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she is a mother first. >> she is a mama.out her, and her hair is fantastic. >> larry: and she has real hair? >> she has real hair, but if she wants to wear a weave, that's okay. >> larry: what about the way she dresses? >> i love it. i think she pushes the box on what a first lady should look like. that's what i am about, redefining beauty, breaking stereotypes, being your own unique individual. >> larry: what did you make of jimmy carter's recent remarks that part of the reason for the anger at the president is racist? >> yeah, i -- honestly i have not seen it. but i have read a lot of what has been going on recently. and i have to kind of go with what our president says, you know, he says in terms of health care, there's, you know, it's very volatile, certain people believe this, certain people believe that, and it's a lot of things maybe can get misconstrued or -- i don't know, i have to really defer to him on that. >> larry: based on her, did you ever feel in your life looked down upon because of your color? >> most defi
she is a mother first. >> she is a mama.out her, and her hair is fantastic. >> larry: and she has real hair? >> she has real hair, but if she wants to wear a weave, that's okay. >> larry: what about the way she dresses? >> i love it. i think she pushes the box on what a first lady should look like. that's what i am about, redefining beauty, breaking stereotypes, being your own unique individual. >> larry: what did you make of jimmy carter's recent remarks...
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. >> he's like the god mama, there never has been and there never will be another. but looking to be her, no. i started as a model, so the path is quite different. >> larry: last time you were on, you were dealing with the f-word, unflattering tabloid photo of you and remember in the swimsuit? you have lost weight since then. do you think like a fat person? >> i don't, actually. you know, when i told the world to kiss my fat -- i can say ass, right? >> larry: yes. >> when i told people to kiss my fat ass, i maintained it for three years. i didn't look at myself, even on television and think that i was too big or -- i don't know. i didn't -- it didn't connect. but since i have lost a lot of weight and it started with a weight loss challenge actually at top of this year. so i'm two years after kiss my fat ass. >> larry: you talk about croutons, ranch dressing, you talk about it like you love it. >> i love food. i still have my caesar salad. i just do it with balsamic vinaigrette. but i did this with my friends. we were sitting around the table and kind of trash talkin
. >> he's like the god mama, there never has been and there never will be another. but looking to be her, no. i started as a model, so the path is quite different. >> larry: last time you were on, you were dealing with the f-word, unflattering tabloid photo of you and remember in the swimsuit? you have lost weight since then. do you think like a fat person? >> i don't, actually. you know, when i told the world to kiss my fat -- i can say ass, right? >> larry: yes....
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tell about your feelings of guilt or shame or your words about what you did to your mama. >> this is thing. my mom has always been my number one supporter. no matter what has gone on in my life from first grade to second grade to third grade. my mom is the one who expected me to excel. before i got locked up i didn't understand what that meant until i had a child. but to come home and to think back on it, i know that i crushed my mom, right? but more than that, i sort of understand that i made my mom have to get up every day and think about how she went wrong and the truth is she didn't go wrong. i'm the one that jumped out of the window but a mother can't escape the sense of responsibility that she has far child. it is unfortunate too. because society says how are we going to talk about the single black mothers? but the truth is thate decisiony are never just raised by their parents and i think the only person who really recognizes how hard it is on a woman i think is the child because i saw how the whole world wanted to blame my mother and wanted to find what she did that was wrong
tell about your feelings of guilt or shame or your words about what you did to your mama. >> this is thing. my mom has always been my number one supporter. no matter what has gone on in my life from first grade to second grade to third grade. my mom is the one who expected me to excel. before i got locked up i didn't understand what that meant until i had a child. but to come home and to think back on it, i know that i crushed my mom, right? but more than that, i sort of understand that i...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.lizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> just ask the dolans, they have all the answers to your personal finance questions, ken and daria dolan joining us now as they do every weekend. how is it feeling in west palm? >> chillier than we have ever seen it. i have one quick financial tip. >> get a shovel? >> no, no, no. stock up on frozen o.j. now. there is going to be a price like you can't believe. >> i guess freeze whatever strawberries you can get your hands on too. >> strawberries and orange. it could be 29 degrees in the middle part of florida. >> let's talk about some other predictions that you are willing to make for 2010 as it relates to the economic picture? want to take a stab on that. >> i want to say one thing, fredricka. people may not agree with and they may not like. let us suffice to say, america is going to come
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.lizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> just ask the dolans, they have all the answers to your personal finance questions, ken and daria dolan joining us now as they do every weekend. how is it feeling in west palm? >> chillier...
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my mama said i started to look like him because i watched him all the time, and that's what they named> all right. snoop dogg, great to have you on the program. >> i appreciate it. >>> up next on the "the wall street journal report," a look at the news this upcoming week that will have an impact on your money. >>> a street corner known for its bright lights glows greener. >>> for more on our show and our guests, check out the website wsjr.cnbc.com. you'll also find a link to my blog, investoragenda.cnbc.com. i hope you'll check it out. >>> a look at the stories coming up in the week ahead that may move the markets and impact your money this week. >>> monday the ism manufacturing index is released that details activities at the nation's factories, mines and utilities. tuesday the national association of realtors will issue the pending home sales index. wednesday we get the minutes from the federal reserve open market committee's last meeting. that could give us a glimpse into the fed's thoughts for 2010. friday the closely watched monthly employment report will be released by the employ
my mama said i started to look like him because i watched him all the time, and that's what they named> all right. snoop dogg, great to have you on the program. >> i appreciate it. >>> up next on the "the wall street journal report," a look at the news this upcoming week that will have an impact on your money. >>> a street corner known for its bright lights glows greener. >>> for more on our show and our guests, check out the website wsjr.cnbc.com....
