where can napoleon get sugarsome. >> new begin -- new guinea? >> no. that's not a bad idea, but the british control the seas. >> europe? >> europe but sugarcane doesn't grow in europe. >> how are they going to get sugar -- how are you going to get sugar? >> aid ya? -- asia? >> but you -- sugar over land b from asia? not very likely. how is poor napoleon and his french people gonna sweeten their hot chocolate? marina's going over there. >> by using syrup from the maple trees or by -- >> oh, you -- >> say againsome. >> bees. >> bees. remember when our story ban with my aunt -- began with my aunt whose grandfather had been a serf? napoleon learned that a german scientist had figured out that beet sugar is chemically identical to cane sugar. this was the first time in human history that a tropical product could be substituted by another product. science is now gonna tell us where our sweetness comes from, not any more of the plantation, at least the british slave have been freed. science is now gonna begin to give us our sugar. >> so what you have in this

it's interesting she talked about papua new guinea. we have supported regime into regime in indonesia and they have half of that island new guinea under their control. which has an independence movement freeport murrin us mining company talk about exxon mobil is an interesting lolo soetoro who was president obama's stepfather went to work for exxon after he worked for the suharto regime that of course overthrew president sukarno and there was a terrible bloodbath that followed i think it's fine that president obama says these things but look at the reality of his administration's politics and we see backing for a lot of regimes around the world we've installed this kind of schizophrenia over egypt where frank wisner was sent over there by all these people were saying nice things about mubarak and of course mubarak was gone. and the rhetoric doesn't match our policies toward the regime in yemen for example which is a u.s. close u.s. military ally and what we can talk to have this discussion without also bringing into the equation that c

we know that the first grown in new guinea. and it was -- they grew sugarcane. have any of you seen sugarcane before? >> okay, good. >> have any of crow ever tasted sugar -- you ever tasted sugarcane? all right, all right. we know that we -- we do know that sugarcane was first grown in new guinea, and then it was brought up to india. and the reason we know that is there are prayers to the goddess durga where you would burn various offerings to the goddess. and one of the offerings that you burned was sugarcane. and we know that the original word in the ancient indian language of sanskrit for sugar was that which brings sweetness to the people. but at a certain point the name for this substance changed, and the new name for it was sharkara which means "gravel." can anybody guess why you might use a word that means gravel for sugarcane? or for sugar? this gentleman. >> you might use gravel because it, when you put it in your hand, it kind of, like, it came out like sand, and sand is like gravel. >> you're exactly right. originally, they had cane, but they had lear

we know that, we do know that sugarcane was first grown in new guinea, and then it was brought up to india. and the reason we know that is there are priors to the goddess, dirk a. to the goddess durga. and one of the offerings that you learned was sugarcane. and we know that the original word in the ancient indian language for sugar was that which brings sweetness to the people. but at a certain point, the name for the substance changed, and the new name for it was sharcara, which means ground. can anyone guess why you might use a word that means gravel for sugarcane, or for sugar? >> you might use gravel because when you put in your hand, a kind of like, it came out like sand and sand is like gravel. >> you are exactly right. originally they had sugarcane, but they had learned how to make gain into sugar. and this is one of the crucial things. sugar granules do not exist in nature. what exists in nature is cane. we had to learn how to turn the cane into those little pieces of sugar. and we'll get to that. but before we get to that, the question is how did knowledge of sugarcane spre

tsunami warnings also issued in russia, new guinea, new zealand, australia, guam, and most of the pacific, including the pacific coast of south america. of course, we are continuing to monitor these developments. we will have much more on the tsunami just a little bit later in the broadcast. >>> take you back to this country now because a powerful rainstorm has triggered another round of flooding along the east coast. the slow-moving storm is dumping three inches of rain in some areas. 12 states are under a flood watch. terrell brown is in hard-hit wayne, new jersey, with more. he joins us now live. good morning, terrell. >> betty, good morning to you. you're right. when you have rains like this, these rivers flooding their banks is a major concern. that is what's happened. the rivers just can't take this much water. believe it or not we're standing in the middle of a street of a neighborhood here in the northern part of new jersey. this water already up to my knees, just about. forecasters say the water is still rising, and the worst may be yet to come. floodwaters are creeping higher in

all were on board an aircraft that disappeared in november of '43 near the northern coast of new guinea. the plane itself was found more than 25 years ago, but it has taken until now to make a positive identification of all the crew members. >>> and a funeral today, the day after her death, for elizabeth taylor, who died just yesterday at age 79. she's still being remembered fondly today, of course, on television and on front pages around the world, as the last of the real movie stars. her burial today was a private affair, family only, at forest lawn cemetery. final resting place for so many hollywood celebrities, including michael jackson, who was one of her very good friends. >>> when we come back here tonight, americans making a difference in the desperate hours in japan. >>> next a new flash flood warning. also how bay area technology could save your home from the next mud slide. getfar.ma wt get far.e arning if you're thinking tharisndkeee. oug mos thisineeke. >>> our "making a difference" report tonight is about a group of americans in uniform who are doing some of the most urgen

and easy to explain and the alternative vote is only used in three countries, australia, fiji and new guinea and fiegeie is beginning to change its mind. so people in the coalition will be able to make those difference f different arguments. >> the question on the 27 of october at the prime minister agreed that ministers would work with me and with our leading children's charities on an affordable to the child trust fund to look after children and i can confirm that since then the financial secretary and the minister both worked with us on this issue. the time has come to turn good intentions into action. and today the action for children published a new report which sets out a compelling case for a new system of savings accounts for children in care. i know the prime minister wants to do more for children in care. will he read this and then write to me that provision for this will be made? >> i will read the pamphlet if he leaves mea copy. we are looking at the issue whether we can replace these funds particularly for children in care with some form and i hope my honorable friend has more t

