mr. harold will think. i need to get closer and closer to the herring and call to him in this way. hello mr. herring. the herring will think. that is strange, if you want to catch me, why is he getting further away. i don't understand. do you under stand? actually i'm going to be getting closer and closer to the herring and i make my voice smaller and smaller, so the herring will think i'm going away. it's very interesting and what will happen next. i sneak up just behind the herring and i say, what. what will you say? i can't hear anything. >> that's idea i make my voice smaller until i make no sound at alright. so the herring will think, he's gone. well, no fun today i guess but any way i am safe. and at that moment i capture him. what do you think of my wonderful idea. great. very good. very interesting. i'd like to see you try it. thank you and can you suggest a good place to catch and find many snow herrings. sure. into the temple. why don't you go there. thank you. i go now. going into the temple, the temple gate is closed for the night and the temple wall is too high for me to climb over. i hav

mrs. lincoln gave money and supported elizabeth kekly in her efforts to do this or certainly gave her moral support. there's a beautiful little wooden ink well that when abraham lincoln died, mrs. kekly asked for a momento of the president. mrs. lincoln gave her this ink well. there are also beautiful pieces. we all associate mary lincoln -- the stories one remembers of mary lincoln are of the elegance and spending and possessions. we do have some beautiful pieces that came through the family. a beautiful diamond and gold e namled wristwatch. china. also a scrap of fabric from the redecoration of the red room that was saved by the decorating firm. and eventually found its way to the museum. so we know -- we get a little bit of an idea of the fabric that was used in that room and what her style was. >> edith roosevelt. what was her style? >> edith roosevelt -- well, edith roosevelt retid tdid the e white house. it was at that point that the white house that we know first came into being. edith roosevelt wanted and theodore voez velt wanted it to invoke its sort of colonial roots. so it's a v

mrs. keckly gave her this inkwell. we all associate mary lincoln because the stories one remembers of mary lincoln were the elegance and the spending and the possessions and we do have some beautiful pieces that came through the family. a beautiful diamond and gold enameled wristwatch, china. but also the kind of thing you save, a scrap of fabric from the redecoration of the red room that was saved by the decorating firm and eventually found its way to the museum so we know -- we get a little bit of an idea of the fabric that was used in the room. >> edith roosroosevelt, what war style? >> the white house that we know first came into being, came to be the white in white house. and edith roosevelt -- and theodore roosevelt wanted it to evoke it's sort of colonial roots and so it's a very federal, formal white house. the beautiful pillars. the great entryway. the new grand staircase that she put in. it also helped to bolster -- the roosevelts brought in the imperial presidency, a much more regal, formal worldwide preside

mr. speaker? as her own party acknowledges, the police need to make savings, and the key thing is that not exactly what the total number is, but where are the police -- >> order, order. i don't know what members are having for breakfast but i'm not going have any part of it. the deputy prime minister's answers must be heard. the deputy prime minister. >> where are the police officers properly deployed. far too many were tied up in knots in the office instead of in the streets where they belong. >> mr. peter lilly. >> does my right honorable friend share the priorities of my constituents that believes the parliament should focus on promoting growth, cutting the deficit and getting people off welfare into work and will be bemused to learn that we spend our time on discussing the reform of the house of the lords, how do i explain that priority to them? >> i -- i suspect in the same way he will no doubt explain to his constituents that there's priorities of changes the boundaries of constituents which is clo

mr. speaker. some of her colleagues must think the liberal democrats make a difference because they were handing out leaflets at our conference while her leader was going to watch football. she says she is proud of their record. issue price of a factor government spent to under 50 llion pounds of taxpayer money on deals with the private sector which did not help a single nhs patient? issue proud of the fact that under the 2006 act, it was a privatizing charter in which her garment offed at 11% premium of the ivate-sector tax issue part of that? >> we will compare what our government did. >> order. yelling -- i remind the house that the deputy prime minister does the answering. >> we will compare what our government did on the nhs with what his government is doing any day. he says the problem with this bill as doctors and nurses do not understand it. the problem is that they do. however, even at thi late stage, it is within his power to stop this bill. next monday, the bill reaches its final stage in the house

