the hard drive was just too damaged. when you found out that nothing could be recovered, tell me your reaction. >> very upset. it was like this great big carrot hanging there and you reach for it and you just about have it, and it's gone. there's nothing there. >> reporter: later the hard drive was analyzed at the same lab that recovered data from the hard drive in the space shuttle "columbia" which disintegrated in 2003. it was another dead end. still, the fact that the hard drive had been removed from the laptop only added to the mystery. tony recognized that early on. when you heard about the laptop and the hard drive found separately, did that change your thinking? >> when i was called in by the investigators and they said, tony, we found the laptop, i said, great. they said, but there's no hard drive. that gave me pause. anybody is going to look at that and say, wait a minute, that wasn't an accidental thing. >> reporter: the mystery of the missing d.a. was now tightly focused on that damaged hard drive. had it been

that it's too hard, we are just not up to the task. bu america has existed, it has been the american way to reject "can't do claims" and to choose instead to stretch the boundaries of the possible through hard work, determination and a pioneering spirit, it's this belief, this optimism that senator obama and i share, and it has inspired so many millions our supporters to make their voices heard. today time standing with senator obama to say yes we can! and that together we will work, we will have to work hard to achieve universal health care but to day we live in an america where no child, month man and no woman is without health insurance, we will live in a stronger america, that is why we need to help elect barack obama our president. we will have to work hard to get back to fiscal responsibility. and a strong middle class. but on the day we live in an america whose middle class is growing again, where all americans no matter where they life or where their ancestors came from can earn a good living, we will live in a stronger america

hard, definitive number? plexuses -- >> this is a defined number. i have a history as an attorney curios -- an attorney. by putting those specific new words in, but i would turn to the city attorney about whether this limitation would be effective in protecting the balance sheet. >> i think the question i would have is, can you guarantee there is not going to be a dispute about whether or not something is reimbursable, and do we have an abrogation about the total cost? >> i do not think there is never a guarantee against being sued, but i do believe the structure in section 1.5, which provides the framework for reimbursement of provide what we call of functional cap, because of limits to exclusive source as the means by which the authority can be repaid. the difficulty in putting a number cap is an issue of time and future value. the authority has a way to change its infrastructure. it has up to 10 years to complete infrastructures. as we sit here today we do not know what that number will be. >> you are sayi

always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. and when you stumble, keep faith. and when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on. as we gather here today in this historic, magnificent building, the 50th woman to leave this earth is orbiting overhead. if we can blast 50 women into space, we will someday launch a woman into the white house. and although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it and the light is shining through like never before, filling us all with the hope and the sure knowledge that the path will be a little easier next time. that has always been the history of progress in america. think of the sufferagists who gathered in seneca falls in 1848 and those who kept fighting until women could cast their votes think of the abolitionists who struggled and died to see the end of slavery, think of the civil rights heros and foot soldiers who marched, protests, and risked th

harding's home here. >> reporter: harding home tour guide sherry hall sees it as her job to set the recorddidn't kill him. >> his wife did not kill him. it was a totally made-up story. >> reporter: in fact, says hall, warren and florence harding were very much a team during the 1920 presidential campaign. when the world beat a path to the hardings' doorstep, literally. >> it was not unusual for 10,000 people to gather before the house. >> reporter: hollywood stars came to marion, athletes, too. al joelson even wayne gretzky a song for the campaign. and played warren harding's porch. 95-year-old had a front row seat. >> when i was four years old i shook hands with harding right over the bannister. >> reporter: when you were four years old, you shook hands with him? >> do you want to shake hands with the hand that shook hands with harding? >> reporter: wow. that is great. that's amazing. >> i was scared, you know. but when i looked up in his face, it was such a kind face so i just stuck my hand out afternoon made history. >> reporter: i'm sorry to get all tabloid with you, but do you think t

say it is different from a hard cap. the other issue, as you noted there was a hard number. on the other hand, one of the primary sources is infrastructure district bond proceeds. the value they will be able to derive after it has gone through an entitlement process, including further reviews and all the planning and spermicide-- and permit some re. that is the volumand value to ry the authority, and that actual amount we cannot give you a number fourr, so we are limiting back to what they build. and we can only derived that from further development as well as these other sources, and i think by limiting sources, we have provided an exclusive means, which is an effective way of limiting the exposure. >> i have to say i appreciate the work, and from a legal standpoint, it approximates the number of a functional croap, bt if we were talking about my own personal money and i am asking what is the amount of the check i am going to write in two or three years, i do not think you said you would be able to tell me what that amo

