junior harper camp is leading the team. he has made a healthy return to the cal lineup.ady. and a lot older than all these guys. it is a bit strange knowing that all these guys are just out of high school. >> reporter: on a team with nine under classmen, 22-year- old junior harper camp sometimes feels like he is carrying around an a.a.r.p. card. >> they remind me every day. especially the young guys. you know. they realize how old emand kind of look at me and they are like -- they don't understand how old i am. >> reporter: camp is the bear's leader scorer this season at just over 14 points per game. perhaps the smartest player in the pac-10 he is like an extension of the coach mike montgomery on the court. >> do you feel like you have an extra coach on the floor? >> he doesn't yell at me that much. he might yell at me a little bit if something goes wrong. >> as an older child i have always been a little bit more mature than most of the guys around me and i have always felt my position was as a leader. >> reporter: but last year a knee injury forced him to watch his team

. >> and harper offered a critical view of hollywood in his book. >> part of the reason why i felt theeed to do the book was because i'm part of an industry that i believe has decimated the self-esteem of our young people. simply put. >> chris rock raised eyebrows with their film good hair. >> this is $1,000. >> yes, it is. >> it was unbelievable to me. >> it has an actual impact on african-american relationships between men and women. this cost is like, you know -- >> it's a habit. >> it's like dating an addict almost. >> those in the spotlight helped point out concerns to be addressed. john legend called for action in education. >> there are so many kids around the country that are in that same environment, black and white, hispanic, all over the country who are in schools that just aren't getting the full potential out of them. and we need to do more to make sure every kid has a quality education. too often i think we end up blaming the students themselves and we blame their parents. when their parents were in the same system, you know, 20 years ago and we're expecting different res

his work has appeared in "new york times," harpers, et cetera. both of these gentleman have experience. bill mcgowan author of "the only man is vile." the tragedy of sri lanka. which one prestigious award, which i unfortunately neglected to note, and coloring the news, how political correctness has corrupted the american journalism for which he won an award in 2002. former editor, he's reported for newsweek, "bbc," ""new york times," "washington post" wednesday a variety of other publications on and offline. a regular contributor of book reviews, he's been a commentator on fox news, cnn, msnbc, and cnr. he's been a media fellow at the social philosophy and policy center and lives in new york city. which is why he was almost late today. [applause] [applause] >> our format is simple. each mike will go first -- bill will go first. they have discussed this between them. bill will go first, in part this is presentation is based on his new book "gray lady down" about "the new york times". he will go first for 20 minutes. mike will respond for 20 minute

the president brought go on and in his conference with canadian president steven harper said change needspen quickly. >> in order for egypt to have are bright future which i believe it could have, the only thing that will work is moving in orderly transition process that begins right now >> in washington sam met the cement thought. >> of wisconsin size blizzard it moved into the dallas region last night smothering the superbowl under wet blanket of snow nearly killing seven and a fellow workers at the stadium where the packers take on the steelers sunday >> the dont capt. by 5 in. of snow and ice as the afternoons sun broke through huge trunks began sliding to the ground. one worker was critically hurt. six others were hospitalized. none of their injuries are life threatening. emergency managers ordered off and 80 ft. perimeter around the stadium. they say if the falling as remains a threat for sunday, and adjustments will have to be made to the outdoor party pass area. that's where thousands of spectators are supposed to watch the game on large monitors. if they can get there. the street

harper kemp books in two of his career-high 33 points to put cal back on top.mo mo jones wouldn't let the cavs lose. he sends the game to triple overtime. cal up 103-102 when jones strikes again finishing a transition, to put arizona back up one, 27 points for momo jones. they had a chance to force a fourth overtime but misses the jumper and wins it, in a game with 17 lead changes, first place arizona survives to win 107-105. >>> randy bennett and the gaels have reached 20 wins for the fourth straight season, first half mickey mcconnell lobs it up to rob jones for the alley- oop. 15 points for jones, 10 assists for mcconnell. they led lmu by 10 at the break. matthew develop a va dove a and mcconnell play a little hot potato before he lets it fly. he leads the gaels with 23 points as they win 79-70. >>> with a battle for second place at the hill top santa clara's kevin foster leads the wcc in scoring. tonight wasn't his night though. he goes 4 for 17 over all. they lead by as many as 16 in the second half. rashad green leads the way with 18 points, the dons win

