i was a student at a public university in the 1970's. columbia was one of the two main targets for guerrillas in our subcontinent. guerrillas brought to our country the idea of a combination of a struggle. they killed and penetrated the labor movement, the students' movement. journalists, politicians, and they created a paramilitary reaction. [unintelligible] career list began to kill them, accusing them of being traitors. the complexity my government found. since far before the beginning of negotiations with the united states, since prior to our election, we proposed to colombians a policy on security with democratic values. that policy composed of 100 points. if we win the election, we are going to do our best to provide columbus with security and democratic values to protect teachers, journalists, mayors, city councilors. colombia has 101,102 men disabilities -- municipalities. they have many political arenas were my government has begun -- has more than 400 mayors could not attend their cities because of the threat they receive from

by was a university student at the public university in the 70's and i remember -- one of the two main what targets in our subcontinent a massive gerlach brought to the country the idea of the combination of our struggle at the same time they penetrated the label movement. journalists, politicians, and they created the paramilitary infraction, the paramilitary dissent, the paramilitary has begun to kill trade unionists seeing them as being collaborators. and the guerrillas began to keep accusing them of being traitors. this is the situation, the complexity that my government found. nuisance for before the beginning of the negotiation with the united states, its prior to our election we proposed to colombians economic values. the [inaudible] compostable hundred points. if we win the election we will do our best to provide colombians with security and bawl you to protect teachers', trade unions, no mayors, city councils. columbia has from thousand 100 municipalities. the man years and the governors are elected by the people and they have many political leaders where my government begone

. >>> state officials are talking about tuition increases at public universities. y cutting more than $40 million from the university of maryland's system and part of the $280 million in overall budget reductions as maryland leaders deal with this huge deficit. the state still needs to find $470 million more in savings. governor o'mally wants to hear your thoughts. he is asking for public comment on a new web site. >>> two of the best soccer teams in the world will take the field tonight. they were supposed to practice at m & t bank stadium yesterday but the weather. they are trying to save the natural grass that's been brought in just for this match tonight. tickets are sold out for the event, being billed as the world football challenge. some of chelsea's players signed autographs at the stadium last night drawing a huge crowd including 10-year- old adrian. there he is from howard kowntdy. >> i wanted to see john terry. my dad brought me here as a present for my good grades. >> the game is sold out. if you are going, city officials are recommending you use public

just because there is a public university doesn't mean my family ceases to exist. many of those things support black families. many work for the post office, the government -- laura: how about small businesses getting hammered under the obama economy? small businesses are being destroyed in america left and right because of what we're seeing in this economy and black employment -- unemployment is way higher than any other ethnic groums during the last five months. >> and that trend has always continued under republicans and i -- they've done nothing about it. republicans have always been willing to use racism to whip up votes. >> but republicans are not in power. laura: we appreciate your time very much. up next, does the obama administration have any idea to -- how to fix the economy? and then former minnesota governor jesse ventura has harsh words for sarah palin. summerville and you didn't think the day could get any better. juicy johnsonville sausage. create your own ville at johnsonville.com you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp a

tony lo sassa is a health economist with the institute of government and public affairs at the university of illinois with polio us with just a promise that this to the poor and public affairs at the university of illinois to see you. how real are the savings of deckhand be found in the current health care burden? not very real. frankly. if it were that easy it would have been done already. there are not through his dollars flying over on the table waiting to be picked up with. for his it's hard we have these to fundamentally oppositional notions of running to increase health resource coverage a lot to spend less. those tubes are at odds with each other. at the core is just the cost of delivering in using the care that contains to increase? is that the core of the issue? that is a critical component of it. that is being misconstrued to rise and have been doing so poor many decades and are doing so in other countries as well as a unique to the u. s p realistic look that almost one-half trillion dollars spent in health-care spending last year almost a fifth of the gross domestic product in

just because there's a public university does not mean my family ceases to exist. many of those things support black families, when you lack -- when you work for the post office, the federal government, teachers and doctors. laura: the small businesses are being destroyed in america left and right because of what we're seeing in this economy. black unemployment is higher than any other ethnic group's on employment during the last five months. >> yes, and republicans and that trend has always continued under republicans and they have done nothing about it. republicans have been always willing to use racism. >> this is not about republicans. and for laura: tonight, we are out of time. -- laura: unfortunately, we are out of time. does obama have any idea how to fix the economy? former minnesota governor jesse ventura has some harsh words for sarah palin. >> did the economic package -- is the economic package the right package? remiss read how bad the economy was. laura: there is a new prescription for turning things around. >> even if we wanted to keep it the way we h

