they're just making excuses for inaction. guest: well if he walked on water, i would tip my hat to him and pay great tribute. the president has in my opinion, he may be the nicest guy in the world, may have the greatest personality, most wonderful family but he has had a failed presidency. host: an independent caller in new hampshire. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm happy to be on, i've been trying to get on this subject for a -- for some time and i agree fully with representative gingrey. one thing that disturbs me is that we keep overlooking the economy when we talk about oil. and i don't think the american people are aware that we, the taxpayers, actually own a great supply of oil in the anwr preserve in alaska, right next to the alaskan pipeline, which was owned by the state of alaska. now, it troubles me that we don't consider historically the economic health of alaska. the answer is, one answer is, it appears to me that at tax time, which we are in now, every resident in alaska gets a check of profits from the a

inact, probably everything i say is just all canned crap. [laughter] because, honey, it's just not doing. look at that. i've got nothing to say. i could talk about coulomb's law a litt bit, but i don't believe in it anymore. [laughter] let's continue as if everything were goi smooth. it's called make believe. i thought science was all about making discoveries, experimental and-- we could continue with this, couldn't we? we could continue and maybe find something fundamental, but it's not part of my act. [laughter] well, okay, let's move on, gang. i don't know. someone's gonna give me an explanation of what's happening here. and i'm gonna be very impressed. who is going to be the one? in fact, that could be like a term project. what went wrong tonight? who's gonna say, "hewitt, nothing went wrong at all. "what happened was, da, da, da, da, da, da, da. "what went wrong was your failure "to be able to observe and interpret what happened to it. da, da, da, da, da. nature is not wrong, you is." okay? someone write it out, 'cause i am led, gang. [

. >> they're inactive.olved in research and they, like others that are inactive, are waiting for recommendations from this working group on how many would be needed in the long term. >> what's troubling to me is, why do you need somebody to tell you how many you need when you folks have been funding it and been responsible for it. why do you need somebody elsz to tell you your business, how many you need? >> the nih seeks input from the public in many different ways. >> reporter: so, until a decision is made on whether they're needed for future research, the chimps sit caged, in limbo. it is estimated these and other federally owned chimps cost taxpayers $30 million a year. while their fate remains uncertain, down the road it's now moving day for bart, sarah, and the others. >> bart, come on! >> reporter: coming up -- the journey to freedom continues. i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself and so, college was a dream, when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was going to do it, but i knew i w

mavericks placed him on the inactive win. the spurs went for their 12th win. jazz took advantage and won 90-84. the playoffs can't start soon enough for the ageing spurs. that's a look at your sports on "early today". i'm mario solis. >>> broadway has a new king. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. the first family yesterday took time outat the white house for one last celebration of easter. you're watching "early today". >>> welcome back to "early today" on this tuesday. northern new england still cloudy and cool with some showers especially northern portions of new york. afternoon those were in texas. widespread, though. nice day in denver, 74 degrees. not bad in montana either. as we go towards tomorrow more of the same. not too much of a change in the weather pattern out there over the next couple of days. if you're watching us on wvit nbc connecticut in hartford, in greenwich, see 3-d image to see athletic performance at the games, the science of sports at the bruce museum. >>> now here's an early look at this moaning's headlines in entertain

item h, speaker cards inaction, already moved and seconded. commissioner fewer.orrect i already reported on this at the last meeting because the meeting was before then. but just to remind everybody, we adopted -- we put all of our first series, the 9000 series that used to be our internal rules, it into the format so they would be on line and be searchable and updated more quickly. the only issue here is that their form uses the term " student board members." we use the term "student delegate." >> that was my fault. i am looking at item 124. >> that the report on the next one. >> ok, thank you anyway. go ahead. >> the report on the new revisions to the health policy, we also took that to the rules committee and the issue here is -- has to do with following new provisions in the laws so that we have made our health policy complied with everything that we need, based on revisions. the committee recommends -- really had two people at the committee, but by consensus it recommends approval. >> the committee gave this item a positive recommendation and there was much

