why would you spend the famous words of john carey, why would you build firehouses in iraq instead of firehouses in the united states? the answer might be because maybe we knocked down the firehouses in iraq, but secondly, because maybe, as i said in the beginning of my talk it's very important to the u.s. that the country x have a functioning civil society where people feel confident that people are bringing it down, and my problem with the domestic left critique is that they tend to have the isolationist critique and we should spend it at home. to my mind one of the things that it means to be progress sif to realize that it's all connected and as wealthy and powerful as we are we simply don't have the choice to take the wrong approach and say the rest of the world can look after itself. so -- >> a question from the gentleman against the back wall. >> the question is what is the grassroots policy? >> i think i mentioned a little bit about grassroots development which is the notion of bottom-up development so you take local community ideas or local community approaches. there's a big

saying in your piece, how -- how curious is it that he is babbling about teresa heinz carey -- >> he pulled out john out his wife released some too. >> she did. she released two years and she wasn't even a candidate. >> it was a desperate bailout because his original thing turned out to be surprise lousy staff work. >> in the mind of mitt romney there is three kinds of people romney, his family and his help. running amuck. >> you walk through mitt romney's life and you are behind the velvet ropes. it's like go to graceland. >> yeah, he says this is contempt. there are rules for the help which willard romney never had to abide. >> no. and he -- and he -- there's no reason for him to behave the other way, because this has worked for him his entire life. this all came up in the primaries, and he simply brushed it aside. he did the same thing in massachusetts when he ran for governor here. his opponent brought all of this stuff up. and the only person that actually made it stick was ted kennedy, because he had too much money to be outspent and too much power to be ignored. and what are you are seeing wi

john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> american idol may be getting a new super star. a source familiar with the show says mariah careying pursued to join the judging panel. randy jackson is the only judge left. jennifer lopez and steven tyler are leaving the show. jackson is the producer and a friend of mariah carey. >> if you are not getting enough sleep you could be putting your health at risk. the amount and quality of sleep could be linked to mental deterioration. it could age the brain by two years. those who sleep less than 5 hours or more than 9 hours have lower mental functioning. >>> a leading group of cancer specialists issued new guidelines on whether men should have a test to detect prostate cancer. men whose life expectancy is less than 10 years should skip the test. this spring a task force recommended an end to routine testing and lead to treatments that could lead to incontinence. >>> anglers were up early along the sacramento river, fishing also began on the american, feather and colony rivers. >> we are going to catch fish. we have been waiting for this for a while. >> getting ready all day yesterda

john gives a big speech and one pop star replaces another as a judge on american idol. >> we have those stories and more in your eye on entertainment. >> i mean, it's -- >> reporter: it's official. mariah careye judges on american idol next season. the pop superstar has been in negotiations for weeks. fox also confirmed that jennifer lopez will not be coming back. actress cybill shepherd is doing something she never thought she would do again. she is tying the knot for the third time. she once dated elvis is engaged to marry a former jeweler turned psychologist. elton john gave the keynote address at the international aids conference in washington, d.c. the music legend told the audience he's lucky to be alive. >> i could have contracted h.i.v. in the 1980s and died in the 1990's, just like freddi mercury, just like rock hudson. >> reporter: the grammy winner has raised millions of dollars for aids reseven. weekend box office numbers are out. the latest batman movie "the dark knight rises" took in $161 million. it's the third biggest opening on record but less than expected following friday's theater massacre in colorado. movie studios did not release official box office results till now out

elton john called for more tolerance and an end to the shame and stigma some patients encounter. >>> and mariah careyl." fox called carey the real deal. r role as an i judge has been speculation for weeks now. earlier jennifer lopez and steven tyler announced they were leaving the show. >>> not the ordinary skating rink. but the roller man met the challenge of going down the twisting road in china. take a look there. the 242-year-old designer used 34 wheel suit to reach speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. you see him there. he navigated 99 sharp turns to successfully reach the bottom. i think that falls under the category of don't try this at home, kids. all right, thank you. jack cafferty is here once again with the cafferty file. >> the question this hour in light of the colorado shootings, what kind of role should gun control play in the presidential campaign. ed says none. it would be ridiculous to make policy for the nations based on the act of one person. the government made drugs illegal. if somebody wants drugs, they can get them. keep gun owners law-abiding citizens and hope somebody has one