live in atlanta, georgia, learn of the life of a trail blazing scientist and humanitarian, george washington carvert the jimmy carter library and museum. that is your "early today" event of the today. >>> here is a look at the headlines in entertainment. >>> actor rob lowe may have scored a big sports scoop on wednesday. let the whole world know about it via twitter. he set both the social networking and pro football work on their ears wednesday after tweeting that his favorite indianapolis colts quarterback peyton manning was retiring. manning sat out the season with an injury and is thought to be on the trading block but, until yesterday, no one even mentioned the possibility of retirement. lowe, who is known to be friends with the colts owner, says he hopes his source is wrong. >>> backlash has forced mark wahlberg to men's journal during an interview. he would have stopped terrorists from flying an airliner into the world trade center on september 11th if he had been on the plane. >>> snooki known for her makeup and wild hair styles took to twitter yesterday. look at this! this is a picket of h

washington and george washington carver, but she lectured about the contribution of frederick douglass, w.e.b. dubois, and how jackie robinson had broken the baseball barrier. and we remembered the opera singer who was not allowed to sing in the hall and had to sing in lincoln center. all the discrimination and the local in justices. like, everything was separate and unequal. the school was inadequate. we could not go to the hospitals. they built a house adjacent to the main hospital. the white people were not supposed to be in the same room with an n-person. you know the n-word? i said to myself at the end of the day that i love my country and i'm glad that that day, i took a stand. i saw through the supreme court that the flaws that america had tried to correct them by removing those horrible signs -- "white" and "colored." i said when i testified at the trial, i went through how we were treated, and the lady dramatize it, so i do not have to go through that, but it is the whole system of separate but unequal. it is understates rights -- is under states' rights. after lincoln had fre

i have taught after-school programs at george washington carver. i am currently a student at charles. i am also a client of the san francisco child abuse prevention center at all,. -- center cloctalk line. and, um -- i have been there for the last five years. i am a single parent. my son is 7 years old. supervisor wiener: can i just say that talk line is so great and it is a wonderful service to the community. >> i am grateful to be here to support this on both sides. paul klein is a way to give back to the community -- talk line is a way to get back to the community. this center will help so many people. i cannot tell you how many students i have that come in and talk about seeing gun violence, drugs, family members in prison. they need this support there. coming at it from both sides, i strongly encourage you to support what they are doing and what is needed. thank you. supervisor cohen: thank you. [applause] >> hello. i feel like i am here to represent two roles. first of all, i am part of bcac. i am a social worker by training. i do child care

. >> the students are seniors of the george washington carver center for arts and technology.eate a do-it- yourself show for homeowners. the program started airing on the baltimore county schools tv channel this month. it has already gotten a great response. >> we've got a lot of calls about it being a great show. some folks say is a great idea. they are not intimidated any more. >> the students demonstrate in layman's terms how to do easy things around the house like installing a ceiling fan or laying ceramic tile. the students get to exercise their carpentry skills. the host has caught the other important skills progress being on camera and talking in front of people. i have become more relaxed. >> it is a great experience. it is fun. getting better in front of the camera, talking to people. my communication skills of gotten a lot better. >> the program has been so successful there plans to expand to other areas to involve students and other areas. >> heating and air-conditioning, plumbing, automotive. it is all going on in baltimore county public schools. we can create smal

and george washington carver, his last words were, screw peanuts. he grew to despise them. he did.e way, i'm not sure why. but there are three national peanut holidays per year. there's national peanut butter today. and march 1st, is national peanut lovers day. and april 2nd, is national peanut butter and jelly day. how did peanuts get more holidays than jesus? [ laughter and applause ] we want to do something special to celebrate national peanut butter day. so, we went out on hollywood boulevard to ask people, people with a mouth full of peanut butter, what they thought of the oscar nominations. >> what movie do you hope wins the oscar this year? >> i hope "midnight in paris" wins the oscar. >> who is in that? >> woody allen is a superior director. >> the movie that's going to win the oscar this year, is going to be "war horse." >> why? >> a good movie. real dramatic. good movie. >> what was your favorite part of the movie "the help"? >> the -- >> "the descendants." >> what did you like about "the descendants"? >> i liked george clooney. he's a good actor. >> your favorite actor?