mr. pegram has been described as chuck reed's hand-picked candidate. today, mr. ilable for comment. >>> well, seems the cost of being overweight is bigger for women than for men. researchers found that women pay more than twice the amount than men when it comes to being obese. those payments include medical expenses, diminished productivity, and loss of wages. for men, the total is about $2600 a year. for the women, it can be more than $4800. >>> soon there might be a new way for women to cool down from a miserable symptom, hot flashes. >> you have to stop and take care of what's happening to your body, which usually means running to the window and throwing it open, even when it's very cold outside to try to cool yourself down. >> well, now a drug provides some hope. an earlier version of it was showed to reduce the number of severe hot flashes. it was also linked to side effects like dizziness. scientists tweaked it to make a different version. >> reporter: hot flashes can be miserable. we have a very effective treatment, estrogen. a lot of women shy away from ta

mr. reed, you graduated from purdue in computer science. and a ph.d. in 1983. what were you using in 1983 -- what kind of machines or software? was there software? >> there was software. i am not that old. large mainframes were state of the art. it was the early days of maine -- many -- minicomputers. the world of work stations was just starting to compeer -- appear. >> did you envision smart phones at that point and the wireless technology that we use today? >> no, i do not think anyone envisioned the future that we have now. certainly, people envisioned the future of communication and what it meant. in that timeframe, the internet did not exist. there was a time when i could draw a picture of the entire internet on a 3-by-5 card. people have always been envisioning the possibilities. >> is the advance in technology still growing exponentially? >> it is. there is a network effect when you get a critical mass of users that drives economic investments in small companies and large to create new capabilities. it also stimulates the exploration of basic research an

benefiting the fir after his staff or his name was mentioned in a list of capitol hill stock traders mr reed reprimanded his aide. because chris mellon. my attempts to talk to some of those involved were time consuming and unsuccessful. we talk a lot about exporting democracy one of the bedrocks of a successful democracy i believe is freedom from corruption the sense that elected officials are elected to serve the public not to and hence their own wallets or that of their friends or cronies or family congressman brian baird offered a bill that would ban insider trading on capitol hill years ago but the act received the support of only nine out of four hundred thirty five members in the house of representatives and none in the senate and in this case you've got. the possibility of making great amounts of money. in ways that are illegal in ways that are hard to detect congressman baird says annual disclosure reports are not enough to my knowledge there is no human being employed by the congress of the united states who has looked at our finance reports with a with an eye towards possible confl

we don't work for you anymore mr. reed, enjoy your retirement.ancy pelosi, you are fired. >> reporter: palin also attacked republicans who have -t no come out in support of the tea party candidates and called on them to quote man up. the tea party express is a two week cross country bus tour. >>> researchers looked for figures for 2007 and took into accounted food and lodging. >>> in the back of the plane suggest the marshalls would be more useful out of first class. the air marshals objected to that change. >>> blockades of refinery are causing a fuel shortage. long lines formed at gas stations that still had gas while others were being closed. in vietnam, flooding has cost at least 30 deaths. a supertyphoon is still under way. that typhoon had gusts of 120- miles-per-hour. >>> one of the pieces of rock that the second miner brought up to the surface and handed out to the rescuers was given to the queen of england. >>> and starbucks is offering more than just it's coffee, beer and wine. it will be offering it at just one location. >>> the coffee

we don't work for you anymore mr. reed, enjoy your retirement.ncy pelosi, you are fired. >> reporter: palin also attacked republicans who have -t no come out in support of the tea party candidates and called on them to quote man up. the tea party express is a two week cross country bus tour. >>> researchers looked for figures for 2007 and took into accounted food and lodging. >>> in the back of the plane suggest the marshalls would be more useful out of first class. the air marshals objected to that change. >>> blockades of refinery are causing a fuel shortage. long lines formed at gas stations that still had gas while others were being closed. in vietnam, flooding has cost at least 30 deaths. a supertyphoon is still under way. that typhoon had gusts of 120- miles-per-hour. >>> one of the pieces of rock that the second miner brought up to the surface and handed out to the rescuers was given to the queen of england. >>> and starbucks is offering more than just it's coffee, beer and wine. it will be offering it at just one location. >>> the coffee

. >> think you, mr. reed. the balance the budget by taking money from the state transportation fund, something the state constitution prohibits. your plan is based on six under and $15 million on tax revenue, a figure most economists say is wildly optimistic and will never happen. that means you are more than $700 million of your target. how did you come up with those figures? >> bryant one straight talk. here it is. there are energy projects in the state of nevada at that have either been approved or are about to. the governors' association did a study. if nevada develops soldier -- solar injury, it would lead to $1.30 million in new revenue directly to the state coffers. i put that $5 million in energy production that will come on line soon. that is where i come up with the money i call "new revenue" in the state budget. brian is asking to be your governor. he calls into question my integrity. right after the primary election he promised to give you a state budget proposal and he still has not done it. it is

if we don't change, if mr. reedoes back to washington, then the change that is happening kind of overtaking the country and moving it to the left so strongly will be out of our control. >> candidly.... >> woodruff: reed supporters like powerful culinary union workers head d taylor has argued reed has done everything he could to create and preserve jobs and help the unemployed. >> when people are laid off and havi a tough go, the idea that you would not extend unemployment benefits which angle said she would not have done is in my opinion unconscionable. frankly immoral. >> woodruff: long-time g.o.p. consultant who advised president reagan and george h.w.bush broke ranks with his party because he says no one has done more for nevada than harry reid. and because of what he calls angle's extreme position, which he says are unacceptable to national republican leaders. >> they cannot stand side side with someone who wants to eliminate social security. the party can't accept that kind of thought process. or someone who wa

