crewer is is a princeton university -- crewer is a princeton university -- krueger is a princeton university graduate. >>> coming up at 5:00, a new threat to sea otters along the bay area coastline. the program that rescues the sea lions has been deemed a complete failure. we're trying to find out if there's any other plan to help the sea lions in the future. that story and more coming up at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

demetrius cooper is one of 60 high school students calling princeton university home this summer.come from all corners of the country. they also come from racial and socioeconomic backgrounds considered underrepresented in the national leadership pool. >> my family is in the chicken farm business and because we barely got [ inaudible ] huge loan so we can't hire people to help us. usually me and my sister gou ou and help, picking eggs and stuff. >> reporter: the leadership for diverse america selects promising students to help them go on to highly competitive universities. each day, students take classes preparing them for college-level work and there are trips to new york city and college tours. all at no cost, thanks to board members like this person. his foundation has given more than a million dollars to the program. >> the best leaders from every group brought together is a very exciting proposition for me and very much a part of our national dna. >> reporter: for him, it's not just about financial support. he's become a role model to students like hey sus franco. after faili

alan krueger is a princeton university expert on unemployment. if you are all mine and you are on twitter, you can keep up-to- date with us. >> good to have you with us. four close relatives of colonel gaddafi have fled libya and crossed into neighboring algeria. >> rebel fighters said they are now within 20 miles of gaddafi's last stronghold, his hometown. for more on our main story. response to the news that crumb abu dhabi's wife and three of these children have fled to algeria from libya. gaddafi supporters have reason to reconsider their loyalty. we spoke to the locals to find out. >> the green flags of colonel gaddafi wants to prod year. -- once flew probably here. this is a new rebel checkpoint. the supporters put up a fight here. you can see it on the buildings. the fires are still burning here. you can actually tasted. you can also feel the tensions as well. this was one of the last places in tripoli to fall. look at this market that lies in ruins. they saw some of the fiercest fighting of this war in tripoli. >> i used to support him. >

has nominated a new economic advisor to bring down the unemployment rate, alan krueger, from princeton university. this selection signals a fresh attempt to make good on his process to focus on the u.s. economy and jobs. she was the storm that brought some of america's largest cities to standstill. today, the cleanup from hurricane irene is well under way. from north carolina to new england, more than 30 people dead and millions without power. the economic damages still being calculated. from new york, we report on the widespread damage. >> the alarming aftermath of by rain, floods and fires in suburban new jersey, farms and battled with the rising water levels trying to hose down the blaze. elsewhere in this state, stranded teenagers clanging. >> we did not realize the current was that strong. we realized it was coming strong. >> as a rain moved into vermont, the flooding in the landlocked state was the worst in 80 years. this bridges barely standing. this one has been swept away. >> oh, my god. >> in upstate new york estimates they try to reach those cut off by the flood. >> there are towns bas

alan kruger is a princeton university expert on unemployment. the selection signals a fresh attempt by the president to make good on his promise to focus on the u.s. economy and jobs as well. you can keep up to date with us, follow myself and the team online at twitter. >> this is "newsday" on the bbc. i'm roko in singapore. >> i'm in london. the headlines. four close relatives of colonel gaddafi have fled libya and crossed into neighboring algeria. >> rebel fighters say they are now within 20 miles of gaddafi's last stronghold, his hometown of sirte. >> to syria now, where activists say at least six people, including a child, have been killed as security forces crank down on protests against president assad. they say heavy gunfire has been heard at the southern entrance, forcing many residents to flee. tanks and troops are also reported in towns near damascus. a syrian born professor of middle east history in ohio, and a member of the syrian opposition executive committee, he joins us now via skype. thank you very much for joining us, and welco

