spew out mercury latent pollution, if you did an overlay of where the plants and were where the prevalence or a spike in autism occurred, it was in proximity to those plants. it's provocative. it's suggestive, not conclusive but it raises the bar that there may be or red flags, a number of triggers. and mercury at predisposition, a gene problem, unborn children may have some early indicators that they are going to be autistic. so we need to be looking earlier with the hopes of mitigating the early onset or the manifest station of this developmental disorder and earliest prevention, vigorous early prevention using best practiceos teaching can help get that child to a higher functioning level and there is a tremendous amount of research going to there now. i have a bill that would focus more resources so that more parents could get their children to a highe functioning level quicker through early intervention. >> so that early intervention can stall or it n decrease the impact of the onset of autism itself? >> and you know, one way autism was described to me years ago, because i have been wo

local telecom workers calling for the arrest of president preval. is dispersed using tear gas. bill clinton is inside meeting with the president of haiti. this is where the haitian government is operating from, this one small police station. it is also the location where the ten americans who have been accused of kidnapping 33 haitian children are being held. those ten americans were whisked away from here about 30 minutes before bill clinton arrived. >> reporter: the ten defendants had a court date, it turned out, convenient to avoid any overlap with president clinton. >> i believe you've done a remarkably good job and i believe the people from the u.n. and the u.s. have done a good job. >> he lost his mother and his father. >> reporter: there is no question the former president sees this as an opportunity buried inside the curse of an earthquake. an opportunity that comes with some decisions that need to be made now. build back better has become the catch phrase. how did that go? glad to see you. >> wit us good. >> reporter: americans don't think

haiti hr-z a history of corruption which president rene preval began to tackle before the quake. even he admits it's still a potential impediment to reconstruction . >> (translated): we have to get out of the instability circle. if you put watt intera bucket with holes, nothing will be in it and those holes are the instability. you can put as much money as you want into haiti, but the haiti doesn't have the ability to efficiently manage that money, then it will get lost . >> suarez: since the day after the quake, preval hasn't been seen much in public. he and his ministers are running the government from a shabby police station down the road from the airport. there's little history of trust between haitians and their leaders. now for once delatour notes the leaders are sharing their people's suffering. >> and the haitian recognize that the president is in the same situation as they are. he doesn't have a place to stay, doesn't have a place to lead. i don't have a place to stay. the majority of the government don't have either house or ministry. and they are totally aware that we'

. >> in a country with such high hiv prevalence, one would expect the leader of the nation would be aoral example. unfortunately, that is not the case. >> in public, jacob zuma has taken a public stance on south africa's desperate fight against hiv/aids. >> it does not mean we should be irresponsible in our sexual practices. >> and now scrutiny on the president's private behavior. >> [unintelligible] when you are in a relationship. >> jacob zuma is not going to lose his job over this. southern africa's powerful ruling party is standing by him. but he has disapinted a lot of people here. in a port town ship, -- poor township, the use of our talk about relationships. the president's behavior has not gone unnoticed. >> [unintelligible] >> he is sending you a bad example? >> [unintelligible] backed mr. jacob zuma has asked the public and media to give in space to reflect and learn from a painful experience. abc news, johannesburg. >> finally, it is said that anything can be bought. some evidence to support that comes from latvia. their entire town has gone under the hammer. it was once a

and haitian president rene preval said the huge job of clearing rubble will delay rebuilding. he spoke to associated press television news. >> i am going to tell you one thing to take away the debris which is on the streets of port-au-prince. we need 1,000 trucks for 1,000 days. that makes it three years. >> sreenivasan: preval also said the rebuilding must focus on investment in the provinces to discourage overpopulation in port-au-prince. at the winter olympics in vancouver, canada, the u.s. men's hockey team won its first-round game over switzerland. germany won gold in the women's biathlon. and sweden took the gold in the 12.5 kilometer biathlon pursuit. but heavy snow forced officials to delay the men's super combined ski race. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. but for now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and still to come on the newshour: finding opportunity in garbage in egypt; and the threat to european economies posed by the greek debt crisis. >> ifill: but

