this leg versus that leg you pay that much more. so i think people at the time i think people understood how they worked as seating furniture and cultural icons. >> this is fascinating. can i ask if you lived in a city, could you have the objects and 54 trades available to you? not everybody in the city could afford to have these fancy high style portraits or things. >> that's a really good question. yes, there also low end chair makers in the city. they are starting to make goods for export and not just export, but what i think is interesting, the 19th century, most of the production is local. by the 1820s and 1830s like when i used the example of practicing moving out of providence could go anywhere in the united states and live caulk breaks it down and puts them in barrels and sells them to chicago by the 1840s. chicago is a fairly small place. then the provincial urban breaks down and you are getting something else, more of a national or at least a regional market. i want to not go too far in terms of linking up to various local

and that's much higher than households using other fuels. >> yes, thank you very much. >> bad news travels fast. >> senator portman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i really appreciate the testimony. i got a chance to read through some of it while i was waiting to ask the question that i missed earlier. this is actually, i think, a lot of good news today that we're hearing in terms of additional energy supplies. and i'm particularly heartened by the comments of ambassador jones and mr. burkhardt about efficiency because that's an issue where i think we can make huge progress. i'm one of those. and i won't necessarily associate my colleague and co-sponsor with this, but, you know, we need to produce more and also use less. and those are not inconsistent. but my colleague and i do work very hard on trying to promote efficiency. and as mr. burkhardt mentioned, a lot of this has to do with buildings. our focus is really manufacturing efficiency and buildings. and it's trying to deploy as ambassador jones said some existing technologies so we're not as much focused on even the innovative side, alth

>> well, it was pretty much. emil boc's government, many people are surprised it lasted almost its full mandate, four years. we were expecting parliamentary elections at the end of this year anyway. but the government has been looking very shaky indeed. support down to only about 20% in opinion polls compared to about 50%, the main leftist opposition bloc. he's been looking very weak in these protests, and that was the final straw. >> the protests tell their own story there, don't they? how much of this is actually electoral positioning, do you think? >> i don't think it is electoral positioning, so much as a feeling on the government side that they really didn't have the legitimacy to carry on. mr. boc has a very strong political ally in with the president, traian basescu, but they were popular other ways. a plan to introduce compulsory fees in the national health service, that was abolished in response to the protest. but really, the protests radicalized. they were never particularly big, but they were very per

thank you very much. [applause] for many of you that have been with us for a one-year, two years, three years, up to seven years, you know that there is always a celebration -- there's somebody always at these celebrations. we are really fortunate that every year, former mayor brown has always taken time out of his schedule to be with us. he has been such a part of our asian pacific american community, and thank you. [applause] >> let me simply congratulate the committee and the people who sponsored this. started seven years ago, as indicated by claudine. for me, it is one of the most events every year. in pencil it out just as it is my birthday. i am here to celebrate with you, and i congratulate all of the honorees and awardees on this very special occasion. happy asia-pacific american week. thank you. [applause] >> and i heard the supervisor kim has joined us. thank you for being here. >> i look at david and jan and i would not be here if it were not for them. you have heard the professional side of it

thank you so much for your support. [applause] and if you're -- this celebration also received the support of so many individuals as well as professional small businesses and community organizations. you'll see their names listed on the screen and in the program book. and on the website. a.p.a. -- apasf.org. those attending this celebration for the past few years, we have been treated to so many fabulous and unique ethnic, cultural performances. this year, certainly no exception. the northern california cherry blossom festival just celebrated its 44th year. during which the 2011 queen and court was selected. so tonight, the 2011 court will perform their opening number from the queens program, choreographed by mickey nowitzki and music by shina ringo entitled ringo uotota. please welcome the 2011 northern california cherry blossom court. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> thank you once again. the 2011 cherry blossom court. a beautiful performance. and now the special moment we've all been waiting for. the asian pacific

heating oil is much higher. and diesel is much higher than gasoline. that's driving some of these refinery changes which refineries are profitable and which ones are not that have been discussed. so a lot of these things tie together. >> ambassador jones, my final question. we just talked about global issues. i want to ask you about global coal demand. according to the world energy outlook. you say the importance of coal in the global energy mix is the highest since 1971. the port says that for all the talk about natural gas and renewables, coal, it says unquestionably won the energy race in the first decade of the 21st century. it says coal is the most important fuel after oil and that coal is the backbone of global electricity generation alone accounting for 40% of electricity output in 2010. will you elaborate on the importance of coal to china, india and other developing countries? >> well, certainly. first of all, one statistic that you didn't mention in your resume which is quite accurate is that in that first decade, coal accounted for half of t