has passed the point of no return or very own new york resident laurie harper this hits the streets of the big apple because their people really think america is bot . the u.s. has a new budget coming out can america ever go bankrupt this week let's talk about that well we're already bankrupt so it's like credit card debt i mean. can you go at what point you hit the bottom and what point do you start screaming about it has too much invested in dollar to let america go bankrupt so now we're something that someone else has to take care of. i know but if anything happens there's going to other countries who are going to do that for us is that fair. it's really tough on not saying that everything's all right rosy at this point we're certainly not at a critical point and i think what you're pointing out is the fact that we need increased global cooperation it's not just a problem that can be fixed unilaterally either within the within the euro or within the us economy it's something that has to be fixed globally how do you stop spending when you've got thirty three hundred million people to

he had a meeting today with canadian prime minister stephen harper. they have been talking about a number of issues including a possible gas pipeline from canada to texas. the prime minister and president have been meeting for a couple of hours prior to coming out to talk to reporters. this is live coverage on c-span. we do expect them in mere moments. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by the prime minister of canada. >> good afternoon, everyone. please be seated. i am very pleased to be welcoming my great friend and partner, prime minister stephen harper, back to the white house to reaffirm our extraordinary friendship and cooperation between the united states and canada. i would like to talk a bit about what we accomplished today and then address the situation is unfolding in egypt. the united states and canada are not simply allies, not simply neighbors. we are woven together like perhaps no other two countries in the world. we are bound together by our society's, all our economies, by our families. that remin

i am very pleased to be welcoming my great friend and partner, prime minister stephen harper, back to the white house to reaffirm our extraordinary friendship and cooperation between the united states and canada. i would like to talk a bit about what we accomplished today and then address the situation is unfolding in egypt. the united states and canada are not simply allies, not simply neighbors. we are woven together like perhaps no other two countries in the world. we are bound together by our society's, all our economies, by our families. that reminds me, my brother-in- law's birthday is today. i need to call him. in our many meetings today, i have come to value stevens candor and his focus on getting results, both when it comes to our two countries and to meeting global challenges. i have not had the pleasure of seeing him and his band jam to the rolling stones, but i and japan have become a sensation on youtube. we have had a very successful day. our focus has been on how we create jobs and economic growth on both sides of the border. canada is our largest trading partner and th

. >> stephen harper met with obama today. he and the president held a joint news conference, talking about energy, border security, and trade. obama spoke about the relationship with u.s. and canada. >> canada is our largest trading aprtner and the top -- partner and the top exporter, bringing several thousand jobs here. we're working to create jobs for both of our people. first, we have agreed to managing our share of the responsibilities. this goes beyond the border. that means working more closely to increase security with better screening and new technology, information sharing among law enforcement, and identifying threats early. and improving the free flow of goods and people. with over $1 billion every single day, proper border management is important for my goal of doubling the u.s. exports. i thank you for your leadership and commitment to reaching this agreement. we have directed the team stood creating an action plan to move quickly, and i am, that we will get this done to enhance our prosperity. we have a new effo

they are checking surveillance video from two cameras near the harper street fire.nd are tonight warning castro residents to watch out. >> if they hear anything, if they see anything that is remotely suspicious, call 911 and have somebody come and check it out. >> reporter: again another live look at the devastation that was brought upon this victorian. there was no serious injuries in the three fires but tonight at least 13 people alone in this building are out of their homes, coming up at 6:00, find out why firefighters say these early morning fires put a dangerous strain on the city's emergency crews. for now, reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 30 million deficit, caltrans is looking for public input and it's declaring a fiscal deficit. they are also considering the closure of some stations. one rider told me that he could drive to work but that it would cost him more. >> at the end of the day, i don't think it would be correct for me to have to bear an additional financial burden because they couldn't get their budgets fig

