. >> they were written by hillary's sixth grade class in irvine california. >> for the most part the kids saw him as being generous. >> price had another surprise up his sleeve. >> hi i'm dan. nice to meet you. >> it's so nice to meet you too. >> the class was as stunned as the employees who got that big raise. >> he's so amazing, he just walked in here. >> i read every single one of your letters. >> for an hour price answered questions about his business. >> how do you feel when you made that decision for your company? >> i felt so happy, because i knew it was the right thing to do. >> in return he asked each student to keep writing him. >> so nice to meet you. if you write one letter every year i'm going to set aside $1,000 scholarship for college for every one of you. >> it's a business lesson with an unexpected bonus. >> joe fryar, nbc news irvine california. >>> that is nbc news for this saturday i'm kate snow for all of us here at nbc news, have a great weekend, good night. whooooo! runs=:08 ==cont vo== a spectacular start indeed... >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> we have

. >> they were made by a sixth grade class in irvine, california. >> they seem hs being very generousr: price had another surprise up his sleeve. >> hi, i'm dan. nice to meet you. >> so nice to meet you too. >> reporter: the class was as stunned as the employees who got that big raise. >> he just walked in here. >> reporter: i read every single one of your letters. >> for an hour price answered questions about his business. >> reporter: how do you feel when you make that decision for your company? >> i felt so happy because i knew it was the right thing to do. >> reporter: in return he asked each student to keep writing him. >> so nice to meet you. if you write one letter every year i'm going to set aside a $1,000 scholarship for every single one of you. >> reporter: for this class it's a business lesson with an unexpected promise. joe fryer. >> what a lesson. that is nbc news for this saturday. i'm kate snow. for all of us here at nbc news, have a great weekend. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >>> championship teams from baltimore. washington. and central virginia meet today on the "it's a

and at the same time, they will offer severance packages to about 460 employees, primarily in irvine, california discover will take charges of about four cents per share in relation to the closing of this business. alix: thank you so much. back to the jefferies trading unit. a 30% decline in bond trading revenue. part of that is the liquidity fears we keep talking about. but volatility should be good. lisa: it depends. there's good volatility and bad volatility. you see volatility in government bonds, which is not their territory. in credit, you have seen some volatility but it has been pretty stable the sheer and there hasn't been that much movement. there has not been that incredible conviction with people dying all their holdings were selling all their holdings. i think that is part of the issue. alix: the other issue is what do these banks actually have? do the big bank stocks reflect any kind of risks? mike: not as much as they used to. banks have generally been -- what is interesting with rocher's especially is there has been a consolidation among the top four capturing the biggest market

the next one is jeffrey in irvine california. what was the question that you were asked asked in the white house briefing room? >> the only time that i ever cried at the podium and i didn't spill over but i teared up it had nothing to do with policy or politics. i could handle that. it's when tony snow called me from his exploratory surgery to tell me that his cancer had returned. and he was the press secretary before me. he inherited me as the deputy. we were very close and not long after he arrived he had to have this exploratory surgery and go through another round of treatment. he called me before the briefing that day and i tried to be brave on the phone was with when i went out to brief the press and i have an update i remember my voice caught and everybody in the briefing room was teary-eyed but i'm on tv. he did well in his treatments, he really did. and then in september of 07 when i took over, i thought that he would beat it but then about nine months later or ten months later that he collapsed during the speaking engag

also joining us from irvine california bob baer our cnn intelligence and security analyst, a former cia operative. guys thanks very much for joining us. colonel reese, on monday the president at that news conference in germany said there was a lock of good sunni recruits. said it was delaying the strategy in iraq. today the white house says that more trainers will be sent directly to anbar province to start directly training those sunnis. colonel, what changed between monday and today? because monday the president said there were more u.s. trainers than needed. they can't even find the recruits. >> well wolf you know between then and now is you had the discussions with the president by the iraqi president abadi. >> prime minister. >> he's asking for help. sorry, the prime minister correct. we've known that. central command and the pentagon has these phased plans going in. so if the president makes a decision they can move quickly. i think this shows the u.s. is committed even though i think it's a dribble of support from my perspective. but it shows that perspective. there are concerns

