reed is well ralph reed was the executive director of the christian coalition in the ninety's and after that after he became kind of a kingmaker in republican politics he moved into the lobbying world and he partnered with his old buddies from the college republicans jack abramoff grover norquist and some others to basically scheme and deal and really recruit some sorted clients to push a very sophisticated lobbying strategy where they're taking money from casinos and then at the same time tricking evangelicals to be against their own clients so they form kind of a racket where they're collecting money from both sides in one case they collected money from a sweat shop owner and a site and islands while collecting instructing evangelical voters to lobby against a bill that shut down the sweat shop owners factories where there's forced abortion forced prostitution so. there is a huge racket but a scandal which kind of blew the lid off all this expose the e-mails expose the documents how they shifted money around from corporate clients like microsoft and enron to create all these friend gr

all this occurs in 2006. >> hinojosa: so are you hopeful, ralph? i mean, you've been at this for, what? you're 75 years old now. you've been basically... todd purdum from the new york times said your public life has been one long, unyielding argument with the world. so... >> look, i'm... >> hinojosa: ...are we making progress here? >> yeah, sure, we're making progress, but... >> hinojosa: or are we three steps forward, two steps back? >> both. you know, cars are safer, for example. we have a great freedom of information act to get information, which is the currency of democracy. but on the other hand, the corporations have become fewer and bigger. the bigger ones are fewer, they merge, they're global, they pit one countragainst another, they control these trade agreements, and they never stop concentrating power. they have to, to get their way, control government. they have to. there isn't a single government agency and department where the outside influence is overwhelmingly corporate. >> hinojosa: so how do we... how do we... so how do normal cit

you know there are metaphorically here to kiss the hand of the king the king of the religious right ralph reed of the faith and freedom conference. who is this man and why do you need his blessing to go to the white house to discuss this with me is i think more essential porter and blogger for talking points not everything so much for being at it for me for starters tell us all about king ralph reed his majesty why it's so important well you've been around for a long time on the religious right he started out with the christian coalition he was there for a long time a big organizer for them sort of fell off the radar screen for a while was involved little bit made rock scandal sort of tapered his appeal but since then he has started this new group of faith and freedom coalition which is kind of taking the tea party idea and mixing it with the faith old christian coalition idea which is you know sort of grassroots organizing on the ground he's got hundreds of thousands of people that make phone calls and you know people on the internet he was talking today about seventeen million or you kn

for talking points memo i thank so much for being at it and for starters it tell us all about king ralph reed his majesty why he's so important well you've been around for a long time on the religious right he started out with the christian coalition he was there for a long time a big organizer for them sort of fell off the radar screen for a while was involved little bit made rob scandal sort of tapered his is his appeal but since then he has started this new group his faith and freedom coalition which is kind of taking the tea party idea and mixing it with the faith the old christian coalition idea which is you know sort of grassroots organizing on the ground he's got hundreds of thousands of people that make phone calls or you know it can have people on the internet he was talking today about seventeen million or you know untapped conservatives that he sort of reaching out to so these are voters that everybody is ready for president especially in a primary want to have so you come here you talk to ralph reed maybe you're get a big piece of that part and that we say we talk about the c

i like ralph. i want to see him again. [ laughter ] there he is. there's ralph, everybody.ght. very good. so we're going to put pi up on the screen there so the audience at home can follow along. you're going to do 80 -- [ bell chimes ] don't look. >> i won't. >> jimmy: move that thing away so you can't see. i don't want him cheating. [ laughter ] are you ready ladies and gentlemen, reciting pi to a mind-blowing 85 places, but 86 numbers, right? >> yes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: give it up for stefan olegera, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] 3.14 1592 6535 8979 323 846 264 338 327 950 288 419 716 939 937 510 582 097 4944 592 307 816 406 -- uh -- wait. 86 -- >> jimmy: watch it. >> 208. >> aw, you -- where did i leave off? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you were at 286208. >> 208 288 998 6280. >> jimmy: you did it! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: that's a good job. and i screwed you up, too. you still did it. hey, that's awesome, buddy. i don't know how you did that. i don't even remember what i had for breakfast in the morning. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you're a stud. all right. go