harper has a fever about 100, 101 this morning.ng to have the contenders of the new season of "dancing with the stars." they'll be revealed tonight on "the bachelor." >>> it's time, now, for the weather and sam champion. >> i hadn't heard that. they're going to reveal the "dancing with the stars" folks on "the bachelor" tonight. that's big news. i didn't know that. let's get to the boards. start with a live shot on new york city. all points east, heads-up today. and stay up with your abc stations. the powerful midwestern storms are swinging east. and the ceiling is getting lower and lower in new york city. and the lightning is closer and closer. we had 30,000 lightning strikes in the first hour of "gma." there's some powerful lightning swinging east. also, airport delays. we can tell you because of the low clouds, the rain, and the possibility of lightning, we're expecting airport delays. let me do that again. we are already -- it's early. boston, new york, philadelphia, washington, d.c., pittsburgh, as well. i would go into portla

and colin and i have been exploring global issues together for a long time, first at harper's magazine and now at scrivener books. and colin has sent me on journeys all over the world to explore and bring him back interesting tidbits. and one of the big projects i did for colin was china inc., my last book. and one of the fascinating things about china for both of us was when you arrive in that country, you see a fascinating place that seems to you to be the young e place in all -- youngest place in all the world. you go to shanghai and neon wonderland where there are young people on the make crisscrossing the streets, literally crisscrossing the streets, often against the light, usually against the light. or began dong or shanghai, for example. shanghai is a city that adds about a million people a year every single year, virtually all of the additional population between the ages of 18 and 5. and then -- 18 and 25. and then you go to factories in the china, and they seem to be enormous collections of young people. i've been to factories where there are 20,000 people under 25. there's

is holding -- the lid holding the pudding in the pocket." [ applause ] hey, in an interview with "harper'sazaar," hillary clinton said she tries not to miss "grey's anatomy." yeah. and then bill was like -- [ as bill clinton ] "i tried to watch it once, not enough anatomy." [ laughter ] check this out. a woman in new jersey gave birth yesterday while her cab was stuck in the lincoln tunnel. i feel bad for that baby, because he's probably like, "all right, i'm finally out of that tunnel. oh, man, another tunnel? you gotta be kidding me. [ laughter ] what am i? a russian nesting doll? what is that?" [ laughter ] i don't know how he knows what that is. >> steve: well, innate knowledge that he's born with. >> jimmy: yeah. here's some medical news, researchers at ucla may have discovered the cure for baldness. yeah. i'll tell you what -- i'll tell you what the real cure for baldness is, fellas, confidence. [ laughter and applause ] this is crazy. a prison inmate in florida smuggled a cigarette, chap stick, six matches, a cvs receipt, a couple of pills, and a coupon in his rectum. [ audience gro

to harper. 15-4 come off 34 point game in the last outing straight away 3. breaks the press.3. cal out 64 the duckÑi by 21 in the second half to win 81-71. totally opposite game for about johnny and cardinal in corvalis. josh. hello. stanford led 2 27-14 at one point in the game but san leandro cunningham this kid has some hospitals. nice play. 21 points. cunningham throwing down. come back to win 87-80. football news now. nfl scouting combine under way in indianapolis. raiders were the talk of indy. signed corner back with 3 year extension at more than 10 million dollars per year. ton of cash for somebody who played for 6 years and total of 6 interception is. couple pick last year makes you think almost certain not going to be back in silver and black next year. raiders very busy. play in the franchise tag on linebacker previously announce the team buying back his option for 3.5 million. he will make 10.5 million which is about a good raise. busy day continue for the raiders as they agree on extension with defensive tackle henderson two years 8 million. henderson played only

harper camp had a career high with 33 points but he needed 35 to force a fourth overtime first place arizona survived triple overtime 107-105. >> foster was 0 for 10 from downtown broncos couldn't slow down green and usf second half donees win 68-62 to take sole possession of second place. st. mary's won at least 20 games, mcconnell handed out 10 assists. >>> rose committed a career high 9 turn overs, and monte combined for 93 points. >> sharks beat the bruins, 2-0, a third shut out of the season sharks have won 7 of their last 8 games, that is a look at sports have a great day. >> some of the world's greatest tennis players will be gathering downtown san jose for the annual sap open it begins tomorrow morning hp pavilion and runs all week. >>> some times you never know what your new neighbors will be like. >> coming up how one family is trying to deal with a marijuana dispensary that opened up down stairs. >> phenomenon that few people get to see how a photographer got rare shots of the aurora boreal us we will be right back (announcer) roundup extended control is no ordinary weed k

