but all those teams at u, baltimore, houston, and pittsburgh. and the jets very likely to be at u 7. let me ask you this. peyton manning has been in the league 12 years, never injured. you have a 15-10 lead in the third quarter and you have a football. one more peyton manning drive down the field might be enough to lock the game down and then you can keep the perfect soon -- season going. phil: apparently you care more about the perfect season than they do. that's what they were saying by taking him out. it's not a factoror in what they do. jim: what a nice save by champ bailey. phil: it was an excellent job by bailey. he is all over desean jackson. donovan mcnabb, just hops up right in place and when he stands tall, which he did there, he puts it on the money. again champ bailey, we saw it earlier. came underneath, got an interception. jim: bailey is in the middle of the field. he had made that diving play over on the near sideline and just a little groggy and not able to get all the way back across to the other sideline. they're forcing philad

host: talking about bernie madoff and stadium employees removing letters from the enron field in houston. former president george bush and his mission accomplished speak. the weeks of discussion on television talk shows. host: we are talking about zee finding moments of the decade for the next two or three minutes. the next call on the line. caller: i'll have to say the biggest story is the fall of the american empire. we are no longer respected around the world like we used to be. no matter if it is george bush

sam houston state shot well. and made a lot of threes. kentucky had their hands full. >> matt: tigers coming off a loss to florida state. channels at the buzzer. that is the end of the first half. kentucky is a good half of basketball. as they shoot 51% from the floor. six of nine from behind the arc. perfect at the free-throw line. outrebound them by hefty 21-11. all those numbers add up to a 14-point lead for wildcats at the break. halftime coming up from rupp arena after this time-out. as kentucky closes in on win number 2,000. >>> halftime at rupp arena where the kentucky wildcats lead the austin peay governo governors. as we approach conference play, there are freshman starting to stand out in the crowd. take a look at bob wenzell top five impact freshmen this season. >> living up to enormous expectations seems to be no problem for this year's college freshman player. john wall of kentucky is exciting, entertaining and explosive scorer. he uses the dribble to get anywhere he wants on the floor. he has tremendous feel for the game. ge

just go to houston, texas, when a small business owner in houston wrote to me and said, "the proposed health care bill is going to have a negative impact on my business because the cost of employee health insurance will go up." quote -- "i don't believe what some are saying that costs will go down. this bill does not make common -- economic common sens sense." those are true words from a small business owner in houston, texas, who i suspect has greater understanding of what this bill will be than some of the so-called experts here inside the beltway. we know from the congressional budget office, though, that the premiums for an average american family under this bill will go up $2,100 a year for those purchasing insurance on their own, in the so-called individual market. an independent study talked about premiums in texas specifically and said that premiums in texas for those who purchase insurance on their own will go up by -- b for 61%. 61% of texans purchasing their insurance on their own, their premiums will go up under this bill. what in the world are we doing? under the reid bil

. >> the stinky neighborhood, because it sits next to the houston ship channel. largest petro chemical coplt in north america. a study released in 2006 show the concentration of known carcinogens was significantly higher than any other city in the u.s. >> i'm not ignorant. kids get sick in the country with fresh air. but this had something to do with it. >> her suspicions were confirmed in 2007 when the university of texas released a study showing children living within two miles of the ship channel have a 56% greater chance of getting leukemia. a 56% greater chance. while there's no clear-cut link, it's the first study showing an association between the ship channel's air quality and childhood leukemia. the risk is not just cancer. ben ze the chemicals are also known to cause respiratory diseases and birth defects. so if we know all of this, why is it happening? for one thing, weak laws. and we'll go into that in a second. but the other reason, says environmental law professor tom mcgarty, is because of race. 90% of the people who live in the neighborhood are hi

host: there was an election in houston for mayor, and if you go to the houston chronicle web site, moreails. annise parker wins houston race for mayor, which means she will be the first openly gay mayor in houston. the former attorney was attempting to become the city's second elected black mayor. a lot of anti-gay rhetoric, but apparently annise parker is the apparent winner. more from the houston chronicle dot com. caller from ohio. caller: i think we've reached the tipping point. we may well stee what the civil war could not do, the undoing of this country from a fiscal standpoint. and i suspect that texas will be the first to withdraw from this union, bissed on the fact it was a republican who came in and has the only legal right apparently to withdraw from the union. if that happens, you will see the demice of the -- demiesñr o the united states. you cannot snub your nose at god for -- or the constitution. you cannot spend your way out of a resession when you don't have the money. we have borrowed on credit cards tot maximum, and this may well be the year of the tipping point. i th

