. >> ozarks technical college is one of a small growing number of schools changing their schedules to cater to night owls and handle increasing demand. >> community colleges are full. we just had to find the time of day we had room, and that was midnight. >> reporter: so at midnight they come for classes on public speaking, math, political science and many more. sure, they have to fight back some yawns, but students say it's worth it. >> i've got three jobs i'm working to put myself through school and it's a lot easier to take it late at night. >> reporter: the course time is so unusual at least one student wound up on this side of the clock by mistake. >> honestly, i thought i was taking an a.m. class. >> reporter: according to the american association of community colleges, a handful of schools now offer classes that go past midnight. in two years, the late night program at ozarks tech has grown from one to over 20 classes around midnight. one reason? the bad economy has people of all ages desperate to learn new skills at a price they can afford. on average, each class at ozarks tec

in two years, the late night program at ozarks tech has grown from one to more than 20 classes around reason, the bad economy has people of all ages desperate to learn new skills at a price they can afford. on average, each class at ozarks tech costs about $260 versus $2,000 per class at a nearby private college. for some students, the value, especially at this hour, goes beyond what they pay. >> there is not as many students, so you can get a lot more interaction out of people and get to know people. >> reporter: it is a new kind of college community. these students making the grade at the right time for them. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> up next tonight, the force behind an nfl dynasty. ♪ [ male announcer ] when a moment suddenly turns romantic, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. even if it doesn't happen every day, you can be ready anytime the moment's right, because you take a clinically proven low-dose tablet every day. [ man ] tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications and a

the college of the ozarks is a work study college you cannot apply to it unless you need student aid and they have no student aid you have to work twenty hours a week during the year to pay tuition and books you work forty hours a week during the summer to pay for room and board ninety two percent of the students graduate owing no definite i don't think the federal government should be in the business of paying for programs and building up huge dead out there i think we need to look at how do you still get rid of the universe. first starters what is this utopian education system that the new gingrich talks about where you just work forty hours a week during the summer i mean this is some school in the ozarks with their like a couple hundred people and i love that he's trying to discredit the fact that unfortunately you're told as a young adult in this country that you have to go to a good university unfortunately some universities manage to charge you have to pick a thousand dollars a year but if you have that specific degree that you're told that you have that more of a chance of ge

branson, missouri, beautiful place nevada here in the nest of the ozarks.ts that breathes american air today, tony orlando. >> thank you. >> mike: the best. >> i have a very special honor for you. those are the veterans here who have been here for the last 18 years. and many of them come back year after year. every year we have given a token of our appreciation, a medal of freedom. and some of the people who have received this before you, you will receive this now, and it's going to be a great honor to give it to you. because in the line of great people, such as gerald ford who came and received this medal, bob hope, who was the first recipient, if you remember. [ applause ] >> john mccain, president eisenhower received it because we felt he did so much for our country and mary eisenhower was here to receive the award. tonight, ross perot, tonight, it's your turn. and i would like to bring somebody out who has been great to us and is the chairman of -- bob. could you please come out here. mary eisenhower. she is here with you. mary eisenhower, ladies and ge

of the greatest communities in america, branson, missouri, a beautiful place nestled here in the ozarksts that breathes american air today. tony orlando. >> thank you, governor. i have a very special honor for you. those are the veterans who have been here for the last 18 years and come back here. and every year, he we have given a token of our appreciation, a medal of freedom. and some of the people who have received this before you, will receive this now and it's going to be a great honor to give it to you because in the line of great people, such as gerald ford, bob hope who was the first recipient as you remember. john mccain, and eisenhower, he did so much for our country and barry eisenhower. and ross perot and tonight it's your turn and i'd like to bring somebody out who has been great to us and would you come out here? please, bob, and mary eisenhower finally got-- she's here with you, mary eisenhower, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> mary, it's a pleasure to see you, mary. and bob. >> governor. >> mary received this honor for her grandfather president eisenhower. >> that's b

college of the ozarks ays you cannot apply unless you need financial aid. they are the fiftmost selected right after colombia. the total number they get the account for a very small number. they have no student aid. you work 15 hours a wek to 40-hour weeks during the school year and that pays tuition and books. 40 hours a week in the summer but that pays room and board. 92% of the courage of its own. there's an alternative. on average $05,000 because they bought a car the same year and i went around the campus in the brand new library they have a general contractor. all of his workers were students everywhere you went in the scol you had people working most of the clerical work was the students. you now public universities which cost more than private universities and you wonderwhy the price goes up. what if 80% more students per student loans and student work? my life as a part of her financial package n college topped out she had 20 students a week she taught and went to part of her tuition. we have to rethink the roundup. the poorest neighborhoods in ame