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are looking for -- a lot of folks around here are looking for messages from the recent election in mama or they're -- in massachusetts or their looking for messages from the election this past november. i don't think you need to go very far to know that one of the central and i think overarching messages that i've heard in pennsylvania -- and i'm others have as well -- understan messa the american people want us to focus on job creation right now. they don't want to hear about some long-term plan, a multiyear plan to create jobs. they want us to put on the table, to enact into law, strategic short-term and effective job creation strategies that will have the effect of incentivizing small business to hire more employees. the idea that i have and others in the senate is a job-creation tax credit, that if you're a small business -- in this case we drew the line at 100 or less -- i know that's not often the dividing line -- 100 or less employees, if they callify, get a tax credit. higher than 100 employees, a 15% tax credit. that kind of targeted and specific strategy, for one year -- its a
are looking for -- a lot of folks around here are looking for messages from the recent election in mama or they're -- in massachusetts or their looking for messages from the election this past november. i don't think you need to go very far to know that one of the central and i think overarching messages that i've heard in pennsylvania -- and i'm others have as well -- understan messa the american people want us to focus on job creation right now. they don't want to hear about some long-term...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.th: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> people are in difficult and dangerous spots. tonight the desperate act that had some of the images in this report are disturbing. carl? >> indeed, larry. we were driving just beyond the airport this day and we drove by and saw and we heard with a little attention. we live across. and at that point we saw two haitian police officers holding two detained young men and at that point as we spotted them, more shots rank out and we saw those police officers shoot their young detainees at point blank rank in the process of stopping the car, we ran out to see what was happening. and on the ground one of these men was gasping his last bretts. there was another man badly wounded and the police evidently thought that they had been stealing bags of rice. the wounded men denied it and the witnesses nearby
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.th: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> people are in difficult and dangerous spots. tonight the desperate act that had some of the images in this report are disturbing. carl? >> indeed, larry. we were driving just beyond the airport...
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[laughter] and we know as black women what it means to take your mama with you. i'm looking here at caring from the association for the study of african-american life and history and i believe she just came in with her mom. she dropped as of with your grandmother. so, you know it's an extraordinary this whole experience of inviting black women to tell their feelings and write them to the first lady. and let me tell you something about the title of this book because people always ask about that. "go, tell michelle" to read as barbara mentioned earlier it started as dear michelle, letters of encouragement. the publisher said how about this title, "go, tell michelle." we don't want anybody bossing us around so it was kind of hard to take. we thought we would sleep on it, and as our news, those of us that write poetry sometimes visit you in the early morning hours. so i had that experience and the news said it's not just "go, tell michelle," it's going to live on the mountain. and so going and doing a little bit of the research and finding they call the publisher bac
[laughter] and we know as black women what it means to take your mama with you. i'm looking here at caring from the association for the study of african-american life and history and i believe she just came in with her mom. she dropped as of with your grandmother. so, you know it's an extraordinary this whole experience of inviting black women to tell their feelings and write them to the first lady. and let me tell you something about the title of this book because people always ask about that....
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i'm mama brooks to the team.e these kids that i want to see succeed. and it is important me to play whatever role i can in helping them do that. >> she taught me a lot of things through sports and how to represent myself. so, i think they are a lot of lessons learned through sports that allowed us to come together. >> well, ryan brooks had a fantastic start to his senior year and mama brooks obvious long island had a chance to -- obvious obviously had a chance to see it. we will be back with more after >> tom: we are at halftiime, 34-24, owls on top. surprising after watching the start the owls have had this season that they were picked to finish tide tied for 10th. i'm sure people would change where they would put temple. ism i think they played -- >> steve: i think think played better than their players. i don't think they are loaded with talent. they have some good players, no question. but dunphy has done a great job putting this team together. >> tom: he has tried to get some set offensive plays throughout t
i'm mama brooks to the team.e these kids that i want to see succeed. and it is important me to play whatever role i can in helping them do that. >> she taught me a lot of things through sports and how to represent myself. so, i think they are a lot of lessons learned through sports that allowed us to come together. >> well, ryan brooks had a fantastic start to his senior year and mama brooks obvious long island had a chance to -- obvious obviously had a chance to see it. we will be...
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[laughter] >> and that -- and we know as black women what it means to take your mama with you. i'm looking here at karen may from the association of the study of african-american life and history and i believe she just came in with her mom. she dropped -- her grand mom. so we -- you know, it's been extraordinary this whole experience of inviting black women to tell us their feelings and to write them to the first lady. and let me just tell you something about the title of this book because people always ask us about that. "go tell michelle." it started out as "dear michelle: letters, of support and commitment." we sent it in to the publisher and they called us up how about this title "go tell michelle." we didn't want anyone bossing us around so we thought we would sleep on it. and as our muse, those of us who write poetry sometimes visits you in the early morning hours, so i had that experience and the muse said, it's not just "go tell michelle" it's go tell it on the mountain. and so going and doing a little bit of the research on it and finding out -- and calling the publish
[laughter] >> and that -- and we know as black women what it means to take your mama with you. i'm looking here at karen may from the association of the study of african-american life and history and i believe she just came in with her mom. she dropped -- her grand mom. so we -- you know, it's been extraordinary this whole experience of inviting black women to tell us their feelings and to write them to the first lady. and let me just tell you something about the title of this book...