. >> police are sounding an alarm about harper lee's.car bu. vehicle burglaries have doubled to one s seven and counting, they are occurring all over town, no connection. >> continued to search for suspects in the face the weekend shooting of an east palo alto man 1:45 a.m., it was in the 1900 block of capitol ave. the victim 37 your ernesto was pronounced dead at the scene. no suspects identified, police are searching for a motive. it was the first homicide of 2011. >> a lawsuit filed by family members that claim the city of san francisco's century policy contributed to that shooting of a father and his sons. there were gunned down as they sat in their car. an illegal immigrant was accused of the murder. the lawsuit says the city was a late the agenda in reporting ramos to authorities despite his contacts with police for drug offenses and a violent crimes. >> more support for oakland police, the department is on the way, press conference at city hall, we were there with the mayor, and police chief. it was announced that the city plans to rehir

i mean, there's nothing -- harper had a huge list in art history, for instance, in religion, scientific thought, philosophy, ect., all those areas disappeared. maybe the university presses would publish them, but now they all feel they have to make money too, and so a lot of them like nyu here are not even subsidized at all by the university. they have to pay rent even, so all of the possible publishers for these many fields have pretty much disappeared, and you only have a small handful of independent, some of them non-for-profit, that generate more for non-for-profit de facto that take on those books. that's why we laugh at them because we objected to the changes being imposed. we started the new press that has a non-for-profit because that's the only way to publish the books we talked about. >> this is in 1980s, and when you left, at the time, some of your former colleagues wrote a letter saying this was wasteful with money. did he make money? >> yeah, they always made some money, not a huge amount, but enough to pay our costs, the real cost that is, and what happened when they wante

army shown on the left bought every copy that harper and brothers published. he bought the mall. although once he to get his hands on in england. he bought them all and handed them out to everybody he knew. then he rode home release saying, would you please write something for the british similar to what you have britain and america. that is the book "the day of the saxon." he wrote this. this book really did not take the interest of the japanese. it took the interest of the germans. so this book was translated into german. the kaiser loved it. and homer lea had himself an international reputation as i indicated. well, okay. homer lea dies in 1912. kind of battle on and off for control of china and tell the guys in the 1920's. his books still out of print and he gets resurrected during world war two. k'ang yu-wei team, meanwhile, he was -- his family keeps his ashes. he left that he wanted to be buried in china. his wife never made any effort that i know of to have his ashes taken to china. the wife died and was cremated. he never had enough money or where with all to go to china

cal's harper camp with a career-high 33 points, drops the soft hook, puts the bears up one.ut arizona grinds out the win from there. cal's win streak snapped for 107-105 the final. cardinals striving to keep up in pac-10 play taking on asu at home. jeremy green, 5 of 5 from three-point land. drains one here. had 23 points. stanford takes it 83-75. now 12-10 overall, 5-6 in pac-10 play. moraga, sophomore matthew only ten points the past two games, he's back up last night, drops the three, had 23. they win it 79-70. usf and santa clara, rashad green leading the way. he'll get inside here for the night nice bucket. had 18 on the night. and usf beats the broncos 68-62. now second behind st. mary's in the west coast conference. warriors hoping to capitalize and keep a decent thing going after two nice wins over the bucks and jazz, facing chicago last night. a good barometer of where they are. chicago's punching some holes in that stiff chicago defense. end of the third, the inbounds alley-oop to montae ellis. that's just darn pretty. warriors take a one-point lead. ellis had 33.

