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philadelphia's problems didn't begin with the current recession. it's been losing industry and population for decades. and has in common with many big, older cities, problems with crime and failing public schools. what the current recession has done has give the city a longer walk back to where it is widely agreed it needs to go. one attempt is with the redevelopment of the city's thousand acre decommissioned navy yard. at its height the site employed 40,000 people. today the navy uses the area to store mothballed warships. but over the past several years, many corporations like the clothing company urban outfitters have moved in. last week philadelphia's mayor michael nutter with pennsylvania governor ed rendell at his side announced the opening of a solar panel plant at the navy yard. >> in years to come when people think about clean energy and solar power they're going to be thinking about philadelphia and the philadelphia region. >> the mayor sounds like urban executives across the country when he talks about 2009's most politically stylish col

the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of citizen's park with candles pile out. the phillies flag flew at half-staff. >> i literally grew up only listening and knowing the voice of harry callus for the phil

wizards beat philadelphia, 10098, then won their next game. they did not follow that game up with their best efforts. >> phil: no, they did not. minnesota was a little hungrier. >> steve: this is the kind of hustle this team has had. >> phil: this team has capitalized with second chance points. >> steve: tonight 85 points on 41% shooting. >> phil: look at the difference with the field goal attempts. i want to say 191? >> phil: it sure looks like it. >> steve: he gets his own rebound and gets fouled. randy will head to the free- throw line. >> phil: foye getting to the rim there and getting his own missed shot. kevin love coming down on him with that right leg. >> steve: foye said he thought he had a future here after improving his statistic every year for the first three years. he was disappointed that the team did not renegotiate with him. he wound up coming to the wizards in the deal with mike miller. we have not seen oleksiy pecherov tonight. >> phil: speaking of pecherov, he has had 2dnps in the last five games. >> steve: 94-86 with just o

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the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball!so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of citizen's park with candles pile out. the phillies flag flew at half-staff. >> i literally grew up only listening and knowing the voice of harry callus for the phillies. >> the

. $250,000 for a father's day rally parade in philadelphia, pennsylvania.i mean, you know, i -- i scoff and make fun of a lot of these, but really? $250,000 for a father's day rally parade in philadelphia. $100,000 for the kentler international drawing space and art education program in brooklyn. here's a deprived area. $75,000 for art projects in hollywood, los angeles park. $100,000 for performing arts training program at the new freedom theater in philadelphia. $100,000 to teach tennis at the new york junior tennis league in woodside, new york. $2.8 million to study the health effects of space radiation on humans at the loma linda university, loma linda, california. $200,000 for the aquatic adventurers science education foundation in san diego. $100,000 to archive newspaper and digital media at the mississippi gulf coast community college in perkinston, mississippi. $3.9 million on researching weaving and knitting at the following places -- clemson university, raleigh, north carolina, philadelphia university, and california. u.c.-davis in davis, californ

the experience i had as philadelphia's d.a. is when you have a fine and send along the cost of business passed on to the consumers i would ask consent that the statement of the provisions which i briefly summarized, which are very favorable in this bill in the statement of testimony of a criminal justice subcommittee hearing be included, showing the value of deterrence. >> without objection. >> mr. president, how much time do i've remaining? >> the senator has seven minutes remaining. back i think the chair. mr. president, there is another very important aspect in mind of the senate and acting a legislation on this bill. and that is, we were sent to washington to govern. and what we have seen in the recent past has been a staggering partisan politics. partisan politics has become a blood sport in washington d.c. it's a blood sport on the floor of the united states senate. and the point from the republican side of the aisle has been very clear. that is to make this president obama's waterloo. to quote, break president obama, clo

a very well-regarded philadelphia columnist wrote of the republican right, if they can get some mileage nothing else matters and you went on to decry paranoia and lunacy. and maureen dowd of the new york times and her column eulogizing her friend william safire lamented the, quote, vial and vitriol of today and while pack of conservative pundits. the takeover of the republican party by the irrational right is no laughing matter. something unprecedented is happening here and it is very bad for america. specifically with respect for health care, a well-regarded washington post writer with a quarter century of experience, married to dirksen senate office building should ministry official, noted about the house health-care bill the appalling amount of misinformation being peddled by its opponents. she called it a flood of sheer fact one is statements about the health care bill and noted that the falsehood peddling began at the top. her ultimate question was this -- are the republican arguments against the bill so weak that they have to resort to these misrepresentations and distortions? tha