they are pastors of the lakewood church in houston.l's new book is "it's your time -- finding favor, restoration and abundance in every day life." it's already a major best seller. central message is? >> we're not supposed to put our lives on hold just because there's difficult times. when you believe that's when all things are possible. just seems like there's so much negative news these days with the recession and other things going on, people seem to be just so down. so i wanted eed write a book t would lift their spirits. >> larry: isn't it hard when there's christmas time, christianity's time. people are out of work, being foreclosed. isn't the hope you're giving them kind of ethereal? what is it based on? >> well, i think it's based on the scripture that when you believe that's what they lous god to work in your life. the on sit is to be down, be depressed, be bitter. all that does is not only make your life miserable, but it doesn't allow god to do great things. god works when we believe, when we have faith, when we get up each

emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of citizen's park with candles pile out. the phillies flag flew at half-staff. >> i literally grew up only listening and knowing the voice of harry callus for the phillies. >> the thing about it is that he probably passed up in the booth the way -- being in the place that he would have loved. >> thankfully we have

. >> host: we have a couple calls from houston here, first to rick on our republican line, go ahead for larry larry klayman. >> caller: how y'all doing this morning? i got a few comments, but i just want to say that this man is an eagle, and that's what we need. we don't need a bunch of ducks swirling in the same pond be, crapping in it and eating out of it at the same time. what i want to say to nancy pelosi and dick cheney, the reason i don't like what was going on at guantanamo bay is because it reminded me of how you all used to string black people up, put ropes around their neck, hang 'em naked while you beat with them. this health care bill, the fda is not watching out for us and it's simply a big bailout for the health industry for all these doctors and all this, and the last thing that i want to say is with these illegal aliens here, you can look at this housing crisis, you can look at this health care crisis, and you can look at this school crisis with these kids -- you say you don't want to leave any kids behind, but these schools are so filled up with illegal aliens, look at

"the houston chronicle" and their analysis of the election in houston over the weekend. 11 newspaperat this morning, inside "usa today." white house backed out for the holidays. photos from inside-the white house that will greet bankers today as they meet with president obama. last call, from rome, n.y., james an independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment in the but about the unemployment -- on the unemployment. i was making $40,000 to $50,000 between salary and commission. what is going on now, with the amount of the economy and what is going on, the tree is getting shaken. these companies are taking commissions and your benefits and cutting them so bad that you can't even afford to live and pay your bills and then eventually you have to go look for another job which cost you more money. i ended up getting fired because -- host: what job did you get fired from? caller: i was going insurance selling, home and auto. i used to do mortgages, unfortunately. i caught a big brunt of this, maybe $1,200 a month i lost almost instantly and i have not been able

conversely, he's about 5'9" but he's tough from houston, texas. he doesn't back down from anybody. a ve >> barry: fourth team foul for the cowboys. couldn't hang onto it. gulley to the basket. well-defended by green, got a hand on it, but count the basket coming back and won by matt pilgrim. >> marques: nice job running the floor by matt pilgrim, transfer by hampton university by way the kentucky. did a nice job running the floor. there are certain guys you play with when they're going through a speed for a lay-up, it's like an automatic two points if you run hard enough and play it off the backcourt. >> barry: pilgrim converts a three-point play, and cowboys take the lead. >> marques: great pressure in the backcourt. a lot of physicality of different names to that. there are two defenders to it. he's not allowing mann to catch the basketball. great defense for oklahoma state. >> barry: this man is posting up, and it's off the glass. rebound knocked out of bounds by the cowboys. stanford will maintain possession. oklahoma state on a 7-0 run. they lead it 9-6, 15:52 remaining to the

i did not come across anybody except for an oil man in houston. i doubti t would have done a loto f damage. -- a lot of damage. >> in order to be seen as a good ally and reap the benefits that would produce, was it necessary for us to go in with the strength that we did? could we have made a smaller contribution to the operation? >> i'm sure we could've made a smaller contribution to the operation. it was not in the heart of a military plan, along the spectrum of military persistence, what made us fix on the large land force. i remember being told by a member of the administration quite early in 2002, we were apparently planning to send more or less what we did send. i'll always have to say, if it came the war. -- if it came to war. in addition to political support, it would've been greatly received and had done no damage to our reputation inside the administration or the american people at large. >> what benefits to british interests did we gain, did we advance by the role that we took? >> that is a great question. it is one that much preoccupied