certainly, this type of inaction, the tension is to stop terrorism. the intention should not be to harass members of the public based on the color of their skin. i want to thank you for having the courage to come out and testify and inform us about heehaw grief and pain that the community has been through since all of this began, beyond just 911, but certainly a lot of education that still needs to be done. i think the public in general needs to be educated about what the muslim religion is. the prayer circle was beautiful a couple of weeks ago, and i think there is a level of ignorance that should not be tolerated in this culture. we will have the hearing on protocol for addressing, ha ha. i thought about bill level that all of us kind of live with, so i think that i just want to apologize for that on some level and because i think that we have to support each other. i am glad that the african- american community, latino community, the japanese american folks came in to show solidarity. i hope that we can continue moving forward and educating each ot

. >> they're inactive. they're not involved in research., like others that are inactive, are waiting for recommendations from this working group on how many would be needed in the long term. >> but what's troubling to me is why do you need somebody to tell you how many you need when you folks have been funding it and been responsible for it? why do you need to have someone else tell you your business? how many you need. >> the n.i.h. seeks input from the public in many different ways. >> reporter: so until a decision is made on whether they're needed for future research, the chimps sit caged, in limbo. it is estimated these and other federally owned chimps cost taxpayers $30 million a year. while their fate remains uncertain, down the road it's now moving day for bart, sarah, and the others. >> bart, come on. >> reporter: coming up, the journey to freedom continues. if you made a list of countries from around the world... ...with the best math scores. ...the united states would be on that list. in 25th place. let's raise academic standards

naval academy in annapolis last night, secretary of state hillary clinton blamed russia's inaction for keeping syrian president bashar assad in power. syrian troops fired at a refugee camp across the border in turkey tuesday. today the foreign ministers of the g8 will discuss syria at a meeting here in washington. >>> a passenger jet made an emergency landing at a canadian military base last night. it had just taken off from vancouver and was headed for seoul when a bomb threat was phoned into the airline's los angeles office. two u.s. fighter jets escorted the plane till it landed safely. >>> police have had to shut down parts of interstate 64 near the west virginia state line because of wildfires. crews have been battling fires in both washington and jefferson national forest but windy conditions are hurting their efforts. flames have scorched more than a thousand acres. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley is not saying at this point whether or not he will call a special session of the general assembly. if there is no special session, the state's doomsday budget will kick in july 1

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the mavericks placed him on the inactive list ending a short stint in dallas. the spurs going for their 12th consecutive win. if you think it mattered to them, they're wrong. jazz took advantage and won 91-84. the playoffs can't start soon enough for the aging spurs and that's a look at your sports on "early today," i'm mario solis. >>> early today sports brought to you by just for men. keep your edge. >>> broadway has a new king. your "early today" headlines are straight ahead. the first family yesterday took time out at the white house for one last celebration of easter. you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back. a storm systems moving onshore. we have some rain moving toward san francisco. eventually it will move onshore. not a big rain event. some areas only get a tenth to a quarter of an inch, at most a half inch. tomorrow your best chance of rainfall for los angeles. wednesday, we're still going to see lingering showers through the region. well, if you're watching us on knbc in los angeles, in nearby beautiful pasadena, let your imagination ru

the new optimis >> there are enough excuses for inaction in washington.nly don't need more excuses. i just point out that the buffet rule is something that will get us moving in the right direction, toward fairness, toward economic growth. it will help us close our deficit. it's a lot more specific than anything the other side has proposed so far. >> president obama trying to push his buffet rule as part of his re-election campaign, and just days before tax day. so far he's taken some media backlash from both sides. so mr. obama tried a new tactic. >> i'm not the first president to call for this idea, that everybody has to do their fair share. if it will help convince folks in congress to make the right choice, we could call it the reagan rule instead of the buffet rule. >> so how about that reagan razzle-dazzle? did the media buy it? >> the rolling you hear is president reagan turning in his grave, to suggest he's a wealth distributor. some folks in the media took him on on this, scot pelly and others on cbs said you can't compare your economic strategie