he is helping her with that problem. we'll meet alita, mr. in just a little while. >> it's a very sweet family. >> all right. >> meantime let's get a check of the news first. natalie is at the "n" this morning. >> good morning, ann and matt. good morning. >> we begin with an overnight gun battle where the suspect wanted for a deadly shooting last week. police say the 24-year-old gunman claims to have trained with al qaeda in pakistan and afghanistan. he told negotiators he targeted jewish students to avenge the deaths of palestinian children. in the murders of the paratroopers he said were to protest western military intervention overseas. >>> the family of an unarmed florida teen who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer says there is a new account of the confrontation. the family says 17-year-old trayvon martin was on the phone with his girlfriend when he noticed george zimmerman following him. the girlfriend reportedly said trayvon felt threatened but police in sanford, florida, say zimmerman shot trayvon in self-defense. a gr

mrs. lamar about her ex-husband's criminal record. >> i don't want to talk about that.that has nothing to do with my daughter now. we are searching for her and that's the focus now. >> reporter: thanks very much. despite the information about sierra's father we are told by investigators that steve lamar is not a person of interest in this case. not a person of interest. and has been cooperating fully with investigators. investigators also say they are going to be the high schools talking students seeing if they can find a lead. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> san francisco mayor lee says he will make a decision today on whether to file ethics charges against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi now that he has been sentenced in connection with the domestic violence case. there are several other developments, including the fact that mirkarimi has not shown up for work yet. amy hollyfield joins us now. there's a skating letter in the -- scathing letter in the paper today. >> reporter: yes a tough letter face. he's not here in the office dealing with it. i just checked in

mrs. obama and her daughters had dinner at in chinatown. political analyst says there is a reason the white house is raising the first lady's visibility as the campaign intensifies. >> michelle obama, by contrast, is a wonderful asset for the president to have because she's a wonderful smart person, particulate and popular, and she can go out and speak for him but she does not need to speak about policy >> he says mrs. obama is adept at showing her accessibility to ordinary americans and she did on this appearance on david letterman. a violent last night in antioch leaves one person dead and two others hurt. a group of men was kicked out of the cruisers bar only to return with baseball bats. a fight started inside the bar and someone pulled out a gun and began shooting. a 38 year-old man was shot and killed and another man was shot and taken to somerville hospital. another man had it ended up with head wounds. today is cesar chavez day, marking the 85th birthday of the civil-rights icon who fought for california's farm workers. the city of

mrs. lamar about her ex-husband's criminal record. >> i don't want to talk about that.that has nothing to do with my daughter now. we are searching for her and that's the focus now. >> reporter: thanks very much. despite the information about sierra's father we are told by investigators that steve lamar is not a person of interest in this case. not a person of interest. and has been cooperating fully with investigators. investigators also say they are going to be the high schools talking students seeing if they can find a lead. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> san francisco mayor lee says he will make a decision today on whether to file ethics charges against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi now that he has been sentenced in connection with the domestic violence case. there are several other developments, including the fact that mirkarimi has not shown up for work yet. amy hollyfield joins us now. there's a skating letter in the -- scathing letter in the paper today. >> reporter: yes a tough letter face. he's not here in the office dealing with it. i just checked in

her husband could not have committeddthe crime. " he loves children. heartbreaking. i can't imagine losing my children. so my them for losing all of their childden. " but even mrs. ys her husband waan't himself when she spoke to him at fort leavenworth kansas where he s beenn held."he was -- seemedda bii confused. as to where he waa and why he as &pthere."it couud be months before the criminal investigation is complete and bales is potenttally brought to trial. but general john allen, the top us commander has ordered a separate investigation into how that ccmbat post was rrn by pommanders, ggven the presence of alcohol and what happened. "i'm not going to get into details about describing the unit or this particular event, i will be satisfied when i gee the reeort that we havv looked closely at the potentiall contributing factors that event to have unnolded is tragically."general allen said there's no indicatiin the bales case, the case of quran an indication of a broad s are - failure of leadership in the keeping an eye out for e'' - potential revenge killings aaainst u.s. troops, especially in the baaes matter. barbara pentagon 3 pentagonn,3 bales's attorneyysa

mrs. madison's tea box. it was given by her to mrs. latrobe, so it's one of the only other things besides the bgilbet stewart that survives at the white house. this wallpaper was most likely to wallpaper used in the elliptical salon. when we come back to the painting again, you'll see this is actually used as historical reference. there's an inscription here from mrs. madison to mrs. latrobe. they'd known each other since infancy. mrs. madison was known to have spent most of her time working on her own parlor chamber than any other room in the house. also known as the antechamber where the president received guests. the space was said to be extr e extremely fashionable done mostly in a yellow color. in the parlor, a portrait miniature of mrs. madison was present denoting sake. the state dining room transported from being jefferson's library and study into an actual dining room. it had the least amount of money put into it. a modest rug and furniture from theera were used. formerly it was hung in the elliptical salon. but for this -- fo