he had to get this houston bank clearing number everyday.s in a little box. it was a multimillion-dollar number. one day, the c at thgot the cens wrong. he got called up and really beaten up by the editor. he went out after words, feeling hangdog about it, and his senior but is said, hey, you better get out of town. you better be careful. you discovered that that little number was the key to the gambling numbers game. the last five digits of the clearing number was important. he had put down 27 cents instead of 17 cents and now his life was in danger. [laughter] in one contract negotiation, he shocked the suits at cbs. he did not want a raise. he wanted three months off. he wanted a new contract that paid him the same, but for nine months of work. they were jolted, to say the least. there was fear of the evaporating ratings if he was gone for three months. the editor at the time came up with what seemed like a reasonable solution. he said, walter should name his assignment. so for three months, they would say, walter is on assignment. walter

houston -- that makes you guys like the home team. one of the oldest vessels in the nation. i was honored -- oldest festivals in the nation. i was honored to have won that award. host: is it out in general this tradition yet? -- general distribution yet? guest: not yet, but i hope people see this today -- there is another festival and there will be a program in berkeley. even today, i am optimistic that opportunities will come. i am looking for the right distributor to take "moon beat" to audiences around this country and around the world. host: new mexico, on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. cannot wait to see your movie. guest: thank you. caller: i really appreciate what you're doing, but because the space program has always got a bad rap of wasting money, gitmo said the technology we have today has come from that. -- yet most of the technology we have today has come from that. but nasa has tested successfully as the personnel carrier -- within the next couple of months or year we will see that aries 5, which will be ab

next call from houston, texas. supportive of the bill. caller: yes. just of the fact that more people can get healthcare coverage is a great thing. not only that, we have seen conditions now that get insured. my sister is in the healthcare field and she doesn't even have insurance because it's not affordable. when they said more people are against this bill. who did they interview? they didn't talk to the mother of a child with a preexisting condition. the fact that it is even happening, i'm just elated about it. i'm excited. host: "washington post" off beat story today. the headline, senate and house must now find image yik pill. writing democrats are already outlining a strategy that can satisfy the more liberal house without upsetting the pain taking senate. the search for an acceptable substitute for a government-run insurance plan that those without medical coverage could pump, a provision the house designed to compete with private insurers. host: baltimore. you are opposed? caller: yes. the lady that called about 15 minutes ago. it's the most be

next call from houston, texas. supportive of the bill. caller: yes.t of the fact that more people can get healthcare coverage is a great thing. not only that, we have seen conditions now that get insured. my sister is in the healthcare field and she doesn't even have insurance because it's not affordable. when they said more people are against this bill. who did they interview? they didn't talk to the mother of a child with a preexisting condition. the fact that it is even happening, i'm just elated about it. i'm excited. host: "washington post" off beat story today. the headline, senate and house must now find image yik pill. writing democrats are already outlining a strategy that can satisfy the more liberal house without upsetting the pain taking senate. the search for an acceptable substitute for a government-run insurance plan that those without medical coverage could pump, a provision the house designed to compete with private insurers. host: baltimore. you are opposed? caller: yes. the lady that called about 15 minutes ago. it's the most beauti

emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of citizen's park with candles pile out. the phillies flag flew at half-staff. >> i literally grew up only listening and knowing the voice of harry callus for the phillies. >> the thing about it is that he probably passed up in the booth the way -- being in the place that he would have loved. >> thankfully we have

i need somebody in houston by five. i'm your man, sir. six a.m. to omaha. who's taking one for the team? that's be me, sir. steve-o! that's what i'm talking about. steve, can you make it to buffalo by four? anyone seen steve? enjoy your trip. we will. thank you. we know why you fly. we're american airlines. >> the number of flu cases will soon be on the rise. and with the recent onset of the h1n1 virus, many people are concerned about their health and safety. we can all fight the flu virus by taking four simple steps. number 1: get vaccinated every year. number 2: if you do have the flu, stay home so you avoid spreading it to others. number 3: always cover your sneezes and coughs. and number 4: wash your hands frequently. [running water] for the latest information in flu prevention tips, please visit flu.gov. in flu prevention tips, please visit flu.gov. >>> moments away from the opening tip-off between miami and boston college, the third member of our broadcast team had a chance to sit down and talk with our head coach, frank haith. >> reporter: coach, you

