if there were kites in the neighborhood, we would shoot them. >> kite shooting?at the bbs come down at some point. >> yeah. take it to the beach. >> jimmy: yeah, that's a fun thing too. seagulls instead of kites. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: so your husband's family is from england. which makes him english, complete lie, right? >> he's completely english, he has the accent. we tried to do -- he wanted to go to england to have a real english christmas. we weren't able to go. they do things -- like they have figgy puddings. >> jimmy: i've always wanted a figgy pudding. >> they have another dessert, you know what it's called, spotted dick. >> jimmy: i've heard of that. that i don't want as much. figgy pudding sounds more delightful. do your kids appreciate, like, other cultures or are they -- >> well, they really -- you know, we watch a lot of the british comedies and stuff like that. >> jimmy: okay. >> but i feel like i -- i wanted them to learn to be like more hospitable and get kind of outside of themselves. and so i kind of insisted that we host a foreign exchange s

no, it kites its way around. it can kite up to two blocks away. be aware of that, got your helmet on. types of hazard, you have above ground, ground and below ground. what's an above ground hazard? glass, wires, falling objects. some of the ground level hazards are glass. what's bad about uneven surfaces that are slippery? we already talked about that. you fall, you're going to hurt yourself. is water a bad thing to have? water seeks its own level, there's a hole, covering up the hole. you could be walking and all of a sudden down into a hole, correct? or a basement. water has weight to it, can cause damage to buildings, cause buildings to collapse. and it doesn't mix very well with electricity. below ground hazards, if you come up and you see a leak and the water is pouring out of a building, you know how to control it or try to control it? sure, you go right up to that utility shut off, turn it off. basements are bad places to be. there's usually only one way out and that's the way you went in. if that's compromised, y

today kicks off the tenth annual winter kite festival, kites of all shapes and sizes and colors will lake harriet. plenty of other fun family activities, too like ice fishing and nothing says nice fun family activity like fishing for frozen fish. we have wagon rides and snowshoeing and a marshmallow roast. may the winds be mighty but not too cold. thanks for everybody watching on wcco-tv. rebecca, that's your home state. have you ever been to the winter kite festival? >> i have, lonnie. the ice fishing, let me set the record straight, the fish aren't frozen. it can be really fun with hot coco. anyway. turning the corner here. we have puzzling clues, few leads and a lot of questions, more than a week after the death of former presidential aide john wheeler, iii, cbs news correspondents michelle miller reports. >> reporter: police continue to look for answers in the mysterious death of the former white ous and pentagon aide john wheeler whose body was found buried underneath trash on new year's eve dumped bay garbage truck in a wilmington area landfill. the graduate of west point servi

he shares with his older sisters johnitto will dreechl a baseball glove or the perfect tail for a kite. [inaudible] 24th street with the one seed always frozen near the bottom. but the family needs more than dreams that's why my mom, sisters travelled by bus pulled by something stronger than destiny to this 2 room battleground of survival. this minute as he treads mission mama in the apartment on a sewing machine, zig-zagy threads fine as spider webs running down pants late into the appeal yellow hours of her seemingly endless nights. the 2 sisters with fingers delicate as ballerinas stitch beads tiny as drops that will sell for hundreds of dollars of which they will receive 25. the baby will be in the cardboard crib. and lost in dreams thick as cataracts will be chanting prayers to my an gods after an alter of bee's wax candles and pepsi soda bottles. the inscents unravelling in a stream toward the water stain on the seceiling that looks like a map of latin america. this is not mexico city where indian families wrapped in newspapers huddel uppered the monument of the revolution. this

saul griffith is working on a multitude of projects...ranging from electric bikes to power generating kites. he's also not sure how long america will lead the way in creating such remarkable technologies... >>griffith: we are losing brains to other parts of the world and we're losing the advantage. china's momentum onclean technology is a lot higher than america's right now. >>wilder: turning to new markets is definitely going on and of course the number one growth market for cleantech right now is china. >>reporter: in 2009 china spent around $34b on clean technology...almost double the united states...in the second quarter of 2010 it spent $10b on wind technology alone, half the global total...and it now has 3 of the world's top 10 solar companies... >>hochschild: they've gone form manufacturing 5% of the world's solar panels 5 years ago to over 50% today, projected to be close to 70% next year. >>reporter: the us accounted for just over 60% of global cleantech venture capital investment worldwide in 2009.however, that was down from over 70% just one year earlier... >>floyd: venture capit

time when over a more the same evening at the same pittsburgh start believing blindly smashing the kite shells most instances the better more months descended into overtime and easily used their legs yes she's decisive goal and in the any other matches. the evening guard came from behind to beat. the shooter. other news now triple tour de france champion alberto contador has been handed a one year ban for failing a drugs test last year the twenty eight year old receiving the punishment from the spanish cycling federation after testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol last year's tour de france which he went on to win contador claims the substance came from eating contaminated meat by accident that appears to have been taken into consideration is normally right his face to your date and banned contador does have just under two weeks to appeal but if the ban is upheld he could be stripped of his latest tour de france title for the moment though the riders says he's just concentrating on training with his new team saxo bank. and focused on my work it's the most important thing