her precursor. like isabella d'este's, mrs. gardner's ambition was to obtain a raphael for her collection. the kind of raphael she wanted was, naturally, a madonna. the one she coveted was the so-called "small cowper madonna," then in an english private collection. berenson said he moved heaven and earth get the painting for her, but was ver successful. mrs. gardner had to be satisfied instead with a portrait by raphael. the painting was of a roman prelate, tommaso inghirami. this realistic portrayal of an unattractive sitter was one raphael's most brilliant inventions. although it was not the kind of raphael that collectors preferred, mrs. gardner purchased it in 1898. soon afterwards she obtained another raphael, a predella panel from an altarpiece reprenting the lamentation. mrs. gardner had never seen the paintg. she bought it based on berenson's recommendation and on a photograph which he had sent her. although isabella gardner never obtained a madonna, she did succeed in acquiring the first authentic raphael to reach these shores. by the turn of the century, the fortunes creat when a

mrs. madison's tea box. it was given to her by mrs. latrobe. it's on exhibit at the renn wick right now. what we've come to figure out from this is that this wallpaper was most likely the wallpaper that was used in the elliptical salon. when we come back to the painting again, you'll see this is actually used as historical reference. there's an inscription here from mrs. madison to mrs. latrobe. they'd known each other since infancy. that always seemed to have helped his causes when he was on the outs with the madisons. mrs. madison was known to have spent most of her time working on her own parlor chamber than any other room in the house. also known as the antechamber where the president received guests. the space was said to be extremely fashionable done mostly in a yellow color. with sofas and dhars in the same satin. and chairs used the same cornice as around the windows. in the parlor, a portrait miniature of mrs. madison was present denoting the room's name sake. the state dining room transported from being jefferson's library and study into an actual dining room. it had the least

mrs. carter for sentimental reasons wore a dress she had worn when her husband was made governor of georgia. mrs. bush collaborates with the designer and wanted a pretty party dress. what women -- the first lady wants it to be beautiful and comfortable and appropriate. appropriate is the word when first ladies are dealing with clothes. they want to be appropriate for the occasion and appropriate for their age and the circumstance and i think appropriate as a symbol of the united states. we still do look at the first lady as representing women in the united states. even when she is not functioning in duty, she represents the united states. >> let's take a look at the first ladies, four of them that you featured here at the exhibit and talk about their roles. >> wonderful. it's this way. . >> before you walk into this room, you have a quote from michelle obama. she is talking about that there is no formal job description for this unofficial role of the first lady. talk about that quote and how you think that impacts the first lady's decision of how they go about doing this job, if you will. >

headed to one of chicago's top high schools, all because of a teacher who never gave up on her. >> thank you, mrs. neubauer for being such an awesome teacher. i wouldn't be where i am now without you. >> reporter: at her church this week, her community stood up to applaud her. >> i enjoyed it so much, it just sticks with me. >> reporter: even at 100 years old, olivia neubauer still sees a future in teaching. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> great story. we need more like her. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> good evening everyone. thanks so much for joining us. >> we want to get right to the storm that's covering much of the bay area. wind, rain, and overcast skies are what most of us saw and more wet weather is on the way. monty francis is braving the elements right now and will show us the impact of the rainfall. we begin with

mrs. reagan. i went over to her, i said, mrs. reagan, i was in reykjavik last week, and i wrote your husband a postcard. she looked at me like i was a little crazy. she said, you did? i said, yes. it was just such an emotional thing being there ten years after the summit. and she said, what did you say in your postcard? i said, mr. president, i'm back here at reykjavik ten years later, reliving the experience, and was just amazed to think back at what a sensational job you had done 12 years earlier on behalf of the country and how exceptionally proud i was to have served you then. sincerely, ken adelman. and i mailed it. i didn't know nancy reagan very well. she looked at me, and she started to cry a little bit. i started to do the same. then i thought, what a great honor it was in the seven years i was in the reagan administration, every time i walked into the white house, i had a chill in the back -- the hair on the back of my neck stood up. i felt, what an honor it is, what a privilege to serve this great country. and i looked

