with that, new orleans has seen a historic occasion. it was euphoric in its mood. it is in a new time, if you would, because of the excitement, the love of the franchise. the team, players, the coaches and the people that have made this a great and wonderful year. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time and yield to my friend, mr. cao. mr. cao: i would like to yield two minutes to my distinguished colleague from the state of louisiana, mr. fleming. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. fleming: i thank my friend, mr. cao, for proposing this resolution and having this debate today and certainly other members from our delegation. let me just say in response to our good friend from indiana, mr. burton, that there's another hour that goes along with this as well and that is peyton manning, the quarterback for the colts, is the son of archie manning who was the president of the saints from the very beginning of its fan franchise. so we have ironies boiling over. i would like to congratulate the new orleans saints, the franchise's

has five of the perception in new orleans and capitol hill -- has that health the perception in new orleans and capitol hill? >> he brought people thiin. i think the problem is of the personal. he brought in good people. they were not necessarily a local, but they were handed to resolve the crisis triggered threats he had an interesting answer to your question about family perth -- to resolve the crisis. >> he had an interesting answer to your question about vulnerable citizens. what do you say in response to that. >> fema is unfairly considered a answer to everything, and he has to explain they are not the first responders. when i tried to figure out how to read it when he tried to figure out about being personally responsible, -- when he tried to figure out about

sydney bow cheat, the new orleans clarinetist preceded him a decade.tarted winning national recognition at the same time as armstrong, almost to the month. what then made louis armstrong stand out? and why is his name still known to those who know nothing else about jazz. the simplest explanation, and up to a point, the best one. is that he was the first great influence in jazz. no sooner did he burst upon the scene, than other musicians, trumpeters, saxophonists, singers, started imitating hill. i tried to walk like hum, talk like him, eat like him, sleep like him, said rex stewart, who replaced armstrong in fletcher henderson's band. coleman hawkins heard him for the first time in 1924, and was stunned into speechlessness. he remembered i stood silent, feeling almost bashful, asking myself if i would ever be able to attain a small part of louis armstrong's greatness. the trumpeter max kaminski told of the combination of louis's dazzling brillance of tone so overwhelmed me i felt as if i had stared into the sun's eye. such imagery came easily to those

would go about working together without these kinds of artificial lines. >> you report for "the new orleans times." how would you say director fugate is seen? what is the perception of the new fema under the obama administration? >> it is much improved. it benefits greatly from being on the flip side. he is viewed with competence and experience in his field, and i think the atmosphere as a relationship between fema has become so acrimonious it was of a standstill, and they came in, brought in new people, and a good different approach, and fema is no longer was it -- what it once was in new orleans. >> how is he perceived in capitol hill? >> he is received with a good deal of credibility. one thing that happened after hurricane katrina is congress required whoever becomes a fema administrator have experience, and he comes out in the background u. the big thing about fema and congress is the budgeting and how the money is being spent and how to account for the period there is about $30 billion across the country since 9-11, and there is no real way to measure the success of how live is being

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. >>> she lost her new orleans home during katrina. and now she's got a new one courtesy of hgtv's dream home giveaway. miria lewis says she entered the contest daily and certainly has a lot to show off for her persistence, a $2 million grand prize. she joins us now from new orleans. congratulations. >> well, thank you very much. >> so persistence paid off. give me an idea how you got notice that you were a winner. >> well, they basically showed up at my door one night as i was watching tv. and surprised me with that news. and i was very, very surprised. >> wow. and describe for me that moment, all that they told you, because it is not just a car, part of this jackpot includes cash money and a vehicle. right? >> yes. yes. there was a vehicle parked in front of my house with a big red bow on it. and then they showed me this huge check with all of these zeros. and that was my first realization of just how big this prize is. >> you almost look a little reluctant to open the door, we're looking at the images now it kind of like who are you,

the book with the most famous example is when i was the secretary of education and that was in new orleans actually, it was in school we can across a sentence in the book that they reducing and talked about the puritans as englishmen who took longer trips in search of new places to live. they didn't want to put their religion part in because it would violate the first amendment. but other books, howard zinn wrote an enormously successful book and it's got great scholarship, but the people's history, the american republic is a book that means left and it's pretty explicit about it and says this is his perspective and point of view. you would be pretty depressed about america of the was the only book you read. >> host: you got your doctorate from the university of texas, philosophy actually. nowadays, texas is engaged in a bit of a struggle over new textbooks for history and how to teach six in history better. what do you think of the school board i guess it is the state school board trying to dictate new types of standards for our savitt status? >> guest: the debate is fine. it is larger th

