. >> i'm jim allen, i'm a registered state of california geologist and a paleontologist. what this picture is of is the mammoth tooth and a fragment of the mammoth tooth that came out of the otter hole, about ten feet from the surface. that is a side view of it. the thing is preserved just by burial, which means it is not replaced by minerals. it is basically the mammoth tooth, calcium phosphate. it was over laid by sand. the environment changed from a lake to a lagoon to all of a sudden a stream system. so the sediment came in either after the mammoth lost his tooth or passed on. elephants like to lose their teeth. so it is overlaid by capping sand. >> i have a question -- >> question from the director. >> can you tell us what size you are talking about with your fingers? oh really? >> how about showing the picture. we have a picture that will show -- >> it is that big. >> not this? >> no, it is giant. >> jim, if you could address the board when you speak. >> sorry, board. >> if you could speak into the mic because the meeting is recorded. >> that is me holding the tooth

. >> we have nice the national preservation >> while it is a rare find, paleontologists jim allen says it is not terribly unusual to have them leave here well before there was even a, at san francisco was more of a plane like the serengeti of eastern africa. as you can see from this recreations, colombian mammoths were huge but not woolley. they were about 13 ft. tall and weighed about 5 t. he says he has competing theories about how the tooth was left there >> it either spat out a loose tooth and kept going or this is part of something bigger down there >> it looks too perfect to be a rock >> the crane operator found it as he was working. his crane was lifting clay soil and out of the cylinder from about 1,100 ft. deep. he glanced down and saw the discolored object >> i started digging deeper and at that point i knew it was not a rock >> the digging continues but gently. over the last few years this is not the only find. they have found some of the remains from of other old days and even found a nugget of gold. >> that job site has a long way to go and i'm sure more will be discovered

mike allen and jim vandahai. romney and top strategist stuart stevens, the focus of the piece. allen and vandahai said they were forced to complete the speech in just days, an oversight that of course drew widespread criticism. according to the report in politico, that incident sparked internal sniping about the campaign's leadership structure with some suggesting mr. stevens had taken on too much responsibility and made a mistake by advocating what some conservatives see as a campaign of caution. romney himself also being criticized by his associates who are, quote, baffled that such a successful corporate leader has created a team with so few lines of authority or accountability. ahead on "morning joe," we'll talk to mike allen and get deeper into that piece. >>> mayor rahm emanuel of chicago is seeking a court order to get students back to school. chicago's teachers strike enters now its second week. city officials and union leaders had agreed to a framework for a new teacher contract. on friday a dole the union leaders called a, quote, good contract. but yesterday union dele

he helped virginia democrat jim webb defeat george allen in the 2006 senate race made famous by allen'sue comment. he steered mark warner into the virginia governor's mansion in 2001. now, mud cat is setting his sights on ousting powerful house republican leader eric cantor. if he succeeds, it could be one of the biggest political upsets of the year. mud cat, thanks for being here tonight. >> rev, it's wonderful being with you. >> now, let me ask you, how are these romney tapes changing the political conversation? >> well, you've been in campaigns before, rev, and the one thing you always want to establish is us versus them brand. and me, one thing he has done is he has firmly branded himself as them. you know, i couldn't believe it. i knew that he was an elitist, but romney doesn't have a whole lot of street smarts and people are talking about this secret fundraiser and there was 150 people there with cell phones. and where you and i come from, we call that street smarts not to say something so ridiculous in front of that many people. >> no doubt about it. well, one of the things he sa

allen in a quinnipiac university poll. both men are looking to succeed democrat jim webb. tim kaine and george allen square off live today at noon right here on nbc 4. david gregory of "meet the press" will moderate a debate this afternoon. julie carey and i will be on the panel. the fairfax county chamber of commerce co-sponsoring this debate. you can watch it live. >>> why a notebook could be the key to the colorado movie massacre court case. >> why monica lewinsky is back in the headlines. what she is planning to release. >> what scholars are saying this morning about the tiny piece of paper who some claim shows jesus had a wife. >> tom kierein will let us know just how long these chilly temperatures will stick around. weathe >>> welcome back. this tiny piece of paper is igniting a huge debate in the christian community, but is it real? several renowned scholars are calling into question the authenticity which suggests jesus had a wife. others question whether the anonymous owner has financial motivations. it wassage ie agnalyzed. >> one of the things i heard yesterday w