the cost of inaction for the region would be much higher than the cost that is needed to help themselves. in the middle east and elsewhere the global economy must help deliver the growth and jobs that people need, and it is not happening at the scale it should. even as we grapple with the crisis, we must take the opportunity to rethink the framework and harnessing new type of growth. now, what does that mean in practice? i wish i had the answer. some of the best economic minds in the world are struggling with this issue, including here at brookings, including at the fund. let me share with you some of our thinking. it is going to include policy action recommendations. it is going to include key factors that we see likely to produce that more stable, sustainable, and solid growth, and it will take some short- term actions as well as long- term actions. in the short term, what is clearly needed is more confidence, more stability, more demand. the immediate focus of policies therefore should be to support growth where it is still weak. but maybe clear. in many countries, especially in the a

with this law, is because there's legitimate frustration in the american public with congressional inactionimmigration. i think whatever happens with this case it really lays at the doorstep of congress that they need to act, and frankly for latino voters let's face it the majority in this country, 74% are united states citizens. and the most clear question in their minds is which side are you on. >> and this issue, could it not define the election given the feeling that many have that they are being ignored and just disrespected but harmed by the policy those that quite frankly they have supported. >> it is interesting that the number 1 issue for our economy has always been jobs. when arizona passed it law, immigration moved up to number 1 in that priority list. and we know it is going to be a hugely energizing force, because this is more about immigration. it's about civil rights and respect for this community. >> well thank you so much for joining us inside "the war room." it's certainly an issue of mobilizing voters and that case and that action in arizona certainly will have its share

enemy artillery was fairly inactive until july when it got busier. the americans retaliated with air strikes. for the rest of july and august, the marines at con thien used their own l. own guns to good effect. the ammunition, an endless supply, came in daily. and it was used up daily. this was the end of a supply life line that began and arrived at con thien six miles to the south. there were tents near by to house a complimeement that incld about 1,000 men. no matter how you look at it, those were better days. more time for thing wills like the casual cleaning of weapons. but nothing hat con thien has been casual since september came.at con thien has been casual since september came. the first 25 days of this month, con thien had to fight back against ground assaults and a sudden calculated escalation of enemy artillery, the most intense about a rachblgt war. at times, the shouts of incoming coming heard above the noise of our own guns. there has been a slight let up in the last few days. but marines still must patrol the perimeter of con thien and

and inglorious inactivity losing all but the flaet eet as one in honor. farragut and charles davis were concerned about reports and rumors concerning an iron clad, the "css arkansas" which was, in fact, almost completed and ready to come into the mississippi to challenge the union fleet at the vicksburg. davis and farragut sent three gun boats on a scout on july 15. they found "the arkansas" to their regret for she was coming down with the ten guns blazing damaging two of the union gunboats and sending the third fleeing before her. as "the arkansas" emerged into the mississippi she found both union fleets at anchor with their steam down to conserve scarce coal. as "the arkansas" passed through the gauntlet of inert union ships they fired at her but couldn't stop her. in return as commander isaac brown of "the arkansas" later wrote, his vessel fired back to every point in the circumference without fear of hitting a friend or missing an enemy. she finally reached the protection of vicksburg batteries below the union fleet. it was an impressive achievement b

the inaction and pattern of using a double standard to conduct business undermines what bill we could stipulate. we are fed up with city and county departments showing favoritism to a select group and it refusing to enforce laws as required. this select group issuing them towards family and friends. favoritism is select toward certain people. and must not come and it must stop now. it is now up to you to enforce city codes. it is time to bring things into compliance with the law. a perfect example was explain today about 550 jersey. you must reverse the reinstatement of the building permit that was first issue in march of 2001. you must enforce the building code that was discussed. there was no record of an extension for this permit. the law is perfectly clear. the permit expired. and to permit must be issued. i have faith that this commission will exercise the authority, and that you're not just teaching -- sleeping watchdog. thank you. >> necks speaker. -- next speaker. >> any additional public comment? >>> henry conilla. i would like to speak on issues of the violation of code enfo

