greer continued, from where i stand it is not a house of worship at all. when churches and synagogues and mosques and other houses of worship across this this country advocate for social justice, advocate for the common good, advocate for america, they and we walk in and god's path. that claimed on his radio program that greer pond last's comment about putting humankind in the comedy for his were quote exactly the talk that led to the death camps in germany adding that a should know that. a statement like that would have been grounds for immediate termination but not at fox. glenn beck and other conservative pundits such as ann coulter of shifted the boundaries of political attacks on opponents. what would have been a major scandal four years for years earlier was now brought to the courts. in response to beck's -- a group of mainstream rabbis of jewish figures led by the president of the jewish council for public affairs, wrote rupert murdoch a private letter. it said, mr. beck has for quite some time in both the holocaust and nazism, nazi fascism on air

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greer is now off the b.d.r. list. i've mentioned before that there were a number, as in three, current or former members of the college board on the b.d.r. list and i think we should seek ways to deal with the other two. it seems odd to me that a seven-member elected board would have three current or former members with fines outstanding. that seems like something we should try to avoid. i'll leave it at that the for the moment. more in a bit. thanks. >> i do have a question that i would have asked the executive director. i understand why it's not in his report. we're attempting to schedule the joint meeting with the sunshine task force. do you know how that is proceeding? chairperson hur: yes. we had a tentative date of february 24 where all of the ethics commissioners could attend the sunshine ordinance task force had an issue, a staffing issue, so ended up not being able to attend the meeting at that time. i know the executive director is currently trying to schedule the meeting and negotiating schedules but it's p

don't forget the rain greer heading out and about tomorrow. now let's check the traffic with angela. good morning how are the road and the fog is the big story we can't shake it. >> reporter: we cannot shake it. we are looking at traffic cameras and it's not as bad on 50 as you mentioned it's north of the city. 795 and the harrisburg expressway look pretty booed right -- bad right now especially through the at that mownium area. here's a live shot at shawan. volume is not too heavy. more activity in the southbound direction. in the meantime, for those of you taking the drive through arbutus, on northbound i-95, very light volume here as well. and, of course, as you continue to the 395 merge all lanes are opened and moving without delay. megan over to you. >> thanks. >>> pope benedict xvi making his first trip to mexico today. many are excited to see him, there are plenty people protesting his visit and beliefs. some are saying no thanks to the visitand dramatic video out of afghanistan what helicopter tries to take off and something goes horri

president obama's weighing options for sharp new cuts in the nuclear arsenal un lat rlry that was an greer agreement with russia to bring it to down to 1550. it was a month ago it was reported president obama is weighing the option of sharp, new cut to a nuclear arsenal unilaterally, potentially up, and these are figures they used, 80% proposing three plans that could limit the number of as low as 300. now, it was in '08, i always remember, and i carry this with me, gates stated as long as others have nuclear weapons we must maintain some level of weapons ourselves to deter potential adversaries and reassure over two dozen -- that's about 30 -- allies and partner whose rely on our nuclear umbrella for their security making it unnecessary for them to develop their own. now i would like to ask if you -- what kind of implication this would come up with in terms of our outlies, those 30 other countries that are defending our umbrella if we would voluntarily bring it down 80%? >> sir, i make a couple of points. first thing i would say is, as i said earlier, we don't start with numbers. we have

it's the miles greer health center. doesn't make much difference but that's the name. finally, i have great concerns about the power that insurance companies can gain in the program that -- and the plan that i've seen so far. and i believe that during his speech, the president noted that there was some 1,500 companies that are now providing health insurance in the united states today. but some of the reports i have received suggest that a number of the insurance may eventually shrink to about 100. if that happens, that puts an awful lot of power in the hands of just a few insurance companies. i have had personal experience with insurance companies, bluecross blueshield, for one, when i had to have a cataract surgery. they decided i couldn't have it done in the hospital, even though my doctor wanted to do it in the hospital for various medical reasons. some clerk in their office said, no, they weren't going to allow that, and they overruled my doctor. i'm concerned about that kind of thing happening when you have so few. i'm wondering if there are going to be antitrust

