we have budget and technical stuff, and we have the landscape, which joe brown was here. where's joe? there he is. [ applause ] that's eda, landscape. >> and attention to materials for the fabrication? >> well, right now we're talking about the columns being stone. that seems to be the right thing to do in this location. we're pretty close to our budget, so we're doing well. there's not going to be any -- the maintenance part of this is very carefully thought out. we're doing tests on the tapestry to ensure that it will last at least 200 years, but you can see it's pretty simple. you can just spray it and clean it. i don't think things are going to grow in it. so it's just spraying that and maintaining a garden. there's no complicated waterfalls, or there may be a little fountain or something but -- to get the trickle, trickle of water, the sound of water, but i'm not sure. the lighting will be interesting, how you light this at night. and it looks different from behind and from forward. and it changes during the day. so it will be very interesting. it will have a differen

but also from state rights conscious governors like vance in north carolina and joe brown in georgia. who believe that richmond was becoming altogether too intrusive in the lives of southern citizens. the key question here of course is, did it work? i promise you i would try to answer this question. and so i shall attack that. most historians who try to answer the question about the-- the legitimacy, the value, importance, impact of the union blockade do so by appealing to statistics. now, you have all heard the old saw, that there are liars and there are damned liars and then there are statisticians. and as we'll see in effort to answer the question by relying solely on statistics is as likely to breed scepticism about the process as to resolve the question. since numbers can be used to make very different points. for example, let me give you two facts. here is one. during the civil war, a total of 300 different steam powered vessels attempted to run the blockade. including our friend. and those steamers made anch arage of four successful trips. that twiz rou that is two per vessel.

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. >> our question for political insiders we have former mayor willie brown and joe garafoli, at cafefornia matter for the president hopefuls? >> does california matter now? >> california may matter more than it did, which was nothing, nothing. because romney still won't have enough delegates by the time he gets out here. >> why is that? is that a product of the primary system going on and -- >> why isn't there a republican. >> that has emerged that is the consensus person? >> you've had a couple people -- you want such -- the primary voter is be idealistic vote, they want perfection, somebody true to conservative values and someone who can win, which are not one in the same thing. that's why you have romney who can win, but he's not a true conservative. >> let's compare this to four years ago with hillary clinton and barack obama. everybody was looking for somebody to inspire but also someone to win. and although that race was competitive, and it went right up to the end, it did not have what the republicans are going through, why? >> that was probably the most unique contest ever in

something besides grab our money and that was our first question to political insiders mayor willie brown and joed we sat down at cafe roma. does california matter? now that the presidential republican hopefuls are out there? does it matter? >> does california matter now? >> california may matter more than it did. which was nothing. which was nothing. no, because romney still won't have enough delegates by the time he gets out here. >> why is that? the product of the primary system going on and on? >> why isn't a republican -- >> that's emerged that is the consensus person? >> because you hacouple people -- you want such -- the primary voter is an identifyistic voter they want perfection and someone that is true to the conservative value and someone who can win. which are not one in the same thing and that's why you have romney can win but not a true conservative. >> let's compare this to four years ago with hillary clinton and barack obama. everybody was looking for somebody to inspire but also someone to win. and although that race was competitive and it went right up to the end, it did not see

joe biden. i was pleased with jerry brown's plan. >>henry: what do you think about the occupy movement?there is a tremendous amount of support for addressing the issues of inequality. there is tremendous support for the command citizens united decision. vote in california for two things, the millionaires' tax >>henry: how are the giants going to do this year? >> we are going to win the new york -- they're going to win the world series this year. >>henry: the book is called a campaign of the camp. thank you. >>marty: coming up we will hear from the mother of a 15 year old girl who has been missing for two days. >>ysabel: we're keeping our eyes on the bridges. not too much traffic. there are advisory's for several of the bay area bridges. xi >>ysabel: a live look outside. a win the san mateo bridge. there are wind advisories in effect for the three bay area bridges. on the top rack, mt. tam. look at the wind. janu >> here is a live look at the golden gate. blue skies, it is chilly but sunny. it is going to be a cold afternoon. currently san francisco is at 40. we are still saying scattere

brown straight ahead. welcome back to "morning joe." top of the hour, mike barnicle and howard ford jr. hington, intelligence writer for the "associated press" kimberly doger. we'll get to you in a moment with the headlines in afghanistan which are simply horrific this morning. tina, hillary clinton was just one of many incredible guests that you had at the women in the world summit at the lincoln center over the weekend. >> yes. >> i can't stop hearing about it. >> it was amazingly good. in terms of its content, it was just incredible. meryl streep introduced hillary with wonderful words about what she's done for women over the world. it's like the secret life of hillary the way she has worked with women ever since she was in arkansas right the way through now to secretary of state where she's made a key plank in her strategy. what hillary was saying was she was saying how women in the world now look -- they look to america -- they look to us for the inspiration of how women can be empowered. and yet we are in a situation right now where our rights are being kind of rolled back. it was

