. >>> today is national ag day. one state law maker using this day to introduce a new bill that would make tougher penalties for cattle rustling. ken pritchett is live in liver more. he talked to one cattle owner who has been hit hard by he's. >> reporter: not too long ago cattle rustlers took two heifers. nobody was caught. thigh are animals that are accustomed to people. it likely wasn't difficult when cattle rustlers made off with a dozen of them. >> those animals were worth well over $22,000 on that day. >> reporter: we talked with ranch owner by phone. he says the heifers were a month away from dropping calves. $22,000 doesn't even covert loss. >> worth many times that if you consider the number of calves they will produce. >> reporter: the value of cattle has gone up by as many as 50% in recent years, making theft more tempting and the consequences if caught are light. frank has a bill to change that. >> the people convicted of stealing will stay in jail. not get a slap on the hand and be turned out the next d

. >>> today is national ag day. one state law maker using this day to introduce a new bill that would make tougher penalties for cattle rustling. ken pritchett is live in liver more. he talked to one cattle owner who has been hit hard by he's. >> reporter: not too long ago cattle rustlers took two heifers. nobody was caught. thigh are animals that are accustomed to people. it likely wasn't difficult when cattle rustlers made off with a dozen of them. >> those animals were worth well over $22,000 on that day. >> reporter: we talked with ranch owner by phone. he says the heifers were a month away from dropping calves. $22,000 doesn't even covert loss. >> worth many times that if you consider the number of calves they will produce. >> reporter: the value of cattle has gone up by as many as 50% in recent years, making theft more tempting and the consequences if caught are light. frank has a bill to change that. >> the people convicted of stealing will stay in jail. not get a slap on the hand and be turned out the next d

will it be another nationality? also age, we know pope benedict was 78, there was discussion that perhaps this time there will be a younger pope. >> one of the reasons he gave for his resignation was that the burdens of the office became to great for a man of his own age and physical stamina. it seems reasonable the cardinals would have considered that in choosing a successor. >> the bells have been ringing in the lawn and also ringing all over italy. we know we've asked before but we have another question from viewers, has anyone ever turned down the job of pope? >> we probably will never know for sure because it's done within the secrecy of the conclave. and if it has happened and no one has broken the confidentiality, it has gone to the grave to the man or men who turned it down. >> earlier today we saw something astonishing, for a minute there were only two celebrities down in st. peters square and they are dubbed the sistine -- as we waited and watched. it was amazing. the entire crowd one bird on the stand for a long t

res. 81, commemorating march 19, 2013, as the 40th anniversary of national ag day. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. reid: i ask consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until:30 a.m. on wednesday, march 20, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, following any leader remarks, the senate resume consideration of the continuing appropriations bill, the time until 11:15 a.m. divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: there will be three roll call votes in relation to the crt r. tomorrow at about 11:15 a.m. if there is

result in a major shift from home to despair for millions of african- americans who look at this nation in the age of obamas and say our classes have filled and we are still hopeful. think you for your time this afternoon and i will be glad to take questions. [applause] >> one can presume the poll was conducted for more than just the sake of inside. you do have a specific plan of action that would be informed by the survey results. can you tell us what you plan to ?o now you have the results >> i have always been vocal on the issue of african-american empowerment. i have always been perplexed as to why we always have this gap, this disparity. i figured with some of the changes, ranging from the presidential election and the growth of the hispanic election and everybody else in asserting their rights, somebody's to start talking about this. person andod press she got it out all over the land. i hope people will start talking bout it. at the end of the day, my goal was to provide fodder for the discussion that somehow it will steer us in the right direction as a people and the country. >> of the res

to the army iran is twenty eight years old married with two children while others his age were doing their national service he was here starting far from being apologetic he feels the contribution he makes is as important if not more. of the backbone of the jewish people i think my obligation first of all is to preserve the jewish intellect and the jewish mind for r.c. for this country's sake and for the generations to come and yes while i might be not putting my life at risk and also contributing to this country's security they also say which doesn't make any sense for me that for each student that study the torah is soldier is not getting killed so if you are taking the twenty two thousand eight hundred soldiers that were created until now for independence day and. what does it mean if you didn't study enough but the frustration among secular israelis who make up most of the population goes beyond just army service they complain ultra religious jews don't work or pay taxes while receiving disproportionate government support just about every city in israel has a religious neighborhood like this on