economist to chair the white house counsel of economic advisors and introduced allen krueger of princeton university today and says he wants krueger to give him unvarnished economic guidance not partisan political advice. >> so folks can find good work and relieve financial burdens they're feeling and families can regain a sense of economic security. >> krueger has expertise in unemployment. at announcement is a week ahead of the highly-anticipated speech on the new jbs initiative. >> and sandhya patel is here now. it's going to be cooler and warmer. and that is right. temperatures going to drop, then rise in a big way. i'll talk about that in just a moment. this afternoon, you may have noticed clouds that we had here on the coast could vanish, sunshine at beaches as well, temperatures into low 60s, inland areas warmed up in 90s, many communities are running cooler compared to yesterday. now it's 93 degrees in antioch. we have 60s around oakland and hayward. and there are other areas into 70s and 80s. cooler inland through wednesday, then, sharply warmer as we start out in september. overnight tonig

kruger specializes in the labor market and unemployment and is a former treasury official and princeton university professor. kruger starts his job as the white house is rolling out its plan of job creation by labor day, but the reports indicate the president will call for the same job proposals he's been calling for, including the ones in his weekly address from august 20th. >> cut payroll taxes, we can pass a road construction bill so road construction crews now sitting idle can get back to the work site, and let's pass trade deals to level the playing field for our businesses. the only thing from preventing us to pass these bills is by some of those in congress putting those ahead of party. >> the president has not managed to unhinge himself from reality when discussing jobs. he can't do what michele bachmann did while campaigning in florida this weekend. the headline reads "bachmann promises fast economic turn around with tax cuts." how fast is bachmann's fast economic turn around? one fiscal quarter. yep, three months. it's the worst economy since the great depression, but bachmann knows how

: jenna, alan krueger is a labor economist, with a harvard phd, who's been on the staff of princeton university for 25 years. he replaces austan goolsbee in what may be the most thankless job in washington these days, trying to defend on economic recovery that is not as strong as anyone wants it to be. his expertise in labor economics makes him a natural for the post, according to treasury secretary tim geithner, knack, krueger worked for geithner for the first couple of years of the administration, worked on the cash for clunkers program which was enormously popular and here comes the president, right out here in the rose garden now. >> good morning, everybody. this morning, we're continuing to deal with the impact and the aftermath of hurricane irene. as i said yesterday, we're going to make sure folks have all the support they need as they begin to assess and repair the damage left by the storm. that's going to continue in the days ahead. it's going take time to recover from a storm of this magnitude, the effects are still being felt across much of the country, including in new england and s

he is a former treasury department official and princeton university economist. more from the white house would today's briefing would press secretary. he was joined by fema administrator on response to hurricane i've been. -- irene. >> welcome to the white house, everyone. this is your daily briefing. for those of you who were at martha's vineyard last week or on vacation, welcome back. that includes me. for those of you who were here, my condolences. before i get started on taking questions on other issues, i have with me today the administrator of the federal emergency management agency, craig fugate. as you know, mr. fugate has extensive emergency management experience. he was the former director of the florida division of emergency management, appointed to that position in 2001 by then governor jeb bush, and then later reappointed by governor bush's successor, charlie crist. he held that position until president obama asked him to lead fema. he is here to take your questions and give you an update on hurricane irene and its consequences. fugatedon't we have

announced the nomination of his new economic adviser. 50-year-old alan krueger and professor of princeton universityallied on wall street today. the dow jones rose more than 250 points. nasdaq and s&p were higher as well. investors were encouraged that damage from hurricane irene didn't hurt, that consumer spending is and your debt crisis may be easing. >>> it's official. beyonce is pregnant. she confirmed the rumors last night at the mtv music video awards. she said she wanted to have a baby at 30 and she turns 30 next week. she and husband jay-z were married in september 2008. how is that for having a plan and sticking to it? >> good for them. time for tonight's shot. millions of people were glued to the tv for hurricane irene. many of us working in the media were covering the movements. that included one reporter from doylestown, pennsylvania who tiled an up to the minute report saturday afternoon as the rain began to fall. this clip got a lot of air time, so if you've seen it, i think it's worth watching again. if not, take a look. >> i'm jane from pennsylvania. the rain is coming down more than

