katie hogan ran down here and got on the loud speaker, asked for everybody to come down. i came down and asked everybody to get seated. even as i asked them for five minutes, they walked down with me. they were standing right behind this door. somebody said to me, how long do we have before the news conference started. i said, guys, they are 10 feet behind me. this thing could start any moment. the only thing we were missing was the theme music and we would have been on the tv show. it was completely surreal. people at the christmas party, my staff look up and see bill clinton, president obama owned tv and came over and said what in the world happened while we were gone. the truth is you couldn't make up a story that good. it was quite a moment. >> in the west wing writer's room there were plenty of writers more talented than i was who would come up with ideas like that and i'd be the first one to say, no, it can't happen. we can't do it. i would have been wrong yet again. robert gibbs, thank you very much for insight on that west wing moment and on where we are legislati

>>hogan: probably asked the same question about asia in the nineteen seventies when you saw the asia hubs being created with cathay, with singapore, with malaysia next door to singapore. >>clark: there will never be a question of capacity outstripping demand for emirates. in truth with what we have ordered and will order we are still short of capacity even when all these airplanes are in place. >>reporter: when talking about the gulf there are no certainties but as the centre of economic gravity shifts further eastwards there are for example 2 billion people within 4 hours flying time of the uae it seems that the new breed of carrier is now cleared for takeoff. >> abirached: still to come on world business... the brave new world of automated trading, where speed is king. is shark diving in south africa a valuable tourist attraction or does it just put surfers and swimmers on the menu. coming face to face with jaws.... and the rest in just a moment on world business... >> abirached: since stocks and shares began to be traded, markets have fluctuated, sometimes wildly as confidence and

there always seems to be some kind of excitement with hulk hogan.ell. >> let's talk about this, because is there a name for this next couple who are on the outs? we have like -- you know the couples. >> you mean lie jolie and pit. i don't know, it seems to be some kind of sickness in hollywood. we're talking about sexiest man alive and the babe of the year. they announced yesterday they're calling it quits on their two year marriage. the couple started dating back in 2007, this they got married in canada back in '08. and according to a lot of published report, they have been living apart for several months. they say after long and carefully consideration on both our part, we've decided to end our marriage. we entered into our relationship with love and it's with love and kindnesses we leave it. while privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated. i actually like these guys a lot. i'm sorry to hear this news. joe hanson 26, she's fame for us roles in movies like lost in translation. she did woody allen's match point. baby of the year as i mentio

yeah, you got -- you got it over hulk hogan -- it's great.>> the most challenging thing that i have done. >> jimmy: really? >> i mean going from the rock stage to the broadway stage it's like apples and oranges. and it's exciting. >> jimmy: and it's every single day and it's like -- it never stops. >> yeah, eight shows a week, six days a week. and it's as grueling as the road. and again, amazing opportunity for me. >> jimmy: and if people don't know "rock of ages," it's basically just all classic 80's anthems, right? >> well, "rock of ages," yeah, it's a comedy, first of all, which a lot people don't realize. and it's all hits of the late '70's and '80's. and it's a couple of twisted sister songs in there. >> jimmy: oh cool. >> oh, it's a great show. i mean it's -- >> jimmy: you don't sing the twisted sister songs? >> no. it's weird. i don't sing my own songs in the show. >> jimmy: that's must drive you nuts. >> it's really weird cause -- and we recently went on tour with twisted down to south america. i was terrified that they'd go into "we'

the spring semester will be the last for hogan high school before it is converted to a middle school in the fall. it's one of several changes. cave elementary will be a language academy and mayor island elementary will be a health and fitness academy. >>> more money trouble for the cash-strapped uc system. executives are threatening to sue unless retirement benefits are increased for employees earning more than $250,000 a year. they are trying to come up with money to pay for future pennings. their plan reduces for future employees, raising the retirement age. police are trying to get to the bottom of a heist in danville. somebody stole a metal brontosaurus that came from a front lawn between monday night and tuesday evening. the ownerships plan to use emily the brontosaurus to bring in the new year. over the years, they often dress her up and anybody with information is asked to call danville police. thieves are targeting a livermore neighborhood, stealing cat lickic converters. there have been 13 reports of car parts being taken out of the springtown neighborhood area. they are val

