policy.y forged the lansing went over to paris. lansing thought he could have negotiated and he ended up doing almost nothing. whenever he offered advice, wilson was not interested. lansing could not wait to get out and it was his sense of duty they kept him in as long as he did. >> you talk about the stroke in public colorado. when was that? >> lynn woolsey came back from paris, there is a peace treaty that they had spent six months negotiating and everything was talking and rage go. -- ready to go. the one thing that wilson had not considered was the fact that peace treaties had to be ratified by the senate. he had not considered it to the extent where the politics would come into play. he knew all about it and he knew the senate had to ratify it. he did not realize that what that meant was that in the six months that he was gone, his republican enemies had a whole battle plan for when he returned that there was no way that anything you bought that would pass. -- the dislikeon is similar to the dislike of barack obama? >> i don't

and lansing went over to paris where one -- well, where lansing, at least, would have thought he c helped negotiate the treaty. he ended up doing virtually nothing. and when ever lansing offered some advice, wilson was not that interested. so lansing really couldn't wait to get out there. it was only his sense of duty that kept him in as long as he's staying. >> you write about the stroke he had in pain la, -- puebla, colorado. when was that? >> when wilson came back from paris with the peace treaty he spent six months negotiating, everything was tucked in there, ready to go. the one thing that wilson hasn't fully considered was peace treaties have to be ratified by the senate. >> he never considered that. >> he certainly concerned it but not to the extent -- he didn't consider the politics that had come to play. >> he had written -- >> he knew all about that. i mean, sure. he knew that the senate had to ratify it. wasn't as if he didn't know the constitution. but he didn't realize -- this is what he missed. that in the six months that he was gone, his republican enemies had really plot a

four homes on east lansing street... the first of 500 more to be torn down. man: "10 million to knock down 500 houses!" james larry jordan, oliver: "ain't nobody lived in these houses ever since i was little." ronald lang, sr.: "it's a sad day. i knew people who lived in those houses." jamie brown, oliver: "tear it down. ain't no use. ain't nobody paying for it. ain't nobody buying it." it's all a continuance of the city's vacants to value program. jamie brown, oliver: "vacant, vacant, vacant there's a whole lotta vacants around here, yo." james larry jordan, oliver: "it's a big pile of rubble and they've got 1-2-3 more houses to knock down on that side." (nats: cat knocking down wall) ronald lang, sr.: "it's a wall banger. that's what i can tell. it's a wall-banger!" james larry jordan, oliver : (off cam) "ooo they're taking the tree, too." more than a dozen nearby vacant homes will be demolished within the month. pastor marshall prentice, zion baptist: "it feels great. power in your hands... i can only praise god, 'cause you can imagine the hand of god knoc

you're still is the mayor of lansing, michigan.ith reuters, governor snyders at midded that the detroit bankruptcy has had a ripple effect and affected other cities in the state of michigan when it comes to the municipal bond market. what are you seeing, and is this just a ripple effect because of what has unfolded in detroit? what has been thrown on these folks? >> well, here's a shocker, ed. wall street being unfair to main street. amazing, isn't it? wait, we've heard this story before. this is what wall street is doing in punishing all cities throughout michigan is akin to your insurance company raising your rates if your neighbor's house catches on fire. so it is an issue. it's an issue of dire concern for all cities, all municipalities in michigan and perhaps around the country. these are the same folks that left michigan for dead awhile ago, ed. these are the folks that said manufacturing is dead. these are the folks that moved manufacturing overseas and left us for dead, moved out of the state, dried up our credit, but we ca

--nats-- these were the sights and sounds on tuesday in east baltimore along lansing street. the first three of 500 vacant houses were brought down. the city received 10 million dollars in the settlement... and put most of it into its "vacants to value" program. james larry jordan, oliver: "ain't nobody lived in these houses ever since i was little." ronald lang, sr.: "it's a sad day. i knew people who lived in those houses." jamie brown, oliver: "tear it down. ain't no use. ain't nobody paying for it. ain't nobody buying it." the remaining 497 homes the city plans on demolishing represents about three percent of the city's total vacant homes. kenya's president says the four-day terrorist siege of an upscale mall in nairobi is over.. in a televised address, he said the terrorists have lost. the criminals found us unafraid as we shall ever be, we cannot be conquered, our confrontation with the terrorists at the westgate mall left 240 casualties - i report with great sadness that 61 civilians lost their lives in the attack, six security officers also made the ultimate sacrifice