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in other banks will also be forced to sacrifice part of their savings to the country's aging economy. the nation's details for us. what we have now is we agree with forty one percent toxic for the positive above one hundred thousand euros in the bank of cyprus that's the country's biggest lender and four percent on deposits of about two thousand in other banks so this has been an important information piece of information that people here have been waiting for and this is a good part of that package of cyprus is trying to put together before that sunday need to be in brussels where they will decide the entirety of it to deploy them hoping to get approval of what they have so far aside from that levy that they have is the a bad controls that will be posed on the console that the amount of money flowing in and out of of that the country the country's banks as well as the amount of money people can access and also we have that data on they want to pull together a certain amount of money that they have to put up with order to get the ten the building the new rope be allowed to get enough from the four

honestly, frederica, i would tell that you both age and nationality that is what part of the world thees from, i think those are secondary concerns. i think the 115 cardinals who are going to file into the sistine chapel on tuesday have a checklist of things they are looking for in the next pope. and if they can get those three things in any one guy, they don't care how old he is or where he comes from, they will take it. >> and you can follow the process of selecting the new pope on our belief blog at cnn.com/belief. >>> it's another way to watch television. on the internet. up next, meet the man behind my damn channel.com and she start herd makeup company in 1991 with only ten lipsticks. now you bobbie brown is huge. so what does she think about the glass controlling? find out in our special series, what women want. >>> they call it prom for nerds. the south by southwest festival is going full steam in austin, texas, right now, featuring the latest in technology, music and film. it also brings politics to table. two senators are there to promote their bipartisan bill on immigration a

nation. narrator: across the united states, cities and towns are facing the challenge of aging and outdated drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. it's a national problem. but it needs to be approached system by system. allbee: let's frame the systems in terms of the proper context. we have around 16,000 wastewater systems. we don't have a single wastewater system -- we have 16,000 of them. we have about 54,000 drinking water systems. narrator: issues facing new york city are very different from those in los angeles. and challenges facing small towns are very different from those in metropolitan areas. man: we have to have water supply for health purposes, for fire protection, and the economy. without it, things simply can't exist. woman: we have good health in this country, in part, because we have clean water. and we shouldn't forget that, and we shouldn't take it for granted. melosi: in the late 19th century, serious waterborne disease epidemics were having devastating effects. roy: but then, in the early 1900s, we began to treat our water. and since then, we've seen a rapid d

age? >> well, the dutch republic was the prosperous nation and this was a moment when the science and industry it was referred to as the golden age. >> what are we looking at here? >> here we have a painting of a woman playing and she really shows us the joy of painting and here we have the landscape and he went to rome and studied art and you can see that the light in the sky is warmer than the other pictures. >> the lighting and i am not an art student, but you see the light and then you see the contrast of the darkness on the ground. >> sure. sure. it's the wonderful play between the light and shadow that you see and for this picture we're looking at a scene so you can compare that to the other more typical landscapes and that's the first one that you encounter. >> okay. >> here we have the very top feature of the house hold. the title is taken from the sheet music that you see the woman in the center holding. so twitter to have young. now, we're not talking about twitter like today but to parents watch what you you do in front of your children because they're watching you. parrots are a gr

of the factors we often thought out in terms of the handicap yin handicapping, things like nationality and ageoften are secondary. think those 115 voters, the numbers, wanted to elect the man they believed brought the rig qualities and they believe they found that man in cardinal jorge mario bergoglio to become the first noneuropean pope in the history of the catholic church. >> very important because it shows a catholic church expansion around the world. south america has the most catholics of any place in the world. we have been talking about would the catholic church extend itself, go beyond europe. and now we know our answer. if cardinal bergoglio is the new pope, south america has its first -- we have our first noneuropean pope. would he be the first pope -- >> he will be first pope outside of europe and the first pope from the realm outside the west. and let's remember, chris, almost half, over 40% of the catholics in the world today live in latin america, spanish is the most commonly spoken language in the catholic church. and so this is a dramatic, historic moment for the catholic chur

national history. this is the apex of the golden age of etching. i am the curator of drawings at the american historical society. john james was the legendary naturalist. he would've market himself as the american woodsman which was very successful in london. very successful in paris. very successful in liverpool and manchester. the old world wanted to see the new world. he was the embodiment of that. he was really america's first watercolorist. he invented so many series of levels of media. he just kept mixing up things so that everything was different. he wanted to freeze life. you would see the bird smile, move, and interact. if you look at it frequently, you blink and expect the birds to be gone. whether hee about always drew from life. he did not. to feel that he did, embedded in the swamps and perched in the trees. today, there are devices to euthanize birds. there are various kinds of guns or tracks or whatever. he also frequently referred to things that have been killed by other creatures or animals. the significance of autobahn today is ve