. >> and there is call her mrs. judo. a film honoring a 98-year-old san francisco woman. the world's first female 10th degree bl8p8p8p8p8p8p8p8p8p8p8pÑ d >> so ready to go. >> we've got a treat. >> there is finney's friday free stuff. >> is everyone hungry? >> i'm at the right place. this is safeway their hand made pizzas. they're called signature cafe pizza in three styles. this is pepperoni. there is a sausage and a fiv five-cheese pizza that is fabulous. >> i like the way they put these things. and that is fun. they're priced well but why pay for it? you can get it free! and then, we're once you're well fed we're going to turn you down to the tech museum. if you haven't been there, you need to go. there is the must see, must do. if san jose didn't have the best tech museum in the country, i mean, please, really? >> there is where you ought to go. >> there is tickets that are $16 you're going to get them free. >> wow. >> and you're a rock star here. >> thank you. >> and coming up next, gq's picks. >> for th ir >>> new tonight at 6:00 assessing the tsunami damage in sant

her family. we are very, very grateful to mrs. piamonte for raising her fabulous son, kirk. i do not know what my office would do without him. our thoughts and condolences go to his family. i would ask that we adjourn the meeting in her memory. the rest i submit. supervisor olague: last week, i introduced legislation to landmark the category were in significant building in the downtown conservation district. the building is the elkin-dunst building at the corner of geary, which includes the gold dust lounge, which is already undergoing historic landmark consideration at the historic preservation commission. i offer these brief comments in response to questions received at my office as to why this particular building and this particular course of action. this board and members of the public know i served for seven years on the planning commission -- two years as its president. the last member of this board with a similar background in the unique planning process of the city was supervisor sue beardman, who advocated for solid planning principles across our city. in that tradi

headed to one of chicago's top high schools, all because of a teacher who never gave up on her. >> thank you, mrs. neubauer for being such an awesome teacher. i wouldn't be where i am now without you. >> reporter: at her church this week, her community stood up to applaud her. >> i enjoyed it so much, it just sticks with me. >> reporter: even at 100 years old, olivia neubauer still sees a future in teaching. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> great story. we need more like her. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank

her a degrading name. his comment came after she testified in support for employers to provide free birth control for women. >> it's an attempt to silence women as it has been historically. >> reporter: today mr. obama called her personally. >> to offer his support and thank me for speaking out about an issue that is so important to so many american women. >> reporter: the president's health care policy requires employers to provide contraception to employees even at georgetown university. >> you should have access to health care no matter where you study or work. >> reporter: there is another side. she is catholic and says the government shouldn't tell churches or religious institutions what to do. >> it is a catholic school. >> in terms of choices, what do you say to people who say why not go to a or drugstore and buy a condom? >> it is important to understand that contraception is used for other purposes. >> repor rush limbaugh has not apologized for his comments. in northeast washington, news 4. >>> a council woman will no longer be driving a government car. the county took away her car today after being pulled over after being clocked at more than 100 miles per hour on the belt way. she

mr. hooker, her teacher, they met when powers was a freshman but sea they became romantic only after shethey've gone public with the relationship. he resigned and left his wife and kids, including a 17-year-old daughter at the school. powers stopped attending classes and moved into an apartment with her now former business teacher. >> how did she compare to your other students? >> just a student. >> you didn't think twice? >> there was no special attraction. we were very much teacher student role. >> they say their feelings grew slowly but when the relationship became kl fort lauderdale is now the center of a police investigation. by powers mother. >> i think she was groomed for this and he was in pursuit of this. >> last month tammy powers went to the police and now, she's waging a war on facebook posting this letter saying classmates took photos of quote jordan sitting on his lap when she was still hooker's student and the two exchanged 8,000 text messages long phone calls and e mails when powers was a minor. >> when you're in a position as an educator you don't said qus students. -per

mrs. newbauer found her calling 80 years ago. she taught dance to neighborhood kids.he went on to be a phy ed teacher. after taking ten years off to raise her own chirp, she realized she missed teaching. she's taught kindergarten and reading ever since. >> reading is so important. if they can't read, they can't really do anything. >> reporter: and while much has changed with computers now in school, mrs. newbauer still teaches the old fashioned way, one-on-one. with remarkable results. >> our kindergarteners are reading by christmas. >> thank you, mrs. neubauer for being such an awesome teacher. i wouldn't be where i am without you. >> reporter: at her church this week, her community stood up to applaud her. >> i enjoyed it so much, it just sticks with me. >> reporter: even at 100 years old, olivia neubauer still sees a future in teaching. >>> great story. we need more girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a d