also in detroit, chicago, kansas city, memphis, atlanta and new orleans. >>> well, it is a radical move to revitalize a city which has seen better days. the new mayor of detroit wants to tear down parts of the city and start over. >> the demolition of thousands of homes could begin right away. chris bury reports now from detroit. >> reporter: for a city on the brink, it is a gutsy move, deciding it must shrink to survive. the new mayor, former nba star dave bing, delivered some tough love. >> i am unveiling a plan to demolish 3,000 dangerous residential structures this year. >> reporter: in its heyday, nearly 2 million people lived here. now, fewer than half that. consider the corner of jefferson and holcomb 30 years ago. look at it now. a third of detroit is too scarcely populated to function. more than 10,000 buildings could be demolished. >> we are a city in a huge financial crisis as i speak. and we've got to make some hard decisions for ourselves. >> reporter: at first, the abandoned homes will go. eventually, long-time residents may be forced out. bertha shares her block only with

so he goes to missouri -- going against the hero of new orleans. so he goes to new orleans. tyler called in the most grating political maniac that i ever knew, but he was brilliant and he knew how to move people and get things done and move in the congress. >> like lyndon johnson. >> in many ways. >> if we had doing today, how many of our senators do think would be laid out? >> most of them would not take the challenge. what is amazing is that benton became a great jacksonian. they became good friends and he was a loyal adherents of the jackson movement, also a good pal of polk, until his son-in- law had a court-martial, and then benton turned on james k. polk with a vengeance. he would not even the knowledge him in church. they went to the same church. >> this may be a little unfair, but you are a great journalist as well as a great historian. in the historical context, where do you think obama will fit? this is an extraordinary moment in american history where it is unlikely and african-american would be elected to the presidency, and we have one. >> it is a pretty amazing

resolution honoring the super bowl champion new orleans saints. i remember as a child watching the saints play in the old tulane football stadium. and between the time i was a child and now there have been some rough times. but this year was different. they started off with 13 wins. they had three hard-fought postseason victories. i'm especially pleased to say that the victory in the n.f.c. championship and super bowl was due in great part to decisive interceptions by tracy porter in west baton rouge, parish. and mr. burton is right, he went to indiana. to the tune of doing so, he had a pick six against the colts. and mr. porter, by the way, has also participated in the week going up to the super bowl in a relief effort for the victims of the haiti earthquake. not only a great football player but a fine person. that said, good things comes to those who wait. thank you to the saints fans

if you've been and around the city of new orleans and of course so many people have been focused on new orleans and looking at the bad things that happened to our city after hurricane katrina, but we've had such an outpouring over the years of people who have been wanting and rooting for and pulling for the city to come back. i think what's been the most special thing about this past year with the saints and their success that they've had on the football field is that it's really galvanized the city and the rest of the country. i brought a football here that's got the super bowl logo and represents the fact that the saints won the super bowl and, of course, we're here today congratulating the saints on winning the super bowl. but this victory was much more than a football game. not only do i remember back during the years that my dad took me to tulane stadium when i was a little kid, and as my colleague, congressman cassidy, talked about the leaner years, i think it's the resilience of the team but it's really starts at the top. and we would be remiss if we didn't emphasize the importan

it was in new orleans, we can occur as a sentence in the book that they were using and it talked abouthe puritans as englishmen who took trips in places to live. they didn't want to put their religion part in and violate the first amendment. but other books, how words and a colleague of mine has an enormously successful book and it's got great scholarship, but people's history, the american republic is a politically tenacious book. it means left and he is pretty explicit about it and says this is his perspective and point of view. you would be pretty depressed about america if that was the only book you read. >> host: you got your doctorate from the university of texas. nowadays texas is engaged in a bit of a struggle over new textbooks for history and how to teach six in history better. what do you think of the school board's i guess it is a state school board trying to dictate new types of standards for our six tax. >> guest: the texas thing is larger because texas sells so many textbooks. what happens echoes around the country. many debates worthwhile i think some of the stuff is si

its a fairy tale from the land of retail: set in new orleans, louisiana, the princess and the frog introduces the first new princess since disneys four billion dollar brand began ten years ago. the film features tiana - disneys only african american princess. while the box office returns might be lacklustre - product sales are robust. and disney doesnt seem to mind. >>tartaglia: were surprised that the level >>tartaglia: were surprised that the level of sales that were experiencing on this product line is equal to salesthat we have experienced on movies that have delivered a higher box office than princess and the frog is delivering. which is good, but there are movies that have delivered a higher box office. >>reporter: many of the young shoppers at the disney store on londons oxford street havent had the chance to seethe princess and the frog yet. but that doesnt mean that they dont want to buy the products. >>reporter: many fans who grew up watching princess films wonder what took the company so long to diversify the racial backgrounds of the royal court. especially given the rising wealth