it even snowed last week in houston. it never snows in houston. a snow in houston is about as frequent as a hurricane in iowa. but the warmers again have changed the name of that catastrophe and now no longer global warming but climate change. that is a safe bet because the climate does change every day. and why would they do this? what's the motivation for them to cook the books on global cooling or warming or climate change? it's money. according to the documents, the british university, at the center of the climategate scandal has received millions of dollars. they stand to receive $1 billion in funding this year alone. global wampling is big business. fox news reported that former vice president al gore may be the first world's carbon billionaire. he preaches fear in the name of global warming. that is what capitalism is all about but it's not ok to earn money and at the same time enforce regulations on the american people based upon science that is not a fact. in the real world of science, if your calculations are wrong and by data and observ

ahoy our guest is ahoy joining us -- host: our guest is joining us from houston.we're talking climate change and as you look toward copenhagen, dr. hansen, what are you most hope for from the son of feddis -- the summit of the starting today? half guest: we're going to have to get on a very different track and what is being talked about by the political leaders because if you look at the problem and see how much carbon and we are getting from oil, gas, and coal, what you quickly realize is that we're going to have to phase out emissions from coal. and we're going to have to prohibit emissions from the on conventional fossil fuels like tarzan'tar sands, hot but if yok at what is happening around the world, the united states just signed an agreement with canada related to the pipeline to carry tar sands to the united states, so, in fact, the actions that are needed are not being taken. what is being talked about for copenhagen amounts to what were called indulgences in the middle ages, when the singers at the end of the year could purchase from the catholic church

he had to get this houston bank clearing number everyday.x. it was a multimillion-dollar number. one day, the c at thgot the cens wrong. he got called up and really beaten up by the editor. he went out after words, feeling hangdog about it, and his senior but is said, hey, you better get out of town. you better be careful. you discovered that that little number was the key to the gambling numbers game. the last five digits of the clearing number was important. he had put down 27 cents instead of 17 cents and now his life was in danger. [laughter] in one contract negotiation, he shocked the suits at cbs. he did not want a raise. he wanted three months off. he wanted a new contract that paid him the same, but for nine months of work. they were jolted, to say the least. there was fear of the evaporating ratings if he was gone for three months. the editor at the time came up with what seemed like a reasonable solution. he said, walter should name his assignment. so for three months, they would say, walter is on assignment. walter thought that wa

i need somebody in houston by five. i'm your man, sir. six a.m. to omaha.g one for the team? that's be me, sir. steve-o! that's what i'm talking about. steve, can you make it to buffalo by four? anyone seen steve? enjoy your trip. we will. thank you. we know why you fly. we're american airlines. >>> we start with football. a lot at stake. nothing at stake all at the same time in indianapolis. the colts a victory away from the home field advantage throughout the playoffs and a new all-time consecutive regular season wins record. a loss, well, they still tie the record with 21 straight and home field will still be here later in the season. denver comes in a game behind san diego in the west. colts have already clichlged the south. peyton manning, 12-0. looking for number 22 in a row. manning, back in the end zone. later second quarter, marshall was active. gives the ball to a fan in a marshall jersey. didn't know what to do. bring on the tears. the best moment of my life. marshall catches his 20th ball of the game. five yard touchdown. marshall set the record

court than the night in 1983 when his underdog wolfpack tried to conquer the high-flying cougars of houston. >> driving for the basket. down to the second. clinton berg. it's a long way. they won it! >> they used to see outfielders crash into the wall to make a play. but in 1981, riley mccray took his commitment of dense to a whole different level when he ran through the fence at portland's park. mccray was lucky and walked away with only minor scrapes and bruises. >>> sock iris the most popular sport on the planet. except, of course, in america. so when the world famous david beckham went looking for a new team to play for, who expected him to come to the states? >> the decision to join the galaxy wasn't hard. >> $250 million over five years is what david will make. >> i'm coming there not to be the superstar. i'm coming there to be part of the team on the american side. it's very exciting for me and my family as well. ? fans have endured a century worth of failure and bad cluck. in 2003 the team was within five outs to the trip to the world series when madam misfortune reared her ugly hea

guest for the next 40 minutes and if you want to get involved, the numbers are on your screen out of houstontexas, our line for republicans, go ahead. caller: good morning. i am a republican and i believe that you have to have an extensive security system. it seemed like it is too convenient and things keep happening in the world today to further take our freedoms. are you familiar with false swag terrorism? obama said that if the epa is going to enforce the carbon emissions, that has to go hand- in-hand with terrorism. hguest: one of the problems that government officials face is a number of conspiracy theorists. they believe that the threat of terrorism is not real. that hobbles the government in its efforts to convince americans they should not live in fear but at the same time, they should take these threats -- seriously. there's a sense of complacency cents 9/11. there have been a number of homegrown plots. generally speaking, there has not been a successful terror attack, which is a good thing. because those plots of an episode, they have not been bunched together, it has led to a sens