>> let's start with hulk hogan.ly got hitched yesterday and the cops had to be called in to break up a scuffle at the ceremony. he was exchanging vows with his fiance in the backyard of his florida home and the police had to be called in to break up a fight between a security guard and photographer. the police in clear water tell "showbiz tonight" no one was arrested on site because both men agreed to leave, but the photographer showed up at the police station later on demanding a supervisor. police say they showed the man the officer's report and tell us they're not making the details public, but there always seems to be some kind of excitement when hulk hogan is involved. we want to wish the reported newlyweds well. >> okay, got some news on young stars that won't be growing old together it seems. >> this one bums me out. i liked these guys. two more very attractive stars, single again. sexiest man alive and gq's babe of the year. ryan reynolds and scarlet joh johansen. they got married in 2008 and according to to

his lawyer, frank hogan, famously said, my famous client is a rich man thoroughly scared. so mellon announced, i'm giving all my art to the people of the united states of america and i'll throw in a building so he donated the national gallery and all his art. subsequently, he became f.d.r.'s chief legal adviser as solicitor general and attorney general. what's amazing, he got bit by the bug of ambition. he desperately wanted to be chief of justice. when he was offered a regular justiceship, he said, no, i don't want that, i want the chief justice. and then roosevelt died and when truman was president, he was going to give it to him but justice black who by then hated jackson blocked it. and he went ballistic and wrote a letter to every major newspaper in the country, was on the front page of every paper, declaring that black was corrupt and he decided a case secretly to benefit his law partner who had argued the case and declared war on jackson and he managed to humiliate both of them. they were both publicly embarrassed. tavis: william douglas? >> douglas, another amazing

. >> hulk hogan, brawl at the wedding. >> a wedding and a fight breaks out. >> he got remarried yesterday to jennifer mcdaniels, his 35- year-old fiance. she's the one that looks similar to his ex-wife. and they got married at his estate down in florida. and right when they were about to do vows they spotted.speaking up and so there was a brawl. cops were called. but everything turned out to be just fine. they ended that. there were no charges pressed and they went back and finished the wedding and everything is all good today. >> wasn't one of your guys, was it dax? >> no, of course not. they're just outside of clubs and restaurants, not clubbing around on the beach. >> dax, have a great day out there. >> thank you. >> you can catch dax and the tmz crew here right after the news edge at 6. >> i'm sad for the johansson- reynolds. it was a surprise. >> they were cute. >> that's how it goes in hollywood. >> can i tell you how much i enjoyed listening to that segment. all right. >>> it sounds like a plot from a movie. millions of dollars of casino chips stolen. >>> and making your vacation e

the spring semester at hogan high school will be the last before it gets converted to a little schoolll. it's one of several changes in the district. cave elementary will be a language academy and mayor island will be a health and fitness academy. >> group on is most likely going public. the "new york times" reported they are working towards public shares bite end of 2011. it intends to sell shares at $31.59 each. the tech start up rejected a $6 billion take over bid from google. >> the clock is ticking for the raiders to make a decision about their head coach. al davis was able to take his time to decide whether to keep cables. he is not going to be able to do that so much this year. there a couple of reasons sheec. the offensive coordinator show interest in jackson. the raiders have scored 379 point this is season and that's the seventh most in fran shchis history. the nfl network said the team president will hire within the next 36 hours. he already works for the team and has been with the 49ers for six years and york said he is going to talk to bill parcells laz before making a fi

wandering around the west wing to find a reporter, so the door is locked, and they go the find katy hogann robert gibbs' office, and say, we need some reporters and gibbs said, let me set it up properly, but the whole thing sounded like it was right out of the "west wing." "west wing" being the show. >> yes, and the picture of president clinton speaking at the podium, and you see the back of president obama walking away, it is like, oh my! >> i was imagining a "saturday night live" routine where bill clinton would change the locks, and just take over. >> yeah, had the secret service would have a siege situation, yes, absolutely. >> well, he certainly taught everyone, taught every politician how to do the comeback deal in the second term, and move toward the center, and neighbor is the road map for what is to come. >> well, this is not rocket science, and he has to do something. independents just don't walk away from a party like that, and you can't continue that course. >> charlie cook, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and coming up next is michael steele going to stay or go as repub