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i have that bookmark your mama troubles with men.orterfield slashes missing tooth back to the newspaper it would have made a good story for years to come. he had decided that molly ivins was the greatest are not yet ever known and he knew she really hated dallas. austen is the absence of texas. dallas is nothing more than a neiman marcus. let's get out of this crazy place. i'm pandering here because we are in dallas. i didn't read that up in dallas. [laughter] but -- but she wanted to come back to boston and the paper, dated her because when you look at again her work is in dallas, she is just making fun of dallas over and over and over and over again. it coincide with the gop coming to town for the republican convention in 1984 and ronald reagan and george, the elder george bush and nancy reagan were showing up as she said wearing cowboy hats with this plumage on it, these ostrich feathers that no true cowboy in texas would be seeing, you know, wearing ever. and molly said these faux cowboys. and she was playing with the image and c
i have that bookmark your mama troubles with men.orterfield slashes missing tooth back to the newspaper it would have made a good story for years to come. he had decided that molly ivins was the greatest are not yet ever known and he knew she really hated dallas. austen is the absence of texas. dallas is nothing more than a neiman marcus. let's get out of this crazy place. i'm pandering here because we are in dallas. i didn't read that up in dallas. [laughter] but -- but she wanted to come back...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. president obama: i took a trip to elkhart, indiana, today. elkhart's a place that has lost jobs faster than anywhere else in america. the unemployment rate went from 4.7% to 15.3%. in fact, local tv stations have started running public service announcements that tell people where to find food banks... even as the food banks don't have enough to meet the demand. as we speak, similar scenes are playing out in cities and towns across america. bill: thank you for staying with us. we continue with dennis miller and his analysis of wanda sykes. >> rush limbaugh, i hope the country fails. i hope his kidneys fail. how about that? bill: the first 15 minutes were fine, but then she got me. here is my question. the remarks about rush limbaugh, sarah palin were mean. they flashed to obama laughing. i do not think that does him any go
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. president obama: i took a trip to elkhart, indiana, today. elkhart's a place that has lost jobs faster than anywhere else in america. the unemployment rate went from 4.7% to 15.3%. in fact, local tv stations have started running public...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.beth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> remember that incredible story we showed you yesterday of that lady being carried out of the rubble after buried alive. there she is at the community center in boca. there she is. and with her, her sons. mimi, how you are feeling? >> i'm feeling better. i'm getting better now. i'm feeling okay now. >> larry: what kept you going for five days under rubble? >> what wept me doing? i can tell you, i can tell thaw in one word. that was the lord jesus krooirs. i had no doubt he would save me. the minute i saw myself buried, i knew my lord jesus christ would take me out of there and i started praying from then. >> larry: ricky d you think you lost your mother? >> no, we never. five days was quite awhile but we never lost hope. we had to keep going, heaping and praying that she would be all right. >> larry: the three men who got her out
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.beth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> remember that incredible story we showed you yesterday of that lady being carried out of the rubble after buried alive. there she is at the community center in boca. there she is. and with her, her sons. mimi, how you are feeling?...
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sí, mama? ven aca, por favor. i don't know how my mom knew. but i guess moms always know.i wasn't being very nice to one of the girls at school. i knew it was wrong. i knew i wasn't supposed to be mean. i guess i didn't think it was a big deal. but in one sentence my mom helped me understand. she said, "mi hija, you need to treat others "the way you want to be treated." i thought about that a lot. i still do. life's most important lessons are best learned in the home. ♪ what if your brother or your husband or your daughter? what if your son came back from the service with a spinal cord injury? a quadriplegic. a paraplegic. in a wheelchair. (male announcer) when they volunteer to serve, we expect our country to be there for them if they are injured. for more than 60 years, paralyzed veterans of america has been fighting to ensure that we receive all of the benefits that we've earned. (male announcer) benefits to help with medical care, rehabilitation and training. and our dedicated professionals know how to navigate the system so our injured veterans can concentrate on gett
sí, mama? ven aca, por favor. i don't know how my mom knew. but i guess moms always know.i wasn't being very nice to one of the girls at school. i knew it was wrong. i knew i wasn't supposed to be mean. i guess i didn't think it was a big deal. but in one sentence my mom helped me understand. she said, "mi hija, you need to treat others "the way you want to be treated." i thought about that a lot. i still do. life's most important lessons are best learned in the home. ♪ what...
