you turn off the gas and you're ready to go in about 15 minutes. >> reporter: george stephen died 20 years ago. a statue of the founder greets visitors outside the company's showroom. it's a reminder of how one man's novel idea sparked a culinary revolution. diane eastabrook, nbr, schaumburg, illinois. >> susie: that's "nightly business report" for thursday, july 26. have a great evening everyone, and you, too, tom. >> tom: good night, susie. we'll see you online at nbr.com, and back here tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is brought to you by: captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> join us anytime at nbr.com. there, you'll find full episodes of the program, complete show transcripts and all the market stats. also f on our facebook page at bizrpt and on twitter @bizrpt. hi, i'm kevin o'connor, and welcome back to "ask this old house." i noticed this huge crack in the wall. i've got to do something about it, and i don't know what it is.

. >> stephen: the curator is responsible for preserving some of history's most invaluable documents. >> these include george washington's earliest surviving letters. >> stephen: interesting. >> we have speeches with abraham lincoln written out by hand. >> nice. what else. >> even napoleon's penis was at one point part of the collection. >> stephen: okay, not technically a document but i am impressed. >> many people would say that the centerpiece of the rosenbach collection is the manuscript to james joyce's "ulysses." >> stephen: yes, "ulysses" the book heralded as the greatest novel of all time by people who have claimed to have read it. >> "ulysses" is not just a book, it's a worth of art, its author manipulated the english language in a way no one ever had and no one has since to tell one of the greatest stories in absolutely dazzling fashion. >> stephen: but does it have pictures? >> no, it does not. >> stephen: well, mine does. meet the new ulysses. so what do you say, book guy? >> the rosenbach museum and library is interested in acquiring the manuscript to "i am a pole and so can you" so it can resid

report was commissioned by the aerospace industry's association and conducted by george mason university economist dr. stephen fuller. >>> now to decision 2012 and the race for the white house. one of the biggest issues for both candidates and voters is the economy. today federal reserve board chairman ben bernanke weighed in as jennifer johnson reports. his outlook was less than upbeat and that triggered more heated debate on the campaign trail. >> reporter: federal reserve chairman ben bernanke offered a sour assessment of the u.s. economy to the senate banking committee tuesday. evidenced by slowed job growth and little consumer spending. bernanke says the fed is ready to take more steps to boost the economy but offered no specifics. >> we have said we're prepared to take further action. the complication, of course, is that we are dealing with less conventional tools. >> reporter: bernanke says the fed can only do so much and warn the economy will struggle further if congress fails to reach a budget deal. that led to finger pointing by both parties and some predicting little cooperation to come. >> given t

stephen bechtel. with a grant of $1.5 million -- [applause] from there foundation and in honoring charlotte and george shultz, we are that much closer to fulfilling the original vision of the war memorial complex, which was to include a moral right in his courtyard. as a small token of our city's appreciation, i am pleased to present to you a certificate of honor. i know it is not worth $1.5 million, but maybe the personality of me added with willie brown comes close. if i may present to you, on behalf of the city, our great certificate of honor and a gracious personal thanks for your contribution. [applause] >> it is very kind of you. >> thank you. mayor lee: the bechtels generously gave their contribution, and together with that gift, it is only appropriate that the war memorial trustees also decided to recognize charlotte and george by renaming this carriage drive in their honor. charlotte and george, for your dedication to both veterans and the arts, embody the war memorial's founding purpose as a cultural center and a lasting dedication to the men and women of san francisco who served our country

stephen strasburg. [ cheering and applause ] >> and gio gonzalez. >> and there's bryce harper before tonight's game chatting with royals legend george brett.t only happens at an all- star game. to the game top of the 1st bases juiced for the national leaguers. it's pablo sandoval taking justin verlander to deep right. it's in the sun and off the wall and clearing the bases. part of a five-run 1st inning in the nl tying the record of most runs scored in the 1st record of any all-star game. gio pitched in the bottom of the 3rd quite well, three up, three down, his only inning of work that included a strikeout of mike napoli. gio said later he's glad he only went one inning because his energy was down. while gio was doing his thing, stephen strasburg was getting loose and pitched bottom of the 4th. before he could melky cabrera makes it count, 8-0 national league. harper likes it from the dugout. cabrera goes to show some young to former yankee teammate robinson cano and he gives him no love. strasburg pitched a scoreless 4th but needed help from his defense. he got it from ryan braun. here's harper making his all- star debut in the 5th. he w

