after steven powell's arrest, the state of washington took custody of josh powell's two little boys.o make sure he didn't get them back. >> it's very upsetting to find out what steve was charged with and knowing that our grandchildren were there. >> chuck cox and his lawyer faced off against josh in family court. >> my clients believe it is very harmful for these children to have been in the home of steven powell, who was obviously engaged in not only procuring, but deeply involved with pornography. >> josh powell represented himself in court, denied any knowledge of his father's alleged crimes, promised to keep the boys away from him should steven somehow make bail and he went openly in court. >> i am a fit and qualified father. i am the natural father. i love my sons. and the manner in which they -- the manner in which they were behaving leads me to believe that the irreparable harm that is occurring to my sons is having taken them out of the stable and happy home. >> but then, more news. prosecutors told the judge that so far only a small portion of the evidence had been examine e

colin powell called me into his office in august of two thousand and two to ask me if i'd be used to staff and i was working for a master richard haass on the policy planning staff and i was enjoying it and he said remember if you come in here if you say take few hours and think about this if you come in here and join me as chief of staff you're leaving you're leaving when i leave so you're absolutely leaving at the end of two thousand and four because that's what i've told the president you may leave earlier if i decide to leave or if the president decides to remove me because you're my man when you come in to be chief of staff and therefore you can't stay any longer than my departure so he was very honest with me and he had told the president the same thing as early as december the transition process december two thousand going to be a one term secretary so whatever vice president cheney thinks he did was absolutely ineffectual in that respect because pollard already said he was going to do it i guess if he thinks that he did it to make them fail the exam now i want to contrast and

staff to colin powell when he was the secretary of state during the charge of the bush administration and it you actually were on democracy now this morning and you said that if they were put on trial he would testify and that you would take punishment do you think there's something that you deserve punishment for well i was pretty stupid actually i don't know if that's in the lexicon of jurisprudence stupidity but i had an opportunity when i was out at the sea probably to push a lot harder than i did i got caught up in the same movement that cheney had started by his constant visits to the cia i got caught up in the same. surrounds george tenet and his deputies in the hand selected team he had of analysts to brief me and i should have known better i should have been able to break out of that and i should have at least resigned and as i said this morning i regret that to the grave that i didn't resign why didn't he i mean i thought i would you were the toughest guy getting your news on the people who won at that point that when you decided not to resign why do you make that decision i

the impeding christmas holiday was the last thing on the minds of susan powell's friends and family.hings fell away. all they could think of was finding her. despite their best efforts and extensive multi-state search operations, the mystery lives on. >> people that know me know i would not hurt susan. >> susan's husband, josh, remains the only named person of interest in the case, but he's never been charged. >> it really hurts that people would try to say that i don't love susan. >> i'm not sure anybody said you didn't love susan, but they say you killed susan. sometimes you kill the one you love. >> well, i never hurt susan. >> but josh's own sister, jennifer graves, has her doubts. >> his actions have told me all along there's something wrong there. >> after all, josh powell is the last person to have seen her alive. he says he left to go camping with their two very young boys around midnight with a serious winter storm on the way. susan's parents among others have questioned the story. >> she would not leave the children. for her to leave the house without her purse or her cell

powell, thank you for being on "the communicators." >> guest: my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> host: what would you say is the biggest policy issue that faces ncta at -- during 2011? >> guest: well, it's not that easy to answer because increasingly, a lot of the principle issues that we're focused on are a consequence of conversions and what's coming out of the web. so if you would add up the issues that we've been heavily focused about, a lot of them are our intersection with web issues. so take privacy, an important issue that really has been driven by the headlines associated with facebook or google, but yet they have implications for the infrastructure providers as well. cybersecurity is an important issue to us and growing more significant by the day, but that also grows out of our anxiety about an ever-increasing online digital economy. you know, the days of sort of traditional section 625 of the telecommunication act dispute, i mean, are much less these days and part of me thinks that's a good thing. but increasingly, we're dealing with issues