is being led to safety file it's great news all the way to you week stranded at all branches baris kites. and wanted to know ate some most of the beer is in the most dell but come true it's great work because bob jewett might be better spent on introducing our name to an old plague of the company will be alarming its products about the next it's. time now for a sports news update without your phone i don't go away. hello there thanks for watching the sport and these at the head of. a russian cross-country skier is banned for two years for doping. pakistani cricket is accused of match fixing will have to wait until next month to hear their . latest signing bolton struck a deal yeah. but first russian cross-country skiing nicholai pointed out of has been banned for two years after being caught with equipment to take drugs the international ski federation said last september swiss border guards found he was carrying intravenous equipment and a derivative of the campaign for russia at the winter olympics in vancouver but is no longer part of the national team the twenty eight year old is a w

some would embarrassing saying [inaudible] it's the equivalent of kite. what for? some are embarrassed. they say it's a good luck charm. i said excuse me, a good luck charm? when somebody goes into new business, new job, new apartment, we buy this for them. we buy for them as an am ewe let for good luck. we are reinforcing the stereotype. it becomes what? goes into a home next to a religion object? i don't know. so i had the opportunity to meet with the minister of education. and i said i know you cannot ban the sale of things. but shouldn't be prepare or do an educational effort in the schools to teach the students that this is ugly? this is pernicious? this can hurt. and the minister said to me, mr. foxman, why are you getting so upset. nobody died because of that. wrong thing to say to me. i asked him, how many locals handed over their jews to the germans because they believed that would became rich. i said to him, tell that two elan hilme's family. he was a young man that was four years ago was captured and kidnapped in the streets of paris by a gang. a gang, a

saul griffith is working on a multitude of projects...ranging from electric bikes to power generating kitesnot sure how long america will lead the way in creating such remarkable technologies... >>griffith: we are losing brains to other parts of the world and we're losing the advantage. china's momentum onclean technology is a lot higher than america's right now. >>wilder: turning to new markets is definitely going on and of course the number one growth market for cleantech right now is china. >>reporter: in 2009 china spent around $34b on clean technology...almost double the united states...in the second quarter of 2010 it spent $10b on wind technology alone, half the global total...and it now has 3 of the world's top 10 solar companies... >>hochschild: they've gone form manufacturing 5% of the world's solar panels 5 years ago to over 50% today, projected to be close to 70% next year. >>reporter: the us accounted for just over 60% of global cleantech venture capital investment worldwide in 2009.however, that was down from over 70% just one year earlier... >>floyd: venture capitals are goin

i want to say, jenn, i think one the reasons that "kite runner" ever took off was because of book clubs and women who talks about, you know, that whole thing. >> guest: sure. >> caller: i listen to books on cd many my car, i also have an ipad where i download a book because i just can't get enough of it in the car and now i want to read it on what i call my ebook. but the other thing is i really think that a lot of people, you know, they read it in different media, if you will. there's a book with the paper. and then there's the cd in the car, and then there's my ipad where i can download classics for free. >> guest: yup. >> caller: my question to you is, though, basically two things. one is i want to stress that fact that book clubs and women talking and i shouldn't just say women, but it usually is women, who promote a book, it becomes really popular. but the other thing is, what about people that can't afford ebooks that don't have a kindle or a nook or, you know, even sony has kind of a nook kind of thing. >> guest: yeah. >> caller: what happens with those readers? >> host: all righ

she at a friend, deborah was going with the kite who is a friend of mine. and the range day. it was a matchmaking and it worked. although, allen with a little wary of me considering my history and i don't blame your. >> host: what's your history? >> guest: i've been married twice before and i've been a wanderer. >> host: how many kids do you have? >> guest: one, from the first marriage. maggie from santa cruz. >> host: how does this all work out in the catholic church? >> guest: i don't care. i'm not going to get excommunicated because i was not made within the church. what you do doesn't matter. it simply committing the sin of adultery. so i haven't tried to transgress in holy matcher money. if i got married in the church they would take it seriously. i am excommunicated for something in the 1930s -- and my 30s. i went to trinity college in dublin, which was forbidden by the archbishop john charles mccoy. any catholic who went to trinity college was excommunicated automatically. that's good lifting though. >> host: why was that the case? >> guest: he was a tyrant. he was reg

you often say, you know -- >> not quite go fly a kite but you know, the fifth vote is more critical one. you're more susceptible at making changes than the ninth vote. the job is to get to it. we're not hearing -- hear to spin out theory. we're not producing works that will never see the light of day. we're here to decide things, the job is to decide, we decide. >> united states. justice alito has the attention of the court this morning. >> this is our moment because grab the copies of the opinions and go rushing through. the guy from reuters is always the most pushy to get through because he wants to get on the wire service. you better get out of his way. the rest of us dictate or write. >> you remain with the issues on monday. >> here. >> the supreme court public information office simply says, here is the material, make of it what you will. we will make sure that you have the material and that's -- and that's an enormously invaluable function. it is also very nice not to have the sense that somebody is trying to spin you. i had to go up and want to hear the opinion announced from the

