but the wolfpack really not getting a lot of second-chance points. >> i know that coach harper lovesort. we talked about her recruiting philosophy, she would have recruited any one of these players that she inherited. she wants players who love the game, you can see the passion and the desire to win in the offensive rebounding for, this c state in the game. they want it. >> one of the hustle plays that you can judge a player's heart by. tasler, no good on that three and there's rebound there for the demon deacons. waters to the hole but good defense. but white. she's out of bounds, though, when she got the ball, from bitny waters. amber white colling off an injury from last season. tore her achilles, didn't play all year. not easy to do coming off the injury. >> good battle between those two point guards. the out of bounds lines are proving to be a difficult defender for both teams here. >> and the players are hitting the deck left and right. this is what acc basketball is all about. every possession is a battle. it's going to come down to which team wants it more and which team can

and coach harper willing to wear a microphone. goes out of bounds and it will go the demon dee cops' way. >> you can see some communication by wake forest there, secily ray got there a little too late. but, garcia was able to hold it down one-on-one in the paint. brittany waters posting up hard against kastanek. we know that brittany waters likes to get the ball in the post. posts up for that jump shot. >> great little find to find garcia wide open for her fourth point in this ball game. white tries the happenedoff. but courteney morris is there to break it up. >> that's what makes her so deadly, she draws some attention on that shot. >> having a hard time getting the ball in, white, she finally sees kastanek. morris, again, got a hand on the ball. kastanek from the outside. that one's too hard. good rebound, though, inside by bonae holston, her first points. the player who was the acc sixth player of the year a year ago and has done a nice job stepping into a starting role. waters on the other end, she found out that the bank is

. >> reporter: today jeff harper a crew chief on one of their fa-18 hornets. like those who fly them the team on the ground is hand picked and

kellie harper seems to have some confusion. thomas is going to sit there and wait for a foul or for some pressure. she's in no hurry. 40 seconds. ray. gets the ball, taken away by bell. those long arms coming in handy. >> and a near-turnover right there. by nc state. boykin came up the court with the pressure. almost got one. >> so nc state, down by three. 30 seconds on the game clock and 26 seconds on the shot clock. what do you see the wolfpack bring out of this time-out? >> i think you go for the easy bucket here. because wake forest is not a good free-throw shooting team. you get the easy score and i think you start fouling. put the ball in the hands of gartrell. as soon as wake forest attempts to inbounds it, i think you start fouling. >> now, nc state has been very good from three in acc contests. shooting about 41%. that was coming into this game. in this game, they're 3 of 17. your advice, go for the bucket, put wake forest on the line where they're shooting just 7 of 16 for the contest. >> whoever's on gartrell, it doe

next, a look at international concerns with canadian prime minister stephen harper. then in a speech with president medvedev and afterwards russian prime minister vladimir putin. >> stephen harper answers questions on the canadian mission in afghanistan, climate change, and his relationship with president obama. this event runs about 40 minutes. >> welcome. we will be talking about stephen harper about the kind of year we had in 2009 and we might look forward to in 2010. it does not seem that long ago that you were here. unless some we're talking about what you described as the great recession. you're talking about the kind of stimulus spending you would have to put in case. is the recovery sustainable? >> technically, we're intowe do not yet have a turnaround in the job market. some of the people are not going back to work. there are some positive things. the employment situation has stabilized. 2009 has been a tough year, but not as tough in canada as other places. we're optimistic 2010 will be a year for recovery. >> the stimulus is the big question. >> we are pre

harper, please do something about the environment now. >> there are some pretty compelling concerns. there is the copenhagen accord. people are wondering what this is. there is an agreement but it is not legally binding. >> it is important. an important step forward. it certainly is not all we were seeking. it is not yet a legally binding accord. that is where we hope this will eventually go. there are some important steps forward. all of the countries are recognizing this is a problem. we had a big battle until very recently. they were denying that had anything to do about their emissions. we have been asking about this for about four years. everybody is now incorrect i think the objectives are not going to satisfy all of the environmental groups. if countries hole to these objectives, they will make meaningful progress. >> canada was getting beating ten up about this. >> these are the environmental groups that have always attacked our governments and others and they are unhappy with the accords. governments have to balance progress with growth. these are not easy questions. we have

