one of the wives, li jing says, only the united states can make this case to china. that is the case of her husband and the case of the disappeared and incarcerated human rights leaders. please, president obama, listen to these courageous women, and act decisively. the china commission hopes the issue of human rights abuses in china will be raised in a serious and visible way during the vice president's visit. and particularly that the detention of jing, bao, qingjing, pastor yang, ronyimit discussed in detail. it's important and timely hearing recognizes one of china's most important human rights leaders and lawyers, jigiang, mr. gao a self-trained lawyer was a human right defender and marginalized groups. we know little about his condition or his whereabouts. then the issue of quo kwan an academic professor who had a letter to mr. hu, posted a charitier for new democracy party online and called for the end of china's reeducation through labor system. for that he was sentenced to ten years in prison. the brilliant legal advocacy on behalf of marginalized groups in c

. >> in pr jing all his life for venture into space.l boy, his idea of a holiday was a visit to the airport. and when he grew up, it was no surprise to us when he decided to learn to fly. >> flight commanded young john's major interests. he had to learn to fly. world war ii inted he received his first flying lessons from pilot harry clever. >> this is john's flight record with my combat after his first flight, which was eager to learn, relaxed, alert, and good coordination. he certainly has retained these flight qualities right into outer space. [ playing "anchors away" ] trai at corpus christi. many aviators won their wings here. like these cadets he on to learn with time in physical conditions and inspiration. like these naval aviators, to win his wings. the navy's thorough traininglen for wartime in the pacific flying 59 in corpses like these he blasted enemy targets, until there was peace and glenn returned to corpus christi as advanced flying instructor, until -- korea. major john glenn came back to combat to fly 90 missions, to sh

jing me to talk dollars and cents is paul, of hollywood.com. great to see you again.nks for joining us. >> great being here. thank you. >> you have interesting statistics on how much an oscar nomination is worth to a film. how about an actual victory? how much can it help the bottom line? let's talk dollars and cents here? >> it definitely can help. we talked about the oscar boost. i think it's more of an oscar nomination boost because during the time of the nominations and telecast these studios can really make hay out of the fact that their movie has been nominated. once the movie wins by that time the movies have been in the market place three months or more and are pretty much played out. i think where the oscar win helps, though, is down the line, television sales, vod rights. that kind of thing. when your film is an oscar winner for best picture it adds to the value of that product. of that film. >> another is after an oscar win, you are getting more business because people are saying i want to go to the oscar winning film and the numbers add up. how about the i

you could see little mack riding through the camps with typically an entourage, sabres and spurs jing ling, a whole troop of cavalry behind him, staff officers eager to be seen with the great man. his horse was named daniel webster [ laughter ] >> the troops learned that. and he -- during this period he did his very best to incull kate a sense of mission in those soldiers. historian ethan matthews in his book "mcclellan's war, subtitled the failure of moderation in the struggle for the union." makes a good point when he writes this. "mcclellan did not want fear of punishment to be the primary force motivating the efforts of his men. mcclellan recognized that the american citizen soldier was a member of the political community, sensitive to his rights, and would not tolerate the brutish discipline to which soldiers in the european armies had been accustomed for centuries. mcclellan's soldiers had his orders of the day read to them by their own immediate commanders at the evening formation. they heard word like these from their general. "i'm to watch over you as the parent over his chil

america it's been a tough first day of talks for china's vice president and leader in waiting she jing paying american colleagues began by voicing disappointment with beijing's economic policies and ended with its stance on syria criticism was also level that china over its copyright and forstmann and human rights record which the visiting vice president took. apart from the brief exchanges the day was largely ceremonial as american leaders find stuff changing the man widely tipped to be beijing over the next decade christine for reports now on the rocky relationship between the two economic giants. he loves me. loves me that age old question is one china at least has every right to ask regarding its relationship with the united states just in the last three years china has been whined to dine. praised and envied for its ability to do whatever it wants right now in china the government can disconnect parts of its that are not in the case of war we need to have the chinese p.z. row capital gains tax folks in congress are also going to get a chance to decide later. in the month whether o

