senior counsel at a lansing-based firm that works on republican-based causes.e filing papers with the state you'll see that the address is the exact same address and phone number as the sterling corporation and lives inside this republican firm. same street address, same street, you call the citizens number and they answer the phone, sterling corporation. it's the same thing, right? i don't know how big the sterling corporation is exactly on their website. they list seven people, including their counsel people, they should throw out this entire petition drive to recall the emergency law. above his name, sterling lists three partners in the firm. one of them, jeff timmer, look what else is in his bio. he also serves on the michigan board of state canvassers. that same board that's now going to be deciding whether the font is too small to overturn the emergency manager law, which his colleague is asking for. so this guy is like the pitcher and the empire at the same time. you've got citizens for responsibility challenging the positions from inside a consulting fi

fremont street, 45 lansing street, they are all high-rise with domestic construction types, so it is no surprise to those of us to follow this that they are all choosing to pay the fee. these are quite sizable. the next slide are two of the mayor's office of housing project -- sponsored projects. these other projects that are most likely delayed due to the fee deferral program. looking at the projects on the left of each of these pro -- columns, from the left, you will see that they often have funding needs of $16 million. the current amount of fees, presumably one of them would have been able to be funded by now. so, that shows you a direct example of how the deferral has affected the speed of the affordable housing pipeline. that is over the last year. this slide is a slide that our office put together based on the comptroller's report, which i think all supervisors received. the fee reform legislation is required to do an annual report to the board. what you will see here is the affordable housing sub total, the column, noting the fees that have been deferred, smaller than the 7.5

lansing. >> shame, shame, shame. shame, shame. shame, shame, shame. >> you see, they're just walking right up to the board right there. this really disrupted the hearing. listen to this. >> the board will take a 10 minute recess. >> that was it. we're going to take a recess on this. >> we'll take a little recess. democracy, wait back here until we decide on something else. the law at stake here is an important one. right now, 21 states are in total republican control. the whole legislature and the governor ship are republican. since the big republican wins that made a lot of that possible in 2010. since that great red tide in the mid-term elections in 2010, republicans have been using their control over these states to pursue some pretty radical policy changes. they have turned state houses into a nonstop anti-abortion paloza, going after abortion rights at a rate unprecedented since roe versus wade. more than 90 anti-abortion laws turned into law last years alone. the sb 1070 pioneered in arizona, imitated in alabama and south ca

. >>> as to lansing sell myself. they're all in a santa of many. >>> i don't want to say. titillate been in nursing student at waco's for a few months and she said she's going to be very hard to return to campus but she says she's not unlike this gunman keep her away from her dreams of becoming her nurse one day. and ask her what to think the punishment should be forwarded this. says johnson to suffer every day of their lives. with more on the suspect robert lyles and university. she was so bloody in sight it anyway as diversity that is still a crime scene for more than 10 hours in the distance you still see the crime scene investigators are here is sifting through all that evidence inside the man accused of this day of devastation is behind bars but he is not under arrest. we're told the police denied that is because in addition to seven murders there's still time to figure out what else to charge him with. dewi's officers found several victims thrust the classroom from the building, there were several people hiding in locks buildings of stores. as you can imagine it was

the university of alaska that issues aurora forecasts, says if you're north of madison wisconsin lansingine, you might on the horizon see these northern lights tonight, as you go further north you have a better chance. what we're watching are clouds marching in our direction. there was a blisteringly hot dome of air to the west. it will be there again tomorrow with record high 90 degree temperatures in the plains and these little clusters of showers like these that are approaching from the northwest and could be in later this morning. around the periphery of that hot air dome that sent temperatures up to 100 degrees locally in a few spots in nebraska today, down into sections of arizona. records were set in the western u.s. states today with cool air bottled up to the north. every time one of these weather systems goes by it turns the winds northeast and we tap some of the cool air and bring it in and hold this higher at bay. hard to believe, 90-degree temperatures within 500 miles. nebraska 95. north platte at 93. imperial nebraska 92. amazingly warm temperatures. still warm in the plai