. >> reporter: today jeff harper a crew chief on one of their fa-18 hornets.ose who fly them the team on the ground is hand picked and they'll go over and even into every inch of the jets before they fly. >> i get up to the top of the jet and my crew chief says boss, this jet's ready to go, i know it is. and it's all about trust. >> reporter: the team's next hop is to fly a practice show and memorize critical ground reference points they'll need to safely perform their routine. flying this close together, much closer than in combat, is not dangerous, they say, just incredibly unforgiving. >> i place my head directly underneath here, and my head is, no kidding, about this close away from boss's aircraft when -- >> reporter: so you, the canopy of your airplane is from here to here? >> yep. >> reporter: not for the faint of heart, though at each show site selected civilians are invited to ride in a solo jet. often teachers, civic or business leaders. >> great experience that the navy gave me. great opportunity. >> reporter: people who can help share the navy and

kelly was a historical artist for harper's weekly, scribner's monthly. but then later turned whose sculpture in new york city on 57th street. and at that time, over 40 union generals came to kelly's studio to pose for their portraits. and while kelly was an artist at -- in his art, he would not depict a button and must be documented. and imagine sitting down with general grant, what an event that would be. or sitting down with joshua lawrence chamberlain and doing their portraits and ask him any question you wanted. and that's what kelly would do. he would interview more than to the portrait. he was it done with the generals, have been speaking of event, there's the portrait, there's a painting, let's talk about that moment and he would take careful notes. one day in the future if his artwork was ever challenged as being inaccurate tea could produce these notes and say, well this is what general chamberlain told me about little round top for this is what general grant told me about the surrender of appomattox. so he was very careful to preserve these not

. >> you were the first lady on harper's bizarre. what do you think about obama? she delivered her speech, i teared up. i said oprah winfrey is a role model, and you're my role model and i have a new one. i find her to be the epitome of class. >> larry: every time she makes an impression. >> she's an amazing mother. she protecting her children. they didn't ask for this. they just so happened to be the first children of our country. i just find her absolutely amazing. >> larry: i found that she only works two days a week. the other five are the kids' days. >> i love that about her, she's a real mama. >> larry: and she has real hair? >> she has real hair, but if she wants to wear a weave, that's okay. i think she pushes the box on what a first lady should look like. that's what i'm about being your own person, being a unique individual. >> larry: what did you make of jimmy carter's recent remarks that part of the reason for the anger at the president is racist? >> i honestly have not seen it, but i have read a lot of what has been going on recently. and i have to ki

>> thank you, çprime minister harper.to show their support for haiti. -- who came as friends to listen to what we want to do over the next few years. ladies and gentleman, i would like to pass on to you the thanks of a country that is a martyr, that is ruined but is still standing. our government has been deeply affected, but we are working with the population especially to build bridges towards a better country. on january 12, 2010, it was the worst moment in our history. there were sacrifices made by the entire people, with the help of the international community. it was a day that will remain indelibly in the memory of the nation -- a nation that was trying to get out of misery. we must admit that archaeologists had predicted the earthquake was possible, but we had social problems, we were qfighting poverty, and we did nt have the time to take the measures to alleviate the damage of such a catastrophe. the government's -- there were buildings that were flat. some people survived miraculously. some died under a cloud of

last month at harpers ferry was commemorated the 150th anniversary of john brown's raid. the official start of both the national and the virginia subsequent daniel commemoration. regretfully, i like the centennial of 1961, there is no national committee to coordinate the observance of those four years and their lasting impact on america. two years from this very month will be the subsequent daniel of lincoln's grant review at bailey's crossroads in fairfax county. the events which led julia ward howe to return here to willard hotel and a week in the early morning hours to write your immortal battle hymn of the republic. lincoln at the crossroads alliances the organization that has been working to past two years to commemorate president lincoln's grant review of 70,000 soldiers that so inspired julia ward howe. tonight we are meeting to celebrate out the likes of abraham lincoln and the vision of julia ward howe and your immortal battle hymn. you've are the true believers in the mystic chords of memory of the union that president lincoln referred to and in the end vision o