ralph, thank you very much. ralph is a pretty tough guy. 8 minutes, he said.h my accent, you know, i ought to get a couple of extra minutes. [laughter] >> to which he said, hey, look, i'm letting you do it without an interpreter. [laughter] >> you ought to be grateful. [laughter] >> i am -- i'm tickled to be here because i admire what you do. and it is so important to the goal that we all have. the goal of electing a republican president to presidency next year. [applause] >> i think a couple of you are old enough to remember the ed sullivan, the ed sullivan show on sunday night. the most watched show on television. in the 1950s who watched ed sullivan and he had conrad hilton on the show. conrad hilton, the man created a new industry, the luxury hotel chain. i mean, a business icon, the bill gates of his day. hilton comes out and ed sullivan turns to him as he would do, and he said mr. hilton if you could only tell the american people one thing, what would you tell them? conrad hilton never hesitated, never flinched. he said put the shower curtain inside the

buy out and it's a global brand and hidden gems in the company and there's no success there after ralph laueren itself so they may be looking to sell itself. >> tom: how important are those strong global brands when it comes to looking for a retail bay-out candidate. >> global brands are essential and that's the big thing right now in retail. a lot of acquirers aren't really looking for stores because you have all the lease obligation and the stores are being pressured so much right now so a lot of them are really look for the global brand where they can have sources opportunities and other wholesale opportunities there. >> tom: certainly a strong brand for better than a generation has been the gap. it's been struggling for stability for some time. choppy stock price recently falling off its high. word is the gap may not be a good buy-out candidate, why not. >> i don't think it's a desirable candidate the sales are struggling domestically and i don't know how many is there for a possible buyer. there's always the international operations which they've been strong with in pushing oversea

the group was founded and is chaired by ralph reed. other speakers included john boehner, paul ryan, haley barbour. we will show you their remarks next. , it's a beautiful day. [cheers and applause] >> hey, everybody, good morning! [applause] how you doing? good. good to be with you today. listen, i want to share with you

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let's draft ralph nader for a peace party in syria and in three years dr. bechard is supposed to be coming up for renewal. maybe we will have an election. we will have a two-party system in syria and we will have ralph nader as president of syria. so the question is for you and usaid, can we have some -- funding for this project? we have an air of peace party in syria where arab-americans who are like-minded bill draft ralph nader. >> just tell them no. just say no. [laughter] >> what i can say is -- what i can say, what i can say is that when the time comes, the united states will be ready to stand by and support democratic transition throughout the arab world, country by country. >> next question, please. >> i am from detroit. i'm a long-time activist and i just want to make an observation that i came here excited about analyses of the arab spring and iac a gloom actually. on the bright side, i am excited about the arab spring. is the most phenomenal, the most wonderful event that we have witnessed, that i've witnessed it. [applause] i don't see that disc

thank you, ralph.se] now, more than ever, our faith is fundamental to addressing the challenges that lie before us on matters of the sanctity of life, we understand that protecting the unborn is not merely a political issue. it's a miranda rule issue, and our faith tell us that we have a moral obligation to give a voice to the voiceless. [applause] on matters of family, we understand that the fight to preserve and protect the sacred institution of marriage is not just a political issue; it's a miranda rule -- moral issue, and our faith tells us that we have a moral obligation to defend marriage as a sacred union between one man and one woman. [applause] on matters of foreign policy, we understand it's standing by our democratic allies are not merely a political issue, but it's a moral issue. [applause] israel today, israel today, a friend and beacon to a free society in the middle east has been abandoned by this president pressured to accept the unacceptable with regard to borders and hostile regional

in one thousand nine hundred to dr ralph ben straight the university of pennsylvania said what if i can take the gene responsible for growth in human beings and put it into amounts. are gone all the main risk issues here is that ninety five percent of all competent scientists in these fields are working for the produces side and only five percent are the genuinely independent. there's not a lot of science that says transgenic fish is unhealthy for people to consume which is what the food and drug administration looks at there's a lot of concern about the environmental impacts if the transgenic fish escapes what kind of horrible impact will it have on the rest of the fish population don't know what this might do to us or our children or our children's children in our congress here in the united states or our legislatures throughout the world we vote all these different laws tax laws and corporate laws what could be more important than deciding on the permanent genetic future of life on earth. watching r.t. the introduction of a smartphone made a tremendous impact on the way people use mo

let's draft ralph nader for a peace party in syria and in three years dr. bechard is supposed to be coming up for renewal. maybe we will have an election. we will have a two-party system in syria and we will have ralph nar as president of syria. so the question is for you and usaid, can we have some -- funding for this project? we have an air of peace party in syria where arab-americans who are like-minded bill draft ralph nader. >> justell them no. just say no. [laughter] >> what i can say is -- what i can say, what i can say is that wh the time comes, the united stes will be ready to stand by and support democratic transition throughout the arab world, country by country. >> next question, please. >> i am from detroit. i'm a long-time activist and i just want to make an observation that i came here excited about analyses of the arab spring and iac a gloom actually. on the bright side, i am excited about the arab spring. is the most phenomenal, the most wonderful event that we have witnessed, that i've witnessed it. [applause] i don't see that discussion o

