randy howe is the author of "flags of the 50 states." >> it's as simple as can be. two colors. you have the red and the gold that is a reference to queen isabella of spain, who sponsored much of the exploration of the new world. the symbol in the middle is a zia sun symbol, and it was found in an archaeological dig on a water jar. what was important to the zia was the number four. and you'll see four lines facing in the different directions. now four was not just important to them for the four directions. they believed in the power of the four seasons. they felt that there were four aspects of life that every person should pursue, like purity and being of sound mind, and all those sorts of positive attributes. >> the flag's bold simplicity helped it win first place in a competition of america's 50 state flags. with flag facts, i'm kristen. >> coming up, the civil war's "ground zero." >>> let's check in with the students at the culinary institute of america for this week's cooking tip. >> you know, a lot of people say a watched pot never boils, but if you're getting a little imp

and how is randy jackson? how is my dawg? >> out of his mind. he's great.ecide what was going on with this, while we're listening to see if j. lo was happening. and after five minutes, i just realized that we were born, you know, joined at the hip. >> jimmy: you've got good rapport with him? >> oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: i'm very excited to see this. >> he's been places that i've been. >> jimmy: yes, we can relate to that. >> and not many have. he survived. >> jimmy: is this true, they put a five-second delay on for you? because you're there? >> [ bleep ] no! [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you guys, we'll be right back with more steven tyler! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ koch ] at samuel adams, we get inspiration for our seasonal beers from all over the world. [ cannon ] for our spring seasonal, we make samuel adams noble pilsner. it's our take on a classic bohemian pilsner. and we found the traditional heirloom malt. it's laid out and turned daily by hand. [ cannon ] it produces a lot more flavor. our twist with this beer is using all f

the western media and obviously this is not going to change the venue in chicago how do you reflect upon verse from randy's words because there are there is a disconnect in how. things are being reported we hear from the professor on the ground in saying that is there is a lot more stability than what we're told in western mainstream media how do you react to that. well i think it's quite obvious that you know the current establishment in iran is. solidly in place because of repression but on the other hand it's also true that there's been since at least a year and a half ago a huge wave of discontent and distrust in the in the way that things are being run i mean it would be lying to ourselves not to accept that at least a very significant portion of the iranian public is very this content with the way that things are and the fact that they have been silenced is because of repression not just because the current establishment in power is completely solid and has mass support it does have my support but how much iran is a divided country how much mass support it has because the elections and the politics i

. >> woodruff: so how much of it-- to the point that we just heard from mr. . >> randy:-- is specifically because of the violence in libya the disruption there, and how much of it is just this general nervousness? >> i think... i want to say that probably the majority of it is the nervousness of the contagion that's going on in that area. it's not just libya, it's the military rule in egypt right now and if libya does lose qaddafi, we don't know how or who is going to be operating that country. so if it goes on past that, that's another thing we're going to have to worry about. this is not a premium that's just going to go away on fear. this is something we'll have to live with going forward. >> woodruff: can you break it down, raad alkaadiri, country by country? how much of the anxiety is over saudi arabia or bahrain or iran or some of the other countries in the region in north africa and the middle east. >> i think whatever you have instability in the middle east, even when it doesn't directly impact oil production, what you see is the markets get spooked. they're always worried about s

randy jackson. >> what's going on, san francisco? >> reporter: steven tyler. >> hey, everybody, how you doing? >> reporter: and jennifer lopez. >> how are you? >> good. the last city. excited. >> reporter: we talked to host ryan seacrest about the new judges. >> hey, guys. very uncomfortable, the ego and the end tour age alone just makes it very difficult to handle. >> reporter: yours or theirs? >> mine. >> reporter: in line on this cold day 16-year-old gabby walter clay a san francisco native. >> i am really anxious. i wouldn't say nervous. i am really excited. >> reporter: 16-year-old kyle thompson from stockton was just a few feet away. >> it wasn't what i was expected not showing on t.v. >> reporter: we also met up with marsalis pleasant. he is homeless and tried out before. he has never made it to hollywood. >> i am giving 100% marsalis and that's all i can give. >> reporter: picture are snapped and interviews conducted and while ryan seacrest greets the hopefuls one by one. >> you are a rock and roll guy. i wouldn't suggest rock and roll. >> reporter: first up was marsalis. >>