george bush is president. (laughter) it had to do with canada. there was something saving and tolerating and wonderful about canada. >> stephen: i've had that experiencea only one time. that's when i went to vancouver and i think it was a contact high. (laughter) is there something about the canadian character that's different than the american character? >> everybody's not armed there for one thing. >> stephen: so it's a very dangerous place. guns are the only thing protect you. >> if you need protection. and i guess you do. >> stephen: i do. (laughter) don't you? you're a famous person. >> no. writers in america aren't famous people. we work away silently alone in rooms. you're a famous person. >> stephen: i'm very famous. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: at the beginning of this book you say... the first sentence of the book is "first i'll tell you about the robbery our parents committed then about the murders which happened later." >> yes. >> stephen: now i know everything that happens in the book. (laughter) you've given away the milk. why am i buying the cow? >> i thought if i did that you would know those things were coming and you would be ne

president obama has nominated stephen crawford to serve on the postal board of governors. he's a public policy professor at george washington university. that hearing gets under way at 2:30 p.m. eastern and we have it live here on c-span3. this weekend governors from across the country meet in williamsburg, virginia, for the national meeting of the governors association and it begins at 10:30 eastern with the discussion on medicaid with iowa governor terry branstat and illinois governor pat quinn and at 2:30 in the afternoon saturday maryland governor martin o'malley and wyoming governor matthew meade part of the roundtable on issues. the annual meeting live this weekend on c-span. >>> hitler by then had the plan. when you realize that these armies or remnants of armies were not coming to his aid, but were trying to escape really to the west that's when he collapsed when he realized it would come to an end and it was a question of suicide. >> historian anthony beevor from adolf hitler's rise to power to his dark, chaotic final days. >> his main objective was not to be captured alive by the russians and he was afr

nobody noticed or really cared with george zimmerman because they weren't winning. now they are winning. i asked stephenburg a short time ago if he's finally had a chance to sit down with mike rizzo and talk about their plan. >> nope. just keeping it easy for me. just do what i can out there and just keep the routine in between the same and just try to get better. it's hard when you keep getting asked that question. what can you do? you know sh it's something that's going to take -- all going to work out when it happens. right now i'm focusing on pitching and doing my best to take care of business and do my job every fifth day. we got second half of baseball here. still got to get a lot of things that can happen. can't count the chickens before they hatch. so i'm not worrying about postseason right now, not worrying about world series. just going to worry about my next start. we're worrying about the new york mets tonight. >> well, i know nationals fans are hoping he pitches as long as possible. jordan zimmerman and they've been tracking almost identifyicly. you can expect strasburg to be around at leas

stephens, fox45 news at ten. conflicting reports given by police officers on george zimmerman's injuries in the minutes after he shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin....according to documents reeeased by prosecutos prosecutors.the report shows some officers thought broken.... but others didn't. the degree of zimmerman's injuries coull be important in his claim of self-defense.the f-b-i found ánoá evidence that áracialá bias was a motive in &pthe ssooting. the lead detective also said that zimmerman shot the teen because of his attire and the circumstances... but ánotá hhs &prace. mark eiglarsh: "his ex-girlfriend with whom heehad to seek a restraining order ann she had to seek a restraining order against him said yeah he's violent. but racist? noo" no."meg striikler::"it says it wasn't basee on skin color but pis attire played a major base here. his attire was a hoodie. he had iced tea and skittles and this hoodie. if that's not racially assd go after this guy with a gun aad shoot him, i mean, come on." zimmerman was released on his ooe million dollaas bond last week. he ii living in a safe house prooected by

stephen tschida is gathering and we will have the latest on abc 7 news at 5:00. a frightening situation quickly defused in prince george's county. police were called tahoma in morningter 8:00 this after two teenagers called 911. call to a home. a man inside fired shots and was involved in a standoff with police. the teenagers were rescued from a back bedroom. overnight murder in southeast washington, around 1:30 this morning, a young man shot on the 1500 block. no additional information police .n the victim it has been 12 hours since a 12- old boy was last seen in northwest d.c. martinez raynor was seen last 8:30 last night in the 500 of rock creek church road. police searched much of the night and handed out fliers in the neighborhood. about four feet tall and nearly 70 pounds. he was last seen wearing a gray pants.nd gray another night of powerful storms for the eastern seaboard. this time it was to the north of us. lightning, wind, hail, rain, and possible tornado touched down new york state. buildings were not so fortunate. steep 3 million americans were or tornadonderstorm watch yesterday as a monster made its way a

