot of people to play. got some rest. having to play 40 minutes three strai

, excellent charter schools, no question about it. some of them are absolutely terrible, and i think anybody that denies that, they just have to go look around. any evaluation might seem that is of any real quality says there's a broad range. and then i discovered that on the whole, the charter schools don't do any better than the regular public schools on average. you know, given this very wide variation of quality. and so i guess it struck me very forcefully the things i had been advocating and believed were wrong and it was important for me to say they were wrong because otherwise i'm afraid we may lose something that has been very precious in this country which is our commitment to a democratic republic and education system -- public education system. instead of working to do things that might make it better, we are on courses that might even make it worse. >> host: it's unusual for anybody in public life to admit that they were that wrong, and so that is one of the things i think that makes the book particularly interesting and t

secondly, rewarding excellence in growth. and third, increasing local control and flexibility while maintaining laser-like focus on equity and closing achievement gaps. all of these policy changes will support our effort to meet the president's goal that by 2020 america once again will lead the world in college cleation. in particular, the esea will set a goal that by 2020 all students will graduate ready to succeed in college and in the workplace. we'll build an accountability system that measures the progress that states, districts and schools are making towards meeting that goal. we have a comprehensive agenda to help us meet that goal. it starts with asking states to adopt standards that truly prepare students for success in college and careers. governors and state -- chief state school officers of 48 states are doing the tough job of setting these standards in reading and in math. the leadership at the local level has been remarkable and the effort is supported by both major unions and by the business community. and our

he claims he never talked directly of a project over dinner he was probably because of the excellent wine but the guest also left with the impression he never outright ask any of them for anything. while sam probably never found his job quite this easy one reporter claimed that sambora never ask demand about a measure in which he was interested at his dinner table but treated friends so well they were always anxious to do something initially asked as they were leaving how they could help. saddam broadcast together around his table and what could could conversation convince educated locals how to overcome obstacles. and careful steered of the conversation his guests to were all chosen with a purpose might find it to their surprise they came in interest or much to learn from each other. client might find themselves sitting next to a congressmen do is wavering on an issue of importance to him or have a talk chance to talk casually away from the office. extenders or not the only means to his then he spent many days visiting members offices and cabinet departments clustered around the whi

this is the report from excellent schools detroit, a community organization that all of this is based upon, it's a plan to revitalize the public school system and within this report, the report says why we are hopeful. it's talking about how we're greatly encouraged by certain schools and one of those schools they talk about in here, it's going to be shut down. carston's elementary where 98% of third graders meet or exceed state standards in reading, 95% do so in math and that compares with single digits for the entire system. we spoke to the principal of the school and she said this is unreal. why is carston's being shut down? because the area has been abandoned. very few people actually live in that area and tony, that's a major factor behind all of this closing because so many people would be moving out of detroit or moving their children out of the public school system. 84,000 kids right now, the projection is that could drop by one-third over the next four years. the whole idea here is to save $31 million by all these school closings and these would happen in june at end of this

excellent. it is good for them. i mean people heading out to work and stuff don't want to deal with that but for the ski resorts, they love it. >> anything can happen in colorado, you know. >> yeah, that's right. okay. >> weather-wise. >> you are right. okay. i wasn't sure what you were referring to. >> a lot of other things but we won't talk about that. >> our temperatures have gone back up to 50 in the district and 50 in annapolis. manassas is at 48 degrees as is dulles airport. in frederick, maryland, it is 46. in fredericksburg, it is 41 degrees at this hour. now, we are keeping track of our winds. my jackeis up over my equipment. sorry about that. our winds are gusting up to 18 miles per hour in gaithersburg. 0 in martinsburg. so winds will be a factor today generally speaking during the day. we expect them to gust up to about 20 miles per hour and they will gradually diminish as the day progresses. satellite-radar composite for the area, you will note the absence of clouds. that is nice. we do have a couple of

he was doing a very excellent job and i see heads agreeing with that proposition.hese words cannot rebuild a collapsed home or he'll be living or bury the dead, we have our share of work to do. earlier this month the house passed and congressman waters's legislation calling and financial institutions to cancel haiti's $800 million debt. $219 million is included in the supplemental request for debt forgiveness. i am pleased the american development bank answered the call yesterday and announced it would forgive $479 million in haiti's debt. to day the house just received the administration's disaster supplemental requests. substance of the house passed that legislation but also powerful, the thought of congress urgently responding. simply because it was gathering by former slaves who dared to win their freedom. it can have a new beginning. it was not analogous at all. a town that had a tornado go through it. half an hour south of where we speak. that tornado took down an entire school, churches, and went straight through the town. three four lost their lives. the po