>> no, i'm originally from new orleans. i moved here from chicago.is: give me some of your impressions of the city now that you have been there for six months. >> yeah, i think there is probably no better place in america besides new orleans to be reporting from. all the key issues the country is facing in terms of economic recovery to educational crisis to class and racial issues, they are all in the extreme here in detroit, so i think it is a very -- it is a fantastic time to be reporting here. the city is also at a very critical moment. tavis: when you say the city is at a critical moment, you mean what, steven? >> it is i mean the city is at a critical moment. it is truly on the brink of financial collapse, but even within that crisis there is great opportunity. the city has finally elected a mayor and a set of city council officials that have i think the right sensibility to do what it takes to pull the city out of the chaos that it has been in for the last 40 or 50 years but i think it is going to take years to really understand and to really s

broke a promise and had to rent his house packing up midora and the boys going to new orleans. now 35 he was bankrupt, casting about for a way to earn a living. in the california gold fever sweeping the nation he saw his opportunity and joined the 49 years rushing west and the sanford sysco waterfront went into the real estate market and a quarter million dollars in just three months. he adopted a much more rugged the consumer princess go. this went up in smoke and fire destroyed all of his warehouse is. of creditors hounding once again he became a ferry operator in the wilderness and caught up in schemes of a ventures in mexico and sailed for france in costa rica on mysterious message and wound up in new york a wealthy man again. he plans right back into speculating and surprise his friends swindled was left of midora affection. this time on a diplomatic mission to pare away managed to convince the american delegation and the paraguay president he was responsible for the happy resolution of all issues. sam sales home and in his pocket a secret agreement sealed with 1,000 pound

former new orleans mayor mark morial is now president and ceo of the national urban league and joinss. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> let's talk about the progress, lack of progress. you've looked at several key indicators. let's talk about jobs first. where is black america now? >> the economy, the recession, has really affected everyone. but it's had a disproportionate impact on black americans. an unemployment rate which is reported at about 10% is really at 15% to 16% for black americans. so you've got the disproportionatety. and the tough side of it is that combined with the housing crisis and the foreclosure crisis, it threatens to really erode many of the gains that were made in the 1990s, the 1980s, and the 1970s. >> and on health insurance in particular, not only in the jobs area, but health insurance and housing as well, you see real -- >> we're elated, joyous, celebratory because of the passage of the health reform legislation and the president's signature yesterday. i had a chance to be at the department of the interior with everyone who was there. because what

east tennessee state taking on kentucky from new orleans at 7:15. ohio vs.me. and washington against marquette for the 7:30 scheduled tip time. it has been a wonderful first half of the first day of the 2010 ncaa tournament. bill: wild, huh? it is great. first and second round games. allen here with small change. verne: little shove in the back, and he got caught. bill: i don't think he used a comb tonight. verne: both transferred in the dismissal of coach sampson. we go from the gaels to the hoyas. bill: missed what five or six minutes in the first half. prolific the offense. verne: 27 and 11 today. bill: four fouls. he has a little sense of humor. before the game he was chatting with some of the richmond kids at the other end. laughing a little and relaxing. it is an international type of out look, you know. let's pop one and relax a little bit. verne: yeah. don't need to be in australia to pop one, do you? bill: no. but you won't be invited to ireland with us, though, if you are not a popper. verne: gonzalvez. 4:40 to go. bill: the defense has been great.

. >> and drew was a college student in new orleans, but had been in canada recently. >> it was absolutely his voice, as far as we were concerned. he said he was just hanging out with a few friends, and we got pulled over and they found drugs on one of my friends, so we are all in jail. >> he made them promise not to tell his parents what happened, then handed the phone over to a man who said he was the police sgt. he was very helpful. >> he explain the charges were minor and would be dismissed at a hearing, but the important thing was that we had to pay -- we had to bail and drew out that same day, or he would have to stay in jail for several weeks. >> bail was set at $5,000. the sergeant kindly explain how to wire the money, two separate transactions of $2,500 each. they sent the money right away and waited for entered to call back. the next morning they got on the computer print. they were shocked when they saw this on the front page of the town's website, a warning about the grandson's scam. they called their grandson's cellphone and confirm they had been taken. >> he said he was aslee