it's been two years since utah mom susan powell disappeared. husband remains the only known suspicious person in the case. we'll get the latest on where this investigation is. >> t. >>> also, michelle duggar has suffered a miscarriage just weeks after announcing she was expecting her 20th child. more on that coming up, as well. >>> and later on, we're going to catch up with oscar winner charlize theron. she's going to be here to talk about her new movie. i just saw it yesterday. it's very, very powerful. >>> but first, good news on the recovery of a young model. she had walked into the spinning propeller of a plane. janet shamblian is here with more on this. >> reporter: ann, good morning. it's been less than a week since this accident. despite critical injuries, lawrence scruggs is walking, talking, and yesterday she looked in the mirror for the first time. and what she said afterwards gives us a glimpse of who this young woman is, and that her beauty isn't just skin deep. dirty. that was the word lawrence scruggs spoke after she took her firs

get in there. >> powell says he doesn't remember pointing his gun, only drawing it. moats say he pointed it, first at tamisha, then at ryan. while tamisha goes in, ryan decides it's best to stay outside, hoping the officer will understand their situation. >> you ran a red light. >> we went back and forth for a little bit. and then i realized that i was talking to a wall. i mean he wasn't going to listen. he didn't care. >> did i not stop at the red light? did i not -- >> stop. and then you ran through the red light. >> i waved the traffic off. >> it was still red. >> and then i turned. >> shut your mouth and listen. >> shut my mouth and listen? >> yes. >> that's how you talk to me, dude? >> shut your mouth and listen. >> he was just, like, i can take you to jail, i can tow your car. shut your mouth. all this different stuff that i was thinking that wasn't appropriate for a cop to say to anybody. >> it's decision time for ryan. he knows if he stays, he'll probably miss his opportunity to say good-bye and to be there for his wife. >> well, i was thinking i didn't want

lewis lewis powell. -- l-e-w-i-s, lewis powell. you can read that and see how effective his plan has been carried out and how close we are to the hopes and dreams of middle class americans being strangled due to their public policy being controlled by those corporations. not for the benefit of the people but for the benefit of the rich, powerful, and corporations, which our u.s. supreme court now says are people. in the citizens united decision , i watched -- i watched one of the justices shaking his head during the president's state of the union address, where he directed comments about the citizens united decision. i watched that justice shaking his head, no, i wonder if he would shake his head no today as the president pointed out exactly what would happen as a result of that corporate influence gaining unfettered access to our public policymaking apparatus, our democracy. so we're under attack, middle class people, it's time for us to stand up, to get educated about what's going on out here and the fact that there's no need to

one person who won't be getting out his checkbook is christopher powell. >> i'm not worried. i don't think we should be. there's no real reason. there's no real prophesy that says this is going to be the end of the word, not from the mayan ruins, anyway. >> reporter: what does your gut tell you is going to happen in 2012? >> the sun is going to rise and it's going to fall. and a lot of people are going to be watching it. >> reporter: i'm david right wr for "nightline" in mexico. >> make next year the best ever, just in case. thanks to david wright. >>> and still ahead, at home with an nba superstar/single dad. [ male announcer ] all over the world, there's a battery that's relied on to help bring children holiday joy, and while it doesn't travel by sleigh or reindeer, it does get around... in fact, every year duracell sends loads of batteries to the mattel children's hospital, u.c.l.a. of course, children here and everywhere don't really think about which battery makes their toy run... but, still... you'd never want to disappoint. duracell. trusted everywhere. helps defends a

colin powell, carol mosley braun, condoleeza rice or lisa p. jackson. >> coalin powell. we'll have a second question as well. what is the stage name of the queen of entertainment born into the world as anna may bullock. queen la teef a, -- latifah tina turner or monique. you know the questions for both of these. >> yes. but i have to tell you for the first one i had to think a little bit. it's a little tricky. >> it is. >> it is great to have you here. happy to have you here. taping is today at howard university at 3:00. get there early, taping starts at 3:00 p.m. sharp, and support these young students who are doing such good things. thank you. good to have you here. we'll see you again. >> you bet. >> if you can stick around, we'll reveal the answers. allison, back to you. >> thank you. >>> we'll check some of the stories making headlines coming up next. including this one, it's being called one of the most sophisticated drug tunnels ever discovered. detail when is we come back. >>> then our annie yu is helping to lighten things up from the national mall event. hello,

colin powell. they let this happen and let the rules get more blacks are running the fcc. he is no longer there. -- lecter rules get more -- let the rules get more lax at running. >> when barack obama was running for office, he utilize the new media to a great extent to be able to mobilize the massive extent of people to support him, and he also promised that he would fight for a free and open internet. really, the battle in the media today is over the futur of the internet as a voice, video, and print all converge on the internet, and unfortunately, here is the chairman that does not have a good record on this. the issue right now is on the internet, will the people who control the pipes through which all of the information flows to your smartphone and your computer, your television set, will they be able to speed up or slow down content over the internet depending on what people are able to pay? if you're able to pay, your website or my website or anyone else's website can be accessed at the same

it makes it really easy to type. >> laura powell thanks so much. merry christmas. >> and we want everyone to know merry christmas at home. you can check us out 24 hours a day at wusa9.com. have a very happy holiday.