i appreciate that very much. your comment about language, i'm going to get that for the record and use it later on. >> i just wrote it down. >> all right. that was a good one, general. i think we have pretty much decided on this 20% getting back to iran now it that it's something that's either achieved or being achieved as we talk. general burgess, you said we have the scientific, technical and industrial capabilities to produce a weapon, but we didn't talk about when. when is the big issue? i remember what secretary panetta said just the other day about -- we've repeated that several times, several questioners have. i think that's consistent. that's consistent back in the debate where we had a difference of opinion as to whether we should continue with the ground based interceptor in poland. at that time the unclassified date was 2015. so this is pretty consistent. one thing i don't understand is i think there are a lot of people that don't and i'm about to get the clarification, we do know in terms of the perce

thank you very much. and thank you. thank you very much. please, thank you. thank you.rning. weren't those lovely performances from our own symphony? let's give them a big hand. and [applause] 8 and to the incomparable, charlotte mirer shultz after whom this very staircase is dedicated. thank you for another wonderful celebration. and we're so grateful to you and george for your friendship and service to our city. thank you. and senator feinstein. a year ago i had honor of being sworn in by your daughter, and i am honored today that you can join us here. we all know how much you have given and still give to our city. i will never forget our conversation last year outside the white house about what a special city san francisco is. worthy of every sacrifice. and thank you for your continued service and for your constant advice and counsel to me and all the former -- and to all the former mayor's here today. senator, we are looking forward to having you in washington looking out for us for many years to come. and [applause] into house democratic leader, nancy pelosi, thank

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he costs too much, he spends too much, he blames others too much. he violates the constitution too much. he blames george bush too much. he infringes on religious liberty too much. he ignores our border security too much. he divides the people too much. he refuses to assume responsibility too much. he misleads the poor too much. he sues states too much. he refuses to compromise too much. he blames the rich too much. he subsidizes failed green energy projects too much. he encourages people to depend on the government too much. he vilifies capitalism too much. he preaches government intervention too much. he regulates too much. he campaigns too much. he blames businesses too much. he blames george bush too much. he taxes too much. he funishes people who pay taxes too much. and he promises free stuff to nontaxpayers too much. he likes the word debt too much. he regulates our lives too much. he likes big government too much. he blames oil companies too much. his budget hurts veterans too much. he likes high gasoline prices too much. he blocks offshore d

and you're not going to see much growth out of france. that leaves germany maybe with negligible growth. it's not going to be a great year for growth, it's gok a year of austerity and structural adjustment. the big picture is from there, what happens with the impact on the u.s. >> and i think that's an important consideration. i think europe will be a drag factor to the u.s. economy but it won't sink it in that regard. >> okay. we're going to have to leave it there. a lot of question marks. that so much, scott, appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> and we've been speaking with scott macdonald, head of economic research at m.c. asset management. >> tom: still ahead-- market watcher harry dent joins us live from the world money show in orlando. get ready for it-- he sees a great crash ahead. >> susie: they helped drive ford motor's remarkable turnaround; now, they're stepping down. chief financial officer lewis booth and product development chief derrick kuzak say they'll retire in april. their departures thin the ranks of possible rep

[applause] [applause] >> thank you. >> much of our history is learned and much of life celebrated through the telling of stories. the documentation of our stories reveals the tapestry of our experience as a people. for the first ever celebration and gathering of hundreds of literary grades and artists, we honor the filipino american book festival. [applause] from children's bedtime stories to coming-of-age novels and memoirs of the most colorful lives -- >> first and last embrace. >> hours of a stock -- ours is a story that needs to be told. [inaudible] needs to be told from generation to generation. this year, the international community saw the first ever filipino american book festival. it celebrated a richness and fusion of philippine and filipino american culture into literature, visual arts, and people. it marked the largest gathering of authors and artists of filipina heritage from around the world. the san francisco bay area filipino american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of the duration of our people's story. >> representing the filipino american book festival of the