always come home and get my little infusion of new orleans culture.to me that i will not cut ties completely with new orleans. >> so you'll have two places then. >> hopefully if i can swcan swi. >> your sister will probably let you stay with her. >> yes, she has an haveextra bedroom. >> what was the first thought going through your head there? as we watched your face, what's going through your mind when that knock comes on the door? >> when i saw him standing outside my door, all thoughts wepts out of my head. i did not remember what i said, what response i had. i know i was clutching my heart because i felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. >> you say you've been doing this for year, but this home in particular really spoke to you. what was it about this home that you said that one's for me? >> everything about that home. and i've been in that area. i have visited that santa fe. in fact, i drove the albuquerque/santa fe corridor and then i spent time at a retreat near there. so i'm very familiar with the area. i love the fact that there are

he was living in new orleans working on the mississippi river as a riverboat pilot. not wanting to be drafted into the confederate navy, he left his job in new orleans and went to stay with his sister in st. louis. he went back to his home town of hannibal, missouri, when he joined a new group of military guerrillas known as the marion rangers. they were not exactly a crack outfit. they spent most of their time arguing about strategy, falling off of their horses and retreating from what they imagine where hordes of union soldiers. one ranger accidentally shot his own horse for not giving the proper password. another got carried off by a watch dog. the entire group fell down the hill falling into a creek and sam clemens sprained his ankle when he jumped out of a burning barn he set on fire by smoking in bed. the rangers did so much marching and countermarching that one farmer said they were bound -- no government could stand the cost of the issue that it would take to follow them around. mark twain agreed and by the time he left the rangers himself he said he knew mor

a rainy 75 in new orleans.allas. >> they have a tcby too, very good. >>> here's more evidence of michael jackson's golden touch nine months after his death. >> the lavish furniture he ordered for his stay in britain during his planned comeback tour is now on display in ireland before going up for bid. there are 22 items and they are worth $700,000. jackson died before he paid for the furniture but each piece bears a nameplate marked "made exclusively for michael jackson." >> one of the priciest is a red velvet nine-seat sofa expected to fetch at least $200,000 at auction. again, he never even sat in these things. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." a free 7-night trial on-line and ask your doctor about switching to lunesta. discover a restful lunesta night. rtant news for diabetics on medicare! i'm a diabetic and i want you to know over 230,000 u.s. doctors have authorized their patients to receive their diabetic supplies through liberty medical. and that begins with the one touch®ltra02 meter. e

louisiana purchase to france including giving access to the mississippi valley and the port of new orleans. we will come to that briefly. the question of expanding market is important. haiti is a source of raw materials and cheap labor. how does that relate to the labor in haiti? that is no surprise. the expectation of labour has gone on since the island was depopulated by christopher columbus and his family. katie is often focused but ultimately we are talking about the human condition. in real time contemporary perspective as well. 1701-1804, leading that insurrection. and falling in to these various cultures. they blended together in to raise. haiti is symbolic of everything else going on, the so-called diaspora. one of the stories i love telling is after in france, riding out the middle of haitian flames. a projection of humanity, and rejection of whiteness which we must do. 15 years ago it was race traitor. it feels our society. they practice what some call the politics of the belly. estate never existed. and that hasn't changed. someone is alleged to have participated in the 1779 bat

. >> you represent new orleans, overwhelm democratic, overwhelmly in support of this health care reformt the polls? >> if i were to vote against the health bill, possibly. i don't know. >> do you think it's wrong to vote against what your con stitch wents want. >> it's not wrong to vote what my constituents want, but it's wrong to vote against my own conscience. >> representative gao is here to talk to us about his vote. and from philadelphia, we have margo margolis who's a former congresswoman. she served one term after casting the final vote for president clinton's tax hiking budget and you probably know when president clinton took on health care and what happened then. i want to say thank you to both of you for joining us, representative gao, before i asked you why it changed, what worried you and all that stuff, what's going on behind the scenes now, what can you tell our viewers about what's happening now in a push to either be for or against this bill. >> well, there are a lot of people on the hill, at of conservative members of the public who are here pushing for a no vote and ob