1862, and we have a lot of phone callers waiting to hear from you, let's go first to norman in east lansing, michigan, good afternoon. >> caller: good afternoon. dr. mountcastle, do you think if lincoln would have just let mcclellan stick to his plan and not interfere like a good leader should, that mcclellan's strategy would have actually won the war? and also why do you think mcclellan gets such a bad rap amongst your fellow historians? >> norman, that's two key questions, i think. first, the president was under tremendous pressure not strictly in a strategic sense but most assuredly in a political sense being battered on several sides, there had been success as we heard earlier, along mississippi, they captured new orleans and certainly in the upper reaches of the cumberland tennessee river by forces led by men like ulysses grant, shiloh was a victory even before the peninsula campaign started. so it was not just an issue of letting mcclellan do what the general does best, ie, conduct campaign strategy, but in truth trying to reassure the public in general, the congress in particular, an

shelby will bring community service leadership opportunities to public high school students in lansing, michigan. christina will implement an after school literacy program for multicultural students in inner city schools to give them access to multicultutural mento. these projects together will help the organization scale up by 37,000 hours of service over the next year, and involve a lot more young people in doing this. let's give them a hand. that's a good idea. [ applause ] now i would like to invite to the stage sam king, an undergraduate at stanford university. [ applause ] he's wearing his commitment's name, code the change. here is the issue. more and more and more, the individuals and foundations that donate money to non-profit, not-for-profit operations want to understandably keep down the percentage of the donation that goes to centralized cost, things that don't directly touch the intended beneficiaries. that's a laudable goal but there are certain unavoidable costs for computer systems and technologies for example. so to better connect the world of non-profit and computer s

tomorrow night, he speaks in lansing at the michigan historical center, so we have a three-evening, three-topic presentation. last night's topic will be posted on the website, and as toby mentioned, tonight's topic should eventually appear on c-span3, the american history channel, and i need to encourage you to watch, google it, you'll get the programming and know when this will be broadcast. so, again, i'm very pleased to introduce to you this evening for our talk, don hickey. thank you. [ applause ] >> thanks, jim. i appreciate that. i want to thank jim especially for making it possible for me to be here tonight. he's already known as mr. bicentennial in michigan, and i reckon we're going to hear a lot from jim over the next two or three years. i'd also like to thank the detroit historical society for agreeing to host this particular lecture. i'm calling this lecture "what we know that ain't so: myths of the war of 1812." that quote is variously attributed to mark twain and will rogers in the 19th century, and the longer version goes something like this, it's not what we know that hurts us or

cold air at the surface, boom, freezing precipitation lansing not far from jackson, michigan.little more snowfall not necessarily in the great lakes but rather back over in parts of the northern plains and into the central and northern rockies. this could get fairly heavy at time. highest elevations 4,000 feet. could see 8 to 16 inches of snowfall through the rest of the afternoon and overpass hours. something else going to keep a sharp eye on, that possibility of severe weather, potential for large hail, damaging winds, is lated tornadoes parts of the ohio valley, central plains, big things that will cause frontal boundary drilling in, interacting with the moisture from the gulf of mexico. what you need is temperatures in the 80s, maybe low 90s to cause things to get unstable. that may be this area for you, especially dallas. one thing that may work in the favor, a lot of cloud cover move through the metroplex before it heats up too much. 84 is the expected high in dallas. with that the rain-cooled air could bring you down, possibly in the 70s before the day is out. 61 in den

in madison and lansing and columbus, tallahassee, and washington and it was a chal length they face it to every bit as daunting. so is there responsibility. what started in wisconsin cannot end in wisconsin, just as the promise that was made a century ago, wisconsin was passed on to the rest of the united states so the movement that began on that cold february and march days must spread. the old fight is joined by a new generation this year. regarding the palpable truth of the american experience, that the mass of mankind was not born with saddles on their backs, ready to ride by the grace of god, and by the grace of god this is written history. thank you, john. [applause] [applause] >> i think i will just say thank you and leave. but i would be very remiss if i didn't at least stick around long enough to say that one great historian of the american experience, and the condition of america that is deeply rooted not just in progressive policies today but in the progressive politics that began with our mutual hero, -- and has carried forward across the centuries and i encourage you to bu

a hick from indiana and black kid from lansing. why do they want to do a show about our lives. unbelievable. >> what did you say about him? he was the one basketball player who was white and you could take to the neighborhood and they would accept him immediately. >> exactly. larry bird can really, really play basketball and he can play with any group of people. it doesn't matter if you're black, white, whatever, because he's so smart at the game. larry bird was the smartest player. michael jordan was the greatest and was the best. but larry bird is the smartest player i've ever played against, and this man, just like michael, made his teammates better. >> your rival can make you better, don't you think? >> all the time. >> make you better in all things. >> make you better as an tleept a athlete and a person. i'm glad to have been blessed with this man in my life for the last 30 years or so. >> before we go, how's your health? how are you doing? >> i'm fine. everything is good. i dropped 25 pounds. i cut down my snacking, increased my cardio. and gayle said, i can't get my arms