that also the mainstream comedy audience takes its cue from the media, you know-- in the way that ralph nader is marginalized and neutralized by the mainstream media, in the way that ralph nader and his greens and winona laduke are made to look a little off. because they want true change and true democracy, the mainstream media seeks to marginalize them. and that's why the average comedy audience listens-- you know, they listen to the mainstream media. they listen to when ari fleischer says, "loose lips sink ships," if you will, you know? and so it's harder for a comic to win over their audience or to get the audience to listen if they're not just being a "team player." you know, i've got a lot of things to say about my government, because i care, because i am patriotic, you know what i mean? george carlin is very patriotic. that's why he's so mad. you know what i mean? bill hicks, when he was alive, had a lot to say because he cares about what the government does in his name. now, the government makes decisions on your and my behalf constantly. they do not let us in on 90% of it, and t

the first time i had a chance to sit down with ralph, i was intimidated. time. i wondered what he would tell us. one of the things he told us is that these are two great movements. the social conservative movement, the christian coalition, has been on the field for quite a while now. they have had extraordinary success. the most important thing we can do is make sure we work cooperatively so that we do not conflate the movement. this is really important advice, i'd think. one of the most important things that was said to me since i have been at fault in this movement. unlike ralph, i do not have years of wisdom, so i rely on people like him. it has developed its way organically and naturally. as i go around and speak with bolts or social conservatives, -- with folks who are social conservatives, i hear about fiscal responsibility, about a government limited by the constitution, and about a country based on free-market principles. are we in agreement on those things? [applause] it is impossible to go anywhere in the tea party movement and not hear about a c

. >>> coach ralph thomas was found dead outside mckinley tech high school. he was general manager of a semipro football team, the disease falcons. police arrested oma crawford, who had unsuccessfully tried out for the team. witnesses tell us that the two were fighting over a woman before the killing. >>> and prince george's county there was a deadly crash. >> three people killed early yesterday on indian head highway in oxon hill. courtney robinson is live in palmer park at police headquarters with the latest. >> the crash involved two vehicles. the driver of the vehicle that was a responsible for the crash there was alcohol and speed involved. he was taken into custody. charges are still pending at this time. alcohol and speed, that is what prince george's county officers believed caused the crash that now has three dead. according to detectives, after 3:00 sunday morning, what is left of this a gray mazda was hit from behind by a black yukon. the book force through the mazda of the road. two pin female passengers were thrown from the vehicle when their car

>> thanks mark and thank you ralph for doing this.y book broken branch, which by the ways a great holiday gift. i was a little uneasy when i first came in. when i first came in i thought it said debating tattoos. but we will do this informally with just a couple of caveats. first, i am not for mandatory voting. i'm for mandatory attendance at the polls. there is a distinction and it is one that has been impressed upon me by kim beazley who is the current australian ambassador of the united states and was his party's leader for some years. in australia you don't have to vote. you can go to the polls and cast a ballot were none of the above and in fact about two or 3% do and i think it is an important distinction. the second that i would make is, i decry our low turnout as much as anybody but i'm not for changing the system just so we can feel good by having voter turnout which may ultimately approximate what they have in australia which is about 97%. the fact is voter turnout per se doesn't mean very much in terms of the health of a de

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ralph thomas was shot and killed outside mckinley tech in northeast on friday night. p. was a recruiter for the d.c. falcons and was a mentor to hundred the d.c. youth. -- he was a recruiter. the suspect is behind bars. >>> an announcement in a corruption case involving a prominent d.c. council member. harry thomas is accused of misusing $300,000 of city money for personal purposes. yesterday council members met privately to discuss whether he should keep his chairmanship on the economic development committee. the d.c. attorney general has filed a civil action suits. thomas maintains his innocence. >>> if you have health insurance through your job and you might want to use it as much as possible while you can. >> ahead of his confirmation hearing, leon panetta has news on the defense program. gigi has more from new york. >> good morning. president obama's nominee to succeed robert gates expects difficult sources will have to be made when it comes to reducing defense spending and the federal deficit. in advance of his confirmation hearing, he was asked about the f35 don't

his name was ralph thomas. he lived in temple hills in prince korj george's county. tom yeah mother says he used to coach football with thomas's father. those with the men say they played football at some point for the d.c. falcons. >> there's definite lay lot of stories bouncing around. it is hard to speculate where it stems from. some say a female. but whatever it may be, it really wasn't worth taking a life. especially fln this fashion, in the way it happened. he is a young guy. it seems like he was doing a lot of good things with the team. whatever the reason was, it is definitely not worth it. >> we are told the suspect is charged with first degree murder while armed. the falcons are set to take the field once again on tuesday night. i was able to speak to the owner of the falcons. he says the victim was associated with the team as a recruiter for about the last month. he didn't know him that well but certainly when they take the field tuesday night, they will do that with heavy hearts. reporting live from northeast washington, darcy spencer, craig back to you.