inequality test for foundation trust, new requirement of the prevalent by the medical director, care quality commission that reviews are under way. we can remove the trust court easily. there is only an early warning system in place. these have all been done already but at the same time the secretary of state will announce later today there will be an inquiry into mortality ratios on whether that is the best way of judging whether a hospital is being successful and there will be proposals about the the authorization of foundation trusts and we know there are disciplinary hearings underway. we have done everything we can to ensure that after this has been exposed, we not only investigate the individual worries of families who are affected but also learn every lesson possible so that this would not happen again and we have a statement this morning from the interim chair of the health care quality commission, we have no reason to believe there is another trust in england with problems on the scale of magnitude that existed, want to reassure people on that but also that we are constantly

preval -- i like him. he has been better than what we have had in the past.hat haiti's government is what has let the people down. and we, too, i think we need to embark on trade issues that are different, that allow employment to take place over the long haul. this is an opportunity for all countries who care about haiti. we as an international support. -- to work in a more coordinated way, and in a way that asks more of the government. host: can we influence the elections or the way people look at them? guest: it is a democracy. that is not something that we as a country like to do, but i do not know -- i do not know what the appropriate approach is. we have an opportunity to look at the long-term urban development. i was down in city soleil in 2007, the poverty would make grown people cry just being there and seeing the sullen look in people's eyes. maybe this is an opportunity to cause the country to be physically laid out different.

the change of ideas comes when you have the prevalence of market forces. buydown dae stop here? i will be happy to answer any questions you have. thank you. [applause] >> please rate your questions down there are cards on each table the hostesses will collect them and bring them here and we will ask the question. i will begin his democracy is due to lack of programs in the muslim world? >> yes. in the sense of a stable democracies require prosperous a stable of middle-class and historic they would look at many different cases, there is always a way for relating the level of society and a level of the global economy it would be impossible to manage societies with government. yes. countries have a better chance to become democratic if they have a viable middle-class and accountable to global forces and open to trade and have a middle-class. once they get a democracy it is much more likely they can preserve, sustained and build on it if they have them but a class and economic base. >> is that even a valid term? >> in my opinion, it is for the reason first the muslims themselves bel

institutions to take reckless risks through a heads i win, tails the government will bail me out is more prevalent." sounds like he thinks the tarp bailout has failed. yet not only did we do a second package called a "stimulus," but now about to embark on a third stimulus package. >> polish president and anticommunist leader electric look said america is no longer the last hope of earth. we are moving a little toward socialism. it is a sad truth but look what is going on: a new jobs program which the stimulus program. you can call it a ten minute miracle for the economy's ab program but it will not work because we cannot spend our way out of debt. and let the free enterprise lead the way. but they won't in washington. too many in this administration and in congress on both sides of the aisle don't believe in free mark. people like ron bloom in the administration. we know theg nonsense. the whole point is to "game" the system. to bet the market. or fine someone who will pay you a lot of money. we know this is about power. it is an adult's only no limit game. this administration has abandoned capita

the pale blue buyers are englishmen in the dark ones are the american men and the gap the prevalent comment diabetes, hypertension, a cancer, lung disease and heart disease. here are the lowest educated men come in little educated and highest. you can see the social gradient except for cancer within the most educated men in every case and you can see in every comparison and dead top third that the more equal have the worst health and men in the u.k.. looking at death rates rates, about 3,000 counties counties, with the counties of the less equal states are arranged by county level and comes and affluence. in the four counties it makes of big difference to county death rates to be in a more equal state but at every level of county and town there is an advantage to living in a more equal states even in the very affluent counties it is better to live in a more equal state. here is some data going to educational achievements stated it from a colleague and canada comparing young adults by years of education their parents have had record down at this end is the school with the kids with the least