redcoats were in sight of the american capital philadelphia. congress fled to baltimore and began debating terms of capitulation to the british. the war was over. unless washington could come up with a miracle, and he chose a young college student, lieutenant general james monroe, to help make a miracle happened. they all crossed the delaware during a blinding snowstorm on christmas night only six months after we had declared independence. in trenton 3,000 haitian mercenaries had spent the evening celebrating, and because the snow storm they went to sleep without posting centuries. at dawn the next morning monroe and his squad sneak up to the cannon emplacements at king street in trenton, the main street washington would have to come up with his troops to capture the town. a haitian soldier happened to step outside to do you know what and spotted them. he shouted. the enemy. the haitians poured out into the snow storm in their fought in -- my clothes. monroe felt wounded by the cannons. he and his men fought them off until washington and his tr

. $250,000 for a father's day rally parade in philadelphia, pennsylvania. know, i -- i scoff and make fun of a lot of these, but really? $250,000 for a father's day rally parade in philadelphia. $100,000 for the kentler international drawing space and art education program in brooklyn. here's a deprived area. $75,000 for art projects in hollywood, los angeles park. $100,000 for performing arts training program at the new freedom theater in philadelphia. $100,000 to teach tennis at the new york junior tennis league in woodside, new york. $2.8 million to study the health effects of space radiation on humans at the loma linda university, loma linda, california. $200,000 for the aquatic adventurers science education foundation in san diego. $100,000 to archive newspaper and digital media at the mississippi gulf coast community college in perkinston, mississippi. $3.9 million on researching weaving and knitting at the following places -- clemson university, raleigh, north carolina, philadelphia university, and california. u.c.-davis in davis, california. $90,000

host: in the philadelphia inquiror this morning this from the associated press. iran open to nuclear swamp have i hay turkey. they write out of the foreign minister paid? iran's latest counteroffer, aimed at thwarting its ability to produce atomic weapons, the u.s. aims to reduce iran's stock pile of low-enriched concerns that the etch that the -- under the proposal, it would be shipped to france and russia for more highly enriched that are not -- host: sharon, what's on your mind this morning? caller: i noticed that a lot of our democrats in the last election were for obama and i notice the republican party they seem to be the party of no. they don't want anything to change, yet they don't allow this president and give him any support to change to -- host: go. caller: i'm very saddened about the republican party, because i've always been republican for the past, oh, gosh, since i was in my early 20's. but i do believe that our country is in a change. i do believe that obama is doing a great job in dealing with what and in terms of what he has to deal with. i jus

sophomore out of philadelphia. jeff lebo really wanted to get landesberg out of the paint. did everything but knocked down that shot. half waydown. sherrill's defense forcing them to put up a bad shot. >> daymeon: the size of sherrill making it tough for lucas hargrove. usually have some type of advantage, or size, and right now sherrill is a good matchup. >> matt: last touched by auburn. >> daymeon: landesberg can hurt you in so many ways. we haven't seen him get to the free-throw line yet but he does such a good shot and so many different ways. we see the battle here for the ball, going after the rebound, using that size and the athleticism. he can run the point guard which i think he will have to play that position at the next level. he can shoot the basketball. still needs to work on extending that range, though, if he wants to really be a dominant player. >> matt: armstrong and gabriel checked into the ballgame for the tigers. well, off the mark that time. here comes reed for the auburn tigers. gabriel launches the three. evans will bring it up the floor for virginia.

the university of pennsylvania bookstore in philadelphia is the host of this event. it is about an hour. >> thank you very much. it is a delight to be here in philadelphia as it is always did the lights i want to talk about my book, scroogenomics, why shouldn't buy presents for the holidays. after all what is santa claus ever do to me? i have nothing against endic was, maybe a little but my view is that the way we celebrate christmas and the gift-giving holidays is with an of value destruction. in fact i'm going to try to make the case this evening that's around the world we waste, not spend it weighs $25 billion per year. it just goes up in smoke, destroyed. through the process of non-careful gifting, so that is the agenda for tonight. that is about his bombastic as it will get but i will try to be rational. the book actually doesn't have any pictures or tables but tonight's presentation, you get sort of a bonus. i'm going to show you lots of pictures. okay, so what is the problem with holiday spending? what is the problem in the first place? normally if i spend $50