a dive team is ready from new guinea. the wreckage was found in 2002 but putting a team experienced enough has been difficult until now. to determine whether three bones found last year at another location belonging to her have come back inconclusive. she disappeared in an attempt to fly around the world that originated in oakland. >> up next, same-sex couples. >> a major change in the regular [ male announcer ] eakfast for breakfast. breakfast for lunch. breakfast for dinner. with three new breakfast lovers dishes, who needs a break from breakfast? denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> tax deadline is just around the corner and for thousands of californians, same-sex couples have to file under property laws when they file their returns. >> it's impossible to figure out. >> they have been together 36 years and in 2008 were legally married in california. this same-sex couple including registered domestic property have community property rights. they are requiring the couples to report their community income when the

here is an area where we are finding large energy deposits off of papua new guinea. there is a huge deposit the exxon mobile is developing. we are in a competition with china that is unbelievable. they are expending enormous amounts of money. they have a huge diplomatic presence. the least we could do is have a usaid office in delaware new guinea so that we can fly the flag -- in papua new guinea so that we can fly the flag and people will know we care about them. >> china has a $600 million program. what do we have? 0. >> we have worked with the united nations significantly, and china is working very hard to undo that. >> first of all, madam secretary, let me compliment you on your energy and clarity. after arriving here from intings in europe's -- europe, and arriving late last night, i do not know how you do it. you have done a terrific job been advocating what your it ministration wants you to advocate. -- you have done a terrific job of advocating what your administration wants you to advocate. did obama confront president hu jintao on the issue of forced aborti

in the new guinea planned mass there's a huge deposit that exxon-mobil is developing. we're in competition with china. it is unbelievable. they're spending enormous amounts of money. they have a huge diplomatic presence across the pacific. it would be great to have usaid office in new guinea to fly the flags of people know we care about them. that will be on the chopping block. it stands for a bigger challenge we're facing in that region of the world. >> china has about a $600 million development program for the pacific island nations. what do we have? zero. >> the chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and investigation is recognized. >> madam secretary, let me compliment you on your energy and clarity after arriving here from meetings in europe and arriving late last night. i do not know how you do it. you do a terrific job in educating -- advocating for what our administration wants to abdicate. i would like for you to be specific. did president obama confront president hu during his visit to washington on the issue of forced abortion? i think that could be answe

a dive team is preparing to investigate the wreckage of a plane in the pacific 800 miles from new guineat far from where her airplane was last seen. putting together a team experienced enough to dive on it has been difficult until now. earhart disappeared attempting to fly around the world. that flight originated in oakland. >> who says love was not a science. it certainly was for an emeryville. they suggested they take a public tour of the berkeley national lab. when she looked into a high-powered electromicroscope she saw an engagement ring. that's when her fiancÉ got down on one knee and proposed. set the whole thing up for the renaissance roamna shall we say. we're happy to report she said yes. that diamond stood up to the test. >> it did. it did indeed. >> the microscope. >> we'll forget the irony that's used to look at some of the smallest things in the universe but, hey, 5:47 now. releasing a highly anticipated jobs report. the numbers next at 5:30. >> i'm amy hollyfield. i'll have your first look at your new bay bridge tower. it's pretty impressive. the story and the pictures com

they change the acronym which is why chapter three i think it is that compares the pentagon to the new guinea tribe system. as a very important chapter. the language chapter. but what they wanted to do is they want to ram that thing through a full-scale engineering and development milestone decision. the reason is simple. first of all you've got to go back to the time. this is a 1991. cold war torches into. the bar is about ready to close. you've got to get the cows out before it shuts. so what they do as they ran this thing through the. even though the soviet threat for this was defined -- design, just evaporative the milestone to decision enables the contractor to start spreading the goodies around the country. because he's not only building, he's done his production facility while he's designing the plaintiff nobody would spend on money doing this. this is crazy. because it maximizes -- if you have a problem than you have overinvested and you have to undo everything and to go bankrupt. of course, we spend other peoples money so it doesn't matter. and to basically what it does is it starts

take poppa new guinea, a huge -- exxon noble is producing it. china is in there every day trying to figure out how it will come in behind us. they are supporting the regime that is now in charge of fiji. they have brought all the leaders of these nations to beijing. if anybody thinks our retreating on these issues is somehow going to be irrelevant to the maintenance of our leadership in a world we are competing with china and iran, that is a mistake. i would strongly support this on humanitarian grounds that we do the right thing, but i also look at this from a strategic perspective. >> senator lugar. >> you have called for $150 million of reprogramming of money in our egypt situation. let me couple my question about this with questions we have raised in this committee of others about the so-called kerry lugar program for pakistan. $1.5 billion for five years. as we visit with our colleagues they have some skepticism about our advocacy. it is not clear what these programs are intended to do. who supervises the expenditure of the money? who spend

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rest of the new police in north africa has caused or prizes to john and more recently the quake in japan has raised the prospect of increased demand for commodities for construction and you guinea have gotten from learned less out of the shocks isn't likely to last long but the fundamentals are improving anyway thinking back on current situation i don't even need japan and techs although we're speaking about japan the b. and other stuff i would see these effects on oil and stuff most of this could lead to point it to me jim talk about thinking about the inclusion of wealth of developing nations to go bald because of the special imagine market it's a little like a break from the sort of regional price and that's exactly what russian from the low support russian economy in terms of in full financial position in terms of potential development we managed to use it properly so that's exactly the question . russian consumer prices jumped zero point eight percent in february much less than in january but still twice the rate of the european average wheat prices rose the most with drugs not solid behind and finance minister could record for extreme measures to curb inflation driven by