i met her the night i did the show in lansing. there's no milk in here. wait. what's she like? oh, she's really great. she's got a warmth about her. she's really bright and pretty. and the conversation, it was... talking with her-- it was like talking with you, but, you know, obviously much better. so, you know, what happened? nothing happened, but it was great. nothing happened, but it was... well, this is great! so she wants to go out with you? god bless. you devil, you. yeah, well, not exactly. i mean, she said she had to come in and maybe we'd get together. [whistles] whoa. whoa. whoa. had to? had to come in? yeah, but-- had to come in? maybe we'll get together? had to and maybe? no, no. you're not going to see her. are you serious? why did she call? maybe she wanted to be polite. to be polite?

places like lansing, michigan, we're making the chevy traverse, soon to be the chevy camero.are flying off the shelf. americans are buying american and now the benefits -- the benefit of that resurgence is going to working people, thanks to the hard work over the years of the united auto workers and other unions. >> i mean, what we are seeing here is republican governors, as they get closer to re-election or their attempt to move forward in the political process. they're grabbing as much credit as they possibly can. rick scott in florida blamed florida's economic down turn on charlie crist. and then took credit for florida's economic recovery, and economists and experts disagree with that assessment. mitch -- will this still work? he's going to keep going down this road, mitch. what about it? >> well, you're exactly right, ed. in fact, florida economists have said that, you know, an improvement in a state like florida, most states, will obviously be based on national trend so we can thank president obama. but specifically florida economists have talked about there is absolute

it is 69 at lansing. these are temperature change numbers from 24 hours ago.the readings are modestly warmer. the dew point as well.is well. low.t looks like a dry week ahead. could be some showers as we get towards the weekend. we're watching a system down near the east coast. mild temperatures and low humidity. excellent visibility, a high of 71. mainly clear and seasonably cool. a little cooler in the suburbs. fifth day of lakeland. wind. i say the warmest and eight daysfriday the warmest and eight days. >> good to see you guess.guys which former blackhawks star is the only player in nhl history to win ross" is for most points, and the "lady byng" is for sportsmanship. was it: a. stan mikita was it: a. stan mikita [ male announcer ] riley is always there to give a hand with the groceries. ♪ that's real love. and so is giving him real tasty food. introducing new woof delights from iams. some wet food has gluten and artificial flavors. iams has real meat and eggs in our tasty chunks. ♪ now that's real love and so is giving a hand with the dishes. keep love st

robert lansing who was the secretary of state and would have been fired if wilson hadn't been a stroke, there had bad break, that is another story. but lansing tried to get the cabinet in on it and i think he even made some communications with the vice president, who stayed out of it completely. he simply said no. greeted in the constitution. this is before the 25th amendment actually is not as much of a protection as we think in cases of inability. won't talk about disability this is the inability of the president to do his duties. what does that mean? this means if he were dead the vice president succeeds. this is the one time that we really had a disabled president. how do you deal with it? edith was scared. this was a very scary thing. make it up as you go along. welsh says, david what part of personality or intellect prepared mrs. wilson to take over during his recovery? what skills did she bring to this responsibility she was taking on? >> that is a very good question because she had exactly two years of formal schooling and her whole entire life. she came from a large family and

he is not free lansing, not acting on his own. >> it's amazing.you expect formal talks to ever happen between their president and our president in near months? >> i wouldn't rule it out. formal talks, no. i think the talks will take place at the level of senior officials, but not the head of state. i don't rule out a meeting between the two heads of state, the two presidents. but again, think that's more form than substance. we shouldn't overstate the importance of it. it's a significant gesture, but that's all it is. >> trace: and they continue to give weapons to syria and weapons to hezbollah and we continue to try to negotiate. ambassador good, to see you, sir. thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: meantime, president obama sending a message to republicans. obamacare is here to stay, he says. we'll tell you what g.o.p. lawmakers have to say about that. plus, a controversial plan to prevent another superstorm sandy, and it could involved the government taking people's land by force. emnantz domain. that's coming up as we approach the bottom of the