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have a recession it reminds me of the line from "the hunt from red october," "he always goes home to mama" about the submarine session. we run back to mccain and he describes the same old stuff, spend lots and lots of money, get yourself in a deficit. well, canes never started a business. canes grew up in the aftermath of the first huge surge of the industrial revolution. in his world what we thought of as entrepreneurs largely dying out -- i think most economists of consequential power in the united states today grew up when we didn't think about entrepreneurs. they don't know about entrepreneurs. it's astounding how very few consequencal economists even talk about entrepreneurs. until you understand that the america we occupy is the product, to a huge extent, of people who are still living -- think about it this way. someplace between 33% to 40% of today's gross domestic product comes out of firm that did not exist in 1980. now, i think if every economist who advises government had that tattooed there, 40% of the g.d.p. comes from firms that didn't exist 30 years ago, we'd have differen
have a recession it reminds me of the line from "the hunt from red october," "he always goes home to mama" about the submarine session. we run back to mccain and he describes the same old stuff, spend lots and lots of money, get yourself in a deficit. well, canes never started a business. canes grew up in the aftermath of the first huge surge of the industrial revolution. in his world what we thought of as entrepreneurs largely dying out -- i think most economists of...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.ght ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. sfx: can shaking op when you own a business, nothing beats the sound of saving time and money. and it's never been simpler to save - with regions lifegreen checkg and savings for business. you'll enjoy free online and mobile banking. and with regions quick deposit, you can deposit checks right from your desk. drop by and get started with a business financial review through a regions cashcor analysis. it's how business gets into the rhym of saving. regions it's time to expect more. >> larry: welcome back to "stories from haiti." many americans live in haiti. some just happened to be there when the earthquake struck. many watched from afar wondering what happened to my daughter, my mother, my wife. >> fires burn in the streets. clouds of dust cover everything. even in the best of times, this neighborhood in
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.ght ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. sfx: can shaking op when you own a business, nothing beats the sound of saving time and money. and it's never been simpler to save - with regions lifegreen checkg and savings for business. you'll enjoy free online and...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> a nationwide chain of yoga and wellness nerts which promises its members "healthier and happier lives" is under attack by former employees. they claim it is a cold. the chain is called dahn yoga. the company denies all the allegations. here now kyra phillips with a cnn special investigations unit report. >> reporter: most americans have probably never heard of dahn yoga nor its founder a korean business man. that is why this event is packed. it is the dedication of dahn yoga's mago earth park, mago meaning mother earth. according to this video lee is the messenger of a new creation story. >> knowing that all of humanity needed to hear earth's message, he set out for america. >> reporter: this was part of the spiritual message that drew in college students like jade haralson and liza mi
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> a nationwide chain of yoga and wellness nerts which promises its members "healthier and happier lives" is under attack by former employees. they claim it is a cold. the chain is...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. i was short of breath, so i couldn't always do what i wanted to do. but five minutes ago, i took symbicort, and symbicort is already helping significantly improve my lung function. so, today, i've noticed a significant difference in my breathing. and i'm doing more of what i want to do. so we're clear -- it doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. my doctor said symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. my copd often meant i had to wait to do what i wanted to do. now i take symbicort, and it's significantly improves my lung function
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. i was short of breath, so i couldn't always do what i wanted to do. but five minutes ago, i took symbicort, and symbicort is already helping significantly improve my lung function. so, today, i've noticed...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.th: g'night ben. jim bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. [ dialing ] [ ringing ] >> welcome to the internal revenue service. >> neil: imagine telling your boss two out of three days you can depend on me big guy, promise. or suggest to him if i can't give you 100% will 71% do? don't laugh. the irs is actually making that a goal. promising to answer 71% of phone calls to the toll-free help line this year. which by the way is a big step up from last year when only 64% of calls got through. not that getting through means you're through. prepare to spend an average of 12 minutes on hold. that's a long time on hold, but better than it was, i guess. we've heard about setting reachable benchmark but what does it say about an organization when they start out saying you have a seven out of ten chance of us helping out. manual what happens to the odds when you thro
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.th: g'night ben. jim bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. [ dialing ] [ ringing ] >> welcome to the internal revenue service. >> neil: imagine telling your boss two out of three days you can depend on me big guy, promise. or suggest to him if i can't give you...
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>> hopefully, you are making money talking or living off of a sugar mama. [laughter] [applause] thank you. >> why are only the males in this room public? [laughter] i know that i have ever heard that before. [laughter] what you mean making your living talking? >> i took a break from undergrad to grab school and i was on radio and hosted a sports talk show. i bounced around several places and was -- i always got to a certain point and leveled out and i would like to get back into it. i had to make a decision and decided to go back to school and got really interested in political science. i was an undergrad in broadcast news and modern history and found the opportunity. the economy was going in the dumper. if there was a time to go back to school, this was the right time. >> where to go for your news source? >> cspan, nothing but cspan. [laughter] i knew what you were waiting for. >> you don't know me very well what is your number one news source? >> a little bit, central, cnn, fox, local news and internet. >> become the central thing baffles people. they don
>> hopefully, you are making money talking or living off of a sugar mama. [laughter] [applause] thank you. >> why are only the males in this room public? [laughter] i know that i have ever heard that before. [laughter] what you mean making your living talking? >> i took a break from undergrad to grab school and i was on radio and hosted a sports talk show. i bounced around several places and was -- i always got to a certain point and leveled out and i would like to get back...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. we don't go lower than 130. big deal, pe 5uade him. is it wise to allow a perishable item to spoil? he asked, why leave a room empty? the additional revenue easily covers operating costs. 65 dollars is better than no dollars. okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. >> larry: we'll be checking with those adoptive parents we're trying to clear a signal through in the next segment. right now let's go to dr. sanjay gupta, medical expert, standing by. it's a week after the quake. what is the situation with the medical care? is it better? >> it is better, larry, for sure, but that's a little bit of a relative term. it's nowhere near where it should be or i think where a lot of people expected it to be at this point. the problem has become pretty simple and defined itself. we're g
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. we don't go lower than 130. big deal, pe 5uade him. is it wise to allow a perishable item to spoil? he asked, why leave a room empty? the additional revenue easily covers operating costs. 65 dollars is...