mrs. gloria meyer. her husband acquired the collection during his lifetime, and when he passed away, she wanted to be able to share this collection with the public. it is 54 autographs that are original autographs that center around the founding fathers of the united states. so they're 18th and 19th century autographs that have accompanying images that go along with them, and there are two of them from the 20th century that are kind of like the beginning and end of it. the very first one that we have was the impetus for the collection, and this is a letter sent to mr. henry rabe and it is a thank you letter signed by the assistant secretary of the navy, franklin roosevelt. and along with this letter was a check that says it is for binoculars. it was a dollar. he gave these artifacts to his grandson when he was 13 years old, said don't ever cash this check, don't ever lose this letter because it is going to be more valuable than the dollar. so he kept it from the time he was 13, and it stimulated an interest

her son, the lawyer. someday, but not today mr. intern. today, your boss needs her caffeine. the boss that calls you nick. your name is nate. but you'll do whatever it takes to impress. you'll bring her the all-natural sugar in the raw and the all natural, zero calorie sweetener stevia in the raw. now run along and learn lots. like how she doesn't drink coffee, just tea. it's only natural. >>> welcome back to "first look." here are some of the top stories make i making news this morning. president obama is in oklahoma to talk about his energy policy. over the weekend, the president will be in south korea and visit the zone between north and south. in northwest africa, soldiers in mali went on tv to say they seized power from the government. a curfew was in effect and intend to return power to a new democratically elected government. >>> garystein is barring troops from activities. he started a facebook page called armed forces tea party to encourage other service members to exercise their free speech rights and would not follow unlawful orders from the president. >>> former i

mrs. jackson opened her house and gave us alot of space and freedom to have a lot of conversations. those are just a couple of people that i would like to acknowledge. a lot of people have invested time for us to think about best use for limited space. we have worked closely with the department of public works in san francisco to think through what is possible in terms of architecture. if you are familiar with the space, it is a funny space in that it is not the best utilized space. the architect has been working with us and the proposed tends to get a sense for how you maximize the space and get more usage out of it. what we have heard from the community in the meetings we have had since june, it is about the importance of satisfying the mitigation requirements. for the folks that are newer to the conversation, there was a mitigation agreement in place four decades ago as the facility got expanded. it really talked about the needs for this to be a community asset focus on jobs, child care, and support for elders. the consistent feedback since june and prior to that about the tenant

years of service to her state and to her country and those of us who know her well know she is not even close to being finished. so, mr. president, my very best to my very good friend, senator mikulski. and i wish her very well in her next 35 years. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: you know, i too want to speak of my dear friend, barbara mikulski, who is just precious. she is precious to her family. she is precious to the people of the third congressional district that she represented for ten years. she is precious to the people of maryland, precious to the people of the united states, and precious to those of us who have the privilege of serving with her in this body. she's been affectionately known as a few things here: the dean of women, the breaker of the ceiling, as patty murray just said, setting the stage, setting the rule book, writing the rule book for women in the senate. there will be, mr. president, 51 women in the senate one day. there will be. and it will come much more quickly because barbara mikulski was really the first. there

mr. chairman. >> the lady yields back her time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i haven't heard one reason not to vote for this amendment. i have heard other ways we might want to do the same thing. i respect them and respect those who have spoken against the amendment. would you please hold that code up one more time? or help her. thank you. that code that you're holding up, ma'am, what percentage of that code has been written by corporations in this country? we always refer to this code. most of the code does not deal with the people, most of the people who live in my district or probably your district. they don't have the shelters and the means and the attorneys to figure out what is going to cover their fannies. they don't. when you hold up that code you make all of us suspect in that each of us are trying to write pages into that code. that's not the case at all. in fact, let's go to the 25% rate which is a nice number -- >> we are not going to go to the 25% rate because we are out of time. we know where you are going. we get the picture. questions on the am

mr. strauss- kahn during an interview she conducted. that case was dropped when prosecutors said it was too late. she has published a book about her allegations. mr. strauss-kahn's standing has been greatly affected. he attracted angry demonstrators outside cambridge university after he had been invited to speak by the union society. he was expected to run a soap -- run as a socialist candidate for the french president, taking on nicolas sarkozy, but he is out of the race. his political career, at least with the french socialists, is in tatters. bbc news. >> something happening in south korea. day two of the nuclear summit. >> that is right. it is being attended by u.s. president barack obama, who has been urging hu jintao to do more to restrain north korea over its nuclear and missile programs. more than 50 heads of state and organizations are attending. the summit is trying to find ways that countries can cooperate to protect nuclear materials from terrorist groups. joining me is our correspondent. the three leaders have addressed the media. tell us what is happening today. >> that is right. the main session of the summit was op

mr. strauss-kahn during an interview she conducted, but that case was dropped when prosecutors said it was too late to pursue it. she has published a book about her allegations. mr. strauss con's standing has been greatly affected. he was attacked by protesters after he had been invited to speak at a university. he was expected to run as the socialist candidates for the french presidency, taking on nicolas sarkozy. but he is out of the race. his political career, at least with the french socialist, is in tatters. the >> you are watching newsday. stay with us. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles.