sportscaster and nationally he syndicated radio host for fox sports radio and columnist for "the philadelphiauirer." you heard drew pinskey talk about that. >> i've never given much credence to stuff like that. a lot of men in the world avoid the truth of the matter because they don't want to admit it because a lot of women are watching. when you see a woman and desire her, you desire her. when you get married, that doesn't necessarily stop. now, i'm not married yet, but the reality is it's almost one of those situations where when it comes to the physical, there's quite a bit of men out near constant rehab. we see something. we covet it. sometimes we act right about it. sometimes we act wrong about it. if tiger woods is an addict, per se, there's a whole bunch of addicts running around in this world. people just need to stop using that as an excuse or whatever. men covet what they see, and we have to reel ourselves in when we make that ultimate commitment because it's not the right thing to do to violate it, period. i'm not interested in something about a sex addiction. i'm sorry. i'm just n

one of the programs, it's a pilot program in philadelphia.the high school was one of the school that considered a dangerous school a few years ago. the good thing is that the principal and assistant principal reach out to different community organizations and community leader and also parent and student themselves. so to give the voice to the students for them to speak up about what's happening and for them to create, to have a dialogue among themselves. what are the issues, what can they do, what other adults do to help support them and really addressing those issues. sometimes not having the opportunity to discuss about differences and understanding of different culture background and languages, students tend to pick on each other. so the understand of the difference is, where they are coming from, different values students have, now they formed a welcoming squad, meet regularly, discuss about the issue with the support of our community organization in the school and school administrator and parent and student themselves. they work together

one of the programs, it's a pilot program in philadelphia.igh school was one of the school that considered a dangerous school a few years ago. the good thing is that the principal and assistant principal reach out to different community organizations and community leader and also parent and student themselves. so to give the voice to the students for them to speak up about what's happening and for them to create, to have a dialogue among themselves. what are the issues, what can they do, what other adults do to help support them and really addressing those issues. sometimes not having the opportunity to discuss about differences and understanding of different culture background and languages, students tend to pick on each other. so the understand of the difference is, where they are coming from, different values students have, now they formed a welcoming squad, meet regularly, discuss about the issue with the support of our community organization in the school and school administrator and parent and student themselves. they work together to k

a great job in philadelphia and james harden going to be a terrific player for oklahoma city. i mean, yeah, that's -- that's lottery level talent even though some of those guys were taken outside the lottery. quality of talent that this league pac-10 has lost just since last year jarvis. >> steve: mississippi state has their biggest lead of the day at 11 points. here is honeycutt. nelson has it swatted away and we've got varnado with his second and make it three, and -- and you've got to get him to foul you somehow. >> marcus: jarvis varnado, the pogo stick. second jump, outstanding jarvis. >> steve: we come to you from the honda center in anaheim, california. this is the 16th annual wooden classic. >> marcus: tyler honeycutt did a good job to have the courage, first of all, to put up a shot on the interior with the 7 foot wingspan jarvis. >> steve: and the steal by nelson. blocked by mississippi state. >> marcus: a nice job recovering defensively jarvis. >> steve: barry stewart misses the three and roll with the rebound. >> marcus: you saw four white-shirted bruins on the int

if you look, this is from studies in philadelphia on the heat deaths and cold gas in philadelphia. the afternoon temperature and what you see the vertical axis is how may people die. and you will see at the top, the black curve in the 1960s. we have a situation that's very typical. you have an optimal point around 80 degrees or night which is where people die at the least. and as it gets much colder people die and it gets much warmer, people die more. that's the typical situation, basically what we see everywhere although the optimal temperature depends on where you live in the planet. but what you ask lazy as we go up, we see in the '70s, 80s and 90s. death generally declined. but also knows what happened to the heat and of the issue. dazedly it's gone away. we have very little extra deaths in the '90s. mainly because of air conditioning. we still have a fair amount of cold deaths because it is much harder to avoid and much more structural problem when we talk about cold deaths. but what is important of course is to say if we ask you want to help the people in paris, france, we ha