joining us from lansing, michigan a sophomore at michigan state and he was the student who taped penn's remarks. first of all, why did you do that? >> well, bill, i did it because i really honestly couldn't believe what was happening at first. this man was using his position as a professor to in my opinion indoctrinate students to theng a way he thought was pleasing. i didn't think any college student should listen to that. >> the class you are in, literatures, cultures, identities. it is an arts and humanities class. that has nothing to do with politics. how did he segue into that rant? >> well, he was all over the place talking about a number of things. in the full video you can get a clear glimpse of that. he started talking about the romneys and the republican party on a few things and somehow he said he could tie it altogether but still to this day i can't understand. >> about 400 kids, that's a mob. what was the general reaction now that the professor was taken out of the classroom. he is still getting paid, but he will do research on the republican party. what was the reaction to

breaking home runs to lead the eighth inning to give san francisco a when and what might have bent tam lansingh theen tim lincecum's final outing with the club. he struck out three times among his six. he is wrapping up a $40.5 million, two-year contract that paid him $22 million this season. the 29 year-old right hinder allowed two runs and three hits in seven impressive innings. >> the oakland athletics are getting ready for the last a series of the regular season today. that will face the seattle mariners at 7 of 5:00 p.m..7:05 p.m. mila the time 5 and >> the times b50 6:00 a.m. >> the time is 5:56 a.m.. coming up the kron4 morning news as 6:00 a.m.. following a developing story out of sent francisco where two people have died in a house afire. >> coming up 6:15 a.m.. scientists are looking at further into the rim wildfire that charred parts of the yosemite national park. white is a there is a need for better forest park. white is a there is a need for better forest management. hñ i love having a free checked bag with my united mileageplus explorer card. i've saved $75 in checked bag fees.

i got my chance for about ten minutes when i was told if you get on air force one and flight in lansing michigan you will see him. i got a short interview with him but i think i did ask one prophetic question. i said to him mr. president, if you could take something from the white house that belongs to the american people -- [laughter] what would it be? i didn't know they were going to bring a u-haul. [laughter] but what would it be? he said it would be the moon rock that sat on the table in the oval office bought back by neil armstrong, first man to step on the moon. he would point out that the moon rock was 3.6 billion-years-old and that is what we call perspective. george w. bush a work in progress he calls as of a compassionate conservative. the polls are stratospheric still in the aftermath of 9/11. but his on-the-job training as it is with most presidents he steered clear of the middle east for more than a year and is now paying the price. he has created a religious office in the white house breaking down the constitutional separation of church and state. and he wants to privatize

so it was two black businessmen in lansing, michigan.oe ferguson and greg eaton who own dealerships and buildings and i was like, i want to be like them. so i got bold one day and i said, look, i want to be like you guys and will you give me a job? and will you mentor me? they decided to mentor me and the first thing did was gave me a job to clean this office building that had seven floors. so i was about 15, 16 years old, so i would go clean the first six floors, but on the seventh floor, that's where the ceo's office was. so i would bust in and pretend like i was the ceo. and i would put my feet up on the desk. >> you'd actually play out t-- >> oh, play it out. >> in your mind, you'd be the ceo. >> reverend, for hours. yes. yes. so i hit that intercom button. i said, ayesha, will you bring me some coffee and doughnuts and the day's paper? so i would pretend ayesha would come on in, bring me the day's paper and doughnuts and everything, and i was pretending like i was bossing people around, and here we are 35 years later or so -- >> and

i drew up in lansing, michigan. my father worked for general motors for 30 years.mom worked at the school cafeteria. and i didn't know that african-americans could own businesses. so it was two black businessman, joe furgason and greg eaton, who owned buildings and own dealership and oh, i want to be like them. so i got bold one day. i said, look, i want to be like you guys. will you give me a job in will you mentor me? they decided to mentor me. and the first thing they did was gave me a job to clean this office building that had seven floors. and so, i was about 15, 16 years old. so i would go, clean the first six floors but on the seventh floor, that is where the ceo's office was. so i would bust in, and pretend like i was the ceo. and i would put my feet up on the desk. >> you would play out -- >> oh, play it out. >> in your mind, ceo, you would be the ceo. >> reverend, for hours, yes. yes. so i hit that intercom button. i said, aiesha -- will you bring me some coffee and doughnuts and the daily paper. so i would pretend aiesha would come on in. bring me the da