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not much.s tonight. chilly tomorrow. winds are going to be picking up, but expect wet if you're heading out around the bay area tonight. the entire forecast, coming up after a break. according to the lundberg survey, the average price of . >>> gas prices are on the rise again. according to the lundberg survey, the average price of a gallon of gas nationwide is up 12 cents over the past three weeks. the price of a gallon of regular is now up to $3.51. here in california, drivers in los angeles pay the most, at $3.81 a gallon. gas is cheapest in fresno at $3.68. >>> brian hackney here now, keeping an eye on a storm that's just now approaching the bay area. is that how things are working? >> slowly filtering in, not really going to help us out much. rainfall totals are a third, half of average for this point in the season. but we'll take what we can get. not much. as we go outside live to the highest point in solano county, high atop mount vaca, yes, mount cow. we're looking at some fog and some d

we very much support those. in general, you want to clean up and eliminate, reduce, scale back a bunch of the special preferences, tax expenditures across the tax code. use those to make affordable a reduction in the overall marginal tax rates. preserve a basic level of exclusivive ti for obvious reasons and leave yourself a system that is more simple, better for growth, easier for people to comply with. those are the constraints we should all live with in this context. i don't think we're going to put those at risk by showing -- you know, we have shown a lot of elements of what we think should guide the individual discussion. we're going to provide a comparable level of additional elements for what should guide the corporate proposal. it will be guided by the nice way you guided the parameters. >> the only point i make in terms of summing up, the key in 1986 was, of course, the presidential bully pulpit and that the executive branch every single time out talked about how you had to fit the pieces, you know, tog

>> a lot of red tape now. >> yeah, and the government becomes much, much more difficult to manage. you know, when you've got a small government with the limited functions, you know,' president can pretty much be on top of things. but as the government grows, as the number of agencies grows, the number of appointments grow. not only is there more room for scandal, and the roosevelt administration was hit by scandal, particularly in the wpa and other federal agencies and expectations rise. but the management problem of the presidency enormously expands. and the ability of the president to actually manage and control what he seems to have power over actually becomes much most of difficult. so this is one of the great paradoxes of the modern presidency. as the scope of government and the ability of the president to make appointments and establish agencies and issue executive orders expands, the management problem becomes so much more difficult. and as you'll see, fdr during his second term does directly address that issue. and finally, we've all talked about this, but just to sum it up

so join me in honoring these 22 patriots who have given so much and expect so much in return. ladies and gentlemen, i give you the people selecting our next president. >> oh beautiful, forespacious skies, for amber waves of gray. for purple mountain majesty, above the fruited plain. america, america ♪ ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪ ♪ and crown thy good ♪ with brotherhood ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ whoa! (applause) >> stephen: gosh, i hope they pick somebody i like. of course, folks, i haven't mentioned the most powerful superpac, colbert superpac. (cheers and applause) now i happen to believe it's gauche to talk about all the money you have, so i will let other people do it. >> stephen colbert started his own superpac. he pulled down a million bucks. >> he raised a million dollars. >> a million dollars. >> $1 million dollars. >> a million dollars, here. >> $1 million dollars! >> a million dollars well 1 million. >> $1 million. >> stephen: yes, a million dollars. and only half of it went to paying for those movie clips. folks, it all started 11 months ago right here. you see,

thank you very much for being here. >> supervisor chiu, thank you very much. this is the seventh year that san francisco has held an official celebration for asian americans. the plans are the culminated efforts of the members of the mayor's asian-pacific american heritage celebration committee. please welcome me and joining claudine cheng for her remarks on this year's celebration. >> thank you, everyone, for joining us for our celebration this year. the theme of our celebration is celebrate heritage, celebrated community voices. the community is selected this team for two reasons. one -- the community recognizes we care about this city, that we want our interest to be addressed, and how do we do that? we need our voices to be heard. the second reason -- we would like to inspire and encourage the next generation of leaders to be engaged and affected community voices. so far, this year, we have decided to dedicate our award to individuals and business organizations that have been effective community voices. there is a listing of all the finalists in the progra

>> thank you very much, diana. let's go back now and try and connect with julia in athens where the audio engineers have gone on strike, clearly. let's check in with julia to find out what the latest is on that debt deal over there. >> reporter: i've got you now. some people are strike, i can assure you. the local media reports here are that the draft agreement has been completed and now with the coalition leaders of the government here in greece, they're set to meet the prime minister in around an hour's time. at the same time around an hour ago, the finance minister and the prime minister met with one of the key representatives of the private creditors here, of the bond swap deals. the pieces do appear to be coming together. but we are still waiting for that agreement from the coalition leaders of the government. now, at the same time, we've had the strikes going on here, the two leading unions representing around 50% of the workforce. we've also had protests in the central square. at one time, the protesters set