what a season it was for the philadelphia phillies. one of the things that always feeds the philadelphia phillies is their fan support, which is always off the chart. by the way, they had more than 50 sellouts at sipsens bank park this past season, but this next story takes fan support you might say to a whole new level. as sportsnet philadelphia reports, one couple's love of the phillies truly became a matter of life and death. >> reporter: don has seen hundreds of phillies games, but it's the one he didn't see that he'll always remember. don and his wife sandy had tickets to see the phillies play the angels last june in what turned out to be a forgettable 7-1 loss. the events that drains spired that night, however, they will never forget. >> i went upstairs to get ready, and i got a splitting headache like i've never had before. i mean, this was the most intense pain i've ever had. he came upstairs and found me rolled into a fetal position on our bed, and all he could decipher from what i was saying was bad pain, hurts bad. >> i was

when i envision -- i mean if i were to say, if you think of the philadelphia phillies or the eagles or whatever, who sort of -- is the -- the -- the view of the person that you think of? is there anybody's face, mind -- face that comes to mind. write it down. if you don't have anyone, that's fine too. >> what you got, bill? >> that's hard. and my first was to put satan but -- [laughter] >> so two people wrote down satan. [laughter] >> i feel embarrassed i put it down. yes. >> i wasn't sure about the spelling. >> right? >> okay. that's -- that's fascinating. i wouldn't have guessed satan would have been a major one, but this is why we do it. okay, what did you write down, cheryl? >> i couldn't really -- there wasn't a face per se, i'm almost embarrassed to say this but i wrote staunchy old white dude. >> okay. okay. and -- staunchy old white dude. >> and -- and, okay. good. who else has got -- >> pelosi and reid, dumb and dumber. >> anybody else have them? >> one, two. how many had pelosi? and how many had reid? okay. so most everybody else, so pelosi, satan and a staunchy old white dud

"the philadelphia inquirer" this is above the fold. but also from "the washington post" is an interview with scott wilson. obama defending his first-year record. talking about his efforts on the economy and financial overhaul. from the jump page, including a photograph of the present. he said the president vigorously defended the legislation, saying he is not just grudgingly supporting it -- i am enthusiastic about what we have achieved. he goes on today -- say -- host: we will hear some of the debate on the senate floor and some of the comments from democrats from the news conference. the chairman of the finance committee max baucus. but mark is joining us from philadelphia on the democrats win. good morning. caller: how were you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i think it is working. it is not pretty obviously. there are certain things i am not happy about. being a liberal democrat here in philly, a blue city and state. i would like to have seen a public option. unfortunately that has been negated. i'm a retired federal employees and

host: here is philadelphia. caller: mary christmas. my favorite of the year appears "a god who hates." host: here is virginia. your favorite book of 2009. caller: polite to say merry christmas. -- i would like to say merry christmas. everytime a recall, to read something new. it is new to me. pettitte every time i read, i read something new. jesus was born in december. i was a former for many years. in wintertime, we did not put our sheep on the side of the hills to graze. it might be something you might be interested in studying. host: over the last 11 years, c- span has covered some 9000 book events. one is the "ph of reagathe age a gan." . portsmouth, virginia. caller: good morning. this is one of my books. it is "how to prosecute george w. bush for murder." you can see extend the policies in this book and the prosecution to obama out because he is complicitous in continuing this illegal war in the host: i think that might have come out in 2008 or 2007. what are your reading? caller: hello. merry christmas. my favorite nonfiction bo

what a season it was for the philadelphia phillies. one of the things that always feeds the philadelphia phillies is their fan support, which is always off the chart. by the way, they had more than 50 sellouts at sipsens bank park this past season, but this next story takes fan support you might say to a whole new level. as sportsnet philadelphia reports, one couple's love of the phillies truly became a matter of life and death. >> reporter: don has seen hundreds of phillies games, but it's the one he didn't see that he'll always remember. don and his wife sandy had tickets to see the phillies play the angels last june in what turned out to be a forgettable 7-1 loss. the events that drains spired that night, however, they will never forget. >> i went upstairs to get ready, and i got a splitting headache like i've never had before. i mean, this was the most intense pain i've ever had. he came upstairs and found me rolled into a fetal position on our bed, and all he could decipher from what i was saying was bad pain, hurts bad. >> i was