now allen is running against tim kaine for jim webb senate seat this november. >> a grim statistic now from the federal government. the use of food stamps has set a record. in june, that government program helped put food on the table for 46.7 million americans and that's up 3.3% from one year ago. >> this just in to the newsroom. pepco tells us it's going to start cycling off power to parts of the neighborhood. that is the area in d.c. just north of rhode island avenue that saw heavy flooding sunday night during the storms. now apparently pepco's underground lines were damaged in the floods. asked pepco for a schedule of when power will be cut to specific areas. we're waiting for a response this evening. once we get that information, we'll share it with you and post it at wusa9.com. >>> a car sitting in the middle of the road running, no driver in it. police did find an eight month old child sitting in it. anny hong is live with more on an arrest. anny. >> anita, prince william county police say this is one of their more stranger stories. they responded to a call on an hourglass lane

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jim webb. you can watch tim kaine and george allen in the debate tomorrow live at noon right here on nbc 4. nbc "meet the press" host david gregory will moderate that debate. aaron gilchrist and northern virginia bureau chief julie carey will be on the panel. you can also watch the debate streaming live on nbcwashington.com. >>> a well-known d.c. author was startled by a blackout and an explosion at his home today. what sparked it was an attempted burglary. that explosion happened at the home on the 35th street in northwest d.c. that's where pat collins is right now. pat? >> reporter: doreen, an incredible crime. to defeat the burglary system here, this would-be thief actually yanked the electric meter from the house. police trying to extract fingerprints from an electrical meter. hoping to find a suspect in a broad daylight burglary with high-risk, high-voltage consequences. it happened at a home at 35th and quebec streets northwest. first came a blackout, then came a boom, downstairs came the homeowner, off went the suspect. broad daylight? >> yeah. >> reporter: home working on your book?

. >> jim corcoran told me off camera thais members thought george allen did a better job sealing thet tim ka ine was more specific. but what you like the poles or not they seem the leastt more doable in the short rm -- raising taxes on some anthen a balancnced budget amamendment. >> the reqequest and is what wiwill happen --- romneney or reaeagan -- excu me, r romney versus obama. these separate its, thank you. in that context, i think most of the guys are lookiking at higher taxe if mr. obama is elected and not much relief in areasas where they are inclined to seek relief. mr. obama does not lightwo grououps of f people. military and oil comnies. he likes oil to pay forhe military -- >> send us y your comments. we will take a -- a break. stay with us. but first, the federal hot minute. >> it is september, and it must be, but government buying season. you need to the business of government is the buying surge that occurred as the fiscal year comes to a close september 30. government buyers scrambled to spend their annual budget dollars before the last dayy of the fiscal year or risk

mike allen jim, my colleague, the palace intrigue story.he dissenters usually try to preserve their future careers. they get behind a couple points in the polls and all of a sudden everybody is trying to take down stored stevens as the head strategist for romney, the complaint being he has taken on too many roles in the campaign. the speech writer, a strategist , and he has an eclectic style. people don't have the same kind of faith in his discipline and as some others high up in the campaign. mitt romney bears responsibility for the functioning of his campaign and the way that his top aides are working or not working, as some suggest george stevens is not. not. host: the front page of "politico" this morning -- guest: the odds are long almost like the odds of the redskins' winning yesterday's game after the final whistle sounded. democratic leaders have through say to their supporters that they have a chance to win. if they don't, all the money will dry up. the outcome would be worse for them. when you talk to democrats privately, they thr

jim webb. republican george allen and democrat tim kaine are polling within the statistical margin of error, and the cook political report rates the race as toss-up. last week the candidates met for an hourlong debate moderated by "meet the press" host david gregory. >> moderator: and good afternoon. welcome to the virginia senatorial debate between democrat tim kaine and republican george allen. i'm david gregory, moderator of "meet the press," and moderator of today's debate. i want to quickly cover the rules of today's event. the debate will last one hour, and we'll begin with two-minute opening statements from each candidate. then our panelists and i will pose questions directly to the candidate. these questions are determined by the panelists, by us. they have not been received by the candidates or reviewed by the fairfax chamber. each candidate will have one minute and 30 seconds to respond, and the candidate answering fist will have an -- first will have an additional one-minute rebuttal. i like to be able to reserve the right to follow up with some questions as i see fit as the moderator