and the recovery plan has helped close state budget shortfalls which put enormous pressure on public universities and community colleges. >> we are watching president obama in warren, michigan. he's at mccomb community college talking about the economy. i'm here with my co-worker, colleague, and friend david shuster. david, we're listening to the president say, you know, many critics call this the obama economy or the obama problem, but he again reminded the audience in michigan hit very hard by this recession and unemployment numbers that this is something he inherited. >> that's right and the constant refrain of the white house trying to say they inherited such a big mess. the president trying to go on the offense as we heard saying these bankruptcies with general motors, they happened a lot faster. they are out of bankruptcy. there's progress that's been made. the president trying to hit back a little bit against those who are the naysayers of some of his policies. as we watch president obama, we'll keep track of that for any news. we are also keeping track of the sotomayor confirmation hearin

challenges of leading change in large public institutions, because whether it is cia or a huge public university or the department of defense, they all have very important characteristics in common. first, they are all publicly accountable. second, they are all accountable to a legislature. third, they all get their budgets from legislature. fourth, they all have permanent cadre who will be there before the leader of rise and will be there after the leader is gone. moseley have the opportunity just to outlast them. they all have either retirees or alumni who consider that they still should have significant influence over how the place gets run. [laughter] the reality is what i have learned at all three places is particularly when it comes to leading change, the central strategy for me has been that it is my responsibility to set the goals, to set division, but then to incorporate the professionals in the organization in figuring out how we accomplish that goal. how do we get from here to where we need to be? because the truth is, if they participate in it, if they helped to design a solution, th

the university of california complaining that its reputation as one of the top public universities inhe country is in jeopardy because of the big cuts that they've had to make. >> suarez: doesn't this deal still have to pass the legislature? >> it does. there's also a wrangling going on right now. it's not even sure that it's going to pass the legislature. the vote is scheduled for thursday but there's also... there's all sorts of lobbying going on. various groups trying to contact their legislators. and the legislators holding the caucuses today where the leadership, which made this deal with governor schwarzenegger, is trying to sell it to the members of their caucuses. it's not sure... there's one major state writer who is predicting that it might not pass. >> suarez: roughly one out of every eight americans lives in california. it certainly affects a lot of people. but what about the tens of millions of americans who don't live in california? does the state's fiscal crisis have a downstream effect for everybody else? >> well, the state's fiscal crisis is more than just a state cri

minority enrollment at major public universities has fallen, not exactly growing. difficult to say discrimination on the job would disappear for ordinary people and voters in at least four states have limited the scope of aferrableative action seeing it as a quota system and seeing it as anything but fair. of course, we want to know what our viewers think about this this morning. is it time to say no to affi affirmative action? e-mail me on my blog at cnn.com/a mrrxfix. >> the reminder that the much-anticipated cnn documentary "black in america 2" premieres next wednesday and thursday at 8:00 p.m. only on cnn. when we get to a point where when the latest supreme court nominee or the latest candidate for president with no racial or gender identification, that would be a good place to be. >> we can talk about women politicians in general without the gender thing hanging out there. when hillary clinton ran for president, a lot of horrible things said about her, as well as sarah palin. >> it will be a good day when we get to that point. >>> 54 minutes, almost 55 minute

public enemies and now comes bruno this week. david sikich is back with us. nice to see you. universal has been felling of little bit at the box office public enemy be o.k. but it was a distant third one is at stake for universal? universal had a tough year but they're turning it around these releases could be toward different than each other so there's an audience for both. and for public enemy so far so good it opened at over $40 million the $40 million mark and for the first five days universe with a very happy with and they should be because their debt paid off. that is doing very good in a few other things instead johnny depp is proof that he has star power in a year where do your rubbers and russell crowe and some others did open movies he did and they are really happy about what they see from the audience because it has broad equal the amount 25 and over and play 5 and under. and in men 53 to 47 percent women and that should carry it for the next few weeks. i like the movies are recommended. this plan to have lights. certainly need some help here universal is a distant place lis