it is that time of greer when the -- year when the world's most annoying nerds and hip hipers -- hipsters. and it lets them know and they turn homeless people into wireless access points. it is called homeless hotspots and here is how it works. 13 homeless people have been given personal my fi wireless routers and t-shirts that say i am a 4g hot spot. you log on with your phone or network and you pay them whatever you want for the use of the service. the program is the brainchild of new york-based marketing firm bbh which says whatever money you give goes directly to the homeless person. bbh says it is just a test and it gets bigger like something really big. they discuss the project by one of the many panels and i believe we have tape. >> it is the most compelling snow cone i have ever seen. terry, is this gross? and by gross i mean awesome, and by awesome i mean gross? >> i don't know. when i was reading it i started laughing and i thought, i was getting creeped out a little bit. it is a little sci-fi 70s future shock thing. homeless folks, we were talking about this, they are either cu

. >> he's married to judy greer and it all takes place in a day and there's lots of twists and turns do you have any kids that live at home? >> i -- yes. and even some that aren't mine that keep coming back. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: just strangers? we haven't met before. >> well, my -- my big son graduated and went across the country, making a documentary about the homeless and his crew then lived with me for a couple months and so i kicked them out when i had to send my other son to school. >> jimmy: so, yeah-- so -- >> but it was -- but i love it. i love it when they all come home and actually, i think it's a great -- if you can just get them to, you know, take care of their stuff and not act like they're 11, i think it's a great opportunity you get to kinda know your kids as adults. and it does -- yeah, i mean, and then, to get to know you as people because they don't realize that you existed before they did. >> jimmy: yeah, that's true. yeah. >> you know, they don't. >> jimmy: they just look at you as -- yeah, mom and dad but then -- it's interesting. yeah, i think it's a big trend

what this is in greer county. in eastern oklahoma tomorrow they're under a slight risk of severe weather. they may have more tornadoes tomorrow and remember, the thunderstorm has to rotate a little bit and that drop the down the rotating column of air. if it touches the ground, it becomes a tornado. tomorrow in virginia is tornado awareness day. there will be a drill at 9:45 in the morning. in columbus, ohio, look at this lightning strike. whoa, see it on the right side of your screen? remember lightning is five times hotter than the surface of the sun. that was an incredible strike caught on tape. that was really one of the better lightning strikes i've seen. remember, you her thunder. you need to go in -- hear thunder. you need to go indoors. 73 bethesda, 75 arlington, 72 gaithersburg, everybody essentially in the 70s. the exception, well, actually annapolis is 71 now. they were in the 60s earlier. i think they'll hold in the 60s tomorrow because of an easterly wind component. mild to warm all week, shower possi

and judy greer, susan sarandon. yeah. it's awesome. >> jimmy: we have a clip here.i just got. and i'm kind of like bragging about it to jeff. and we have a very contentious relationship. so, that's part of it, too. >> jimmy: okay. we'll take a look. it's called "jeff, who lives at home." >> porsche's tiny. >> porsche's normal size. you're a sasquatch. >> are those workout gloves? >> i don't think so. they came with the car. so, check this out. >> pat, slow down. >> i can't hear you. bose surround sound. >> stop. >> two. >> turn, turn, turn. >> shut up. >> stop the car. >> street. street. >> did you not see that damn tree? >> jimmy: that would not have happened if you were driving a bmw. >> i would just like to apologize for "the lorax." i did not mean to hit that tree. i believe the tree survived. >> jimmy: yeah. really. yeah. this is a dilemma for you. >> i didn't even realize it until just now. this is a serious conflict of interests. >> jimmy: you're shooting "the office." you have that going on. it must be hard to -- do you have any time for yourself? >> i have