know basically the east side of the spring river and it's exactly the kind of land there you students ozark up we're looking you know across a river is those high bloods. and. big bluff or out across it's called the devil's problem and. the reason it's called prone anonymous because they got there and they were working on how to get across the rest of the and when you home but the devil was marching praying up and down the top of the blood and everyone he tried to swim across drowned. and so they couldn't cross the river and. cross. because we're removed from their original lands and place right here on a reservation inside indian territory seventy years before the war was struck oklahoma wasn't even a state back then most of the or was on popular land so the money coming as lease tribal land and allotments to start this operation the story about land is a story about land owners in the stories as much crapola as it is american. story changed forever once the miners something for chef. but here in the huge brain that will move ne through its no card and pitcher that became the pitcher field

about where you just work forty hours a week during the summer i mean this is some school of the ozarks where they're like a couple hundred people and i love that he's trying to discredit the fact that unfortunately they're told as a young adult in this country that you have to go to a good university unfortunately some universities manage to charge you have to fifty thousand dollars a year but if you have that specific degree that you're told that you have that more of a chance of getting a good job what are the exact let's just be honest here if it's no student who takes on debt could go to college most students currently in college be forced to leave college grads were both idea we don't know absolutely that every single person in college is going to benefit from his or her college experience what we do know though is that the group of people who have gone to college earn more and have a lower unemployment rate than people who don't go to college college in the aggregate works and we should try to get as many people to go to college as possible now in order for them i agree i agree w

. >>> people living along the lake of the ozarks in missouri will get to keep their homes after all.ederal regulators today reversed an earlier ruling in some of those lake side homes and boat houses might have to go. that was because they're on this land which is all part of the hydro electric project that created the lake in the first place. the government switched gears today and found a way for the home to stay. >>> and new revelations about arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her recovery from january's shooting in tucson. here's what we're learning. all of this from her new memoir that of course she co-wrote with her husband, mark kelly. we're learning the congresswoman said she was desperate to have a child. she had been undergoing fertility treatment when's she was shot. she also describe the intense struggle it has been to regain the ability to speak. >>> prince william is putting his royal air force training to good use next year. he is going to be deployed to the falkland islands. they said the prince will be there for a total of six weeks. it will be no frills fo

remember oil, guest, uranium, the ozark solar cells is technology renew create more demand for technologyrice goes down. you know, that from your iphone. i love johns hopkins come back one year later and i say how did this cellphone work out? >> it changed my a life i have been raising money. i have another deal. see the lights in your auditorium? i will power these with solar energy on the roof of the building but it cost to $100 more per month. what would she say? don't talk to me. remember that cellphone it changed my life and gave me functions i never had before. we already have flights. [laughter] and we don't care where the photons and electrons come from. unless the mayor of washington d.c. comes along to say now you pay the full burden and cost of the co2 of the atmosphere, the troops protecting the will from the persian gulf , now a cost $200 per month then what happens? jessica gets on her cell phone that only eight cost $25 i will take 10 of your solar lights. then what? now my head down the cost volume curve. there is a transition but as you go through the transition of higher

college of the ozarks says you cannot apply unless you need financial aid. they are the fifth most selected right after colombia. the total number they get the account for a very small number. they have no student aid. you work 15 hours a week to 40-hour weeks during the school year and that pays tuition and books. 40 hours a week in the summer but that pays room and board. 92% of the courage of its own. there's an alternative. 8% on average $05,000 because they bought a car the same year and i went around the campus in the brand new library they have a general contractor. all of his workers were students everywhere you went in the school you had people working most of the clerical work was the students. you now public universities which cost more than private universities and you wonder why the price goes up. what if 80% more students per student loans and student work? my life as a part of her financial package in college topped out she had 20 students a week she taught and went to part of her tuition. we have to rethink the roundup. the poorest neighborho

college of the ozarks says you cannot apply unless you need financial aid. they are the fifth most selected right after colombia. the total number they get the account for a very small number. they have no student aid. you work 15 hours a week to 40-hour weeks during the school year and that pays tuition and books. 40 hours a week in the summer but that pays room and board. 92% of the courage of its own. there's an alternative. 8% on average $05,000 because they bought a car the same year and i went around the campus in the brand new library they have a general contractor. all of his workers were students everywhere you went in the school you had people working most of the clerical work was the students. you now public universities which cost more than private universities and you wonder why the price goes up. what if 80% more students per student loans and student work? my life as a part of her financial package in college topped out she had 20 students a week she taught and went to part of her tuition. we have to rethink the roundup. the poorest neighborho

part of the place i got this from was college of the ozarks, a terrific work study program. you cannot apply unless you need financial aid. they are the fifth most selective college in the united states, right after columbia they only take a very small number. they have no student aid. you work 15 hours a week, and two 40-hour weeks during the school year, and that pays tuition and books. you work 40 hours a week during the summer and that pays school .nd board toward 9 90% of their graduates owe nothing. this is an alternative to the obama model. 8% 05 thousand dollars because they bought a car their senior year. everywhere you went you have people working in the school. most of the clerical work was stevens. public universities have risen in costs for more than five years in a row. they are about to have one clerk for every teacher, and you wonder why the price goes up? what if instead of student loans they had student work? my life as a part of her financial package in college topped out she had 20 students week she taught and went to part of her tuition. we have to rethi

