from an early stage mac, then carol, was more masculine than feminine. which is no big deal. >> i grew up until i was 6 in tennessee. and i think being a tomboy even back then was fairly acceptable up to a certain age. the older i got, the more unacceptable that behavior became. i know as i started to hit puberty, and i was pretty much appalled at hitting puberty as a female, my parents actually said at one time, you could have a sex change operation. but you would have to be put in a mental institution. so, i think at that point, i -- whatever feelings i had, that way were completely quashed. >> reporter: instead, in her late 20s, carole comes out as a lesbian, which her mother suspects. but does not accept. carole joins the army at 31. and is still on active duty seven years later, in 1986, when she meets a young mother named judy hoff. judy has a history of dalliances with women. her husband isn't threatened. >> my husband thought it was great. turned him on. but then i met this person. and fell head over heels. got a divorce. we moved in together. an

you like the apple, you like the mac. he might be pretty tough, the commercials themselves might be pretty tough on their competition. pepsi comes away liking coke in a couple of years but they come away tongue in cheek and you come away liking them. political advertising is rarely to build a brand over time. it is for that one day of the primary vote and that one day of the election and then everybody is on their own again. you come away with a choice. you don't want to vote for a that flip-flopper or take a stand. after a while you don't feel as good about the people who are doing it. and i think that's an inevitable result of going for the one-time sale at any cost. and jane myers' wonderful "new yorker" article as she quotes saying, if you're in this business, you have to figure out if i don't -- if i don't win this election, i die. all these things, they rev up the emotion like it's armageddon if you vote for the wrong person. they go for that one-day vote as opposed to building a long-term meaningful brand. i think

that is what fannie mae and freddie mac was doing. doing a housing policy along those lines. when you hear the government say we don't have an industrial policy. we don't do planning. we have an industrial policy for years and it's been fannie mae and freddie mac. >> greta: thank you. >> coming up tornadoes rip across the midwest. now survivors, lucky ones are telling their horrifying stories. also, time of great uncertainty about iran. there may be rising tensions between united states and israel. kimberly is here with new details next. especially in this economy. but with three kids, being home more really helped. man: so we went to fidelity. we talked about where we were and what we could do. we changed our plan and did something about our economy. now we know where to go for help if things change again. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get free one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we

. >> c-mac's security guard training went well. they had 27 students from a lot of clubs around the city. i think it is a good start. i think c-mac will do another training in maybe six months. that looks like there is interest. >> commissioner lee, a quick question. they did the power to arrest. does c-mac intend to do the additional 40 hours? >> they have been informed that they have to do the continuing education. there is continuing education on the other 32 hours. >> some people ask me that question and i didn't have an answer. >> they can do that on their own time. the information was sent to us. all the forms and everything, those are the next steps. >> anybody else? seeing none, that concludes the tuesday, march 27 meeting of the entertainment commission for the city and county of san francisco. thank you for coming.

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from freddie mac to the big mac, what do sleep and the iconic hamburger have in common?ger theme going today, don't we? your health could depend on it. the answer next. the next revolution in music is happening here. pandora rocks the big board. jenna: new next hour, the latest on standoff in france as police surround a building where a suspect in a deadly school shooting is holed up. you're looking at live pictures there on the scene. greg palkot is on the ground. he will have a live report for us coming up. >>> also rick santorum campaigning ahead of a primary in his home state. why pennsylvania might not be a sure thing for the former senator. >>> plus a convenience store clerk attacked on the job. the whole thing caught on tape. more on that, coming up. jon: you don't want to pack on the pounds? who does. in addition to hitting the gym, you do that all the time, hitting the gym, you might want to hit the sack. a new study finds that folks who sleepless, eat more. in fact, get this, they consume about 540 calories more per day, that is roughly the equivalent of eating

if you're a member of c mac it's 85 -- it's $85. but it's basically education for the industry to get their people trained and even owners trained, too. they can get a guard card. march 24, saturday, from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. president newlin: anybody else? commissioner hyde: i just wanted to say that i will be at -- on broadway at monroe for the voice of broadway meeting on the 21st to talk about the broadway ad hoc committee's report. and i've contacted neighbors but i thought maybe if i said it on tv some more would come. so come out, neighbors. president newlin: anybody else? >> on this future agenda item, can have we have this presentation, the controller office's presentation about the economic impact of nightlife in san francisco? >> would you like the controler to come? >> that would be great, if we could. i just think, you know, obviously the land use committee within the board of supervirs was able to hear it but i feel like there's a wider autyens here that would like to speak -- audience here that would like to spe