here is a commentary in the philadelphia inquirer. we're joined by a marine joined bylyle stiffarm. we appreciate you joining us this morning. tell us a bit about yourself, your machine, and how long you have been in afghanistan. guest: good morning to you, mary christmas. i am from foreground, montana. i am a native american. i have been in afghanistan for four and a half months. i have 45 days and counting. host: there'll be a little bit of satellite delay, as we had with general patton this morning. our first guest this morning is sergeant lyle stiffarm. you have been in the marine corps for a number of years. and you have experience as well in iraq? guest: yes, i was in iraq for two years. this is my first time in afghanistan. i have been in the marine corps about 10 years now. host: tell us about what a typical day is like for you in your duties there and afghanistan and what did -- to this day is like in afghanistan, this holiday, this christmas day. guest: my duties are basically, i am a commander. i basically take packs and equipment to different basis in the alr of kabul. h

you know over the past five years, philadelphia's big five has been more like the big one against the. villanova has dominated the city series winning 21 of the last 22 games. temple has not beat the wildcats since 2004. second half, temple keeping it tight, down one. not anymore. fernandez with a career high 33. later in the half, reynolds end to end, tough layup, puts it in. nova within four. duncan beside himself. under two minutes left. temple pulls it up. ryan in the paint. temple, hey, halfcourt, the owls win 65-55. >>> first half, taking the pass down low and slams it low. second half, orange up 18. the back end from trish. 24-point victory over st. francis. >>> coming up, men's college cup, fantastic finish as virginia looks to claim another national title for the acc. mark, we have teams on both coasts that are interested. but milos only wants to play for dallas. milos really wants to play for brussels. milos only wants to play for shanghai. buenos aires... frankfort... paris... milos really wants to play for rome. [ crashing glass ] how's your japanese? we know why you fly.

bill gray had two offices and i was in the philadelphia office. after 13 weeks, we got to go across to the leadership office and meet him. this was exciting. we finally got to meet him. we got ushered into the office and they took a photo and we shook his hand and they assured us out. -- ushered us out. as an intern, i have very little power and very little status and was given very little regard. >> what year did you get out of stanford? 1992. >> a degree in what? >> race and ethnic relations. >> duwaik figure 39 or 40 right now? >> 38. >> how does this world look to you? >> in terms of any particular thing? >> es. >> one of the things that is most exciting about the obama victory is that, historically, when there have been major successes as it relates to racial equality, they happened in very strange political times. you were talking about the civil war and the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement which had some of its biggest victories in the wake of the assassination of john f. kennedy. what is very encouraging to me about what

if i were to say if you think of the philadelphia phillies or the eagles, who is the view of the person that you think of? is there anybody that comes to mind? just write it down on your piece of paper. bill? >> that is hard. my first instinct was to put sagatan. >> soap to people wrote down satan. [laughter] >> that is fascinating. i would not have guessed satan would have been a major name. >> there was the really a face per se. i am embarrassed to say this, but i wrote stodgy old white dude. >> ok, good. >> pelosi and reid, dumb and dumber. >> how many had pelosi? how many had reid? so pelosi, reid, and a staunch yield white dude. >> ted kennedy. >> very interesting. that is great. what is the one thing you would like to see congress do before they go home on recess at the end of the year? anything you would like to see them do or accomplish? >> pass a health care bill. >> let me see the hands. i have six. 61 him to pass the health care bill. anything else? >> work on the economy. >> let me turn and do something quickly here. i am going to read you a number of peoples names that you

. >> lit me begin with your column this morning in the philadelphia inquirer and you point out that while the deadline may make domestic political sense it's sending as you put it the wrong signals to the afghans and the pakistanies. how so? >> well, the afghans and the pakistanis from my conversations this past week over the phone, and i just returned from several weeks spent in both countries last week, they see this deadline as a signal that the president doesn't have support at home and is really looking to the exit. and the problem is that the audience here is not just president karzi, in fact the americans had already been looking for ways to go around him by dealing with effective governors, and there are some, and effective ministers, and trying to work with specific provinces. but the audience is also the afghan people. and the reason that's so crucial is because what the u.s. military is hoping to do is to convince the afghans in areas that are controlled by the taliban, the taliban victory is not inevitable. and if that is the case, if some troops come in and they clear the are