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george allen held the seat until 2006. jim webb is retiring. that has moved down for republicans.ot as lelyo fli campaign isn't going quite as well as they like. the changing demographics, i can't think of state in the country have changed as dramatically virginia. this state had not voted for a w e tngbooting twice in a row for democrats. they had jim webb and tim kaine another democrat going to the senate this year. you had two straight democratic governors before . oloent from red to blue in five years. it's blue down the ticket. >> um next it's about the benjamins, former chairman sheila bear rereveals what happs and she tells ushy it could stilhappen a. woman 1: this isn't just another election. e're voting for... the futuref our medicare and soal security. man i wt fas. raig . murn. and what it means for me. woman 2: i'm tired of the negative ads and political spin. that won't help me decide. man 2: i earned my medicare and. and i deserve some awers. anncr: wre do the candidates stand on issues that... affect sio tod andn th fu? find out with the aarp voters' guide at earned

allen in new york. nbc chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski and atia abawi in kabul.st to you at ground zero, talk about the feelings, the memorial, the ceremonies today. >> well, andrea, each commemoration, each anniversary is unique and different, powerful and special, and this one certainly was as well. it was smaller, more intimate, more private and less public if you will, although certainly open to the public. about a thousand people or so gathered here at ground zero. you may recall last year on the tenth anniversary there were tens of thousands of people who were gathered in all of downtown new york in this area, so a lot more low key this time. one of the big differences, this year there were no politicians or elected officials invited to come and speak. they were invited to come and participate and be a part of the ceremony but the organizers of the event wanted to make it less political and more and specifically about the families who came here in the hundreds again. now one big difference is that there is a lot more going on here at ground zero. you can se

allen. it is held by retiring democrat jim webb. s look at live look of first of three debates in this race held between now and election day. george allen touted his record and suggested his opponent would raise taxes. former governor tim kane tout what he did as virginia governor and bringing new business and infrastructure to northern virginia. this debate comes as we've seen the first movement in polls here which have been basically tied from the start of the campaign. the new "fox news poll" of likely virginia voters has tim kane 47%, george allen, 43%. that can add pressure for allen to do well in the race. a professor breaks it down this way. >> this is really unusual because both of these candidates are recognized by over 95% of the potential voters. so there's very little give in the electorate. people are really dug in on this race. and as a result, it's very, very likely to be a coattail race. whoever wins the presidential election in virginia is going to get a bonus senate sees for his party. >> reporter: this is george a

mike allen and jim vandehigh wrote an article called "state of the race: advantage obama."nd there was some inside information, jim, that you all were getting that obama really does have an edge at this point. >> and the information, jim, didn't come from giddy operatives for barack obama coming out of the democratic convention. >> rather. >> you were talking to romney's top people and top republicans who confessed to you, this is going to be a tough, tough ride now. >> right. i mean, of course, the obama folks think they're up. what was striking is how nervous romney is. and the reasons are a couple. one, they're seeing the same slight bump for obama coming out of the conventions that we're seeing. two, they had hoped that they'd get their own bump, and it never materialized. even for a couple days after their own convention. and three, what worries them most is when they look at the states. there's about nine or ten states that really matter. and in states that really, really matter like ohio. that ppp poll that you just showed has a five-point gap. they have internal pol