oh, how about knuble getting the goal after being inactive for a couple of games. capitals up 3-2. but here come the bruins again. on the power play. johnny boychuk with the one timer. past holtby, we're tied one more time. late in the third period, this time it's the capitals on the power play. troy brouwer from the right wing taking care of business. fires home the game winner. 4-3 is the final. the capitals now lead the series 3-2 and winning on the road in boston. not an easy task in the playoffs. >> boston is one of the toughest cities sportswise to play in. but it's the playoffs. you know, it feels good to win here. >> what's the key to your team's success? is it goaltending, defense, special teams? >> i think it's just a bunch of guys buying in. you know, playoff success hasn't been the main thing in washington and there's a lot of guys who spring break here for a while and really are itching to get it. i think this season, you know, we finished in seventh. wasn't what we wanted and i think we have a bit of a chip on our shoulder and we want to prove everyone wrong. >> all r

and a website is inactive and not selling tickets for this year's event. city councilman william cole says there had a -- there's 50- 50 chance we will have the race and the odds are worse with each passing day. new partners who are organizing the race might be in trouble. we have learned one of the partners in the down force racing partnership might be leaving the group. >> we are getting to a point in time where it's going to be very difficult for the event to be successful. but we are not there yet. >> reporter: the good news unlike last year the roads that make up the course are ready for another race. this means the setup won't be as complicated or take as long. council members say racing organizers have a couple weeks left to get things figured out. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> news time 6:32. abc2 news is working to protect your personal information. our springtime shred event happens saturday at two branches one in kateonsville and northern packway in baltimore. we will be therefrom 9 to noon so bring by unwanted tombs you want shreded. -- items

from your observation of their actions or inaction on this, do you think there are any measurable steps that they have taken to specifically go after the networks? because i think that's what a lot of us are waiting to see, whether or not what their professed plan is becomes a plan of action in specific steps. can you tell us how you see it? >> senator, i appreciate your leadership on this issue. and as i reported to you some months ago, i raised it at the vfr highest levels of the pakistan government. i discussed it last thursday with the foreign minister. it's very clear they need to do more and they need to do more for themselves. our concern is very much rooted in the terrible attacks that take place in afghanistan against our soldiers, against other targets there, but, you know, in 2011 there were 1,966 terrorist attacks in pakistan, which resulted in 2,391 deaths. so our point to pakistan has been, you know, this is not about the u.s., nato, afghanistan alone, this is also about you. now what they have done is they have introduced legislation in their national assembly. i've been

a website that is completely inactive, not selling tickets for the grande prix scheduled for labor day weekend. just over four months away. now the down force racing partnership may be in trouble with one potentially leaving. the head of indy car responded, saying our deal is with down force, i think they have told us they would welcome dale but if he doesn't want to be a part of it that's fine. a city councilman said the support is more important than the make up of the local group. >> as long as the two organizations maintain that they want to be here i think it's worth considering. >> reporter: he said talk of canceling the race is premature. >> we are getting to a point in time where it's going be very difficult for the event to be successful but we aren't there yet. >> reporter: in the auto week interview the ceo of indy car said he is confident the race will happen. we are bringing a major event a lot of revenue. it'll be a great event showcasing indy car and baltimore. it's our priority to help them make it happen again. >> good news is that unlike last year the roads that make