a vigil for a local football recruiter. 36-year-old ralph thomas was shot and killed in front of mckinley tech high school. one -- crawford tried out for the team and was not picked. thomas's friends will gather outside the school tonight at 8:00. >>> a chevy chase woman accused in a fatal hit and run is accused of vote -- set to go on trial. she is accused of striking 24- year-old kiela ryan in columbia, maryland. she was getting out of her car in dupont circle when she the struck by a lexus suv. davidson was charged with drunk driving. >>> more scientific evidence presented and challenged in the murder trial of casey at the knee. yes the day prosecutors presented air samples that were taken from the trunk of her car. in the air samples were sealed and canisters but were opened in a laboratory. forensic experts testified the air had an older -- odor of human decomposition and chloroform. >> we have never seen chloroform in that level in environmental samples before. >> prosecutors believe anthony drug her daughter and then stopped the body in the trunk of her car. defense attorneys tried

ralph lauren, versace and armani and also some guys named lebron, carmelo, and kobe. all began in 2005 with the league dress code that required at least business casual while engaged in basketball business. as a result the national basketball association morphed into the national fashion association. one of the league mvps, amar'e stoudermire of the new york knicks. in on this day, calvin klein. >> what do you like in a tuxedo? >> i like for it to fit. i like it to really some what show off the body. and something clean, real clean, and fashion forward. >> reporter: fashion forward from the 6'10", power forward. of course, 6'10" does pose some challenges for designers. >> yeah, yeah. he is like very tall. >> reporter: i notice that. >> he is very elegant. >> reporter: i noticed that too. the stoudermire style has caught the eye of vogue goddess anna wintour, he was her front row guest at fashion week she a guest at knicks games. has she turned to you for advice on the magazine? >> no. she has it under control. >> reporter: do you go to her for advice on basketball? >>

one doctor referred to this ralph lauren ad. >>> the olympic rings could be flying above lake tahoe. the lieutenant napt governor joined the california winter games committee at the state capitol pushing to bring the winter games to the sierra in 2022. they've got time to gin up the enthusiasm. >> for those that say, i don't care about sports, i think they care about the economy and jobs and they care about a legacy in terms of infrastructure that's benefiting their grandkids. i think this is a great opportunity. >> he says last year's winter olympics in vancouver brought in over 45,000 jobs and nearly a billion dollars in economic activity. >>> back in the 1960s the winter olympics were at squaw valley. >>> we saw a piglet and corn on the cobb. what does that mean? >> it means jaef raneri is in my hood in pleasanton at the alameda fairgrounds? >> yes, we are and this little guy wants to talk to you. of course, now he's quiet. he was squealing away. we're out here at pleasanton fair that's coming up and there's so much to do out here. i even have my own personal ice cream holder. you

they are also subject to the ralph brown act to ensure open meetings, and the california open records act. the are also required to host an annual meeting of the property owners within the district. through their city contract, they are required to provide us a mid-your report, annual report, and financial review or audit. lastly, the board of supervisors or the cbd's are required to have a hearing so the public and provide testimony about the work of the administration and how they have administered the district. i am one to skip all this information, since you just heard the presentation. i will just say it is a 15 year community benefit district. i am also going to skip over their program area, since she just talked about that. to analyze their financials, we received help from the controller's office, the city service auditor. we focused on annual budget, sources of income, variance between budget amount and expenses, and how they plan to spend carryover funds from year to year. the annual budget -- you will see from this graph that they have stayed close to their management plan.