they were now under tarps and tents, and they had taken the cloth, and they were using them as kites.y blue sky, and they were squeal withing and giggling -- squealing and giggling and were just joy on their faces was a memory that i will keep with me for a very, very long time. >> and we are almost out of time. but before asking the last question we have a couple important matters to take care of. first of all, to remind our members and guests of future speakers. tomorrow, the honorable tim pawlenty, the recent former governor of the state of minnesota, will be launching his book tour here at the national press club for his memoir, "courage to stand. "on january 26th -- this isn't a luncheon, but just to let you know, the national press club is going to be holding a height of solidarity with haitian journalists. hosted by a haitian press advocacy group will raise much-needed funds for journalists and their families. then on february 3, 2011, we have a members-only luncheon with ben bernanke, chairman of the federal reserve. the topic is to be determined, but i think we have some gues

they had taken the cloth and reusing it as kites.evable blue sky. they were squealing and giggling and work just -- the joy on their faces was a memory that i will keep with me for a very, very long time. >> and we are almost out of time. but before the last question we have a couple important matters to take care of. first of all, remind our members and guests of future speakers. the hon. tempo nt will be launching his book tour here at the national press club for his memoir. on january 206th just to let you know, the national press club will be hollow of -- holding a night of solidarity. proceeds will go to the haitian press advocacy group. then on february 203rd we have a member is only luncheon with the chairman of the federal reserve. at think we have some guesses. second, to present our guest with the traditional, coveted, always waited for national press club mont. [applauding] and dell a final question simply, you have spoken here before. what would you be able to tell the national press club on the second anniversary? >> fir

makeshift tents, they were now under tarps and tents and they had taken the cloth and using them as kites and there were flying against the backdrop of a blue sky and they were squealing and giggling and there was joy on their faces which is a memory that i will keep with me for a very, very long time. >> for our final question, you have spoken year before. you are speaking on the one-year anniversary. what will you be able to tears -- to tell the national press club on the two-year anniversary? >> you have no idea how much i covet this cup. it is hard to get one of these. now i. have two. i hope that one year from now, i will report that our financial are stable and the american public is still supporting the american red cross, we continue to be there for people in need. i am almost 100% sure that i will report that i have the best job in the entire world. thank you. [applause] >> and thank you, gail mcgovern. this meeting of the national press club is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the u.s.

they leave an area where children are free to go to school, play cricket, fly kites, all activities that the taliban forebode. tomorrow, tennessee will welcome these heroes home. we will open our arms and embrace them and thank them for their service and sacrifice. we will also remember those who are not returning. i hope that my colleagues in this body will take a moment today to reflect on how our service should honor the service of those who serve us so well. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the the gentlelady has expired. -- the time of the gentlelady has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. gingrey: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gingrey: i rise today in memory of trooper first class chadwick lecroix, who was killed in the line of duty by an unrepented thug on monday, december 27. at the young age of december 28, he was a highly decorated husband, father and public servant. he graduated from trooper school in august of 2008, and had been a highly

talked about, they were now under tarps and tents and they had taken the cloth and were using them as kites and flying against the back tkrdrop of a b sky and squealing and giggling and were just joy on their faces was a memory that i will keep with me for a very long time. >> we are almost out of time but before the last question we have a couple of matters. first of all to remind our members tomorrow the recent former governor of minnesota will be launching his book tour at the national press club for his memoir. on january 26 this is not a luncheon but the national press club will hold a night of solidarity with haitian journalists. proceeds from the fund-raiser are hosted by a haitian advocacy group and then on february 3, we have members only luncheon with ben bernanke. the topic is to be determined but i think we have some guesses. to present our guest the one the only the always waited for national press club mug. >> thank you, alan. >> the final question, you have spoken here before and you are speaking today on the one-year anniversary. what can you tell us on the second anniversar

contribution to the disarming of iraq, that david kay and trying to explain to the younger intors what they kited making of the atomic bomb in my book and opened it to the diagram i have the end of description so they would know what to look for. when they got to an iraqi military base, where they had had a chip that there might be tight tron magnet somewhere stored, the iraqis would be looting these 64 times magnets onto the back of tank transporters, 40 or 50 of them at a time and roaring up the back of the basement in the desert while our guys are common in the front with a broken down land rovers at the united nations had supplied them for their inspection work. baluchi told me of hanging out one side of a land rover with the video camera, video taping these trucks with their magnets, other tight tron parts falling off into the desert ahead of them with the iraqis firing into the air, trying to scare them off. i mean, it was really kind of cops and robbers or cowboys and indians this whole process. i think the most interesting story with david kay's story, when they finally, in a major iraqi