a website is actually inactive right now and not selling tickets for this year's event. city councilman william cole says there's a 50-50 chance we will have the race and the odds are worse with each passing day. new partners who came forward to organize the race might be in trouble. one of the partners in the down horse racing partnership might be leaving the group. >> we are getting to a point in time where it will be difficult for event to be successful. we are not there yet. >> the good news unlike last year the road that make up the course are ready for another race. this means that setup won't be as complicated and take as long this year. council members say racing organizers have a couple years left to get things figured out. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:47. 46. maryland board of education is set to take official action on the school superintendent. they have chosen the lillian lowery. governor o'malley will speak at the meeting and lowery has been in the position in delaware since 2009 and is known for leading delaware to be the first state in the federal ra

there are enough excuses for inaction in washington. we certainly don't need more excuses. it will help us close our deficit and it's more specific than anything the other side have proposed so far. and if the republicans in congress were truly concerned for deficits and debts then i'm assuming they wouldn't have just proposed to spend an additional $4.6 trillion on lower tax rates including a tax cut of $150,000 for every millionaire in america. they want to go in the opposite direction. they want to double down on some of the inequities that already exist in the tax code. either you have to borrow more money to pay down a deeper deficit, or you've got to demand deeper sacrifices from the middle class and cut investments that help us grow as an dmi. -- economy. you have to tell seniors to pay a little bit more for their medicare. you tell the college student, we're going to have to charge you higher interest rates on your student loan or you're going to have to get smaller student loans. you're going to have to tell that working family who's scraping by, you're going to ha

the mavericks placed him on the inactive list ending its short stint in dallas. >>> the spurs rested big three of tim duncan, tony parker and ginobili. jazz took advantage and won 91-84. the playoffs can't start soon enough for the aging spurs. >>> and that's your first look at sports. i'm mario solis. >> now for another look at the weather, let's check with nbc meteorologist bill karins because he has your weather channel forecast. >> the winds were pretty impressive yesterday. it was howling out there from new england through the mid-atlantic. not going to be quite as bad today. right now we're just dealing with rain showers from areas of northern new york, especially in the adirondacks. and the wind speeds aren't too bad. 6 to 10-mile-per-hour range. this afternoon, the sun gets up there and heats the air up, probably gusts 20 to 30. yesterday gusts up to 40 to 45. the airports were a mess, too, around new york city. as far as today's forecast, still a chance of showers from albany to syracuse, buffalo, northwards in northern new england. should have a dry day. connecticut, new yo

and there, they remained inactive, their commanders squabbling, for the next two weeks. the federals entered arkansas right behind price's fleeing army. in fact, they entered arkansas the very next day. february 17th, 1862. curtis was exuberant. men cheered. polil ches. and, curtis himself, sent a message back to general hallek in saint louis. a very short, pointed message. general, the flag of our union again floats in arkansas. it was a terrific moment for curtis and his men. but forgotten. overlooked in all the excitement was a disturbing fact. the purpose of the operation was to enable hallek to invade the confederacy elsewhere. grant, tennessee. pope on the mississippi river. and so on. neither hallek nor curtis anticipated that a limited campaign, a campaign intended to neutralize price, to push price out of missouri, had, had would take that this campaign would take the army of the southwest out of missouri and into arkansas. sometimes happens with military operations or any kind of operation, the whole thing had taken on a life of its own. curtis was exhilarated

some say even though they know the pipeline is inactive, it is something they can't psychologically get over. >> my wife walks the neighborhood. now that we all know the path, she walks quicker when she gets to the parts where she's walking on top of it. she used to walk the trail here and the whole path is built on top of it. she won't even go there any more. >> reporter: tonight, the city council will discuss two other options to serve the neighborhood that is in the process of rebuilding. one is to fill the pipes with a concrete like grout. that would take about three weeks. the likeliest option would take six to eight weeks, a hybrid of the two ideas. filling with concrete, tearing up some of the pipeline, about 900 feet of it. those are three options considered by city council tonight, and you know, the city manager telling us that pg&e could do something about this in a matter of weeks, so pretty shortly here. the meeting tonight is at 7:00. live in san bruno, stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. >>> there are more students expected at oikos university today. a little more than th