he was the editor of the motor wheel news a weekly newspaper for one of the big auto plants in lansing michigan all the paper was paid for and published by. or we'll company it covered mostly labor issues in the may fifteenth one nine hundred thirty eight edition of the motor real news uncle king published an illustration that showed our wages the typical income of working people as opposed to rent and interest income typical income of rich people had been steadily rising since the civil war as you can see quote in eight hundred fifty approximately thirty eight percent of the national income was dispersed or paid out in wages and salaries by one thousand and nine that figure had increased to fifty four percent and today and this was written in may have nine hundred thirty eight sixty six point five percent of the national income is dispersed as wages and salaries the highest percentage on record today as you can see from this graphic from the new york times the percentage is below forty nine percent we're back to where we were before the presidency of teddy roosevelt all while corporat

robert lansing who was the secretary of state and would have been fired if wilson hadn't had the stroke, there had been a bad break, that is another story. but lansing tried to get the cabinet in on it and i think he even made some communications with the vice president, who stayed out of it completely. he simply said no. greeted in the constitution. this is before the 25th amendment actually is not as much of a protection as we think in cases of inability. we won't talk about disability this is the inability of the president to do his duties. what does that mean? this means if he were dead the vice president succeeds. this is the one time that we really had a disabled president. how do you deal with it? edith was scared. this was a very scary thing. make it up as you go along. on facebook, david welsh says, what part of personality or intellect prepared mrs. wilson to take over during his recovery? what skills did she bring to this responsibility she was taking on? >> that is a very good question because she had exactly two years of formal schooling and her whole entire life. she came

robert lansing, who was the secretary of state would have been fired if there had not been a stroke. the cabinetd to get in on it. i think he even made some with the vice president, who stayed out of it completely. constitution -- this is before the 28th amendment. not talk about disability but inability of the president to perform his utes. what does that mean? it usually means the president is dead. time we reallye have had a disabled president. how do you deal with it? sympathy forof edith. she was scared. make it up as you go along. >> on facebook, david says, what part of intellect best prepared her to take over during his ?ecovery what skills did she bring? >> that's a good question, because she had exactly two years of formal schooling in her chosen byshe had been her grandmother to be her caregiver. the grandmother was a very and taught woman edith it was good to have opinions. edith had been widowed relatively young and had inherited a jewelers that was like the tiffany's of washington. the jewelry store. she had a manager that made a lot of decisions, but she was used to ha

--nats-- these were the sights and sounds on tuesday in east baltimore along lansing street. 500 vacant houses will be brought down as part of the program. still... neighbors have mixed feelings about seeing part of their neighborhood torn down. james larry jordan, oliver: 34.43 "ain't nobody lived in these houses ever since i was little." ronald lang, sr.: 57.25 "it's a sad day. i knew people who lived in those houses." jamie brown, oliver: 32.50 "tear it down. ain't no use. ain't nobody paying for it. ain't nobody buying it." the remaining homes the city plans on demolishing represent about three percent of the city's total vacant homes. a florida man finds himself in 'hot water' after attempting to pay his water bill... with cocaine! water utility employees says a man just walk into their office and handed the clerk an envelope and walked out. when they opened it up they saw a white powdery substance... that turned out to be cocaine. deputies are trying to figure out who the man is... and why he did it. some maryland residents who some maryland residents who attended fairs this summe

rule of law does not exist in the state of michigan libby's been which we've got to go and snyder in lansing running the city of detroit through an emergency manager and now brown the emergency manager omaha one of the hottest days of the year on september eleventh he says i decided to cut the power off because people weren't listening to me that this is ludicrous use of power and it just goes to show oh well we have been saying for a year for a couple years now that in the state of michigan of democracy does not exist there are some who are suggesting. the i mean you know they've got kristi's in assessing the value of the art institute in detroit that the whole throw detroit into bankruptcy put in an emergency dictator and a system urgency dictator that that whole thing is really just to loot the city basically anything that says it has a value that a billionaire might watch or transactional corporation my wife were going to pull it out of there and sell it off and one of those things is the city owned electric utility is it possible that cutting the power or very high profile day like this

don't mess with leona lansing, she's badass or jane fonda.ideo music awards and thiel be one of the co-chairs of the event. >> look forward to that. they're raising visibility and power to women. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> gloria steinem, i want you to start us off. i wonder back in the day what you saw when you said hey, this isn't right and what you see today that makes you say, hey, this isn't right. >> it's also what i couldn't see. i looked at the senate. i could go snow blind there. all men, no women. i was looking at who was raising children and it was not men and i had had a nurturing father so i understand that it's possible. >> you knew it was possible. >> right. so it has changed, but not nearly enough because now thanks to -- i mean look at this show. the show is -- you bring different experiences. >> that's right. charlie's outnumbered, isn't he? >> no but i mean seriously, you're not yelling at each other. this show looks much more like the country than the people who are making the media decisions who are s

