irwin: turn around, face the fence. where's your buddy at? where's your buddy? i don't got no buddy. where's the guy in the orange coat? the dude came through the alley he said, "you better run." yeah, right. please don't let that dog get me. his buddy's got to be right around here with him. oh, ( bleep ) sit down. they suspected one stolen car. they got out got into another car possibly stolen. got out of that car. possibly got into a third car or they were just with the other group that was allegedly stripping a car at this time from what the copter's saying. and we've got one apprehension on the subjects. we've still got three out. we've got a good perimeter on the two that ran westbound. go up there and cuff him. man: get him off! okay, get up. he's already handcuffed. where are you at, colonel? okay, it's cracked. there's keys in it. that's a fake key. the ignition is in the "off" position. they punched the column on the other side. started it with a screwdriver. but they stuck a key in it so if the police pull up they think the police will think the car's

it was written by washington post economics columnist neil irwin. alchemy and the mystical powers of turning things into gold. i assume there is a deliberate intent in choosing that as the title for your book? - there is. hundreds of years ago, the alchemists were these guys who tried to create gold and silver out of routine materials. turns out you didn't need magic or potions or any of the stuff they worked on. if you have a central bank, if you have the authority of the state, and you have somebody to run it, you can print money out of thin air, and that is what the central banker's been doing for the last six years. - but they are not really being hailed as heroes in all quarters. a lot of people feel they have unchecked powers, these un-voted individuals. - it absolutely raises huge questions for anybody who cares about democracy and transparency. what i am trying to do is provide a window into what they did and the true story of what happened. but there is no question that over and over, through these last several years of crisis fighting, the

of the parcels subject to the special use district, is 1111 8th street, which is between cooper and irwin streets. but the college also owns a number of adjacent properties totaling about 6.7 acres. this special use district would allow the college to do a number of things. it would remove the size limitations on post secondary educational institutions so that they can both construct new buildings in classrooms as well as expand some existing facilities and would also allow the construction of up to 750 beds of student housing on the site, neither of which of these items would be permitted under their existing pdr 1d zoning designation. so, the supervisor believes that this ordinance strikes the right balance in terms of facilitating the expansion of a long-term academic institution in our neighborhood as well as making sure that they're doing so responsibly and with the guidance of our city-wide development guidelines. so, the project sponsors are here today, david meckle from the california college of the arts. if you have questions about either the institutional master plan or the coll

neil irwin joins us. centers on 2007, the financial crisis brewing, the economy on the verge of falling off the cliff, but ben bernanke, the federal reserve chairman, and central bank presidents in england, europe, they get together, announce an unprecedented coordinatedded effort that people believed saved us from a second great depression. pick it up there. >> we think of this as the u.s. crisis, sub prime mortgages, lehman brothers failed, all the stuff we know well, but that was the beginning of the bigger and global story. i try to trace the evolution from the subprime mortgages to europe and back again, and over and over, what you see is it's not just ben bernanke dealing with it, but really this insular close-knit club trying to find ways to work together to respond on a scale that matches the problem. lori: theseare unelected officials with tremendous, some say overwhelming, too much power even, and they acted at light speed with all of the stimulus and bank bailouts, and this and that. what do yo

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. >> neil irwin, thank you very much. writer of "the alchemist." tomorrow we'll speak with randy kroszner about the fed, the statement and the health of the economy. >>> still ahead on the program, banking budgets and badges. why the girl scouts is no longer just about selling cookies. >>> but first, a look at how commodities fared today, including gold, which had its worst monthly performance since december 2011. >>> admit it. it is hard to resist buying girl scout cookies, especially when you know you're supporting a great organization. this year sales of thin mints and samoas and all the other treats are going to reach record levels. but how much does that young sales force really know whereby the money comes from and where it goes and what to do with it? kayla tausche joins us now. do these girls have any idea about the amount of money they're actually making? >> tyler, each girl knows when she personally sells a lot of cookies, but can't really fathom how big the overall organization has become. thousands of troops are young girls will sell in