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and meet my new puppy harper. what are you going to do?re joinerks. [ cheers and applause ] the weather really is exceptional here right now. in fact, today, we sent my cousin sal to the beach today to santa monica to give people who are visiting here a chance to send warm thoughts back home and to give them a taste of their own medicine. >> hi, it's amanda from iowa. >> i'm alicia from minnesota. >> hope you guys are having fun in the snow. >> while wee are in the sun. >> snee balls! >> that's from iowa and mn mp. >> oh, that's so cold. >> i want to give a shoutout to everybody who is back in nebraska, freezing their asses off. who is not on the beach right now. >> snowballs! >> go corn huskers! >> hi, i'm billy from boston. i want to say -- >> snowballs! >> how's that snow, baby? >> l.a., baby. >> snowballs! >> new york, new york! >> oh, my god. how rude! >> all my friends in new york and philly, i hope you are enjoying yourself, freezing your asses off while i'm here in sunny l.a. >> let it snow! snow bucket! >> you're in colorado while

writers in the 18th century to the present, including writers as diverse as katherine sedgwick, frances harper eds wharton, sarah warren jewett, alice nelson, gary austin, shirley jackson, i could go on and on. i want to include a reading one of these which is quite short called she and names them by ursula le guin. how many know this piece? that is my daughter, okay. [laughter] otherwise this will be something new to you and i hope you like it. it is set in the garden of eden. it is told by a very rebellious e. and it reflects very much in the times. it reflects the concern, the fascination of feminists in the 1980s with escaping from patriarchal language, the idea that the language was invented by men and therefore controls what we can express. and creating a new way of speaking and writing. soshi and names them. most of them, accepted nameless was with a perfect indifference with which they had so long accepted and it toward their names. whales and dolphins, seals and sea otters consented with particular grace and alacrity. sliding into anonymity as into their element. a faction of the acts

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. >> rick harper ez this happened to many. part of the bank is modifying the loan another part is on its own track. and towards foreclosure. >> i'm ready to go then notified the house is -- i've lost the house. >> and i was lost. i thought i was going to be homeless. >> there are still more ups and downs still to come. first saxson admitted the sale was a pift yaik due to inadd convenient -- oversight and returned the home but not before she was kicked out of the home affordable program. now hd a new mortgage company and her payments shot back up. that is when she contacted 7 on your side. >> the first bit of hope of someone listening to me. >> we got a hold and the two mortgage company as agreed to work together for us. weeks later rej yeena got good news. >> there is a 25-year fixed. >> they put her back in the home affordable program. her house payments were cut near fully half to $1660 per month and agreing toing forrive $126,000 of fees and principal over three years that is putting her back in the kitchen. >> this is me

from the 18th century to the present including writers as diverse as katherine sedgwick, francis harper, edith wharton, alice, shirley jackson -- i could go on and on. and i want to conclude by reading one of these payables it's quite show. she unnames them. how many of you know this piece? yes, my daughter. [laughter] >> otherwise, this will be something new to you and i hope you'll like it. it's set in the garden of eden. it is told by a very rebellious eve. and it reflects -- it's very much of its time. it reflects the concern, the fascination of femalists in the 1980s with the escaping prosecute -- the idea that our language is a language invented by men and, therefore, it controls what we can express. and creating a new way of speaking and writing. so she unnames them. most of them accepted namelessness with the perfect indifference with which they had so long accepted and ignored their names. whales and dolphins, seals and sea otters consented with particular grace and alacrity, sliding into anonymity as into their element. a faction of yaks, however, protest it. they said yaks so

interesting with the gao report coming out on the heels of that, president obama and prime minister harper came out with the u.s./canadian agreement, which was a wonderful step forward, they're going to put this working group together, but talking about some of the unique challenges along our border, how we can have sharing of intelligence, et cetera, et cetera. and so from a high-tech perspective of the kinds of resources that i think are necessary along the -- obviously, we're not going to build a 4,000-mile-long fence along the northern border. so certainly the kind of technology we feed to be utilizing there, as well as low tech, k-9s. there are about 60 k-9s, as i understand it, at el paso. there are zero at the blue water bridge and maybe one at the ambassador bridge. so, believe me, i'm not minimizing what's happening on the southern border, but for everything to be going on the southern border at the expense of the northern border, i think we need have a bit of a balance. even the uav missions, which i am heavily an advocate of now with a ground mission at corpus christi, and i kno