national tragedy. nearly 30% of vet rabs under age 25 are unemployed. parent company comcast and hundreds of others are now hoping to help change that, hiring our heros that marks a new effort to honor our veterans' patriotic service and provide much-needed jobs. plus senator ron johnson will unveil his victims of government project. it's a series of films and articles showing how overregulation undermines our economy on a daily basis. all right. speaking of the economy. question, are the red states the answer not only to the republicans' messaging problem, but to the national economy itself? there are eight states where most americans are choosing to relocate. get this, florida, texas, arizona, north and south carolina, georgia, nevada and tennessee. and, interestingly, they all have republican governors. and that's because these governors are pushing a message of low taxes, pro-business and pro-energy, pro-fossil fuel production. it is, by the way, the complete opposite of losers like new york, illinois, california that are losing people. so let's wel

developments from a community outreach, and program implementation related to aging and disability services across the nation [unintelligible] across the department of health and human services until now. the obama administration, as well as secretary sebelius, have long been committed to promoting community living and finding new means to help ensure that we support the seniors and people with disabilities and making sure the committee is accessible. approximately three years ago, our nation commemorating the 10th anniversary of the homestead decision. in this time, president obama launched the community living initiative on june 22, does a 9 to reaffirm the administration's commitment -- 2009 and to reaffirm the administration's commitment for americans with disabilities and ensuring the full inclusion of all people in our nation. on the very same day, secretary sebelius set up an interagency coordinating council led by assistant secretary cathy green lake, as well as the director of the office of disability, henry klebold, to look at solutions that address various community living. and to give people more

according to a national survey 6% of adults between age 50 and 59 used marijuana in 2011.>> let's go live to the pot-loving pussycat for a counter point. the tower of the drug. -- the power of the drug. it is the power of the drug. dan, you have been selling weed at retirement homes for years now. >> it is how i make my money. >> what do they see of the scene in is this true? >> i like old people smoking weed. they are fun. they are old and wrinkly and docile. you get them all high and you can steal their jewelry. >> you are a terrible person. >> i am. >> at least you admit it. >> it is better than drunk people getting wasted and making out in front of you. >> that's true. >> with weed they will tell you some crazy stuff like man, the moon landing didn't really happen. i was there. i was in the studio. >> andy levy always says that and he never smokes pot. >> jimmy, when it comes to end willing -- to ending the war on drugs will it leave us? >> i have done pot, modern pot. i can't handle it. in my day you would have a garbage bag and you would roll a cheech and chong and y

national history. this is the apex of the golden age of etching. i am the curator of drawings at the american historical society. john james was the legendary naturalist. he would've market himself as the american woodsman which was very successful in london. very successful in paris. very successful in liverpool and manchester. the old world wanted to see the new world. he was the embodiment of that. he was really america's first watercolorist. he invented so many series of levels of media. he just kept mixing up things so that everything was different. he wanted to freeze life. you would see the bird smile, move, and interact. if you look at it frequently, you blink and expect the birds to be gone. whether hee about always drew from life. he did not. to feel that he did, embedded in the swamps and perched in the trees. today, there are devices to euthanize birds. there are various kinds of guns or tracks or whatever. he also frequently referred to things that have been killed by other creatures or animals. the significance of autobahn today is ve

national security. it claims that three out of our americans between the ages of 17 and 24 couldn't join the military if they wanted to because they haven't graduated high school, have criminal records or are physically unfit. they are pushing for early childhood development. >> jon: what was the last one? early childhood development? ah-ha. i got it. perhaps combining the two is the only way to get more money for education. i give you seal team actually 6. i want to get bin wadin but i'm not allowed to stay up past >> [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back to the show. last week america finally made good on its threat to itself in the form of arbitrary spending cuts known as the sequester. we sent al mad gral to washington to see firsthand the outrage. >> last week the much feared sequester became a reality. >> it's now in effect. 85 billion in automatic spending cuts. >> just hours after it was signed into law i went outside the white house to see the outrage firsthand. >> it's been extremely frustrating. >> congress doesn't tend to work on anything until there's a crisis. >> that

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we have higher rates of disease and injury for every age up to 75 and shorter life spans than any of 17 other wealthy nations0th in the world in infant mortality. according to "time" magazine, cuba is number 41. >> we have to do something about health care costs. that is the main driver. but it doesn't really mean cutting benefits. that means cutting costs. >> reporter: bottom line, even though health care creates jobs, an expected 5.5 million this decade, what we spend on it is a waste on our economy and our future prosperity. challenge number two, america's infrastructure. roads, bridges, water system, transit, the electric grid, all outdated or crumbling or both. and it's costing us. according to the world economic forum, the u.s. ranks 25th in overall infrastructure, behind barbados and ohman, and one spot ahead of qatar. pat natal heads the american society of civil engineers. >> we're looking at a $3,100 negative impact on your pocketbook. >> reporter: his group, which admittedly has a vested interest in infrastructure spending, says that by 2020, th u.s.ould lose almost $1 trillion a year in commerce,