. >> my name is eugene hogan. i am stating for a doctoral degree at brandeis university where i am studying nuclear proliferation or ways to prevent it. since tonight's topic is women and war, alice hoping to -- i was hoping to ask about challenges and opportunities that women face in public service. the challenges and opportunities for women in america, especially in the area of national security. thank you. >> i would start by noting how much things have opened up. my first tour in the pentagon, i remember hosting a lunch for senior women in the pentagon. all nine or 10 of us sat at one table. now, if i issued a similar invitation, we would burst out of the dining room. are we where we want to be? no. is it much improved? yes. what really gives me great confidence and inspiration is that there are a couple of generations right behind us. the women who are now serving as deputy assistant and at the office director level, recently out of graduate school, several years of work experience, they are coming into leade

. >> my name is eugene hogan. i am stating for a doctoral degree at brandeis university where i am studying nuclear proliferation or ways to prevent it. since tonight's topi is women and war, alice hoping to -- i was hoping to ask about challenges and opportunities that women face in public service. the challenges and opportunities for women in america, especially in the area of national security. thank you. >> i would start by noting how much things have opened up. my first tour in the pentagon, i remember hosting a lunch for senior women in the pentagon. all nine or 10 of us sat at one table. now, if i issued a similar invitation, we would burst out of the dining room. are we where wwant to be? no. is it much improved? s. what really gives me great confidence and inspiration is that there are a couple of generations right behind us. the women who are now serving as deputy assistant and at the office director level, recently out of graduate school, several years of work experience, they are coming into leadership

hogan hartson, timmons which is a small firm in and out. he used to be head of legislative affairs. these other triangles are just one individual in and out. so you can see that there was a pattern. a significant pattern of people in and out of the white house. the president thought there was a huge conflict of interest. and so one of the first things he passed, the executive order was for the first time in the history of the united states, he said no federal registered lobbyists can go into government, into the white house as mentioned, but also into executive branch level appointments, unless they go through a process of exceptions. now, the exceptions are up to 26 the last count, out of several hundred, that really stop people going in and out of the white house. there's some consequences for that which i will talk about later, this gives you a graphic description of what the president was trying to stop. if you look at reform in 2006 to the president, i'm not going to talk about all these, but you should realize there's a lot of warm gush a lot of reforms going on. that means on

you get emotional when you think about the fact that the rock wore that belt, that hulk hogan wore thatn't like to call it a belt. you can buy a belt at target. i call this a title. i won this. i'm from a reality show "the role world back to new york" and to pave my way, 10 years ago i was in a reality show and having to wear a belt and now i'm holding the real thing, real prestigious title. >> you gave me that in the break when dana was reading that news story i was supposed to read, thanks, dana, and all of a sudden, it weighs like 40 pounds. >> it looks easy right now but my arm is going like this. >> you're all pumped for this and i predict in my humble opinion you'll be a huge star. >> i'm a huge star but going to be a bigger star. >> maybe in the next fighter 2. tell me about the tribute to the troops over at fort hood. >> tribute to the troops is our eighth annual celebration. eighth annual celebration where we're kind of continuing where bob hope left off and we basically go out to fort hood this year. usually we go out to iraq or afghanistan. this year, we wanted to reach the m

hogan hartson, timmons which is a small firm in and out. he used to be head of legislative affairs. these other triangles are just one individual in and out. so you can see that there was a pattern. a significant pattern of people in and out of the white house. the president thought there was a huge conflict of interest. and so one of the first things he passed, the executive order was for the first time in the history of the united states, he said no federal registered lobbyists can go into government, into the white house as mentioned, but also into executive branch level appointments, unless they go through a process of exceptions. now, the exceptions are up to 26 the last count, out of several hundred, that really stop people going in and out of the white house. there's some consequences for that which i will talk about later, this gives you a graphic description of what the president was trying to stop. if you look at reform in 2006 to the president, i'm not going to talk about all these, but you should realize there's a lot of warm gush a lot of reforms going on. that means on

. >> my name is eugene hogan. i am stating for a doctoral degree at brandeis university where i am studying nuclear proliferation or ways to prevent it. since tonight's topic is women and war, alice hoping to -- i was hoping to ask about challenges and opportunities that women face in public service. the challenges and opportunities for women in america, especially in the area of national security. thank you. >> i would start by noting how much things have opened up. my first tour in the pentagon, i remember hosting a lunch for senior women in the pentagon. all nine or 10 of us sat at one table. now, if i issued a similar invitation, we would burst out of theining room. are we where we want to be? no. is it much improved? yes. what really gives me great confidence and inspiration is that there are a couple of generations right behind us. the women who are now serving as deputy assistant and at the office director level, recently out of graduate school, several years of work experience, they are coming into leaders