from the learnings of the past and the learning learnings of the present and we need to represent excellence in the practice of that discipline on behalf of all development activities. our game plan for reestablishing our effectiveness in their transparency and their accountability and our operational excellence it's really to focus on a handful of strategic priorities. we will focus work in afghanistan and pakistan and try to show clear results against clear strategic metrics. in haiti and our series of key issues like health, food security and climate change. in each of these areas usaid can show through restructuring how we do our work that we can have more impact for less, that we can serve as a whole of government platform that invites and other partners in a matter-- manner directed against specific outcomes and makes tough choices about how we use resources so we get the most bang for the buck and are spending as we have tried to do with the relief effort around haiti. we are also pursuing a set of operational improvements and i want to thank the congress for its leadership in allowin

>> well, i think, number one, the defense is that tippy, you are an excellent actress, but i think youeed to stick with your craft. you don't know anything about training killer whales or training dolphin or what we do at seaworld. if you ever went to seaworld, you would be amazed what we learn about these animals. we now know how to take care of these animals. if they went extinct tomorrow in the wild, seaworld could proceed that would not happen. these places are necessary. we are learning about these animals. we now can use artificial insemination because of places like seaworld, and dawn brancheau herself was one of the trainers that made that successful. she is one of the trainers that helped us make that milestone at seaworld the last few years. to say that these animals -- we cannot learn anything from them is like sticking your head in the sand. we're not going to do that. seaworld is not going to do that. seaworld is not going to release this killer whale and never should. it would condemn him to a horrible death just like kako. kako was released and died of starvation and pne

. >> bill: cavaliers are excellent. >> probably first place at the moment. >> bill: what's wrong withleveland? >> well, the weather unlike stockton. the main thing, again, too much government. >> bill: in cleveland? >> they own golf courses. they own a supermarket. like most government projects it closes sometimes at 4:00. they manage to lose money on these things. but they still say oh, yes, we must manage them. >> bill: all right. so cleveland deeply in debt, i would assume, with all of this mismanagement. >> expand more. they are going to build a big convention center for doctors. they do have the cleveland clinic. >> bill: that's a good deal. cleveland clinic one of the best medical facilities in the country. >> people go to where the weather is good. >> bill: you can't blame the city for the weather. look at chicago, great city, bad weather. boston, come on. you can't blame the city for the weather. >> you can rank them for that. and you can blame the politicians for saying we are going to raise taxes to build our wonderful projects and that's going to make things better. the cit

so i hope he excels with dancing with the stars. >> larry: julia, where do you ski next? >> next to

>> that is an excellent point and an excellent suggestion. as you know, we're going the other way. we're increasing corporate taxes and increasing the cost of capital gains increasing dividend rates by 200. we're going the other direction. but, listen, the state of the manufacturing sector, the state of manufacturing is actually great. output per worker is as high as it's ever been. the u.s. economy was just manufacturing, it would still be the third largest economy in the world. >> peter, you have 15% of the economy, more or less, 16%. it's still manufacturing. but the job's portion of that has slumped badly, as you know, peter. so, we have high productivity and fewer jobs. but what about the tax policy? let me add to fred smith's rapid depreciation idea, let's just lower business tax rates across the board. it will help transportation and help manufacturing and it will help chemicals, it will help technology and it will help america, peter. >> absolutely, it will help america. you know, manufacturing takes, does most and it creates other industries. if it wasn't for intel and ibm

, joe biden, and my wonderful secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius, for her excellentork on this issue. i want to thank the many staffers in progress and my own incredible staff in the white house who have worked tirelessly over the last year with americans from all walks of life to form a reform package that can finally serve the people that we were brought here to serve. to every on some american who took the time to sit down and write a letter or typed out an e-mail, hoping that your voice would be heard, it has been heard tonight. 2 the untold numbers to knock on doors and make phone calls, who mobilized and organized whose conviction to change this country comes not from the top down, but from the bottom up, this moment is possible because of you. most importantly, today's vote answers the person of every american who has hoped deeply for something to be done about a health care system that works for insurance companies but not ordinary people. for most americans, this debate has never been about abstractions. it has always been about far more personal. it is abou