also from the philadelphia enquirer the decade in review., debt, details illusionment. default. downsizing and dazzle. the washington sun times this from the aftermath of the september 11 attack as president bush traveled to ground dear. it is called a heck of a decade. this is the last sunday edition of the washington times. the newspaper announcing on the front page it will be a monday through friday edition with e-versions. the final sunday edition. barbara slayden will join us in about 15 or 20 minutes but now going to monday through friday paper delivery and e-versions throughout the weekend and during the week. randy joins us from michigan. welcome to the "washington journal". caller: thank you for c-span and i know it looked ugly in the senate, i think the 60 votes needs to stay there just to show if we keep it at 60 then maybe they will come around and -- well, what i wanted to say is the terminate limits. here in michigan we have the term limits. and we just had at our school board meeting a legislator came up, or lobbyist that work

bill gray had two offices and i was in the philadelphia office.fter 13 weeks, we got to go across to the leadership office and meet him. this was exciting. we finally got to meet him. i had not met him after three months of working for him. we got ushered into the office and they took a photo and we shook his hand and they ushered us out. it was maybe two minutes tops. it was an astonishing experience. this is what our means in the world. as an intern, i have very little power and very little status and was given very little regard. that felt like a world i did not want to commit my life to. >> what year did you get out of stanford? >> 1992. >> a degree in what? >> race and ethnic relations. i wanted to figure out how race played a role in the world. >> i figure 39 or 40 right now? >> 38. :gu>> how does this world look o you? thing? >> yes. the future of this country -- >> one of the things that is most exciting about the obama victory is that, historically, when there have been major successes as it relates to racial equality, they happened in ve

anyway, here they are in philadelphia, independent, 1787, it's june. benjamin franklin is 80 years old. many people say we know he was -- he believed there was a creator out there, but he believed god the creator created things and stood back and let things happen and never interfered. those who also know history know that there were times in his life where benjamin franklin sowed some wild seeds, that included in europe and england. but by the time of the constitutional convention in independence hall in philadelphia, benjamin franklin was between two and three years away from meeting his judge, meeting his maker and he knew that. he was as brilliant as ever, as witty, amazing man, the genius that he was, and there he sits, there's a picture right outside the house floor, depicting that area in independence hall where they were meeting. now in the beautiful painting, the windows are open, well, the windowed were covered. may have been by blanketed instead of the beautiful curtains depicted in the scene, but for nearly five week they went without accom

bron sorn is director of the cambodian association of greater philadelphia.r to that, she was field coordinator for the southeast asia resource center successful new american project where she conducted community research assessment and provided direct services and worked on strengthening and building coalitions and cross sectors, encouraging community members to take on advocacy initiatives. dr. carol brunson day is president of the national black child development institute and she is recognized as a leader in the field of early childhood education. lilian sparks serves as the national director of the national indian education association which was founded in 1970 to give american indians, alaskan natives and native hawaiians access to improve in their educational opportunities. in october, president obama nominated her to be commissioner of administration for native americans which is part of the department of health and human services, and she is awaiting senate confirmation. lily eccleson is the vice president of the national education association. she i

this is a letter that i received from a woman in havertown, pennsylvania, in suburban philadelphia. she says in this letter, "on september the 9th, 2009, my sister-in-law's cousin had to take her three-week-old son off of life support. he took two shallow breaths and passed away peacefully. he did not have to die. he did not have to be on life support, and he did not even have to be in the neonatal intensive care unit," the so-called nicu, as we call it. "at 36 weeks gestation, his mother was told that she had placenta previa, but the insurance company and the doctor were in a tug-of-war on getting it covered." this is america. why should a doctor have to be in any tug-of-war about whether or not this mother, who's pregnant, is going to -- whether or not her problem is going to be covered? that shouldn't even be a discussion. they shouldn't have to have any discussion about that. but that's how messed up our system is. "at 39 weeks, brandon" -- talking about the -- this woman's unborn child -- "brandon's umbilical cord respecruptured. his mother karen was rushed to the hospital and

the fact that philadelphia is a highly diversified economy, even ones that's had some rough decades recently. it has allowed them to withstand the force of this recession in a better way than many other economies around the country. the farmers of sioux center iowa never would have bought three house its, one to live in and two to sell. they're conservatism, their attitudes towards money meant that was no real estate bubble in places like sioux center, so when the bubble burst, they weren't going to be collateral damage the way a place like eagle, colorado, could end up being with many unsold houses standing and waiting for buyers, buyers who may move there some day and may have trouble borrowing the money to do so. >> lehrer: one of your pieces, somebody said well, we've got some problems, but they didn't appear to feel they had an option to pick up and go. did you hear that from -- in these various locations where people had hard times? >> suarez: the cliche about americans that they are ready to go all the time, that opportunity is waiting somewhere over the horizon. but the people i spok