this guy teaches economics at princeton university. how much is tuition there? how about our pal barney frank who oversaw the collapse of fannie mae and freddie mac? ol barn doesn't like the fact income taxes are not going to be raised. >> tax cuts don't put out fires. they don't do health research in the right way. they don't do the construction of bridges and highways or provide for elderly people. you have a right wing group that simply does not accept the notion there is a role for government. >> and congressman frank refer together tea party. there are no tax cuts, barney. the current tax rate is being kept the same. for now. and in the face of all of the madness it's important to understand the mind set of president obama and the political left. the country is in dire economic trouble, largely because of liberal policies they will not acknowledge that. and as for liberal americans themselves, actor matt damon articulates their point of view. >> i don't mind paying more taxes. i'd rather pay for taxes than cut, you know reading is fundamental or head start

obama announced the nomination of his new economic adviser, 50-year-old alan kreuger from princeton universitynate kreuger will replace austin goolsbee who is returning to academia. >>> stocks rallied on wall street today. the nasdaq and s&p were higher. investors were encouraged that damage from hurricane irene wasn't worse, that consumer spending is up and that europe's debt crisis may be easing. >>> anderson, it is official. beyonce is pregnant. she confirmed rumors last night at the mtv video music awards. she said she wanted to have a baby at age 30. and she turns 30 next week. she and husband jay-z were married in september 2008. how's that for having a plan and sticking to it? >> good for them. congratulations. time for tonight's the shot. people were glued to the coverage of hurricane irene. one intrepid young reporter from dia doylesdown, pennsylvania. this clip got a lot of air time. if you have seen it, it's worth watching again. >> jane haubrich reporting from doylestown, pennsylvania. the rain is coming down more than it was before. the wind is probably going faster. i think this

. >>> men while princeton university ban freshman from greek life starting in the fall of 2012 the schoolnd fraternity forbidden from rush or recruitment of freshmen students. school says rushing can often lead to peer pressure and excessive drinking. >> meanwhile as members of class of 2015 start the first year, pwloit college put out annual mind set list to get in the heads of these college freshmen. here's what they found. ready for this? most of these students were born in 1993 meaning they have always had internet access. never known times without it. ferries buller is old enough to be their dad. oj simpson more well known as accused murderer than celebrity athlete. to them amazon has never been just a river in south america. and they have often broken up by a text facebook or my space and not in person. >>> times have changed. one of the more mundane tasks but certainly a must do chore and it can now be handled by a robot. thanks to a bay area researcher. that story coming robot. thanks to a bay area researcher. that story coming up. stay with us subpoena. >> all right items up. dow

and anne marie at the state department who is a professor of international affairs at princeton universityiously isn't iraq but you hear the concerns about the possibility of gadhafi loyalists d loyalists dissolving away and then -- >> i'm glad you mentioned iraq. it was the war after the war. the regime of saddam hussein fell in april and saddam was captured in december. there was seven or eight months between the capture and the new regime pop so there's uncertainty. no doubt the gadhafi has practically fallen. >> no matter what saif gadhafi says? >> yes. i have a grieve advantage against saif because they announced that he was captured and now he's made this appearance. i think the regime has fallen. what happens in libya next is, of course, anyone's guess but the prospects for the libyan people are promising. there can be no possibility that the regime would rise in libya that would equal the tyranny and brutality of this regime. >> bob baer, we don't have the religious problems in libya like iraq but there's tribal divisions. how serious do you think the disputes or the potential for

. >>> president obama announced the nomination of 50-year-old alan kreuger from princeton university.med by the senate kreuger will replace austin goo goolsby who will return to ak deem that. the nasdaq and s&p were higher. investors were encouraged that damage from hurricane irene wasn't worse, consumer spending is up and europe's debt crisis may be easing. it is official. beyonce is pregnant. she confirmed rumors last night at the mtv video music awards. she said she wanted to have a baby at age 30. she turns 30 next week. she and jay-z were married in september 2008. how's that for a plan and sticking to it? >> good for them. congratulations. time for tonight's the shot. people were blue e glued to the coverage of hurricane irene. one reporter followed as the rain began to fall. this clip got a lot of air time. if you have seen it, it's worth watching again. >> jane haubrich from pennsylvania. the rain is coming down more than it was before. the wind is probably going faster. i think this is just the starting of it. i definitely feel it on my head just a tiny bit of rain. i think t