it has been a very hard thing to do a hard sell.he people of san francisco understand that we as the country have failed in maintaining our infrastructure and investing in that. we see the consequences of that with bridges and public transportation and roads. people are beginning to understand that we have to invest in our infrastructure. our roads and sidewalks are a key part of that. i am so proud of the people of san francisco for understanding that and giving us the 2/3 that we needed. my counterparts around the bay area and elected officials from other areas of the county, their jaws dropped because they have never been able to do it. it is a great thing for san francisco. we will make significant improvement to our infrastructure. the day after the election, he should have been lounging in the wadi, -- in hawaii, but he called me into his office to get to work right away. it has been amazing the team effort to move this forward and get it implemented quickly. mayer, president, thank you. thank you to everyone who has made this

hard time has taken its toll. >> he's lost a lot of weight.ined. it's just real sad, it's a waste of time. >> sears has no family or friends waiting for him. our crew was his first contact with outside faces in years. he opened up on how his time has affected him. >> it's kind of hard for me to explain. you start feeling. they talk about conscience. before you didn't have a conscience. you start developing a conscience. because you actually have time to sit in a cell all day and think about the things you've done. you know what i mean? it's like, man, why did i do that? what a dumb kid. >> during our shoot at new mexico, sears had been approved for a transfer to level five. a lower security housing unit where he would have considerably more freedom and the opportunity to be around other inmates. but with sears, nothing is certain. >> he's been in level five a couple times. i hope he makes it. joe sears, it's a big waiting game. only joe sears knows if he can make it there or not. >> i personally have never had any problems with him. but i am c

how hard are you willing to work? how big are you willing to dream? over this past year, so many of you have shown us exactly what you can do. i'm told that over 100 of you in this class have college plans this year. that's 90% of this class. [ applause ] that's up from under 30 last year. what an achievement. i'm told 16 juniors and seniors this year have been awarded gates achievers scholarships to college because of their academic excellence. i understand that student attendance for the entire school is up 20% from last year. see, now that's a tribute to you, to everyone here today. and yet despite all you've achieved, despite all the obstacles you've already overcome with regard to your education, many of you may still be wrestling with your own personal issues and doubts. maybe you're taking care of a younger sibling. maybe you are responsible for an aging grandparent or child. maybe you're worried about your family's financial situation or maybe you're feeling crushed by the weight of life's responsibilities, maybe you feel like no one has your

expect them to wowork hard, too. he will give them $5,000 to goo to a boston red sox game, but en you say if it means missing a kid's recital, like a client, -- >> we are in the services business. client have high expectations. at times, we are going to work very hard. other times, we celebrate and we enjoy each other's company. i think a lot ofof people arare not willing to seeee it that way i haveot chose that path at merkle.. >> how do you motivate people to feel like this is for the collective good? >> i think you motivate people by making their work important. we arere in control of our vision.n. we work harard every day to helpp pepeople understand our roel in goi;ng there. >> nowou are a 300 million other companany. you say you are not for sale and yet when you first got that glimmer of entrepreneurship, it was a broker. it w was always someon who started a businesand then folded. >> it isis really about building something great. i have fun every day doing it. i do not know what pushes an entrepreneur at that

the record starts with the sound of hard drive starting up. all the whirring sounds are basically crappy disk drives that we had laying around. the sound of data dying. you know, so it starts in this really cold place. the general theme of the record was to try and work toward and trance end communication without affect, which is the way we all seem to communicate these days and get to a place where there is communication with just really open, raw emotions. it is not perfect. not completely linear. and general. that is the art of the record. just getting there. that is a place i struggle to get to. i want to spend more time this. >> it is conscious. i have heard you say before, it matters what song is first on the record. we may listen to songs in different ways, may hit shuffle or encounter something. you said to an interviewer, if heavy metal drummer would have been the first song, our perception might be different. >> i don't think there is any doubt in my mind it would be different. as a rule, every record we have ever put out has had a c

