c-span: you reference a fellow named mike hill in the book? guest: yes. mike hill is a researcher, and i hired mike to help me. he did a lot of the roadwork. he was out, going around making copies of letters. and he would send me enormous binders, here are all of the letters of john dewey to his children. here are all the laura ingalls wilder letters. and he did most of the travel. c-span: how old are ingram, nathaniel and luke? guest: they are 7, 4 and 9 months. c-span: so what letter in this book -- how many are there, by the way? guest: that's why i didn't -- that's why i didn't travel. (laughter) c-span: how many letters are there in the book? guest: roughly 100. c-span: ok. what's the one letter... guest: the one letter? all right... c-span: ...the one letter that you would want your kids to read that might give them guidance? guest: wow. well, i think that each child is different, so it may be a different letter for each child. for my daughter, i think the w.e.b. dubois letter to his daughter is one of the most poignant pieces in the book. c-span: d

why when ack to chapel hill. >>mike: acc's women basketball is brought to you by geico. visit us at geico.com and by pepsi. refresh everything. we're at half-time at carmichael arena in chapel hill. 36-24 florida state over north carolina. there's nobody from florida state in double figures, debbie but 8 different player have scored for the seminals. >>deb: florida state is playing off of the bounce and their guards is making plays which is what we told you that would have to happen to make the win. they are scoring in the transition game and finding the open jump shooter and they have done a very good job of moving the basketball on their end of the floor and north carolina has really struggled offensively. >>mike: let's look at the first half stats. florida state shooting well but not north carolina. >>deb: they are one for eight out of the 3 point line. florida state below their scoring average. i thought it would have favored them. florida state 24 points. >>mike: debbie hall time does north carolina get out rebounded. >>deb: plus 11 for florida state and you can see

in columbia, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >>> and no court date has been set on this matter. >>> this weekend's flight of the space shuttle begins the final year of the operations. alex demetrick reports, the pilot who will be sitting at the controls is from right here in maryland. >>> this is a view back on the flight deck. >>> to take a seat on the shuttle is one thing. the to pilot it is another. at the controls this sunday. >> i'm terry verts. i grew up in maryland. >> reporter: he will be on the five-member en endeavour. a module that will house instruments and supplies, it also comes with something rare. a room with a view. allowing station crewmembers a 360-degree panoram ra and a crupula. >> there's much less likely of a chance for debris hitting it. so the crew could have that open for longer periods of time. >> reporter: but first, the crew has to get here and undock. a journey that began when terry verts left for the air force academy, eventually becoming a top gun pilot before joining the space program. >> fulfil

mike: ward to harvest. tried to get by. traveling called on al ysha harvin. got a good game going in chapel hillto go in the first half in the five points seminal lead. >>mike: acc basketball is brought to you by geico. by pepsi. refresh everything. and by wendy's you know when it's real. florida state has not shot the ball particularly well. the seminals shooting 39% from the field. 0 from 7 for three but the hustle plays, they have one them all. >>deb: that's the reason why florida state has the five point lead and because florida state is 0 for 7 outside of the arc north carolina will bring pressure on the possessions. that was something coach hatchell was worried about but she can see it is not paying off. >>mike: ruffin-pratt to lucas. not that time and lucas tried to follow the shot and lucas is fouled. foul will be on courtney ward. that's her second. >>deb: italee lucas can hurt you so many ways offensively. outside of the arc and off of the bounce. of course you already mentioned, mike, what a good free throw shooter she is. six times or more she has had 20 or more points and 30 point g

mike schuh, wjz "eyewitness news." back to you on tv hill. >> the damage is estimated at more than $4 million. >>> in tonight's wjz health watch report a senate report says that drugmaker glaxosmithkline knew about the heart attack risks tied to a diabetes medication years before the reports were made public. it's been inquired why the fda allowed it even after 83,000 heart attacks were caused over an eight-year period. in 2007, a warning was adding to avandia's label. >>> the first lady is leading a new push against childhood obesity. >> it is a nationwide campaign to rally the country around a single ambitious goal, and that is to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation so that the kids born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight. >> speaking to the national governor's association, michelle obama said childhood obesity is a health and financial crisis. noorly one in every three kids in the u.s. is currently overweight or clinically obese. obama says the nation must address childhood obesity as part of tackling the ov

