okay, here's lori in washington. hi, lori. what's your question? >> caller: i have had a platinum credit card for 20 years and now they've started charging me an annual fee of $49. i pay off my balance every month and haveever had a late charge, nor do i use any of their benefits. we've had a great credit score, but i'm afraid if i cancel the car, it will ding our credit score. should i just pay the $49 or can i look for a local bank card that does not charge those fees? >> this is happening to a lot of people, sharon. >> a lot of people, and you know, credit card companies need to recoup some of the money they're losing from the credit card laws somewhere, and this is how they're doing it, but you don't want to get mad and think you're getting even by closing your account, especially if you want to go for a mortgage or car loan in the next 6 to 12 months. it can negatively impact your credit score. >> she's asking whether to go for another company. >> well, what she should do is actually try to open a new credit card with no fee, but do that befor

more with joseph stiglitz and lori wallach in a moment. "after words" with joseph stiglitz and lori wallach continues. >> host: thank you for staying with us. we are going back to our discussion with professor joe stiglitz and his new book, "freefall." we are about to discuss the difference between the bush and obama administration approach to the crisis. so in the book you talk about something i think a lot of people don't realize, that some of the top personnel basically didn't change. you talk about obama campaign on change you can believe in. but with respect to his economic team and some degree the approach it was more like rearranging the chairs on the titanic. what are the big differences between bush and obama to the extent that there are in their economic policy but particularly in addressing the crisis? and what lessons do to take about the continuity of the personnel? >> guest: i think there was a clear decision to maintain continuity of the personnel and partly continuity of the policies because they didn't want to -- they were

he's interviewed by lori wallach, director of public citizen's global trade watch. she's the co-author of whose trade organization a conference of guide to the wto. >> host: hello. we are here today with professor joe stiglitz, and he has a new book, "freefall," that describes the way we got into the current economic crisis, critiques of what's been done to deal with it and leaves out some of the bigger picture committees we need to address and the dates we need to have in the country to move forward to a more stable economy about what works for more people. thank you very much for the opportunity to share your book with folks on c-span. it's a very interesting read. and i wanted to start out where the book starts out which is the path to this disaster how we got into this and a lot of things people are aware of, south deregulation the financial sector pushed for, the fed not paying attention to the bubble in fact as you describe how helping to create it but a thing you write about that i think most people haven't thought of as much about is basically the issue of i

lori and scott miller, you saw, what, an earlier show?the main show was called "believe," and that's the show that most people are familiar with where the shamu whales come and jump out of the water and splash everyone in the splash -- soak zone, and there was a disturbance during that show. the event actually happened after the show, but the whale -- >> larry: what was the disturbance? >> the whales weren't behaving. they weren't following the instructions, and the senior trainer actually came out onto the stage to let the crowd know shortly after they had done the soak zone part that the whales decided they were having more fun splashing each other than splashing the crowd, and it seems like a statement that she had prepared to sort of vamp while they regrouped, and she told us that the whales needed to calm down and decide -- because we don't tell them what to do. we ask them to perform for us, and if they don't want to, we don't force them, so there -- >> larry: scott, did the crowd understand that? >> they seemed to. they were quite

lori wilson, nbc news. >> lori, thanks very much. we want to thank all the zippies of the world. without them, we couldn't get through this snow. >> he looks experienced in this. >>> let's find out how pepco is dealing with this? they've had challenges to deal with over the last several day sg. >> bob dobkins joins us on the phone. we still have about 2600 customers out, 2300 in montgomery county. they will work through the day unless the winds become impossible to get theucket up to the line. >> frequently in situations like this you're able to call in help from other neighboring jurisdictions to help you restore power. but it looks like everybody around us is getting slammed with this latest winter storm. are you able to do that? are you able to get help? >> that's the problem. we brought in crews from north carolina progress energy over the weekend to help us out. they're still with us. but to get additional help now, all the nearby utilities are being hit just like we are. so until a utility is confident that they're able to release their crews, that's what we'll have to deal

. >> around 1:00 that afternoon, rodney alcala approached two more teenagers, lori and patty. that's a lie. the time that i approached them was 2:22. >> reporter: defending himself on charges that he murdered five california women. investigators believe that's just the tip oaf the icebef the. >> somewhere just below hitler. there's no rhyme or reason for what he's doing. it's not humane what he does to these victims. it's a or ttorture. >> reporter: alcala was a man with a bright future. a fine arts degree from ucla. studied film at nyu and worked for roman polanski. >> i talked to his professor at ucla and his professor came out, said, this guy is a top honor student. he's a really nice guy. he wouldn't hurt a fly. you've got the wrong man. so, you have this monster inside of him. >> reporter: investigators say the slayings began late 1977. jill was a free spirit. she traveled out to california with friends when she was just 18 years old. she was in hollywood for only a few weeks when she metal ca alc. >> jill was found right along here. november 10th, 1977. >> reporter: it's