host: let's go to lake of the ozark in misery. lance is a republican callers. good morning. caller: i think is going to have a small effect on our economy. it seems to me that we are kind of missing out on the bigger issue though. let's work on cutting spending on top of this. thank you. host: a couple callers brought up concerns about what this will do to the economy long term, will it affect their social security. here's how chuck schumer wants to pay for it. we saw him a few moments ago talking about how to pay for this. he would like to tax high income people. here is some more information with history on this. after the senate rejected the president's job bill in december, the tried to pay for each piece with a surtax on income over $1 million. michael, independent caller from michigan. good morning. caller: essentially all we are doing is messing up social security again. all that money is supposed to go to social security. i think it is just an absolute joke and a bunch of bull that they are pulling on the public. that is when it comes down to. host: michael, employer

the college in the ozarks is a work-study college.t apply unless you need student made and they have a student aid. you have to work 20 hours a week during the year to pay tuition and books. you work 40 hours a week during the summer to pay for room in word. 92% of the students graduate without data. the others so $5000 because they bought a car. that is a model so different of a culture shock pursuance of america tonight we expect them to go to class, study, could have quickly become a charge as little as possible and emerge debt-free by doing the right things for four years. [cheers and applause] >> governor perry. name the top program said she would cut in terms of long-term deficit reduction. medicare, medicaid, social security and defense spending in the order you see fit. >> every one of those in by the way that was the department of energy of us reaching for her. [laughter] here is what we have to look at us americans. it is the entitlement programs that are enough this huge amount of money out there. it's zero so the spending.

weather and we got a map that shows you it is a rainy start to this tuesday throughout portions of the ozarksthrough the central missouri and mississippi valley out through the tennessee valley and the ohio valley as well. yuck! meanwhile, across much of southern dixieland down through florida, it is a lovely day. also, across much of the plain states, things are drying out. we have another storm moving in through the pacific northwest. meanwhile, the current readings as you head out the door, man, it's cold in caribou, maine. 11 there. we have 35 in minneapolis. 27 in rapid city and as you can see, 60's across the mid atlantic. real quickly today, it's going to be 70 later on in memphis. almost 80 in atlanta. here in the big town of new york city, topping out at 50. 83 in tampa. all right. from tuesday morning to monday night football. >> last night, might have nodded off in the third and fourth quarters. let me tell you what happened. less of a game, more of a clinic for the patriots taking on the kansas city chiefs. tom brady leading his troops against k.c. and you notice anything interest

as you can see, through portions of the northeast, through the mid atlantic and back through the ozarksapid city. that's right. look at that. he is chilly 73 right now in san antonio. so once again, check out snoopy on happiness is a warm blanket, charlie brown, at 8:30. thank you very much. difference in the wet blanket show. over to you. >> brian: for those people on radio, there is a whole conversation going on. >> gretchen: very cute. >> brian: out of all the guests, i've never seen him bond with this guest. by the way, as we change gears, do you think that america is the greatest nation on earth? this year the majority of americans actually said no. comedian brad stein says it's our own fault. he's up next. >> gretchen: then john kerry, senator, blamed republicans for the super committee's failure saying they refused to raise taxes. the senators on the other side say that's not the case. democrat john kerry here live next. [ child ] it's so cool! you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing any

as you can see, we got widely scattered showers from oklahoma up through portions of the ozarks and theat this hour. much of the -- balance of the country is nice and dry. showers in the keys. but otherwise, it is a dry start to the workweek. if you're out in my sue la, montana, rapid city, south dakota, you're thinking, sure feels like winter. 18 is currently the temperature at the airport at rapid city. it should be more like it is in raleigh. temperatures in the 40s throughout much of the carolinas and dixieland as well. later on today, things are going to warm up quite smartly. 68 will be the daytime high in raleigh-durham. that region. 62 here in the big town of new york. ten shy of that in minneapolis. out west, missoula, 35 should be the daytime high. 77 in dallas. >> brian: can pizza pave the road to an iowa caucus win in 2012? >> steve: in 2008, the man known as the iowa caucus king maker, led mike huckabee to victory by having him meet with caucus goers over a slice of pizza. what about the current presidential field. >> brian: bob is the president of the family leadership. we

since the 1950's, the lake of the ozarks has been the most visited lake by boaters in the midwest, it's a lake that's owned by the federal government, tourism at -- not owned by the federal government. tourism total $200 million amly and because of this tourist industry there's lots of private investment. in 2004, amern electric, the current owner of the lake, it was built, again, in the 1930's by union electric that later became amern electric, they applied to ferc to renew their license to generate power at bagnell dam, which was built to impound the water that created the lake of the ozarks. this application also made sure that virtually all of the homes and structures would no longer be subject to the federal electric regulatory commission, but ferc rejected this request. the result has been a back-and-forth between amern and ferc and the property owners for the past seven years. this finger pointing by everybody involved except the property openers, who simply think they own the property, has been nothing short of outrageous, and it's left property values, businesses, tourism, tax