now to help launch a the 2009 edition of the university press books for public and secondary school libraries five members of the university press books committee will present a set of titles they feel to be outstanding and some of the best books they've reviewed this year. this is an opportunity for the community to share advice and recommendations with colleagues and show the valuable contributions university of scholarly press can make to public and secondary school libraries. at the end of the presentation as promised three attendees selected will win the book raffle. each will win a predetermined set of seven of the titles presented today so please be sure to put your business card or card with your name and e-mail in the box that we will select at the end. presenting today, we have terry lent, media specialist patrick henry high school in virginia. hillary albert, a reference library in new york, judith, a professor at the georgia center university and states bridge georgia. the director of the assignment and library in the illinois and dr. janice cougar professor of science and virgini

reporter: that would allow undocumented students to remain in the united states and attend public colleges and universitiest in-state tuition prices. most importantly, it could provide a path to legal residency. advocates say the bill would help 360,000 undocumented young people who must have good moral character and earn at least a two-year degree or enlist in the armed services to qualify. >> it is an investment. i think they will get that money back many times because of the high earning rate that a student will have, having a college education. >> this is the fifth time the dream act has been introduced here on capitol hill over the past eight years. but this time with the white house and congress controlled by democrats, supporters hope the bill will pass. awe all. sa! >> reporter: not everyone agrees. >> does it really make sense to legalize thousand or hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens so they can go to college at taxpayer subsidized rates? >> reporter: in the meantime, he is writing his congressman to plead his case. >> the dream act actually gives me a new insight, an inspiration for me, it

the recovery plan has helped close stated budget shortfalls, which put enormous pressure on public universities and community colleges. at the same time, making historic investments in school libraries and classrooms and facilities all across america. so we've already taken some steps that are building the foundation for a 21st century education system here in america, one that will allow us to compete with china and india and everybody else all around the world. but today i'm announcing the most significant down payment yet, on reaching the goal of having the highest college graduation rate of any nation in the world. [applause] >> we're going to achieve this in the next 10 years. [applause] >> and it's called the american graduation initiative. it will reform and strengthen community colleges, like this one from coast-to-coast, so they get the resources that students and schools need, and the results workers and businesses demand. through this plan, we seek to help an additional 5 million americans earn degrees and certificates in the next decade. [applause] >> 5 million. [applause] >> not si

whether a the cia or a huge public university or the department of defense, they all have some very similar characteristics. first, they are all publicly accountable. second, they are all accountable to a legislature. third, they all get their budgets from the legislature. fourth, they all have permanent cadre you are there before the leader comes and it will be there after they're gone. -- who are there before the leader comes and will be there after they are gone. they all have either retirees or alumni who consider that they still should have significant influence over how the place to run. the reality is that particularly when it comes to leading change, the central strategy for me has been that it is my responsibility to set a goal and then identify the professionals and figure out how we accomplish that goal. the truth is, if they participate, if they helped to design a solution, they will embrace it and they will defend it. i have worked for too many people in the government who came in and try to impose change from the top and by fiat and change walked out the door the day they left

the recovery plan has helped close state budget shortfalls which put enormous pressure on public universitiescommunity colleges. it makes historic investments in clusters and facilities all across america. -- in classrooms and facilities all across america. with taken steps of your building the foundation for a 21st education century. it allows to debut china and india and everybody else around the world. today i'm announcing the most significant thing on reaching the goal of having the highest college graduation rate of any nation in the world. we are going to achieve this in the next 10-years. it is called the american graduation initiative. it will reform and strengthen community colleges like this one from coast to coast so they get the resources that students in schools and need and the results workers and businesses demand. we seek to help and additional 5 million americans earn degrees and certificates within the next decade. 5 million. not since the passage of the original g.i. bill and the work of president truman, which held double the number committee college and increased enrollme