uses that gument, i would say that runningaster trains in north america d providing public trait in houston is so much morlogical than people driving s guzzling cars and s.u.v.s. so you know,hese things are not decided byack of the envelope calculaons. if you ask people give up cars, you' got to chge the mindsets. you got to change values. >> reporter: despite his skeptici on the climate question, pachauris delhi-sed ergy and research institute has rtnered with ramanathan sie he has no argument othe heth issue. me 1.5 million people worldwiddie each year from some 1.5 million people in iia alone die each yr from inhaling ioor pollutants rarely seen the developed world, says idemiologist kalpanbalakrishnan, with sri ramachandra unersity, in chennai. just to give you a comparis valu- many indoor settings in developed countries th do not have this partular source of particulates are ithe range of 25 to 50 micrograms. no more than that in a tical unimproved rural household you could be as high as an oer of magnitude more, 400 t500 microgra. >> ( trslated ): so to adjust the flame, you tn this b

. >> larry: houston elected a lesbian mayor. thought? >> she's been a good friend of our church.he's going to be hopefully a great mayor. >> larry: she had a partner for a long time, right? >> you know, i don't really know her as far as how long, but she was a good friend of our church. she was one of the council people who voted for us to get the compaq center, so that was great. >> larry: have you come a long way in that area. i know you're against same-sex marriage, but in the other areas of equality. >> i think so. parker ran on the issues, not on, you know, a gay agenda. she served our city for many, many years. she's been a friend of our church. >> larry: washington, d.c. passed the same-sex marriage. although you're against it, do you have a feeling it's coming? >> you know what? i don't know. it seems like that the majority of votes that i see, the places that have voted, have voted against it. maybe i'm not up to speed. i thought i read where 37 states -- >> larry: they get closer, the votes. >> i'm not necessarily afraid. it's my wish that we would keep marriage strictl

to double the premiums for an average family of four in houston, texas. that just makes things worse. premiums could go up for -- up to 20% higher for small businesses struggling to provide benefits for their employees. you know, the worst part about this, mr. president, is these kinds of so-called reforms have been tried before and they have failed miserably. for example, in new jersey and new york, both have tried the kinds of mandates, community ratings, guaranteed issue, these other things that sound a little arcane but which have had the impact of skyrocketing premiums in those states and causing insurance companies to leave the market rather than bearing these financial and regulatory burdens, many of them say you know what? we're out of here, leaving people with less choices and higher premiums. and then there is the medicaid-medicare cost shift. for example, medicare pays about 80% of what private insurance does to a doctor or a hospital, medicaid even less. and so these providers have to make it up somewhere else, so what they end up doing is cha

in a seat first held by sam houston in 1846. sometimes the senate is referred to as the world's greatest deliberative body. and i think that certainly -- that description is the -- is a description that inspires school children and lovers of this great democracy of ours to admire and respect this body. but i have to tell you, i think the world's greatest deliberative body might not apply to this particular piece of legislation. it might, rather, be called the world's biggest railroad because of the railroading of the legislation that was revealed here only yesterday by senator reid, cooked up behind closed doors with a variety of interest groups negotiating deals on the side. deals that are unknown. we know some of those pertain to hospitals. some to the pharmaceutical companies. and then i heard one of our other senators from north carolina yesterday said, well, really we should call this the price is right. because we know a number of senators held out for various inducements -- financial inducements to encourage them to get t

i mentioned kelsey seabold in houston, texas. private-sector innovators have been doing this through the medicare advantage program already. the delivery system reforms in the reid bill would allow medicare to experiment with different approaches to changing physician incentives such as accountable care organizations or physician quality reporting initiative. will they work? well, i happen to think they will. but we do know that private-sector innovators have already figured out how to change physician incentives in the sorts of ways that we really ought to be doing more of and not punishing by cutting medicare advantage. one medicare advantage plan health spring serves 20,000 seniors in my state. they have been a leader in changing the incentives for physicians to focus on quality rather than quantity. i met with their leadership and heard how they've done it. what they've knolled me is they're -- told me is they are a collaborative partnership with their physicians. they call it partnership for quality. physicians are accountab

