if you fire that cannonball at a low speed, plop, splasharoony. you fire a little higher speed, splasharoony down here. how fast would you have to fire that cannonball, no splash? check the neighbor, see if the neighbor know. how many say it's 8 kilometers per second? can i have a show of hands? yeah, my people, my people. 8 kilometers per second will do it. 1 second later, if you're 8 kilometers away, you'll be just as far off the ground as you were here, 'cause don't forget this distance above to that straight line is a 5 meter drop, which tells us how satellites operate. newton talked about that years ago. newton says consider a mountain high enough to be, not above gravity, a lot of people think above gravity, no, no, no, no, to be above the drag of the atmosphere. put a cannon on there and fire that cannonball and guess how fast it'll orbit. 8 kilometers per second... what you do is you orbit all the way around-- you're falling all the time, fall, fall, fall without ever hitting the ground. so that speed will put you in orbit. so next time yo

plop it down. see if you can pick it up quickly. they've done a study.tan university says that certain foods soak up bacteria quicker than other foods. okay? >> who does surveys like that? >> i don't know. we have three choices. all right. pasta, peanut butter and jelly or ham. if you were to drop a piece of ham -- are you going to throw it on the ground? >> i'm supposed to do it. >> i'm going to drop some pasta. lord knows you want to pick that up and eat it after you dropped it. you put it face down -- no, it went face up. >> darn. >> is it the peanut butter and jelly, pasta or ham that soaks up the most bacteria in three seconds. the worst is -- >> the pasta. >> who's going to eat pasta off the floor. it's not an oreo. >> jerry. >> ham and jam with bread did great. showed little sign of bacteria. i wonder if it's a hard food like cracker. >> foods with higher salt like ham -- i'm trying to sound smart. please go back. >> it's gone. >> now my secret's out. i have no idea why. something to do with salt. >> salty and sweet. whatever that means. thank you

. >> reporter: the crowd favorite says she is ready to plop down on her couch and play this summer. >a lot of things. so many lots of things such as online games. >> reporter: if the winning words of former spellers is indicative of anything, this eloquent media darling says she'll no doubt be back next year. >> some went on therapy. i mean, come on. >> reporter: virginia and maryland's last shot at taking home a title rested with these two spellers. that was until the bell toll. >> i don't remember what it means. it's etopen. >> reporter: you ever going to use that word? >> no. >> reporter: fourth grader jay kinetti the youngest contestant at the semifinals, had a hard time understanding his word. >> say what? >> reporter: and with a shrug of the shoulders he proudly walked off the stage. >> let's just say the study amount varies. some days we can't get any done. other days we have enough time to do like two hours. >> it doesn't get easier. especially as he does better it gets harder because sometimes your expectation -- you know he wants it more. >> reporter: nine spellers advance t

they plopped down in an orange bean bag chair. step two, home-cooked dinner seduction.t all felt very -- inevitable. >> she remembered how he would sit around reading the paper bare chested. there was a mixture of his presence, running sweat, and brute deodorant, sleeping and ating. >> brute and raisins. >> nothing says 1980 more than brute. >> brute and the smell of ray sons. wow! [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> i did not need to know this. jane fonda said i'm quite flexible and i can kneel it's not quite as comfortable as it used-to-be before i had a fake knee. and he writes i can't get the image out of my mind so please excuse me as i go lay down in traffic. [ applause ] >> go jane! >> i did too many jane fonda's workouts in the '80s. there are a lot of those positions in the workout videos. 29 minutes after the hour. adam schiff joining us next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ jennifer granholm is politically direct on current tv. >>the dominoes are starting to fall. (vo) granholm is live in the war room. >> what should women be doing? >> electing women to office.

he comes to the edge of the hot tub, sort of like a diver, plop. all 285 pounds. you know the old saying, a rising tide lifts all the boats? my head damned near hit the ceiling. [laughter] just one other story of a little different line but that has attracted a lot of attention. when john mccain and sarah palin came to campaign in neighboring delaware county, i was asked to introduce them. before we went on stage, mccain said arlen, give me some political advice on what to do in a swing territory with the independent voters. so, john and sarah palin and i went to a little area at a little conference table that were in very close quarters. i started to give him some advice on embryonic stem cells. i knew sarah palin was against embryonic stem cell research, but she didn't say anything unintelligent. because she didn't say anything. [laughter] but, the relevant part is not the substance of the conversation. the relevant part was sitting knee to knee in these close quarters. do you know the length of sarah's skirts? almost everybody does. and you know when you sit do

all of this is now ready to plop right down in the middle of of congress' lap at the end of december.f deciding between cutting the deficit and growing the economy or is that an oversimplification? >> it is an oversimplification. cbo said last week, if you don't do anything, the economy is going to take an enormous hit in the first six months of next year and it's likely to be recessionary. in other words, we'll have negative growth because of these policies. it's likely to be brief f that happens, according to cbo and growth will pick up in the better half of the year and we'll be better off in the long run because we've dealt with our deficit problem. but nobody wants to see the economy go back into recession. the smart thinking about this is, let's figure out a way to bring the deficit under control that doesn't involve $600 billion sucked out of the economy in 2013, that involves a more gradual plan. >> what are lawmakers saying about this, about some type of legislation to evert this? >> well, it's suspended animation in washington right now. nothing can happen until the election