. >> reporter: working with lori nichol who works with evan lysacek, flatt is perfecting her style. >i want in the program, in competition. >> reporter: and she's already delivers here in vancouver. >> that was an outstanding performance. >> reporter: a young woman with a bright future on and off the ice. donna friesen, nbc news, vancouver. >> she might just be an overachiever. there is a fair amount of that going around in these games. don't forget nbc olympic coverage tonight in primetime starting at 8:00, 7:00 central. speaking of overachieving, it's not too early to tell you about a special series of reports we'll bring you next week in the post olympic period about how you can achieve your personal best to achieve fitness, health and a better life all next week here on our broadcast. that is our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you, as always, for being with us. i'm brian williams reporting from vancouver. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

so did new york landscape architect lori davis. >> my life just was completely changed after that. >>o help and in 1999, she married damien echols. >> she's like a living breathing miracle in human form. >> reporter: despite the support, the three men have been denied new trials by arkansas courts. >> do you feel a sense of the clock ticking? >> oh, yeah. >> you know that sometimes when someone from hollywood takes a stand on an issue, he can be dismissed or sometimes accused of doing it for publicity. sgr yeah. i'm a big publicity hound. if they try to make me squirm that's nothing compared to what these guys have had to deal with for the last 16 years. >> what is most shocking about this case is how little evidence there is. there is no physical evidence, none, the ties connect the map to the crime scene. they didn't follow the evidence to the killer. >> so is there any evidence that links someone else? >> it has been 16 year, but they now have? dna. it's not conclusive, but it does point to a person that the police never interviewed. we talked to that person in our show. but most i

explain what you see when you see lori armstrong -- would use the louis armstrong. >> you see the artistserious man. when you see performance photographs, he is a clown and philly put the instrument to his lips and in your face to face with the artist. that gives to the fundamental seriousness of the man. even though he was an entertainer and he was charismatic, at heart, he was the most serious of artists that loved life and embraced life and not the most pleasure that was going out of life at any given moment. the greatest pleasure of all was the pleasure of making art without one. -- with that onhorn. >> board in new orleans, died in queens. married three times. >> the first was a prostitute, the second was a musician. listening to the tapes and talking at great length to people who knew him well, i got as close to him as you can be. >> let's listen. ♪ wihen pressed me to your heart and in a world apart, a world where roses bloom, and when you speak, angels sing from above every day would seem [unintelligible] give your heart and soul to me and life will always be . ♪ back to the yout

he is interviewed by lori wallach director of public citizen's global trade watch. she is the co-author of the "whose trade organization?" of 57. >> host: hello. we're here today with professor 39 and he has a new book, "freefall" that describes the way we got into the current economic crisis and it lays out some of the bigger picture that we need to address with the debates in our country to move forward to a more stable economy that works for more people. thank you very much for the opportunity to share your book with the folks on c-span. i want to start on a path to this disaster and how we got started. the first section describes it is what people are aware of it is what the financial plus four but let you write about those people have not thought as much about is the issue of incentives. you talk about ceo pay and executive pay it is more than that. >> let me emphasize why it is so important. economist almost disagree on everything but they agree that incentives matter. if they don't, we are out of a job. it is a natural way for economists to think about the wo

i am lory rigsby, and i am on your side.tch to nationwide insurance now. >>> little jimmy olson o'keefe keeps talking about his future journalistic career as if he had one. since i heard somebody talking about how great it was that they had a holiday for that movie, you know, "groundhog day." the first groundhog day was celebrated in 1886 in punxsutawney. there's a reference to one in berks county, pa, in the diary of a store keeper named james morris, dated february 5th, 1841. let's play "oddball." >>> we begin with the groundhog day, groundhog roundup. countless towns and villages cashing in on the weathercasting ability of buck tooth rodents. he saw his shadow this morning, even though it was completely clouded over. that means six more weeks of winter or lights. general beauregard lee didn't see his shadow, so we're back to even. lastly, also no shadow for sir walter walley in north carolina, summer arrives in march. by the way, on the internets, paranoid punxsutawney pete says we'll have six more weeks of intrigue. sydn