he spoke after meeting with canadian prime minister stephen harper at the white house. >> i believe that president mubarak care bses history country, he is crowd but he is also a patriot. and what i have suggested to him is that he needs to consult with those who are around him in his government. he needs to listen to what's being voiced by the egyptian people. and make a judgement about a pathway forward that is orderly. but that is meaningful and serious can. and i believe that he's already said that he's to the going to run for re-election. this is somebody whose's been in power for a very long time in egypt. having made that psychological break, that decision that he will not be running again, i think the most important for him to ask himself, for the egyptian government to ask itself as well as the opposition to ask itself is how do we make that transition effective, and lasting and legitimate. and as i said before, that's not a decision ultimately the united states makes or any country outside of egypt makes. what we can do, though, is affirm the core principleses that are going to

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that has happened in the last month, quite frankly, or even in the last year, was prime minister harper and president obama signing the shared security strategy, border strategy between our two countries. it is our number one trading partner. canada is now beginning to do or conducting some of the same kinds of things around its perimeter that we used to be concerned about coming across inland on the border. we'll be working more in light of this shared vision statement on an integrated northern border strategy. indeed, we have prepared one. it is in review right now at the omb, because as you recognize, representative, borders are law enforcement jurisdictions and you've got to protect the borders from that regard, but they are also huge trade jurisdictions. and you've got to be able to move the legitimate trade and commerce. we are very much in favor of looking at ways to preclear certain things before they -- cargo, for example, before it gets to the border so that we can relieve the pressure on the lines and the technology for being able to do that kind of thing gets better all the

that has happened in the last month, quite frankly, or even in the last year, was prime minister harper and president obama signing the shared security strategy, border strategy between our two countries. it is our number one trading partner. canada is now beginning to do or conducting some of the same kinds of things around its perimeter that we used to be concerned about coming across inland on the border. we'll be working more in light of this shared vision statement on an integrated northern border strategy. indeed, we have prepared one. it is in review right now at the omb, because as you recognize, representative, borders are law enforcement jurisdictions and you've got to protect the borders from that regard, but they are also huge trade jurisdictions. and you've got to be able to move the legitimate trade and commerce. we are very much in favor of looking at ways to preclear certain things before they -- cargo, for example, before it gets to the border so that we can relieve the pressure on the lines and the technology for being able to do that kind of thing gets better all the

. >> i hope harper is inside. i don't want her to see any of this. >>> now, it's ron claiborne.on to the wind. competing against the youngest indoor skydiving team there. that doesn't look fun there. but that sure does. >> we'll see how ron does. >>> and you've tried everything to get a good night's sleep and you just can't. we're fascinated with this whole topic, as can you tell. we have a wake-up call. what you need to do. we're not greedy. >>> we'll start with the "royal diary." the hottest wedding invitations of the year have been sent out. while kate's dress is still under wraps, we know who will be designing the hat. you're getting ready for the oscars, that's why you're out there on the west coast, good to see you, katie. >> nice to see you, too. i'm doing a different royalty. >> tell us about the invitations. who got one, who didn't? >> well, the invitations went out last week, so can you imagine it was probably a tense weekend for a lot of people who expected to be invited, possibly haven't been. or celebrated that a very stiff suitably regal invitation did land on thei

the president made the remarks with the canadian prime minister, steven harper. this is about 25 minutes. >> i am very pleased to have my great friend and partner back to the white house to reaffirm our extraordinary friendship and cooperation between the united states and canada. i would like to talk about what we accomplished today and then address the situation unfolding in egypt. the united states and canada are not simply allies, not simply neighbors. we are woven together like perhaps note two countries in the world. we are bound together by our societies, our economies, our families -- which reminds me, my brother in lost work day is today. i should call him. in our many meetings together, i have come to value his candor and getting results. although i have not had the pleasure of seeing him and his band jam to the rolling stones, i am told the videos have become a sensation on youtube. i will be checking that out after this. we have had a very successful day. our focus has been on how we increase jobs and economic growth on both sides of the border. canad