>>reenivasanand farther south,eavy rain overnit knocked out por at houston's hobby aiort. electric ticket machines shut downand travelers had to wait in long lines to che in nually. the storm, whi tore through the southwest earlier this wk, is expted to lurch toward an already slushy east coasby week's end. pope benedict xvi had scare this eveni as he celebrated christmas eve mass a woman jumped surity barriers int. peter's basilica and knocked the pontiff do. e procession halted, and guards began running tthe pope's aid. but was unhurt and continued th the celebration. vatican ofcials said the woman was apparently mentally unstab. in the middle east, thousands of pilgrims ghered in bethlehem under tight serity as singers, ck bands and dancers peormed. bombttacks across iraq took the lis of at least 27 people, as major shiite religious obseance nears its end. in hilh, south of baghdad, twin explosions kied 13 and woded 74 others. mostere shiite pilgrims on their way to the city of karbala. pilgrimsnd a funeral processionere also targets of multiple bombs in baghdad neighbh

i need somebody in houston by five. i'm your man, sir. six a.m. to omaha. who's taking one for the team? that's be me, sir. steve-o! that's what i'm talking about. steve, can you make it to buffalo by four? anyone seen steve? enjoy your trip. we will. thank you. we know why you fly. we're american airlines. jarvis. >> steve: back at the woodsen classic. we're seeing a guy who is about as big as a blade of grass, 6'7", 175, ravern johnson, but this young man can shoot the basketball. >> marcus: just slide him underneath the door. he does -- he does one thing extremely well and that's knock down the open jump shots and a little bit of variety of the he's put it on the floor on a couple of plays, takes it down to the basket strong and comes off the dribble jump shot. ravern johnson has really been a surprise in terms of the impact that he has had on this game in the first half 16 points and 16 minutes out of lyon, mississippi. ravern johnson jarvis. >> steve: and he's also part of a defense that leads the s.e.c. in scoring defense, field goal defense and rebou

"the houston chronicle" and their analysis of the election in houston over the weekend. 11 newspapero look at this morning, inside "usa today." white house backed out for the holidays. photos from inside-the white house that will greet bankers today as they meet with president obama. last call, from rome, n.y., james an independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i wanted to comment in the but about the unemployment -- on the unemployment. i was making $40,000 to $50,000 between salary and commission. what is going on now, with the amount of the economy and what is going on, the tree is getting shaken. these companies are taking commissions and your benefits and cutting them so bad that you can't even afford to live and pay your bills and then eventually you have to go look for another job which cost you more money. i ended up getting fired because -- host: what job did you get fired from? caller: i was going insurance selling, home and auto. i used to do mortgages, unfortunately. i caught a big brunt of this, maybe $1,200 a month i lost almost instantly and i have not be

and on that day in houston at mission control, there was a great cheer that went up and the average agese systems engineers was 26. which means that when they heard that challenge, their average age was 18. all over the world this new generation is rising to be a part of this solution and we are counting on them. but ladies and gentlemen, they are counting on us. we have got to rise to this challenge. there was an old african proverb that says if you want to go quickly, along. if you want to go far, go to get there. we have to go far quickly. we have got to get our act together quickly. and we must because not too many years from now that next generation will look back on these first years of the twenty-first century and they will ask one of two questions. if they see the earth undergoing this process of destruction and civilization itself is threatened, they would be justified in looking back at us and asking what were you thinking? did you just choose to ignore the global scientific community? didn't you notice the north polar ice caps melting completely? were you watching dancing wit

. >> sreenivasan: and farther south, heavy rain overnight knocked out power at houston's hobby airport. electronic ticket machines shut down, and travelers had to wait in long lines to check in manually. the storm, which tore through the southwest earlier this week, is expected to lurch toward an already slushy east coast by week's end. pope benedict xvi had a scare this evening as he celebrated christmas eve mass. a woman jumped security barriers in st. peter's basilica and knocked the pontiff down. the procession halted, and guards began running to the pope's aid. but he was unhurt and continued with the celebration. vatican officials said the woman was apparently mentally unstable. in the middle east, thousands of pilgrims gathered in bethlehem under tight security as singers, rock bands and dancers performed. bomb attacks across iraq took the lives of at least 27 people, as a major shiite religious observance nears its end. in hillah, south of baghdad, twin explosions killed 13 and wounded 74 others. most were shiite pilgrims on their way to the city of karbala. pilgrims and a fune

