but can rand paul's high ideals survive the senate? we've got the "nightline" interview. >>> and, revolution. as the power of moammar gadhafi is gravely shaken, our cameras go inside hidden libya for a dramatic dispatch from a revolution in progress. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," february 23rd, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. and we begin tonight with the kind of incredible talent that is as fascinating as it is perplexing. child prodigies. they are sometimes dismissed by skeptics honed through practice, and yet, in some rare cases, very young children exhibit amazing gifts that seem to express something more, some divine touch, perhaps. so, which is it? here's john berman with our report. >> reporter: shut your eyes for a second. that music could be coming from a maestro. now squint. that trick shot from a seasoned pool hall hustler. that painting from an established master. but it turns out they have a combined age,

pac i mean ron paul won the straw poll last year too and you can say that's not necessarily a perfect reflection of how pinions are within the g.o.p. but that's because of the people that actually come to the conference and. see pac but you know how how much is the libertarian movement growing within the conservative movement itself has it been a look at twenty twelve oh well i mean it would be speculation to say how it's going to look in a year from now. i mean it's clearly got a big presence and i don't think anybody claims that c. pac is representative of the entire g.o.p. however it is representative of which groups in which ideologies can mobilize people better. and i want to thank you very much for joining us and ron paul so far hasn't seemed too upset about this entire thing his press person was like young americans for freedom that group still exists and still does things i will say i don't really think it will hurt the support that he has from the ron paul life that are diehards but we'll see how this keeps on going thank you very much for joining us. now before we go tonight

from the teal group corp an american aerospace and defense consulting company in stockholm we have paul holt i'm he is a senior researcher with the stockholm international peace research institutes arms transfer program and in oxford to go to d.p.i. in bass or a he is a policy advisor for oxfam and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger for a gentleman this is cross talk means you can jump in anytime you want i to go to very broadly and then go very specific to the middle east and i to go to joel first the united states accounts for two thirds of all. exported arms in the world are more arms creating a more stable world or a more destabilized world or you don't have it you don't see a direct correlation between the two well i don't see particularly a direct correlation i would that would note i know one of the common arguments is gee sometimes you supply both sides well where we have such as greece and turkey we haven't had conflict between greece and turkey since world war two which is basically when we started working with both of their militaries similarly in the ca

and paul gave the right answer. he said, we used to think that you could trade off one for the other, but if you look at the record, the two have risen throughout the '70s, and we're going to bring them down together in the '80s. that's an anti-phillips curve statement. so that was how he set out. now, did he, did he or anyone else anticipate that interest rates would go to 20% or higher before the problem ended? i don't think there was anybody who was making forecasts of that kind. and i don't think they would have been believed if they had been made. but i in the spring of 1981 after struggling through the credit control period which meant he had to -- that the fed had to start all over again in the fall of 1980, people didn't believe that there would be an end to the inflation when the unemployment rate rose. what changed their mind was in april 1981 the fed raised interest rates with the unemployment rate, as i recall, around 8%. that was something that had never happened before. within 15 months the inflation r

legendary chef, french chef paul is still going strong at 85. >> welcome. we begin this highlight edition with a young magician who is creating quite a in germany. he has a modern take on the conjuresist art. like others, he has his theater show but he prefers to go out on to the street to battle onlookers as he produces cars from nowhere, reads minds, and even indulges in a bit of levtation. >> to this man, deception is an art form. because it's his job. in his latest show, inside magic, he lets people take shots at him with paint ball guns. then he catches the pallets in his mouth. >> my greatest challenge and my goal is to allow people in the audience to be little kids again. they should be able to forget their daily worries and just completely forget the moment in the magic. >> the 29-year-old from the western germany goes by fa rid. his surname is one thing he doesn't reveal. he learned his first magic tricks from his grand fatsdzer when he was just six years old. he wanted to become a magician ever since. >> my dream of being a magician wasn't taken s

who are those jew hating stormtroopers those are just libertarians like ron paul. who haters the politics but basically this all came about because ron paul proposed some legislation that would cut some funding to middle east countries one of which was in israel and he got a little bit upset and called from paul an anti-semite you know it just makes me so angry because you you wonder why there's so much anger over these issues that's because you can't even talk about israel without instantly being labeled as somebody who's anti-semitic you can't have any kind of critique towards us foreign policy towards israel towards israeli policy towards the rest of the world without being called an anti-semite and that's just so wrong and so close minded we've been talking about defense spending as a sacred cow talking about israel as the sacred cow i mean you cannot bring up any sort of changes to israel's foreign policy without somehow being demonized and you know essentially losing your entire political career i mean i think what's actually more interesting in this case is