and now, nba all-stars include ralph lauren, versace and giorgio armani, worn here by lebron, carmelony and kobe bryant. another first teamer, calvin klein. here, laying on the broad shoulders of amar'e stoudemire of the new york knicks and one of the nba's true fashionistas. a man who can tell you why he's going necktie and not bowtie wet this tux. why with this tie? >> we have a certain fabric here on the lapel, so, instead of going with the bowtie, want to keep the attention on the lapel. >> reporter: fashion forward from the 6'10" power forward. though, 6'10" poses some challenges for designers. you can't get this off the rack? >> actually this size? i don't think so. no, we have to do it on his body and custom made for him. >> reporter: and check out amar'e's home closet. this is just a small section. it's like footwear heaven. and this three-piece suit from tom ford? his favorite. >> my go-to suit. one of my favorites. tom ford. tailor-made for me. >> reporter: the stoudemire style has caught the eye of "vogue" goddess anna wintur. he was her front row guest, and she, an occasio

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ralph thomas of temp hills was shot and killed friday night in mckinley tech high school's parking lotn northeast washington. thomas helped recruit players for the d.c. falcons, a semi pro football team that often plays at mckinley tech. police are not saying why they believe crawford killed thomas but community liters are saying it may be over a woman. >> whatever it may be, it really wasn't worth taking a life, especially not in this fashion and the way it happened. he's a young guy. it seems like he was doing a lot of good things with the team. whatever the reason was, it's definitely not worth it. >> thomas's mother said her son was a father of four and ex-marine. >> in decision 2012, the field of republican contenders will likely grow today. rick santorum is expected to announce he is running for president. the 52-year-old is a favorite among conservatives. he used to be the senate number 3 republican but he's been out of office since 2007. he's expected to be in a republican debate in new hampshire next week. >>> sarah palin insists she did not mess up american history when she r

on his death, it passed to his brother, ralph. >> there is no telling how many people looked down the barrel of this gun, but the fact that it was owned and used by al capone, scarred face, as he was known, will make it popular art at auction. the guide price is between $81,000.100 $14,000. al capone was jailed for tax evasion in 1931. he served seven -- he served and then retired to florida. he died in florida in 1957. >> you have been watching "new staples." i am in singapore. >> and i am in london. a quick reminder. in the midst of the most severe violence and the streets of athens in more than a year, prime minister papandreou has said he will form a new government and seek a vote of confidence on thursday. that is it from london and singapore. we will see you soon. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its global financial strength to work for a wide range of companies. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world

long-time consumer advocate ralph nader wants cisco to increase its dividend. the company has $43 billion in cash. shares are less than 20 cents from a new 52 week low. the three-way effort to get a new, potentially less habit forming version of oxy-codone approved failed, sending this trio of stocks down. the f.d.a. rejected a new drug application for the treatment from pfizer and pain therapeutics. pfizer fell almost 3%. pain therapeutics shed more than 42%. the medicine uses technology from durect, which lost a third of its value. and that's tonight's market focus. >> tom: hewlett-packard hopes this time is the charm for its tablet computer business. h.p. takes another swing at apple's ipad and other touch- screen tablets next week when it releases its touch-pad. this device is bigger and cheaper than h.p.'s most recent tablet effort, the slate. the big difference: it's the first tablet to run hewlett packard's own operating system. h.p. inherited the web o.s. software when it bought palm last year. the touch pad enters a competitive market where apple has h

radio host and peace activist ralph schoenman says that the west has hijacked the libyan uprising to its own interests. the united states is spending two million dollars a day and a billion and a half dollars is just been handed to these so-called rebels usually the leadership of these rebels how do you follow his star as a twenty year operative of the central intelligence agency the cia and they. hijack this uprising initially against gadhafi and it is a complete subordinate. oppositionist group now that is being funded and armed by the nato powers and the united states their objective is to carve up live into several countries and diseases forty four point two billion barrels of oil reserves that's what the objective is it's the sixty imperial war that obama is waging in the region and it is a genocidal war in all its features the target is the population at large not merely because off the regime. oh meantime in syria president assad's forces have reportedly taken over the rebel held town of geezer al sure meanwhile pressure is mounting on syria with britain and france pushing for

this is this is an interesting slide would do what you have here in one thousand nine hundred two dr ralph ben straight the university of pennsylvania said what if i can take the gene responsible for growth in human beings and put it into a mouse. and he did just that he actually was successful as you can see though the very large mouse here is the one that is successfully been engineered with human growth genes to make it huge and you see the sibling next to it and this made a huge fear it was on the front page of these magazines new york times and then a few months later people said well this is interesting but what are you can really do with a really huge mouse i mean you can scare people you know there's a few things you can do with it but it's not a very practical thing to have a really huge mouse so then what happened is. you know this is the kind of agriculture said well what happens if we were to use the same experiment but to use it with pig. and. so i went out to the u.s.d.a. here. and this is what they did they took the human growth gene dr vern purcell with taxpayer dollars and