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the questions ok we we're going to try and get back to bush or al hindi in the next hour with kevin irwin but right now terror attacks on u.s. soil and the green light for a controversial cybersecurity bill for you and a discussion in breaking the set here on r t do stay with us. i reckon cardiologist dr omar. claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr e.c. puts the data that the number of press cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent case of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions of iraq and which nato forces used white phosphorus depleted uranium rounds and other toxic gases and poisonous substances human rights watch and the world health organization have measured radiation levels in iraq and consider many places in iraq even some very far from the fighting to be contaminated naturally radiation is not ra

where we give you a full on of how to do this now we can exert spokesman kristinn hrafnsson told kevin irwinhow the u.s. should be thankful for the great job they've done. because this is dedicated to bringing historical records to the public attention when there is an attempt to keep them hidden although these documents have been declassified excuse stream it difficult to approach them and assess them in their current form of only in the national archives so what we did was to regard it as a gather with help and publish them in a searchable database a very robust database merge them with the two hundred fifty thousand u.s. diplomatic cables that we published under the cable gates. extremely important to have results in from two million christian what kind of response from expect from washington emerge you said these are not strictly speaking classified anymore but you kind of collated them all together to make them easier to get hold of is washington talk concerned about neighbors well i haven't heard of any response from the authorities here in washington of course they should be very plea

problems is advocating a free market economics combined with strong welfare spending my colleague kevin irwin spoke to dr francisco domingo head of latin american studies at middlesex university and he explains why my daughter is the favorite. nicolas maduro to be a formidable communicate so is his own person is able to use him body language he used the masses very he conveys very good messages is very good very astute politically and i think he's doing very well that's why he's leading in the polls is gaining if you like from the spontaneous outpouring of grief or for chavez is he capitalizing for one of a better word on the grief oh i'm sure there is a lot of sentiment about it i mean chavez was a figure of haiti's in the international media now the population of venezuela realize how much he was loved was two million actually that came out in the streets to be a bit him fair world i think possibly was that big is demonstration in the history of the country and any candidate whoever they are would be foolish not to use it however the key point is that i think is the message people are sayin

this week, neil irwin in his book, "the alchemists: three central bankers and a world on fire."and it, mr. irwin gives central banks before examining the choices that today's central bankers and their effect on economies worldwide. the program is about an hour. >> host: meal, this is a really ambitious book. i did a book as well as you know, that you try to do the whole world here. tell me how this came to be. >> guest: we've been through a remarkable few years. it started the subprime crisis and of course this turn into something much bigger and more global come with much broader effects in anything having to do with mortgage security in the united states. the deepest and darkest days of the crisis was the fall of 2008. he wrote a wonderful book on that. i wanted to try and capture slightly different story. the global story, first of all, of what started will be thought of as a housing crisis in the united states and the financial crisis became this conflagration that is dated towards european unity has worsened the british economy for years and years has had this global reach

. >> say hello to irwin. you're from little falls, new york. here's your question.heme song ♪ here's the story ♪ of a lovely lady ♪ who was bringing up three very lovely girls ♪ >> here you go anybody here to help her? you don't know, let 'be honest. you've got 12 new songs to learn. >> beadle. ♪ all of them with hair of gold ♪ ♪ like their mother ♪ the youngest one in curls >>> cindy -- >> did you watch it growing up? >> i did -- well, in reruns. sure. sure, i did. we're going to bring it more recent. >> let's see. sherrill from seattle. honey, what are the names of the real-life twins that have played roles in "it takes two" and the tv series "full house." >> olsens. >> katie -- kate. >> mary kate and ashley. she got it. she got it. she was close. >> mary kate and ashley, especially in new york, we see them a lot. well, one of them likes to go. i never know which one is which. look how adorable. >> and really nice girls. >> there were already billionaires at that point. >> very sweet girls. where are you from? >> san jose, california. >> which lindsay lohan film d