they do not see the value in academic excellence or achievement.y child experience is very different from the one i had in india. i will take your comments offline. thank you. guest: an excellent point. we have to make school the center of communities. we have to make it more important in the life of everyone. we have to of the academic achievements -- we have to hold up academic achievements. we will not be competitive if we do not pay more attention to academic achievement. america has really lagged behind our international friends and competitors pension the global economy. we are not ready -- competitors in the global economy. we are not ready for competitors. we have that to have more rigor in the classroom. we have to make young people appreciate the importance of school. you mentioned sports. we are coming upon march madness. the nation will be distracted for a while. but we have to get back to school. every young peace -- person needs to not just finished high school, because that is not enough anymore. they must be college ready. host: you

and that is simply a more excellent state of being. even if you've never had the experience and pity, respect the experience of those who have. i'm not talking about an idea either. this is a full bodied understanding of another person. this practice is, in fact, transformed all of my relationships, including ours, by the way. for some reason, she never sent me these comments or if she did, i failed again to understand them. i wish now that i had. i wish i could tell her that i agree with her we achieved a more excellent state of being when we see ourself in others. i wish i could tell her how much i regret the fact that anger from my wombs that i vented through my weakness was the cause of many of her silences and about anguish which i can only guess and how sorry i am for that. i wish i could tell her how moved i am or the example she set and by what she was able to accomplish in a brief time given to her. i wish i could thank her for the affirmations of the father that i found in the writings i left behind. i wish i could tell her h

augustana has been recognized for its excellent academics. the carnegie foundation has classified the college as a arts and science-plus institution. they are selected from the top quarter of their class and notable academic achievements. they compete in ncaa division three athletics and 20 sports and also participate in numerous clubs and sports. the vike -- vikings have won 21 ncaa national championships. augustana college students have ex selled in all areas. i congratulate them and the students, faculty, staff for 150 years of excellence in education. i congat late my colleague on this resolution and urge my colleagues to support house resolution 1089. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from new hampshire, for what purpose do you rise? ms. shea-porter: does mr. guthrie have further speakers? mr. guthrie: i have none. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. ms. shea-porter: i yield back. the speaker p

after a 90-minute physical, the white house said the president is in excellent health and urged him to continue efforts to stop smoking. another red flag for the president, his cholesterol had climbed to 209 which is considered borderline high. >>> and now a check on the olympic medals count. united states finished with 37. germany second. and the host did have the most gold with 14. >>> good morning, america, i'm steve wiseman with your update. on the track. carl edwards. first race is a bother. first lap, past kurt busch to take the lead. that's the las vegas motor speedway record. 34 laps to go own a restart. gordon going low. it's around clinton boyer. jimmie johnson also passed bowyer. 60 laps to go, johnson, he's been inching closer the whole time. one last lead. the four-time champ doing what he does best. he's got the horse sure. jimmie johnson cruising, back-to-back weeks. his fourth career win in las vegas. >>> meanwhile, in the nba, it's carmelo and the nuggets takes on kobe and the lakers. picking up third quarter. nuggets up, three, carmelo going baseline. misses. try, try

chairman meeks for their work and other members who i think have worked in a bipartisan way for an excellent legislation and a very worthy legislation. i rise in complete support for debt relief for the earthquake recovery act. if you picked a country and a capital in a country anywhere in the world, which could least deal with the devastating earthquake, it would be port-au-prince, haiti. you could not visualize a worse scenario. the immediate legacy, other than which you witnessed on the tv screens here in america is that there vib virtually a generation -- virtually a generation of orphans who have lost their parents. that alone would be a challenge. think of new orleans and what a challenge that has been for our country. for haiti, it is a monday mental undertaking -- monumental undertaking and it is hard to visualize in our lifetime seeing haiti recover. the human tragedy following that earthquake is overwhelming. and as haiti citizens seek to rebuild, i think it's very important for us to stand with them and alongside them. and i commend the administration for their efforts since the e

on the marc, excellent start, no delays on the camden, penn, or brunswick lines. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones >>> 5:08. most of the heavy rain we had in baltimore already pushed through and we're left over with fog this morning. it's still flying, it's still falling and still causing problems in southern maryland. this is cambridge in the center portion of the screen, to salisbury. if you're doing traveling or watching us from the cable systems there that is where the heavy rain will prevail. it looked like it was trying to end in easton, trying to make a resurgence. this includes caroline county so as well. so perhaps denton getting in on this heavy band of rain, most stays to the south and east of baltimore but we have showers left over on the outer fringes. we have wet streets and some fog and most of the rain, extreme southern maryland and each shore this morning. we'll stay on the edge of this system so the threat of showers will linger, as 52 degrees rolls from baltimore to easton and essentially for today temperatures will try to make that way u