[ both laugh ] ♪ >>> klaus, michael asked you a question about resources and preparation, and you hadll, let's take new orleans. katrina cost roughly $100 billion. the u.s. army corps of engineers spent i think on the order of $15 billion after the storm to fix the problem. it would have taken maybe $8 billion to $10 billion or something like that to fix it before the problem. so, for every $1 that you spend ahead of disaster protecting against disaster has been on average nationwide shown to save you $4 of not-incurred losses. >> right. >> in new orleans it would be a 10-1 benefit cost. >> i should also say there are some people and harry chscherre is one of them and say it's still not fixed. >> and you have to think about it because we should not fall into the trap what we are in new orleans. so, there's the discussion about barriers. i think all options are right now on the table. what we have to do is spending money so engineers, not levees, but engineers can go through the options and price them out and then see for how long that is good. >> i just want to intervene, again, on th

klaus, we spoke to jack dorsey recently. he created square, pay for things on your mobile device. does this whole move to mobile payment almost make this whole debate moot? >> yeah, it's interesting. if you look at the gao report, it says that the transition from dollar bills to coins would actually cost many hundreds of millions of dollars initially. we're going to pay up front to make this transition. then electronic payments become even more popular and kind of make this whole issue moot. it seems like a lot of that money will have been wasted. in terms of the weight, that adds a lot of cost to retailers. 5,000 $1 coins weigh almost 90 pounds. if you're a walmart or costco and getting lots of cash in every day, that's an additional cost you have to pay. >> what do you think, congressman, the move to mobile? >> there's no question we're moving more towards mobile, which is one of the reasons we need to have a modern currency. i remember this debate when i was chairman of the appropriation subcommittee more than a dozen years ago. they said, you know, we're going to all start mov

you planned to be near dupont circle tomorrow night, officials around the 17th and church streets klaus for the annual high race. flockeds of spectators to 17th street. scheduled for last night, but was rescheduled because of sandy. show will go on tomorrow. halloween was not rescheduled because of sandy. treaters out and about. we caught up with them in northwest washington. you can see it was not just one duess steam. got into the spirit as well. i cannot believe he wanted to be witnessed in that. [laughter] everybody has seen a. it is so nice -- that is his natural hair. is nice everybody is break from this terrible weather. >> it has been nasty around here. when you see what folks have had .o deal with up north a lot of folks said it was not afraid it wass going to be. outside, we have a time lapse. noticed driving across the bridges -- the p high. is u there has been moderate and all of that brown down.nt coming a quick calculation, the amount t has flown down the potomac in the last 24 hours, 65 billion gallons. 65 billion gallons. that means we could give every child on thend a g

klaus kleinfeld says alcoa's competitive edge is innovation, backed up by a skilled workforce.producing parts that make jet engines 50% more fuel efficient. >> klaus kleinfeld: i would love to show you how the air flow goes inside. but that's part of probably the best-kept secret that this industry has. that's the innovation i'm talking about. >> pitts: and a person just can't walk off the street and put that together for you. >> kleinfeld: impossible. >> pitts: kari belanger came to alcoa with an engineering degree. the company trained her to program robots to do the work that, 50 years ago, was done by hand. alcoa also helped pay for rod coley to go back to school and get his engineering degree. he x-rays parts to make sure they're perfect before they leave the factory. what do you say to friends and relatives who may be looking for a job? >> rod coley: well, me... me personally, i say, "get your education." >> kleinfeld: the environment is changing all the time. and if you don't stay on top of things, you know, somebody will eat your lunch. >> pitts: despite its efforts to r

another landmark is jenks, where the locals call it, where cindy klaus rode out the storm.in the local aquarium she runs. >> we heard this huge noise, and within seconds the water level went from the first step up to the door knob. >> reporter: the power is still out, but they're keeping things safe with one generator this is really scary, the most famous penguins on the jersey shore. >> they're awesome. the beaches nearby have been transformed, and it is clear not everything here is from here. at his news conference yesterday in new jersey, governor chris christie mentioned all of his favorite shore sights having grown up on the jersey shore as a kid. one of the ones he mentioned was the fun town pier, sea side height, six miles up the beach. this sign is a part of the fun town pier, a necessary stop for any jersey shore summer vacation for generations of us. the damage is dramatic, far from the beach. inland, there is street flooding, trees ripped from the ground. jack and sharon kathcart who have lived here for a long time, spent the day drying their clothes. >> i said i

up to now we've had a un environment program in kenya; klaus tÖpfer was its director for many years.his program is very small and not influential enough. that's why we want it to become a real organization -- like unesco or the un food and agriculture organization -- because we believe that environmental protection is as important as culture or agriculture. so this must be reflected in the importance of this organization. the greater its importance, the greater the chance of getting results in terms of environmental protection. time's running out. >> the border region between poland and belarus is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the primeval forest that once stretched across the european plain. the bushka bjoo-veschka as it is known on the polish side is also increasingly becoming a visitor magnet. tourists, environmental campaigners and scientists all flock to this un world heritage site. >> when you've found your place in the world it's hard to explain what's so fascinating about it. it's like with love -- how can you explain exactly what you fell in love with? >> ma