irwin, expert on disaster preparedness.ganized medical response teams in the immediate aftermath of the world trade center attacks on 9/11. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> we're very hearing stories, for examples of dr. natalie savis who was running in the marathon and then after the attack went in and was allowed by police and first responders to make a makeshift tourniquets and treat people on the scene. how in this kind of crisis does the first responder team deal with also all of the people who want to help? >> well, actually it is a very common reality which is that right after a disaster the first responders, actually whoever is on the scene are on the scene, it may be bystanders. they're fortunate to have really great medical personnel on scene. the whole system actually worked amazingly well given the medical complexity of what was happening and the tragedy. but there are chaos, but in the chaos, we saw heroism and very effective people coming to the fore and doing what they had to do and they were backed up

in it, reporter neil irwin takes us inside the minds of ben bernanke, mervyn kink of the bank of englandn-claude trichet. joining us now, neil, author and economics editor. how are you? >> very good. thanks for having me. >> let's start with the frame of your book. a lot of people remember this economic crisis as the decline of american businesses. you're using a lens that is telling a story about international governmental cooperation. why that different emphasis? >> we had this horrible crisis in 2008 and we all remember more of it than we might like between sub prime mortgage crisis and the lehman brothers failure and the fall of 2008. that was just the beginning of a longer complex set of events. it involves the european debt crisis, this slow painful recovery in the pus has been going on for four years but sure doesn't feel like it to most americans. they've been a secretive group that get together for dinners and chart out a path to the world economy. and i'm trying to take readers and explain how those decisions really got made over the last five years. >> the three dudes. >> ther

which acts terribly, and the short sellers have been swarming endlessly around hain, a company ceo irwinimon built with a series of acquisitions. is it time to spin off the doubting non-food offerings? it's been enough of a laggard that i think something good could happen. here's the bottom line. these ten stocks have been on the move far more than the broader stock market. ever since we anointed them as companies that should unlock their hidden value. right now their strong performances kept the activists at bay except for hess even though they're all big in the market except for bed bath and hain. i think the outperformance is just beginning. these stocks are all still worth buying with maybe the exception of hess and the only reason i've cooled on hess is that with today's sale of its russian properties it definitely lessens the chance for an acquirer to come in and buy the whole darn thing. i want to go to brian in florida, please. brian. >> caller: cramer! >> yeah. >> caller: i love you! >> love you back! >> caller: all right. what about these electric cars? what about tesla motors?

eastern, neil irwin, author of "thal chemists," sits down with david wessel of "the wall street journal". and we conclude tonight's prime time programming at 11 eastern with sam roberts. he talks about the history of grand central station in new york. visit booktv.org for more on this weekend's television schedule. >> elliot abrams, who served on president george w. bush's national security council staff, provides an insider's take on the accomplishments and failures of the bush administration regarding the israeli/palestinian conflict. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening and welcome. i'm roger herring to, chairman of the new york historical society, and i'm pleased to welcome you here this evening. i think we're about to have a truly interesting evening, and a most revealing kind of program with an author who's put a lot of time into a particular area of study. in case you haven't noticed, there's a cottage industry out there populated by diplomats, journalists who write about their experiences in the middle east. this has been going on for 30 or 40 years. i think it's fair

there's a calm neil irwin in "the washington post." >> i love that. you just pronounced it dead.is a money-printing rally, i know that we don't have the close-up handheld, but i have a tie that's helicopter ben and this is what you get. you get bouncebacks, too. a company reports a bad quarter and initially there's a big hit and then it bounces. have you noticed ibm? take a look at ibm, it has just r levitateded a lot of points and it just gained ten pin thes and no one is thinking weight a second and all of the big downdrafts. listen to this, here are the ones that disappointed, apple, amazon, ibm, intel, qualcomm, united technologies, united health, think bah of america, goldman sachs, caterpillar, mcdonald's and starbucks all disappointed and now pfizer. >> this is the largest drug -- those all disappointed and we hit an all-time high. isn't this what the s&p is? >> doesn't that mean that i should perhaps be reassessing and say that won't last forever at some point? >> i said it says -- just keep it going. the second half must be getting better. >> is it just momentum and chea