he is currently a professor at princeton university. .may have bowed out of the race for president because his campaign was broke. sources tell the huffington post he spent so much money in iowa he had to get out after a third place finish. >>> and michele bachmann suggesting irene was a message to politicians. >> i don't know how much god has to do to get the attention of the politicians. we had an earthquake. we've had a hurricane. he said are you going to start listening to me here? listen to the american people because the american people are roaring right now. because they know it needs to be done. >> her campaign now says that she made that comment in jest. >>> turning to two big names in the gop race for president. they have something of an icy history. mitt romney and rick perry are something of political rivals. politico traced the rivalry back to 2006 when the governors were butting heads over a staffer. perry endorsed rudy juligiulianr president last time around. good afternoon folks. we know these candidates are very different

this guy teaches economics at princeton university. how much is tuition there? how about our pal barney frank who oversaw the collapse of fannie mae and freddie mac? ol barn doesn't like the fact income taxes are not going to be raised. >> tax cuts don't put out fires. they don't do health research in the right way. they don't do the construction of bridges and highways or provide for elderly people. you have a right wing group that simply does not accept the notion there is a role for government. >> and congressman frank refer together tea party. there are no tax cuts, barney. the current tax rate is being kept the same. for now. and in the face of all of the madness it's important to understand the mind set of president obama and the political left. the country is in dire economic trouble, largely because of liberal policies they will not acknowledge that. and as for liberal americans themselves, actor matt damon articulates their point of view. >> i don't mind paying more taxes. i'd rather pay for taxes than cut, you know reading is fundamental or head start

and anne marie at the state department who is a professor of international affairs at princeton universityoncerns about the possibility of gadhafi loyalists dissolving away and then -- >> i'm glad you mentioned iraq. it was the war after the war. the regime of saddam hussein fell in april and saddam was captured in december. there was seven or eight months between the capture and the new regime pop so there's uncertainty. no doubt the gadhafi has practically fallen. >> no matter what saif gadhafi says? >> yes. i have a grievians against saif because they captured and now he's made this appearance. i think the regime has fallen. what happens in libya next is, of course, anyone's guess but the prospects for the libyan people are promising. there can be no possibility that the regime would rise in libya that would equal the tyranny and brutality of this regime. >> bob baer, we don't have the religious problems in libya like iraq but there's tribal divisions. how serious do you think the disputes or the potential for fault lines are? >> i think there's a potential for a lot and you have the be

paul krugman is a nobel prize- winning economist from princeton university. he's also a columnist for the "new york times." ken rogoff is a former chief economist for the international monetary fund. he's a co-author of a book about financial crises called "this time is different." he's a professor of economics at harvard. and terry belton works for jp morgan chase. we thank you all three for being with us. terry belton, i want to start with you since you're closest to the markets. what was behind today's massive sell-off? >> well, judy, the downgrade was a catalyst for it but it's a lot more... it's about a lot more than that. i think what the downgrade is highlighting to investors is that on the fiscal policy side, the u.s. is running out of bullets. what we really need is we need near-term monetary stimulus and longer-term fiscal austerity. i think what the markets, including now, is that near-term stimulus is not coming. we've run out of bullets on the monetary policy side for some time now. we've been at 0 interest rates. it now looks like we're there as

>> it was a kid, played football, never been out of new jersey, he's a princeton university college, gets call from alum, invites him to japan, packs a duffel bag, flies to japan, ends up working for a guy liked nick liesman, who bankrupted the japanese stock market. it becomes the hot shot hedge fund cowboy, falls in love with a japanese gangster, and makes a deal that makes $500,000 in five minutes, and it takes place in japan and sex under ground of japan. it's a story of living large in asia. i thought it was a fun, fun book. it sold extremely well on wall street. every wall street guy had a copy. outside of wall street, it didn't really catch. we've worked on the movie for a while. spacey and dana are involved. i told it to numerous studios. eventually, it will hopefully get made. bringing down the house is for me, if you want to know what i write, it's what i write. between those three really. >> go ahead, please. >> i've got two questions. one is thanks for coming, by the way. >> this is fun, thank you. >> good. i'm curious in your latest book, what was the subject's incentive