but it's not enough to shock troy or mac.seconds, dozens of fish start leaping out of the water in all directions. >> left side, right side, front, back, all the way across the river. they were just jumping everywhere around the boat. >> oh! there's one! up on my shoulder! >> the fish are so active that the guys have to protect their heads. and it's no picnic for the cameraman either. >> boom! >> hit the cameraman. >> nailed me right in the back. >> some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they're propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up to six feet in the air. the fish are asian silver carp also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat's motor. >> it gets startled by this sound and reacts by leaping out of the water. >> look at this. >> the fish frenzy is an entertaining spectacle, but there's a serious downside too. >> this species really is an invasive species. it is not native to the water. it doesn't belong here. and it does compet

fannie mae and freddie mac. on april 2, the national archives will make record from 1940 available to the public. thomas mesenbourg and connie potter will talk about the release. >> good morning. it is friday, march 30, to tell of 12. you are watching c-span's -- 2012. you are watching c-span's "washington journal." we are going to review the week and look at some of the top headlines. we will open up our phone line for you to comment on the stories that you are most watching. we'll start the week in review -- this is how you join in. the democrats are 202-737-0002, republicans 202-737-0001, our independent line is 202-628- 0205. a good friday morning to you. for a quick review of some of the big stories coming out of this town, here are some of the headlines we have been watching here at c-span. for to vall, three days of oral arguments on the health care challenge. on capitol hill, the house gop passed its 2013 budget along party lines. also, a standstill over the transportation bill with the 90- day extension

in september 7th of 2008, fannie mae and freddie mac clearly were insolvent, they didn't have enough capital to pay the losses on their mortgage guarantees, the federal reserving worked with fannie mae and freddie mac's regulator and treasury to determine the size of the short fall and over the weekend the treasury with the fed's assistance came in and took those firms and put them into a form of a limited bankruptcy called a conservatorship and the treasury got authorization from congress to of the fannie mae and freddie mac obligations andeld fannie mae and freddie mac mortgage backed security the company itself was now sort of in a partial bankruptcy but the u.s. government now guaranteed. so that protected those investors. that had to be done or else there would have been an enormous intensification of the crisis because investors all over the world held literally hundreds of billions of those securities. famously in the mid. september, lehman brothers a broker dealer, and i'll talk more about this, i have a case study on this coming up. had severe losses. came under great pressu

i'm going to buy all my children mac it grows and grows from there. >> ipad was the only thing, ipad will be the second and i'm looking forward to the new one coming out. >> just innovative and it's exciting and i think everyone wants to see what changes are made with every new gadget that comes out. i think right now they are just blooming and everybody just loves them. so it's kind of -- i know it's our kids and it's like the generations that's kind of what they're loving it's worth for us to be there too. >> it's my computer, my phone, my -- my everything. >> reporter: some analysts see it going to 700 bucks a share. consumer editor ktvu channel 2 news. >> from unemployment dropped last week, once again touching four year low. the labor department says jobless claims fell by 14,000 to seasonably adjusted 351,000. the four week average was unchanged at just above 355,000. economist claims below 375,000 is strong enough to lower the unemployment rate. the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. the dow rose 58 points 7th 7th straight day. nasdaq gained 156789 bay area real es

we had ads out and psas and ramped those up after indy mac. but since that was happening, it really helped. the other thing, there was a lot of controversy whether nontraditional investors like hedge funds should be able to get a charter and bid on a failing bank process. we put our toe into that. in 2008, we really needed bank buyers. we needed new capital coming into the system. it wasn't like we were going to be choosey about who could come in. if you have capital, you've got good management, you should get a charter. nonethele nonetheless, it's not a regulatory culture, so we started letting them bid. and i really saw some things that were quite troubling. particularly part of their proposal being they would flip the property very quickly. flip the bank very quickly. i wanted bidders but not people coming to the banking system that were not looking at this as a long-term investment. so a few of them slipped by. and i got some guidance out and a three-year lockup, as well as other restraints. but there were a few that got through first. tho