everybody's happy for new orleans. in fact, fema announced plans to congratulate them in about two weeks. [ laughter ] that's nice of them. people in new orleans, they wanted this win badly. in fact, i heard they actually sent a boy in louisiana home from school, because he was wearing an indianapolis colts jersey. yeah, afterwards, the boy said, "look, i love the saints. i just hate school." [ laughter ] it was perfect. he was psyched. you guys hear about this? on saturday, sarah palin looked at notes written on her hand during a speech at the tea party convention in tennessee. isn't that wild? oddly enough, she was reading, "hi, i'm sarah -- palin." [ laughter ] some big tiger woods news. i heard that tiger is planning to play in the masters this april. [ scattered cheers ] tiger said, yeah -- he's just focused on winning another green jacket, while his wife is focused on receing half of a green jacket. [ light laughter ] this could be big, there are rumors swirling "the new york times" is planning a bombshell story

the vikings who missed the super bowl because of an overtime field goal by new orleans were one of fouri don't understand that. >>> prosecutors want to send gilbert arenas to jail for three months after he pleaded guilty for taking guns into the locker room over a dispute over a card game. prosecutors say arenas tried to intimidate teammate javaris crittenton to keep quiet about the incident. his lawyers deny that and don't want any jail time for arenas. >>> our most important story of the day, kim kardashian and reggie bush's relationship reportedly takes another turn. multiple tabloids say the two have split again. >> say it isn't so, rafer. >> but "people" magazine says the new orleans saints star and the reality tv shaur are just taking a step back to assess their relationship, saying reggie has issues with her busy life and she can't give it all up. what's the problem, reggie, your woman can't have it all? why do you get to be the guy with the career. reggie, forgive me if i'm representing you falsely on this. i can't keep up how many times these two are on and off again. >>> meanw

looking at what is going on, and paul valis, the superintendent of public schools and is new orleans. >> paul pasturik is the hidden saint. the state student of education. katherine blanco, a democrat but retained by bobby jindal, and he is bringing reform. >> guest: there's a ton of charters, a ton of accountability, not standing for schools that have been operating for a long time where they're not getting educational results, and they're experimenting with an awful lot, always with measurement, evaluation and accountability. sounds like a dream. this is part of what duncan's plan is nationally. now, you are more politically adept than i am. you said commonnen standards not federal standards. >> for those who belief there should be standards across the nation what kids should learn, you said? >> guest: national testing, we will never have it bus liberals would be testing it. that's the problem. but we taught be able to come to some agreement about common standards as you put it. the math is the same. you can read or you can't read. the problem without having national standards or c

. >> 46 in dallas. 60 in new orleans. 73 in miami. boston gets up to 39. baltimore, 38. atlanta, 54, 30s across much of the midwest today. and 60s from seattle to sacramento. >> well, it's all over in vancouver. last night's closing ceremonies had its stranger moments including some that involved inflatable beavers and moose. and canadian mounties. >> the athletes are looking forward to a black sea russian resort in 2014, that is if you're counting just 1,439 days from today. >>> and u.s. versus canada in men's hockey may have been the most exciting. the u.s. was down 2-0 before tying the score in regulation. canada claimed the goal with an overtime goal. we will have the final olympic count. >>> and some squabbling takes thousands of federal workers off the job. >> a presidential checkup with a nasty habit. >>> and more on the top story. day three of chile's earthquak >>> insurance giant aig is about to take a big step towards repaying its huge government bailout. the company is reportedly close to selling its asian life insurance dision to a british company for about $

think of new orleans and what a challenge that has been for our country. for haiti, it is a monday mental undertaking -- monumental undertaking and it is hard to visualize in our lifetime seeing haiti recover. the human tragedy following that earthquake is overwhelming. and as haiti citizens seek to rebuild, i think it's very important for us to stand with them and alongside them. and i commend the administration for their efforts since the earthquake. many of our agencies are there. many of our charities are there. many of our church groups are there. many of our n.g.o.'s are there. the jubilee, melinda st. louis and her organization and tom havert -- hart of the one campaign and they have highlighted the need in haiti and many other impoverished countries. the first measure we can take other than the american volunteers and government efforts, to ensure that all of haiti's remaining resources are devoted to reconstruction and not to development loans, that it is unrealistic to expect can ever be repaid. and this legislation is a part of that step. haiti'