he's currently the director of the center on politics and public policy at harvard university. to find out more, visit hks.harvard.edu. >>> alex jones america, new york city 2009. we are here with publisher ret basic books. john, what is the publisher do? >> the publisher is a title i have. i ron in print at basic books so we have editorial marketing, publicity, design and i end up making the final decisions. i say a lot of yes or no all day long. >> wendi say yes or no to? >> whether we are going to acquire a book, how much we're going to pay, what resources we will put into promoting it. the final call on which jacket, a lot of a over become i like his jacket better than not want to get a bunch of small decisions all adds up to the decisions but a bunch of small ones along the way. >> how long have you been in books and where did you come from before basic? did you always want to be a publisher? >> no, i serendipitously found the business. i ran a bookstore in washington for ten years and finally decided i enjoyed the book business so much wanted to try something different. p

they did not like the fact that the public option seems to be compromised. they want a universal plan that will cover as many as 47 million of the uninsured people as possible. will they be there in the end? probably, but you have to deal with the constituency. host: manassas, virginia on the independent line. caller: thank you. basically, anyone in this country that honestly believes that there is anyone on capitol hill that really cares about health care it's an illusionist. congressmaen will take their money and walk away. similar to finance and everything else. until we get people in the re, said term limits for senators, and we will always be the losers. thank you gu. guest: they care about health care. they care about changing the system. they have heard about this all their lives. there are veteran members who have been trying to do this for 40 years. what this gentleman should do, if he has not already, call his congressman and asked to talk to a staff member. i think they do care. how do they weigh all the different influences in different constituencies? that is the dif

i'm sure this is a great program that it has, but we have private and public universities all over the country that are hurting badly. and would like to receive funding like this and would like to be able to compete for funding like this under a program where they're on equal footing, where the money is not earmarked or cut off the top and just awarded to individual organizations or institutions. that's the problem with this process. it's one of the problems of this sprose -- process. i urge adoption of the resolution. again, let me just go back to the request for unanimous consent to modify the amendment. again, going back to what the appropriations chairman said the other day to the majority leader or said with the majority leader, we did offer the minority leader the opportunity in a compressed number of amendments to select their own amendments, any amendments they wanted, but they did not want to be limited in number or time. here we're saying, we will be limited to number and time. we simply would simply like to select the amendments. we are being denied that opportunity five tim

we're joined by a public relations professor from new york university. the author of the book " the practice of public relations." he is our guest nixon -- he is doing things well and what he considered to be not so well. >> he needs to get that mojo back. the best pr is common sense. he has been terrific at it. what he should have done is he should have apologized when he had the chance. he said that the cambridge police was stupid. that they acted stupidly. that was a stupid thing to say. shepard: the strange thing to me about is, i do not know all the facts and then he said, they acted stupidly. >> the best thing he can do tonight is apologize. second, he has to cut back on his tv interviews. >> he is on more than bill o'reilly. >> he is on more than bill o'reilly. he has done for the interviews in four months in office it is way too many interviews. he is going to dissipate his credibility and diminish his standing. he has to be more selective. no. 3, when he comes out of the white house, he should say something new. the problem he has with health car

so $9 billion cut from public schools, colleges, universities.nd you see that play out with more crowded classrooms, some programs that may be cut altogether. another big chunk is coming from local government. just under $4.5 billion. the state trying to get its budget in order and you will be able to feel it across the state with all these local governments, which are going to have problems, undoubtedly, because of the cuts they're going to see additional cuts will come, state workers are going to continue to feel it. they're already taking three days every month without pay. that would be extended through next june. >> well, as you know, california has been paying a lot of the creditors with these ious. when does the state make good on those? >> very good question, kyra. we don't have an answer for you. we don't know if in fact they're even going to continue putting out more ious. we know the state controller is evaluating this proposed budget. we do know that there floated an early october redemption date. there is a brisk secondary market for

reporter: experts say when the economy cools down, college campuses heat up, especially public ones like towson university, where people are going back to school, looking for more skills and another degree. >> last time i checked, no child left behind, it meant no child would be left behind. >> reporter: this is part of a fast-track degree program that many students are choosing. in 12 months, they'll have a master's degree in teaching. students say in a slow economy, getting a degree fast is crucial. >> i can focus on it. i'm not being distracted by my other jobs. i have this. >> i'm not getting any sleep. >> reporter: they are both in a program. mccann decided to keep his night job as a bartender, while earning his degree. he said the more he noticed the number of customers drop in his restaurant, the more he wanted stability. >> motivation. but a steady paycheck, that's the same exact paycheck every week that i know i'm getting. and even in the summers when i don't have to teach, that doesn't hurt. >> reporter: and that's part of the reason the enrollment is up. but another reason is a high demand for