the report was written to prevent anyone from being held accountable for his or her actions or inactions. we will come here every day if it will help wake up politicians to their responsibilities to keep guns out of the hands of those who are violent and are a danger to themselves and others. we are here to honor not only the people we have lost but all of the victims of school shootings, those who have been wounded and those who are psychologically scarred by these tragedies. >>> lisa delity. mindy finkalstein. >> good afternoon. almost 13 years ago i was a camp counselor at the north county jewish center when a convicted felon tried to kill me. i was 16 years old at the time but i was lucky because buf rd furrow failed that day. and for the last 13 years i have tried to lend my voice to this cause telling members of congress there is no reason he should have had that gun. for 13 years i have been brushed aside. no one seems to think that this conversation is worth having. you can't ignore us today. look me in the eye and tell me there is nothing anybody could do to prevent a convicted

the best spin that can be put on the president's inaction is that it's an attempt to punt and kick the can down the road until his second term. joining me founder and president of freedom to work a national lgbt group that focuses on workplace equality. tico thank you for joining us tonight. you were at the meeting where representatives of the president sort of said to the leadership of the gay community. we're not going to sign this order. tell us about it. >> this wednesday the senior staff of the white house summoned four national lgbt leaders to the white house. we met in the war room where the great world war ii was stat guised and executed and for two hours we talked and there was basically a slow-motion train wreck. they talked for two hours without giving one single valid reason why the president would not sign this executive order. >> at a political level, the community has been very supportive of this president. so there was a sense at a minimum this order was going to be signed. >> our community as largely supported the president. and he has done very well by our community.

the down force racing partnership might be leaving and the official website for the grand prix is inactive now. >> it's safe to say we are getting to a point in time where it's going to be difficult for the event to be successful. but we are not there yet. >> reporter: the good news unlike last year, the roads that make up the course are ready for another race and the setup won't be as complicated and won't take as long this year. we will keep you posted. linda so, abc2 news. >>> it's 4:46. coming up saturday, abc2 news is work for you to protect your personal information and declutter your file. our springtime shred event takes place saturday at 2 branches one in catonsville and northern parkway in baltimore. we will be therefrom 9 until noon. >>> 4:46. baltimore businesss are getting the opportunity today to clean out their files in their department of public works. they are holding a one-day collection of recycables from companies and institutions. again it's happening today and they can recycle all types of unwanted paper including cardboard boxes to books and magazines. this event is

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or something some variant of it and leaders still have inacted that the markets could say the system is going to be flooded with euros. and if it's flooded with euros, at some point it does raise the question over how ecb is, that could create a market reaction of -- to get rid of and affect all your denominations of securities and that too can create an undermining of the office. i think mary d rrkts og is -- i think there are limits as to how much time will be bought. will the euro zone leaders establish this this vublt or will they continue to kick the approximate ball town the road, i think have -- >> the ecb has bought time, but the political leaders have to create a more permanent solution. he had two radical views about what that solution is. you can take the german view which is austerity, austerities and third austerity. that means like clearly -- it takes the form of fiscal compacts, every euro done member must amendment its constitution and balance its budget. that is what is going on there. there's another view that austerity is the wrong thing right now, what they need i

we are looking at the inactivity, disabled vehicle going on as you are approaching the bay bridge.leared but since we are on this side of the bay we will remind folks doyle drive closure starts 8:00 p.m. friday through the weekend. and it will be crazy there on the approach to the golden gate bridge. avoid driving through that area if at all possible. in oakland we continue to follow the closure. miss activity, 40th, market street. not far from the macarthur station. avoid that area if you can. and christie smith is arriving on the scene and should have an update coming up very soon. live look out there shows you 880 south of there. and the high street offramp reopen ad few minutes ago. now that remaining right lane closed. has cleared, guys. back to you. >> okay, mike. thanks. >>> president obama made an appearance on late night tv last night. >> quite the smash hit. he was the guest of honor late night with jimmy fallon and commander in chief decided to get down a little slow jam. >> we set it simple. now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. ♪ >> ye