look, we went through this not long ago at the last university where i was, princeton university, where a report that there was a gunman had been sighted. it turned out there was an all clear not long after but we got that sense, it was after the virginia tech experience, it was after the campus had set up this whole communications process so we were, you know, all sitting in our offices and got this alert across on our text messages. but the fact is we think of campuses, particularly in the summer, parents send their kids off to college campuses for sports camps, for academic camps and i think it's a constant reminder for us that we need to think about the kinds of policies, both campus policies and government policies, that help to keep all of us, from faculty to students to summer campers, safe in these kind of spaces. >> melissa harris-perry, good to have you joining our kompcoveras we wait for more answers to come from virginia tech authorities. again, they continue with this alert on campus and the lockdown but there have not been other credible sightings of the person they believ

>> up until now, he has been at princeton university since he left the treasury department. my understanding is the way this process works is that he will not have all roll until he is confirmed. that is my understanding. >> is in new orleans a special case or is it still a city with challenges? >> new orleans is a unique city in many ways. separate and apart from what happened to new orleans because of hurricane katrina. i am not sure what specifically your question goes to. it was a historically terrible hurricane with historical the disastrous aftereffects. that is how it is viewed by this administration, even as many years after. >> last week's earthquake, you never got word about whether anything happened. could you give us a readout on the earthquakes affect here at the white house? >> i was not here. i did get a phone call in the middle of the night. my understanding is, those who were here, i have friends in washington, you could definitely feel it here but i believe the -- there was an evacuation, assessments were made that everything was fine and people came back.

he's princeton university alan krueger.ic policy for the first two years of the president's administration and was also chief economist at the labor department during the clinton administration. the nomination is expected to be confirmed by the senate. i can hear you, steve. happy feet is homeward bound. they finally left a zoo. the poor penguin got sick in june and likely ate sand that he mistook for snow. you think that evolution would have cured him of that. but he will be safely released after four days at sea. thank goodness. those are your headlines. >> brian: i found out a week ago that we're running out of african penguins. we have other penguins to focus on. >> brian: i call them penguins. >> steve: let's talk a little bit about this. there is an item on the web site for the atlantic and what it talks about is: hurricane irene and the american self-centeredness, how the world sees the coverage. what it talks about is how given the fact that all the channels were covering this and you had all the governors and local

it's one of three books that's kicking off a series of such books from princeton university press. and to start our discussion, i want to read the press' description of what they're trying to do and then ask dr. marty to comment on it. they say that this new series recounting the complex and fascinating histories of important religious texts written for general readers by leading authors and experts is intended to trace how their reception, interpretation and influence have changed over time. often radically. as these stories remind us, all great religious books are living things whose careers in the world can take the most unexpected turns. now, dr. marty, you've also recently completed and published a biography of martin luther, a lutheran who somewhat predated dietrich bonhoeffer. [laughter] what's the difference between with writing a biography of a figure like luther and be -- and a book like bonhoeffer's? >> there are far more similarities than i thought i would find. when princeton university press described this series and asked me if i would be a kicker offer of it, it too

. >>> president obama has nominated labor economist, allen krueger, a princeton university economicsrved as assistant treasury secretary during president obama's first two years. his appointment comes as the president is preparing to unveil his highly anticipated jobs initiative plan next week. >>> 8:48. and let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following right now. state and local governments affected by hurricane irene are adding up the cost of the damage. many of them have money problems already and the federal government may end up picking up most of the tab. >>> another protest against b.a.r.t. planned for tonight in san francisco and it may disrupt the commute, but this time, there is a twist. angry commuters opposing those protesters are planning a counterprotest of their own. and police in concord have arrested two people on suspicion of murdering a man they were trying to carjack. it happened after 10:00 last night near olvera road and grant. >>> 8:49. minutes from now, a hearing will begin in the ongoing legal battle over proposition 8 which is c

