when george anderson developed this and he saw a need in california. his curriculum that he developed is the only one accepted by the courts as well as the prison system because of it's effectiveness. george expanded to that to include emotional intelligence and the 4 components are developing empathy, creating compassion and working collaborative and forgiveness. in developing that, in order to understand what george developed, i have to say that i am a little nervous. you have to excuse me. it's been a while. george is a 70-year old black man who group up in mississippi and was diagnosed as retarded before special education. he was one of 6 people with a nonmedical degree to participate in a harvard study in science. george has been in business for close to 40 years. he developed this anger management program to help people get along with themselves and secondly, to get along with each other. the one thing he believes and practices, our emotions are the characteristics that unite us all. the one thing we share in common are feelings and emotions. this

he came to me through george anderson who runs an anger management firm. they have taken the science of conflict mediation and made it into an accessible discipline for trainers, people who are working with young people throughout the state and throughout the county. do you know that there's only, i think now one state that mandates anger management in the school and it was texas. and it's only been within the last year. doctor wenz is an advocate. he's also a vietnam veteran who saw many people suffer from substance abuse in the wake of that war and conflict and has a tremendous amount of experience. he as a doctorate. a master's degree in working with children and works in his own consulting business as well. doctor tomas wenz. >> angela chan as worked with san francisco and community based organization in the area of violence reduction and hate crimes. she understands that often violence is simply a manifestation of conditions that we are preprogrammed to assume. we are seeing that now. this whole issue the race being played out in the presidental elect

anderson counseling. if you have ever seen the movie anner management, george was the consultant on that movie. he is an expert in conflict mediation. i want to thank george as well. i am so very honored to introduce our key-note speaker this morning. doctor francisco revelez. and mta director annette ford all were people who were self made, are self made. doctor revelez was born in el paso. he labeled as a migrant worker. he also served as a division one principle with credentials in biology and chemistry. how did he get from biology and chemistry? today he is a senior faculty member at california university and he has dedicated his entire career to get out of survivor mode to empowerment mode. he believes that when young people are made to feel successful, they are better able to take a stand and feel empowered. he has expressed that in so many ways. he is a researcher. each mind is a world with carlos santana and edward james almost. he is a research for center of life research. omb re al omb re. he just finished a film called latie on youth. he is a father and his 2 children are here. danie

distinguished federal judges, judge barbara maulana keenan of the fourth circuit court of appeals and george joseph anderson -- judge joseph anderson of south carolina. we have a top law professor, sherlund eiffel -- sherylinn ifill. and marshall garrett. marshall has a bit together place in my life -- in my heart as a justice official. he is placed among was for his most outstanding citizens. in a very basic sense, and i will have more to say about our panelists a little bit later. in a very basic sense, transparency in the court system begins with mutual respect and i am proud to say that the fourth circuit has always sought to further a collegial and open relationship with the bar as evidenced particularly by this conference. in our courts tradition of leaving the bench to greet council after every oral argument conducted by our court. i have a lawyer friend of mine advise me once that in his experience, because of his experiences in our court, sometimes he would genuinely preferred to leave the courtroom by way of a trap door behind the podium rather than visit with the three judges who have just drille

some of that good music was written by and george gershwin, some of it was written by amadeus mozart. i have equal love for all of it. tavis: marion anderson>> it was a privilege to be able to get to know her, to be able to sit with her, and i would ask her always, if you felt like talking, just tell me about being in sweden in 1935, what ever you talk about. she was so sweet. i said, this is not very interesting. tell me about the first time he met the king of norway. she was very humble in the way that she spoke about herself. she always spoke about herself in the third person, she always said "we." without the help of the almighty, she would not have had a performing live at all. "we" went to sweden. or "we" west to england and mclean victoria. -- met queen victoria. it is something i think about a great deal. tavis: i want to end this conversation, sadly, because i could talk for hours. i want to end on the point you make. how it is, after all the acclaim and success and accolade and love you have received around the world, used a humble -- you stay humble. how do you juxtapose those two things? reveling in the humanity of other people

of course george's show low pez tonight weeknights at midnight eastern on our sister network tbs. "anderson cooper 360" starts right now >>> anderson is off >>> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. here are the headlines this hour. five days after the massacre that brought norway to a standstill, the country is still very much on edge. we're joined by cnn's diana magnay out of oslo. diana? >> reporter: a little earlier, police shut down oslo's central train station. apparently looking at a suspect package there. it gives you a sense of how on edge this country s. five days after the massacre, we know there are undercover armed policemen on patrol. we also know that breivek amassed six tons of fertilizer, according to his manifesto. the police are suggesting to us that there is a certain amount of that fertilizer which is not accounted for in the explosives found on the island or the bomb here in oslo. they say it is possible that that missing amount of fertilizer could be enough to produce a bomb. so definitely a very, very significant part of their investigation. now, breivek's lawyer yesterd

. >> reporter: anderson, former first lady betty ford was remembered today for her courage and grace. former president georgeush and former first ladies, rosalind carter, hillary clinton and nancy reagan attended the service in palm business ert, california. as did current first lady michelle obama. she'll be buried in grand rapids, michigan after a private service. she died last week at 93. producer sherwood schwartz, creator of the brady bunch and gilligan's island died this morning. he was 94. utah's anti-bigamy laws are about to be challenged in court by the stars of the reality show "sister wives". cody brown and his four wives plan to file a lawsuit tomorrow. they say they're fighting for the rights of plural families. anderson, listen up. a pennsylvania restaurant is serving up a new rule. no kids allowed. that's right. starting next weekend, children under the age of six will no longer be welcomed at mcdane's restaurant in monroeville. the owner says babies and small takes are too noisy and you can't control their volume. he says he's confident most customers will be thrilled with the changing policy

of course george's show low pez tonight weeknights at midnight eastern on our sister network tbs. "anderson cooper 360" starts right now >>> anderson is off tonight and there's breaking news in the debt crisis. one of the key players is changing his offer because the numbers don't add up. and the vote on it is now being postponed, pushed forward to thursday at the earliest. it's already come under fire from members of his own party. late detail in a moment from our white house correspondent jessica yellin. her reporter dovetails neatly with our big question tonight. keeping them honest, if a strong majority of americans is telling washington they want a deal on the debt crisis, they want these guys to compromise with the other side, they want a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. then why isn't washington getting the mage? we've got new polling that says all of that. and this is important. recent polling may also explain why we haven't got an deal yet. we'll tell you what we're talking about. in any case, americans are speaking out today. >> good morning, speaker boehner's office. how m

anderson cooper. tonight the hatred being directed towards casey anthony outside the courthouse and online. we'll also be joined by the attorney for casey anthony's parent, george and cindy, who were in the courtroom today and on tuesday, of course, for the verdict. a prosecutor saying cindy anthony could be facing perjury charges for her testimony. later both sides may still be far apart on a deal to let the government pay off its bills. but washington insiders say all sides expect a budget deal. but if that's the case why did they wait until the very end to get there? we have the raw politics and what's going on in d.c. ♪ ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ my only sunshine ♪ you makes me happy ♪ when skies are grey ♪ you'll never know, dear ♪ how much i love you ♪ please don't take my sunshine away ♪ [ male announcer ] as long as there are babies, they'll be chevy's to bring them home. ♪ with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles, enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief to the site of pain. it's clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. >>> okay, we are waiting on that. i'll keep chatting with you until we get word on what's hap