harper, any amount of time he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. harper: i rise today in support of h.r. 4139 a resolution to designate the facility of the united states postal service located in hickory, mississippi, as the sergeant matthew l. ingram post office. he was thought of by his mother patricia as we one giving the orders. she explains he would tell his older brother what to do. he has always been a leader, not a follower, said patricia. the he saw many advantages to military service he saw it as a way to serve the country he loved, pay for his education and as his mother added, see the world. ingram joined the army in the sum over 2003, fulfilling his basic training requirements at fort benning, georgia. he served as a member of the second battalion, fourth brigade combat team, fourth infantry division, based in fort carson, colorado. soon after basic training, his brigade was reassigned to south korea, where he spent 10 months prior to his first deployment to iraq for a one-year tour. stationed in colorado, ingram would meet his fut

canada's prime minister steven harper says canada is ready to help in this time of need. venezuela is reportedly sending a 50-member humanitarian assistance team. now, a list of organizations working to help haiti is on cnn's impact your world page. we've got the international red cross there, we have save the children there as well as others. you can take action and help the people through one of these groups if you are inclined. there's a complete list on our web page there. it's great information for you as a resource if you're interested at cnn.com/impact. this is believed to be the largest earthquake ever recorded in haiti. the first major quake in 16 years. a 6.7 magnitude quake struck there in 1984. minor earthquakes are pretty common in the caribbean. it has a long heft of destructive quakes. a dozen of magnitude 7 or greater have hit the region in the past 500 years. among the worst was back in 1946. it was 8.1. that was the magnitude on that quake. that was a big one. off the northeast coast of the dominican republic. more than 1600 people were killed in that qu

. >> larry: hill harper, longtime supporter, i gather you disagree. >> it's funny, larry. i hear folks talk about it. it seems to me the president issued a challenge in his speech. it seems even to shows like this, pretty specifically. and it's like we're already failing the challenge. it's how we define our politics, whether we define ourselves as democrats or republicans. >> larry: not pundits. >> the challenge is do we believe america's best days are behind us or in front of us? i believe they're in front of us. the president believes they're in front of us. whether he's talking about solutions or poll tested this or that, makes no sense. people don't want to hear that. >> larry: nancy, are we knit picking here? >> i don't think so. it's fairly remarkable that you can have arianna, kevin and i agree that this speech was one where he checked political bocks. it was a very chin in the air speech. you've got an extremely talented man here who is a great orator. i don't think anybody can challenge that. but if there's a sin, it's hubris, at one point when he was talking abo

atlanta's harper family who received the show's biggest house faced foreclosure after using the home a $450,000 loan. at least four other extreme mickover families have lost or had to sell the houses they won. what won't people do to get on reality tv. >> jon and kate gosselin exploited their eight kids and blew up their mayor rarnlg on the way to tabloid fame. richard heene came off as an angry and eccentric husband when he was on "wife swap." nadya suleman gave birth to 14 children and having no way to support them now has an octomom reality show in development in britain. >>> jaimee grubbs, the would whan mo had an affair with tiger woods appeared on "tool academy" which brings us to michaele sa la he who is competing for a spot on "real housewives of d.c." it's no accident a camera crew was trailing her when she and her husband crashed the white house state dinner landing them on "the today show." >> a larger question as we look back on the unreal reality of 2009. why do serious or what used to be serious news organizations spend so much time on jon and kate and octomom and the s

. >> i remember valerie harper had rota and another show called valerie.called valerie for god's sake ♪ >> she asked for too much money the next week i'm watching valerie, sandy duncan is playing valerie. you know, at some point you've got to tuck your ego away and take the chuck and thank god you've got a lucky life. it's cold out there if i quibble with you too much, next week it's penelope ann miller time. >> i feel ridiculous! >> all right, i get it. >> is she available? >> coming up, miller sounds off on north korean dictator kim jong-il and press secretary robert gibbs. >> i'm watching the daily press conference, an eye patch, a bird on his shoulder and somali want a cracker. >> and next what does think about the nominated milk? be very afraid. >> continuing now with the factor's miller time special as dennis and i dissect american idol. >> chris allen. >> do you care that at&t slipped up a little bit and more people voted for one guy than the other guy, do you care at all? i don't care. >> do i care. >> bill: yes. >> listen, obviously, there are big