why did you come out so much? you'll love this city as much as i do.çpeople of all levels, whether you are working for a great institution or you are working with a different company or you were just a volunteer and someone who cares about somebody else, you do what you can. when we can organize and city government to provide that to opportunity, and whether it is a haircut, how can we provide training, how can we get you some eyeglasses, how can we set you up on e-mail -- q different parts of life we live normally may not be available to everybody, but you are here to make that available. when i think about the otani bennett is singing to, i think about you. -- when i think about who tony bennett is singing to, i think about you. it is a city of people to know how to do things for other people. that is what makes me so proud to be the mayor of this city. i am willing to sacrifice everything there is to do what is good for the city. i do not care about the politics so much as i care that we can bring more people together under this big tent we call the

a much needed amenity for these young, bright women. i think to equate the issues of law enforcement and our own girls is very accurate. i sing it out ways much of the opposition. i ask that you -- i think it outweighs the opposition. i urge you approve this, and i asked for your support and want to thank you very much. >> is there additional public comment on this item? >> good evening, commissioners. i would just like to say in any urban setting, anytime you try to make any adjustments to any building in san francisco, there is going to be some people who are not completely on board with you. this organization has gone now to the community, and this project has been thoroughly vetted. they have talked to knowledgeable people, people who know a lot about planning and architecture, and if they followed the aids virus most of the community leaders gave them. that is why they are here today. if you talk to 12 people you might have 12 different designs. the best possible outcome is presented today, and i urge you to support this. many year

absolutely. >> thank you very much. >> thanks so much. >> we will go to a commercial break and much more news of the tragic death of whitney houston at age 48. >> hello. >> hi. >> you don't look like a body guard. >> what did you expect? >> i don't know. maybe a tough guy. here a prize ? oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ kinda. like splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste with an added "way to go, me" feeling. splenda® essentials™. get more out of what you put in. >> hard to believe that voice has been silenced. at least her personal voice, but we will always have her voice on recording. whitney houston dead at the age of 4

[music] ♪[laughter] >> a little too much.er] [music] [laughter] [music] [laughter] [music] [laughter] ♪[applause] >> thank you. on the same page is our monthly actually bimonthly book club that the library sponsors. this month, march, the book of the month is the samari gardens. how many are you have read this book in >> that's fabulous and gale is blushing in front of me. it's my pleasure to introduce gale. gale was born

he's compromising too much.e people say he's caving on everything and getting so much disrespect. he's getting abused by the republicans and playing the nice role and he's not winning just compromising. >> his personality style is one that doesn't go in like a bull in a china shop, he thinks through things. now things are tough for a lot of people, we can't criticize him but say this is why we elected you because he's common pool and we can't jump on his back. >> one place people are not compromising is the nba. there's a whole lockout going on been going on for months now. there's much talk that the season won't even happen. we may go not just to january but may without any basketball action happening. one of the complaints people have is that both sides are asking for too much. the players are asking for too much, the owners asking for too much. let me start with you. you know a thing or two about the nba. >> yeah. i think it's just a situation where, you know, the owners are making a lot of money off the play

council general, thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. it's indeed to -- exciting to be here as council general of san francisco in this beautiful city, especially on a day like today. it's really great. you've been in amsterdam. in 1969 i learned and have reason for you to come back to that beautiful city soon. i'd love to work with you on a relationship between amsterdam and san francisco because there's so much in common between the two cities. and a lot of things that san francisco can learn from san francisco and the other way around. and my hope for these two days is that we will have something out of it as well and i'm sure we will have something out of it as well. and you probably will not remember amsterdam in the 1960's and the 1970's. i'm old enough to remember amsterdam in the 1970's and it was all different at that time. there was a lot of congestion, a lot of cars in town and it changed. it changed by changing the culture, changing policy and implementation of policies with hard work and i think hillie talens will show some

how much of this is politics? >> i think that everything we do in some sense is politics in the best sense of educating people of informing them, of giving them the different viewpoints that are being represented on cal hill. and i think here we have a purpose example of the republican chairman of the committee wanted to shut out a particular perspective that sandra represents. and in fact, i believe the overwhelming majority of americans support. so what is going on today is an opportunity to give that perspective, which was censored and shut out last week an opportunity to be heard by the american public so they can draw their own conclusions, which is what we ought to be doing in a democracy. to that extent, certainly, that's politics of america. it is certainly not partisan in the sense that this issue, i think, enjoys overwhelming support among republicans, independents, and democrats in terms of making sure that a woman has the option and to ensure her own health and she has the ability to get coverage for a