kaiser report time now to go to new york and speak with joshua brown author of this new book good good look at it backstage wall street in which joe the world about all the tricks was three uses to convince you to act against your own financial self-interest now josh welcome to the kaiser report max about the issue of brown it seems like you hired greg smith to go out there and write that letter to the new york times to help promote your book is that true yes it's very true i owe him a basket of flowers and fruits. all right figure greg smith josh brown people were shocked shocked that goldman sachs refers to its clients as the muppets despite all the wealth destruction of the past decade the population still believes that wall street is there to help them make money of course in your book you explain why that's not the case but why what about this great smith letter do you think it's much ado about nothing or is it going to have legs as they say in the in the show business you know i was i was actually pretty critical of of his of his op ed and people are somewhat confused about what the difference is between me and him because i

joe man chin of west virginia. >>> also, larry kudlow. >>> tina brown. and digger phelps. >>> also, arlan specter about his new memoir. also his standup comedy debut in new york this week. is that true? >> it makes sense. look at him. >> he's funny. >> he's owning it. >> henne youngman. >> he is henne youngman. >> up next -- you stop it right now. >> that was a good one. >> just like that. >> stop. >>> up next, mike allen with politico playbook. but first -- >> you know, tj, you know, hold on a second. let's just stop this. bill karins, do you know what tj said in our ear? he said speaking of a joke, here's bill karins. >> the director is saying that? >> the director saying it. >> i would protest. just don't give him the leather. >> we can poke fun at our friends, but you can't. tj, you're nobody's friend around here, ok? stay in your corner. does everybody agree? >> no. >> get back on your horse and go back to pennsylvania, tj. >> i'm no longer at the bottom, you're saying. there's me and then there's tj? >> lewis also. >> lewis is down there too. >> yo

joe, where do you want to be? >> i heard josh brown make a great call on jp morgan. pete, has he once said when the financials take profit, absolutely not. do you think they had significant exposure in financials? absolutely not. there is more room. if you get a correction you want to own american express, goldman sachs, morgan stanley, j.p. morgan, blackstone. any correction, buy them. >> patty, are you being swayed? you're missing the party. >> i am. it's dais palestinian thing. if i was to play it would be u.s. bank, j.p. morgan. i'm going for quality. i have a couple small positions in the financials but they are dividend related. bank of montreal and blackrock kelso. >> why don't you like the big banks and financial institutions? >> it's revenue growth driving earnings growth. i'm not seeing it yet. until i see it i can't buy it. >> that's the word there. ak steel up 3% despite forecasting a weaker first quarter. our next guest lowered estimates based on the steelmaker guidance but said there is long-term value in the name. let's bring in richard garchitorena wh

brown. today's hearing took place outside presence of a jury. the judge ruled that she will be allowed to testify against her ex-boyfriend. joeez. >> hundreds of bay area drivers with a dui on their record may get a do over. the chp audit shows san francisco police were not regularly calibrating their machine meaning hundreds of cases dating back as far as ten years will rebe reviewed. the da and public defender's office say they are working together to creak this it. >> this is a big deal. >> it's a big deal but it illustrates the fact that we have -- a defender and a da that are willing to work together. >> the process could cost tens of thousands of dollars. the police department has shelved all 20 machines for now. >> they are supposed to be competing but tonight they are formed a united front. food truck operators in oakland say they can't depend on the police to have their back. there map to fight back against crime. >> reporter: she has only been back at work for a week but it's hardly business as usual. >> it's horrible. >> reporter: nearly two months ago her nephew was shot and killed in front of the family taco truc

brown communities. it's beyond the pale possible this not outright retaliation. >> a month ago, slv joe said he met withwas doing and mr. according to joe, had no problem with it. why do these republican candidates feel obliged to seek this man's endorsement given that his own reputation is frankly appalling by any standards. >> to take a swipe against someone like sheriff joe is to take a swipe against an entire sector of the republican party. these are voters where someone like rick santorum wants to keep in his tent. that's unfortunate. it's unfortunately they don't have the guts and the integrity to stand up and speak out against this kind of trash. >> now we're seeing this kind of rude and obnoxious behavior towards the president as that picture of the president being snapped of jan brewer, pointing a finger, as you know. and the racist e-mail sent by richard cebull. i'm sure you heard about it making references to the president's mother. >> i have indeed. i heard a lot of colleagues call this the politics of otherness. this is their way of calling the president something else, like muslim, like il

brown. today's hearing took place outside the presence of the jury. and they ruled that ms flores will be able to testify against her ex-boyfriend. joe vazquez, cbs5. >>> injured giant's fan brian stow has been moved to a new rehab facility. the move comes nearly a year after he was attacked outside dodger stadium. his family said that the 43- year-old will now undergo aggressive therapy to increase his independence. they say that he still has trouble with the mobility and memory. >>> a new low for the bay area car thieves. someone stole christian round tree's wheelchair accessory van on sunday from their family's driveway in vallejo. the college student and the former athlete was paralyzed in the car crash. she depended on that van to get away. whoever stole it surely knows that. >> once anyone looked on out there, they will see that it will be wheelchair accessible, that is no longer there. that is where i sat. there is a ramp to get in. >> the family filed a report with police and the van is on their stolen car hot sheet. but the department says that it is simply something that does not have the manpower to launch the all-out sear