you were cast as the first lady in the layout in "harper's bazaar."ink about michelle obama? >> when she delivered her speech, i salt there and teared up. i called my mom, i said no offense, oprah winfrey is my role model, and you are my role model and i have a new one. i find her to be the epitome of elegance, and class. >> larry: she sat in that chair three times, every time she makes an impression. >> she's an amazing mother. she protects her children like -- they didn't ask for this. they just so happened to beep the first children of our country. i just find her absolutely amazing. >> larry: i learned a few weeks ago, she only work twos days a week. the other five are the kids' days. she is a mother first. >> she is a mama. i love that about her, and her hair is fantastic. >> larry: and she has real hair? >> she has real hair, but if she wants to wear a weave, that's okay. >> larry: what about the way she dresses? >> i love it. i think she pushes the box on what a first lady should look like. that's what i am about, redefining beauty, breaking st

>> thank you, prime minister harper. take the opportunity to thank you, to thank all of show their support for haiti, who came as friends to listen to what we want to do over the next few years. ladies and gentlemen, i would thanks of a country that is still standing. our government has been deeply affected but the government is working with the population especially to build bridges towards a better country. on january 12, 2010 it was the worst moment in our history. there were sacrifices made by an entire people with the help of the international community. we're starting to get us from the dark tunnel because of the hurricanes. it was a day that will remain indellabley in the memory of a nation that was trying to get out of misery. we must agree that our geologists had predicted the earthquake was possible but we had problems fighting with poverty and didn't have the time to take the measures to limit the damage of such a catastrophe. the government, like everyone, there were buildings that were flattened and some peo

so from the harper office over to help senator amy klobachur. and than in january of 2008, i went -- i went over to peck, madigan, jones and had a pleasure to work with a lot of colleagues i worked with on the hill. it was one of those of things that, my background is a little bit different, i think, than the other mentors, both of whom have worked in the executive branch as well as the legislative branch. i had only worked in the legislative branch and worked for lots of different people over a long period of time, so i really had a very good, i think, sort of gut understanding of, you know, how things would work on the hill, how issues would proceed, you know, a lot of thoughts on strategy and that sort of thing, but it was applying it in an entirely different context. it was applying it outside of government, i worked for government my whole life. basically, you're running a business and you're trying to anticipate the needs of your clients, make sure your clients stay happy, make sure you can get new clients, you know, if old clients don't e

i'm jim harper, director of policy studies. a so-chair of the cato's initiative which is made possible by general fill fill philanthropies. we're very pleased to an expert group with us and later in the obama administration to address and help us president obama's first year in counterterrorism. a year ago today, many of us were hear starting the second day of a two-day conference in which we exemployered terrorism and counterterrorism and worked to it shape and predict the obama administration's counterterrorism strategy. you can review that conference. i urge you to do so at cato.org/counterterrorism. we had over 30 experts in terrorism, security, risk management, and communications. and like today we had many, many people. thank you those of you who have come back. thank you for bearing with us as we test the capability of our conference facilities and our staff. when we met before, i took the liberty of framing counterterrorism in a way that i think probably simplifies or oversimplifies the work of many terrorism experts. i

i'm also the cochair along with jim harper you a party met in my colleague ben friedman of cato's strategic counterterrorism initiative and ambitious three-year project a possible by the generous support of the atlantic philanthropies but additional support to the institute. i want to take an opportunity for to thank them for this project. i want to thank also in a benjamin for joining us today. when we launched our project back in 2008, we identified the top experts on counterterrorism in this country and frankly around the world and dan was right at the top of our list. he participated in a discussion that we the cato posted in chicago back in late august of 2008 here he was unable to join us back a year ago today, but he was busy with the new administration, with the incoming administration and i'm very grateful to him for joining us to take time out to join us today. let me just introduce them to you briefly. daniel benjamin was sworn in as the coronary on may 282,009 prior to its appointed ambassador benjamin wester vector of the center on the united states europe as a senior fellow in

prime minister harper.ill take the opportunity to thank you, to thank all those who came here today to show their support for haiti, who came as friends, to listen to what we want to do over the next few years. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to pass on to you the thanks of a country that is a martyr, that is ruined but is still standing. our government has been deeply affected but the government is working with the population especially to build bridges toward a better country. on january 12, 2012, it was the worst moment in our history. there were sacrifices made by an entire people with the help of the international community we're start to get us from the dark tunnel because of the hurricanes. it was a day that will remain indellably in the memory of a nation that was trying to get out of misery to greatness. we must admit that our geologists had predicted that an earthquake was possible, but we had social problems, we're fighting poverty and we didn't have the time to take measures to limit the dama