joe fryer, nbc news irvine california. >>> still ahead, fun for a good cause.why all these people were dressed up as albert einstein. >> reminds me of the kid song "little einstein." i've got twins what can i say? baby on the brain. on the coast we're waking up to sunshine and even inland. we'll see a cooldown today but a big warm-up coming up this week. >>> welcome back. 7:53 the time this sunday. starting you off with the satellite and radar. we had drizzle this morning light sprinkle activity through the east bay and north bay, all associated with some monsoonal showers that rolled through yesterday. and it's going to add a little bit of humidity to the air today. keep that in mind as you head out and about. not feeling like the typical bay area, but we have the clear skies inland and coastal clouds. it will be about two degrees cooler than it was yesterday as clouds filter in here but this week ahead, really it's going to be the big story. the 90s and triple-digit heat headed our way. we're talking tuesday and wednesday some of the hottest air we've seen al

joining us from irvine california brian levin, director of the center for hate and extremism at cal stateofessor. how influential are these far right hate groups? >> great question. they are influential but in a different way than groups in the past. in the 1920s, the klan had 4.5 million members, about 1 in 8 people in the electorate was tied to the klan. that's no longer the case. so they're much more likely today to inspire violence than to orchestrate it. and they're also interested in hitting angry unstable people to maybe do acts like we have seen in charleston but also to get their conspiratorial and racist message over the fence into websites on the mainstream as well. >> all right, but my reporting over the years, classifies them as fringe groups fringe. not mainstream. you have to seek them out. is that accurate? >> yes, but there is this kind of middle ground of groups that have a veneer of mainstream acceptability, but spout conspiracy theories and falsehoods so we classify those as hate groups even though they may appear not to be. >> all right. a guy like david duke has got

. >> well joining us live now from irvine in california to discuss the libya peace talk in more detail is omar turbe a former advisory to the national council in libya sir thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. we have certain similar talks before trying to get all sides across the negotiating table. do you have any hope that this time will be different? >> it is always hopeful to have any kind of agreement. the only way forward is to have an agreement. the only problem is that when you rush through an agreement it's not likely to be the kind of agreement that you wanted and wished for anyways. a agreement would only hold if it's backed by muferl of the securityby muscle of thesecurity council. the members of the security council have really not decided to support or throw their muscles behind any kind of agreement. libyans in general have lived through decades of lack of agreements. they're not likely to abide by it or work by it, that's the unfortunate part. in my opinion the united nations -- go ahead please. >> foiferg forgive me for interrupting you sir. we have seen immi

next call for lawrence wright comes from martha in irvine california. hi, martha. >> caller: hi, peter. in my conversations with the muslim and other groups -- and jewish people is that the media makes the differences look gray greater than they are. what did you find most agree on between the two? >> guest: the muslims and jews -- their religions are similar in many respects especially the legalistic qualities of them. a message i have been trying to get out that i thought would solve the israeli and palestinian group. the jews and the palestinians are the same people. dna evidence has shown these are the same people both descended from the can nites and both lived in the same region for thousands of years. and in fact david van buren, the first prime minister and israel's second president wrote a book in 1918 when they were living in new york and they talked about the palestinians being jew and the evidence put forward was interesting. there was a battle where the kingdom was invaded and all of injew the jews with money and talent were taken and put i