hill. jon: mike, thank you.ane: a bill to cut funding for the 9/11 terror trials in civilian trial is gathering bipartisan support. two democratic senators are backing the legislation, it's sponsored by republican lindsey graham. the white house is said to be reconsidering its decision to try the confessed 9/11 master mind khalid sheikh mohammed and four others in a new york city federal court. >> we believe we're at war. the law enforcement model being used by the obama administration should be rejected. we're not fighting a crime, we're fighting a war. and to criminalize this war puts our nation at risk. jane: a similar measure failed last year, we're going to talk about why lawmakers think they have a better chance at this time, and we're going to be joined by one of the co-sponsors of the bill, senator saxby chambliss, in just a few minutes. jon: the senate select excellence committee calling top intelligence officials to capitol hill to testify on current and projected national security threats to the unite

. >>> defense secretary robert gates and joint chiefs of staff admiral mike mullen will be on capitol hillhe military's budget before a senate committee. >>> parts to fix faulty toyota accelerators could arrive at dealers nationwide as soon as today. some service departments plan to stay open around the clock to fix recalled cars. >>> and employees at the bailed-out financial company aig received an estimated $100 million in bonuses today. today's "washington post" reports more aig bonuses will go out next month. >>> finally, spending for your pet. you know i love jake. obviously. a dog. i tried to do the math. i spend about $1,000 a year on him or so. >> i think most people would say it's a big chunk of change, especially given the economy. it's not unusual as diana alvear reports. >> reporter: opening a pet boutique during the recession seemed crazy at the time. >> conditions of the economy were absolutely horrible. >> reporter: the risk has paid off. sales at chicago's zane and zaris have increased by 15% a month. >> i think we may have stumbled on to something that was at the very leas

mike pence joins us. you've been watching from the hill. it's the president's turf. they're in his court.or brought the senate bill, most remarkable exchange, i think, so far was between the combatants from the 2008 campaign, john mccain and barack obama. what's your impression? >> my impression is that, you know, this is a good government. it's bad tv. i mean, the reality is while we were promised a serious negotiation where the president a few weeks ago said that he was going to bring various parties together and look for areas of common agreement, you know, what we're seeing here from the president forward is just a restatement of the positions that the administration has cf1 o the democrats in the! senate and house have taken. republicans are doing their level best to try to convey that the american people want this administration and democrats in congress to get the message, scrap the bill and start over with a clean sheet of paper. but, i've got to tell you, i'm not impressed with what we're seeing. for all the president's, you know, repeated, somewhat condescending statements, he s

hills. as is island prepared for the very worst. mike von fremd is in honolulu this morning. mike? >> reporter: good morning, kate. it's peaceful in paradise again. for a few hours, tourists feared that the big one was about to hit. for hours, hawaiians watched and waited for the tsunami to hit. in the end, it did no damage. for tens of thousands, it was a day that began abruptly. with sirens blairing and officials telling them to hit higher ground. the tsunami was predicted to wash ashore just before noon. >> we just got in yesterday. we didn't expect to wake up with a sirens and warnings being pumped to us. it was interesting. >> reporter: pristine beaches that are usually packed were empty. sailors scrambled to get their boats out of harbor. anyone with a room near the ground floor was moved asap. >> i'm glad we're on the sixth floor. >> reporter: do you have an ocean view? >> we do. we're smack ocean front. >> reporter: while many enjoyed the excitement, old timers had reason to worry. >> i seen the one in '46 and in 1960. >> reporter: he's referring to the tsunami that hit in

hill in baltimore. >> well, i'd help myself in all afternoon. but mike, i hope you have a hat. >> i do have one. >> please put it on. >> i have to get rid of the glamour and get down to the grit here. >> this is no weather for glamour. although you are glamorous. >>> gigi barnett has more on the impact the storms had on schools area wide today. >> she has a hat and a hood. >> reporter: one school district is completely out of days so far. >> reporter: at the first sight of snow, parents arrived at rider wood elementary in buxer county. the school day ended two hours early. not a full snow day. >> we probably won't see you until wednesday. >> reporter: but for some students, an early dismissal was good enough. >> they were excited they got out two hours early. going in, knowing that. and they had pajama day. they wanted to go in to school today. they didn't want to miss that. >> reporter: peggy is looking forward to the weekend snow. >> i'm excited. we have the flags. they have their snowboards and their ski helmets. and we'll be on our hill. >> reporter:

hill. in the meantime i'm mike huckman cnbc pharmaceuticals reporter with breaking news on dow component andhe world's biggest drug company pfizer. the company confirming for cnbc that the food and drug administration has approved its new and improved vaccine for pneumonia called prevnar 13. this was one of the most key products pfizer got in its recent purchase of wyath and covers more strains of pneumonia than the previous vaccine. it is a multibillion dollar product. analysts think this one is going to be as well and in addition to it being approved for infants and children as old as 5 the company plans to seek fda approval sometime this year of the same vaccine for adults which analysts think could add hundreds of millions, maybe even more than a billion dollars in revenue for this product. the fda according to pfizer has approved a new and improved pneumonia vaccine, a key new product for the world's biggest drug company. back to capitol hill. >> i want to talk now about the central question of employment. getting people back to work is important, socially most of all but also for the o

helped connect haitians in need with aid from around the world; mike allen of politico tells us the stories behind the headlines from capitol hill this week; and on "art beat," a conversation with sally wolf- king of emory university, who recently discovered an old plantation diary that served as inspiration to southern novelist william faulkner. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen. >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 every day, chevron invests in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. bank of america >> and by bnsf railway. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social

today on capitol hill, the nation's top military commander revealed the worst-kept secret in the armed services. >> i have served with homosexuals since 1968. >> reporter: admiral mike mullen said it's time to scrap don't ask, don't tell that prohibits gays and lesbians from openly serving in the military. >> we have a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> reporter: in his state of the union, president obama made repeal of don't ask, don't tell a political priority. >> this year i will work with congress. >> reporter: today defense secretary gates says he supports the president, but indicated it could take two years to implement the change. >> the question before us is not whether the military prepares to make this change, but how we best prepare for it. >> reporter: that drew a blistering review from republican senator john mccain, suggesting gates was playing politics. >> it requires the agreement of congress in order to repeal it, and so your statement, obviously is one which is clearly biased. >> reporter: there is an estimated 65,000 gays and lesbians in the military and 69% of americans b

hill couple found on their doorstep. the surprise delivery now at the center after police investigation. >>> and mike shanahan is speaking time since he became the new redskins head coach. what he's saying about the return of two key players. that's next at 11:00. ltdz >>> there are girl scout cookies floating aen in offices everywhere. there's one cookie you might want to leave in the box. some batches of lemon creams are being recalled. no one has gotten sick. the company says the cookies are safe. some of them were sold in maryland and d.c. >>> a special dog is helping to protect a young maryland girl. sylvia isn't a trained security dog. her role is much more sensitive. she has an amazing sense that makes her girl's best friend. fox 5's beth parker has the story. >> reporter: she shakes, she sits but that's not all. sylvia could save a life. >> she's really big on protecting me. all she wants to do is make sure that i'm okay. >> reporter: 13-year-old michele brown has cerebral palsy. she needed some help getting around so her parents reached out to a georgia nonprofit called canine assistance. they train dogs to help

in testimony on capitol hill, defense secretary robert gates and mike mullen voice their opposition toey say that a year should be taken to study the policy before taking a vote. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. no matter how i look at this issue, i can't escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> now, we brought in krista freeland for the contrarian point of view. she is here to say gays have no place in the military. >> i'm willing to say politicians shouldn't be punished for having mistresses, but i'm obvious until favly in - >> what do you think of what happened on the hill? >> i think it's great. and it's interesting to see obama choose to take on this issue i think as way to keep his left-wing base appeased. and we're seeing him support fairly traditional conservative policies, coming out with this idea of looking at deficit reduction as the next step. >> jonathan, this is more than