i am lory rigsby, and i am on your side. switch to nationwide insurance now. still ahead, president obama ticks up in the polls. what's he doing right? you're the colon lady! diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating. that's me! can i tell you what a difference phillips' colon health has made? it's the probiotics. the good bacteria. that gets your colon back in balance. i'm good to go! phillips' colon health. >>> we're back. the 2010 election cycle officially kicks off today. with a big primary in illinois, where voters are deciding the nominees for u.s. senate and governor of that state, jobs that used to belong to barack obama and rod blagojevich. are they as angry in illinois as they were in massachusetts a few week back? what's the white house, what's the president have riding on today's vote? lynn sweet, an expert in chi-town politics. washington bureau chief of the "chicago sun-times." and john heilemann is the best-selling author of "game change," also a reporter for new york magazine. lynn sweet on the ground, lynn, this race, what skin does the president

i am lory rigsby, and i am on your side. switch to nationwide insurance now. >>> a response to bill o'reilly not recognizing his own talking point staring back at him from a poll. that's next but tonight's worst persons in the world. sean hannity. the bush flunky claiming that the president was out of touch, unlike president bush, hannity said george bush who you worked for, did not play golf while the country was at war. i don't want the families of loved ones serving where that man lost a loufed one seeing him on a golf course. he seemed to be far more in touch. far more in touch with his 9 iron. >> i call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. thank you. now watch this drive. >> oh, and, sean, remember in may of '08 when bush said he had given up golf in august of 2003 out of respect for families of dead soldiers though he was still playing golf in october, 2003, five months after he claimed to have given it up? those leg injuries that made swinging the club painful had nothing to do w

his newest book is called free fall and he is interviewed by lori wallach of private citizen. on bos coming up on booktv in prime-time. you can follow booktv on twitter at twitter.com/booktv. we have updates throughout the weekend on the weekends when we have 48 hours of programming on c-span2. now here is michael steele. >> seth jones 11 is a political scientist at the rand corporation and professor at georgetown university. for more information visit rand.org. mark moyar is professor at the marine corps university. visit mark moyar.com. chicago parents transform their neighborhood school. jacqueline l. berger addresses this in how to walk to school. this event is an hour. >> my name is jeff smith, executive director of d.c. voice. i want to tell those of you who are not volunteers or affiliated with our work a little bit about what we do and why it relates to the book we are here to hear about this evening. there is a brief story i would like to share, related to our work and what we are about to hear. we do community action research. we organize community members, volunteer

lori is calling us from oklahoma., you say that the catholic church should not go as far as to be prosecuted. explain your position. >> caller: absolutely not. i mean the whole basis for believing in god is the foundation of what's written in the bible. and the question that was posed to me was what if someone is really committed and they are gay, and i responded with this. if you really are committed and called by god to be a minister, then my question would be how committed are you? because god says in his word that homosexuality is a sin. therefore, you would have to acknowledge or deny his authority. i don't think anyone should be singled out and be given a right because of their sexual preference. to me that's ridiculous. i think we live in a free country, and i think with that freedom, god gives us a choice to choose to do right or to choose to do wrong. >> so are you saying that you can't be gay and be -- you're saying that in your opinion you shouldn't be able to be gay and be a priest? >> caller: absolutely n

he is interviewed by lori wallach director of global trade watch.she is the co-author of "whose trade organization?" a comprehensive guide to the wto. >> host: hello. we are here today with professor joseph stiglitz and he has got a new book, lori wallach-- "freefall" that describes the way of a gun into the current crisis and critiques what has been done to critique that it lays out some of the bigger picture of remedies that we need to address in the debates we need to have in our country to move forward to a more stable economy that works for more people. so, thank you very much for the opportunity to share your book with folks on c-span. is a very interesting reading and i wanted to start out with the book starts out, which is sort of the path to this disaster, how we got into this, and the first section of the book describes it and it is a lot of things people are kind of aware of. , self-interest to deregulation of the financial sector pushed four, the fed not paying attention to a bubble and in fact as you describe helping to create it, but t

please welcome to the podium to introduce our attorney general, lori robinson.[applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. and before going forward, i want to just recognize charles ogiltree. flunk, when he said -- you know, when he said about three decades since he had served at pds, you know, i was thinking i've known you about two decades, and then you talked about the three decades that i'd been work anything the field, and you had to really rub that in, didn't you? [laughter] but it has been three decades of charles ogiltree that you have been out there, really toiling in the fields and making a mark, and you have become an icon in working in this field. and the work with you have done, and i want grow stand up and be recognized -- i want you to stand up and be recognized for what you have done. [applause] and we are so incredibly fortunate to have him over these next two days as the moderator for this event. and let me welcome all of you on behalf of the department of justice and on behalf of the office of justice programs to what i think will be, i hope wi