joe." but right now, it's time for our old pal chuck todd. >>> how does charlie brown feel when lucy pulls the football away? ask mitt romney. every time he gets close to closing this deal, it gets jerked away. he's got the math on his side, but is that enough? >>> plus, president obama hosted david cameron in a don't call it a state dinner. but it's the campaign centric guest list that has our attention this morning. >>> and it's been 20 years since the first so-called year of the woman. this morning, how democrats are banking on woman candidates to hold control of the senate. it's thursday, march 15th, 2012, this is the "daily rundown" i'm chuck todd and the three hours tip-off to the ncaa tournament. >>> rick santorum is hoping the southern sweep finally gives him that clean shot at becoming romney's chief conservative challenger and he sure sounded like it yesterday. >> if we keep winning races, eventually people are going to figure out that governor romney isn't going to be the nominee. republican voters are overwhelmingly saying no. >> santorum has elm plambraced the candidate of eva

houston's former husband bobby brown is mentioned, but he gets nothing. remember joe made headlines during the 2008 race? now he's on the campaign trail. we were watching mitt romney and rick santorum battle it out in ohio on tuesday. joe the plumber, made a fellow republican in his race for congress. now he's up against a strong candidate 15-term incouple want marcy kaptor. take a listen to his defense anti-gay remarks. they have jobs. that's what it comes down to. i'm allowed to have my opinions. the left becomes very intolerant when you have an opinion other than what they state. >> let's head to columbus, ohio, where the city's schools are going after participaents for l money. you heard me right, lunch money. and we're not talking junk change. parents owe more than $1 million to the school lunch fund. after two years of trying to get parents to pay up, the school district is turning the delinquent parents over to a collection agency if they owe $50 or more. >> down to san antonio, texas, where a little boy saved his best friend's life by performing the heimlich m

joe derosa comedy.com for venue information. see you down south, folks. >> i hope somebody in greenville kicks your ass. >> that's nice, andy. for that i go to patti ann browneget that. >> patti, i have been saying your name over and over again. did you know your name is great for a teenage mystery novel? patti ann browne and the case of the curious missing cup cake. >> everybody makes fun of my name. >> it is a fun name. chris, have i to say congrats of being the editor of vanity fair, buts i loved you as the character in "stand by me" and" star trek the next generation." >> what happened to him? chris, while we were here, you were talking about the super tuesday. you said, you know, mitt won, mitt won. but mitt won by 1% or something like that. he is puffing his [bleep]. doesn't this win make him look like the dad that thinks he still has it? you know what i mean? >> nailed it. >> no, you didn't nail it. >> that hasn't changed. he always evoked that feeling among people. don't you think? >> yes, but i think it is unsay vor re. unsavory. >> it is whether or not it is permanently unsavory. >> he won six out of 10 states. >> andy, don't bring facts into this

joe. that's what makes you so wonderful. you make people feel so comfortable. >> two of the guys i admire most of all the people in the world are rocky marciano and jim brown.admire them both so much and equally is that each of them quit. they hung it up. they went and found new adventures at the very top of their game. i know you've been around and doing this for quite a while. but you are stepping away now, bro, from the ring, from the field, from whatever you want to call it, at the very top of your game. i can only imagine what mountains you'll climb next. whatever they are, how high they are, i know you got 'em cuz you are the man up in there, joe krebs. it's been wonderful knowing you all these years and working with you all this time. don't forget us poor peons hanging in there. way to go, joe. >> i won't. man. that's very nice. that's -- that's really very humbling to hear all of that. that's so lovely. and thank you, all of my co-workers, for expressing their well wishes and -- i love you guys. you folks have been my family. and you really have been terrific. thank you so much. it's going to be very difficult on friday when i have to walk out that

joe." it is the top of the hour. still with us, mark halperin and john heilemann. joining the table, editor and chief of news week magazine and the daily pooes, tina brown. >> good morningnalyst, eugene robinson. >> we are perusing news week and i love this. here we have this weeks "news week" complete with "madmen" a show that's been our favorite since the first season. i remember calling amc saying can i have the first season dvd. complete with retro ads. >> that's a neat idea. >> it's cool. here is "madmen" the article. i saw -- look at these old ads here. retro dunkin' doughnuts ad. you can say yep to america's cup. >> i love the way everybody got into it. we went to the advertisers and said go back to your libraries dig out the old ones and go retro or the new ones went retro for the hell of it. in the back you have two astronauts landing on the moon kissing. you know buzz alder was tweeting about it yesterday. >> cool. amazing. >> of course, there was the premier last night of "madmen." the new season. joey scarborough said it was great. huge. >> johnham, who is such a hunk in real life. we had eleanor cliff write the lead piece. she was the only writer left from