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. >>> and tyson parks says it will be the #nd infield play of the game.rks comes around to score, it won't be so funny for mr. ray. and parks mother was in the hotel workout room this morning. they are in nebraska. his mom is a family medicine doctor who travels to see most of the games. his dad, i am told is a principal, a student principal in nebraska. they don't live far from lincoln, but his mom louvres baseball and travel to most of the games. -- loves baseball and travels to most of the games. one of 26 new faces on the roster. >> yes. >>> i read the roster earlier. he is the one new guy from nebraska. >> yes. >>> you would have had a chance to meet his mom, too, but i know your workout came much earlier. >> i think i got my 10-miles in while you were sleeping. >>> how far was that walk? >> more than 10-miles. i have to be honest. >>> runner breaking. ray to the task. >> not really good communication that time by troy. because, parks stole way too early. took off, tried to guess -- look at the slip right there. parks tried to guess when he was going

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were [unintelligible] you still have more than 100 of them in jail, reporters and blogers, a because,nd bl -- reporters and bloggers. it is not that. it is saying what is going on in the country. it is important. we will make sure that your friends in iran will get what you are saying tonight. we know that the message is getting there and we know that the message is getting out because our researchers are in contact with them. we still get the message out. that is why we're able to inform you of the numbers of prisoners there and the situation in the country. newspapers are being closed. journalists are being harassed every day. they're being jailed, they are being threatened, their families are threatened. it is hard to figure out what is going on. thanks to hasan, will have an overview of the situation. thank you very much. >> thank you very much to coming here and listening to an iranian journalist's situation and the issues which happened in the past 10 months. i am a representative of colleagues who cannot vote in iran freely and who cannot carry cameras. i am a photographer. i wil

find they were, they had some links with tv channels, the base in europe and they need to be leavea ndsupport -- and support their families. they cannot work in any organizations like prisoners. if they want to come out of the prison, they cannot work because all the people know that the -- no their background. they cannot work and the official part of the government -- in the official part of the government. they need to find another job. the driving, the taxis or some others. [unintelligible] >> i want to tell you [inaudible] mobilizing people, mobilizing on the internet. what we did is we helped -- we are based in paris but we are an international organization. what we did is helping [unintelligible] the situation they are facing. we are currently [unintelligible] and start gathering the information they have or starting to read books. we already have the initiative. the house is not only for living, it is already full. now we are planning to help them and we wish the house was bigger and other organizations would do the same. that is -- we are helping them. that is the emergency. f

nd with respect to missile defense. that will have to wait to move far enough when we move into strategic arms reduction and alerting our strategic forces so we do not find ourselves in a schizophrenic situation when we have joint strategic ballistic missile defense while still relying on the strategic balance of offensive weapons against each other. with respect to attack to call nukes, i think there is great enthusiasm and the west about tactical nukes and future tactical nuclear weapons reduction and limitation. i am not so enthusiastic about that. this is not because of strategic reasons. there are strategic reasons for russia to have quite an extensive number of tactical weapons. it is the same reason which made nato maintain technicoltechnicar weapons years ago. it is the ratio of conventional imbalance which is about the same but is in favor of nato and against russia compared to what it was 20 or 30 years ago. in this situation, tactical nuclear weapons, russia will look to be an equalizer in that situation. thi

says that if congress says that a state sheriff's office must gather information about gun buyers adn nd send it to the fbi, question -- does congress have the power in our federal system just to order a state official like that share a to do that? to do something congress wants him to do? that was the question. i thought it was helpful to point out there are some -- not determinative, but helpful -- to point out that there are some systems called federal in the world that believe they are federal, even more federal ban we -- than we. the eu. switzerland. where the federal government repealed -- relies on state officials to carry out federal law. my argument being -- do not tell a state official what to do is not so fundamental to federalism as you think. was it a fabulous argument? no. it was worth a mention. we have a case in the eu involving campaign finance and whether or not been violated a person's freedom of expression. it was in the strasbourg court. i read that case and i thought it did not support it. it was interesting and i refer to it because i wanted to explain why it did n