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>> hopefully either making my money talking or living off a sugar mama. [applause] >> thank you. >> why are only the males in this room clapping? what do you mean -- i don't think i've ever heard that. what do you mean making your living talking in >> well, actually -- i took a break from undergrad to grad school. i was in radio for five years and i host add sports talk show and i loved it. i bounced around to several place. i'd get to a certain point and it would level out. i'd like to get back into it. it was at a time where i had a -- to make a decision, i had to go back to school and got really interested in politics. i could see the economy was kind of going in the dumper. so if it was time to go back to school it was the right time. >> where do you go for your number one news source? >> oh, c-span. nothing but c-span. >> right. >> i knew what you were waiting for. >> you don't know me very well. what is your number one news source? >> right now -- i hate to admit, a little bit of comedy central here and there, but cnn, fox, local news, internet. >>
>> hopefully either making my money talking or living off a sugar mama. [applause] >> thank you. >> why are only the males in this room clapping? what do you mean -- i don't think i've ever heard that. what do you mean making your living talking in >> well, actually -- i took a break from undergrad to grad school. i was in radio for five years and i host add sports talk show and i loved it. i bounced around to several place. i'd get to a certain point and it would level...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> boarding a flight bound for the u.s.? get ready for changes at the security check point. the tsa says starting at midnight, everyone getting on an international flight heading into the u.s. could be subjected to stricter random searches. and if you are flying from countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism, enhanced security measures are a must for every single passenger. the state department lists those as cuba, sudan, syria and iran. a federal counterterrorism official says the other countries of interest the tsa alludes to include pakistan, yemen and nigeria. the crackdown comes nine days after a botched bombing of a detroit-bound airliner. >>> u.s. has closed its embassy in yemen, citing the threat of a possible potential terrorist attack. britain closed its embassy there
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >>> boarding a flight bound for the u.s.? get ready for changes at the security check point. the tsa says starting at midnight, everyone getting on an international flight heading into the u.s....
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my mama always say you want the most high to talk to you, you got to be in a quiet place and i was in library class at the time my brother was shot and i heard him. when i found out, i went be serk. >> ery as a we seen ben on the floor by himself. that's what brothers do. >> they weren't supposed to. i don't like to talk about that but they had to see him. >> they was telling us that he's in stable condition and kenny allen pulled the sheet back and we saw him. we had to see him and we knew he was gone. >> reporter: early the next morning the day his senior season was supposed to start ben wilson was pronounced dead at the age of just 17. even president ronald reagan called the family to offer h is dead. >> involved in extraordinary young man. >> he was gunned down. >> it's not how long you live. but how well you live. >> then i seen my brother in that casket. oh, tried to wake him up like man, you ain't dead. get up, man. get up. get up. you ain't dead. get up. then seeing those two guys who did it. >> did you know ben wilson? did you know him? >> reporter: after the shooting cousins
my mama always say you want the most high to talk to you, you got to be in a quiet place and i was in library class at the time my brother was shot and i heard him. when i found out, i went be serk. >> ery as a we seen ben on the floor by himself. that's what brothers do. >> they weren't supposed to. i don't like to talk about that but they had to see him. >> they was telling us that he's in stable condition and kenny allen pulled the sheet back and we saw him. we had to see...
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late entered in a very small and simple home, where a woman was baking some bread, some-- she was the mamaof israel. it was on the shabbat the. golda meir was the prime minister of israel at that time but there were no signs, almost no policeman outside, and we had visited her to ask where about one of the episodes that we wanted to tell in our book, old jerusalem which was such a key episode in the story of the birth of israel. in november, 1947, in the secret headquarters of televisa, there had been a meeting. the meeting was of ben gurion with a few aides and cool the was one of those aides. and ben gurion had realized that unless the jewish community of palestine was able to buy the arms and ammunitions that they would need for the war which was sure was going to break out on the 15th of may, 1948 when the state of israel would come to life, unless they were able to do that, they would be submerged by five arab armies that would immediately attacked jerusalem and the rest of palestine and the rest of the state of israel. so, ben gurion in that meeting said i have to go to the united st
late entered in a very small and simple home, where a woman was baking some bread, some-- she was the mamaof israel. it was on the shabbat the. golda meir was the prime minister of israel at that time but there were no signs, almost no policeman outside, and we had visited her to ask where about one of the episodes that we wanted to tell in our book, old jerusalem which was such a key episode in the story of the birth of israel. in november, 1947, in the secret headquarters of televisa, there...