for the past five years pill gefl philadelphia's big five has been like the little four.ng on number three villanova. hoping they can remain undefeated. fernandez pulling up and hitting the three. a career high 33. later in the half, temple by six. scottie reynolds and then nice layup. moments later, cory fisher grabs the rebound, bringing it down court, loses his defender, nova within two. under two minute left top temple up five. ryan books off the dribble, in the paint and hit the bucket. temple upset villanova. >>> syracuse hosting st. francis. first half, herman rice in the lane. shot swatted away. rick jackson playing the big defense. next possession, jackson on the other end. playing big there as well, syracuse by a dozen at the break. second half, brandon trish the pass. going in for the slam. led the orange to 14. syracuse cruises, winning it by 24. >>> detroit struggling on offense. stevens the steal going the other way. how about this? oh, he's unable to convert the wide open dunk and simon taking on the fast break. simon doesn't know he has a man behind him. n

[applause] >> we also want to have a couple of words from my fellow who drove all the way from philadelphia, pa., mr. ron edgington, who brought this christmas tree and decided he would make this happen at a time when yester day we were wondering if the event would happen. he said we would make this happen. tell us the story of this trade and the efforts you have made. >> the story is short and sweet. i have had the honor for the last few years to partner with a fellow who is not here today. he is a fellow veteran and we got the job of securing a tree and bring it down here. from pennsylvania. this particular one came from the polka nos. i wanted -- poconos. çóthis is an honor. i intend to do this until i am not able any more. we don't want to lose sight of the fact that it is not about me or us, it does about the names on wall back of us and it is about those who are serving today. i am very proud to be here and it is a tribute to every person that is here to brave the weather and to be here year after year. i hope to see everybody next year. thank you very much. [applause] >> at this time

the giants neededed to run just one more play to ensure the win of division rival philadelphia. >> inside 30 seconds. eagles have no time-outs. wait a minute. i don't believe it! the eagles pick it up and edwards runs it in for a touchdown! an incredible development. >> unbelievable. >> georgetown, led by dominant center patrick ewing, was one win away from being the first nba repeat champion in over ten years. his opponent was a villanova squad that barely sweked into the tournament with ten losses. the wildcats proved the adage on any given night. >> villanova did the impossible! nobody thought they could do it. >> nobody thought we could do it. but i did! >>> the images engrained in the mipdz of those who witnessed it. a couple on the big court between the lakers and rockets. tomjanovich ran to the fray. l.a.'s kermit washington saw the flash from the corner of his eye and instinct lively swung a fist. tomjanovich hit the floor. his face shattered by the punch. the incident caused the nba to significantly alter its rules against fighting. >>> ozzy smith was famous for his brilliant def

john mccain becomes nominee, obama's race speech in philadelphia.hich would be april. west virginia primary in may. hillary collinton con cedes. the obama speech in berlin. democratic convention, republican convention, lehman brothers collapses and aig, john mccain suspends, the dow falls 800 points, last presidential debate, obama prime thyme and the election. so you can see the progressive footprint is pretty extensive. if you know your map, you'll see it's most extensive and hardest hitting in the battle ground states and least hard hitting in the states where you wouldn't need to, like illinois. you know? or new york. or california. these are states that were pretty safe blue states. here's what we're going to look at in two universes. what we call the spore rat tick voter voter voter -- sporadic voter. we were looking at people who were called, for turn out as the left of the grid. you can see they turned out in higher numbers. democrats and overall. and in terms of media, low and high, heavy-paid media being television radio, lower paid being

giants and philadelphia tonight. green bay with a win today. 9-4. phil: green bay, they turned it around, fought through injuries. at times, i thought playing bad. that's the only way to say it. bad football. and they fix it up, get some different guys in the lineup. it's worked out very well. the san diego chargers absolutely gone through just as much, probably more with the injury front. you know, in the nfl, it's about adversity, so you got to fight through it. not to be at full strength or not playing their best and still finding ways to win games. jim: on its way to an eighth straight win, very possibly finding its way as the two lined up behind indianapolis in the playoffs. which could mean down the road an a.f.c. championship game in indianapolis, and they're not scared to go there. referee: false start, offense, number 82. five-yard penalty. second down. jim: actually, that will back them up to the 9-yard line. cincinnati next week, regional action. many of you are going to see that game. then at tennessee on christmas night, hosting washing