very much so. and if you stand around her, you might have to start dancing and she was always moving and always in the moment and always put you first. she was a very, very sweet, giving person. and when she walked in the room and she lit the room up. just a beautiful woman, oh, my goodness. >> did fame change her that much? >> did you see the affect of her. this is arguably the top selling most awarded female artist of all time. >> i don't know if it changed her, i know she went places that a lot of people don't have a chance to go. thosaltitudes. when i met her, she was grounded and sweet and you know, always wanted to know how i was doing and how my family was doing this are my memors that i take from her. >> 170 million records sold . >> unbelievable. >> most awarded female art of all time. six grammies and a string of number one hits and absolutely an incredible talent. >> you will never hear a voice like that again with fivoctaves. and now i have heard the muc the last few days, you forget ho

he costs too much. he spends too much. he taxes too much. he regulates too much. he cuts defense too much. he grows the government too much. he divides the people too much. he blames others too much. he controls our lives too much. he despises criticism too much. he says no to domestic energy too much. he obstructs drilling in the gulf of mexico too much. he says yes to opec too much. he subsidizes bankrupt green energy too much. he ignores the border too much. he sues states too much. he infringes on religious freedom too much. he tries to make americans dependent on the government too much. he likes giving away somebody else's money too much. he campaigns too much. he expands government too much. he borrows too much. he taxes people who die too much. he taxes people who live too much. he likes the word trillion too much. he increases unemployment too much. he likes the phrase more deficit too much. he lets gasoline prices rise too much. he makes health care cost too much. he ignores the constitution too much. and he panders to radical interest groups too much. h

it's too much. this is too much. >> social media gives a window to the rest of the world, but it comes at a great price, activists risking their lives. only about 18% of syria has access to the internet, but there are enough people with smartphones in key cities to have an impact. an activist who now lives in the united states explains there are various ways they're getting information out. people taking pictures on the phone and using youtube, but the syrian government has knocked out the internet, so they're using a cell phone a. p p that allows them to immediately stream them on live. >> it's actually recording. i can take this and record you -- >> anything. and it goes directly to the website. i would e-mail my channel and say i'm going to be live streaming from 5:00 to 6:00, say. >> activists say it's important to tell the world what is happening inside of syria why is it so important that the rest of the world sees these images. >> because the government keeps lying about what's happening. wit

because we really don't know how much oil is produced and how much oil is close so this is just. a perception second anything that happens in the market. here's expectations of traders. that has big implications on the trading traders behaviors so well i mean i expect i mean so you're saying i mean you're more on my side as you're more on my side of the issue because i think a lot of this pricing is extremely artificial and i think there is an enormous amount of speculation there because of who controls the oil market curd if i could go back to you if there are some people who will say that anything about seventy five dollars a barrel now in today's conditions is speculation that means that's thirty dollars a barrel speculation you think that's outrageous is it possible i don't think it's outrageous there's so many paper instruments now that trade oil i mean the average investor can now can go into the stock market and actually get a sort of hybrid security that looks like a stock but trades in the futures markets and these have become so enormous and so influential in the market

much better there. and also, many analysts were expecting the company to raise guidance, and it has raised full years earnings guidance 7 cents on the bottom. and it is also raising full year sales guidance a half point. now it expects sales growth to come in between 13.5% and 15.5% for 2012. >> we see the stock on the move as well in the extended hours. let me bring back shar and mark, our analysts that have been handicapping the cisco quarter. you heard john chambers speaking to jon and myself. shah, your commentary from what you learned from these numbers and chambers speaking to us just a moment ago? >> his comments really reaffirm our view that this is a sustainable turn-around. it's amazing, just a year ago, they were losing share. now they're gaining share. we think the stock's going to continue to work. >> mark, what's your take? >> i think they get more comfort in their business and visibility. we've moved on to the sustainability stage. can the company see clarity into the generation and boost

i just don't think it has much of an effect. i think the thing that would affect development would be the view of companies on the ground as to how much it costs them to drill a well and what they can recover by drilling the well. and the price so they care about the quantity they can recover by drilling a well. what it costs them to drill a well and what they think the price is going to be. that's really what they're focused on. you know, whether we have 90 years of total recoverable resource or 100 years. >> i would agree with that. 40% reduction is noticeable. but as you put it in those context -- let me ask, then, how much of the eia reserve estimate, then, is actually driven by the production data that's out there? >> again, i would say that usgs is the primary agency in the united states government that does resource estimates. we do the work on reserves primarily. resources is a larger concept. the usgs had not done a marcellus estimate in a long time. they had a very what we consider to be a very low estimate, one that w