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. ♪ my mama done told me when i was... ♪ > he wrote songs for over 100 films. ♪ that old black magicose peepers? >> reporter: he was nominated for 18 oscars and won four. ♪ where did you get those eyes? ♪ ♪ day in, day out > from the 1930s to the mid 1950s, johnny mercer was a regular hit machine. ♪ fools rush in where angels fear to tread ♪ >> reporter: his song, sung by the most famous singers of the day. >> everything was touched with great poetry but it was also incredibly accessible. ♪ there's no one in the place except you and me ♪ >> reporter: british pop star jamie cullum is 30. he performs johnny mercer. ♪ so, set 'em, joe. i've got a little story ♪ ♪ you ought to know >> it's a perfect example of a song. it sets the mood. it puts you right there. it's story telling. ♪ you'd never know it, but honey... ♪ > marilyn mae, who is 81, has been doing a whole mercer tribute show. one of many recently to mark what would have been his 100th birthday. how johnny mercer wrote his songs was unorthodox. >> he would lie down and close his eyes and stick the pencil in his mouth. my aunt gi
. ♪ my mama done told me when i was... ♪ > he wrote songs for over 100 films. ♪ that old black magicose peepers? >> reporter: he was nominated for 18 oscars and won four. ♪ where did you get those eyes? ♪ ♪ day in, day out > from the 1930s to the mid 1950s, johnny mercer was a regular hit machine. ♪ fools rush in where angels fear to tread ♪ >> reporter: his song, sung by the most famous singers of the day. >> everything was touched with great poetry but...
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over the years why were you able to help byron recognize this issue souter and my mother, and i am a mama's boy for the record and i defend her and answer the question. i think the answer might be this is a woman trying to go back to school to get her education oftentimes working two jobs and also managing a marriage in trouble so one of the issues sh was having besides with her son was a husband who was on faithful so the first story i'm going to read starts there. one day i went to a catholic elementary school in baltimore, st. catherine's and my mother picked me up one day from school as she really did and she said get in the car we are going to that house pour's house. kid raised in church, going to catholic school, the only name i had ever heard like that was in the bible, in scriptures i thought this is a bible retreat we are going on? [laughter] is there a bible lesson? i would soon find out so we get to this neighborhood. my mother gets out of the car and takes me with her. i was about probably nine, eight, nine, 10-years-old. she rang the doorbell several times. a pretty woman wit
over the years why were you able to help byron recognize this issue souter and my mother, and i am a mama's boy for the record and i defend her and answer the question. i think the answer might be this is a woman trying to go back to school to get her education oftentimes working two jobs and also managing a marriage in trouble so one of the issues sh was having besides with her son was a husband who was on faithful so the first story i'm going to read starts there. one day i went to a...
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darwin said, you know that mama has said there is to be no jumping up and down on the sofa, and i haveou propose that we do about that? lenny said, well, father, i propose that we do not tell her. [laughter] of course his great sorrow was when his daughter, annie, died at the age of ten of tuberculosis. it really shattered him. he is usually thought of as such a, you know, theoretician and unemotional man, but reading his letters and diaries of his daughter was dying is absolutely heart-wrenching. and friend of his had a daughter who was very sick. by way of consolation he wrote him a letter in which he said, much trial, much pain, but when a desert is live without love. you don't often hear that one quoted to charles darwin. that is the man we're talking about. he had quite a nice life there. fortunately it has been preserved for us to see. and recently it was refurbished, made into a museum. victoria station. you take a bus or a taxi, and you can see the study where "the origin of species" was written. their is a -- their is a -- their is t here is a roster of magistrates in the loca
darwin said, you know that mama has said there is to be no jumping up and down on the sofa, and i haveou propose that we do about that? lenny said, well, father, i propose that we do not tell her. [laughter] of course his great sorrow was when his daughter, annie, died at the age of ten of tuberculosis. it really shattered him. he is usually thought of as such a, you know, theoretician and unemotional man, but reading his letters and diaries of his daughter was dying is absolutely...
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to the studio once, and was jumping up and down on the sofa and darwin said, lennie, you know, that mama said well, father, i propose that we do not tell her. of course, his great sorrow was when his daughter annie died at the age of 10 of tuberculosis and it shattered him and he was thought of as a theoriation and an unemotional man, but reading his diary while his daughter was dying was heart rendering, and his friend had a daughter who was very sick and which way of consolation, he wrote him a letter in which he said, much trial, much pain, but when a desert is life without love. you don't often hear that one. quoted to charles darwin, but that's the man we're talking about. now, he had quite a nice life there. in down house. unfortunately, it's been -- fortunately, it's been preserved for us to see and recently, it was refurbished, made into a museum. it's 20 minutes out of victoria station, in bromle yes and then you take a bus or a taxi and you can see the study where origin of species was written. there's a -- there's a roster of magistrates in the local courthouse, and you can't
to the studio once, and was jumping up and down on the sofa and darwin said, lennie, you know, that mama said well, father, i propose that we do not tell her. of course, his great sorrow was when his daughter annie died at the age of 10 of tuberculosis and it shattered him and he was thought of as a theoriation and an unemotional man, but reading his diary while his daughter was dying was heart rendering, and his friend had a daughter who was very sick and which way of consolation, he wrote him...
