gladys horton has died in a los angeles nursing home. product of the detroit suburb of inkster, she was 15 when she recorded "postman." she left the business to care for her handicapped son. gladys horton was 66. >>> two men from the world of politics in the news because of lawsuits they filed. first, congressman dennis kucinich is suing the cafeteria in the house of representatives because of an olive pit in a sandwich he purchased there three years ago. kucinich alleges it caused serious and permanent dental damage. he's asking for $150,000. >>> and former minnesota governor jesse ventura is suing the tsa. he was forced to undergo one of those now famous airport patdowns because he's got a titanium hip that sets off the detector. he said it amounts to an unreasonable search of his person and he wants a federal judge to order officials to stop what he calls their warrantless and suspicionless searches. a lot of passengers probably agree with him. >>> when we come back, the mystery of the florida keys has been solved. we now know how tha

she got a phone call that horton foot the great play write just died. it was full circle from kill a mockingbird to this moment. he was on the present. he was there. she told me, i got very moved. it was so ironic. and then the most specific way. tavis: when you look back on kill a mockingbird 50 years later. >> 50 years. tavis: you see it and think what? >> you know, i started out in the theater but i rather -- do films, because you don't have to do it eight times a week. and i have had a wonderful career and i'm very grateful. it -- still there's more before the -- before i drool. there's more. i want to do more. gene hackman is a wonderful actor, he's retired. god bless him. i heard he was ill. i haven't been in touch with him. like, i think it was michael crain or somebody said, you don't retire, the business retires you. when the business retires me, i'll be ready. i want to do a few more things. it is a wonderful business to be able to do -- certain things. i only -- lone some dove was my favorite. the -- departure from that is when i played josep

>>horton: great policy environment here. california has always showed real leadership, in addition we've got alot of venture capital funds...a lot of access to capital here in the state. >>since 2006 california has collected about a third of global cleantech venture capital, close to $12b....all state legislation demands that one third of its energy come from clean technology by 2020......and right across the nation...cleantech is now largely being driven by state, rather than federal policy. >>floyd: half the states in the country have what's called a renewable electricity standard. which is a very strong market driver. it says the states are committed to getting 20, 25% of their energy from renewables by a certain time frame. >>reporter: last year the us exported around $8b worth of cleantech products, compared to $23b for china and $20billion for germany. as a percentage of gdp, the usa ranks 19th in the world for selling clean techproducts...so industry insiders are now trying to convince washington that cleantech can pr

i always told horton foot he should see this movie. he was 93 and still writing.ell, what happened was, i wanted him to see this movie because to remind him of his writing. the first day i was giving this speech on to the crowd, from -- for their benefit. >> rose: yes. >> the mule comes along with a koff in for when i really die, the casket. >> rose: right. >> and the phone rings off camera, while the camera is rolling, my wife gets the message that horton foot just died. >> rose: my gosh. >> it was like full circle from to kill a mockingbird. it was like erie, like he was there. it was kind of beautiful but strange and sad at the -- it was very poignant. >> he was a great american voice for you. >> 11 of the greats of everybody and he is getting realized more and more and more. i have met young actors very good stage acts tordz who have never heard of horton foot, how have you not heard of him in. >> he is one of our great writers. more and more he will be more and more recognized. >> rose: boo rad difficult, did he come out of the script or -- >> boo? i went to

>>horton: great policy environment here.has always showed real leadership, in addition we've got alot of venture capital funds...a lot of access to capital here in the state. >>since 2006 california has collected about a third of global cleantech venture capital, close to $12b....all state legislation demands that one third of its energy come from clean technology by 2020......and right across the nation...cleantech is now largely being driven by state, rather than federal policy. >>floyd: half the states in the country have what's called a renewable electricity standard. which is a very strong market driver. it says the states are committed to getting 20, 25% of their energy from renewables by a certain time frame. >>reporter: last year the us exported around $8b worth of cleantech products, compared to $23b for china and $20billion for germany. as a percentage of gdp, the usa ranks 19th in the world for selling clean techproducts...so industry insiders are now trying to convince washington that cleantech can provide real j