the winner of this year's c fracturable texas congressman ron paul. so as you see they they're saying that the the audience booed for ron paul and this is fox news fair and balanced fox news now to this as it really was this is what the real response to the house with that ron paul was the winner of the straw poll and the next why. the winner of the straw poll was as you see the audience was in fact cheering wildly for ron paul winning but fox news presented it as if they were booing so what are they trying to do but manufacture consensus to their audience watching this that ron paul is somebody who you should do at he is somebody who you should mock and not consider seriously just like we start at the top of the show that you should not take gold bugs seriously you should not consider protecting yourself in any way well the audience of fox news there tend to be seventy years old white guy sitting in lounge chairs at home drinking bear and cursing themselves and their pets and they respond in a twitch like manner so it never comes across out of the tu

he join -- paul volcker. he joined the federal reserve staff in 1952. >> [inaudible] but i joined in '49 for nine months and then went back to graduate school and then came back permanently in '52. >> okay. [laughter] then bracketed by a stint in the private sector, he was directer of financial analysis in 1962 where he first met alan meltzer and then deputy undersecretary for monetary affairs from '69-'74 he was the undersecretary of the treasury for international monetary affairs, president of the federal reserve bank of new york from 1975-1979 and then chairman of the federal reserve starting in 1979. i'm saying this not because paul volcker needs an introduction to any of you, but rather to underscore that his career is interwoven in the history of the federal reserve that alan talks about in volume two. what i'm going to do this morning is ask a series of questions to alan and chairman volcker including one -- a set for each of the four decades covered by volume two. and then probably by about 10:00, ope

congressman ron paul is talking to us here in washington d.c. about the situation in egypt the future of the conservative movement at possible presidential run in two thousand and twelve congressman thank you so much for being here i understand paul let's start off with you as usual you have a very different take on the situation in egypt something that many lawmakers most lawmakers aren't even talking about you say that this is our thirty year mistake that this this mass happened because of us foreign policy what do you mean by that we had a lot to do with mubarak being in power and staying in power like we subsidize them we own him he's our puppet dictator he does what we tell him because he gives so much money he's gotten probably sixty to seventy billion dollars and i understand his family has sixty or seventy billion dollars stashed away in swiss accounts in other places around the world so we've known him and. we're supposed to get you know perpetual peace and cooperation but in times after a time the people rebel against this they know ab

i mean i'm willing to bet that romney probably has a better ground game but ron paul's people are very very well organized and they were able to make a lot of ruckus dick cheney's a donald rumsfeld speech as i've heard from this is this is definitely true they really really did and during donald trump's also donald trump had to sort of fire off a shot there about how ron paul is essentially an electable which they don't like very much there are a lot of people who are major fans of ron paul who were there and he will be voting i think it's also his time because time i mean frankly i suspect that he is probably still not quite mainstream enough to make a real go of it but i'm also always interested to see how somebody like ron paul plays in an early primary state like new hampshire that has a little bit more of a libertarian bent to it i think what's also interesting is how hard the gary johnson folks are pushing all of their material immaterial and urging people to vote for him in the presidential rival our governor and i got to wrap it up you guys and thank you both for being here and

guest: ron paul has proved to be pretty popular. this group -- the tracks college students and their behind the libertarian message. if you combine the ron paul and gary johnson numbers, you get more than 1/3. that is the great libertarian side of the party. i think you will see some very interesting shaking of the party from that side. the 2008 democratic presidential field, if you look at them, the top three candidates, edwards, clinton, obama, they were running a campaign closer to the dennis kucinich 2004 campaign. whoever wins the republican nomination in 2012 will be running something closer to the ron paul 2008 campaign. that is some of the direction the party is going host: rounding out the list are three or four individuals who are likely to run for president including newt gingrich, tim pawlenti, minn. congresswoman michelle bachmann, and mitch daniels, the current governor of indiana. guest: these are individuals will been organizing and getting ready for an actual presidential campaign or some of them have been more of a