his work has appeared in numerous other publications in "the new york times," "washington post," harper's, the nation and the new republic. and i should say both of these gentlemen are high and journalists who have had wide-ranging experience. bill mcgowan is the author of only man is by all the tragedy of sri lanka, which won a prestigious award, which i unfortunately neglected to note, and coloring the news, how political correctness has corrupted american journalism for which he won a national press club award in 2002. the former editor of the washington monthly he's reporter for newsweek, the bbc, "new york times" magazine, "the washington post," the new republic, the columbia journalism review and a variety of other publications on and off line. a regular contributor of book reviews and essays to "the wall street journal" he's been a commentator on fox news, cnn, msnbc and npr. the former senior fellow at the manhattan institute he's been a media fellow at the philosophy and policy center and lives in new york city, which is why he was almost late today. [applause] or format is simpl

. >> what do you think, harper and elliot? pretty good?ne this morning. that's what they're focused on. >> that is so nice. thank you. >> who knows what's going to come up next. we're going to have cake. that's what i know. we'll see you in a moment. ngng never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i know i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physically. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. i knew that there was something really special about this event. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. it was three days of hope. of love. of empowerment. it was three days the way the w

. >> harper would love these. loves cupcakes. >> they're from crumbs.. i can vouch for them. my husband adores gummi bears. that will last you until the next valentine's day. an alternative to the traditional chocolate heart. >> this is fantastic. check this out, sam. >> we made you an entire book on all the reasons we love you. from doing the weather well, to saving the environment. you can create reasons why you love them. or they could have had prefab reasons why you love someone. it's lovebooksonline.com. we made one for my husband. but they're really, really sweet. and adorable. you should order them quickly. >> pretty fast. >> by thursday, i think. >> this is great. it's the watch of the future. you take a nano and put it in this watch band. you can upload it with a picture. put on your favorite love songs. put on all the pictures. and you have a great watch that will play music all day long. it's a cute idea. women always love jewelry. what i like about these is they're recycled silver rings, 3 for $24. they come with a promise. every time you pu

senators lieberman, collins and harper issued a statement saying that the bill does not give the president authority shut down the internet in a reason comparable to the egyptian situation. we would never -- host: and this will be the topic on our communicators program. scott is a republican in boston. has hosni mubarak been a good ally, scott? caller: well, yes. only in that he has helped keep peace with israel. but i had a comment with mohammed, where is the u.n. in all this? why extent u.n. taking a leading role in trying to organize this transition? my question, too, is if they are surviving on $2 a day. how can they have computers and cell phones? the numbers just don't seem to work. host: thank you. this is also from the hill newspaper this morning, white house reporters comp plained that too little access to the media was provided. the white house correspondent's association said its report erds have been left in the dark too noven recent days and prior to the president's statement the press corps had not received substantive update all day from the white house on egypt. in addition

they had a news conference with canadian prime minister harper. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states accompanied by the prime minister of canada. >> good afternoon, everyone. please be seated. i am very pleased to be welcoming my great friend and partner back to the white house to reaffirm our extraordinary friendship and cooperation between the united states and canada. i would like to talk a bit about what we have accomplished today and the situation unfolding in egypt. the united states and canada are not simply allies and not simply neighbors. we are woven together like no other two countries in the world. we are bound together by societies, economies, families, it is my brother-in-law's birthday today. i have to call him. and in our many meetings together, i have valued his candor and getting focused on results. i unfortunately have not yet have the pleasure of seeing him in his band jamming to the rolling stones. i hear they are on youtube, so i will check it out after the bilateral. our focus has been on how we increase jobs and economic growth on both sid