harper and your family all the best for the holidays. >> thank you very much. i want to wish both did you and all of your viewers a very merry christmas and a very happy new year. >> what do you think? >> a budget in march is important. we will find out whether the tax credit will be extended. he is optimistic about recovery in 2010. he talked about the environmental policy, saying that we have no choice but to harmonize the policy with the united states otherwise wholesale companies could move to the united states. >> it is striking that he is looking forward with optimism. >> goodbye. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> c-span networks are brought to you as a public service. coming up next, and look at international leaders with an interview with president medvedev. later the economist magazine hosted a discussion of political cartooning and the effect of the environment on world affairs in 2010. >> saturday on "washington journal" a look at the rise of al qaeda. then dr. david sh

harper, please do something about the environment now. >> is also compelling concerns there about theminister. there is a copenhagen accord, but what is this? there is agreement but it is not legally binding. how would you describe it? >> i think it is important as president obama said, an important step board. it is certainly not all that we were seeking. you are correct in saying that is not yet a legally binding accord. that is where we hope that this will eventually go but in the meantime we have some important steps floor. first of all, we have all the countries in the world recognizing it as a problem and that they need to participate. we had a big battle with the big emerging economies until very recently, denying that they had to do anything about their emissions. this has been something that we have been asking for for four years since we took office, that we need an accord that includes everybody. everyone is no end. i don't think the objectives will satisfy all in barman ogress but they are realistic and they will make meaningful progress. >> why was canada getting beaten u

publish by harper team an imprint of harpercollins publishers.s a love note to you, our five authors. we adore your books. we hope during these national book award celebrations enduring this past month that ufl their admiration and our pride in you as representatives of the extraordinary young people's literature being produced today. and that said, the 2009 national book award for young people's literature goes to phillip hoose for claudette colvin bubba's by melanie cooper books and a division of farrar, straus injure row. [applause] [applause] [applause] it is heavy. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> this is unreal. i thank absolutely everyone in the room, the four judges, the national book foundation. i thank my brilliant, brilliant editor, melanie, one of the great editors and the history of children's literature. i thank all my colleagues and for our straus and giroux, simon bowden, lauren walsh and jennifer dor, elizabeth cairnes, so many others. i thank my wonderful wife, sandy sane jorde to listen to every word many times. i thank my w

i'm jim harper, director of information policy studies here at cato.eble, a co-chair of cato's strategic counterterrorism initiative which is made possible by the generosity of the atlantic philanthropies.ç we are very pleased this morning to have an excellent group of experts with us, andç later th morning a top counterterrorism official in the obama administration to address help us see president obama's first year in counterterrorism. a year ago today many of us were here starting the second day of a two-day conference in which we explored terrorism and counterterrorism and worked to shape and predict the obama administration's counterterrorism strategy. you can review that conference. i urge you to do so, at cato.org/counter-terrorism. we had over 30 experts in terrorism, security, risk management, and communication, and like today we had many, many people. thank you, those of you, who have come back. thank you for bearing with us as we test the capability of our conference abilities and our staff. when we met before i took the liberty of framing

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talking about today one has gone from leaning for public into likely democrat and this other one from harperee favored democrat in north dakota to probably republican. the very very popular governor of north dakota a little bit like richard blumenthal has been talked about a senator for candidates for many years. he has never decide to run. he won his own term was 75% of the vote. he was reluctant to take on byron dorgan, but now if the now if the seat opens he will be talked into doing it. >> are you expecting any more surprise announcements, senate retirements? >> i am not but i guess that's a make some surprises. it's getting a little bit late in the political calendar for senators to pull these kind of surprises because it doesn't do your own party any favors if they have to start recruiting candidates and raising money at this relatively late stage in the calendar. >> and out of the 60 votes for the democrats shape up in 2010? >> i think it is a lover totally safe bet that you reread or his successor or majority leader back in nevada this fall will not have 60 votes to work with. it see