congressman paul ryan, the head of the budget committee, is back home this morning in wisconsin. you were one of the engineers of these cuts, congressman. but i can't find anyone who believes the senate is going to go along with cuts this deep. so, what happens now? >> well, i think you're right. i don't think the senate will pass this cut. we will have to negotiate. look, we're not looking for a government shutdown. but at the same time, we're also not looking at rubber stamping these really high elevated spending levels that congress blew through the joint two years ago. they increased spending by 24% on domestic and discretionary two years ago. 84% when you add the stimulus. they want to keep that status quo locked in place. we want real spending cuts. we don't want to accept these extremely high levels of spending while we negotiate how to continue funding the government. >> schieffer: how then, senator... i mean, congressman, give me the starting point. where do you think would be a good place to start talking about how to get together with the senate on something more reali

paul b. pharaoh forget mubarak it's fed reign of terror that must then and this is your take with a very pretty picture on paul b. ferals headline fed dictator ben nanking needs to be toppled. so he says that the fed boss ben bernanke he is the most dangerous human on earth far more dangerous than hosley mubarak egypt's thirty year dictator ever was bernanke he rules a monetary dictatorship that will trigger the coming third meltdown of the twenty first century right you know a year ago or so paul be feral over there at market watch dow jones might have been accused of sedition but because the global insurrection against banker occupation is gathering storm gathering force all over the world the forces that are in power now can't stop it the momentum is too high so we're seeing in egypt are saying to me as if we're seeing riots all over the world in america it's coming it's coming soon and it's time for a regime change and he's right to target the federal reserve bank because obama let's face

will trigger the coming third meltdown of the twenty first century right you know a year ago or so paul be feral over there at market watch dow jones might have been accused of sedition but because the global insurrection against banker occupation is gathering storm gathering force all over the world the forces that are in power now can't stop it the momentum is too high so we're seeing in egypt are saying to me we're seeing riots all over the world in america it's coming it's coming soon and it's time for a regime change and he's right to target the federal reserve bank because obama let's face it obama is just a sideshow the real power is ben bernanke in the federal reserve bank that's where the regime change needs to take place and ben bernanke is the figurehead for a collection of private banks and a few corporations like chevron who own the fed and they are the ones that are profiting from this economic war as paul the farrel talks about it if he lists ten reasons for weapons of this financial warfare that perpetrated by the fed and list two three of them commodity price inflation

paul? . >> there's a couple things here. the step, with somebody using a wheelchair that's very tropk and very fit could probably get up over that being a 3 inch curb, but a lot of people would not be able to do it. anybody in a power chair or scooter would be bared to geting there. relative placement of the sign board as well being up next to the building can hinder a lot of people. it depends upon the width of the sidewalk, but if that were moved more closer to the curb it would make that stretch of sidewalk more accessible and usable to everybody. >> but one of our big issues today, one of our big topics, is what is easily or readily available? something as simple as moving the sign, making sure it isn't sticking out where everybody is walking. >> lawrence, what is going to trigger the need to upgrade to this readily achievable standard? is it an inspection, is it a change in code, when do we need to do it? . >> excellent question. what triggers meeting the readily achievable standard. >

ron paul ran for president in 2008.s is the second year he won the cpac poll and also the second year that governor romney came in second place. conservatives are being cautious about their pick for 2012. more than one dozen republicans are considering a run. a number of those were in the cpac straw poll ballot today. earlier today, we heard from mississippi gov. haley barbour. we will bring in his speech again tonight starting at 10:50 eastern. president obama discussed the 2012 federal budget proposal to be unveiled next week, including a five-year federal spending freeze. republican senator orrin hatch thetah also talked about federal budget proposal. he called on the president to back tax code reform and free trade agreements under consideration by congress. we will hear the president's weekly address and also that of senator hatch. this is about 10 minutes. >> i received a letter from a woman named brenda reece. it speaks to what a lot of families are going through. it offers a good example of the responsibility ne

working with paul coale -- paul volcker, chairman of the federal reserve, he entaind inflation, which was depriving americans of their life savings. it was a tough course, a tough road, but he saw it through, he stayed on the course and we were stronger as a result and we needed to get on a tough -- we need to get on a tough road and stay the course today. he lowered taxes dramatically, including a reduction in the top rate from nearly 80%, and he reined in a runaway bureaucracy that had trapped innovation and productivity in a labyrinth of regulation and red tape. his faith in the free market was not misplaced. it rewarded us. he created 20 million new jobs, grew our gross national product by 26% and began the longest peacetime boom in our history. conditions improved for americans in every walk of life. the net worth of families earning between $20,000 and $50,000 rose by 27%. reagan's stunning success debunked every myth of those who believed a government -- a bigger government is more compassionate and can do more for more people. the growth and potential productivity of the pri

