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newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. mcarthur foundation and union bank. >> union bank has put it's global expertise to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news". >> this is "gmt" on "bbc world news" and i'm david. as skies are filled once again with the roar of aircraft engines, who will pick up the tab for the airlines losses and passengers compensation? krim nations dominate the aftermath as the travel industry edges back towards business as usual. he said he'd take the fight to the financers and now president obama taking what street his resolution to banking reform. parliament votes on the biggest restrictions in europe and threes company in britain's election campaign. the leaders shape from a second television debate that parties virtually are neck in neck in the opinion poles. >> hello. it's not quite back to normal for the world's air ryans but it's certainly full steam ahead to get planes and passengers back to where they should weechlt but as volcanic ash drifts ou

you saw him in the clutches now of ryan newman in the 39 car who cracked the top five. >> darrell: four to go. larry, for giggles, what if a caution came out right now. >> larry: based on last night i think pit road would be a busy place. >> darrell: that's hard to believe but you might be right. >> mike: base odden the finish of the last two races. >> larry: yeah. >> mike: you're right. >> larry: we talked about it at the top the show. there is the 90 car again. it looks like he may go a lap down. >> darrell: oh, no! >> larry: in the wall. that may be the caution. >> darrell: there it is. >> mike: not yet. yes. >> larry: caution is out. >> caution is out. >> mike: be careful what you wish for. >> darrell: not giggling now. >> mike: neither is scott riggs. he had a great run going and spoiled there. he was in 25th place. >> darrell: that is a shame. >> larry: here is the reason you can see -- take a look at this first. >> mike: lost the right front. >> darrell: he definitely lost the right front. you can see him. >> mike: just ahead of the leader. >> darrell: watch him in the middle of

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>> i got involved in politics at nine years old because of the judicial filibuster on the newman -- nominees of a guy interested voter these nominees? i wanted to form my own opinions by parents and we don't care where you are just know what you believe and why and understand. i began to learn about different issues and form my own opinions and realize my a values are more aligned with conservatism. >> host: what type of our involvement did you get to. >> was named to the radio and i look forward to my new book. getting to understand what i believe and why i believe it. >> host: are you involved in the canny campaigns right now? >> no. blade to have my campaign button franklin roosevelt for express' of them. >> host: thank you very much for your time.

newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> in new starts -- a new start. the russian and american presidents agreed to cut their nuclear arsenals by 30%. is the biggest reductions is the end of the cold war. >> if the new start treaty is an important step forward, but it is one step on a longer journey. >> of political standoff in kyrgyzstan the president refuses to admit defeat. the man who discovered the sex pistols as died in new york. very warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- could this be the missing link? the skeleton found by a schoolboy in south africa that could be a new species of human. and the eye in the sky on global warming. europe launches satellite to melt the polar ice caps. >> they have picked up -- to measure the polar ice cap -- icecaps. >> they have picked up. they will find out if it will d

cardinal newman.lking here about whether people have sex or whether they don't have sex. i'm talking about whether they are gay or not. whether they love another person of the same gender. erotically, emotionally and over the years, of course, deeply. in newman we know -- one of the greatest catholic intellects and one of the great catholic saints. and for an english catholic for me a particularly iconic figure. lived with a man and was devoted to another man his entire life. so devoted, in fact, that he mandated that he be buried alongside him. in the same tomb. and recently -- and this is a true story. maybe we should end on this. recently, of course, cardinal newman is about to be beatified, become a saint. and the current pope -- if you're going to be a saint, they wanted him not to be in that grave. and they wanted to separate him. they wanted to dig up his remains so that this joint grave would no longer be in the public record. because they also wanted to dispel any idea that this man who was s

was accepted at the actor's studio in midtown manhattan, where marlon brando, james dean and paul newmand in method acting, which teaches actors to draw on their own life experiences. do you think you'd be successful if this place hadn't been here in new york? >> pacino: well, i think it had a lot to do with my success, because when i was younger, they weren't hiring people like me to play in shakespeare, or anything else, or moliere or noel coward. you could do everything here. but you just keep going. >> couric: on the streets of greenwich village today... >> pacino: hi, how are you? >> couric: ...walking with al pacino feels like old home week. >> pacino: hi. sorry for the intrusion. hey, hi, guys. >> couric: does this happen wherever you go? >> pacino: if i go with a big camera and you, i think then it might happen. >> couric: his mother never lived to see moments like these. she died when he was 21. was it hard that she never saw you attain success? >> pacino: yeah, it was. and my grandfather, too, who raised me. those are the two most important people in my life. but they never saw

let's bring in rick newman, chief business correspondent with u.s. news and world report. reform? to the average guy watching, how is he or she going to benefit? >> you would think it's not going to do anything for you tomorrow or the day after it passes, but what it will do for the economy if it's done right is simply create a more stable and predictable financial system, which is good for everybody, so fewer of those risky loans that never should have happened in the first place. but look at the problems we've got now. a lot of people can't get loans, and especially small businesses need loans to grow and keep moving. so we hope that a more stable system will sort of make credit available to the right people consistently and then there are these other plans to have a consumer protection agency which would kind of pull together in one place things that a bunch of different agencies do right now, in theory offer better oversight of financial products similar to the way that the fda, for example, regular lates foot. we'll see where that goes. >> from a political perspective

walker has a potentially bruising republican primary ahead of him facing businessman mark newman.an take on any likely democratic candidate, most likely is milwaukee mayor tom barrett. saturn, an american car, which in its 20-year history, has never been profitable, is an odd choice. gm has announced it will be out of business by 2012. not sure where he's going to get that saturn fixed. >> i don't know, but i guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. >> scott walker is somebody a lot of republicans had been pinning their hopes on for years. they're hoping he's a national player someday. >> coming up, first an executive order on abortion. now offshore drilling. is president obama trying to break the collective heartings of his progressive base or is this smart politics? plus, the great american head count. we're talking to the director of the census bureau about why this april fools' day is no joke. got to fill out that form. >>> first, today's trivia question from the almanac of american politics. [ female announcer ] sometimes you need tomorrow to finish what you started

aaron newman is one of the many fishermen who got through the last few seasons with the help of federalter funds from the taxpayers. nobody really knows why the salmon from the sacramento river, which usually head out in the pacific, have pretty much disappeared. lots of questions. last year, instead of the normal 750,000 king salmon there were less than 40,000, the second year in a row where the population collapsed. some blame warming oceans, others blame habitat damage. nobody can say for sure. the season will be limited along most of the west coast, but nowhere as much as central california, and that could keep wild cot salmon prices high. >> the bulk of the state of california's only going to get eight days of fishing, when normally, they get five months. so, the small amount of fish that's landed, i am sure will be quite precious. >> right now the market seems pretty strong. people are very in tune with where their salmon are coming from now. >> and dan oberdovich who leads the team of pacific seafood says wild caught salmon could go up for consumers, the prices in consumers' favo

and i want to congratulate principal mike newman and the teachers, the parents for this fine school. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from arizona rise? mr. kirk: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. kirkpatrick: mr. speaker, i just returned from a trip to arizona's border and i thank men and women at customs and border protection for allowing me an inside look into their operation. one of the most striking things i saw is the toll that violence has taken on our border communities and tensions are high. as the cartels become desperate to keep smuggling routes open, our border agents and their vehicles are hit with rocks, shot at and assaulted on a nightly basis. i am convinced that our border personnel need more equipment and manpower to prevent the violence and keep americans safe. there is no silver bullet for fixing our border. a solution will require a comprehensive approach to security. we must put every option on the table, including the use of the national guar