. >>> what university has the distinction of being the top party school in the u.s.? new princeton review service says ohio university, in athens, ohio, tops the list. ohio was number two last year and made the list 12times since 1997. rounding out the top five, the university of georgia. the university of mississippi. the university of iowa. and the university of california, u.c. santa barbara. here is the so-called stone cold sober schools. bringham young, wheeton wesley. u.s. military academy west point. that is a list that mike and i will keep a close eye on when it's time for our kids to apply to school. >> yeah. chico state was once on the list. no way you're going there. >> so serious now. >> good for them. congratulations, i guess. >> maybe not. >> enrollment may be going down. who knows? we'll see. >> the fog is still with us. the clouds. it will clear by noon. at the coast, it will take a while longer. it's thin from emeryville to san francisco. thick enough to cause flight arrival delays. check out the flight tracker anytime. this will repeat. look from the top down. you

well, he was a professor of economics and public affairs at princeton university.d extensively on the economics of education, labor and unemployment and among other things. he did work in the obama administration in two years in the treasury department, and also in the clinton administration in the department of labor. president obama in a statement this morning of mr. krueger said as one of the leading economists, alan is a leading voice on a vast array of topics and he understands the difficult challenges that our country faces. this announcement that the president will make at 11:00 in the rose garden comes ahead of the jobs speech that the president will make some time after labor day when the president will lay out a plan to bring down the high nation's high unemployment rate. if confirmed mr. krueger would be a part of pushing this administration's policy, kyra. >> thank you, dan lothian at the white house. >>> a legacy of a soggy storm from downed trees in connecticut to downed power lines. we will see how many people are still dealing without power. >>> and

he is a professor of economics and also a public affairs at princeton university, an economist who has written a lot about the economy and education and labor and employment and he is a key member of the administration or the face of the administration's economic team. >> dan, appreciate it. we will take it live when it happens and we will have your next political update in an hour and all of the political news you can find 24/7 on our website at cnnpolitics.com. we will see you tomorrow. and suzanne malveaux, you are taking over the post. >> and you were here all weekend covering hurricane irene. >> yes. >> and we hope that everyone is recovering well. >> not as bad as we thought, thank goodness. >> have a good day. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux, and president obama as we saw moments ago live pictures, and live pictures now, and he is going to be bringing in a jobs pro to tackle the crisis, and we will have that live from the white house. you are looking at the rose garden there, and we will bring it live when it happens. the president is set to nominate allan krueger t

he went to yorktown high school and princeton university where he got his degree in electrical engineeringll as a ph.d. in computer science at the university of california. he joined google in 2001 when what was a small internet startup. based on an ingenious search engine which used links to determine the importance of web pages. google as it quickly became known has offices in 60 countries. it maintains 180 internet domains and offers a google surge in 130 languages. under eric schmidt's tenure as ceo the company launched google news, google maps, google earth, and acquired huge use. instead. gee mail and google chrome and this year google plus. what is to come? in earlier decades google made its of a global brand like coca-cola and general electric. it created more wealth faster than any other company in history. it has become a bird. google is where we go for answers. tonight and tomorrow in these question and answer sessions and answers are what eric schmidt is going to give us about what google's intentions are for its partnership with our industry and its plans for original content.

today the president nominated the princeton university economics professor allen kruger to head the councilers. >> he brings a wealth of knowledge to the job, a leading economist and for two decades he studied economic policy both inside ant outside of government. in the iffers two years of this administration as we were dealing with the effects of a complex and fast moving financial crisis, a crisis that threatened a second great depression his counsel as chief economist as the treasury department proved invaluable. >> let's bring in our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. want to talk about alan kruger in a moment. let me talk about what the president might say in his major speech. i think it's supposed to come next week. i don't have an exact date. maybe you do already. are you getting new substance of what he's going to say? >> wolf, there are -- they are holding the details tight, but they are setting expectations very high. they have confirmed it will be next week and suggested that they actually haven't set a date themselves yet which is why we don't know it. today in the