it's extremely hard to really get to the bottom of what's happening to get to these areas. to see it with your own two eyes and to be able to verify the information and so certainly i mean i've been speaking to people again today that we were in contact with in some of these areas and the most the phones are out of reception at the moment there's sort of reports of electricity being down in many of these areas and in the center of damascus the people that we were working with the saying that you know at the moment they're waiting for information to be so it's exceptionally hard to sort of gauge exactly what's going on at the moment is that difficult then to see all these places to find out what's actually going on so what about this arab league observer mission then they've been going to certain areas but what are they managed to see all do then there has been a waste of time you know one of the benefits of the arab league observers mission being there was that it did give an opportunity certainly for the media to access some of these various hotspots areas to travel to cel

and it's very hard more me to understand how in a presentation this is not dealt with. the postal service as a result, not their fault. as a result of congressional action some years ago is required to come up with about $5.5 million every single year for future health care retirees. there is no other agency of government that comes close to having this requirement, and it's best we can understand there is no corporation or company in america that has to do that. i talked recently to the man who is head of office of personnel management. and he agreed that this is an unnecessary requirement. there is already enough the future health benefit program to pay off benefits for the next 20 years. the post office does not need to come up with 5.5 billion. that number can be very significantly reduce d and that is the heart of the legislation. and we are working on it. will that solve all the problems? no, but it's a good start. [ applause ] second of all, they're now agreed upon over $11 billion. if the post office can recoup that money, must the cuts in what they have to pay

kids teasing me when i studied hard. teachers telling me not to reach too high because my test scores were not good enough. folks, making it clear with what they said and didn't say that success was not meant for a little girl like me from the south side of chicago. but let me tell you something, something else i remember, i remember my mom pushing me and my brother to do things she had never done herself. things she was afraid to do herself. what i remember is my father getting up every day and kbgoin to work at a water filtration plant, even after he was diagnosed with ms and it was hard for him to get up and button his shirt or walk. i remember them pouring everything they had into us and encouraging us to reach for a life they never knew. and it is because of them, and because of the support that i got from teachers and mentors that i am standing here today. [ applause ] and the barack were here, he would say the same was true for him. he would tell you it was hard at times growing up without a father. he would tell

he kicked today hard. adams was curious. he? why do you say that? i said he kicked hard. more than once. he's tired of being inside like his father. only your son would be so expressive, so stubborn. he is already strong. the word hit him and rolled in his mind, strong. he saw the sadness in her eyes betraying her smile. he thought of susanna now, the frail baby gone barely a month. she had been their third child and two months past her first birthday. the shock had been extraordinary. the first great tragedy of their marriage, the death of childrens with a horror common in town that they seemed to be immune. the first two children growing into healthy toddlers. she had never been healthy. adams felt himself pulling way from the baby as though he knew she would not survive. he never could have admitted that to abigail and he kept his sadness hidden away as she nurtured the weak baby, doing everything in a mother's heart to strengthen the infant. when the baby died, abigail had been devastated. and adams had begun to worry for her health as well. he felt helpless, even afr

it's hard to grow up on stage and pretend it never happened and nobody knows. it's hard to do that. it's hard to be in the position where as you are out front and every day all day long people are seeing and hearing about you. something negative goes on and it's magnify and you have to go back and face the public. >> smokey? i think you hit the nail on the head there. they are the same issues like amy winehouse and michael jackson are not as famous. they are not speculated. thank you so much for taking the time to call in. >> piers, before we let smokey go, can i ask you something? >> for being positive, you want to focus on the positive and you are exactly right with that. what will you always love about whitney houston? >> whitney was family and i will always love whitney about whitney. whitney was family to me and i will always love her. she is one of the greatest voices in the history of music. that's what i say. >> thank you, smokey. >> thank you for letting me jump in. we will go to break with a scene from the preacher's wife. ♪ ♪ on december 21st, polar shifts will reverse th

sometimes it's hard to get fine art. we do try go out and ju dishly acquire things through auctions and purchase. the goal is to have a variety of americanisms that allow us build this collection. one of the joys of this process is realizing just what's out there, is that there are many things that you want, that you hope to find, but you're convinces you're never going to find. here we're looking at two artifacts that i was convinced didn't exist. these are materials that are related to harriet tubman, the great abolitionist and underground railroad conductor. you're looking at a shawl given to harriet tubman by queen victoria of england as a way to honor her resiliency and the work that she's done in terms of being a champion of freedom. what i love is that not only did we get this from a checker, but he gave us this gospel hymnal. this is a gospel hymnal that harriet tubman owned. what is powerful, if you remember, when harriet tubman would go south, tomp alert enslaved that it was time to go, she would sing various h