the president also nominated former private equity executive jerome "jay" powell to the board. powell is 58. he was treasury undersecretary during the administration of president george h.w. bush in the early 1990s. also coming from the obama administration-- a new fee to health insurance plans. the $1 per person fee goes into effect next year to pay for research into which drugs, tests and treatments are most effective. it was mandated by last year's health care overhaul. but the treasury department says it will likely be another year before the funds are actually collected. this is the time of year that people make new year's resolutions. tonight's commentator says he's not among those wishing for a new spirit of bipartisanship in washington. he's todd buchholz, author of "rush: why you need and love the rat race." >> remember that book, "all i really need to know i learned in kindergarten"? shouldn't democrats and republicans learn to get along? stop the bickering? let moderates take charge? wouldn't it be nice? no. sometimes, a country must take a hard turn, follow a strong

and >>vicki: the parking lot was packed at the powell street plaza. this was one of the busiest shopping days of the year. the authorities are well aware of the holiday hustle and they are cracking down on drunk drivers. coming up, we will show you how the raiders did. >>vicki: military combat in iraq has ended after nearly nine years. >> a lot of hugs, a cheer, joy and relief as soldiers pulled out of our rock. a historical moment there will never forget. an army official had one word to describe how he felt. one official says it is good to see hard work pay off. >> this has been and planning for more than a year. a tremendous amount of coordination and synchronization. >> i am concerned about our rapid withdrawal. we have sacrificed a lot of lives and soldiers injured. in the military has called this the final tactical from mark. >> of violent clashes between police and protesters in egypt as protesters demanded for the ruling military to step down immediately. before dawn, security-check security forces raided encampment. sally's 10 people have bee

years since the disappearance of utah mother susan powell. since the disappearance of utah mother susan powell. the story has made national headlines ever since. to this day, there's been no resolution to the case. keith, good morning to you. >> good morning, david. thank you. there has been a lot of activity this week, but no development. the police announced that they had found some results, forensic results on bits of charred wood which had been found in the desert by cadaver dogs about 30 miles away from the place where josh powell said he took his two sons camping on a frigid december night, the very night that his wife, susan, went missing. but there's no word yet on whether or not those results are related to susan's disappearance. salt lake city, december 2009. the impending christmas holiday was the last thing on the minds of susan powell's friends and family. gifts, carols, normal things fell away. all they could think of was finding her. but despite their best efforts and extensive multi state search operations, the mystery lives o

last week, senator smith, we had michael powell, head of the national cable television communications association on this program. he talked about the tele communications act. we'll show that, and then i want your response. >> guest: perfect. >> still regular -- regulating with copper wire, two-way voice service, and if you use coaxial cable, you're a title vi provider, but when you have industry, full service providers of every type and stripe, almost all regulatory questions now are gray because the act doesn't provide clarity developing disputes and litigation. it's either going to die under its own weight, and it's growing in relevancy i'd argue, and at one point, i think, you know, congress has to migrate us out of it. >> host: the telecommunications act of 1996. >> guest: i think michael is largely right. i think it would take a lot of work for congress to get done. that's my experience on the commerce committee. my sense is to fix some of the problems michael's identifying, a rightful shot approach to fix some of the things that are apt kuwaited or just simply no -- antiquated

last week, senator smith, we had michael powell, the head of national cable television and communications association on this program. he talked about the telecommunications act. we're going to show that, and then i want to get your response. >> guest: great. >> guest: we're still regulating in very balkanized buckets. you're entitled to telecommunication carrier, if you use coaxial cable, you're a title vi provider. but when you have industries being whole service communication providers of every type and stripe, almost all regulatory questions now are gray because the act doesn't provide clarity, and it creates a lot of litigation, the heavy inefficiency in the statute. so it's either going to die under its own weight, and it's certainly growing in irrelevancy, i would argue, and at one point i think, you know, congress has to migrate us out of it. >> host: telecommunications act, 996. 1996. >> guest: um, i think michael is large hi right. largely right. i think a rewrite, an entire rewrite of that '96 act would take the work of many congresses to get done. that's my experience on the c