. >>> make a little hole and plop it in. >> once you plant you can use beach glass, you can use pebblesthe plant down. >> and also to cover up the brown bits. >> you don't want to see any brown soil. >> nice. >> that makes a very beautiful garden. and water sparingly. these succulents don't need very much water at all to survive. >> okay. >> if you're going to do a mother's day lunch or a breakfast tray, how cute to plant an orchid like this in a tea cup. >> this is as a place setting, you couldn't leave it there for very long. >> no, you could not. i always use plastic wrap. put plastic in there first. and then you can just take this -- there's no soil at all. just to protect your cup, put that in like that and you have a very cute little arrangement. bowls the same thing. and this is so pretty. it's temporary, but beautiful. and then if you want to plant a herb garden or someone or a bottle garden you can use cinder blocks. so easy and you put a piece of wire, and some fabric cloth to hold the dirt in. and turn it over on its side -- >> and you get right here. >> yeah. >> this looks g

he comes to the edge of the hot tub, sort of like a diver, plop. all 285 pounds. you know the old saying, a rising tide lifts all the boats? my head damned near hit the ceiling. [laughter] just one other story of a little different line but that has attracted a lot of attention. when john mccain and sarah palin came to campaign in neighboring delaware county, i was asked to introduce them. before we went on stage, mccain said arlen, give me some political advice on what to do in a swing territory with the independent voters. so, john and sarah palin and i went to a little area at a little conference table that were in very close quarters. i started to give him some advice on embryonic stem cells. i knew sarah palin was against embryonic stem cell research, but she didn't say anything unintelligent. because she didn't say anything. [laughter] but, the relevant part is not the substance of the conversation. the relevant part was sitting knee to knee in these close quarters. do you know the length of sarah's skirts? almost everybody does. and you know when you sit do

precise incidence of enaccept plop patty after head injury is unknown and may be higher than we thinky depression and mental illness effects people not just professional football players. you are trying to help people and build awareness for that. what do you say to people today who are struggling? >> i think the big word is communication. we have to get educated and make sure that we build a support group. there is a lot of great organizations out there. and if people go to screening for mental health.org. nomi.org or dbsa it's a situation we have to be able to ask for help. many, especially men, are too proud to ask for help when this comes to mental illness or depression. we have to communicate. >> i can imagine that's very true of professional football players. thanks so much for coming in to talk about this important topic. greg, i will put a link to your web site on our blog here. we really appreciate it. thanks so much. >> thanks, ali. >> thank you. >> coming up, veterans sending a message to president obama with their new ad. waited until you see this. fe ? droid does. and doe

table scape and generally what's happening here with the plants and-- >> and you should never just plopvels and lift for your decor and could be food platters. these are two planters well growed together for some height and beverage. my mom is huge on collections and collects all kinds of things her having every kind of plate imaginable and this reminds me of my mom and mix and match, nothing doesn't have to be the same. >> dave: doesn't have to match. >> no, don't stress, it's mother's day. >> dave: i'll stress, can't match my tie. >> what i love is you're saying times you have to work on mother's day. >> dave: every time, yes. >> every time, but maybe the night before you can do crafts with the kids and they can set up the table themselves so the little flowers are so easy. >> dave: what about the menu, what are we serving. >> anything, you can buy on this day, this is one day, once in a while you want to get in the kitchen and create, but you want the day off, too, colorful fun cupcakes and cookies and display them interestingly, as we have our little clay pots which you can decorate

nor senator plop? the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. alexander: how much time remains? the presiding officer: one minute and 20 seconds. mr. alexander: it is assuring to me that my friend is reading the editorial page of the "wall street journal." i'm sure that will have some benefit over the next several months. a vote "yes" means a result -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. alexander: this is the same as the house-passed bill which freezes interest at 3.4% for a year. send it to the house, down to the president, he signs it, the problem is sovmentd instead of raising taxes on small business people, we give back to students the money that they should have had the benefit of when the other side took over the entire health care -- whole student loan program before. if you want a result, please vote "yes." if you want more debate and delay, vote "no." mr. harkin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: the president has already said that if the republican measure were to pass and be