the mortgage giant and its twin freddie mac one of the most expensive ever.y 190 billion dollars. do you remember the headlines from july of 2008. sbo saying it could cost taxpayers 25 billion dollars. toby, we keep bailing out the bailouts, huh? >> of course we do. a, we're bailing out the lines that they tried to sell us in 2008. we thought 200 billion. we're underestimating it. number two, bailing out the bailouts because there are jennie mae and others we haven't talked about. and they're lying to our face and anybody doing the math, this is what's going to happen when you bail out a bailout. >> brenda: why shrink when you know you're getting more money from uncle sam? >> absolutely. this is like bailing out in a sense part of the government. the government-sponsored enterprises, look, if you're working at fannie and freddie mac, rather, your whole mission in life is to grow your power base, you don't care about the bottom line, you care about growing bigger and bigger and bigger. that's exactly what the companies are doing. they want more and more money.

i use a mac at home. the only difference to me is i think the mac is prettier. i just joined facebook in the past year. i have for the friends. [laughter] -- 40 friends. i joined twitter around the same time. i have no followers. i changed pseudonyms a dozen times. i sent messages to politicians and athletes to congratulate them on living after loss. despite all of this, i am here with you, the most tech-savvy people of all. i am grateful. i will not understand most of what you talk about, but i will listen carefully, and may be able to parrot back a phrase or two. i have very good memory. the pact follows award honors 20 individuals for their outstanding achievement in one of four critical areas of entrepreneurship -- general management, disruptive innovation, product marketing, and engineering. for each category, 5 tech fellow awards will be permitted. to be fair, ask everyone to hold their applause until all the winners have been named. i always find it difficult, so i apologize. tonight, we recognize the men and women who have revolutionized the way we commu

we're looking at the boiler mac, that it is set for finalization in late spring of this year. >> see the red light on. i yield back. >> thank you. at this time i recognize the jent lady from florida, ms. caster, for five minutes. >> thank you. welcome. citizens across america value clean air and clean water. so i want to thank you and everyone at epa for what you're doing to protect our air and our water and for your partnership with states and local communities. now, two of the most important partnerships with our local communities involve the state -- the clean water and safe drink water loan programs. these are the vital dollars that help with storm water infrastructure, replacing old pipes. waste water infrastructure that's not real exciting, but they are vitally important when it comes to keeping our neighborhoods clean and our water bodies clean all across the country. they're important job creators too and the recovery act gave us a nice shot in the arm to help create jobs while at the same time leaving us with a lasting legacy of important infrastructure improvements. the iss

fannie mae and freddie mac are back in the spotlight. the inspector is opening an investigation into trouble spending at the government and companies last year. lawmakers complained they spent over $600,000 to send workers to a conference last october. half the money was of questionable value. fannie and freddie have drawn $190 billion in taxpayer aid so far. starbucks has a new way to perky up. it has nothing to do a copy. i have more coming up in the next hour. >> 436 is the time. 59 degrees. >> we're getting a look at a key piece of evidence in this week's attack of a teenage girl in fairfax. what police have a homeowners to thank. >> in new controversy in mitt romney's campaign. what it has to do with it at a sketch -- etch a sketch. >> it is thursday morning. we're here in the weather center with a very foggy start to our day. just like the past couple of mornings we have the dense fog and advisory. it is in effect for the majority of the region, especially the east of the blue ridge. it goes through the morning until 10:00 a.m. the

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i wanted to make your mac 'n cheese more delicious by adding glorious spam!ancr) break the monotony. visit spam.com. >>> a two alarm fire swept through a san jose duplex this morning displacing four people. this cell phone video shows massive flames aided by gusty winds shooting through the roof as the firefighters arrived on scene. one of the residents woke up to the crackling sound of fire burning on the roof and then ran to the other unit pounding on the front door alerting them to the fire. fortunately all of the residents were able to get out safely. >>> it was a fatal beating that some people say could have been prevented. now residents in berkeley will have their say with the police chief. in a special meeting on march 8th, the chief will address the death of peter kuker. he was beaten after being beaten with a flower pot. he called police on a non-emergency line to report a trespasser. police didn't immediately respond because their units were monitoring an occupy protest. now, his wife called 911 just a few minutes later to report the crime. police a