>> you will be able to ask him questions when prime minister harper is here. we have had occasions where there are still photographers only. those are part of the coverage plans that had been in place for a bit now in terms of those events. i will say this, i think we have, like you all watched a series of rapidly moving events. you have heard from the president in what's happening in egypt and we'll continue to keep you up to date as best we can on what goes on, knowing quite honestly that some things in foreign policy have to be done away from tv cameras. those are the types of direct and frank talks that the president had with president mubarak. >> will we be able to ask questions on egypt? >> i want to take the questions. first and foremost, these are very quick, rapidly moving events and we are watching them like you are. the questions specifically on aid, as i said i believe last friday, we will evaluate the actions of the government of egypt in making and reviewing decisions about aid. that continues. >> hillary clinton said that wasn't under discussion

the mcmorris rodgers-klein-session-harper amendment ensures congress keeps its promise. too often idea is overlooked in our education debates. for example, congress has yet to meet its commitment to cover 40% of a students' cost. reliable research prevents teaching and row expectations continue to plague our school systems. the lucks to idea in h.r. 1 are another example of challenges idea experiences. this amendment reaffirms there's no greater priority in congress than ensuring all children have an access -- have access to appropriate education. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and yield back. the chair: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut rise? ms. delauro: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. delauro: i rise in opposition to this amendment. providing a quality education for all students, including those with disabilities should be one of our highest priorities. so i agree with the goal of this amendment, but in fact, we are considering a republica

>> i think you will get a chance to talk to the president later in the week when prime minister harper is here. we have had a couple of occasions where there have been still photographers. those were part of the coverage plans that had been in place for a bit now in terms of those events. i will say that i think we have, like you all watch a series of rapidly-moving events -- you have heard from the president in what is happening in egypt. we will continue to keep you up- to-date as best as we can on what goes on, knowing quite honestly that some things in foreign policy have to be done away from television cameras. those other types of direct and frank talks of the president had last met with president mubarak. >> was a to avoid questions on egypt? >> i said it was not heard >> protesters are clearly unhappy with mubarak insisting that he stays in power until september. to put pressure on him, what are bought spa's -- what are the specific steps the a administration is considering to put pressure on him, could they include discontinuing a? >> these are very quick, rapidly moving event

the executive fashion and beauty editor from harper's bazaar joining us.ement mo fo to dress. tell us about it. everybody thinks it's the blue dress, but that was for the announcement. >> it's the original one from the photographs she wore. the official palace-released photograph. we have our own kate middleton wearing the dress everyone can buy. >> there she is. natalie morales. this is the actual copy of the dress. it's called the white ruffle nanette dress. >> she brought it from a 2009 collection. it's in a slightly lighter fabric for summer. it retails for $325, available if all u.s. restores on monday and online now. >> if it's anything like the blue dress you will sell a lot of them. >> yes. here is a chance for a piece of royalty. regularly it's couture pieces you can't buy. but the regular girl can afford this. >> if she has natalie's figure as well. natalie also has on a copy of the earrings that kate wore. >> these are the actual earrings from links of london. 25 stores and also in bloomingdale's. they will be roughly around the same price as th

i think harper collins kind of saw in my body of work, they saw in my wordsmithing that there was someing in those terms initially, but in reflection, the book is auto biographical in some way, because i didn't know what i was going to be when i grew up. >> and meats yowhat's your educ? >> i have a degree in architecture. but i knew it wasn't my passion, and luckily there was a job opening in the weird al field. >> you created that. but it was your dad, like it was in my life, who basically said the same thing but said it in a different way. >> the greatest gift my parents ever gave me was permission to follow my dreams. my dad said the true sign of success is being able to do what you love and be able to make a living at it. >> exactly what my dad said. find something you want to do and then figure out how to get paid for it. >> i love the picture on the back of your book. it shows you are still very childish. >> that is so sweet. what does she think of her weird daddy? >> i think she gets into it. i was a little worried growing up that it would be kind of odd for her to be the daught

another committee that i know near and dear to your harper, working together with communities throughout the country. the initiative that the first lady has undertaken, announcing with the president about one month ago, an extraordinarily important issue, wellness and education, as well as child care, of signed up by the secretaries from every department. it is a huge step forward in terms of giving visibility. >> one of the significant changes that we have made, virtually most of these family programs and those that were deployed with challenges that they faced, they were in the supplementals and local funding. over the last few years we have moved virtually all of that money into the base budget so that long after the war funding ends. this year i think we have $8.3 billion in the budget for these programs. that is about a $200 million increase over fiscal year 2011. >> i know that you're concerned goes back in terms of meeting more resources than they had before. >> i believe that electronic medical record system would be very beneficial to former military families. as well as the hea