brother, who is played by ed helms, to track his possible adulterous wife, played by the fantastic judy greerat couch and you come home, you fix the shutter before i get home. or you're going to find someplace else to live. >> fine. >> fine. good. you got it? do you understand? >> yes, mom. okay! >> love you. good-bye. >> of course, oscar winner susan sarandon there playing jason segal's mother as well as ed helms' mom. and you know, on rotten tomatoes this got 88% fresh. so very good reviews. but it's interesting. a little bit backwards here. the "usa today" didn't particularly care for the storyline whereas "the new york times" said >>> this morning on "world news now," developments from afghanistan this morning as the army sergeant suspected of killing 16 villagers hires an attorney. >> that high-profile seattle lawyer is speaking out, suggesting a motive as relations grow even more tense between the u.s. and afghanistan. it's friday march 16th. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm t.j. winick in for rob nelson. >> and i'm paula faris. that seattle attorney is a well-known criminal lawyer. john

. >> judy greer.thday. >> tomorrow. how did you know that? >> i know all. i know that lara and josh threw a party at your table tennis -- >> spin. we're going to do a ping-pong nation. it's going to be everywhere. you want it to be in schools. >> we have 40 schools in new york. we have tables in 35 of them with instructors twice a week. there's a middle school league. it's good for kids. crosses across size and gender. >> let's go over and play. you're passionate about it. i'm going the take off my shoes. i'm serious about this. the shoes are being kicked off. a little disadvantage on heels. >> i'm the owner of a propaganda set of players. >> a nice and easy game. oh! i believe -- >> that, by the way, starts now. >> i believe that's one for -- >> start with you. >> i do want to say, my mom was a ping-pong champion in pasadena, california. and it is a game that reduces gender to nothing. >> and body type. you never know who is going to be good. we have a gal that works out at our club that is in her 90

coauthor and i were sitting around talking about these amazing people we worked with over the last 20 greertion for not-for- profit and government and my colleague as well and we met these amazing people who really commuted themselves and dedicated their lives to saving species to us they are like celebrities. >> you couldn't highlight all the ones in danger the one that is really need attention how did you pick these? are some of these your favorites? >> absolutely i am partial to big cats i have worked with them for quite awhile but also the unique species we probably had 300 in mind and narrowed it down and found the ones that made the best stories and had champions people could relate to and get excited >> you said you work with big cats are you a lion tamer? >> not at all but i have a history doing conservation policy for big cats for example i was one of the coauthors of the petition to list african lions as endangered. >> i would imagine preserving and protecting wildlife has to start early with parents getting children involved in this. >> very much i think most people are born with

morally it gets greer. jeff calls it crazy. they say they're christians.cess. >> the sad thing about this whole story is that it's going to lead to fewer pardons. governors are going to say, forget it. there are 2 million people in custody in this country. a lot of them shouldn't be there. a lot of people should be pardoned. we should be pardoning nonviolent drug offenders, not convicted murderers. that's what's such an outrage. >> do you think they have an opinion about this? >> i wouldn't hold my breath. >> i'm sure if he did he'll hold a press conference. i think for the victims, family members, that's just yet another pile on of insult to injury. still ahead this morning on "starting point," we're going to talk about poverty in america. the conversation about why women and children are suffering more. we're going to talk to tava smiley straight ahead. talk about burning bridges, a fallout over this wall street executive's parting shot to his former bosses at goldman sachs. he didn't read his piece in "the new york times", i'll tell you this, he wrote i