. >> the prince george's county police officer was just honored as a hero for saving lives and their apartment building fire. he is being indicted. stephen tschida is live. >> the rescue took place a couple of days ago. the incident that led to the charges occurred here last april. the charging of a veteran police corporal has saddened his colleagues and stunned the community. >> days after prince george's county police officer received praise for racing into a burning building and saving seven people, he faces charges of assaulting a 13-year-old boy. >> it does not make sense at all. somebody will bit per is one day. >> last august he responded to a call of possible shots at an apartment. he allegedly chased one of them down. he is charged with putting the gun to the boy's head and threatening him before taking him into custody. today the police chief responded to the charges so quickly after the heroics. >> it makes you disappointed this comes up now, especially on top of everything he did the other day risking his life to save members of the community. >> some wonder how the police department could allow an officer to receive a claim

stephen tschida, abc 7 news. >> a cab driver shot earlier this week is out of the hospital tonight. prince george's county police have an idea of who they are looking for. we have this sketch of a man who shot a cab driver tuesday after he took a man from carolyn to landover, he tried to rob him and he shot him. >> women in a busy and popular area are on its tonight after a sexual assault in the middle of the day. this happened after 3:30 on new hampshire ave. natasha barrett is standing by with the latest details. >> this happened a couple of blocks away from the circle. what is so surprising is what you mentioned. police say he did this in the middle of the day with so many people around. a witness said they could hear a woman screaming and right after they saw a man right away on his bike. a woman was standing on this side walk when police say a man riding a bike stopped and fondled her. he boldly reached under her skirt. the woman yelled and he took off. >> that is awful. it makes you want to keep looking around to see if he will come on his bike. >> what is even more baffling is the time this

stephen from behind and that caused his service revolver to go off. the officer will remain on administrative duties while authorities investigate the shooting. >>> and george man accused of shooting an unarmed teen is in a safe house surround by security. he was released friday after making bail. he is charged in the shooting death of trayvon martin. his attorney says zimmerman is in seminole county in central part of florida. zimmerman received multiple death threats as the case continued to develop. >>> and a beach near cape cod is back opened after being closed saturday because of a shark sighting. a kayaker responded to a shark within a hundred yards onshore. they have been attracted by seals swimming so close to the beach. it's unclear yet what species of shark this was that was spotted but it was reported to >>> one week after being released from the hospital a woman who fought a flesh eating bacteria is getting a big gift of support. tonight the city of snellville georgia will present aimee copeland's family with donations raised at the benefit. vikki and her daughter helped organize the benefit weekend for the copeland family in june. brianna gradu

stephen, hurried, ordered them into bags and into these he and others, but he was chiefly instrumental, put the original copies of the declaration of independence, the constitution, international treaties and george washington's correspondence including the historic letter and while something was being done the secretary of war passed by and rebuked him for being an alarmist. he said they're not coming to washington. they're going to baltimore. and he stood up to the secretary of war, he loaded them into carts, drove two mimes above georgetown, put them in an abandoned mill and then had second thoughts. a spy could go there. he went 35 miles west to leesburg, virginia, put them in an empty house, checked into a >> some of the images we're seeing on-screen from the national portrait gallery. the smithsonian the national portrait gallery and we thank them for that and the american historical society. also next for anthony pitch, nancy go ahead with your comment. >> caller: yes. i have an ancestor, his name was john burns and he lived in akron, new york, and he fought in the war of 1812. and i requested his war records and received a lot of documentation for where he tried to get, i guess, the land

. ♪ ♪ >>> stephen moore, we're talking about taxes here. just in concept of tax returns. george w.course of his career. partly because of the complexity of the modern code and tax avoidance at the top, which i think is a big problem. one of the ironies here is that you're advocating a 19% rate, which would, of course, be a tax hike for mitt romney. we should be clear in 2010 he paid 13.9% effective rate and 2011 estimate. so, on that, i can get, i can, you and i can find a little sliver in the diagram of common ground, which is that mitt romney should pay more in taxes, right? >> you know, the problem with those statistics you put up, chris, you know this, that how does mitt romney make his money? he makes it through investing, through bain capital. he owns stock. you're not including the money and if you include the corporate taxes. >> in the cayman islands so they don't pay any money in taxes. that's the whole point? why do you think they put them in the cayman islands? because they want the money to go to the beach. >> look, i don't know what he's doing with this cayman island m

stephen hadley did endorse romney in april and condoleezza rice has been speaking at donor retreats. also, it should be noted that many political operatives are lower ranking policy officials from the george w. bush administration are deeply enmeshed in the romney campaign including the senior adviser, foreign adviser, economic policy adviser and the chief strategists 1 running the whole campaign. other than that, be assured that mitt romney is definitely his own man. he brings his own approach. there's no reezing to say dick and cheney when you talk about what romney is doing tomorrow in some old guy's house. isn't obamacare awful? the washington post helpfully closed out this objective piece of journalism by quoting a friend of milt romney's who said there's no reason to think that dick cheney and romney have any relationship, quote, except they're in the same party. well done, washington post. tomorrow, that party will be a party at dick cheney's house will mitt romney will be raising money, hoping nobody covers it and people only talk about how different these guys are, even though for example on the issue of foreign policy, mitt romney's advisers are the bush/cheney foreign policy te