robertson has been buying up names to names sump as tea party, tea party of houston and 1776 tea party and so often. i guess he didn't think of the name tea party society because now for some reason this -- assume this -- yes. felicia creighton and her associates are basically saying that he is buying uprights to the name of different tea parties that people can think of and then selling them back to the people who want to do business with him. so why aren't you in stores as people who actually each because the tea party is supposed to be against taxes. host: let's hear from mr. robert sovereign. 2k3w0eu7 i'm glad you fwrauth that up. the cravens is a republicans preaching chair in harris county and she actually took donations even though i put a lot of money into the tea party movement. i bauth those url's after i started the tea party movement and when she legally started to collect donations and by the way, i'm not suing her. i'm a christian i don't believe you should be going is out suge people. i've asked to talk to her privately and all she did was come out and slander me. i cont

houston -- that makes you guys like the home team. guest: they run one of the oldest vessels in the nation. i was honored -- oldest festivals in the nation. i was honored to have won that award. host: is it out in general this tradition yet? -- general distribution yet? guest: not yet, but i hope people see this today -- there is another festival and there will be a program in berkeley. even today, i am optimistic that opportunities will come. i am looking for the right distributor to take "moon beat" to audiences around this country and around the world. host: new mexico, on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. cannot wait to see your movie. guest: thank you. caller: i really appreciate what you're doing, but because the space program has always got a bad rap of wasting money, gitmo said the technology we have today has come from that. -- yet most of the technology we have today has come from that. but nasa has tested successfully as the personnel carrier -- within the next couple of months or year we will see that aries 5,

the nfl combine, adrian's other brother, 19-year-old chris, was shot to death in a carjacking in houston. adrian got the news just hours before suiting up, and once again he channeled his pain. >> it was tough. it was tough. it was hard. but i worked out because i knew he would want me to go out and work out and do my best. that's all he used to tell me about. i mean, you know, it's coming up, man, i know you're excited, you've been waiting for this your whole life, tear it up. so, you know, i just prayed about it all day and asked god to give -- you know, i asked him to give me the strength to be and perform. >> it just amazes me how much you've been through and just how completely -- i don't know if it's just stable you are with everything. are you express? are you emotional? do you talk about your feelings a lot? or is it football you get to put it all out there? >> i think it's football give me the opportunity to go out and, you know, dance, you know, and let things out. i'm really -- i'm the type of person i, you know, keep a lot to myself. you know, to be able to deal with things a

emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houstonphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of citizen's park with candles pile out. the phillies flag flew at half-staff. >> i literally grew up only listening and knowing the voice of harry callus for the phillies. >> the thing about it is that he probably passed up in the booth the way -- being in the place that he would have loved. >> thankfully we have his voice to

host: ken from houston.ller: i was concerned with the housing here in houston with the right to work law. the unions are so weak here in the neighborhood i'm in, i've seen these big housing corporations come in and they have built thousands of thousands of homes and it's all been done by illegals from over the border and - every home and i don't understand, you know, and the unions really are not capable of doing anything because of the right to work law here in texas. i don't know, is there anything the government can do to help with that? thank you. guest: thank you. i really don't have comments on that. not my area. no ma'am. host: have you been a texan all your life? how did you find your way to the company. guest: all my life. when born and raised in austin texas. company been there since the late 1950's. host: how many people in town are employed by air traffic. guest: we have 200 employees from the towns and surrounding towns. host: biggest company in town? guest: no ma'am it's not. host: that surpris

houston -- that makes you guys like the home team. one of the oldest vessels in the nation. i was honored -- oldest festivals in the nation. i was honored to have won that award. host: is it out in general this tradition yet? -- general distribution yet? guest: not yet, but i hope people see this today -- there is another festival and there will be a program in berkeley. even today, i am optimistic that opportunities will come. i am looking for the right distributor to take "moon beat" to audiences around this country and around the world. host: new mexico, on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. cannot wait to see your movie. guest: thank you. caller: i really appreciate what you're doing, but because the space program has always got a bad rap of wasting money, gitmo said the technology we have today has come from that. -- yet most of the technology we have today has come from that. but nasa has tested successfully as the personnel carrier -- within the next couple of months or year we will see that aries 5, which will be ab