. >>> if you're watching us on wdsu news channel 6 in new orleans, take your tots on one of their first adventures where they climb, crawl, and explore a world full of toys and games at the louisiana children's museum. that's your early today event of the day, lynn. >> thank you, bill. >>> well, now here's an early morning look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. sandra bullock suddenly pulled out of a premiere after a mag zaen claims her husband blindsided her. a model claims she slept with gentlemency james for five years while she was filming the blind side. the statement from bullock only said she could not travel abroad at the moment, quote, due to unforeseeable personal reasons. >>> shooting in venice for the johnny depp/angelina jolie film, it was shut down yesterday due to fans who showed up trying to take their own pictures. >>> and finally for those of o you who feel kim kardashian has already had her 15 minutes of fame, get this, after five years of keeping up with the kardashians, the show may die, not due to the lack of ratings but because the network can't afford

now the underdogs from marquette were just one game away from the final four in new orleans. stood in the way was number one seed kentucky. but that didn't seem to matter. >> our goal was to get to new orleans and no one's going to get in our way. >> the wildcats tried to get in wade's way. but from the start, wade showed kentucky that this was his night. >> wade, up, under -- oh! is that extraordinary. >> dwyane wade. >> just like that. >> oh, wow! >> we have seen the whole array. >> dwyane wade scored 29 points, grabbed 1 rebounds a1 rebounds out the first official double-double had tournament history and undeniably led his team to the final four. >> the golden eagles of marquette university are bound to the final four. >> the following we be jen, wade and his golden eagles were blown off the court by kansas at the final four. but d. wade's dominance earned marquette a place in the annals of the ncaa tournament's great cinderella stories. dwyane wade's run in 2003 was not lost on george mason's squad of 2006. truly the ultimate cinderella story of march madness. first, they

from january when government officials say he and three other men entered a federal building in new orleans under false pretenses. it's not about these videos, but these are the videos that have made him famous, we've not seen the videos they tried to take in new orleans. but in january they entered the office of senator mary landreau in an apparent stunt to try to embarrass senator landreau's staff on i guess on the premise that her staff was not answering telephone complaints about the health care bill. now, we understand that they have agreed to plead guilty to reduced federal charges. just a short time ago, the federal government unsealed new charges against the four. charges, charging them simply with entering a federal building under false pretenses. that is a misdemeanor. they had before been charged with entering under false pretenses to tamper with the phone system. so i guess what you have here, dylan, is in return for reduced charges, they've agreed to plead guilty. >> thank you, pete. some more breaking news here. this time, out of iraq, prime minister nuri al maliki saying he w

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. >> 70s in atlanta, miami and new orleans. indianapolis climbs up to 60. chicago will be 53. 49 for omaha. a near record high of 65 in seattle. 53 in salt lake city. and 75 in phoenix. >>> when we come back on this wednesday, how you can save on summer air travel. >>> then, the big, bailed out banks, facing criticism for not returning the favor. for the first time, we hear from someone on the inside. >>> and in health news, concern over >>> there is growing concerns about the fragile recovery in the housing market. new numbers show existing me sales fell 0.6% last month. that's the third-straight drop, pushing sales to the lowest level since last july. another dip in housing could make it harder for the overall economy to rebound. late their morning, we'll get the latest figures for new home sales. >>> overseas stock markets are rising this morning. tokyo's nikkei average rose 0.4% today. hong kong's hang seng is slightly higher. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow climbed almost 103 points. the nasdaq was up nearly 20. >>> the feder

not wanting to be drafted in either the union or confederate navy, twain left his job in new orleansand went to see with his sister, camille, in st. louis. a few weeks later he went back to his hometown of hannibal, missouri, where he was sometime talked into joining a new group of confederate military guerrillas known as the american rangers. the rangers weren't exactly the crack outfit. they spent most of their time arguing about strategy, falling off their horses and constantly retreating from what they imagined where hordes of union soldiers. one preacher asked him to shut his own horse one night for not giving the proper password. [laughter] another guy carried off by a watchdog in the entire group managed to fall down the hillside one night into a creek and sam clemens sprained his ankle when he jumped out of a burning barn that he set on fire in the first place by smoking in bed. in fact, the rangers did so much marching and counter marching that when a farmer in the area said if they're bound to win the war off by themselves, because no government can ban the cost and expense

if they lose at new orleans, they will go 0 for march and record the first winless march in the historyou well know is that 16 games. when they took them for the final four, many believed including me that he deserves a life-long contract. he seems to be getting that. a little bit at the time. extending that through 2016. he's lead them for 12 straight winning seasons and perhaps the greatest cinderella story in modern sports. >>> jd martin was one of three candidates to be the national's fifth starter as the spring training draws to a close. when they handed him a bus ticket today to syracuse, he kind of knew he was out of the running. scott olsen and garrett mock are the last two pitchers standing for that job. not on jupiter. john lannon in his last start. looking pretty good. just two unearned runs for him. getting some help from that man, christian guzman trying to play his way back into the starting lineup. rbi triple there. he started at second today. guzman is asked to take them 9- 6. >>> meanwhile back at home, all kinds of improvements at nationals park for monday's opening da