neil irwin. author of e the -- "the alchamitss." >> together they shape our economic destiny. in a way most of us aren't aware of. >> sounds like a conspiracy theory to me. they are unelected. i got three peoples that are unelected and three of the most powerful people in the world. >> it is troubling. you have these unelected officials and meet in secret. it's not ideal from a democratic perspective. >> who are they? >> ben bernanke we know the chairman of the u.s. federal reserve. jean-claude in charge of 17 countries in western europe. murray the governor of the bank of england. take canada and switzerland in the club too. >> how did they do? david stockman says not well. >> i think david is mostly wrong. >> why is that? >> wow. >> why do you think david is wrong? >> i think he has a view of that anything you do to try to corral what can go wrong in an economy you're laying the groundwork. it's the policy to see what went wrong in the past and learn from history and try to fix it and do better. that's what ben bernanke and these other guys have been doing the last few years

they quickly put it out on irwin street. state officials have issued a warning that a lack of rainfall has left much of california lands for burning. california has already responded to 700 wildfires across the state. that's way above average for this time of year. we spoke to calfire's division chief by phone this morning and asked him on a scale of 1 to 10 how this season is stacking up so far. >> i would say it's about an 8. similar to what we were seeing in 2008. but again, you never know how the season is gonna play out. so we're always preparing for the worst. >> reporter: now, open burns will be banned starting today. that includes alameda, contra costa, santa clara, san mateo and santa cruz counties. when are we likely to see rain again? well, forecasters say not until fall. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> a teenaged boy is recovering after falling down a ventilation shaft in the marin headlund. the journal reports the boy fell 35 feet at an old military butcher. firefighters cut through a s

at 9 on "after words," neil irwin author of "the alchemieses" sits down with david wes el of "the walltreet journal," followed by lee sandlin at 10 p.m. and we conclude at 1 with kristin hawkens. she describes the efforts of students for life for america. that all happens tonight here on c-span2's booktv. >> and now on booktv, former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor presents a history of the high court and profiles several of its former justices. [applause] >> thank you. now, i'm sitting down, so you can sit down. come on. that's good. i'm kind of hobbling around a bit. and so -- can you hear? is it all right? no? no. does this have to be turned on, or what's the matter? right into it? oh, dear. [laughter] now can you hear better? >> yes. >> i actually didn't get an offer for my first job, so let's just get the introduction changed a little bit. [laughter] i happily attended stanford law school, and in the process, i met my husband-to-be, john o'connor. and he was a year behind me in law school. we decided to get married, and i graduated from the law school, and we both liked

first of all, i spoke with irwin balarte with the texas police association who describes the mood of're talking about the loss of two prosecutors over the span of two months and for the law enforcement community, it is the loss of family. so, you know, it is a sad, it is a difficult situation to deal with, but you find that law enforcement officers, they are aware. they are, you know, paying very close attention to their surroundings. at the courthouse, it is open. there is extra security there. as you mentioned, we even see a district attorney, one in harris county, in houston, texas, a few hundred miles south of us, he has taken extra precautions. he's elected to take on extra security 24-hour security to protect him and his family. you get a sense of what people are doing given what happened here in kaufman. >> all right, george howell, thanks so much for that update. >>> joining us now from montgomery, alabama, heidi birik, director of the southern poverty law center intelligence project. back in october, when the justice department indicted 34 members of the texas aryan brotherh

irwine on the managers of local banks sunday night at 9:00 eastern part of 'book tv." as we continue our conversation this morning on north korea, thomas c. hubbard is our latest guest. he served as u.s. ambassador to south korea 2001-2004. prior to that he had been u.s. ambassador to the philippines during the clinton administration. he also served in several capacities with south korea and north korea as a negotiator during the clinton administration. ambassador, tell us about your time in south korea. when were you there? from: nearly a decade ago 2001-2004. was the dayrived the attacks on america took place. september 11, 2001. so i spent a lot of my time there with the south koreans worry about international terrorism -- terrorism. a time when north korea was somewhat less of a worry. it was a time that the sunshine when they return to forge ties with the north koreans. the north koreans were by and large responding. while we were maintaining our deterrent against any potential momentumuch of the with north korea was positive. --t: was a the 2004 olympics was it t