it is a prevalent, huge disorder. the power of her name she uses to help. now hopefully they are on the right path now and she can use her name -- >> she won't though. >> she should be able to speak out about it. >> last word, will, on this topic. >> whether it is bruce springsteen saying vote for obama and daddy yankee saying to vote for john mccain, it is a logical extension of that. if you listen to them about anything other than you make good music or whatever daddy yankee does. >> damn yankee. jew you are thinking the -- >> you are thinking the ted nugent band. >> it just creates a fog of confusion, and it doesn't help people. >>> we here at "red eye" have been perplexed, dare i say frustrated that yet defines a decent president obama impersonator. thank god for one of our robots who has been busy honing his skills and imitating our great president. take it away robot impersonator, dude. >> first, greg, thanks for asking me to be on your show. i am a big fan and try to catch it when i am not performing at the laughing tess tau cal. okay. here is my imp

kong, can a tsunami happen at any time of the year or are there prevalent times. >> there is no seasonor snow and blizzard occur this time of year, there are no seasons for tsunamis. we have to be ready, prepared. it is the early warning system, in american samoa the education, the outreach, that preparedness that kirk was mentioning will save lives. >> larry: now jacqui jeras will show us the differences between the earthquake in chile today and the earthquake in haiti last month. >> yeah, larry, lots of differences between the two. when we go up in magnitude, the haiti earthquake was 7.0, today in chile was 8.8. between seven and eight you go up 33 times and between eight and nine. 500 more times more powerful today's earthquake than the haitian one. let me show you a couple of things on google earth. let me show you this area, the epicenter of this was offshore and it was maybe three miles away from the coastline. this is the coastal area where the greatest jolt or impact would be. take a look, there is nothing there. you can't find a house on there. very sparsely populated. santiag

now it's becoming more prevalent among kids, so, you know, one thing that i try to emphasize is that this isn't about weight and it's not about looks. it's not -- it's not a physical issue. it's really about the quality of life of our kids, because, you know, teachers are seeing, you know, the challenges that kids with weight issues are having. not being able to participate in gym, feeling a little more sluggish. this is a quality of life issue. it's not about weight and diet. it's about fitness and overall nutrition to emphasize here. >> larry: do you really think you can make a he headway? you got a task force today? >> absolutely. the president signed the first ever federal memorandum that establishes a federal task force on childhood obesity. do i think i can make some inroads? i think that working with the rest of the country, with parents and business leaders and industry leaders and entertainment and sports leagues and parents and doctors and everyone, yeah, i think that we can make a difference. >> how do you handle it? kids don't want to be told you're overweight. you don't

fear is prevalent in narkt place right now.is translating to our markets, that's what we're seeing right now. there's no reason to stick your neck out and buy this market until it settles in. >> even though you may look at the current economies that are having some of the sovereign risk and they're seemingly small relative to the large ones, fear is contagious. >> that's right. if you see these spreads widen, that equals fear. fear is going to translate to our economy as well, maybe not today, tomorrow, a month from now. but it asks the tough questions. have we been diligent about spending, and the answer is no. >> steve grasso, stewart frankel wurngs of the fast money contributors. coming up, we'll show you how to protect profits in a sea of red. plus a first on cnbc interview with the ceo of sarah lee, melissa and the traders are live at 5:00. we have about 25 min touts go here. right at the lows of the day. the dow jones industrial average is off by 241 points. technology is getting crushed as well. the nasdaq is down about

president rene previously won the election -- preval won the election with 58% of the vote. the wealth gap between the impoverished creole-speaking majority and the french-speaking minority 1% of whom own nearly half of the country's wealth remains unresolved. even prior to the earthquake, haiti's infrastructure has all but collapsed and drug trafficking has become a major problem. today, haiti is the poorest, least developed country in the western hemisphere, and prior to the earthquake was ranked 149 out of 182 countries on the united nations human development index. we have all seen the pictures on tv of the children of haiti. it is heartbreaking. we all recognize the urgent need for assistance to the smallest of the earthquake's victims. the outpouring of sympathy has led many to consider adopting a haitian child. however, mr. speaker, the u.s. state department recently announced that new adoption applications are not being processed. at this time, the main priority is reuniting children with their families. the process of determining whether a child is an orphan is a lo