the bodies will be hard to identify. there are reports that the fire was caused by an inmate said in his bed at alike. the president promised an inquiry. the government accept some responsibility. >> there is no room for trying to avoid responsibility as a country. this is a lesson we have to learn. we cannot assess this, we will not accept this. that is why we have to decode deep into details -- to go deep into details to find out why it happened to avoid it again. >> honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. prisons are overcrowded. there are clashes between rival gang members behind bars. grieving families will now want to know whether the high death toll will push the authorities into action. >> our correspondent has more details from outside the prison. >> almost 24 hours since the fire broke up. the situation is still one of chaos. bodies have been produced from inside the prison. the remaining prisoners, who the foreign minister just mentioned, being taken away at gunpoint. outside the prison gates, there

which is very hard. he has made gavins. he is a man that seems like he handles experienced the same things that other people have. he hasn't been around a lot of people who look different farrah him. republicans are obviously very worried about him, that he isn't the right messenger for these tough times. >> symbolism is a big part of politics. this week he got his picture taken in trump hotel in las vegas with donald trump. >> he looked very uncomfortable doing that. it was bad in presentation. >> and his wife looked like she didn't really want to be there. >> yes. >> is that a smart one? >> trump seems like an every-man billionaire. >> he just didn't want him to go to gingrich. >> good or bad? >> the problem with mitt romney is his idea of a conservative is donald trump. he was dissipate for the endorsement that anyone in the tea party may like. a few may like him because of the birther question. >> we have a very good jobs record by the president's standards of 8.3%. we haven't had this good a number in a long time. does

it's hard.ially when you go through a period of your life where as there is negativity involved. it's talked about and put out there so much on a constant basis. people forget that you are a human being. that you are going to have your ups and downs and ins and outs. it's just publicized so much. it's magnified. i think this would happen with whit. when she was going through here problems in her life, they were magnified so much. i was listening and lionel was talking about the same thing. it's hard to grow up on stage and pretend it never happened and nobody knows. it's hard to do that. it's hard to be in the position where as you are out front and every day all day long people are seeing and hearing about you. something negative goes on and it's magnify and you have to go back and face the public. >> smokey? i think you hit the nail on the head there. they are the same issues like amy winehouse and michael jackson are not as famous. they are not speculated. thank you so much for taking the tim

it is hard to know what is discriminatory and what is not. the entire industry is based on a very discriminatory practice. >> whatever the difficulties, workers' rights should extend to models, too. listed beautiful images that we create in our business -- >> the beautiful images that we create in our business need to be backed up by a moral code said that exploitation does not occur. >> the public might see models as having it all the many start off as teenagers in an adult world. the question is whether they would take kindly to this push for better conditions. >> that is a big question. in russia, the mysterious street artist is drawn comparisons to a british author after his work has popped up all over moscow. the work ranges from intricate spray-painted to complex combinations of fire, music, video. his true identity remains a mystery. >> aggressive, defiant. and surprising, witty, the work of the moscow street artist. occasionally political, his work is part graffiti come apart installation. he is starting to be compared with the millio

the charred bodies will be hard to identify. there are reports that the fire was caused by an inmate setting his bed on fire. the president promises an inquiry. the government accept some responsibility. >> there is no room for trying to avoid responsibility as a country. this is a lesson we have to learn. as the president says, we cannot accept this. we will not accept this. that is why we have to go very deep into details to determine exactly what happened, why it happened, to avoid it happening again. >> honduras has the highest per capita murder rate in the world. prisons are desperately overcrowded. violence on the streets is often mirrored by clashes behind bars. grieving families will now want to know whether the high death toll will spur authorities into action. bbc news. >> our correspondent gave us this update from outside the prison. >> there are still bodies being produced from inside the prison. the burned out shell of part of the prison. part of it is still standing. it has not been completely razed to the ground.