part of that better new orleans includes reforming the old corrupt system of the past.uption might be a part of louisiana's past, but it's no longer acceptable behavior for our future. i urge my colleagues to pass this resolution and also urge the senate to move swiftly in carrying out justice. a number of times i have urged judge porteous to resign from the bench and i would still encourage him to do that, but short of that, senate action in a swift time frame is necessary. help us usher in a new day in louisiana. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble, a distinguished and senior member of the judiciary committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolin

and 57 in new orleans. >>> let's go sailing, why don't we. a daring way to get the world to see why they should recycle. >> a one of a kind catamaran set sale from california all the way to australia. the 60-foot boat "the plasticy" is made from more than 12,000 recycled plastic bottles, powered by solar wind and sea turbines. >> the crew of environmentalists hopes to use the 11,000 nautical mile trip to raise awareness about plastic debris polluting the ocean. huge swamps in the middle of the ocean with toothbrushes, umbrellas, plastic bottles clogging up sea life. this is their way -- >> the first time i heard bottles i thought, is it going to store all that water? is it going to be too heavy? we'll be right back with more "world news now." there's so much to learn. but liberty walked me through it all... like when i test at night or after i eat... makes a big difference. when it comes to your diabetes supplies, quality and reliability are important. that's why liberty offers the accu-chek aviva meter. and it's the only meter and strip comb

we have this world class manufacturing facility in new orleans, which has been used to build the saturn rockets for the apollo program and the space shuttle, among other noble achievements and we will lose all of the experience and all of the manufacturing jobs along with $9 billion of taxpayers' money that could have been spent on the constellation program. some have made the argument that the future of manned space flight is best outsourced to the private sector as indicated in the budget proposal. but i think commercial space flight is promising and exciting endeavor and we need to keep those programs in our country, in our districts, to provide those good-paying jobs to our people. if we are trying to preserve jobs in the united states, it is unwise to outsource. institution national knowledge of human space flight will be lost under the current budget proposal. and just to close, i just want to quote a statement given by charlie duke, an apollo 16 astronaut and he said we cannot afford to lose our leadership in space. the constellation program must be continued. and you know what,

he said i'm asleep in new orleans.where he was supposed to be. >> so is this a big problem? we spoke with the corporal from the royal mounted canadian police. >> it is. it is included in one of our top three problems. >> he said the emergency scam was popular a few years back and is now making a comeback. the con artists often use the internet to locate their victims. they can find out all kinds of information. they can use google to locate senior housing complexes and start dialing. >> quote, unquote, they are going fishing. it is hard because with the technology right now, god knows where they are. >> and because wire transfers can be picked up anywhere around the world, all you fleed is a confirmation number. >> the reality is reality is there is little clans they can be caught. if there is a repeated scam you can take the money and go from $1,000 to more than $1 thun00,000, they get help for that. >> they have accepted the fact their $5,000 is gone. more upsetting to them, the scammers called the kings back to rub

he died yesterday at a new orleans hospital after appearing -- after experiencing heart problems. >>> 6:15. march madness is penetrating the nation's capital as the ncaa tournament gets started. one of the first games, georgetown takes on ohio. courtney robinson is li with more on this. good morning. do you have your brackets fill out? >> i do. i have kan. going all the way, right on top with the president. 7:25 is one things will get under way for the hoyas. on campus, things will start much sooner. your brackets are in an march madness is on. georgetown university sophomore greg monroe summed it up best. >> it feels good right now. >> the hoyas look to beat ohio university tonight. president obama watch this season as they crushed duke. >> i'm feeling pretty good about georgetown making a nice little run. >> georgetown is already in providence. fans will be cheering, hoping the hoyas move on and brackets are not busted. >> it is fun to look at brackets in this region and that region and this team and that tympani sometimes forget about the guy right in front of you. >> we will be ro

did you know that there is a monument to white supremacy in new orleans?been covered up and moved away to hide it. but it commemorates the whites only who died in a race riot over the transfer of government power from the democrats to republicans. it was this extremely violent, dangerous, and troubling times, and the beds were just ready to lead southern whites suppress. >> slaughterhouse came out of what they called a still of corruption in new orleans. peewee long -- huey long said he wanted to be buried in new orleans said that when he died, he could remain politically active. [laughter] last question because it is almost time to retire upstairs. >> he said that reconstruction, if i might point a term. i ran across a speech from the author of the privileges and immunities clause. in that speech, he says that the rights of pro-union and anti- slavery activist in the south is being violated. if the states did fayalite these rights, it calls for the reconstruction of the political fabric on a just basis. it's important to keep in mind that is why we use th