third, teaching was smothered by the prevalent theory of moralism which assumed that any idea should be judged by its moral advantages, anathema to scholarly inquiry. the most important moral problem in america in the first half of the century was, of course, slavery. in both the north and south, colleges rigidly enforced their own views on this subject. by the 1830s, the mind of the south had closed completely on the question. when it became known, for example, that a professor at the university of north carolina was sympathetic to the 1856 republican presidential candidate, the faculty publicly repudiated his views, and he was discharged by the trustees. the situation in the north was not much better. the president of franklin college was dismissed because he was not an abolitionist, and judge edward lorry was dismissed because in his capacity as a federal judge, he had enforced the fugitive slave law. between 1870 and 1900, there was a genuine revolution in american higher education. dramatic reforms such as graduate instruction and scientific courses were implemented, and great n

delatour, the minister of tourism in the haitian government, has been appointed by president rene preval to run the assessment of damage, and building of new shelters and structures. his office is really the cell phone constantly at his side and in his ear as he rushes from meeting to meeting. >> we are dealing with a people that has 200 years of individual survival skill, and they are making decisions independently of the government and not waiting for the government. >> suarez: which is good and bad. across from the ruins of the national palace thousands of people have settled on the grounds of a national park. there is a barber shop, an internet cafe and the mouth- watering smell of food cooking wafting through the camp. it shows how resourceful, and tough, these people really are. but also how hungry, and increasingly, impatient. this is the mais gate camp out near the airport. between 10,000 and 12,000 people on a few acres by a traffic circle. in some ways this camp is relatively well off: a committee was organized to run day-to-day life here, there have been regular water deliveri

bicycle tires, to make the chairs stable, more durable and more useful in the rough terrain that is so prevalentn third world nations. his latest model, the rough rider, is in use in many poor countries, and in fact, 50,000 whirlwind wheelchairs have been bought over the years by non- profit groups and then given away. hotchkiss and his staff test his theories on hills and in flower beds near the college science building. >> there are parts of it that require the same skills that are required to go over unpaved roads and up and down rutted trails. our chairs have a much longer length between the front and rear wheels than a typical chair. we've tucked the footrest behind the front wheels instead of hanging them way out front like a cow catcher. we've also gone to mountain bike rear tires, and thank goodness those are more and more available all over the world. >> reporter: whilrwind wheelchairs are easily repaired and modified key elements in the poor nations. hotchkiss insists that everyone in his class and on his staff-- and most are not disabled-- ride a wheelchair. laura hunt is a senior maj

host: some statistics among children aged 2 to 5, the prevalence of obesity increased.ilies is going to be a poor future. some suggest that this could be the first generation of children that cannot live as long as their parents so because of the diabetes and heart disease and hypertension that will be caused. host: the numbers are on your screen. a lot of these statistics over the course of 25 years. what is the biggest reason for this increase in obesity? guest: this morning, 12 million families will wake up and send their kids to preschool and another 35 million will send their kids to school. the school environment, the lack of recess and physical activity, the inability of kids to walk and bicycle to a school like they used to do. when they come home, parents will let them go to play at the parks and burn off of the food they ate, so they sit. we have too many cows reason and not enough calories out and we see the manifestation in the obesity rates of our kids. host: michelle obama last week announcing initiatives to take on the issue. let me show you what she had

in reality prevalence of illness doesn't drive spending. 4% of the variation in medicare spending amongis associated with regional variation in the presence of severe chronic illness. when they look at medical centers, we see the same pattern, equally sick patients receive different care depending upon which they go to for care. higher spending may be justified if in-patient care resulted in better quality of care but does not appear to to do so. research has shown that patients with severe chronic illness who live in communities where in-patient care is the norm do not have improved survival quality of life. outcomes may be worse. they propose changes which are things that i talked about, make sure we are doing disease management. they say things such as, we recommend that the federal government fund a program of clinical research designed to transform the management of chronic illness where care is based on illness level and patient preference. detailed specification of the clinical pathways when hospitalizing a patient with patients with pulmonary disease, when to schedule a patient