randy jackson. >> what's going on, san francisco? >> reporter: steven tyler. >> hey, everybody, how doing? >> reporter: and jennifer lopez. >> how are you? >> good. the last city. excited. >> reporter: we talked to host ryan seacrest about the new judges. >> hey, guys. very uncomfortable, the ego and the end tour age alone just makes it very difficult to handle. >> reporter: yours or theirs? >> mine. >> reporter: in line on this cold day 16-year-old gabby walter clay a san francisco native. >> i am really anxious. i wouldn't say nervous. i am really excited. >> reporter: 16-year-old kyle thompson from stockton was just a few feet away. >> it wasn't what i was expected not showing on t.v. >> reporter: we also met up with marsalis pleasant. he is homeless and tried out before. he has never made it to hollywood. >> i am giving 100% marsalis and that's all i can give. >> reporter: picture are snapped and interviews conducted and while ryan seacrest greets the hopefuls one by one. >> you are a rock and roll guy. i wouldn't suggest rock and roll. >> reporter: first up was marsalis. >> it

whether is frank sinatra, randy newman, the entire identity of a city -- cities just hang on to a song that becomes the identity for the city. for all that you have done, how the process the fact about how you feel on this city is brought together in a variety of ways by what you have done in a song? >> i feel good about it. it is not like when i go to riverside county, it is not there. it does not travel well. as long as i am around here, south of the insurer, -- south good.ntura, it's tavis: i like this guy. randy newman, 20 award nominations. congratulations. >> a poleasure. tavis: up next, actress maria bello. stay with us. pleased to welcome maria bello back to the program. she is part of the terrific cast of the new film, "the company men." here is a scene from "the company men." >> i will just to renegotiate with the union, start slow, see if we can grow. i think there is a business there. >> i sat in rooms and talked about how to destroy people's lives. i thought i could do more from the inside, save a few jobs here in there. if i did not do it, somebody else would. keep me in mind for a possible associate. i think i may be looking for a job. tavis

host: randy, reper klican line. caller: hi, mr. cook. how are you doing? inine got is to say that while don't always agree with you, i always respect your insights and opinions. ler cy jment is that i feel tha i see a skizzm in the republican party between the old guard country republicans and the grassroots tea paray reper klicans. and in regards to 2012, the presidential ny jinations that possi it by someone like mitt romney and ateaice presidential candidate like alan west or herman kane or if sarah palin were to get the ny jination, maybe they could balance the ticket with halfer barber or ti there's at least two if not thee or four factions in the -- there's a certain amount of ticket balancing that has to take place. when you look the senator mccain was behind in terms of polls and organization and behind in terdg of money. and you know, when he had to m ne his pick g cyng into the reper klican convention, it was sort of fourth and long yardage. and what were they looking far? they wanted somebody who had no co oneection to the bush-chenfe administra

how that is different or similar. >> sure. let me say that the pension situation in wisconsin is far worse than 96% or whatever funded that randy just said. that's assume ug didn't have any pension losses in the downturn in 2008 and assuming will you get an 8% rate of return over the next 30 years, if you now how to get that return i would love to invest my money with you. but to get to the broader question, other states probably two dozen states are going to look at changing pension systems to more of a private sector approach, for instance 401(k) plans, plans like mitch daniels has done in indiana with health savings accounts for state workers instead of the current combined-- which 70% of indiana 30,000 state workers have voluntarily chosen the health savings account because it is a good deal and a portable asset for them. that is the way many states are moving today. >> what about this argument that since a lot of private workers have had to move away from the so-called defined benefit pension plan to an investment model like the 401(k), why shouldn't more public employees be willing to do the same thing? >> judy, you know

host: randy, reper klican line. caller: hi, mr. cook. how are you doing? inine got is to say that while don't always agree with you, i always respect your insights and opinions. ler cy jment is that i feel tha i see a skizzm in the republican party between the old guard country republicans and the grassroots tea paray reper klicans. and in regards to 2012, the presidential ny jinations that possi it by someone like mitt romney and ateaice presidential candidate like alan west or herman kane or if sarah palin were to get the ny jination, maybe they could balance the ticket with halfer barber or ti there's at least two if not thee or four factions in the -- there's a certain amount of ticket balancing that has to take place. when you look the senator mccain was behind in terms of polls and organization and behind in terdg of money. and you know, when he had to m ne his pick g cyng into the reper klican convention, it was sort of fourth and long yardage. and what were they looking far? they wanted somebody who had no co oneection to the bush-chenfe administra