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. >> reporter: he's raised millions of dollars on behalf of local politicians,nd became upset when abc news tried to ask him about that in 2008. >> let go of me! >> reporter: to many, blankenship is a symbol of arrogance and greed of cole in west virginia. >> my experience with him has been he's an accountant bottom line guy and if -- his emphasis is on the bottom line. >> reporter: in nearby whitesville, west virginia, miners and their families gathered for prayer. >> reporter: it's a dangerous job. a lot only ties we take for granted what we shouldn't. we should always pray for your miners. this may bond people closer together. >> reporter: tomorrow, the rescue and recovery teams will try a last ditch effort to see if anyone is still alive in the mine, bringi ing everything to halt to assure silence and sending tap signals that miners would recognize, and if alive and able, respond to. after that, with no response, the effort will fully shift to recovering the bodies of the worst mine disaster in the last 25 yea in this country. terry? >> all right, brian. there's another night, then

those who felt critical of the board would say that it was and nd the incident who didn't would st no, that was impossible. you have to support the war effort as well as the troops. a cultural history of women and guns in america. throughout the story was the threat of women in combat and the way that whether or not women were allowed to fight tied closely into whether or not they could be considered full citizens. back in the revolutionary war era you have politicians like james burke saying the difference between the citizen and a slave is the ability to bear arms and defense of your country. that red and all the way up through philip's leslie. the equal rights amendment was narrowly defeated in the 1980's making the point that if it was passed women would be forced into combat. that was too much for the american public to stomach. the era was defeated. here we are now in a conflict where over 220,000 women have served in combat so. clearly this is a watershed moment for our future. i wanted to hear what the women who were on this front line had to say about their experiences. >> to

in 18th century they would nd immediately know that what i meant was july. okay. and shorthand writing is another form of codes and ciphers. and the earliest book that i found on shorthand dates to 1586. so it was well known. what you're looking as is joseph standards cipher. and it is very simple to a equals z., b. equals a. it is a one letter shift. joseph stansbury is the person in philadelphia who receive the messages from benedict arnold, wrote them into cipher and codes. and they were brought across new jersey by two different methods, brought here to new york. they were given to the reverend jonathan odell, who didn't decoded the messages, and then turn them into british headquarters right here at one broadway. they also used the book codes. blackstone's commentaries on the laws of england, and if you notice, it's his fifth oxford edition. it is very important that the two people sending and coding and decoding the messages are using the same addition. otherwise, you find that you put down the word balloon and they are reading it as baloney. so you have got

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nd large most scientists are not big fans of term limits. i would point out a few factor in five forthcoming retirement last in all probability a couple of income and losses you're really going to have been 20 years 82, 84% of the senate replaced. that is a substantial turnover. and the price you pay, we know and the price you pay, we know it from the s term limits are fairly short the cost and expertise to make the legislature work as we have had a lesson in the last few weeks it's difficult to make these legislature's work and that loss of expertise is probably far more serious than what you gain with some freshness. >> the only center that will still be in the senate will be robert byrd. [laughter] >> and other question. >> you told us what's happened over the last 50 years. is there any hope of an forward -- where are you? [laughter] >> come tomorrow. i don't think it is all that. my view is that polarization has very positive consequences. it gives clear choices. we know we have a much better idea as opposed to 40 or 50 years ago when w

there are three issues --nd it's a wakeup call. there are three issues, one is energy security, the second is environment, and you could, you know, split environment in many different ways, whether it's green house gases or just pollution. it is just environment. and the third is technological lead and if you look around the world, there are tom tectonic shift going on. india and china, per capita use will increase and their population is also increasing, and so they have really a double whammy and we are seeing the tectonic shifts of shifting towards the clean energy, that will motivate it to do that. i believe that's the business opportunity and for us to change our carbon profile, or how we use our energy, getting more efficient, etc., is also a business opportunity. so that's the reality today. if up ask that question, if you are to capitalize on these tectonic both hopefully and in hour nation and the other nations around the world, it's a global issue, the pace and scale of innovation that we need is something that we need to

steve, you do a wonderful job with the interviewing both here and on washington journal,nd, mr.n, i've read several of your books and enjoyed them very much. a quick story and a question. i'm usually successful in striking up conversations with seat mates on plane rides, but about six years ago a beautiful woman sat down next to me, obviously, very wealthy, and i was unable to get much of a conversation going with her. she was courteous but quite distant, and i put that down later to the fact that i had a book on my lap which i'd read a little bit of, and that book, of course, was "worse than watergate." [laughter] so -- >> host: paul, who was your seat mate? >> caller: i don't -- she was, obviously, a wealthy young woman from seattle. might have been a microsoft millionaire's wife or somebody like that. >> guest: those are my readers. [laughter] >> caller: but, well, this one, i don't think she appreciated the book. it was just a guess on my part, but i think an educated guess. in any event, i'd like to know your opinion on bush very gore if you haven't already discussed it --

