nick sherman, mark shelley, richard ellis, michael hughes, elizabeth colbert, simon winchester. i have been calling a lot of people and asking a lot of questions. thank you to my studio assistance. in sound and media, we have carolyn chadwick, raymond chavez, alex chadwick. my media coordinator, luc d ubious. they've given us a much of their time and brilliance to work with us to help in the final character of the media and also pentagram and management. i have to think what wall of foundries -- i have to thank walal walla foundries. what is missing? it begins with an accounting of what we are losing as we watch. in terms of species and habitat loss and i hope it provokes more a sense of wonder at what this planet is capable of and still could return to. this is a beginning. let's imagine this as a portal. we have begun to think of this as listening to the earth. me will be able to connect to the president. we see all the things that are being accomplished. we can also see into the future and by 2000 12th, we will start with the clean paint for the future. -- and by 2012, we wil

in libya and indeed in the middle east let's cross now live to seattle where we are joined by michael hughes a journalist for the huffington post thanks very much indeed for joining us here not enough you've written an article that recent developments in the arab world are a sign of the decline of the american empire now how do you come to that conclusion when many are saying this is the start of a democratic movement throughout the region. start of a democratic. united. democratic. iraq. or ordinary and wired. for example when we see what's happening in libya there's been no opposition able to form what for more than forty years how could you possibly have a democratic government replace gadhafi so soon is that is that really possible. i don't think so i think we'll be. going to be a lot. more. once. you know when. you know you don't want to go. i wonder if they're going to shoot. you know. so i think it's going to be now i think anybody if anyone knows. therefore if it's going to be chaos should know the e.u. the u.s. joined together not provide aid and that's what they're talking about fi

anti-government protesters and for more reaction let's crossover live to seattle where we are joined by michael hughes journalist for the think told post and it's to the new world strategy his coalition to q thank you very much indeed for your time so in one of your articles you claim that the u.s. fears egyptian democracy as there's a double standard that the u.s. invades some middle east countries to bring democracy it fears what it comes from the people. yes absolutely it is it appears that america has all or democracy and freedom. of our own and when it meets our. and i wrote that article because i really do not think whether it's obama or bush and democrats you know we are not excited about the lack of the need to because we need someone like eric meet our geopolitical. israel with iran leave its oil. there is talk of democracy and freedom but we certainly aren't going out on the mall. what's the reaction then the u.s.d. the american people who really care about democracy in egypt i think. i think a lot of the american people are are not up to speed on some of the details on the ground with regar

john hughes had not seen me this way, and i knew the hair dresser, a guy named michael germain, he wass had not seen you yet? >> no, he approved the wardrobe. we talked about chet being kind of like this brother who's probably at a military boarding school. >> jimmy: that's pretty cool. how was john hughes? >> he was terrific. >> jimmy: he's just a cool guy? >> i had an amazing time. for me, it was a great experience watching him and anthony michael hall work together. these guys were like an amazing comedy team. >> jimmy: oh, they did a bunch of -- they did a bunch of movies together. >> "breakfast club," "sixteen candles," "vacation." >> jimmy: would he let you improvise and stuff like that? >> yeah, mostly in the rehearsals. i came up with a lot of stuff. one of my most famous lines from the movie is, "how about a nice greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray?" [ laughter ] that came from my father, actually. >> jimmy: is that right? [ laughter ] >> my father was a lumber salesman. he traveled all over the midwest, and he'd come home. but i remember when i was in high school,