this was most prevalent in 1991 when george h. w. bush did everything he could do hold of the soviet union together. including going to kiev on the first of august of that year to war and the ukrainians against nationalism, a speech that became as the chicken kiev speech. it was an extraordinary commitment of u.s. prestige and diplomacy at a time when it was just unrivaled in the world, to a cause that was totally hopeless. and in which we actually had no interest. because within the month, ukraine was independent. the same error was made with very tragic consequences in yugoslavia, where james baker went on the 21st of june, 1991, toward the leaders of the six republics of these in yugoslavia, that if they broke up the country, that those who broke away could expect no sympathy from the u.s. but at that point in time, the people of slovenia and croatia had already voted, overwhelmingly, or for independent. the leaders were, their whole being was about independence. the date was set for the 25th, four days later, and of course they w

nor will it do anything to reduce the prevalence of cancer and other diseases that are increasingly linked to a burning fossil fuels. so i ask you all to please compare the two options that we have. on the one hand, the dirty burning fuel supply we use today has gotten more expensive, it's damaged the health of our kids, it's damage our communities, is resulted in billions of american dollars going overseas each year rather than keeping that money here in our own economy. on the other hand, clean energy has created jobs. as market share has grown, as technology has progressed, the cost of clean energy has and will continue to decrease. and it is put us on a strong course towards improving our national security, our sustainability environmentally, and our economic competitiveness. and broad terms, clean energy jobs are up. clean energy costs are down. while fossil fuels costs are up, and the money we pay for the fuel is increasingly sent to other countries. the question for me, i think the outcome is which of these to pass, that so clearly lie before us, do we want to follow? i thank each o

host: some statistics among children aged 2 to 5, the prevalence of obesity increased.ity epidemic is stabilizing. should that not be seen as good news? guest: 1 in three kids is either applebees or overweight and one out of every two adults -- is either obese or overweight and one out of every two adults. we have got to reverse that or the health care costs and the damage to our communities and families is going to be a poor future. some suggest that this could be the first generation of children that cannot live as long as their parents so because of the diabetes and heart disease and hypertension that will be caused. host: the numbers are on your screen. a lot of these statistics over the course of 25 years. what is the biggest reason for this increase in obesity? guest: this morning, 12 million families will wake up and send their kids to preschool and another 35 million will send their kids to school. the school environment, the lack of recess and physical activity, the inability of kids to walk and bicycle to a school like they used to do. when they come home, par

. >> it's interesting, president preval has said in print, look, i'm not there for photo-opes.the argument, well, the government's broken and we don't have money, so there's not much we can do. the least you can do is lead by example. and if your countrymen are suffering and -- then you should be out there helping people pick through the rubble in those first few days or doing something visible. i know you talked to some haitian government people today. what's their excuse? what are they saying? >> well, look, i mean, what we know is that this is a country that is the poorest country in the hemisphere, made poor, kept poor by the west. its leadership has been undermined essentially for centuries, and that comes right to this day. the leadership in this country is not respected by a lot of the people. a lot of the people say they're not doing anything. so, we did go to the information minister here in haiti today, asked a couple questions about that. and she said, look, we're working quietly behind the scenes. let's listen. >> i say that all the countries who came to help us, th

the airlines are outsourcing more and more maintenance issues, it was prevalent in the 1990s, but it'sased threefold, the airlines are allowed to farm out, including to non-faa approved repair stations. >> mary, why? >> all they have to do is recertify, and they are pretty much on an honor system. we don't have any more inspectors today than we had 15 years ago, and yet the airline industry is much bigger. >> it sounds nuts. >> it is nuts. the faa has a way of doing business, and they have said this publicly in hearings, et cetera, that they are in partnership with the airlines and the airlines should be allowed to self-report. if they find a problem and they report it, they receive amnesty. so, the faa has taken a bit of hands-off approach, and in deference to the faa, they only have 3,600 inspectors to cover the world. for example, in china alone there are over 100 repair stations. and so they have to cover the world with a very small workforce, so they allow the carriers to self-report. and if the carriers turn themselves in, then they don't get a work action. but what has happened