reporter: experts say when the economy cools down, college campuses heat up, especially public ones like towson university, where people are going back to school, looking for more skills and another degree. >> no child left behind then. no child left behind. >> reporter: this class at towson is part of a fast track that many students are choosing. in 12 months, they'll have a master's degree in teaching. students say in a slow economy, getting a degree fast is crucial. >> i can focus on it. i am not being distracted by my other jobs. i have this. >> i'm not getting any sleep. >> reporter: mccann decided to keep his night job as a bartender while earning his degree. he said the more he noticed the number of customers drop in his restaurant, the more he wanted job stability. >> my motivation was really to do something important in my life. but a steady paycheck. that's the same, exact paycheck that i know i'm getting. and even in the summers when i know i have to teach, that doesn't hurt. >> reporter: that's partly why enrollment in the teaching program is up. but another is high demand. in recruitment. >>

. >> reporter: speaking on iran's most important public stage, friday prayers at tehran university, the opposition's most important backer bluntly criticized the leadership for losing the people's trust, and demanded the release of political prisoners. "our goal is to regain the people's confidence," said the former president. "the situation today is bitter." on the streets, hundreds of thousands of protesters, some witnesses said more than a million, mounted the largest demonstrations in tehran in weeks. chanting "freedom" and "death to the dictator." the government's response was familiar. violence. security forces used the same old brutality, one protester told us by telephone. i was beaten. my mother was beaten. state television did not broadcast the speech live, but portraying protesters as vandals. still, the opposition proved today it retains vast public suppo support. >> with time, the legitimacy of been increased, it's further 't eroded. >> reporter: iranian authorities are making it difficult for protesters to get information out of the country. they've shut down the cell phon

public options. they got universal coverage rolled out over time. they got everybody to keep their health plans. they won't be denied because of pre-existing conditions. there will be lots of things to mollify the left wing of the democratic party if he gets this. bret: there is a lot of road to go. >> that is the least of his problems right now. he is negotiating. one thing is that the president is more involved. he has the blue dogs up. he said to the senate he is open to different formulations of the public option, including ones that are not so robust. i think in the end he will get something. the danger is if they don't get it by august, they have a month for the opponents of healthcare to go out there and shoot at what they think is going to be in the bill. they need something specific. bret: they are buying millions in ads. jim clyburn told our producer on capitol hill, if we can do it next week without consensus or wait a week and doo it with consensus, i would rather wait a week. they seemed resigned that it won't happen up until the august recess. >> then wait another week. >> this is

here to help us do that is the senior fellow and associate professor for public policy at the university of massachusetts boston. dan mitchell at the kato institute and coauthor of global tax revolution. thank you very much for joining us. let's start with health care. how do you think the president is doing on health care? >> the theme here is that he is showing how government can work and work well. so far the grade is incomplete because we don't have reform. he laid out a number of principals that people can get behind covering the uninsure and working very well with congress. he doesn't say this is what you have to approve. he said we are willing to work with you to find a solution we can all live with. both parties can live with. that shows a smart approach to the large stale problem that is the economy faces and the country faces. >> i bet you don't agree that. >> i agree that the health care grade is incomplete, but if i'm the professor in the classroom and i peeked over obama's shoulder and i see what he is doing and working on a term paper that is going to get him an f if it pas

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challenges of leading change in large public institutions, because whether it is cia or a huge public universityartment of defense, they all have very important characteristics in common. first, they are all publicly accountable. second, they are all accountable to a legislature. third, they all get their budgets from legislature. fourth, they all have permanent cadre who will be there before the leader of rise and will be there after the leader is gone. moseley have the opportunity just to outlast them. they all have either retirees or alumni who consider that they still should have significant influence over how the place gets run. [laughter] the reality is what i have learned at all three places is particularly when it comes to leading change, the central strategy for me has been that it is my responsibility to set the goals, to set division, but then to incorporate the professionals in the organization in figuring out how we accomplish that goal. how do we get from here to where we need to be? because the truth is, if they participate in it, if they helped to design a solution, then they wil