it is hard for david cameron to campaign in scotland.e is not only of popular amongst anti-campus protesters, but his party is unpopular with voters. aly one of the 59 mp's elected in scotland. >> i think he was quite careful. he did not expect to leave the campaign. the truth is that the conservatives and the democrats will have to come together in a joint campaign if that campaign will be an effective issue. >> tonight, the pro-union party will be wondering if a promise of more devolved power later will be attractive enough to win out over independence. >> the head of news corp. rupert murdoch has arrived in london to take charge of the latest crisis involving his newspaper. he addressed -- he is expected to address his staff later this friday. arrests followed the closure of britain's biggest selling newspaper, former "news of a world." nicolas sarkozy may not be the favorite to win the french presidential election, but he seems to not have lost his taste for campaigning. he lost his reelection campaign on thursday. reforms have been

it really is a hard road. i am looking at where we're 25 years later in the bay area and looking at how hard it is for us to struggle, to keep our theaters going. i would like to think that i am not struggling quite as hard personally. what i mean by that is that in tension, that commitment. what i see is that we're here to really produce works of not be produced in other places, and also to really nurture and women of color artists. i think that that is something that has not shifted for me in 25 years, and it is good to see that brava is still committed to that kind of work. you know? ♪ >> happy birthday to you happy birthday to you ♪ >> windy will talk about the reflection of the community, we can only go with what we have on our staff. south asian managing director. african-american artistic director. latino outreach person. to us, aside from the staff, aside from the artists that we work with him being a reflection of oz, yes, the community is changing, but brava has always tried to be ahead of that, just

first of of all, he is appealing to the hard right, there are a lot of hard right people in michigan.n't like romney. there is an in authenticity about rom neerneyromney. you show that auto industry stuff at the beginning of the segment. he said in the new york times in 2008 if the auto industry accepts federal money, they can kiss themselves goodbye they are gone, they are out of business. he can't get around that. what he does is lies with breath taking regularity, ironically, his new tactic against santorum is going to be to try to outspend him by millions in michigan and claim he's not a con conservative. >> is a rick snyder endorsement help him at all? >> might help him a little bit. romney has the endorsements and the money. nonetheless he struggles and struggles to just maintain his position. at this point in 2000, at this point in 2004, the two obvious nominees, bush and then kerry, were supported by 60, 60, 07% 7. >> what if he doesn't win michigan? >> it's all up in the air. >> really? it wasn't supposed to be this hard for romney. >> look, i've always thought and i said he

but the russian election landscape is still hostile and even hard for the opposition. the months ahead will be hard. >> and you're watching "bbc world news" with me, david eades. thanks for being with us. still to come -- a slice of the netherlands in north london. we'll have a look at how olympic nations are setting up their homes in the host city. >> want to get a look at what the papers are saying around the world today. we'll begin with the "financial times," which is paying a lot of attention to the greek debt crisis. the front page article saying eurozone officials have called off a meeting of finance ministers, as we know, to approve a vital bailout for athens. all this amid a growing fight about the merits of allowing a national default. the international herald tribune business has a warning for greece that doesn't using portugal, because it sums up their debt to g.d.p. ratio is rising and economic growth is slowing. the "china daily" says relations between the u.s. and maturing are maturing, as vice president xi jinping speaks candidly with american leaders a

it is hard to know what is discriminatory and what is not. the entire industry is based on a very discriminatory practice. >> whatever the difficulties, workers' rights should extend to models, too. listed beautiful images that we create in our business -- >> the beautiful images that we create in our business need to be backed up by a moral code said that exploitation does not occur. >> the public might see models as having it all the many start off as teenagers in an adult world. the question is whether they would take kindly to this push for better conditions. >> that is a big question. in russia, the mysterious street artist is drawn comparisons to a british author after his work has popped up all over moscow. the work ranges from intricate spray-painted to complex combinations of fire, music, video. his true identity remains a mystery. >> aggressive, defiant. and surprising, witty, the work of the moscow street artist. occasionally political, his work is part graffiti come apart installation. he is starting to be compared with the millio

it has been a very hard thing to do a hard sell. the people of san francisco understand that we as the country have failed in maintaining our infrastructure and investing in that. we see the consequences of that with bridges and public transportation and roads. people are beginning to understand that we have to invest in our infrastructure. our roads and sidewalks are a key part of that. i am so proud of the people of san francisco for understanding that and giving us the 2/3 that we needed. my counterparts around the bay area and elected officials from other areas of the county, their jaws dropped because they have never been able to do it. it is a great thing for san