bill: mike emanuel at the pentagon watching the hearing taking place on capitol hill, thank and we'lltails on assessing the threat of a terrorist attack in america, we are waiting for a key senate intelligence hearing to analyze the current and future threat to the united states and you might call this a star-studded line-up of witnesses, today. the director of national intelligence, dennis blair, cia director leon panetta and fbi doctor robert mueller all set to testify at the hearing in the wake of the would-be christmas bomber, as thing get underway and catherine herridge is covering all of the action for us, once things get heating up there and we'll bring it to you. bill: in the meantime on the economy, martha, the president hoping to reassure anxious americans about what is happening with their money and taking the message to main street and later today town hall meetings, nashua, new hampshire, and like the one he had in wayne county, west of cleveland an proposing $30 billion from the bank bailout fund to give the small community banks for loans -- loans so banks can turn arou

the hill today, a powerful house veteran, chairman of the tax writing committee, reprimanded by the ethics committee. congressman charles rangel stepped into the fight for his political future. mike viqueira is at the white house this morning. is this the beginning of the problem for congressman rangel? >> reporter: no, the beginning was so months ago when the revelations became public. the ethics committee handing out a public admonishment, bad news for charlie rangel all the way around. the only good news is the attention is focused elsewhere over the course of the last few year. it goes to a trip to antigua and barbuda that ended up being paid for by corporate sponsor, that violates house ethics rules that the democrats themselves wrote when they came into power. the good news, the silver lining for rangel, the ethics committee found it was his staff, rangel's staff, that made the mistakes when they asked the ethics committee in advance for permission to make this trip. they misrepresented the facts. rangel, they said, didn't know about it. this public admonishment for charlie rangel has other ethics investigations active against him at this time. he's far from out of the wood

yesterday at a more mike mullen and secretary gates were just two people who made the trip to capitol hill. not only talking about don't ask, don't tell, but also the president's budget. we are following budget week this week and continuing that today, and here to share with us what to watch for, capitol hill -- we have economics reporter for cqpolitics.com. who on the admin strait -- from the minister is and will be on the hill today and who will be the audience? -- who from the administration will be on the hill today? guest: today we got treasury secretary geithner, he has ways and means committee and the morning, and he is followed by white house budget director peter orszag in the afternoon. you also have added more mullen and secretary gates meeting with house armed services committee. you have the labor secretary on the hill as well as transportation secretary. while obviously they are going to be talking about the president's budget proposal, there will also be talking -- talk about the jobs plan and what congress can do to get the unemployment rate and jump-start the economy. host

mike, tough atmosphere all of the way around. >> steve: arizona is on a 1-2 run the last 1:20 seconds. >> marques: he's looking for jump shots now. >> steve: hillas the least contested shot he has taken and misses it. >> marques: but a good sign. he's coming to life offensively like he did at the start of the season when he strung together a few games. he has his hands full. quincy pondexter. >> steve: somebody left darnell gant open, and he misses. nice save. wise out to lavender. it's amazing what going through the net can do for your confidence. sean miller has said he's our best shooter, 28% from three. >> marques: playing it out to half. >> steve: they mix it up. brendon lavender with a brilliant ttes of the first nipee from three-point range and a surprising a ington37 wor me r verts ompo the ever ybri from. ♪ nefier illes! mad thlledal onekind. a! y 5s bucf 20 ♪ com str >>> we have reached the halfway point. hi there, i'm greg wolf. welcome to the studio for our halftime report. let's catch you up on other pac-10 action. anderson minute to go in the first half. stanford up three. landry fields. 15 points in the first half. stanford leads

hill." from "the politico" -- ç back to your calls. i]çthe parties and the deficit fayetteville, north carolina. good morning to mikegnores the fact his own party -- this would be the fourth year congress has been controlled by democrats. all spending in the united states originates in the house of representatives and passed by both houses of congress. so any of these deficits that have been run up in the past four years can be laid solely at feet of the present. he was also a member of the same senate voting for some of the trash he is complaining about today. i have to worry when i listen to the first three speeches, including the first one after he got elected where he has a habit about wining about everything, put the blame back on the guy before him. 1 1/4 speech, at west point, i said i will listen to the speech until he winds, i got to only hear a minute of the speech before he starts shifting blame. this guy has to understand he is the leader of theçó country. he is commander in chief -- cheap and not whiner in chief. and a republican shares of lot of blame for what they did in the years they were in charge