. >> the problem is that's probably three or four brigade training exercises at fort irwin, california. >> okay. mr. hale, did you want to comment on that at all? because i'm -- >> no. i think the secretary and chairman said it rightful we are complying with the law, what we felt was the intent of the law on the appropriations bill. and it is causing some difficult decisions. >> all right. thank you. thank you, all. >> thank you. mr. bishop. >> thank you, mr. chairman. after congressman forbes' question as one of the extremists in this body, mr. secretary, i'd like to welcome you here, and it's good to have you finally on the correct side of capitol hill. i have got about five questions, i'm going to get them all through come hell or high water. so the first one deals with the request that was in your budget. it appears that in the air force budget that roughly $1.4 million is put in there to conduct an environmental impact study regarding the icpm missile -- icbm missile wing. i understand this was inserted into the budget proposal by your office and not that by air force leadership.

jim irwin, one of our frequently tweeters @bp show let's go o's. >> dan and i were talking before i cameturning on t.v. every night here in d.c. the orioles have a good team to watch. we get consumed with the mets. >> we have one team we support. >> no. >> you and your orioles. >> but i can watch multiple teams. it's okay. >> gnats off to a great story, great baubs. my wife carol, she watches every single game, every play. >> it's just entertaining. >> they are entertaining. >> they are. it truly is. >> bryce harper. >> os. >> i made my wife watch some -- we didn't go to the game. i made her watch some on t.v. when zimlerman hit that double and bryce harper is run so fast are they supposed to run that fast? running his ass off. >> they are supposed to. >> let's say a quick hello to pat. >> i grew up listening to the braves. the abc outfield covington and all of the colorful people but they are a part. aaron bagged groceries in milwaukee in the off season. they have become millionaires. they aren't the people we can relate to as easily because they are just not as colorful that we get the

. >> neil irwin on after words, sunday night at 9 eastern, part of book tv this week in on c- span2. >> she was out there in a way that respectable women did not do, but this is a new era. this is the time when the women's movement is under way, and interestingly enough, someone like julia tyler kind of fits into a certain extent. she is very conservative in some ways, but in terms of breaking through the traditional way that a woman should behave, she is doing it in a way that other women are not at that time. >> our conversation with historians on julia tyler is now available on our website, c- .pan.org/firstladies >> president obama argued for stricter gun laws today. colorado recently moved to require background checks for all gun purchases and put limits on the size of ammunition magazines. this is a half hour. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you so much. thank you, everybody. everybody have a seat. thank you. it is wonderful to be back in colorado and in denver. i want to thank chief white for that introduction. you have some outstanding officials here today. i want to acknowledge

. >> neil irwin on creation of world central banks and how the managers develop global power. on "after words", part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >>> the late photo journalist leonard freed documented the 1963 march on washington. hundreds of his photos have been published by his widow, brigitte freed. up next a 40 minute discussion of the book with remarks by john coal with the library of congress. >> without, gooage. wrut colt to -- good afternoon, welcome to the library of congress. i'm the director of the library of congress which is the reading and book promotion arm of the library. we're pleased to could sponsor this program with the library prints and photographs division. the center for the book was created in 1977 to help the library of congress stimulate public interest in books and reading and literacy and libraries and we are a private public partnership with the library of congress paying our five salaries but indeed we have raised private money from the beginning to help support our array of programs and projects. there are, center for the books now in ever

and jim irwin says with regards to chris broussard's comments, jesus recognized sinners and condemnedocrites. >> bill: yeah, he did. >> easy as that. >> bill: so you were saying earlier, you don't think he's a great athlete. >> well, he's not going to go down -- >> bill: not one of the greatest names. >> he's not one of the biggest names in basketball. >> bill: will he play again? >> i think he might. he will be a reserve center. he's been playing for awhile. he's 34 which is old in the nba. and he's been around a couple of different teams. so does it look like he'll stay with the wizards we'll see who picks him up next. >> bill: tony is calling from brooklyn. good morning. >> caller: i just wanted to bring up that you talk about the machismo of the athletes who are gay, who are anti-gay. i'm a former marine and in the marine corps, you have plenty of gays that are out and fighting, doing impossible jobs. guys on the decks of aircraft carriers, most dangerous place in the world. they're gay there too. not all of them. >> bill: good point. >> you cannot make any comparison between the

