mrs. schultz for the entire program. vice admiral nathan, i don't know if he's here, he may have gone already, but he gave a great talk yesterday on the medical side. and vice admiral z, coast guard, our senior rep here, i can never pronounce his name but he's made things great. general speese, thank you for making this happen. rear admiral hubner, he was here, he's been terrific working with us. rear admiral rivera coming up from the chilean navy, thank you so much. i learned a lot. we need the kind of input that we got from you, really, and we thank you so much. i would be remiss not to mention the two people that really are responsible for all this. first was lewis loeven. lewis loeven works hours and hours to do this. thank you so much. but the other is because she's committed to make it happen and it's her focus that always to learn from everything that happens, ann koninberg at dem, thank you so much, ann, for everything you do. you had to have a pass to get on the ship. i've asked captain pringle, to get off the s

mrs. schultz, pleasure it see you and you lend tremendous gaffe tas to this program. general spees, distinguished flag officers, general officers and mostly everybody here who is in the readiness business, i am honored to be speaking to a group of people and that would include i think everybody in this hanger deck who is part of that cadre of individuals who when bad things happen and everybody runs out, your job is to run in. it doesn't get better than this coming out here. the a's are in, the giants are in. back in dc's the national's had the best -- who would have thunk it. and being on this ship, skipper pringle, congratulations on a great ship and a superb crew. as you get higher up in the navy you get less and less opportunity to be on a ship as i head back to the bureaucracy, my only request to you is for god's sake take me with you. i'll work in the engine room, i'll chip paint, i'll do anything to be hayes-white gray and underway. i'm responsible to them primarily for our wartime mission. my job is the readiness mission, as is yours. i have to be ready for th

mrs. schultz, mrs. perry, honored to be in your presence. the uss makin island, chief of the fairest city in the world, san francisco, and he esteemed professionals. this is nice, i'm going to move south of here and take you to afghanistan. as you know we have marines, soldiers, sailors in afghanistan currently, but i'm going to bring you to when i was there during 2010 and 2011 after the president decided to surge the forces. first marine decision, first marine expeditionary force forward entered southwest afghanistan during 2009. we arrived in 2010 so it was a bit more stable. and we went straight to helman and nimruz province. very complex dynamic environment that we were operating in but before i begin it talk to you about the operational picture, i just want to give you a snapshot of afghanistan. when we got there i want to set the frame here so you understand what we're dealing with. afghanistan ranged 180th out of 1 86 on the world bank list of developed countries. 20 percent of the babies won't reach their first year of life. there i

mr. schultz himself as he moves his equity over. raising $1.5 billion from private equity, let's call it, is still a very, very big problem, or at least let's call it a tough thing to do. a tough thing to do, given what's going on with that retailer. >> get that radio shack merging with best buy, jcpenney, together with groupon -- >> if you tie a bunch of rocks together, they'll float. >> dumb as a bag of hammer as i look at that possible leverage buyout. >> mary thompson is in for bob this morning with more on what is moving. >> we have a mixed picture in the markets right now. dow coming off the lows of the day, down 26. nasdaq is higher, up 1 1/2 points, rebounding from a lower open help by strength in semiconductors. you can credit that with invideo raised dividends. traders concerned about two things. what's happening in the eurozone and what will happen with the fiscal cliff. let's start with the eurozone first. take a look at the chart of the euro. 7:30, another leg down, added pressure on the futures. recent concerns about f

mr. schultz will be able to bring in partners for this potential bid for the company and of course if inuccessful in doing that, what price will he pay. the stock was down sharply on friday. i think largely because of the del numbers and the sears numbers. there were other rumors around. they are still working on it. we'll see if they get something together in any way that would be a real bid that could bring to the board and what that board will do with it. people i speak to say you can make a case this makes sense. don't forget it generates free tax flow. you can get it under control. have a smaller base and have something real there. you get up into the 20s, they were 25, much harder to make any sort of a case. this is not saying they'll be successful in raising a billion and a half dollars for private equity to make a run at the company. >> i'm getting these costco and walmart in a fight to the death to sell you a 16-inch screen which is normally where i would go for best buy and they are not giving it away. they are clearly willing to lose money on it. what product line at best buy

nixon and george schultz were the people who fashioned the first tenants of affirmative action in this nation. mrld evidence that in his choice of cabinet members so he would have a few republicans like george schultz doing his bidding. >> gavin: mr. mayor, always good to have you. thanks for being here. >> always nice to see you to. >> gavin: well, it's finally safe to watch tv again. now that $6 billion election campaign is finally played out. sure, some swing states saw a huge up tick in ad revenue but creating those ads is not as lucrative as you might think. find out why the founders of a legendary business don't do political ads. >> go (bleep) in your (bleep)ing hat. >> i knew he needed to get out of the house i knew this would give him so much life. >> (grunting) >> i love getting a rise out of him. >> nice, good job. >> (grunts) >> goodnight, muffy. >> goodnight. >> love you. >> "more than me" the world television premier. only on current tv. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> gavin: these modern madmen hit the ground running with the iconic "got milk" campaign. since then rich silverstein and jeff g

mr. speaker -- ms. wasserman schultz: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in defense of our ally israel and her sovereign right to self-defense. as we all know, -- mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is correct. the house is not in order. i'd ask the members to take their conversations off the floor. you may start over. ms. wasserman schultz: thank you. mr. speaker, thank you. i rise today in defense of our ally israel and her sovereign right to self-defense. as we all know, israel lives in a difficult neighborhood of instability, violence and uncertainty. in the towns of israel's southern border, families have become unacceptably accustomed to running for shelter to avoid rocket attacks from the gaza strip. but nothing could provide preparation for justification for the onslaught of missile fire raining down on israeli towns and cities over the past few months, nor the escalated barrage of the last few dales. since the beginning of 2012, hamas has launched more than 900 rockets at the state

schultz. former mayor willie brown. [cheers and applause] and former mayor frank jordan. we want to acknowledge the husband of united states senator and former mayor dianne feinstein, mr. richard bloom. the wife of former mayor gina mos coney and the wife of former mayor joe alliteo, catherine. the sister of former mayor george christopher. the board board and the rest of the city family who has made this event possible. we are also honored to be joined by several giants dignitaries. president and ceo larry baer and his wife sam. [cheers and applause] . giants vice president and general manager brian saibian and his wife amanda. [cheers and applause] the wife of the skipper mrs. kim bochy. and let us now welcome distinguished members of the giants ownership group, charles johnson, david jenkins, trina and rob veen, tory and steven humphrey and allen baer. and we also joined by past giants owners. please welcome the family jamie and kim rupert and peter stoneum. also here with us today bob and connie laurie. peter and debbie mc clawlin. bill and sally newco. and now let's give it up for your giants training staff. david, mark and carl, and harold. [cheers and applause]