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reed. he said, mr. chairman, this is crazy. this is a seminal moment for the country. get on a train and get up there. you should be part of this. i followed his advice. the other thing that happened was the president turned to a lot of people in government and said, we're concerned, i expect you to take care of your sector -- we are consumed. i expect you to take care of your sector in a way that gives us comfort that the government is running effectively without our involvement. >> the white house is actually, typically, only nominally involved in the comet -- in the decisions of the commission. congress is actually much more involved than the administration usually is. >> you have only been out of the chair for a couple of years. when you look back on your chairmanship, what is the one thing that got away that you wish you could have gotten past while you were there -- passed while you were there? >> i have been rooting for the longest amount of time -- brooding for the longest time. certain decisions i made produced the most famous bankruptcy decision ever decided

mr. pagram has been described as mayor chuck reed's hand-picked candidate to run in district 9 and help chuck reed take on the labor unions but today mayor reed did not have time or was not available for comment today to either stand up and defend him or look into the situation. >> may be the bankruptcy attorney would be shed light on the confusion. >> reporter: would you think that would be the case. also there is the possibility if this is through an attorney or he did it on his own that there would be fraud or perjury charges but that happened in 1996 so the statute of limitations may have run out on this case. >> 14 years. len ramirez, thank you. >>> it sounded oddly familiar. the oakland police department called a sudden news conference today regarding an anonymous tip and the city's crime lab. so what's the story? syme reports. >> reporter: the press conference was announce -- simon perez reports. >> reporter: the press conference was announce and and they drew a crowd. the press conference designed to address allegations of misconduct in the oakland police department crime lab. oakland

mr elliott the president of azerbaijan has recently signed an agreement with saakashvili the georgian leader about the direct shipment of the as a reed gas to romania at the same time he has an agreement with gazprom russian company committing everybody on to sell gas to the russian company while these two commitments seem to be contradictory seem to be have a conflict within them but europe should love it. such a kind of a contradiction in what we just say but as you suggest i think i have said love and i think a lot smarter if he was still alive with margaret even more because the whole point further john is to have a kind of multifactor foreign policy a lot of actor energy policy they would they would like to make sure that they diversify their buyers so that way they're really needed by everybody so i think that it's really it is actually doing a pretty good job for his country in terms of diversification and maintaining influence it's only maintaining influence it's only surviving in a world surrounded by superpowers or is it trying really to create a russian alliance because because some observers think that saakashvili is tour

reed impersonation. ball hogging. no score in the first half. bernard mccray. 18 yard touchdown. 6-0 panthers. later in the third, mr. mccray at it once more. hole up the middle. lots of acceleration. he's gone 79 yards on a touchdown. dubois shuts out carver 18-0. ravens news for you on friday. gaither headed to injured reserve. you will see reed for the first time on sunday. last night the texas rangers knocked off the new york yankees 6-1 winning the championship series. they are going to the world series for the first time in team history. that's a look at sports. i'm pete gilbert. >> 5:55 on tv hill. we have much more news ahead. >> coming up, a look at our top stories. >> i'm george lettis. candidates in a controversial local race faced off friday night 678 -- night. >> the polls are open for early voting in the state. i'm kim dacey. i have more on what you need to know to cast your first ballot. >> our first frost today but a warm-up in the seven-day forecast. we'll show you that coming up. >> he was a walking talking billboard for the afro-american newspaper. mr. murphy spent 50 years at the paper that his father founded. a graduate

mr. president, the world is dying to know, is it boxers or briefs. >> usually briefs. >> tmi. >>> plus, unfinished business. after three and a half turbulent years, outgoing d.c. public schools chancellor michelle reed will be joining us to talk about the challenges that she is leaving behind. >>> and good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. we are beginning in delaware where the second senate debit in 24 hours is now under way in wilmington right now. last night, tea party favorite christine o'donnell used her first debate with democrat chris cons to try to show that she is not the person caricatured on "saturday night live" or old clips that have subjected her to ridicule. >> this election cycle should not be about comments i made on a comedy show over a decade and a half ago. this election cycle should be about what is important to the people of delaware. >> these aren't just random statements on some late-night tv show. these are relevant to her service in the united states senate what sort of judges she would confirm what sort of issues she would take up. >> chuck todd is nbc news political director and co-host of the daily run down right here on msnbc. chuck, this was fascinating tele