the group was scheduled to meet with haitian president preval and other leaders.ion includes john conyers, james oberstar, sheila jackson lee, and on a cushion to them. from the senate, george lemieux, tom harkin, and in the klobuchar. they returned to the u.s. tonight. >> up next on c-span, a world economic forum discussion on the impact of future of global energy needs. after that, david cameron n.a. #others discuss the impact of government financial assistance for banks. thad allen on haiti relief. tomorrow on "washington journal" the private security fun details pakistan's war and fighting the role and afghanistan. douglas wilder discusses his recent -- where he calls on president obama to make changes to his and visors and for the removal of democratic national committee chair tim kaine. neil munro talks about his recent article on progressesxr reshaping biomedical technologies. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> and discussion on the global energy outlook with the president and numerous oil companies around the world. this was held

the gentleman from west virginia that spoke about the west virginia delegation, i think that is prevalenthe united states except in some democratic pockets. i think people are just very, very disillusioned with this massive deficit that was just inherited by the obama administration from the bush administration but then was compounded by the obama administration because everybody on main street knows that they did not run up their credit cards to try to reduce their debt. i think we are all pretty much in a pickle right now. i just also hate to hear the previous lady bring race into the fact. we are trying to move past that in america. we are americans. unfortunately it will rear its ugly head. but i would like to think that now instead of voting by race we are trying to move the ball forward with ideology. and work for the common good of the american people. host: in "the financial times" this morning. we will be looking at more stories, and newspapers as we go through the morning. çsouth carolina, don on our lie for democrats. what did you think about evan bayh posset announcement yest

and for the challenges facing us prevalent to ask any more questions about specific localities. to be disrespectful but given your access, when did you and your colleagues first get a sense there was a national housing problem? >> i have known the we have over 900 data part paris. one of the largest is the largest collector of steve come with tax and mortgage property information in the country. when i started to analyze their data and compare with the dow jones individual market segments and tremendous volumes we have terabytes of information. start to look at various factors be called trigger eban's negative a when action taking place that have adverse actions, we saw this occurring frankly before 2007 and saw the bubble before the bubble and could tell the some of these were starting to happen but this is macro data. looking at the specific segment of the database they have not brought it to gather with the bankruptcy findings and commercial real estate information is separated. but this information and the individual silos prevent us from being able to do do except middle of

opportunities for innovation are prevalent in memphis. music fans, and elvis presley created rock 'n' roll. i invite chris buckley, my friend and forbes magazine to come to memphis and visit for themselves. memphis also has a great optometry school. sometimes it's in the eye of the beholder. maybe they'll leave with 2020 -- 20/20 vision. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. cow -- mr. gao: today i pay tribute to the zulus, founded in 1909 and have been an intergrat part of the social corgs of african-american communities in new orleans for 100 years. they are a foundation of new orleans cultural framework, participation in mardi gras and community service activities. the zulu mardi gras prayed is one of the largest attractions for the tribal costumes, the singing and dancing, and the hand painted coconuts they distribute to onlookers. in 1949 the king of the zulu parade was none

we simply cannot stand what we don't have and that tax and spend mindset is so prevalent in washingtons the most affected. i have been fortunate to serve in on the local level for the past several years. i have had this privilege of serving in state government. over those years, i have worked with hundreds of hard working public employees and elected officials who carry out their duties with honesty and integrity. very seldom have i encountered situations where the ethics of those who hold a public trust has been called into question. still, breaches to occur and questions do arise, often better clarity would have provided better guidance. to set that standard for the executive branch, today i signed an executive order that reaffirms and clarify guidelines about accepting gifts, participating in lobbying efforts, and identifying conflicts of interest. this session, i encourage u.s. lawmakers to remove any perception of possible ethics issues by implementing needful and substantive effort re--- reform. the work is already under way on these bills. i look forward to signing them into law

