function over fashion. >> when we first met michael charles we could see immediately that somethingis glasses. when we got closer to talk to him we could see that the arms were either broke up or lost or destroyed and he replaced them with plastic spoons. >> my glasses broke so i'm going to have to make another one. can you give me another spoon? thank you. so i'm going to have to bend this. you bite it. when we bite it we make a hole. and we put the hole into here. there we go. now we got them fixed. slip them on. they should be tighter. and there we go. we got them set. we got to make with what we got in here. this is what we got in here so we're making out. >> coming up -- >> the men are lonely. they make what is called a fifi. >> we discovered the inmate made device known as a fifi. >> you ever made a fifi. >> yeah. >> and they call it their lady. >> and viewer discretion is definitely advised. >> the nicest way to put it without getting beeped off of msnbc. [ donovan ] i hit a wall. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to

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. >> reporter: michael is among 18,000 students being turned away. csu chancellor charles reed said the university had no choice. over the last year, california slashed a third of csu's funding. a billion-dollar cut. >> we're going to have to look at a new way of funding or providing higher education. i don't think that what we currently have will be sustainable, going into the next 25 or 50 years. >> reporter: when the state is hurting financially, universities aren't getting the dollars needed to subsidize tuition. so many can't afford what they're used to. >> average tuition at public universities rose 32% over five years. at csu, tuition jumped more than 70%. but that still wasn't enough to save spring enrollment. >> it's like missing a train. have to wait for the next ride. and when will the next ride be? >> reporter: michael now plans to apply for csu's fall semester in 2013. but it's far from a sure thing. if they don't approve a tax increase, csu will see more cuts and be forced to slice that fall freshman class in half. in los angeles, bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness

charles barkbarkily,, larry bird michael jordan.in her new children's story called "dream big." nice to see you. thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> you bet. your book is in part about your son's dream but i know your bigger strategy is to motivate not just kids but also parents. why did you write this book? it's one of a bunch you've written. >> i really wanteded to write this book because i know with the olympics coming and i do not hear our young people talking about participating as much. i wanted to share again how prestigious the olympics was back in the '70s and what a dream michael had to be an olympian and i wanted to just really share with you to motivate yourself and set goals and work hard and be proud of our country. i think he was extremely proud when he was able to make the team and i just want to share it with the young people as well as adults. >> it really is a story. a picture book about michael as a little boy and how he loved basketball and carried his bask

[laughter] [applause] >> my name is michael this is from his final article one charles dickens.ut terming it is it not? seductive the manner in which the over punctuated sentence give sway with the capacity to the one central critical point* where christopher puts on assault with every do haying want to your trout could he was is true and fashion that the like me and ways that do not. beloved the jt's of a birthday celebration reminding people they were once unborn and now watch. we should do more of that. the man who'd generated the hallmark birthday industry with his less imposing and more sentimental scenes took it agreed hissed birthday ever to make it the near ramadan of obligatory celebration and now darkening our december. [laughter] imagine the power that dickens had by a few brilliant strokes of the then he beside-- restored a popular festival in common defense -- defense and the men who were responsible for the misery. for the first time the downtrodden english could to see a celebrity on their side. we have pervaded reports sometimes from the author himself the speech

charles a. holmes, the choice resource policy group, the national association of conservation districts in . dr. richardman, on behalf of the american loggers council, from perry florida and mr. michael t.gorgan junior. and it looks like our second panel is all seated so i now recognize mr. burke, if you please begin with your five minutes of testimony. >> good afternoon. [ no audio ] >> sorry. thank you for allowing me to appear before you this afternoon. i extend that thank you to chairman thompson and to ranking member holder as well as the other members of this subcommittee. a bit of an introduction. we manage a family forest in central virginia. i also have the pleasure of working with the american forest foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is among others to encourage healthy forests. we speak for 10 million landowners, those are private forest or private landowners. allow me to set the stage a bit for my -- my family spans 6 generations. from those trees, we produce paper products or paper products are produced, fuel wood and -- it's very important products which are important to the economy of our state and produce job. the forest is really the water shed for o

charles county. much of the steadier rains are east of the bay, places like easton and st. michaelsng with that their temperature 63 degrees. in the mid-60s down south. 66 in culpeper. 63 hagerstown. gaithersburg and baltimore 64. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, we have cloudy skies over the white house and most of the region for that matter. 67 degrees with a southwest wind 8 miles an hour. that's a warm breeze. that wind, though, will likely turn more west to northwest later on. let's look at the first batch of rain here. here comes batch number two. look how the moisture is streaming north from tennessee through kentucky and ohio. that's what we've got for the afternoon. probably through even the midnight hour we're going to have on and off showers but after midnight things diminish and tomorrow a better day with a slim chance of a spotty shower in the afternoon. 77, muggy today. we've got some showers and storms returning. by mid- to late afternoon through the first half of the night we dip into the 50s. 71 tomorrow with a spotty shower. friday not a bad

[laughter] >> my name is michael bell: this is from christopher's final article to "vanity fair." it is on charlesens. charming is that not, sadat tv than come in the manner in which that somewhat over punctuated the touring sentence suddenly gives way and yields the deposit of freshness and gentleness and capacity. it is all that to emphasize the one central and critical point that taken solutions wishes to enjoin on assault. whatever you do, hang on to your childhood. he was true to the senate passion, both in ways that delayed me in ways that do not. he loved the idea of a birthday celebration, being lavish about it, reminding people that they were one son born are now launched. this is bighearted we might all do a bit more of it. it would help me to forgive just a little man who helped generate the former birthday industry entry with some of his less imposing, mostly sentimental proceedings in a christmas carol took the greatest part they ever told and how to make it into the near ramadan of protracted obligatory celebration now darkening our december. [laughter] but imagine the power that dic

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michael, thank you. >>> we have some breaking news ip to bring to you. a spokesperson with us airways is confirming to cnn that us airways flight 787 that was bound out of charlesue. officials are not being more verbose than that but suggesting there are no additional details they can release to us except that that has happened. we don't know how many people are on board or what that security issue is. again, that is the confirmation from us airways, spokesperson. chad myers joining me with additional details. what do you know? >> bangor, maine, would be the first big airport that a plane in any type of distress would get to on the way over from there, and that's what they're doing now. they still had about a two-hour window to fly to charlotte, but because it's near bangor, that's the track. typically is track goes right over nova scotia and into the charlotte regional airport. because bangor is right there, they made a little diversion to the right and landed in bangor. we were watching this flight on our flight explorer and it did get down to 300, 400 feet and appeared to make a landing on our maps. clearly, i don't have any visual on this yet, but we'll hav

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charles holmes, the chairman resource policy group of the national association of conservation in alabama. mr. richard procurement manager on behalf of the american loggers counselings off the eastern from florida, and mr. michael jordan and executive vice president of the society of american foresters in bethesda maryland. and looks like our second panel is seated, so why now recognize mr. burke if he would begin with your five minutes of testimony. >> [inaudible] >> thanks for allowing me to appear before you this afternoon i extend that to train thompson and ranking member of holden as well as the other members of the subcommittee. a bit of an introduction, we manage a family forest in central virginia. i also have the privilege of working with the american forest foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission among others is to encourage healthy forests. we speak for 10 million landowners, those are family forests and private land owners. allow me to set the stage for my testimony. the property and manage for our family has been in the family for six generations we grow both plaine and hardwood from those trees we produce paper products are paper products all produce profits hard wood lumber dimensional