. >> well, you know i grew up in lansing, michigan, my father worked for general motors for 30 years.worked at a school cafeteria. and i didn't know that black folks could own businesses. so there were two business owners who owned buildings and dealership dealerships. and i was like i want to be like them. and i got bold one day and said look, i want to be like you guys. and will you give me a job and mentor me? and they decided to mentor me. and the first thing they did was gave me a job to clean the office building that had seven floors. so i was about 15 16 years old. i would go clean about six floors. but on the seventh floor, that was where the ceo's office was. so i would bust in and pretend like i was studentthe ceo. so i would put my feet on the desk. >> you actually played it out? >> reverend for hours. yes. so i hit that intercom button and said aisha, will you bring me coffee and donuts. so i would pretend that aisha would come in and bring me the day's paper and the donuts and that sort of thing. and i was pretending i was bossing people around 35 years ago or so -- >> an

"anthrax vaccine makes a -- firms to double production in lansing, michigan ." host: we are talking about the economy and what is your situation like five years after the financial crisis began. betty and fort worth, texas. democratic caller. host: good morning. i am calling about the economy. first, i would like to say that and i am ale democrat and i was born in the depression. and i know all about that, because i lived through it, and i want everybody to know that it aimed in five years. it took world war ii in the 1940s before we came out of the depression. so, those who are criticizing president obama because he has not cured everything in five years, i don't think that's fair. host: ok, betty. bill says -- host: and referencing outsourcing in china as part of our economic situation. back to syria, and here is a story that was featured on .com, and we have the editor-in-chief recently. a story translated from arabic with the headline "syria's oil sector on verge of collapse." host: that is a story on almon itor.com. "the washington post" front page has this

let me just say the people in lansing think they have got you beat. they they are sitting up there rubbing their hands together. they are sitting there licking their chops but they don't know who we are. they don't know what detroit is. they don't know that detroit is the home of rosa parks the woman who sat down to a movement could stand up. the city of detroit is the place were doctored martin luther king for skaters "i have a dream" speech right here in the city. detroit is the first -- the place where the first radio broadcast -- we put the world on wheels and made a soundtrack for a generation with motown writer in the city. this is the city of detroit where the battle of the overpass took place with where the 5-dollar workday took place where we led slaves on the south on the plantation north to their liberation right here in the city of detroit. after all of that you think you're going to be beat as some governor? do you think we are going to be be by a man who thinks we are lacy? know, no the people of the city of detroit are not and lazy. the

lansing, michigan, independent line, dick, good morning. caller: good morning.t: go ahead. , in r: i would like to ask 1934, after the federal reserve was enacted, of course, income tax and the 16th amendment was enacted at the same time, in 1934, a democrat president and democrat congress wrote the glass-steagall act to separate these banks from commercial investment. and in 19 -- i think it was 1996, a democratic president and republican congress got rid of the glass-steagall act and the bottom fell out. everybody in america lost money in this real estate debacle and that was the cause of it. and nobody -- i mean, you got to get rid of the federal reserve bank, because take it back to the united states treasury department because the bank -- look at the debt we have. $17 trillion. what is the interest that the taxpayers pay the federal reserve bank a day, i'd like to question answered also. y haven't they brought the glass-steagall act back? i know it separated these banks. thank you. host: nela richardson. guest: well, there's a lot of good points in dick's q

let me just say the people in lansing think they have got you beat. they are sitting up there rubbing their hands together. they are sitting there licking their chops but they don't know who we are. they don't know what detroit is. they don't know detroit is the home of rosa parks the woman who sat -- the city of detroit is the place where dr. martin luther king first gave his eye have a dream speech. the city of detroit is the place where the first radio broadcast the first row was built. we put the world on wheels. we made a soundtrack or a generation motown right here in the city. this is the city of detroit where the 5-dollar work -- took place were we led slaves off the south in the plantations to the north to their liberation right here in the city of detroit. after all that you think we are going to be beat by some governor? you think we are going to be beat by a man who thinks we are and lazy clerics now, of of the people of the city of detroit are not and lazy. they are overworked and underpaid. they are unemployed and maybe if we started put