zena greer, 107. lived in missouri all of her life and raised turkeys. i have the same feeling.a while. elizabeth farmer, greensboro, north carolina, 100 years old today. adores spending time with her family and is a huge college fan. a lot of good colleges in that state. a lot of good sports. edith kuwana, honolulu, ohio. 100 years old. she enjoys doing water aerobics and working in her exotic fruit garden. they have some of the best fruit in the world in hawaii. esther rosenfeld of great neck, new york, is 100 today. she keeps up with all the current fashions, and she loves dancing. i like an occasional dance, a little mambo. whatever happened to the mambo? eugene shea, st. petersburg, florida, is 100 years old today. still goes to work every day because he loves his job, and he's a real estate agent. how about that? i'll tell you, to love your job is truly a blessing. to have a job is a blessing. and maria trevino of falfurrias, texas, is 102. loves going to church and is an excellent church. i'll go down there and eat frijoles and chimichangas. back to you. >> thanks, willar

but that argument was made by black activist psychiatrist such as people like greer and cobbs who basically it is not schizophrenia of african-american men, but racism itself is the illness. >> i have heard similar arguments made by theologians who said that racism is a sin, and taking whatever your professional language is and say saying that negative thing is the thing that racial bias is, yeah. >> and a second part here which is more important which drives me crazy, these kinds of studies, because i believe that there is a fantasy that racism, itself, is some kind of individualized problem that can be treated with medications, and whether or not that might be true, the racism is a structural problem. we know this from the stoakley carmichael on down, and if you want to address racism do it both by interpersonal issues, but also by zone, school boards, and grocery stores and all of these issues, and so to individual racism is to in a way negate the way it is a structural phenomenon. >> and in short, structural, and when we say there are politics here, and you are someone, jen, whose resea

joining me is terry greer, the superintendent of houston, the largest school system in texas.how are you? >> gretchen: that's why you're the superintendent. what's going on in houston? the cheating now has come to your town. has it been there for some time? what's happening? >> back in 2005, houston went through its own smaller version of a cheating scandal. since then, we really have tightened up. we've implemented a lot of test security protocols, teachers can no longer test their own students. the testing room where we store the booklets, we have video surveillance cameras in those rooms. the principal and one teacher from each school have the keys. still it occurs. >> gretchen: you've had 31 cases that you know about. you have fired 21 of these educators. when i listen to you say the protocol that you've had to go through to try and stop this cheating, it makes me sad. why are teachers cheating? >> a lot of people like to really blame it on the no child left behind legislation and all the accountability and the mandated tests. i personally don't believe tests and accountab

vietnamese fish and selling it as grouper throughout the country and last year man was sentenced to six greer federal prison ton conducting a phony secret shopper business, an opportunity scam that included offers to may people bar tenders. those are just some examples we have had in the courtroom but our victories in the courtroom are not all that we need to do as it relates to combating consumer fraud inch the come inning weeks and months you'll see u.s. attorneys offices in the country working with partners on the civil side, regulatory side and consumer groups to deal with the issues. in many cases, an ounce of prevention is a pound of cure. and we want to provide the consumers the tools they need and educate them as to scams that are going on throughout the country. and the only way i think we can do that is by working with good people like you here today to exchange information, educate each other, and hopefully develop strategies to target this type of conduct going on throughout our nation. as i often say we're only as good as the information we receive and as mentioned earlier the in

president obama's weighing options for sharp new cuts in the nuclear arsenal un lat rlry that was an greer agreement with russia to bring it to down to 1550. it was a month ago it was reported president obama is weighing the option of sharp, new cut to a nuclear arsenal unilaterally, potentially up, and these are figures they used, 80% proposing three plans that could limit the number of as low as 300. now, it was in '08, i always remember, and i carry this with me, gates stated as long as others have nuclear weapons we must maintain some level of weapons ourselves to deter potential adversaries and reassure over two dozen -- that's about 30 -- allies and partner whose rely on our nuclear umbrella for their security making it unnecessary for them to develop their own. now i would like to ask if you -- what kind of implication this would come up with in terms of our outlies, those 30 other countries that are defending our umbrella if we would voluntarily bring it down 80%? >> sir, i make a couple of points. first thing i would say is, as i said earlier, we don't start with numbers. we have