prime minister stephen harper leading business coalition to by jing. it follows president obama's rejection of pipeline project. a zoo in tokyo today held an emergency drill to simulate the escape of a rhinoceros in case of another earthquake or serious situation there. they did not want to use an actual rino, employees dressed up in a rino suit and they were overpowered, tranquilizeed and caught in a net. so life-like. still ahead -- what could be the greatest discovery of sunken treasure ever. first, why the government's latest refinancing program may not be as inexpensive as >> bret: mortgage refinance program is receiving scrutiny for fees it may charge homeowners. fox by network senior washington correspondent peter barne explains. >> in his "state of the union" address two weeks ago, president obama announced a plan to possibly help millions of homeowners refinance their mortgages at lower interest rates. now 4% or so. >> i'm sending this congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner a chance to save $3,000 a year on the mortgage. >> lef

. >>> xi jing ping sampling irish sport in dublin. the chinese vice president is in the irish republic on a three-day tour. it's his only stop in europe following his visit to the united states last week. in spite of taking in irish culture t focus of his trip is promoting trade and investment between china and ireland. welcome back live from cnn london and hong kong. this is "world business today." >>> i have no idea what that stick was he was using to hit that ball with. now, china is rolling out the red carpet for hollywood. the u.s. film industry will soon have greater access to the booming chinese movie market worth about $2 billion last year. in the past, china limited the number of foreign films in the country to 20 a year. but after a u.s. complaint to the world trade organization and a deal reached with china's vice president last week, china will now allow an additional 14 foreign films, as long as they're formatted for either 3d or i max. this is a big win for hollywood. part of the deal also includes giving u.s. studios a

. >>> now chu jing ping.l with the reality of a china that has seen greater repression domestically engaging in more nationalistic behavior and more assertive internationally and the whole world is watching to see how they deal with these issues. some dealing with economic policy making and deal with reform minded elements within china and some are certainly foreign policy related. he has major issues falling on his lap. one thing for sure, erin, probably a year or two before he consolidates his power base at home before he can do anything substantial at all. >> ambassador jon huntsman, giving us the real story. we'll be following it the next couple of days. >>> the republican race for the white house is virtually a tie now. statistics show mitt romney and rick santorum a virtual tie. 32% support mitt romney and 30% support rick santorum, obviously within the margin of error. 30% of republicans support mitt romney and 28% support mitt romney, within the margin of error. that's not all. former advisor for geor

who might go that route and what they will do if they know they will be treated with torture like jing li, and her husband. we need to stand in solidarity with the oppressed not the oppressor. regrettably, we are doing the opposite. i would like to escape mr. wolf -- asked if mr. wolf had any comments. we will leave the final words to these two distinguished whitest. thank you for the testimony. mr. fu? >> i think real intent will depend on two factors. the most important is inside china. in spite of the increasing persecution, perhaps the worst in two decades last year, we still are hopeful we still are seeing signs. it is not because of relaxation of the totalitarian regime, but i think because of the growing awareness and consciousness by the chinese people. look at what happened to that the village in the province. 15,000 people, when they were united, they were able to win the fight, at least temporarily, allowed to have their first freely, and democratic elections. the elected their own leaders in that 50,000-people the village. it is a small step, but it shows the people's power

. >>> in washington today, visiting washington today, chinese vice president xi jing ping. he is being hosted at a state department luncheon this hour go to facebook.com slash c-span and give your thoughts. the congressional commission on china will hold a meeting they will hear from the wife after chinese human rights activists who disappeared some 20 months ago. we will have that commission meeting at 2:30 eastern. that will be over on c-span3. >>> earlier today on the senate floor the majority leader, harry reid, spoke about the possible pending business and what it will take to move forward. his comments are just under 10 minutes. >> mr. president, we all know the inconvenience of a few potholes as we drive down a street. it's an inconvenience but for companies that ship $10 trillion worth of goods across the country every year, these disintegrating roads are more than an inconvenience, they're more than a nuisance. crowded train ride to an office or broken escalator at a station where you're trying to pick up a subway or what we call here, metro may be a hassle but for