host: dave is next in irvine, california. caller: i would just like to make a comment. supreme court got it right. i was glad that they voted the way that they did. i think that the health-care law is a great thing. it is saving lives. the republicans are not for anybody. they don't want to help the middle class or poor people. they call barack obama is a socialist. the biggest socialist in the world was jesus christ. he was a socialist. he does want to help the poor and the needy. the republicans, all they want to do is outsource all the jobs get rid of the minimum wage, and the only thing therefore is more war and more killing. i can't understand why anybody would vote republican. this law is a good law and it could be better. we need universal health care. host: how do you get your insurance? caller: what? host: how do you get your insurance? caller: i get it through where my wife works. i have kaiser. i have always had insurance. when you have everybody going to the emergency room, you have some kind of plan -- have to have some kind of plan. people can't all go to

joining me is a professor of earth system science at the university of california irvine and senior water jet propulsion laboratory. i appreciate your time tonight. this is stagger inging data. if i have this correct, this hard data really is the first picture we have of what we actually have as a water supply on earth. is that correct? >> well it's really the first picture, contemporary picture that we have of all of the aquifers the world's biggest aquifers at the same time that allows us to see how rapidly they're all being depleted at the same time. it's mostly concentrated in the midlatitude regions of the world and the arid and semiarid regions where we need our ground water most. this is a ten-year study. is this date that that we've just never had before. is this groundbreaking stuff that nasa is providing the world? >> yeah. yes, its absolutely is. these are data from the nasa mission otherwise known as g.r.a.c.e. it's given us a few looks at a few key earth system parameters. how fast the ice sheets are melting, how much mass is being added to the oceans and now how much water w

karen ryder researches prisons at the university of california irvine. she's in los angeles. if it hasn't happened since 1845 how did it happen now? >> well at this point it's all speculation. we can think about the various ways that prisoners develop culture and are creative in prison. so in clinton -- again, this is very rare but we could imagine that either prisoners communicated with each other and other prisoners helped these two escape or we could imagine they were being incredibly creative on their own. >> you think they're just sophisticated and using their in ingonzalez genuity. >> it's possible. it's not always associated with violent criminals. there's a prisoner naked mark depriest that escaped from florida prisons a number of times, and he's incredibly creative. he's able to see a key and represent indicate it. he's able to develop ways to get around doors and locks. one can imagine that's one possibility here. another possibility is that they befriended someone on the inside or the outside that helped them. >> get power tools? >> right. >> i mean it does sound q

. >> stahl: jay famiglietti, an earth sciences professor at the university of california irvine, is ang expert on groundwater. >> famiglietti: it's like a sponge. it's like an underground sponge. >> stahl: he's talking about the aquifers where groundwater is stored-- layers of soil and rock, as he showed us in this simple graphic, that are saturated with water and can be drilled into, like the three wells shown here. you can actually pump it out of the crevices? >> famiglietti: imagine like trying to put a straw into a sponge. you can actually suck water right out of a sponge. it's a very similar process. >> stahl: sucking the water out of those aquifers is big business these days in the central valley. well driller steve arthur is a very busy man. >> steve arthur: all the farmers, they don't have no surface water. they've got to keep these crops alive. the only way to do that is to drill wells, pump the water from the ground. >> stahl: so it's either drill or go out of business? >> arthur: yes. >> stahl: so there's something of a groundwater rush going on here. arthur's seven rigs ar

go through my opening statement, i would like to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from irvine, california, the gentlewoman, mimi walters. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for two minutes. mrs. walters: i'd like to thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. speaker we've spent considerable time of debating the mirts of t.p.a. in this body. i want to bring us back to the fundamentals of this debate. i want to talk about why trade is so important to our economy, why trade is a conservative cause and why trade is so vital to our nation. simply put, free trade empowers the individual to make decisions for his or her -- in his or her best interest without undue government influence. look around at -- undo government influence. look around at your house or your car. without question there are imported products. free trade allows you to make the best economic choice for your family. when economic enterprises free from unnecessary government interference and all enterprise is treated equally, the most competitive actors will rise to the top. that means higher quality products and l