chairman bernanke studied the great depression very closely, very in-depth as a scholar at princeton universityre he joined the fed. he believes that central bankers were, in part to blame for the great depression. they allowed deflation to continue which really exacerbated the depression. and people i talk to say if anybody's going to make sure that the united states does not have severe deflation, does not have depression, it's going to be ben bernanke. that's why he's still talking about these options even though he's facing criticism and there's many doubts over how effective the rest of their tool kit can be. >> what's the difference between deflation and a recession? >> recession refers to a broader contraction in economic growth in john growth, and -- in manufacturing. it's something broad area cross the economy. deflation is more specifically prices. when prices suffer a sustained decline. obviously maybe things would be less expensive. but in addition, deflation doesn't just affect the prices at the grocery store and the gas pump. it's also in people's wages. in deflation, wages also d

he's a princeton university professor and labor experts who's work with the obama administration in theast. >> in the first two years this administration, as we were dealing with the effects of a fast-moving financial crisis, a crisis that threatened a second great depression, alan's counsel as chief economist at the treasury department proved invaluable. so i am very pleased to appoint alan, and i look forward to working with him. >> now the white house has not released a date for the president's upcoming jobs speech. but republicans are offering a contrasting plan in a memo to his republican colleagues, house majority leader eric cantor is laying out the gop's agenda for the fall. according to kantor, the priorities are, "repealing job-destroying regulations," and "tax relief for small businesses in federal and state and local governments." it comes as republicans come -- >> what's that? >> what? >> what's that? >> i'm kidding -- >> you start laughing. >> smiling. >> guess what, small businesses, you know what they want? they want regulatory relief and tax relief. you talk to small bu

. >> it is ohio university with its first ever number one ranking by "the princeton review." 's followed by the university of georgia, university of mississippi, university of iowa and university of california's santa barbara. >> here's a shocker. brigham young university topped the list of stone cold sober schools for the 14th year in a row. >> they should have a drink and celebrate. >> consistency is something. >> you guys go. >> the stories we'll be following later today. >>> including the latest verbal gaffe by the vice president. we'll tell you what he said. ab. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] introducing purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena® naturals. developed with dermatologists... it's clinically proven to remove 99% of dirt and toxins and purify pores. and with natural willowbark it contains no dyes, parabens or harsh sulfates. dirt and toxins do a vanishing act and my skin feels pure and healthy. [ female announcer ] new purifying facial cleanser from the new line of neutrogena naturals. [ female announcer ] new purifying faci

. >>> the host of the tavis smiley show, tavis smiley, princeton university professor, dr.new radio show smiley and west. i still don't know why west is second in that name because he's the superstar here. but i'm not going to get in the middle of this. simon and garfunkel, i'm not going to ask why. despite the fact that smiley did west wrong, he agreed to go with smiley on what's called the poverty tour. it's an 18-city tour to highlight the plight of the poor in these difficult economic times and, you know, guys, it just keeps getting worse. the poverty rate, the highest since 1994. extreme poverty, higher this year that it's been in at least three years. you can go down every list and this -- this issue, i believe, is a lot like afghanistan. it's an issue nobody wants to talk about. >> talk about health care, talk about debt, don't talk about deficits. why aren't they talking about poverty, the people who are suffering right in their own neighborhoods? >> first of all, joe, i agree with everything you said and appreciate your analysis. that said -- >> so, tavis, you agre

when princeton university press described this series and asked me if i would be a kicker offer of it took me about five minutes to sign the contract. it was a new challenge because i didn't know anything like this. the first thing you have to do if you're writing a biography of the book is forget about biological analogies. that is you don't want to say the book was born this way and went through adolescence and all those things. [laughter] they don't do that. but they have careers, and they change in the light of the passage of time. think of almost any book you read 20, 30 years ago and think of its reputation now. think of the vonnegut books and the books that were big in the '60s and '70s if you're old enough to have been around then. very different books now. malcolm muckeridge marshall mcclewin. i'm in the ms today. [laughter] cultural superstars then, and they don't show up now. so that's, i think, the first thing. the other thing is the biography of a person, you dig into letters, you dig into reminiscences and so on. here you have mainly a narrative of where it's gone, what'