. >> reporter: 107 years after the first olds, today in lansing, michigan, gm rolled out the last copyodel. named for its founder, the brand was soon dogged by its name, old. >> the young mobiles from oldsmobile. >> reporter: the car that had so much muscle in the '60s and '70s eventually lost its traction with consumers. surpassed by imports and other manufacturers in both style and appeal. story oldsmobile was there for the glory years. >> about five years after america said good-bye to the oldsmobile, general motors announced it would discontinue the pontiac brand. >>> it's time now for "must see, must avoid." "bridesmaids" producer is back with another romantic comedy. it's called "the five-year engagement." here's a clip. >> french vanilla with coconut custard? who thinks of that? some sort of genius. >> with or without the fruit compte? >> you're going to want that. >> i don't know why girls get so intense about all this planning. it's fun. >> kim serafin to here to tell us what to see and what to avoid at the box office. should i go see "the five-year engagement". >> this is def

so i map of michigan and greenville kind of almost as close to lansing in the center of the state. he says there is this tiny town called greenville and they are about to lose their enormous refrigerator factory. in fact, greenville had called itself the refrigerator capital of the world. they in fact, in this tiny town of 8000 people have north america's largest refrigerator fact three contemplate 2,750,000 people who lived in that town, which was g-golf 8000 people are grand parents and kids is the one company town. the whole town had grown up around the refrigerator manufacturing. so he says they are going to leave. they are going to move to mexico. i said no they are not. we are going to go to greenville. we will put whatever incentives we have on the table and make them an offer they can't refuse. we went to greenville and they're in a about the size of this little town in the mayor was fair and the city manager was there and the guy who was responsible for the community college was there and the workers were there and represented, the whole time and a representative showed up

so i map of michigan and greenville kind of almost as close to lansing in the center of the state. says there is this tiny town called greenville and they are about to lose their enormous refrigerator factory. in fact, greenville had called itself the refrigerator capital of the world. they in fact, in this tiny town of 8000 people have north america's largest refrigerator fact three contemplate 2,750,000 people who lived in that town, which was g-golf 8000 people are grand parents and kids is the one company town. the whole town had grown up around the refrigerator manufacturing. so he says they are going to leave. they are going to move to mexico. i said no they are not. we are going to go to greenville. we will put whatever incentives we have on the table and make them an offer they can't refuse. we went to greenville and they're in a about the size of this little town in the mayor was fair and the city manager was there and the guy who was responsible for the community college was there and the workers were there and represented, the whole time and a representative showed up to

so i map of michigan and greenville kind of almost as close to lansing in the center of the state. he says there is this tiny town called greenville and they are about to lose their enormous refrigerator factory. in fact, greenville had called itself the refrigerator capital of the world. they in fact, in this tiny town of 8000 people have north america's largest refrigerator fact three contemplate 2,750,000 people who lived in that town, which was g-golf 8000 people are grand parents and kids is the one company town. the whole town had grown up around the refrigerator manufacturing. so he says they are going to leave. they are going to move to mexico. i said no they are not. we are going to go to greenville. we will put whatever incentives we have on the table and make them an offer they can't refuse. we went to greenville and they're in a about the size of this little town in the mayor was fair and the city manager was there and the guy who was responsible for the community college was there and the workers were there and represented, the whole time and a representative showed up

will use her campus tubes bring community leadership opportunities to public high school students in lansing, michigan. christina will implement an afterschool literacy program for multicultural students and inner-city schools to give them access to multicultural mentors. these projects together will help the organization scale up by 37,000 hours of service over the next year, and involve a lot more young people in doing this. let's give them a hand. that's a good idea. [applause] [laughter] [applause] now i would like to invite us to the stage, sam king, an undergraduate at stanford university. [applause] he is wearing his commitment's name, codes of change. here is the issue. more and more and more individuals and foundations that donate money to not-for-profit operations want to understandably keep down the percentage of the donations that goes to centralized costs, things that don't directly touch the intended end of fisheries. that is a laudable goal, but there are certain unavoidable costs for computer systems and technologies for example. so, to better connect the world of nonprofit a