. >> did you evaluate the entire cbo four nds? >> i apologize. >> you have a new metric or a new model they were using to rate new securities, will you go back and use that model on existing securities? >> it would depend. >> did you retests the old deals? >> in many cases we do and some we do not. >> standard emcor? >> there are two different processes. the surveillance group was looking at actual performance data to determine if there would be any impact to the rating. >> you did not look at the entire rating for the entire issue? >> every issue. in terms of the actual performance data. >> you went back and used the new model or did you grandfather? >> it was a different procedure for existing transactions to look at actual performance data and to the extent the criteria was changed on new shoes, it would always be disclosed to the marketplace to what extent any past transactions meet nea criteria change or modification. >> you did not retest you just disclosed the new rate teeing? >> the new criteria and how it would impact sec

overdrive 4g mobi hotspot, jimmy's playing some video game online, jenny's video-chatting with a friend, nd downlding a huge presentati. and while that's happening, we'll enjoy some family time. [ computer beeps ] that was good. what can you do with 4g? [ male announcer ] experience 4g from sprint. it's more than a wireless network. deaf, hard-of-hearing and people with speech disabilities, it's a wireless revolution. access www.sprintrelay.com. >> neil: through the roof. new homes sales soaring 27% last month. biggest jump since 1963. long island, for example, prices and sales rising sharply. dolly says that's a good sign. one of the top real estate brokers in the cribs year in and year out. good and bad markets. you've been standing out from your brethren because you've not been drinking the kool-aid. you've not been convinced things are turning. did this change your view? >> this mace it rosier. it doesn't totally change the view. it has to last. it can't be one statistics. >> i looked at the number -- we're going to get to your specifics but this is buoyed by the expiration of the housi

tonight at 5:00, i'm going to show you why you really n nd to see this exhibit before it leaves town. back to you. >> it is amazing. all right. we will look forward to it. >>> you can catch "news4 at 4:00" on facebook and twitter. you will get up-to-the minute breaking news, weather, traffic. find us on both websites by searching "news4 at 4:00." >> much more ahead in our next half hour. murder mystery. >> new details we are learn being a shocking crime involving a real tv producer. >>> the amazing video of a man being struck by a car, thrown into a bus, while he lived to tell the tale. >> virus targeting a popular social networking site. how your computer could be at risk. >>> welcome back. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. here are some of the stories we are following in the news this hour. the army psychologist charged with shootings at ft. hood has been transferred to a jail. major hassan has been at the hospital since shortly after the november shoot which left him paralyzed. a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence for trial. >>> funeral services today for mont

they began, alex, on march 2 nd.when the first alleged incident happened all the way up to april 9th. now that investigators are compiling a time line, they are figuring out where the new attacks may have occurred. >> who are investigators targeting? who do they think is behind all this. >> they do know they're looking at this time for one female. she is seen in surveillance video and that's going to be at the attack that happened just in the later portion of march. also, she may have an accomplice. so that's something else that investigators are looking into, that this is probably two women that they are taking advantage of men in their 50s and 60s. they are, you no he, coming on to them, flirting, apparently and apparently slping the islip drugs into their drunks. they pass out, steal rolexes, cash. they maid off with more than 50,000 sodz far. >> is it bars, parties, where do the guys come from? >> it's both. mainly restaurant type bar areas. one was on a boat. apparently he and the alleged suspect began talking,

and in his case, when they did the afrpg yngiogram, they did nd an aneruysm. sometimes you do them and sometimes later you do find the aneruysm. maybe blood was pushing on it and you couldn't see it perfectly. 15%, 10% to 15% of cases, they never will find the exact reason as to why this bleeding occurred. he may not have a definitive answer. >> larry: what kind of guy is he, donald? >> just a great guy. wonderful. some of us is really hurt because he has diabetes. it's the charity he's playing for. he thinks about it all the time. he's worried his daughters have it. he is really emotionally invested in this charity. it is something that he really talked about a lot. he's a great guy. >> larry: did you hit it off with him right away? >> i d all the people from "celebrity apprentice," i had the best off camera relationship with him over the three years. i mean he is a really likeable guy, down to earth, no bs. just a very solid person. >> larry: are you too young to have been a poison fan? >> i grew up listening to that. there is an element -- even through coll