storage he wants now get some german perspective on this deal joining me now is member of parliament klaus peterbilt from the christian democratic union in berlin how do you feel now greece has been given more money but with arguably more lenient conditions. where you know against this bailout policy from the first day. it's not good news but it's what i was expecting from the first day that. there would be two and now we have three with another forty three billion going to greece why are you against it you want greece out of the euro zone out of the european union. didn't understand your question to me why you are against it do you want greece to be kicked out of the eurozone out of the european union where. you go. quite convinced that you have. the chance to develop in a proper way within the euro which is a strong currency their competitiveness is very weak. making a lot of efforts to. better it to make it better but. quite sure that won't work within the euro zone so it would be. to. be a good for. those who are bailing out now and those who try to fade out be bailed out to make a new

last week at its fashion show in new york, victoria secret model carly klaus wore this headdress on thehe outfit sparked backlash from many in the native american community which found the use of this headdress in this setting very offensive. victoria secret's facebook page says quote, we're sorry that the native american headdress and our fashion show has upset individuals. the outfit will be removed from the broadcast. this show will air december 4th on cbs. the model, carly klaus also apologized on her twitter page and says she supports victoria secrets decision to remove this clip from the broadcast. i do have to tell you, i'm not sure it will be missed. lots of eye candy on the victoria secret fashion show so everyone will be okay. >> i think you're probably right about that, michelle. michelle turner, thanks so much. >>> online petition is putting pressure on macy's to tell donald trump, you're fired. michelle is back next hour to tell us why. >>> the boy scouts get thousands and thousands of dollars from corporations every year, but the agency's policies toward gays has one compa

there's no demos in europe as president klaus says. what are they talking about now? they have very little -- well, they have no affection for some of the other people, they're tired of paying for this. so this dream is not going to happen. yeah, the elites got some benefits. the european, even the germans got some benefits, some economic benefits for a while, but are they going to have benefits if they keep bailing everybody out? but in terms of consent, in terms of popular consent, no. the british certainly are not -- it's not the house of commons. the house of commons was the mother of parliament, british democracy. this is days of john locke where 68% of the laws are initiated in brussels. so, yeah, you could have this regime. it wouldn't be democratic. it wouldn't be what i call in the book postdemocratic. it may, in fact, exist. they may come out with some type of europe government. it won't be based on individual rights, but on group rights, so it'll be postliberal, after liberalism. it won't be anti-democratic in the sense that russia or china or burma is toda

and just frustration and klaus to phobia and, of course, the feeling that this could end really badly at any moment. there's a moment, the main character a paragraph where he's talking about the nature of fear. and he says, i mean, i'm paraphasing, but he says fear is an absolutist. he says, you know, with fear it's all or nothing. if you give in to fear, it's all you can do. you can just be afraid. and i felt that. i thought there's a certain moment in which if you actually want to do anything at all, i mean, including write a book, be a father to your son, do anything, you have to find a way of putting the fear to one side. it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, it doesn't mean 45 you don't need to feel afraid. it just means that in order to have your day, you need to put it in the corner of the room, you know? and it was interesting to me that when we were talking about the lebanon hostages, a lot of them when they came out said something similar. in order to handle fear, you had to put it away and do something else, you know? and i felt that, that the way of sur vying this was lit

december 24, that somehow or another this is going to be santa clause because if we don't -- santa klaus because if we act soon we're going to get rocks in our socks and they would be well deserved. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. levin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be called off. officer without objection. mr. levin: i would ask unanimous consent the senator from illinois be allocated seven minutes to speak o.a.s. though in morning business. -- to speak as though in morning business. mr. mcconnell: skilled to modify that, immediately followed by an amendment by senator collins. -- by senator kyl. a procites vice so that it is -- a proviso that it is clear by the majority. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. durbin: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: we just concluded a presidential campaign. who could have missed it? there were a lot of issues that were discussed, but one of particular interest to me was

what he said it the way we do the klaus -- the clause is more a balanced thing. how important is the right to the people being excluded? how important is it to the government to exploit them? and how big a change in the policy would it be to strike down the exclusion and can courts do this? it is a fine balance. several more questions. >> thank you for that. i have a question about your percentages. to what extent do you think your percentage its, but gradual increase in support for marriage equality is based on a perception that gay people can be good straight people? they can get married and have a dog and kids and a white picket fence? to what extent are you uncomfortable with that? there's a certain domestication of people required in that argument. i was wondering if you were uncomfortable with that. >> that is a brilliant question. the answer is yes and yes. a lot of that is the normalization of lesbian and gay couples. am i comfortable with it? the answer is also yes but i have to give you a because on that one. one of the criticisms which i think is quite

what he said it the way we do the klaus -- the clause is more a balanced thing. how important is the right to the people being excluded? how important is it to the government to exploit them? and how big a change in the policy would it be to strike down the exclusion and can courts do this? it is defined violence -- a fine balance. several more questions. >> thank you for that. i have a question about your percentages. to what extent do you think your percentage its, but gradual increase in support for marriage equality is based on a perception that gay people can be good straight people? they can get married and have a dog and kids and a white picket fence? to what extent are you uncomfortable with that? there's a certain domestication of people required in that argument. i was wondering if you were uncomfortable with that very >> that is a brilliant question. the answer is yes and yes. a lot of that is the normalization of lesbian and gay couples. am i comfortable with it? the answer is also yes but i have to give you a because on that one. one of the criticism