and lori says, this is why we don't want government to run health care.ommit to spend america's money, but there seems to be no follow through. janet napolitano needs to be fired. and this one, regardless of the word change being shouted from the fimountaintops of washingto throughout 2008 and 2009. i am considering ron paul as a viable candidate. and this one from julia in dallas. it means business as usual in washington. never finish anything and what's worse, not care whether it is finish ord not. the only one coming out is the people with the storage payments. this is the same administration that wants to trust the national health care system and job creation programs in their hands says j.c. yesterday you answered if the government was broken beyond repair. you just answered your question. if you want to read more go the cnn.com/caffertyfile. >>> once the health care reform bill was likened to a hail mary pass. we will see what they say. >>> and more problems on toyota's recall today. there was extremely emotional testimony from a woman who lived thr

much fear about what's going to happen in congress with all these tax increases, cap and trade and loriate farm said people are too scared to increst. businesses aren't willing to risk their hard-earned capital and not backing greenback workers. they aren't going to hire new workers as long as government continues the job-killing agenda in washington and with the president's budget, kills more jobs than any budget in american history. new tax increases on small businesses, on energy companies, local real estate companies, on families, on professionals all across the board, u.s. companies that compete overseas, all those kill jobs. we aren't going to get rid of this recession by government spending. private enterprise, from the small and medium-sized businesses start hiring again, that's what sustains an economic recovery in america. america hates being in a recession. they hate even more being in a depression. they are gnat try prone to pull themselves out, but now the government is clearly the obstacle in the way of it and as we see this president and congress pursue more extreme agend

lori and i were there early on that sunday morning immediately after christmas as groups of idaho national warriors bound for duty in afghanistan said good-bye to their loved ones and friends. those troops came from the airlift command. they will be helping to protect the comrades in arms over the improvised explosive devices that are killing and wounding so many of our men and women. please join me in remembering them in your prayers and your well wishes for their safety. and please join me as well in praying for the freedom and safe return to his idaho family of private first class boyd birdau who has been held prisoner by the taliban since june. we are united in our outrage at his abduction and his support for his family and friends and loved ones. ladies and gentlemen, we are the idaho family. we have a shared history and a shared vision for our future, a opportunities match our unlimited dreams and potential, where individual freedoms and civic virtue are synonomous and where we are the arc texts of our own destiny, because we are truly in this all together. thank you for your attenti

i have lori down here who is one of my executives keeps reminding me i'm limiting us when i talk aboutstead of places other than the solar system. but i'm just talking about in my lifetime. so i will limit it to moon, mars, asteroids and things like that. and we hope very soon to be able to give you a very definitive time schedule on which we hope to reach some of these des takes. i will tell you that right now as we are talking about today with the people we are honoring here, as i talk to them, they were asking, what can we do to help? and i said, the number one thing that we all can do is pull together, work together and make sure that we deliver things on schedule, meet our milestones and make sure that we come in on the cost that we said. because that's what's going to be different. if i can't deliver that then you all can throw me out. ok. >> seth, the associated press. general bolden, following up on that, if you're looking at believing yesterday's budget announcement, you made a lot of talk about the in-orbit fueling. i know it's still early. are you looking at primarily when t

and if you remember that lori has been involved in camilla justice in matters for more than three decadesustice programs and she also held convened in 1999 program that was very instrumental in the 2000 program i mentioned earlier. she's done a tremendous job making sure the energy defense is on the radar. she also, without the fancy guests, made it possible to have it possible to have this at harvard before the reno administration left washington. and we are very fortunate that when this idea was mentioned, the attorney general agrees immediate and laurie has been organizing with people like marlene beckmann and others. and we are here because of the leadership of someone who for decades has been a warrior in the interest that energy. please welcome to the podium to introduce our attorney general, laurie robinson. [applause] >> thank you, thank you so much. and before going forward, i want to just recognize charles ogletree. when he said about three decades since he observed at pbs, you know, i was thinking i've known you about two decades. and then you talked about the three decades tha

>> lori -- with cweb. i like to start on congratulating you best president as budget. i think nobody in the room thought thought i would break the five billion mark. so congratulations. two questions. one related to capitol hill and one related to research. i wonder if you can amplify on research side of things where you see dollars getting invested relative to ocean acidification. >> are you asking for the number that you're putting into? >> not the number but sort of where do you see that where do you see the benefits of that investment coming? what sorts of products and what sort of things, good things could we look forward to from noaa as a result of that? >> it is really in two categories, laurie. one is getting a better sense of at what rate is, is the acidification of oceans changing and where. so a better job of just monitoring, number one. and, number two, research to understand what the consequences of changes in acidity are for different types of species. so mostly in those two buckets. >> great, hopefully with that great research we can communicate to peopl