[laughter] whether it is cia or huge public university or the department of defense, they'll have somemportant characteristics in common. first, they are all publicly accountable. second, they are all accountable to the legislature. third, they'll get their budgets from a legislature. fourth, they all have permanent cadre were there before the leader comes and are there after they're gone. the most have the opportunity to outlast them. they all have either retirees or alumni who consider that they still should have significant influence over help the place gets run. the reality is, what i have learned at all three places is, particularly when it comes to leading change, the central strategy for me has been that it is my responsibility to set the goal, to set the vision, but then to incorporate the professionals in the organization and figuring out how we accomplish that goal. how do we get from here to where we need to be? the truth is, if they participate in it, if they help design the solution, then they will embrace it and defend its once you have left. i worked for too many people

it was three months ago focused on the universality of coverage, which we need, the public option we need. and it's not that he's abandoned those, quite the contrary, but today his focus if you listen carefully is a deficit neutral health care bill. that's because the separation is keenly aware of the change in the deficit outlook and the challenge it's facing. >> rose: to have a deficit-neutral health care bill what would he have to do to change in terms of his original proposals? >> well, to their credit, they originally... they've always said that the bill should be deficit neutral. it's just that when the campaign for health care really began, that was not one of the first things that was out of anyone's mouth. and, by the way, had been serving there i would have pursued it the way they did. now that the deficit outlook has become clearer to them-- and i want to emphasize, they're keenly aware of this-- they've been stressing above all the deficit... necessity for deficit neutral tichlt in other words, they've always been in that place but they've said this is paramount. one of t

she joined the woodrow wilson school for public and international affairs at princeton university in 2007 as an assistant research scholar in the law and public affairs program. from 2003 to 2006, she served as the founding director of law and security programs at human rights first where she led the organization's efforts in research litigation, advocacy surrounding u.s. detention and interrogation operations. among other projects she led the first monitoring mission to guantanamo bay, prepared a series of briefs to the united states supreme court and co-authored multiple reports on the human rights impact of u.s. national security policy. she was appointed in 2009 to the american bar association advisory committee on law and national security. and our third witness is michael edny. he's a counsel to the washington, d.c., office of gibson, dunn and crutcher. from 2007 to 2009, mr. edny was a white house legal adviser to president bush's national security counsel. he assisted in coordinating the administration's response to national security legal issues and controversies. his princip

have keshia walker, an rn, currently a is senior research nurse at johns hopkins university's bloomberg school of public health. we have dr. rebecca weitzman, nurse and assistant professor of adult health at the university of maryland school of nursing and i'm also joined by representative johnson, representative capps, representative mccarthy, chairman george miller and my friend, chris dodd. i am very pleased to be joined today by the representatives from the american nurses association on behalf of 2.9 million registered nurses in america, men and women who know as well as anyone the urgent need for health reform. as i said before, i have a long-standing bias toward nurses. when sasha, our younger daughter was diagnosed with a dangerous case of meningitis when she was just three months old, we were terrified and we were appreciative of the doctors, but it was the nurses who walked us through the entire process to make sure that sash shafs okay. when both my daughters were born, the obstetrician was one of our he hbest friends but we her about ten minutes in each delivery. the rest of the time what we

public. the meeting begins at 6:30 howard university. >>> 5:48. yourraffic and weather together every 10 minutes. he we begin with adamke casy. s i in f b worrithrih ite h stla onraiecor ftas are e?u ther >> you are cgin out of the other room. >> i was refilling my tea. it is nice and warm. i have two fantastic in tterns working with me. i have to catch my breath. these are the four coldest temperatur we could find. oakland at 46. winchester, 47. cumberland, up 49. front worrell, 50 degrees. notice the two. temperatures -- front royal, up 50 degrees. today, a little bit cooler than yesterday and more comfortable, as well. 60 in bethesda. warrenton. let's head to over to the maps. -- warrenton at 60 degrees. if you patchy clouds later this afternoon. it will last generally a sunny day. a great day to go to the neighborhood school. low humidity today. there is high pressure off to our west. we have that northerly and northwesterly flow because of the rotation around the high pressure system. it will push off to the east. we will then be on the back