it is really an issue of opportunity and socio-economic conditions that are prevalent among the populationn poor neighborhoods, particularly african-american men. the economy is bleak. and opportunities for education may be limited. but one robert shiroudi is still there, and that is gang membership. -- one opportunity is still there, and that is gang membership. gains are always recruiting. host: -- gangs are always recruiting. host: cedric from washington. caller: in the last segment there was a gentleman who talked about, i think in the '60s and '70s how for non-violent offenders, they have the opportunity to enlist in the military. i'm wondering what your thoughts are about that, for in terms of nonviolent offenders, if the sentence given them would be like a segue into the military as opposed to prisons where we know the recidivism rate is so high. guest: the military can be a very positive and reformer to of experience for young men and women -- and reformers tiv experience for young men and women who have perhaps on the wrong path. i would hate to see our military be the alternative

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with regard to commercial real estate, it is important to point out the problems are already prevalentn the non-current rates. it takes time for income-producing properties and things like that in portfolios to experience problems. that is an area we are watching closely right now. [inaudible question] >> the sense is that the challenges out there will be experienced fairly gradually over the next couple of years. >> could you help me understand why is the cash balance of the difs so much higher than the reserve balance? >> that is getting back to the question about the prepadse. we collected the $46 billion from the industry for the prepaid assessments at the end of 2009. while that improved the deposit insurance fund ace cash balance or liquidity position, it didn't impact the fund so much because we did not take that to revenue. we will be taking that to revenue in the fund over the next three years, and so it is going to take a while for the fund balance to reflect that prepaid activity. but again, the liquidity position was helped immediately by that. [inaudible question] >> we ta

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if greece and the european union conflict these problems that are prevalent now and the periphery of europe and do them in a way that we instill confidence in investors bringing down the cost of debt for greece, for its people, for the banks in europe, that is going to reinvigorate the greece economy and european economy. the key is to come up with a credible plan to do that. as we think about to the question as we think about the potential for this current agent if he will to spill over into other economies the point is people are drawing parallels between what is happening in greece and they are singing where is the next increase. it's kind of like during the financial crisis people were saying after bear stearns where is the next bear stearns. and there are some parallels there so we need to think about the way that while there are differences between what is happening in greece in europe and the united states and the rest of the world there are parallels and the threat that draws them together is lawmakers around the world me to think about how they are we to deal with fiscal pro

we simply can't spend what we don't have and the tax and spend mind set is so prevalent in washingtonis not acceptable here in utah. [applause] government closest to the people is most effective. i have been fortunate to serve on that local level for the past several years and bar have served in state government. over those years i have worked with hundreds of hard-working employees and elected officials who carry out their duties with honesty and integrity. very seldom have are encountered situations where the ethics of those who hold the public trust has been called into question. but breaches' do occur and questions do arise. better charity would have provided better guidance. to set the standard for the executive branch on signed an executive order that clarified guidelines about accepting gifts and participating in lobbying efforts and identifying conflicts of interest. this session i encourage you as lawmakers to remove any perception of possible ethical issues by implementing meaningful and substantive ethics reform. i know that the work is already under way on these bills and

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it is really an issue of opportunity and socio-economic conditions that are prevalent among the populationup -- to grow up in poor neighborhoods, particularly african-american men. the economy is bleak. and opportunities for education may be limited. but one robert shiroudi is still there, and that is gang membership. -- one opportunity is still there, and that is gang membership. gains are always recruiting. host: -- gangs are always recruiting. host: cedric from washington. caller: in the last segment there was a gentleman who talked about, i think in the '60s and '70s how for non-violent offenders, they have the opportunity to enlist in the military. i'm wondering what your thoughts are about that, for in terms of nonviolent offenders, if the sentence given them would be like a segue into the military as opposed to prisons where we know the recidivism rate is so high. guest: the military can be a very positive and reformer to of experience for young men and women -- and reformers tiv experience for young men and women who have perhaps on the wrong path. i would hate to see our military