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agents to guam and is now been sent to berlin across the world, but there are also things, the candy mama>> the woman you are talking about is named mary whitmark and when i did a program in denver she was there. people went crazy applauding her. the candy bomber was a man named scale halverson, who was a mormon, later became provost at the university of utah. who, like-- when he landed he had in eight mm prieger spring loaded move the camera and he was nuts to use than the first time he landed in berlin, as a pilot, he went around the periphery with this tempelhof taking pictures of it and when he came to the end of the runway of by these apartment buildings, there were a whole bunch of kids standing there watching the planes land. the kids loved seeing that, watching it. and, he talked to them for a while. we actually spoke little german and when he was walking away, he realized that they had never asked him for anything. he had been serving in the pacific in europe and of course kids were always asking for candy, money or whatever and he realized these kids did not ask for anything. he
agents to guam and is now been sent to berlin across the world, but there are also things, the candy mama>> the woman you are talking about is named mary whitmark and when i did a program in denver she was there. people went crazy applauding her. the candy bomber was a man named scale halverson, who was a mormon, later became provost at the university of utah. who, like-- when he landed he had in eight mm prieger spring loaded move the camera and he was nuts to use than the first time he...
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a mama or daddy has lost their jobs, is there something we can do to help. 10 letters like that the daywe read. we're passing through a hard winter. it is the artist in some time. -- it is the hardest in some time. let us always remember that as a people, the american people, we have weathered some hard winters before. this country was founded during some harsh winters. the fishermen, laborers, the craftsman who made camp at bally's board, they weathered a hard winter. the slaves and the freed men who rose through the underground railroad, is seeking the light of justice under the cover of night, they weathered a hard winter. this interest whose speech was tired, the pastor whose voice echoes through the ages, they weathered some hard winters. it was for them as it is for us, difficult in the dead of winter to sometimes see spring coming. they, too, sometimes felt their hopes deflate and yet each season, the frost melts, the cold war recedes, the sun reappears. so it was for earlier generations and so it will be for us. what we need to do is to ask what lessons we can learn from those e
a mama or daddy has lost their jobs, is there something we can do to help. 10 letters like that the daywe read. we're passing through a hard winter. it is the artist in some time. -- it is the hardest in some time. let us always remember that as a people, the american people, we have weathered some hard winters before. this country was founded during some harsh winters. the fishermen, laborers, the craftsman who made camp at bally's board, they weathered a hard winter. the slaves and the freed...
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>> would you agree, sir, that this may put even more emphasis on the need for the next generation, mama which is an air platform which is again a standoff type of defense mechanism or attack mechanism if you will, that we've sort of laid that site here recently, and i'm wondering if maybe we need to take a stronger look at that in view of what we're seeing here. >> i think when we approach the anti-access capabilities that are being developed here, that we have to look broadly at all of the capabilities that provide us opportunities to continue to operate with freedom of action inside the envelopes of that capability. certainly our bomber force and any recapitalization of our bomber force, extended range weapons, as well as our ability to penetrate with our surface ships, and not give up access where we require it, are all parts of the defense strategy to a conference that. >> thank you, sir. thank you to the panel, and thank you for your service. i yield back. >> thank the gentleman. mr. taylor, mississippi. >> mr. chairman, i'm going to yield, only member of the ranger hall of fame, a
>> would you agree, sir, that this may put even more emphasis on the need for the next generation, mama which is an air platform which is again a standoff type of defense mechanism or attack mechanism if you will, that we've sort of laid that site here recently, and i'm wondering if maybe we need to take a stronger look at that in view of what we're seeing here. >> i think when we approach the anti-access capabilities that are being developed here, that we have to look broadly at...
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sometimes you get letters from children, all mama or daddy has lost their job. 10 letters like that dayevery day a week. yes, we are passing through a hard winter, the hardest in some time. but let's always remember that as a people, the american people, we have weathered some hard winters before. this country was founded during some harsh winters. the fisherman, the laborers, but craftsmen who made camp at the valley forge, they had a hard winter. the slaves and free man who wrote the underground railroad seeking the light of justice under the cover of night, they weathered a hard winter. the seamstress who speak were tired, the pastor whose voices -- whose voice echoes to the ages, they weathered some hard winters. it was difficult to sometimes see spring come. they to help their hopes -- they also felt their hopes to play. but each year the cold recedes, the sun reappears. so it was earlier generations and so it will be for us. what we need to do is just ask what lessons we can learn from those of earlier generations about how they sustain themselves during those hard winters. how th
sometimes you get letters from children, all mama or daddy has lost their job. 10 letters like that dayevery day a week. yes, we are passing through a hard winter, the hardest in some time. but let's always remember that as a people, the american people, we have weathered some hard winters before. this country was founded during some harsh winters. the fisherman, the laborers, but craftsmen who made camp at the valley forge, they had a hard winter. the slaves and free man who wrote the...
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ron is there to babysit him and encourage him to act like a mayor rather than a strong mama. >> the village elder is going to collect the names of the people who still need power and take them to the suburb governor. >> it is time that we start from the bottom up, the village level, and were up toward governments. we have been doing top down from the central government down to the province. that is working, but it is slow and there are a lot of hindrances to get the money and projects down to the districts. this whole idea with the district support team is new. it gives us the opportunity to be here and shake hands with the sub governors and the local village leaders and then go from there. >> we try to help local government figure out how to govern, i guess. >> that is exactly right. they have great concept, but it is so limited right now. we are trying to say what you are doing is good at that level, but let's expand from the village of to the district. people will see it is evident that the government of afghanistan is doing something correctly, that there is something happening in their
ron is there to babysit him and encourage him to act like a mayor rather than a strong mama. >> the village elder is going to collect the names of the people who still need power and take them to the suburb governor. >> it is time that we start from the bottom up, the village level, and were up toward governments. we have been doing top down from the central government down to the province. that is working, but it is slow and there are a lot of hindrances to get the money and...