california. congressman, thank you for joining us from irvine.know you are headed out to denver where you will give the lunchtime keynote address at the cannabis business summit. tell us what you will say in that speech tomorrow. congressman: i want to make sure people understand the true issues at hand when dealing with medical marijuana especially, but also personal use of marijuana, that these are things that make us go to our basic foundations of what we believe. what are the principles are, and these are principles that conservatives like myself should understand. we have been talking about doctor-patient relationships especially under obamacare. we believe in the 10th amendment and in states rights but our founding fathers never believed in the criminal justice system to be run by the federal government. that should have always been part of the state and local government, according to our founding fathers. there are a lot of things, and individual freedom, not to mention that. there are many things are coming together on the marijuana issue

speakers include university of california irvine law school dean erwin chermerinsky and constitutional accountability center chief counsel tran 11. this is about an hour and 45 and it. >> if everybody here from the breakouts? welcome to the planner program of the afternoon which hoped to land with a bang and discuss whether the supreme court is a failure. and if so what can be done about it? this program is recorded by c-span. you may find it at any random day or hour for the next five years. [laughter] before introducer distinguished panels i'll have to go through my marching orders here, one of which is to introduce myself. i am transcending. i'm a member of the acs board and i'm happy to be a member of the acs board because i view our mission as helping to grow and sustain the next generation of progressive lawyers. i've been delighted to see how many students there are piazza that is why we are all here. but we have a diversity at all. not everybody is necessary on the same page and that is a good thing. cell phones, please mention cell phones must be turned off. .. okay we will ha

speakers included university of california irvine law school dean edwin and constitutional chief counsel elizabeth. it's held by the american constitution society. this took place during their national convention here in washington last week. >> i guess everybody is here from the breakouts. so welcome to the program. plenar east afternoon which we hope to end the afternoon with a bang. and discuss whether the supreme court is a failure. and if so what can be done about it. [laughter] this program is being recorded by c-span so you may find it at any and hom hour of the day or night for the next five years. before i introduce our distinguished panelists i have to go through my marching orders here. one of which is introduce myself. i'm linda greenhouse, i speevep teach at yale law school. i'm a member of the a.c.s. board and i'm proud to be a member of the a.c.s. board because i view our mission as hoping to grow and sustain the next generation of progressive lawyers. and i have been delighted to see how many students there are and so that's why we're all here. but we have a diverse panel

california. >> this is a band-aid solution, that over the long term will make matters worse. >> doctor erin is a medical ethicist at u.c. irvine, and staunch opponent to assisted suicide. proponents say there are safeguards in place. >> we know in oregon, 6% of patients dying of assisted suicide ever were referred to psychiatric assessment. only 13 had palliative care -- back when they tracked the dada only 13% care referral on had a conversation with an expert on end of life before getting a prescription for the deadly drug. >> reporter: oregon's public health division said the concerns have not become a reality. oregon was the first state to pass a death with dignity law. since then 850 people ended their lives. mostly cancer patients with good medical care, like walner. >> i don't know any terminal patient that wants to die. i think we don't want to drag our death out. we are going to die. if it comes to that point where there's no more that i can do, my body is failing, orphans -- organs are shutting down, all that is left is die. and it can be slow and painful or under my terms. >>> this man, who is influenced by his cath

frank lafurla is at the university of california in irvine. he's a medical researcher. he and his team have created mice that develop alzheimer's disease in the same way humans do. now his research team can study that disease in these mice. but the mice need to age 18 months before research on potential alzheimer's disease treatments can be done. in 2013, when we face sequestration across-the-board cuts in budget, dr. lafurla was faced with the prospect of having to sacrifice these laboratory animals and close his lab. if that had happened, months of research would have been wasted. that's what happens when you do something as mindless as sequestration in the department of defense and in the national institutes of health. we even have an amendment which i hope will not be offered but l pending has now been filed, i should say, in the senate here which would cut medical research in the department of defense. i wonder what my colleagues are thinking that we in america should cut back on medical research as a way of balancing our budget. i'm praying for the day that dr. fu