when you think of sports, you think of philadelphia fans. all fans should be like philly fans.r as their dedication and how they feel about their sport -- they love their sport and stick with their team till the end. >> you coach two number one picks in the draft, two guys that were multiall- stars in that league. that has to make you proud. >> well, it makes me real proud because i think a lot of the thicks you do are segmented. you want people to graduate and be good students and decent human beings but successful in the profession they're in. >> the people that play in philadelphia should cherish that, man, and should really feel good about the sport they have. it's definitely thick in that gym. i had my ups and downs towards the end. i really think after all those years, you know, some of the ones that loved me to death were getting fed up with all the bull that was going on involving me, you know. i think some my fall. >> i have been through too much to let somebody with a pen and paperer and a microphone and a camera kill me or dry allen iverson crazy. >> some people in t

a very well-regarded philadelphia columnist wrote recently of the republican rig right, "if they can get some mileage, nothing else matters." the columnist went on to decry what he called "the conservative paranoia and lunacy afoot in our national debate." the editor of "the manchester journal inquirer" editorial page wrote of the g.o.p., which he called -- and i quote -- "this once great and now mostly shameful party," that it -- quote -- "has gone crazy." that it is -- quote -- "more and more dominated by the line active fringe." and that it has -- i quote -- "poisoned itself with hate." he concluded they "no longer want to govern. they want to emote." the respected maureen dawd of the "new york times" in her column eulogizing her friend, the late william sapphire, lamented the -- quote -- "vial and vitriol of today's howling pack of conservative pack of pundits." a nobel prize-winning economist has said -- and i quote -- "the takeover of the republican party by the irrational right is no laughing matter. something unprecedented is happening here and it's very bad for america." a w

from philadelphia to boston, between ten and 24 inches of snowfall. the nation's capital will rival the snowstorm of 1922, the knickerbocker storm that produced 28 to 33 inches of snow. >> cnn will have complete coverage of the storm at 10:00. right now stay tuned for "larry king live." >> larry: tonight, president obama slams the money men. >> i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >> larry: and tells them to pay their profits forward. >> and now that they're back on their feet, we expect an extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild our economy. >> larry: donald trump joins us with what he thinks. and the fallout from tiger woods' infidelity, corporate backers backing out of deals with the disgraced golfer. will his self-imposed exile repair a reputation? nba bad boy dennis rodman is here with what it will take for tiger to claw his way out of controversy. plus ed harris tells us why a bloody world war ii battle is in the news now. next on "larry king live." tonight, penn gillette, author and pr

the city of philadelphia install target readers with credit cards. i was wondering if the potential government takeover of the bank in fact are like general motors, what about the possibilities for routine police access to the credit card system, the information in the credit card system and the police routinely using it to gather suspects were police lineup? >> i'm not sure i understand. he's talking about credit cards being used in parking meters and whether the police might take these and didn't abuse the system. >> can the police use the information in the credit card system? >> when you have target readers are not, i think is a real threat. you know, the information that they get in the identity theft. but i guess the credit card idea is so pervasive and yet that may come to an end because that always meant that you delayed payments and you created money with plastic. but i don't know the details of what the odds are in the city of philadelphia of using the credit cards of individuals because they go to parking meters. but i think the problem in

we played him two years ago in philadelphia. he's tall, he's fast and got great hands and catches passes. he's a tremendous player. >> he's a great, great receiver, you know. he's got size. he's got speed. everything that really impresses me probably the most about hill is he goes after every ball as if it's the last one. you know, you see some skilled receivers that will make catches and the next one they will drop. this guy is fighting for every one like it's the last rebound. >> there is some key players on the injury list. offensive weapons mark clayton and lj smith join reid as doubtful and johnson and terrell are 50/50. >>> the eagles have confirmed that brian westbrook will miss at least one more game because of a second concussion this season. that means brian is out for sunday's game against the giants. wide receiver jackson pack tilled all week and is listed as probable for the game. jackson missed last week's game also because of a concussion. >>> still to come on sports night. kelli johnson has a talk with one of the