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my mama always say you want the most high to talk to you, you got to be in a quiet place and i was in the library class at the time my brother was shot and i heard him. when i found out, i went be serk. >> for ery as a we seen ben on the floor by himself. that's what brothers do. >> they weren't supposed to. i don't like to talk about that but they had to see him. >> they was telling us that he's in stable condition and kenny allen pulled the sheet back and we saw him. we had to see him and we knew he was gone. >> reporter: early the next morning the day his senior season was supposed to start ben wilson was pronounced dead at the age of just 17. even president ronald reagan called the family to offer h is dead. >> involved in extraordinary young man. >> he was gunned down. >> it's not how long you live. but how well you live. >> then i seen my brother in that casket. oh, tried to wake him up like man, you ain't dead. get up, man. get up. get up. you ain't dead. get up. then seeing those two guys who did it. >> did you know ben wilson? did you know him? >> reporter: after the shooting
my mama always say you want the most high to talk to you, you got to be in a quiet place and i was in the library class at the time my brother was shot and i heard him. when i found out, i went be serk. >> for ery as a we seen ben on the floor by himself. that's what brothers do. >> they weren't supposed to. i don't like to talk about that but they had to see him. >> they was telling us that he's in stable condition and kenny allen pulled the sheet back and we saw him. we had...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. you go next if you had a hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible with a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free hoveround information kit that includes a video and full color brochure. dennis celorie: "it's by far the best chair i've ever owned." and if you qualify, get it for little or no money. jim plunkitt: "no cost. absolutely no cost to me." breaking news...when you call today, we'll include a free hoveround collapsible grabber with the purchase of your power chair. it reaches, it grabs, it's collapsible and it's portable. it goes wherever you go. get it free while supplies last. tom - declare your independence. call now; you'll be glad
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa. elizabeth: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. you go next if you had a hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible with a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. when we say you're...
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mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. test ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... studies show that people who eat more whole grain tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains... and 110 calories per lightly sweetened serving. more grains. less you. multigrain cheerios. you go next if you had a hoveround power chair? the statue of liberty? the grand canyon? it's all possible with a hoveround. tom: hi i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. when we say you're free to see the world, we mean it. call today and get a free hoveround information kit that includes a video and full color b
mary ellen: g'night mama. g'night erin. elizabeth: g'night john boy. jim bob: g'night grandpa.: g'night ben. m bob:'night. elizabeth: g'night jim bob. jim bob: g'night everybody, grandpa: g'night everybody. @y jim bob: g'night daddy. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. test ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? i'm trying to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how did you do it? simple stuff. eating right and...
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my mama always say you want the most high to talk to you, you got to be in a quiet place and i was in the library class at the time my brother was shot and i heard him. when i found out, i went be serk. >> fo ery as a we seen ben on the floor by himself. that's what brothers do. >> they weren't supposed to. i don't like to talk about that but they had to see him. >> they was telling us that he's in stable condition and kenny allen pulled the sheet back and we saw him. we had to see him and we knew he was gone. >> reporter: early the next morning the day his senior season was supposed to start ben wilson was pronounced dead at the age of just 17. even president ronald reagan called the family to offer h is dead. >> involved in extraordinary young man. >> he was gunned down. >> it's not how long you live. but how well you live. >> then i seen my brother in that casket. oh, tried to wake him up like man, you ain't dead. get up, man. get up. get up. you ain't dead. get up. then seeing those two guys who did it. >> did you know ben wilson? did you know him? >> reporter: after the shooting
my mama always say you want the most high to talk to you, you got to be in a quiet place and i was in the library class at the time my brother was shot and i heard him. when i found out, i went be serk. >> fo ery as a we seen ben on the floor by himself. that's what brothers do. >> they weren't supposed to. i don't like to talk about that but they had to see him. >> they was telling us that he's in stable condition and kenny allen pulled the sheet back and we saw him. we had...
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. >> mama, there goes that man. >> he becomes the youngest player to reach the nd say wow or when you were approaching that goal, did you say i'm close? >> you know, i've never thought about milestones. never. still don't. i think when i retire years from now, i'll look back. i still won't think about it in that context. it's never been something that i've -- it's never been a goal of mine. the goal of mine has always been to win championships. that's at the construction of everything that i do. >> so, you've never tried twoib win mvp? >> the times i set out to win goals as an mvp, it becomes too much going on because i have to manage my teammates. i have to make sure they're accomplishing what they need to accomplish to help us be a better team. i'm trying to win mvp over here. trying to win championship over here. it's too much going on. i think the year i won it, it was the year i said, you know what? i want to do one thing and one thing only and that's make every one of these guys try to reach their potential and just focus on that. >> you've been with the lakersforeverment four c
. >> mama, there goes that man. >> he becomes the youngest player to reach the nd say wow or when you were approaching that goal, did you say i'm close? >> you know, i've never thought about milestones. never. still don't. i think when i retire years from now, i'll look back. i still won't think about it in that context. it's never been something that i've -- it's never been a goal of mine. the goal of mine has always been to win championships. that's at the construction of...