did you know that there is a monument to white supremacy in new orleans? it has been covered up and moved away to hide it. but it commemorates the whites only who died in a race riot over the transfer of government power from the democrats to republicans. it was this extremely violent, dangerous, and troubling times, and the beds were just ready to lead southern whites suppress. >> slaughterhouse came out of what they called a still of corruption in new orleans. peewee long -- huey long said he wanted to be buried in new orleans said that when he died, he could remain politically active. [laughter] last question because it is almost time to retire upstairs. >> he said that reconstruction, if i might point a term. i ran across a speech from the author of the privileges and immunities clause. in that speech, he says that the rights of pro-union and anti- slavery activist in the south is being violated. if the states did fayalite these rights, it calls for the reconstruction of the political fabric on a just basis. it's important to keep in mind that is why w

sweater weather in places like new orleans and jacksonville and atlanta.we'll continue to watch that because that's not changing tomorrow either. west coast looks good. southwest looks gorgeous. some rain and some mountain snow in the northwest, but >>> 40 minutes past the hour. maggie, over to you. >> thank you, dave. my poor friend, dr. jennifer ashton, still moaning this morning after a bought with kidney stones. we'll talk to her about that. you're watching "the early show" on cbs. insuring your family's ifs can be hard to figure out. so metlife removed the guesswork, combining the insurances families need most, term life and disability, in one affordable package. find out just how affordable term life and disability insurance can be at metlife.com. and start building your personal safety net. visit metlife.com today. crafted to be exceptionally smooth... decadently rich... delightful... chocolate... bliss. hershey's bliss chocolate. crafted for bliss. let's take a look at the stats. mini has more than double the fiber and whole grain... making him a g

heavy rain from dallas, jackson, new orleans, atlanta. the problem is, this was going to be a mix of snow and ice. later on in mississippi, alabama, it will be. the good news, it's mostly rain for the deep south. tomorrow, probably a mix. gorgeous temperatures in the west. >>> there is sunshine out there with a few clothes -- clouds but mostly sunny today. we're starting off in the 30's and it will be in the 50's this afternoon. we have a system from the north east that will make it breezy at times. our next system down to the south will start to approach with minor implications locally. >> we'll h >> we'll have more weather in the next half hour, robin? >> what are you laughing about? >> oh, just the crew. >> it is a laughing matter, sometimes. hey, hey, hey, patti. now, the winter olympic games came to a close last night. record-breaking 37 medals for team usa, leading the way. and wrapping up the whole thing, very tense moments on ice for the u.s. men's hockey team. a rematch with the host, the canadians, david muir has more from vancou

has that helped their perception, both in new orleans and on capitol hill? guest: russell has become regional administrator in texas. he brought people in -- it got personal. that was the problem. part of it was bringing in new people. there were not necessarily local. there were other feeble people. they were handpicked and they could resolve the crisis -- they were fema people. host: he went down to haiti and talked-about vulnerable citizens. what did you hear in his response to that? guest: fema unfairly is considered the answer to everything in the event of a disaster. he has to explain that they are not the first responders. when he was trying to figure out how to spread that message of being person responsible, he said, there is the phrase the acts in the attic -- the axe int h the attic. if the flood waters came up, everyone knew that. everyone knew that. how did they know that? he wanted to come up with, i have a cell phone. make sure that families know where each other at arare at. host: our reporters this morning. thank you to you gentlemen for join

do you know there is a monument to white supremacy in new orleans? it's been covered up and moved away and everything to hide it, but it commemorates the whites only who died in a race riot in 1874 in new orleans over the transfer of government power from the democrats to republicans. it was an extremely dangerous, violent troubling time. and i think that the feds at that point were pretty much willing to just say, look, we are sick of trying to do with this and we're just going to let southern whites suppressive southern blacks. >> let's remember the slaughterhouse came out of what the courts count a standard stew in the city of new orleans. how little things change but i think it was who we love his head when he died he wanted to be buried in louisiana so he could remain politically active. [laughter] >> next question. in fact, it will be our last question because we are almost time to retire upstairs for wine and cheese but specter is one thing i want to add. ilya magic abusive reconstruction if i might coin a term. i bet across a speech in 1859 s