to put context around it is joe davis, the chief economist at the muni twel fund company. good to have you with us. >> thank you, tyler. >> terrific to have you here. jobs today, obviously the economic growth numbers yesterday. how stock is the economy in your view now and is it strong enough for the federal reserve to dial back on bond purchases? >> i certainly believe it's strong enough to just weather the federal reserve. i mean, our theme for our investors throughout the year is that despite the head winds the u.s. economy faces is that it's resiliency may be under estimated and today's jobs report under scores that sort of theme, despite the head winds, the private sector in particular is weathering those forces very well, and so i would expect more positive formative news on the labor market front over the next several months. so i think that clearly brings into focus a federal reserve that is beginning it's tapering program. >> you know, joe, the other aspect of it, though, the participation rate dropped so dramatically. does that worry you at all, and might it conc

we're lucky to have with us today raissa d'souza, who's a professor at uc davis and an expert in network theory. raissa, joe'stheir nearest neighbors, and they have four links to their nearest neighbors, so the geometry is perfectly ordered and regular. and it's much easier to do some mathematics with regular structures like that, so we know the connections, so we would know how to navigate through a network like that and cover all the edges in a really efficient manner. >> so it's one thing to be presented with an ordered network, like the streets of new york, for example, and it's completely believable that we can understand everything about those. but an amazing and beautiful theory is that we can also understand everything about a totally random network. and you could have many different models of what does it mean to have a random network, but one of the more interesting ones is one due to two hungarian mathematicians, paul erdos and alfred renyi. so maybe you could explain to us, what does it mean for a network to be random? >> in contrast to the ordered graph, where everybody has the same number of con

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joe thorton shoots and scores. and that wins it 3-2. the 49ers play the saints and vernon davis in the game despite the concussion he suffered in the loss to the panthers. if it is up to him, well he is playing. >> still okay. i have to wait until the middle of the week to clear me and i will get back to work of the -- to work. i feel like i can play. again i have to listen to the experts that's their job. >> and you have to pass the test. abc sports brought to you by riverwalk casino. >> great hoops. that was fun. >> thanks. >>> scoring extra points with deserving young people. >> the warmly. here is a look at your wake up weather. temperatures are 40s, 50s, mike nicco is here 4:30 t 7:00 a.m. >>> kids in the south bay were treated to a big surprise today courtesey of the san francisco 49ers. >> 49 bikes hand made by several players and were delivered to kids in santa clara. >> the niners teamed up with the nonprofit turning wheels for kids as well as the health services company to assemble these new wheels. pretty cool. >> smiling faces. coming up next on jimmy kimmle, robin w

i'm joined now by lanny davis, the attorney for rodriguez' league and media team and joe carter with, gentlemen. lanny, begin with you. background for a lot of folks. you're author of a couple crisis tales, and you've also worked with big clients in crisis management from the clinton administration even to martha stewart. so lanny, you first. explain your role for the rodriguez team. >> well, i focus on violations of fairness and due process, and rather than using the general expression ethical rules, let me state a fact, not denied by major league baseball. they paid $125,000 in cash for stolen property delivered in a satchel in fort lauderdale, florida. more out of a scene from boardwalk empire than our national pastime. those investigative tactics and the fact bud selig doesn't have the guts, after announcing someone is guilty on national television, before the trial begins, he doesn't have the guts to show up in person to be cross-examined, my role is to point out the absence of fairness and the loss of perspective by commissioner selig on the legacy he owes to the national pasti

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joe man tan na. pressured by brooks, he threw a terrible pass easily picked off by witner. field goal made it 10-0. third quarter, kaepernick pulled in for a gain of 32. skinny ver none davisng the sidelines for 21. he can't find anybody open on the left side of the field, bias time, fires a bullet for the touchdown to make it 17-6 san francisco. he was 15 passes completed for 235 yards in his 3rd touchdown to vernon davis, which made it a blowout 24-6 in the 3rd. it was 27-6 in the 4th and the defense put their stamp on the game. smith with the second of two sacks of the game. 49ers are 7 and 4 and back in the playoff picture. let's go to vern glenn in dc. >> all right. did you know the last time anquan bolden had two touchdowns in a game, december of last year in fedex field. he and offensive attack and a suffering defense was enough to get it done tonight. >> we played football tonight, but we definitely didn't play our best game. >> you can see the excitement in kaepernick's eyes. >> he's been taking a lot of criticism. >> i don't listen to it. i don't read it. i don't want sports center. i'm worried about winning games. >> one thing i like about colin is he's always h

davis and dr. ruth westheimer. her life is the subject of a one-woman show called "becoming dr. ruth" stars actress debra joe. it's so great to have you here. >> thank you. i want to tell you something right away. the selfy phenomenon. i have nothing against you and me hugging and you and me holding hands. but please, make sure that everybody knows, nothing below your neck. >> no selfies below the neck. >> absolutely. i'm really worried about that. >> you are? why? >> it's not necessary. and i'm old-fashioned and a square. you know i talk about those things. >> you're not a square. >> who would call you that? >> i call myself a square. but please make sure selfy from whatever word you want to use, it's fine to show a picture above the neck. >> okay. >> dr. ruth says so. >> okay. there you go. >> interesting, michaela, you look at the selfies out there. it is the ubiquitousness of it. >> it's interesting. because in culture we've already seen self-portraits. it's an extension of self-portraits. we've always been fascinated with ourselves. but now these smartphones give -- you don't have to be cindy sherman of

joe martin take us inside the program in north carolina. >> i know i wouldn't be alive today if i hadn't made the decision to come in. >> reporter: davis soldul to feed an addiction to crack and alcohol. >> lied, cheated, manipulated. whatever i could do to continue to get high. that's what i did. >> reporter: today one year after moving in, she is overcome with the feeling she never expected. she's proud of herself. >> very proud. like i'm over the top proud. over the top is like i have a red carpet that i wake up to in the morning and i kick it out and it rolls out the rest of the day and it's amazing. >> reporter: they provide their residents with everything. housing and dorms they built themselves, meals cooked by residents, medical care, even a modest wardrobe. some addicts show up here with just the clothing on their backs. >> we're looking at this as a brain disease, not a weakness. >> kevin mcdonald is the man behind so many remarkable transformations. how are you doing? >> i'm doing all right. >> the big man on the campus, giving out hugs and confidence. >> people are so self- destructive that they fall down. well here they can fal

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