reengage in the terms of ag productivity, infrastructure, research and education, renewing university exchanges and public-private partnerships. those are going to be the big themes that are put forward along with trying to make sure can you find worthy africa country partners that are going to pick this issue up and push on it. there's a sense that this is an area that's been neglected, essential for stability, for getting us out of the food relief forever mentality that we settled into. today we put about $1.2 billion a year in emergency food relief into africa. until very recently we were putting about $60 million a year in long-term rural development. we're now moving to $100 million a year that will be going toward that. you'll hear more detail. as another factor of important background to this, the obama administration's building off of a surge of interests that has been building over the last couple of years here in the united states. you have senators lugar and casey leading an effort on the senate side. matched on the house side by representatives mcgovern and emerson and others. you had a major

public education spaces. right? wouldn't, you know, some universities making enough money as it is, right?but we don't need to tie knowledge to money so strictly. so that people can't get an education if they don't have money. i never had a penny. people educated me. so if the world was then the way it is today i would be a dummy. people gave -- plus books were less expensive. these to be ten set pamphlets and 25 said pamphlets where you could get a lot of knowledge. you have books now that cost $50 or something. i think we need to use the internet and all those -- but this knowledge should be free. and if obama is going to mean something as a president, we need his help on that to make knowledge free and then one of these kids like that little girl she is going to discover a cure for cancer, right? that is the potential. we need to stop thinking that it's only people in the ivy league's and market that's going -- hubert harris and understood the problems, the answer to these problems is going to come from below. >> one of the things in the biography, harrison's story is compelling. he is

university but it's just a test. towson's emergency warning siren and public address system will be tested today between 10:00 and 10:15. this is designed to notify students, faculty and staff in the event of a campus-wide emergency. even those living near towson university are expected to hear the sirens but it's just a test. don't be alarmed. >>> the public had a chance to say their final goodbyes to the king of pop in a star-studded event. thousands of people were in the staples center in downtown los angeles for a memorial service that celebrated michael jackson's life as well as his music. carla wohl shows us the emotions. >> reporter: michael jackson's goodbye was both personal - >> ever since i was born daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. >> reporter: and professional. motown's berry gordy remembering the man he said was more than the king of pop. >> i think he was simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived. >> reporter: a pastor urged the audience to let the music help them heal. ♪ in love i'll be there♪ >> reporter: there were songs from mariah carey, lionel richie, stevie wonder, and

. >> reporter: public education will be hit the hardest. the california state university system will have to cut enrollment by 40,000 students. >> you have these sick children. what are they pp tosldo eddo? >> reporter: an estimated 300,000 uninsured children will have their access to health care cut. and 230,000 of the state's employees will be told, don't come to work three days a month, because you won't be getting pa. while the state's counties and cities are outraged that the $4 billion they need to fix their own problems is being taken to pay the state's bills. >> their credit card limit has hit its limit. so, now they're using our credit card. >> reporr: californians have long made it clear they don't want to raise taxes, no matter what. economists warn the state won't be able to cut enough to pay the lls going forward. so, the governor is looking for any way he can to raise a few dollars, including selling off state-owned cars. ones with arnold's signature cost a little extra. but, remember, it's for a good charity -- the golden state. mike von fremd, abc news, lo

and nearly $40 million will be cut from the university system that oversees maryland's public colleges. administrators are just beginning to assess the potential impact. >> some sections, probably will be eliminated of classes. >> for the past three years, most students have enjoyed a tuition freeze and nancy kopp is suggesting a modest tuition increase may be necessary. >> you get to a point where you begin to sacrifice the quality of what the students are investing in. with their tuition dollars. >> and despite an infusion of more than $2 billion in federal stimulus money, some lawmakers say it is not enough to balance the future budgets. >> when the funds begin to tale off in 2011, 2012, the maryland state budget will then be out of balance, by in excess of $2 billion. >> while the unions representing state employees are disappointed with news that 40 workers will soon be laid off. they are more concerned about what may happen after the next round of budget cuts. >> we are working very hard to avoid the sort of massive layoffs that we have seen in other states. >> but nothing has be