department of psychology and the woodrow wilson school of public and international affairs at princeton universitypect you don't have a card. [laughter] >> it would be very long if you did. his research focuses on human decision-making and it's at the intersection of sicoli and behavior economics even before there was such a thing called behavior economics and recently his work on decision-making has been put to good use in trying to understand the problem of probability. how to apply behavioral to policy. and his ideas 42 if i understand correctly is sort of a think tank that uses behavioral science that uses real world problems such as how poor people can get access to financial institutions, how people should choose health care coverage, how to improve educational opportunities in low-incomed communities et cetera. so a great pleasure to have him sitting beside me and a great pleasure to not have to talk after him. and we have a research professor at harvard university. before that, he taught in the law school and then he was the dean for the law school and for 20 years he was our president. de

chairman bernanke studied the great depression very closely, very in-depth as a scholar at princeton universityfore he joined the fed. he believes that central bankers were, in part to blame for the great depression. they allowed deflation to continue which really exacerbated the depression. and people i talk to say if anybody's going to make sure that the united states does not have severe deflation, does not have depression, it's going to be ben bernanke. that's why he's still talking about these options even though he's facing criticism and there's many doubts over how effective the rest of their tool kit can be. >> what's the difference between deflation and a recession? >> recession refers to a broader contraction in economic growth in john growth, and -- in manufacturing. it's something broad area cross the economy. deflation is more specifically prices. when prices suffer a sustained decline. obviously maybe things would be less expensive. but in addition, deflation doesn't just affect the prices at the grocery store and the gas pump. it's also in people's wages. in deflation, wages also

ohio university is the top party school. princeton list based on drinking, drug use and hours of study. rounding out the top three, university of georgia and university of mississippi. parents so proud. >>> if you want to complain about your ex-wife can you devote a blog calling her psycho. online and to the supreme court, he's appealing to put it back up. >>> officials in vancouver are handing out crack pipes. >>> here's proof race doesn't matter when it comes to crime fighting. spider-man is half black, half his panic. miles is taking over crime fire duties for peter parker in the new ultimate version of comics. i can i beat it. you need practice to beat that 1:30 mark. anyway, wraps up this hour. i'm contessa brewer in for chris jansing. thomas roberts won't let me live this down. he comes up next. also get a free flight. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. it comes with a hat. you see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn

princeton. west point,amherst college and stanford university. >>> the earth may have had two moons. plantary scientists came up with the theory as the way to explain why the dark side of the moon is much more rocky and mountainous. it could also explain why the moon is slightly lopsided. >>> the job did not go as planned today for the two russian cosmonauts at the international space station. the two spacewalkers ran out of time before they could complete moving a cargo crane, which was their main job. they'll have to finish that during the next spacewalk in february. >>> did the giants snap out of it? sports is next. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. >>> tonight, we're talk being breaking that losing streak. >> season high at home for runs scored. the renovation project. the batting word does pay off. half the team's

princeton. west point,amherst college and stanford university. >>> the earth may have had two moons.ientists came up with the theory as the way to explain why the dark side of the moon is much more rocky and mountainous. it could also explain why the moon is slightly lopsided. >>> the job did not go as planned today for the two russian cosmonauts at the international space station. the two spacewalkers ran out of time before they could complete moving a cargo crane, which sis, help me create my oasis. ok, romantic garden? oh, is there a castle nearby? no, but there's a charming farmhouse. right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. get your annual ikea catalog today. who should get it? i really love jennifer. yeah, she's great. yeah. yeah. kyle's got that thick head of hair. and that should be rewarded. okay, moment of truth. on "three," say which kid you love the most. ooh, fun, yeah. one, two, three. jennifer. jennifer. whoa. wow. she's so pretty. yeah. or we give it to kyle. it's really all he's got. [ male announcer ] switch to at&t