paul kirby, you also ask about questions so i'll give it over to him. >> i'm paul kirby with dr daily. that's what happened when the made the change from 1710 to 1755. some went from 1755 to 1850 and it clog that had up. you said we've made "x" numbers. the 115 is in the pipeline but the 95 is not in the pipeline. it's under for consideration. >> when i say it's in the pipeline, it's things that we are looking at. the 115 is done from our perspective. there's -- there was an additional 40 megahertz, from 4,200 to 4,400, that we all said basically we couldn't do within five years because it required international action, and that's also in the works, so this is something that, yes, it's not -- it's not reallocated, but it's something that we're looking at. >> so the 40 you see is kind of done, pending itu and other. you're waiting -- i mean, you need the next wart to make the next 40 available. >> yes, and there's also some question of what the actual use of radar -- of radar otimeters are in that band that we're still looking at. we decided we need to go ahead with the work process th

under the paul amendment, the f.a.a. would have to furlough its air traffic controllers for significant periods of time because we wouldn't be able to afford to pay for the controller work fuss to make sure --workforce to make sure there's safety in the skies. it would mean stretching thin a work nares bears the burden of keeping millions of air treaferls safe every day. the paul amendment would force the f.a.a. to continue controlling air traffic with outdated equipment. that's not what we should be doing today. we know the f.a.a. is currently in the midst of a long-term initiative called nextgen that the senator from washington just talked about to modernize our air traffic control system. it will increase the capacity of our aviation system. it will reduce delays and cancellations that everybody knows is hampering our air traffic right now. it saves fuel, and it lowers emissions. it is a modernization effort that is long overdue. you know, right now our air transportation system still relies on radar technology that w

paul, you have been hearing my colleague, jennifer wishon report from d.c. what do the christians think about the muslim brotherhood? >> most of the christian leaders of the major churches have expressed their fear of the muslim brotherhood. while percent they have been repressed under mubarak, the dominant note is fear that the future is likely to be worst than the past. they hope it won't be, a lot of trepidation. >> are you saying mubarak was good for egypt's christians? >> no. they were repressed and discriminated under mubarak. almost impossible to build churches, difficult to repair churches. when christians were attacked by extremist muslim groups that happens almost every week in egypt they were not protect pd and people weren't punished. the big fear pwhat if the muslim brotherhood comes to power? er they want an open free democratic like in tahrir square. a fear of the muslim brotherhood. >> is it your sense today that are the christians are perhaps breathing a sigh of relief, christians making up 10 percent of the population going to get better or

one of the biggest voices on the republican side is their new house budget chair, paul ryan, who said this to politico's mike allen -- >> so are you committed to doing on medicare? >> yes, we have to fix these problems. >> are you committed to doing something on medicaid? >> we think medicaid reform is a very big part of it. >> are you going to provide social security reform? >> we're going throok at all of the issues. >> the president said he's open to a conversation about the recommendations of the own dealt. >> the notion it's been shelved i think is incorrect. it still provides a framework for a conversation. you guys are pretty impatient. if something doesn't happen today, then the assumption is it's just not going to happen. >> howard, i know you're not impatient. >> no, i've seen this movie many times before. >> the president said he's open to qualifications. there are talks with republican leaders. is this getting serious? >> nobody would, because of that chart that you showed, nobody wants to be seen as somebody who doesn't care about it, ok. so they're sort of facing outward

. >> reporter: paul pazymino bought them in 2001. texaco was convicted of dumping wastewater when they were drilling, they sued claiming cancer, birth defects and countless deaths ensued over the past 45 years. >> now chevron has been declared the largest corporate criminal on earth. this is a trial of the century and they have lost. >> reporter: but chevron figures they have found an out take. taken from the movie "crude." >> they are talking about threatening experience, writing reports experts are supposed to write. >> that's what they relied on to rule against chevron, they did out toews two. >> reporter: two judges have both said it cannot be enforced, they have put stays on the enforcement of any judgment. >> reporter: but amazon watch says with over $5 billion in earnings at the end of 2010 chevron paid corporate spies to set up judges and court officials. >> they have launched everything they possibly can. this is sort of their hail mary to sort of avoid culpability. >> reporter: chevron goes on to say they no longer have ass