>> thank you all so much. as much as i wanted hyphen to win i was hoping this would mean lisa would get our speech out of the way and i wouldn't have to be up here to talk. but i do want to say thank you so much again to the same people, to the asian pacific american heritage celebration committee, to the award judges, and i also want to honor our co-nominees as well, q -- kqed and new american. our culture is so diverse and complex and naturally that means we need more than one voice to give bigger voice to our community and so we really feel like kqed and new american media are essential partners in the work that we do as hyphen. i also would like to thank our volunteer staff and our board as well as our followers, our readers, our web visitors, and especially to our families and friends who have been so supportive as we put in the grueling hours in the evenings, weekends and all nighters to do the work that we do. we would also like to thank chinese, affirmative action for nominating us and being a communit

very much so but we've seen other cases where he we've had. vice presidents or other people from the establishment come in and and generally trying to take on reforms the question is whether he's going to who he who is he going to make alliances with obviously he can try to make alliances with the old guard would silence people at the same time he could also you know try to make alliances with opposition figures both in terms of the established political movements but also you know with the people on the street you also the phenomenon that the visions within the party have . a course is divided especially the youth wing tends to be more leaning towards the street opposition is and this self of course has played this kind of contradictory role. especially being an opposition party at the same time very much in bad weather was for quite a number of years as well so it's a very elaborate and consolation of forces here and i. think that the new president will probably just be see see which way the wind blows and try to cast his lot to whomever and

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thank you all very much. [applause] now on booktv charles clotfelter looks at the impact of commercial sports at universities in the united states and assesses what it means for our system of higher learning. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's a pleasure to be here today. i want to start out with a survey and ask this question. think back to when you were 12 years old. when you were 12, did you have a favorite college for all team, and by a show of hands i just want to know how many -- it doesn't have to be one now but how many of you had a favorite team when you were 12? are right, we can make a lot of interesting points about that show of hands. looks to me like about two-thirds, and that says for me a number of things but it really, the point i wanted to start with is that if you are like me and grew up in this country, you would have taken it for granted that teams like north carolina state and georgia tech would be playing on saturdays. they would garner a great deal of attention

the europeans are in a different place from us and a much, much tougher place. and we should take that as a cautionary tale and use that to fix our own budget today. so i think we're all on the same page with regard to your general point, senator. >> you touched on my next point i wanted to ask, was about the reserve currency. i know that some countries are talking about maybe a basket of currencies. how long do we have? i realize you can't really answer that. is there really a concerted effort to move away from the u.s. dollar? >> i wrote a book on that a long time ago, try to keep close to it. it's critical to remember that the reserve currency role is a two-edged sword. it buys us more time as colleagues have said, but that also means we tend not to have the pressure that we need to adjust. so even in sort of fundamental terms is it a good thing in the national interest, it's ambiguous. but once the worm does turn, as it inevitably does as we all think, then it can be huge, huge sword of damocles. there are about $25 trillion of foreign held dollars floating

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was whitney's fame too much to bear? >> fame itself is an addictive drug and fame creates an image you cannot live up to. >> our spiritual guru, deepak chopra, was hollywood to blame? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening whitney houston's family preparing to say private good-bye's at the new hope baptist church and gospel singer and pastor wynans has been asked to give a eulogy and plan to have a jumbotron outside so people can watch. i talk to those close to the superstar diva. >>> and crisis in the middle east, is iran behind it? i asked a top member of the israeli government? >> they would like to take control of the persian empire and the oil fields in the middle east and to have a nuclear bomb. >> we begin with our big story, latest on whitney houston's tragic death. i want to start by bringing you cnn's don lemon covering the story in los angeles where whitney died saturday night. you've been with us from the start, endless twists and turns. i understand you spoke to the coroner today. what did he tell you? >

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chris, thanks so much.awrence for the pentagon. >>> in a very different story, milwaukee brewers outfielder ryan brawn blasted major league baseball's drug testing system today after an arbitration board tossed out his suspension. the 2011 national league mvp said the process was "fatally flawed" and maintained his innocence. >> if i had done this intentionally or unintentionally, i'd be the first one to step up and say i did it. by no means am i perfect, but if i've ever made any mistakes in my life i've taken responsibility for my actions. i truly believe it my heart and i would bet my life that this substance never entered my body at any point. >> so the board voted 2-1 in his favor overturning a 50-game suspension for testing positive for elevated testosterone in october. this is the first time a major league baseball player has argued a drug suspension and won. so to get a little perspective on this, sportscaster -- hbo broadcaster and cnn contribute max kellerman joins me from st. louis. how significa