and i were discussing here was gary was saying that they could be in violation of reg fd because they nd was saying why did they have to even adjust their guidance? because some companies don't even give guidance. >> the original headline that we were referring to earlier in the show was that they were giving new guidance that was meaningfully different from what was out there. if you put guidance out there, the way i understand fd, and that you know during the quarter that that guidance is stale or needs to be changed, you have a responsibility to come even mid-quarter. now, they are, as you pointed out, melissa, saying they are still comfortable with the year. so that's going to be the sort of fallback, that they're not changing full-year guidance. but again, it doesn't -- you know, we've been talking so much about goldman, smell and transparency. it doesn't smell good. it's not transparent. if it's that much of a miss, come out, you know, give the guidance mid-quarter. >> i like your sniff test, gary. it's intriguing. it is intriguing. all right. moving on. think the job market is dea

>>nd an instinctive reaction. never tried it, first time you ever tried it?out it. >> very good. so you are surprise yourself then. how happy were you to be safe, how happy were these guys, you won the game? >> yeah, it was great come back. we were down 9-1, we came back and ended up winning 12-9. so it was a really great experience. >> and what is it like to then suddenly become famous for this -- i mean, you were on sports center, dude. plays of the day. >> yeah, it was unbelievable. i never thought this would happen in a million years. originally i just thought it would just air on espn and that would be the end of it, but this has been a dream come true. >> a credream come true. and have your teammates -- i'm hoping they're giving you serious rations of business for your accomplishment. >> yeah, they're giving me a hard time about it. it's naul goall in good fun, th. >> we sure appreciate it. >> we sure appreciate it. ,,,,,,uck today in your games úñd trapped in the trance of their shopping routine, some people don't notice the difference between meat and

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that's what y nd to sustain this economic recovery. >> markets are closed today for good friday givingthe weekend to digest what looks like the most promising job reports in three years. >>> give it time. that's president obama's message for people who are still skeptical about health care reform. yesterday he took his pitch to portland, maine. >> every single day since i signed the reform law there's been another poll or headline that said nation sll divided on health care reform. polls haven't changed yet. well, yeah, it just happened last week. >> the health care plan has a nearly $1 trillion price tags. it extends coverage to 32 million americans who are uninsured. >>> prince george's county won't crack down on burger and fries after all. maryland lawmakers rejeb ad bill that would have limited the number of fast food restaurants that could be built in that county. it says the house committee voted 22-1 against the measure and the bill's sponsor has withdrawn the lenation, the bill was design to fight the obesity epidemic in the community. >>> "the today show" is coming up next at

call now -nd get the system installed for just $99.ess - the next generation of brink's home security. call now. >>> before the break, dr. jack kevorkian told me physicians who don't help terminally ill patients die are, in his words, cowards. he also participated in more than 130 assisted suicides. kevorkian is not backing down from what he did, and he said now that he's out of prison and not on parole, he said no one can stop him from legally doing it again if the law changes. hbo has turned his life into a film. "you don't know jack" airs april 24th. al pacino plays kevorkian. it also stars susan sarandon and john goodman and was directed by barry levinson. they and dr. kevorkian joined me earlier. barry, why did you want to make a film about dr. kevorkian? >> the character, first and foremost. when i read the draft that was sent to me, i thought the character was interesting, the characters around it, his core group was very interesting. >> what did you learn about what he had done? >> i think it's more complicated than what i saw

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nd with respect to missile defense. that will have to wait to move far enough when we move into strategic arms reduction and alerting our strategic forces so we do not find ourselves in a schizophrenic situation when we have joint strategic ballistic missile defense while still relying on the strategic balance of offensive weapons against each other. with respect to attack to call nukes, i think there is great enthusiasm and the west about tactical nukes and future tactical nuclear weapons reduction and limitation. i am not so enthusiastic about that. this is not because of strategic reasons. there are strategic reasons for russia to have quite an extensive number of tactical weapons. it is the same reason which made nato maintain technicoltechnicar weapons years ago. it is the ratio of conventional imbalance which is about the same but is in favor of nato and against russia compared to what it was 20 or 30 years ago. in this situation, tactical nuclear weapons, russia will look to be an equalizer in that situation. thi

