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and how quint essentially american. and this is not a school where you get a degree. the great thing about washington, it's -- they're frankly historians to this day who condescend to washington. because of his relativelyon. what they tend to overlook is he never stopped learning. his education was for life. he had relatively little interest -- he was not intellectual in the sense that abstract ideas and the play of ideas for the sake of their play mattered. his was a practical intellect. this was prophetic. for while his formal education was meager, washington knew what he did not know. the most important spur to life long learning and the key to understanding his later invention of cabinet government. from an early age, washington read more and more widely than we suppose. he read from practical benefit and he read for literary diversion. he read seneca's dialogues, imbibing the giaree offers the path to happiness. a sensual life is a miserable life. the contempt of death makes all mi washington learned to read people as well as books. at the age of famously copied

supervisor mar: i see the rail line around quint. i see some kind of a brick building. >> that is where they are. there will be on the third street side of that. building two. they're sort of away from that. not on the corner specifically. but we're concerned about parents and children coming they're looking for parking. i know there is no parking requirement. we were hoping for something like that. we want to work with your office to deal with that. i think dr. burke and ms. albright understand our concerns. i think they're going to work with us to try to contain parking so that folks do not put themselves in harm's way. >> good afternoon. ruben sanchez in them. i own to thousand square feet at 34 53rd street. if it had not been for my friend, francisco da costa, i would not have known that this issue was coming up to rezone my building. , and neither do i see my address on this article, number 3. so it really concerns me that something is going to be rezoned with my 10,000 square feet without my knowledge. so i do not see this to b

the staff at quint in san francisco, is preparing a meal for a top-dollar, private fund-raiser, in pacific heights thursday evening. chef michael tusk is known for using local ingredients. he's serving homemade tortelloni, milk-head chicken, with mild wild mushrooms and squash puree. he says being asked to cook for the president was quite a surprise. >> somebody that was putting together the dinner just asked if i'd be interested in cooking. so, i said, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. i would love to. >> barricades and no parking signs are in place in pacific heights, where they will serve the dinner. they have confirmed that singer al green will kick off the event. admission is nearly $35,000 for patrons. the president will head to a larger fund-raiser, where tickets range from $100 to $10,000. >>> how would you spend $9 billion? that's how much bay area counties have received from the stimulus program. but where has the money gone? and is it putting people back to work? >> we have spent weeks digging through the data. and tony is here tonight. >> reporter: phrase of the night, sho

. >> quint, you say the rally is for real, seeing improvements in the economic front.nitial claims out next week, that's certainly one to watch. what else will you be watching in more confirmation of the economic recovery here? >> well, we've been seeing the house be uptick now for quite a while now. but the other guest is absolutely right, the back drop is, what's going across the pond. and as long as that remains sort of subdued, and i think investors need to just observe the interest rates of other countries. greece, they're going to continue to have challenges, and quite frankly, i don't find a single person who just doesn't believe there will ultimately be some sort of default, whether it's structured or not. but the interest rates that are going in italy, or spain, or portugal, they have subsided. they're not seeing this fear that we've seen in the past. as those countries, and those investors around the world sort of subside from that, you know, chaos and the issues going on in europe, it makes the domestic markets and the united states that much more attractive

it's become the quint essential purple state, governor scott. is that fair? so goes florida?goes the country. this is the microcosm of the country. 19 million people, the biggest swing state. if you win florida, you know, i think you'll beat the nominee. it's going to be and it's going come down to jobs. whoever wins tonight it looks like right now it will be romney and it's because floridians believe they'll do what we've done in florida, focus on jobs, reduce like we did to 2.1%, the second fastest growing state in dropping unemployment and that's what's going to matter. it's going to be the economy and whoever wins tonight, the public here has believed that they'll turn the economy around and become a good partner for us and what we're doing in florida. >> governor scott, just quickly, sir, and i apologize for the brevity of time, but did mitt romney get the real economic, prescriptive message out? i know his argument. i'm from the private sector, and i can turn around the government and i think it's a good argument, but did he convince people that prescriptively in terms

. >> reporter: the quint essentially crux of the problem we saul here. >> yes. >> reporter: it's because of the market and the economy busted? >> yes. >> reporter: boum of these houses do you think? >> at least 50% of this houses went into foreclosure. >> reporter: 50%? half of these houses? >> yes. >> reporter: there is some good news. in 2011 it was a record-breaking year for sales of exists homes. the bad news is because these homes are being sold at bargain basement prices. you see this pink sign here? this is classic, and it tells you had everything you need to know about not only this house, but this area. this -- you can see the pool has been emptied out, but still pretty nice. this house was originally $800,000. it's been foreclosed, so now on the market for half that, under $400,000. >> my name is karen torres. i've been renting for over a year. we got a notice on the door saying it was going into foreclosure and now we're being evicted. the economy is so bad right now. i'm doing everything i can to keep my head above water. >> my name is joe scott. i'm with re/max central. inve

. >> and i'm carl quint nia in for matt this morning, it was an emotional moment as george huguely was found guilty in the killing of yeardley love. >> the jury deliberated for nine hours before returning with a verdict. rejecting a first-degree murder charge. we'll get details straight ahead. >>> and frantic moments at an elementary school in washington state, an 8-year-old girl shot and badly injured whether a gun in a classmate's backpack discharged. a young boy is being held by police and we'll have the latest on the victim's condition in a moment. >> such a scary situation. >>> a little bit later, why don't women speak up more in meetings? there's some interesting new research, stop smiling. interesting new research that's pointing to a possible cause, it's something to do with the way women are wired. >> we'll begin with the guilty vurd at the murder trial of the former university of virginia lacrosse player. we're in charlottesville with more. >> good morning, carl. this is the dramaic culmination of a tragic story that started with two talented young athletes, their whole lives

and my quints are deeply saddened and our good friend, congressman don payne who has been in touch with the family and helping he has been a comfort as well. so i simply wanted to say, whitney, you have given us much joy and given us music in the 1970's and 1980's and we danced to it and your legacy will survive and we thank you and your wonderful family for sharing you for more than 20 years and thank you for that beautiful, beautiful voice that sang the "star-spangled banner"," like we never heard it before. we will always love you. god bless you and may you rest in peace. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. any further requests for one-minutes? the gentlelady from ohio is recognized. ms. kaptur: i rise in great privilege to wish a very happy birthday that will come on february 23, to one of our most distinguished members, congressman louis stokes of cleveland ohio, he will turn 87 on february 23 and truly he deserves recognition during this black history month, and i pay him his due honor. he grew up in difficult circumstances in public housing. his wi