i don't know about mac and cheese bunnies. >> long nike. >> they maker beganic mac and cheese bunnies

it ends up with jobs leaving, scully runs it and because scully is pricing the mac at $2,500, trying to milk it for the profits, trying to make more and more versions of the mac for the profit line instead of knowing-- because he was not an engineer, he came from pepsi, he didn't worry about how the dorito... how you make the dorito" so he didn't worry about the detail of the product. he worried about profits. >> rose: don't be a slave to focus groups. this is one i like a lot. don't go to somebody and see what people want. >> the very first macintosh retreat in the early 1980s when they're building the great mac, one of the people said "shouldn't we have a focus group to find out what we should put it n it?" and steve looks at him stunned and said "how do people know what they want in the machine until we've shown them." >> rose: he also quoted i guess henry ford who said "if i asked people what they want they would have said a faster horse." >> (laughs) exactly. >> rose: bend reality. that's interesting. >> his reality distortion field. wasn't he tough on people and some people say

the first people are more familiar with the failure of fannie mae and freddie mac, the government mandate that banks make bad loans for houses and how that led to the and it's a crisis. and then the question of how the obama administration, the latter part of the bush administration reacted to that with bailouts and the stimulus funding. difference stimulus packages, not just the big one we generally think of. why that actually made the recession worse and the recovery weaker and creating a fewer jobs, increasing gdp less than other countries which did not do stimulus spending and that our recovery is weaker than previous recoveries because -- you can compare what we are going through now with the reagan recovery, the for recovery, recoveries back to the great depression, or you can compare it with other countries that are going through what we have been going through the last several years. in both cases the obama recovery is weaker, less strong, and in some cases bizarrely weaker than what has happened in the past. why? well, unlike reagan who got a deeper recession in terms of destruct

we're talking here macs, ipads, ipods, combined you get nearly $17 billion. now, there's also itunes, movies, music, books and beyond that brings in about $2 billion. add to the mix their retail footprint, the massive amount of patents and licensing components, don't forget about the cash as well nearly $100 billion just sitting there on the sidelines. this begs the question, is this giant apple just getting too big? it makes me really think of the movie "cloudy with a chance of meat balls" i'm sure you all caught it. are we maybe getting too much of a good thing? with us is fusion josh brown author of "backstage wall street." and brian marshal with a buy rating and our very own tech reporter, jon fortt. to all of you thank you so much for joining on the apple discussion. jon, first to you, are we getting too much of a good thing considering the market's depend dependency on this company? if apple fails, will we all go with it? >> that's a good point from a market perspective because what we look at and we look at the different indices apple is a part of, it'

-kway mac. >> 48 occasions have shut them down. using the full measure of the law they had that says once you correct the problem you can put back to work. this issue has been talked about. we have asked congress to consider that we try to come up with ways to have a holistic way to deal with a mine that is in immediate danger. >> it did not shut down, and disaster occurred. gentleman's time has expired. >> this may seem repetitive, but i want to be clear. the first question is, mr. secretary if you look at ms a chase congressional justification, it provides that they are vigorously pursuing procedures without fear of discrimination. can you tell me what you are doing in that regard, specifically. >> i am sorry i missed the last part of your question. i apologize. >> ensures that minors are aware of their right without fear of discrimination. what are you doing in that regard ?-kway mac there are a number of things in that regard. >> we have beat up protection for those who were fired for speaking up about the city rights in the mi

warming, traveling with al sharpton talking about the education agenda, the fannie mae and freddie macwe were offended republicans that voted for the bailout, support for the bank bailout and support for fannie mae and freddie mac are complete non-starter for any candidate. >> most of the votes would go to rick santorum? >> yes, i think newt should stay in the race. american people will make the decision when it comes time for the primary. i'm not going to tell any of the candidates to get out of the race. >> the speaker has been very tough on governor romney. should the speaker accept the vote? >> i would agree he should stay in the race. i think a vision debate is important for all the candidates. i certainly wouldn't tell any candidate to get out of the race. we've had great debates. i think any one of our candidates will be able to beat barack obama in a debate hands down. >> who wants the race to go on? who wants it over with? and the race will go on. [ laughter ] >> when we come back, one final segment with our top presidential surrogates. coming up later, budget debate with chai