housing starts fell to their lowest level in a year, sending dr horton and henard down 3%. american airline parent amr says it lost less money than last quarter but shares still sank 7%. this morning's "wall street journal" reports the nation's number three fast food chain is planning to sell arby's in order to beef up its expansion of its wendy's chain. keep an eye on ebay after the bell yesterday, the on-line auction site reported healthy holiday sales. and finally, pricey homes may be a tough sell here. but across the pond, a new complex in london is already 60% sold. the ultralux units with priceless city views are going for as much as $150 million. a girl can dream. >>> coming up -- dallas tags the champs, orlando relies on overtime magic, and the nba mega trade fizzles out. plus, the man at the center of all that trade talk lets his dunks do the talking. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> our snowstorm in the middle of the country will head to the east coast, as a mini snowstorm. your thursday forecast is coming up. you're watching "early toda

horton up over 3%. job optimism sent employment agency monster worldwide up more than 3.5%. since the end of october, monster has surged more than 73%. size in the economy is improving, weakened demand for low treasury investments pushing their yields higher. in reaction to those higher bond rates, the dollar rose against other currencies, but not all stocks were winners. family dollar stores dropped almost 9% after reporting lower than expected first quarter earnings. and bj's wholesale club fell over 2% after announcing it will cut jobs and close five stores. elsewhere, cell phone chip maker qualcomm is making a play to get into the tablet computer market, buying the technology company for $3.2 billion. finally, it's a national icon, but it's also a symbol of the american housing market. according to the real estate website zillo over the last three years, the white house has lost almost a quarter of its value, down to $253 million. >>> well, rondo is giving mood in beantown, a thriller in new jersey, and who got the call into baseball's hallowed hall? >>> plus, did the ha

restrictions they in fact loosened them can anybody else explain the point of this i'm going to call scott horton of harper's magazine to talk about the changes at the end of the show but now let's move on to the night's top story. mark twain's the adventures of huckleberry finn is the fourth most banned book in the united states so now comes news that one english professor auburn university in montgomery alan greenblatt approached publishers with the idea of changing the literary work to make it more reader friendly the n. word will be replaced by slave the word engine over placed by indian parents teachers anyone else out there who's trying to protect the nation's children from offensive words they don't like the two hundred nineteen times of the n word was used in this book despite its historical context the social commentary that it provides and critics are now. now foaming at the mouth they're calling it censorship the destruction of a literary masterpiece but is this just another sign that political correctness in this country is going too far or if not even political correctness than perha

penalties for any violators so what was the point of all of that when joining me to discuss it is scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harper's magazine scott thanks so much for joining us tell me first when you think happened here i mean there was all this pressure right from the pentagon pressure from congress we thought that they were going to make the regulations more strict and then come december twenty ninth they loosened them talk about a one hundred. well i'd say grandfather frost arrived on the scene with a nice big present for raytheon and now a bird that's what we have of the day if you read through the regulation that finally came out of the pentagon and it looks like something that a major defense contractor would have written it not only does not have stringent new rules it goes so far as to say that you know if in the event he does have a serious conflict it must be allowed to a million or eat it in some way build a chinese wall or an anti conflict wall or something of this sort so you know i think it's certainly not the case that all depen

well, they asked daniel horton who was the head of the company in the '70s, aren't you concerned? do you know where this money's going? he said, well, not really. i mean, i give it to the agents, and i get the sale. that's all i care about, you know? i mean, it must work. i pay the guy, and i get is sale. >> host: as the other party's not mentioning, the last part, i get some too. [laughter] >> guest: you know, so they really sort of pioneered this in the '50s, but then in the '70s they had a whole other round of it because they were on the verge of bankruptcy. and they desperately thesed to sell the l-1011 airliner which they had put a lot of money into, weren't getting a lot of sales, and they were afraid they were going to sink the company. so they went through the whole routine again in japan. they even had a per-head, you know, you've got to pay the prime minister 1.7 million, but then this other guy needs 1.7 million, this level of minister needs 200,000. and, you know, the guy who did this for lockheed was so proud of it he wrote a book, "70 days over tokyo," which was, you

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