here with me now is ed o'keefe. ed, good morning. >> good to see you, alex. >> good to see you.in terms of the appeal process here, what happens next? we have the president and top military advisers who need to certify the repeal that it wouldn't hinder or troops? >> that's right. basically if this vote is held, the final vote either today or tomorrow, we expect the white house will tell us president obama is going to sign the bill this week. at that point, we have 60 days for the president, defense secretary roberts gates, joint chiefs of staff to certify that the pentagon is ready to do this. and it's basically contingent upon mostly on whether or not doing so would impact troop readiness, morale and cohesion. a report issued earlier this month suggests that no, that would not happen. so it's believed this certification would happen easily and within that two-month time period. >> so how long would it be after that before openly gay soldiers could enlist? >> well, that's the big question. it's not going to happen overnight. it's not going to happen in two months. it's more lik

o'keefe came to the pax meeting and presented information about the goal and the revision that you are considering later this evening. we recognize that cutting both service will be a hardship for families who rely on the service. it's already challenging to get your kids to school on time. this is just another obstacle for that. parents who know transportation is changing whether the school bus will be there for the next year. and on the pack before hearing about the priorities for changing transportation, people were very skeptical and concerned about the reasons for doing so on the impact on families already struggling do get their kids to school. we were much more supportive of the overall plan. i also know that family who are touring, if that also comes up. in relation to going to school to after school programs and such. so pack members agree that goal number two, support quitable rangement offered to students is especially important because we want all families to have the choices to go to schools outside of their communities or attendance areas. low income families should be ab

o'keefe and mr. gardiner -- i think lots of families are so used to having something that it is necessary to them. how are we going to develop what is necessary versus something that has been in place so long it is part of your everyday -- your child going to school and getting picked up from school. do you fall into the category were that is unnecessary, versus someone in special education who has mental and physical challenges? the bus is necessary. that is a necessary component to their everyday school activity. how are we discerning for families? when i really look at it, it is something i have always had, and i believe it is necessary, but when i start looking at the criteria, i have come to discern it is not necessary. i fall into that. this is not necessary for me, and i am going to have to figure out another way to get my kid to school. it is not necessary for my child's existence. have we figured out those things that can help families self assess whether they fall into the necessary busing

and mickey o'keefe, the police officer/trainer, plays himself in the movie.th real people. and we knew the actors would help them feel more comfortable. >> jimmy: you have some friends in the movie. do you have other friends that are unhappy? >> some of them didn't make the cut. others -- >> jimmy: did you call and tell them? >> no, no. you know what, it's just -- it's never going to be good news. you try, you hope that everybody would make the movie. you never know. >> jimmy: when they don't get invited to the premiere -- >> still brought them. we had a premiere in lowell and hingam. >> jimmy: oh, so, it was a surprise when they got into the theater. >> i told them, sometimes things end up on the editing room floor. >> jimmy: did they buy that? >> no, no. but they still got paid, so. >> jimmy: you have a friend who is a professional eater, is that the correct temple? >> nacho? how do you know about him? he's an extreme eater. >> jimmy: what's the difference? >> well -- he eats very special items. we were, his claim to fame now, we were at a golf tournament i

today's question is from perry henderson o'keefe.s is an excellent question and we had to do a little research in the weather department. is there an entity that keeps track of the number of above average windy days and if show, has 2010 been windier than average? all right. good question? >> yes. >> excellent question. a question you did not know the answer to. tony didn't. we did some research. we called our friend at the national weather service out in sterling, virginia, talked to a forecaster, brian jackson. he said since 2001, the weather service has been keeping this data. so yeah, since 2001, they want to -- here what is they do. they track each day the highest wind speed and the highest wind gust. not a lot of data to fall back upon. we are looking at people miserable in the windy conditions. it is not really good data. they want to emphasize they are only taking the measurement of a moment. they are only get the information at one moment. but there are some trends we can find. i have the data for the last 10 years. and in f

. >> and i want you, charlene and o'keefe. i want my family.berg joins us this morning. good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> this is based on a true story, right, older brother played by christian bale a good fighter ends up stuck in a crackpipe, basically. his career goes down the crapper and you left in the family who will fight for a living. >> yeah, yeah basically. and, you know, even despite the fact dickie had this downward spiral of addiction, he and his mother always believed or hoped he would come back and they never really paid any real attention to mickie and i've also said, you know, because i've known these guys so long and i know them so well if you could take mickie and take dickie and combine them, you would have the best fighter ever. dickie had the god-given gifts and mickie had all the heart and desire and drive and never-give-up attitude. >> when you did first want to make this movie? if i remember correctly, it seems like forever. >> yeah feels like forever. >> well, i first approached mickie and dickie maybe six or

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