her attorney says her client is eager to be reunited with her husband. >> mrs. lopez is grateful that this stressful public spectacle will soon be over and she and her family can heal. >> as the criminal case wraps up, all eyes are on city hall. player ed lee has to decide if this should be a official charge and if so, that could be a problem with his charge. >> i have to focus. there's been a plea and an admission of guilt and i've got to go forward with that assessment. >> he'll be formally sentenced on monday. he said he'll make his decision after that sentencing hearing. >> well, get out the umbrella. rain is already making its way into the bay area, along with strong winds. meteorologist rob mayeda is in the weather center with details for your morning commute. >> the winds throughout the evening. >>> now rain has started to show up on the radar in the santa cruz mountains. on the doppler radar ew, the highway 17 summitt near santa cruz where the moisture is rising over the mountains. you can see the rain and the satellite radar view. heavy rain lurking on t

moves for regime change put forth by the international community and that is something that mrs clinton in her speech said that the international community should support so it seems as though those two parties remain as divided as they have that. a number of key staff and arabic channels have resigned over the television stations coverage of the syrian conflict those who left accuse the contrary oh network of politicizing news and of bias against president assad i correspond to slip as more. we receiving information now about the reported resignations of key employees in al-jazeera office and they are claiming that the channel has a very provocative stance and has been involved in agenda sating biased reporting these resignations include the managing director the correspondent and the producer and specific reports that we are hearing particularly from a correspondent is that al-jazeera refused to publish pictures of armed fighters clashing with the syrian army and in addition also ignored every full rein them on the new constitution in syria by comparison the channels coverage of events in ba

mrs. merkel is fond of italy. she comes here to spend her holidays, and i'm sure she will have a nice party tonight after her talks with mr. monti. >> looking at mario monti, his name has been thrown into the ring as a possible replacement for jean-claude juncker. what has been the reaction? >> no reaction at all. i think it is extremely unlikely that he would accept this job. he was talking in a lawn a couple of weeks ago -- in milan a couple of weeks ago at his university saying how much he was looking forward to coming back to take up his professorial duties once again. i think he is very conscious that he has a limited time frame. he would like to about out. of course, he may change his mind, but it seems extremely unlikely to me that he will take up this offer. >> thank you very much for that update. we have more on mario monti and his efforts to sort out italy a little later in the program. first, the european union finance ministers have held another difficult meeting today as they tried to tackle the european debt crisis. hungary was

the wind would look at her and say i'm sorry, can't do that mrs. low. i have all these other applications and then she would turn her deaf ear to you and say i told him he them you will be there tuesday. she did this over and over again. what i discovered though, she was not completely deaf. i don't really know how deaf she was when she turned a deaf ear to you but it was certainly a very good way to spread girl scouting i would say. certainly a good way to get volunteers. there are women who said i hated to work walk out of church with juliette low because i knew. [laughter] any other questions? >> how did girl scouts get spread all around the world? >> how to girl scouts get spread all around the world? that is a great question. girl scouts got spread all around the world through many ways. one was women who work role scouts themselves and troop leaders who travel to other countries, sometimes with the military and sometimes with these organizations and sometimes with health organizations. he got spread through lettering. if you like being a brownie th

her precursor. like isabella d'este's, mrs. gardner's ambition was to obtain a raphael for her collection. the kind of raphael she wanted was, naturally, a madonna. the one she coveted was the so-called "small cowper madonna," then in an english private collection. berenson said he moved heaven and earth to get the painting for her, but was ver successful. mrs. gardner had to be tisfied instead with a portrait by raphael. the painting was of a roman prelate, tommaso inghirami. this realistic portrayal of an unattractive sitter was one raphael's most brilliant inventions. although it was not the kind of raphael that collectors preferred, mrs. gardner purchased it in 1898. soon afterwards she obtained another raphael, a predella panel from an altarpiece representing the lamentation. mrs. gardner had never seen the paintg. she bought it based on berenson's recommendation and on a photograph which he had sent her. although isabella gardner never obtained a madonna, she did succeed in acquiring the first authentic raphael to reach these shores. by the turn of the century, the fortunes creat whe