they have a preoccupation and their strategic preoccupation with nds of the deciding something that we have to point out. afghanistan. operations and speed. it was essentially forced entry into a city and we had marines coming in right on top aircraft right downtown clearing buildings, clearing the amount. it has proceeded effectively that we are still again getting the civilians in place to the governing. the next operation in kandahar won't be a assault on a city and a vertical envelopment. it will be essentially not putting forces on the key route in and out of the cities. they're basically interdicting the passage of radical elements and then with the afghan forces and there is an afghani prisons and police presence to use them to stop stabilizing the community. this will be a great political test of president karzai because this is where his family is tried and his politics is located. and he is going to have to step up and make some critical decisions and operate with us. there is already some signs he recognizes this. he went with general mcchrystal delta kandahar to talk with o

nd iran provide lebanese, hezbollah, and palestinian terrorist groups with funding, weapons, and training to oppose israel." the same report stated that, "iran through its long-standing relationship with lebanese hezbollah maintains the capability to strike israel directly and to threaten israeli and u.s. interest worldwide." we know that iran has a long track record in using these capabilities. the pentagon report confirms that the iranian regime has been involved in or has been behind what the report describes as "some of the deadliest terrorist attacks of the past two decades ," mr. speaker, including the 1983 and 1984 bombing of the u.s. embassy and annex in beirut, the 1983 coming of the marine barracks in beirut, the 1994 attack on the amia jewish community center in argentina, the 1996 khobar towers bombing in saudi arabia, and many of the insurgent attacks on coalition and iraqi security forces in iraq since 2003, end quote. in other words, when the iranian regime threatens america and israel with disruption, over and over again, they may mean it. today the iranian revolutionary g

there are three issues --nd it's a wakeup call. there are three issues, one is energy security, the second is environment, and you could, you know, split environment in many different ways, whether it's green house gases or just pollution. it is just environment. and the third is technological lead and if you look around the world, there are tom tectonic shift going on. india and china, per capita use will increase and their population is also increasing, and so they have really a double whammy and we are seeing the tectonic shifts of shifting towards the clean energy, that will motivate it to do that. i believe that's the business opportunity and for us to change our carbon profile, or how we use our energy, getting more efficient, etc., is also a business opportunity. so that's the reality today. if up ask that question, if you are to capitalize on these tectonic both hopefully and in hour nation and the other nations around the world, it's a global issue, the pace and scale of innovation that we need is something that we need to

president, i yield the oor,nd i suggest the absence of a quorum.the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. specter con. mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. specter: mr. president, i ask unanimous const that further proceedings under the quorum call be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. specter: i thank the distinguished medical -- majority leader for his generous and complimentary comments, as today completes one year since my return to the democratic party, i have a few observations on what we should do as senato senators, not as democrats or republicans, to tend to the nation's business in these difficult days. partnepartisanship ran high in 5 when republicans chose to use the nuclear option when would, in effect, change the rule to allow 51 votes to cut off filibusters. the so-called gang of 14, a group of centrists from both parties, structured a compromise which confirmed some judicial nominees, rejected others and esta

companies in my district and across florida conduct business with those locate nd puerto rico. despite the close family and business ties that binds many in my district our two peoples are different in one critical respect, the residents of puerto rico, despite being citizens of the united states, cannot vote for president and do not have voting representation in congress. they also cannot access all federal programs to the same extent as the residents of the states can. h.r. 2499 would at long last give the people of puerto rico this opportunity. the bill authorizes the government of puerto rico to conduct an initial plebiscite. voters would be asked whether they wish to main the current status or choose a different status. the rational is simple. i would be happy to yield. ms. velazquez: the issue is not whether or not the people can vote or not in the presidential election. the issue is a true transparent democratic process for the puerto rican people in a refer referendum. . ms. wasserman schultz: i believe this would at long last give the people of puerto rico opportunitie

. -- under the rules,nd the the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 57, the nays are 41. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed t upon reconsideration. the presiding officer: the senator from california is recognized. mrs. feinstein: thank you. the presiding officer: could we have order in the chamber, please. a senator: mr. president, the senate's not in order. the presiding officer: can we have order in the chamber, please. the senate be in order. mrs. feinstein: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: is it appropriate for me to speak on the bill for a few minutes, please? the presiding officer: the motion to proceed is pending. the presiding officer: thank you very much. mr. president, on a big bill, i find this a very -- mrs. feinstein: thank you very much. mr. president, on a big bill, i find this v