were on board with the plan in part because of this earlier announcement by secretary of state colin powell one of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents weapons of mass destruction a key factor in selling the war. combined with the idea of bringing freedom to the iraqi people this gesture. largely symbolic and discovered later to be staged and directed by u.s. troops but still it was presented as a win for the americans and a sign of a free iraq just twenty days after the invasion began. a few weeks later president bush landed on an aircraft carrier and declared mission accomplished in the battle of iraq. the united states and our allies have prevailed . it was a short lived victory speech that withered in the shadows of reality that the short war that was promised became one of america's longest with more than four thousand american deaths and nearly a million iraqi civilians estimated killed as well along the way america's reputation increa

. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning

powell came on "face the nation" to say his head was fine, thanks. >> the kind of headline you might see one of the supermarket tabloids write. i think dick overshot the runway with that kind of comment to sell his book. >> schieffer: all the republican candidates but romney and perry came to our table. during the herman cain visit, we got into it over his campaign ad that featured his campaign manager taking a drag on a cigarette. was this meant to be funny? >> it was meant to be informative. the bit on the end, we didn't know whether it would be funny to some people or whether they were going to ignore it or. >> schieffer: let me just tell you it's not funny to me. cain then urged young people not to smoke. it's not a cool thing to do. >> it is not a cool thing to do. >> schieffer: the campaign rolled on with first one and then another candidate climb to go the top of the polls. congress didn't accomplish much of anything except record low approval ratings. and most of the problems we had at the beginning of the year are still with us. with a year like that, how could anyone predic

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patricia powell is the founder and c.e.o. of the poured concrete you well financial group.ng thanks for coming? >> thanks for having me. >> a good news bad news type of thing. good news for the retailers but maybe not great for us. >> it has been very good news for the retailers. last weekend the average shopper spent $400 and that is 9% about more than last year and when you go to online while the dollars are less $150. that is a 24% increase over last year. so the economy is doing something here and you can see it in the retail numbers. that is good news. >> i want to talk to you about the economy and the jobs numbers that came out yesterday in a minute. but for the shoppers out there, and those of us who still need to do our shopping, does it make sense to get it done now or do you think that maybe as we get closer to christmas and hanukkah there might be deals in the offing? >> you know, rick, experts are divided on this one. some experts saying the retail numbers were so good but the inventory is low and under control and retailers don't have to give you the deals. oth

this is from eileen powell. hi, eileen. i remember you. eileen powell.he lives in eureka springs, arkansas, now. this is a picture from a surprise party. see, i don't have any of these pictures, we threw for ellen on january 26, 1977, in new orleans. and there i am in the blue. and i remember those days when wood panelling went floor to ceiling and pants went up to our armpits. [laughter] i'm hoping it was a theme party for little kids, because we were too old to be dressed like that, i think. this is from julia newhouse from germany. ellen, where and when was this beautiful picture taken? ah. well, that's back when i was wearing lipstick and fewer shirts. you know, i don't know. you know how i know when that was taken? whoever is in that photo. i have no idea. i don't remember when that was taken or for what reason. i have no idea. if you want a chance to win $5,000, keep searching through your old photos and send them to me. we will be right back. [cheers and applause] >> ellen: you're living with your mom? >> my mom, my grandmom, my aunts are visiting

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the president plans to nominate jeremy stein and jerome powell to fill two vacant seats on the board of directors. the president is hoping their bipartisan credentials will result in a speedy nomination proce process. >>> the u.s. is pressing ahead against economic sanctions against iran. iran says they will cut off energy shipments in the strait of hormuz after sanctions were put through by a 100-0 vote. the white house is not commenting on the threat, but officials said in the past there is a plan to keep the shipping lanes despite the threat. >>> north korea is marking a new era of leadership today. tens of thousands of mourners attended the funeral of kim jong-il, his son and successor kim jong-un led the procession which snaked through 25 miles of the streets in the nation's capitol. there were rows of soldiers and massive crowds of citizens who beat their chest and went loudly as the motorcade passed by. the younger kim is working to solidify his stature within north korea. >>> still to come, the nfl pro bowl rosters are out. it's interesting only because the name tim tebow is

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