guest: thanks, greta. appreciate it. host: up next, providing services for low-income people. first, a news update from cs band radio. >> the top u.s. and nato commander in afghanistan says that, but will likely escalate in the spring as taliban insurgents try to return to areas cleared by forces in the last several months. general david petraeus says that after last year's surge, it boosted the international force to 150,000 troops, nato is now in control of safe havens. military analysts warn that the taliban for now. the obama administration will issue a proposal later this week recommending the gradual elimination of government sponsored mortgage giants fannie mae and freddie mac. the highly anticipated white paper, which is expected to be released friday, will include a three different options according to a white house official. fannie and freddie were rescued by the federal government in 2008. the subprime crisis roiled the housing market and crippled the banking system. in india, the world's second

joining us with advice on how to minimize traveling delays, mark, it's greta to see you again. >> niceo be here. >> thank you so much for joining us. so we've seen some difficult weather this season. several major winter storms. has that impacted the airline industry? what has that done to travel? >> oh, it has in a very serious way. in fact, in the month of december, 3.7% othe flights of u.s. airlines were canceled because of weather. and that translated -- the recent storms that we had in the midwest and the northeast in february the first week, losses -- lost profits of $120 million and $150 million. this whole winter season, the u.s. airlines could conceivably lose from cancellations, lost profits of upwards of $600 million. >> so is there a way to sort of weatherproof your vacation to minimize any issues you might face? what do you need to do? >> well, sure. from the consumer point of view, some very basic things you should do. i would say the first thing if you travel of any major investment at all, you want to buy travel insurance. buy it at the time you book your trip. it will

just an arch that i'm up on the station with you all watched closely as you point with greta termination the way i see it when a russian athlete performs well we're proud of and thus proud of our country and then project the part of that athlete successor upon their own lives we've been starved big victories literacy particularly last year's olympics with the team russia dominated in turkey setting the tone for the odd combination of the routine summer of. russia's football is played for the first time this year on wednesday taking on iran in a friendly the clash well as a litmus test coming euro twenty twelve qualifies as a deck of cards stressing that players should be focused on their own for more than their iran and threats. not so much involving the opponent it is a portable we do technically and if it is wise old your things are now not so important because they are all in the beginning of the preparation we can also expect a lot of people also. told him that as well so but there's a sort of poured think you solve budget fitness about sharp just doesn't bode. in the meantime german

here however is one of the stock which is shedding a lot today it's down fourteen percent after to greta for a software partnership with microsoft in russia the markets closed they managed to recover after three days of losses as world climbed to sing the out. on thursday russian equities suffered their biggest one day fall in seven months more detail about friday's close now north nickel more than four percent after upping its buyback call for two rooms south never tech shares are up one percent on the news that gas promise sold its ten percent stake in the gas producers thirty percent for a thirty percent discount but gazprom came under pressure as investors showed this leisure to deal with seeing it much weaker than the market just point one percent. of course that's a very negative and it's worse taken by. markets are very negative. so i think the markets actually on friday punished for this news but again as i said before best from a very big story so this year we expect. still the stock is seriously underweight by major international investors and with think then two thousand and t

let's begin with what they are. >> guest: thanks, greta. the community service block grant is a series of funds that's been around since 1981 and date back to the war on poverty in 1964. what it is is federal money that goes to states, the governor's office, and they grant it out to community agencies in their area to provide services for human needs. basically, they provide economic security for families and individuals who are low income, and when we say low income, we mean below the poverty level, and that's $# 2,000 for a -- $22,000 for a family of four. wee -- we are talking about families who are struggling. >> host: the money goes from the federal government to where? >> guest: state capitol of the governor, and they in turn grant it out to local agencies in the community whether it's commune action partnerships of des moines, pittsburgh, san bernano. we service 90% plus of counties. some of them are non-profit agencies, and others are municipal. they are run by city government there and states like texas and florida are county gover

it's a greta movie. it's based on a true story. >> yes, it is.er. >> jimmy: that's great. did you meet the guy? >> yeah, i did not get to meet the guy, because he's in prison. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: interesting, okay. >> no, they wouldn't let me go up there. i wanted to. tough to break into those places, too. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, but really, not for this character -- broke out of prison, like, four times. >> four times, four times. brilliant genius. >> jimmy: yeah. >> amazing. >> jimmy: it's wild. the movie. and you're in there with ewan mcgregor -- >> yes. >> jimmy: who is a great actor as well. >> fantastic kisser. [ laughter ] amazing. >> jimmy: -- did you do a lot of research? >> well, we did hit the gay clubs -- [ laughter ] when we got to miami. >> jimmy: yeah. >> it was pretty crazy. >> jimmy: was that -- >> and ewan was all cocky with a meth head and stuff and he was like, "i'm gonna get my ear pierced!" you know -- tattoo, ear piercing place. he left the bar -- somebody went, "yeah!" and then he -- he came back about a half hour