he also teaches behavioral finance at the university of denver's graduate text institute. roth is a certified public accountant and a certified financial planner. with an mba from the prestigious kellogg could go at northwestern university. he has held the position of finance officer for multibillion dollar companies and has been a consultant at mckenzie and company. he writes for the cost springs business journal and has written articles for money magazine. his web site and his book jacket point out that, despite these credentials, he claims he can still keep investing simple. please help me welcome, allan roth. [applause] >> thank you very much, paulla. that was a lot to live up to. i'm thrilled to be here. thank you again for having me. paula mentioned i'm a licensed certified public accountantment i don't practice anymore but i'm still licensed. so what i'm going to talk about today is going to be feelings. a cpa talking about feelings may get kind of awkward. [laughter] >> so bear with me. investing in the stock market has been pure agony lately. now, grant, the last month the market has come b

. >> reporter: jody duke works at the university of colorado-denver school of pharmacy. she got into public health after she had a personal health scare. >> i was 19 when i was diagnosed. >> reporter: jody had a mole reformed from her arm. it was a stage four melanoma. >> i never thought there could be anything wrong. >> reporter: what was wrong was the fair-skinneded red head was forcing her skin to tan by going to a tanning bed. >> it was all day, every time. it was my addiction. >> reporter: jody believes her addiction to tanning beds led to the cancer. >> tanning beds have been shown to increase skin cancer risk. >> reporter: this doctor uses a picture of himself to show hidden sun damage. >> all of this mottled pigmentation is sun damage over my lifetime. >> reporter: the damage done by tanning beds is even worse. >> up to ten times worse than the outside uv light. >> reporter: it's been ten years since jody's battle with cancer. she continues to get her skin checked regularly and is an advocate for skin protection. >> i think it's important to find your own beauty and recognize you're

a public meeting will be held tomorrow. >>> the university of maryland is making budget cuts and students will notice school president says there will be a hiring freeze in college park and maybe layoffs. for students, that means larger classes, fewer courses and a cut in student services. >>> it is time for a "living $mart" report. jessica doyle says uncle sam is getting a good return on his investments. >> how's a 26% rate of return sound to you. >> i'd like that. >> right now that is pretty good. almost too much tohope for but that is what fotaxpayers are getting on their investment in american express. edthcre cr itcard company paid its portion of the tarp bailou $3.39 billion. it is now exited the program along with the likes of goldman sachs and 3 bb and t. >>> the wife of bernard madoff is facing her own legal trouble. she is being sued for $45 million. she says she doesn't have that money and she just has been left with $2.5 million. but federal officials couldn't connect to her husband's fraud. her husband is serving out his 150 year seasons. >>> looks like shoppers are taking a

public in digital format. what a great gift to students and historians to the university community. >> digitized for all generations to come. remember all of the tapes? >>> we are still trying to figure out what season is. it does not feel like july. it is just going to be more of the same for a while. >> keep it coming. >> let's start with some temperatures. look at the school numbers. 66 degrees in manassas. 79 was the high. the high-temperature numbers are way below average. late night temperatures continue to fall in greenbelt paid a current temperature of 70 degrees. at nationals park, 73 degrees. 81 was the high there this afternoon. 85 was the official high at reagan national airport. it was 3 degrees below the average. today marked the 11th consecutive day in washington of below average temperatures. as far as pollen count goes, in the last fe days grass has taken the lead. we have had a couple of fridays and a lot of sunshine. temperatures are on the way down. 69 degrees in fairfax, 64 degrees in frederick. temperatures will continue to fall all across the northeast. if you take this mother wept -- what mo

the public overwhelm leg wants universal health insurance. >> no, they don't.lth insurance. >> you are absolutely wrong. even the congressional budget office, which is nonpartisan, said that this plan saves us absolutely no money. more important than that when people start realizing, especially small businesses if they don't mandate and give health insurance to their individuals, they are going to be taxed on their payroll 8%. america can't afford that now with the economy the way it is, i don't know if barack obama goes on with the bill, dose that every time, has a big press conference, send it is over the hill and doesn't have a clue what is going in the bill. look at the last stimulus -- >> thanks, ben, julian, good stuff. >> we buy our own car insurance, buy our own life insurance, why can't we buy our own health insurance? the government and corporations out of the way. >> out of the way? we will see. we will see what happens. a lot of people are focusing on technology this week. >> i heard stocks but no time. i want to bring that up. yes question, no time