. >>> kneel irwin on the creation of the world's central banks and how the managers develop global powern after words sundays night at 9:00 eastern. part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >>> and then there was libya. which could argue be a success some people say, you know, a distractions or whatnot. a place where hillary clinton played a pivotal role. she travels to france as you document in the book, and she wants to make sure that other people will contribute. it doesn't seem she's getting hints of the obama administration. she wants to make sure that other people will act with the united states if there's action. explain what she is doing in france. >> guest: let me give you the context of the trip. it was one of the most insane trips that i have been on. everything was on the move. it felt like the world was ending. you had the earthquake in japan, with a tsunami there and the nuclear crisis. a crisis with pakistan where cia contractor raymond davis was detained, you had had the revolution ending in egypt. hosni mubarak had just stepped down. the revolution was ongoing, the uprisi

. >> neil irwin on the creation of the world's central banks and how their managers develop global poweron "after words", sunday night at 9:00 eastern part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. >>> senior advisor to president obama, valerie jarrett, spoke about her role in the white house and limited politics. her remarks are part of the atlantic's women in washington series. this is just under an hour. >> thank you, elizabeth and terry, thank you very much. and all of you for being here. thank you, valerie. i will tell you about a couple things about valerie before we get started. because we want to dive in. full disclosure. valerie and i used to work together. we worked on the first obama presidential campaign and as you heard i worked in the white house. but know i get a chance to ask her all the questions i always wanted to ask. valerie is senior advisor to president obama. she oversees the white house office of public engagement, a very important office for the president and head of council on women and girls. she was a senior official in many capacities in the city of chicago and was

it featured a rays' to-do list with the top item, crocodile hunter steve irwin crossed out.ident, finally got to meet the real president face to face in the oval office. take a look. >> okay, we'll make sure not to -- this is abraham lincoln. >> yes. >> very famous and one of my favorite presidents. >> mine, too. >> you're doing awesome. >> you think i'm doing awesome? >> mm-hmm. >> that means a lot to me. even though we're presidents, can we still hug? >> yeah. >> okay. i wanted to make sure. >> very sweet. well, the kid president was at the white house for the annual easter egg roll. his original viral video, pep talk for kids and grown-ups, has now more than 18 million youtube hits. >>> it is 8:06 right now. let's go back outside to matt and savannah. very cute. >> very cute. and you can see him running down the colonade, having his way with the place. >> do you think he'll ever forget that moment? probably not. >> no, because his mom will be playing it over and over again. >> mr. roker has a check of the weather. >> the video was and -- well, i like the soul waffles, mys

irwin on sunday night at 9:00 eastern. >> where is the predictability in judge borg? what are the assurances this committee has us to where you will be given the background and history? >> as a teenager and in my early 20's, i was a socialist. it hardly seems to me to indicate fundamental instability. as winston churchill said, any man who is not a socialist before he is 40 has no heart. any man who is a socialist after 40 has no head. evolutionat kind of is very common in people. those two characters that you saw, one was the einstein of the law and the other was the einstein of the senate. you have two trains passing in the night. he was one of the toughest senators to lobby on anything. was brilliant. .e was a brilliant judge he taught antitrust law. he wrote the book at yale. these two guys were meeting in passing like two trains. never did they come together on anything. 8:00.e on sunday night at continues. journal" host: this morning, we look at the foods and beverages americans consume. we are joined this morning by cynthia ogden, a nutritional epidemiologist w