. >> ingenue greta gerwig was competing for best female lead against all five of oscar's best actressominees. >> it's sort of like which one of these doesn't belong? that's me. >> reporter: the indy spirits' thirst quenching atmosphere was toasted by successful mainstream actors. >> it's a great way to drink on a saturday afternoon. >> reporter: i think there's a limit one for the red carpet. >> i paced myself. >> independent film lives on the edge. you know, it's where you get your best performances, everybody is there for passion and not for money. >> reporter: is it the kind of place where everybody is coming up to you saying, can i be in your next movie? >> i'm stuck outside. >> reporter: go in and get hired. >> reporter: some academy award nominees melissa leo was pondering her oscar dress. >> what if i'm putting my foot in the dress because, of course, we step into them and pull them up and put my foot right through it? well, then i won't be wearing that one, will i? >> reporter: "127 hours" director danny boyle was ready to watch his star james franco host the oscars. if james

mark, independent pretty caller: hi, greta. thanks very much. i want to say something about social security but i want to mention "the washington post" article that talks about "investment." that is a loaded term. when the government talks about investment is spending and whenever you hear someone say invested we should spend -- translated to spending would cause an assessment would confer upon it some form of legitimacy that has not yet been earned. on social security, what american people don't realize is two supreme court cases have stated that we have no constitutional right to social security. these are general tax revenues and they go into the general fund of the government. davis and thomas are two supreme court cases that says of the federal government has no legal obligation to pay social security to anyone. they may have a moral obligation but not a legal obligation. i think when we start talking about trust funds -- they don't exist. that is just sleight of hand accounting. the reality is -- and you can look it up in these particular

for a rise in tsixth greta and i expeo sell many devices this year. >> we are seeing details, the phoneou 640 and dollars without a contract. $749 and with the 32 gate.b. verizon will begin selling it this morning. it is available on-line. if you haven't reordered. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. san mateo bridge, traffic is light. no one is out yet. we will be read back. >> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. six people arrested missing after a gas explosion in pennsylvania. in a level houses, sparked fires. brent for more than seven hours. look at the extent of the fires, hundreds of people had to be evacuated. we are falling what's happening this morning as they go through the rubble. eight homes were involved in flames. the blast could be felt miles away. their reports of injuries this morning. the cause of the explosion is unclear. >> james: new details about the investigation into this chamber and a gas line explosion and new report sheds light on the safety in the utility's expansion practice. or the lac

greta monahan you always have good stuff for us.>> welcome back, everyone. we mentioned it a couple times, but for a lot of people who may be dealing with this big storm today, at least hopefully you're home. and for those of you folks who live in areas of the country where it's beautiful like the southwest, hopefully you're off on this presidents' day too and getting a little sun for the rest of us. >> it's almost march, right? is that right? >> doesn't feel like it. >> yeah. >> and then we pray for april here on the east coast. >> well, it is still technically winter. so let's not get our nickers in a twist. have a great day, everyone.,, i love america, i love my pet bald eagle brock, my bison sara, i love my pick-up with the custom constitution paint job... i celebrate jury duty... i love america so much, i'm making an all american jack combo two jumbo patties, with melting cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickles, plus fries and a drink for only $4.99. i've celebrated every american tradition...except one... spring break cancun yo!!!

greta's great. thank you for c-span. watching you in the time difference is very weird. i'm glad i don't have my father's bedbugs. and at this strain of this this is my first time through. thank you. personally, i think if anybody ever heard me play my guitar in a room alone. that would clean any bedbugs out immediately or any other type of vermen but secondly, i've actually had bedbugs in the past. i don't have a problem now. and i understand what mr. wayne is saying about the heat thing. and other people's calling in saying that they have other remedies. and i also remember that you said is this important, peter, that you mention that? and it is important. it's not at this government should get involved so much to speak. but that it is news and it involves people's lives. and that's why i say thank god for c-span. host: all right. doug, you know what? thank you very much for calling in. welcome. i hope we hear from you again. next call from comes from palm beach, florida. anne, hi. caller: hi. good morning. am i on? host: you are. caller: shirley anne. good morning. i

one last example, greta. >> host: sure. >> guest: there was an article published in the "new york times" talked about medicaid. there was a woman with ovarian cancer. they paid the oncologist so poorly, that the oncologist was going bankrupt. he had to stop seeing medicaid patients because she couldn't afford to make bills. here's a program that the caller praises, and i'm not doubting her motivation, that already pays so poorly, that is didn't provide access. it's the illusion of coverage wows the power of access. >> host: if president obama and republicans were able to agree on tort reform for health insurance, for the health care industry, would that help bring down costs for doctors, and then under that example that you just gave, would that help a doctor with his or her bottom line? >> guest: well, the cbo suggested that tort reform could save $54 billion over 10 years if the california model was implemented. by the way, in the health care bill that was passed, obama care, or whatever you want to call it, it specifically prohillary clintoned the -- prohibited the implementation of