charles hamilton houston, thurgood marshall, our early parent years in this area. 55 years after their historic work we continue to struggle with the issue of an achievement gap. we must applaud congressman scott for addressing this issue because all children, all children, regardless of ethnicity, race, ability, are entitled first and foremost to equal respect. to equal opportunity. to equal treatment. to = status. and to equal place. as long as we have an achievement gap, that simply will not and cannot happen. we must address that issue. it is a moral right. it is a civil right. it is a parental right. is an ethical right. to day as my distinguished colleagues on the panel have illustrated, it is a legal right. it must be addressed. thank you very much for allowing us to be here. we end where we start. the very existence of an achievement gap demonstrates low-income and minority children have been deprived of equal educational opportunities in violation of the u.s. constitution and our answer is undeniable yes. thank you very much. >> thank you. before we get to cynthia roberts i wa

host: on the line for democrats, to shut in houston. -- patricia and in houston.asing a home from a gentleman who got a loan from a of the bank. he bought a home and i'm buying it from him. the interest rate is ridiculous. i'm having a hard time trying to get someone to refinance for me. guest: i do not feel like i know quite enough. it sounds like someone is going to give you the financing directly to buy the home. the rates are the 4% to 5% range. you do need more of a down payment to get those kinds of rates from fannie mae and freddie mac. that is your opportunity to get lower rates directly. host: keith on the republican line. caller: my wife and i have been trying for a year, since last january, to get our mortgage company to help us modify our mortgage payments of it without -- so we would not go out into default and they have put option -- put us off. every time we contact them they tell us to fill out of work that we have done it multiple times. then we send it in and they put us off again. we have been trying for a year to get them to help us. what do we

moore: thank you so much gentlelady from houston, texas. and thank you my dear friend and colleague on the budget committee and also on the education and labor committee. before we close out this hour, i just want to sort of summarize what we have said here this evening. we really admire this congress and our president for really revamping tuition and making adequate tuition a priority. it has been so important to revisit how we make student loans so we just don't provide funding for bankers and actually use those funds for students to simplify student forms. it's even important to invest in research about educational outcomes. it has been very, very important to have seen the dramatic increase in the pell grants, because without this tuition assistance, students would not be able to make it. tuition assistance is a vital component in helping low-income and first-generation students or any student get through college. without these dollars, higher education would be unobtainable for millions of students who rely on pell to pay the bills. bu

robertson has been buying up names to names sump as tea party, tea party of houston and 1776 tea party and so often. i guess he didn't think of the name tea party society because now for some reason this -- assume this -- yes. felicia creighton and her associates are basically saying that he is buying uprights to the name of different tea parties that people can think of and then selling them back to the people who want to do business with him. so why aren't you in stores as people who actually each because the tea party is supposed to be against taxes. host: let's hear from mr. robert sovereign. 2k3w0eu7 i'm glad you fwrauth that up. the cravens is a republicans preaching chair in harris county and she actually took donations even though i put a lot of money into the tea party movement. i bauth those url's after i started the tea party movement and when she legally started to collect donations and by the way, i'm not suing her. i'm a christian i don't believe you should be going is out suge people. i've asked to talk to her privately and all she did was come out and slander me. i cont

the plans had to be completed in the door because you had a two-year window to roll them out, so houstonat examples in the world failed urban policy, their stimulus money started construction with her third rode around houston to open up even more sprawl. so there was a portion that tried to do good but because there hasn't been a policy in the u.s., the saying that there has to be a relationship between an infrastructure and agree now comes we were not prepared. >> mauney -- i know when you're talking about when i heard the projects are schoeppel ready i always ask what are you shoveling. [laughter] let's have a question from the front row. identify yourself, sir. >> robert with international law investors. let me put this succinctly. the most optimistic forecast that i see no matter what we do in terms of conservation, energy efficiency etc. all efforts eventually are overwhelmed and i mean overwhelmed by simple population growth. forecasts, so you know, we can all and we should try to do everything we can but what do each of you have to say about the absence of population control anyt

ahoy our guest is ahoy joining us -- host: our guest is joining us from houston.we're talking climate change and as you look toward copenhagen, dr. hansen, what are you most hope for from the son of feddis -- the summit of the starting today? half guest: we're going to have to get on a very different track and what is being talked about by the political leaders because if you look at the problem and see how much carbon and we are getting from oil, gas, and coal, what you quickly realize is that we're going to have to phase out emissions from coal. and we're going to have to prohibit emissions from the on conventional fossil fuels like tarzan'tar sands, hot but if yok at what is happening around the world, the united states just signed an agreement with canada related to the pipeline to carry tar sands to the united states, so, in fact, the actions that are needed are not being taken. what is being talked about for copenhagen amounts to what were called indulgences in the middle ages, when the singers at the end of the year could purchase from the catholic church