allen. tom sherwood is here now with more on that story. tom? >> jim, everybody knows tim kaine is in a tough race. he knows it. he's trying to rally the troops. >> former governor and future united states senator, tim kaine! >> reporter: former virginia governor tim kaine welcomed by the party faithful in charlotte tuesday telling a boisterous crowd he and his republican senate opponent george allen had been tied in the polls for yearly a year. closer than the presidential race. >> isn't it great to be a battleground state? virginia really matters, folks. we really matter. we're going to see a lot of focus and a lot of spotlight. that's exciting. but it also means we've got to do our best work. >> reporter: allen, also a former governor who lost his senate seat six years ago, campaigned in fairfax county tuesday. allen skipped the republican convention in tampa to focus on his virginia race. and kaine is spending only this one day in charlotte. he addresses the convention tonight. what's your message tonight? >> i'm going to talk heavily about results

outstanding >>> dennis allen's birthday yesterday the last time for the 49ers played in minnesota their the underdog and get beat by brett favre today they were the favorites jim harbaugh talked about he wanted to avoid the trap game on fourth down christian ponder fakes and rolls out kyle rudolph for the touchdown they extend the lead ponder finds nobody open but scampers 23 ers for the touchdown. a good start for ponder in the nfl in completion percentage 49ers down 17-3 at the half. they regroup, alex smith to vernon davis makes it 17-13. ponder to rudolph again, 24-13, two minutes left in the game, smith pass to crabtree off the mark and picked off smith's first interception since we 12 of last year. after a minnesota farm vote smith hit by jared allen and fumbles that ice is the game 49ers take their first loss of the season upset 24-13. in baseball the a's must regroup fast to avoid a sweep at the yankees, already up one nothing in the second, he takes in deep his sixth homer of the year makes it three nothing oakland the yankees come back again rawl 89 yes pos 1 down the line. a fair ball. new york takes the lead on a groundout the a's are resilient. yo

allen who lit the torch today. a neck injury for darius hayward bey in stable condition tonight. from jankowski 44 yds out wins it for the raiders. lots of nail biting for jim harbaugh at minnesota christian ponder fines mikhail rudolph for the games score ponder had three touchdowns. 49ers lose to the vikings' 24-13 alex through his first interception of the season. a's and yankees at the bronx, the a's win 5-4. huge win for them. giants and padre's after san francisco clenches the division. san diego win 6-3 marty lurie tonight on game day breaks down what the giants postseason rotation should be >>> barry zito pitched well still be on the roster he was not even on the roster to years ago. >>> darius hayward bey well the get an update? >>> yes the coach as a news conference tomorrow will find out. that happened to him last year in minnesota he was carted off the field and gave the thumbs-up you wonder how many times can one player taking its >>> will see you at 11 on cb

jim demint. this afternoon virginia governor bob mcdonnell representative allen west of florida and steve king of iowa. we will also hear from minnesota congressman michele bachmann and of course family research council president tony perkins who was the luncheon speaker at the national press club earlier this week. you can see what he had to say if you go to the video library at c-span.org. according to "the washington post" neither mitt romney nor missouri candidate ted akin are scheduled to speak at this event. is expected to get underway in just a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning ladies and gentlemen. we will begin in just a couple of moments. please take your seats. ♪ and. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the 7th annual al use voter summit. to kick off our meeting this morning please welcome to the stage or master of ceremonies, mr. dale burden. [applause] >> good morning everybody. we are looking forward to what i know will be one of the best we can hear the 7th annual values voter summit. well it's 2012, finally. [applause] i didn't think we would ever g

from virginia governor bob mcdonnell, iowa congressman steve king, congressman jim jordan from ohio and florida congressman allent among others. live coverage on c-span2 at 2:00 p.m. eastern. watch and engage as we bring you live coverage of the vice-presidential debate between paul ryan and vice president joe biden october 11th at center college in danville, kentucky. the three presidential debates start wednesday october 3rd at the university of denver focusing on domestic policy. tuesday, october 16th it will be a town hall format at hofstra university, in new york. the final debate at lynne university in florida. as they take on foreign policy. that will be friday, october 22. that will be live coverage on c-span. c-span radio and c-span.org. >> i started by saying let us be cautiously optimistic. something is happening is great. what is great i call in the book and in the title the awakening. the awakening is the awakening of the arab mind and intellectual revolution which people understanding yet. it is possible to get rid of dictators. it is possible to change the country. this is irreversible. that can n