anxiety, insomnia or severe depression is much more prevalent among stalking victims than within thespecially the case if the stalking involves being followed or having one's property destroyed. over 12% of employed stalking victims report losing time from work as a result of their victimization and more than half lose five days of work or more. in fact, many stalking victims have been forced to relocate their residences and they often need psychological counseling. stalking is often a precursor to physical attacks on a victim. this is why stalking is a crime in all 50 states and in the district of columbia, with the crime under federal law as well. over 75% of women murdered by an intimate partner had been stalked by that partner before being killed. victims are increasingly vulnerable to the crime of stalking with advances in technology, giving stalkers more access to the victim's personal information. i would like to thank my judiciary committee colleague, the gentleman from texas, ted poe, for introducing this bipartisan resolution and i urge my colleagues to join me in supportin

president preval has also named three individuals, one of whom is the current minister of tourism butt is an ongoing effort. yes? >> i heard you say in your opening remarks that you thought eventually the response to the earthquake might be seen as a model. i realize it is only one month since this happened, but i would be interested in your lessons learned. are there things that would have been helpful to you the first day, the first week, the second week? are there other ways this could have been handled perhaps even better? >> it being completely frank, i have never really had a chance to sit back and think through my lessons learned. -- being completely frank. there are some things i am very thankful we did do. those would probably be too much of a micro level for you to be interested in. i will say, at the risk of saying like i am putting myself on the back, -- that i am patting fisa on the back, but we do have good relations prior to the earthquake with the international community which has really helped soothe the relationship on the ground with all of the new actors. the u.s.

if greece and the european union can fix these problems that are prevalent at the periphery of europetors, bringing down the cost of debt for greece, for its people, for the banks in europe, that is going to reinvigorate the greek economy and the european economy. the key is to come up with a credible plan to do that. as we think about your question -- as we think about the potential for this contagion to spill over into other economies, the point is that people are drawing parallels now between what is happening in greece. they are saying, "where is the next greece?" it is like the financial crisis, people saying, "where is the next bear stearns?" while there are many differences between what is happening in greece and in europe and what is happening in the united states, there are some parallels. i think the thread that draws them together is that lawmakers around the world need to think about how they are going to deal with fiscal problems and to articulate how they are going to come up with a game plan to do that in a way that we instill confidence among investors. >> can you tell

the training should address myths, the myths that are out there that are prevalent and accepted by memberssociety as well as members of our military services. and we would also argue the training needs to be less narrowly focused on women. because that makes it all the more difficult for male victims to come forward. we all know that the ability of male victims to report is much less. is very difficult for any victim of sexual assault to come forward but currently they training tends to be more geared towards females then encompassing any individual who might become a victim of sexual assault. we would also argue that the training needs to be more specialized and recurring. first responders and sarks victim advocate specific to the gender of the victum as well as investigators and prosecutors in order for us to be able to improve successful prosecution of sexual assault. as well as specialized training for leadership as the mentioned at all levels of service. in the victim response area as we have said much as been done in order to improve what we are doing there but some of the areas we s

accomplishments and commitments to reducing hunger, applications that target communities with a high prevalence of child hunger and a collaboration with a wide range of partners. it is through these efforts that we will achieve our ambitious and important goals. second, in addition we should also offer grants to states and nonprofit organizations to develop web-based or other assistance to streamline the application process and expand efforts to enroll eligible children through direct certification. if a child already qualifies for other assistance programs, there's no reason why their parents should have to fill out yet another application to qualify them for school breakfast or school lunch. bonus payments should be offered to states and school districts that effectively use direct certification to enroll children who are currently qualified but who are not participating. in school districts with very high rates of student you eligibility for free and reduced lunch, the cost of paperwork and the risk of lost application forms far outweighs any benefits. that's why i'm also calling upon congre