randy. really pleased to be invited here today. in fact, i can't tell you how pleased. for five years i've been waiting to be invited to be on a panel that is entitled what comes after net neutrality. actually, i think we can all agree that the net neutrality debate which has consumed most of the last two years has been both exhaustive and also exhausting. it's really sucked all the oxygen out of the room. it's a shame in many ways because it's been focused on a hypothetical problem and we have real problems out there. you know, i think with net neutrality behind us now, i think it does give us an opportunity to deal with some of these real problems. blair pointed a numb of them out in the national broadband plan, one from spectrum. i know you're going to be dealing with that in the subsequent panel. i think the other one, even though it makes many of our eyes glaze over is the challenge of reforming universal service and intercarrier compensation services that underpin much of our communication system in this country today. in fact, i think the national broadband plan

host: randy, reper klican line. caller: hi, mr. cook. how are you doing? inine got is to say that while don't always agree with you, i always respect your insights and opinions. ler cy jment is that i feel tha i see a skizzm in the republican party between the old guard country republicans and the grassroots tea paray reper klicans. and in regards to 2012, the presidential ny jinations that possi it by someone like mitt romney and ateaice presidential candidate like alan west or herman kane or if sarah palin were to get the ny jination, maybe they could balance the ticket with halfer barber or ti there's at least two if not thee or four factions in the -- there's a certain amount of ticket balancing that has to take place. when you look the senator mccain was behind in terms of polls and organization and behind in terdg of money. and you know, when he had to m ne his pick g cyng into the reper klican convention, it was sort of fourth and long yardage. and what were they looking far? they wanted somebody who had no co oneection to the bush-chenfe administra

randy and kerry. thank you for allowing us in to our kitchen. >> thank you for coming. >> i noticed it's a new venture for you chef after 22 years with the hyatt. how has the experience been for you. >> i love it. this is pretty much working in the hotel in the chef position, this is what i usually do is teach cooks in the way that the chef would want everything to be done and everything from sanitation to inventory to actual cooking. this experience has been just incredible to me it's basically using my years of experience and passing it on. >> you are doing well with the happened made pasta. you taught students before, what are the secrets for becoming a really good chef. do you have to be born or can you learn to be a great chef. >> it's about attitude. if you love to cook, because i love to, i love to eat, i love to cook with someone who enjoys it. i enjoy my job and like to share my experience with students. >> we have a couple of items here. this is a ravioli with avocado. we have lasagna as well. what are you going to do with this one? it's making a sample plate to follow when they are plating up. fairly simple, all plate ups depending on ho

host: randy, reper klican line. caller: hi, mr. cook. how are you doing?nine got is to say that while don't always agree with you, i always respect your insights and opinions. ler cy jment is that i feel tha i see a skizzm in the republican party between the old guard country republicans and the grassroots tea paray reper klicans. and in regards to 2012, the presidential ny jinations that possi it by someone like mitt romney and ateaice presidential candidate like alan west or herman kane or if sarah palin were to get the ny jination, maybe they could balance the ticket with halfer barber or ti there's at least two if not thee or four factions in the -- there's a certain amount of ticket balancing that has to take place. when you look the senator mccain was behind in terms of polls and organization and behind in terdg of money. and you know, when he had to m ne his pick g cyng into the reper klican convention, it was sort of fourth and long yardage. and what were they looking far? they wanted somebody who had no co oneection to the bush-chenfe administrati

randy, you're on the "washington journal." what you think the revolution is cool -- how will it affect the rest of the arab world? caller: it is not just the arab world is going to affect. let me take my hat off to all of the wonderful souls of the people of egypt. what they did was history in the making. the human souls of everybody coming together, christians, muslims, whatever religion, whatever europe that, they came together and they demonstrated that people, the human souls of people can make a huge change when they come together, not a part, they came together. this is what they have done. all of us that live in america, born in america, we were not born in the revolution. we were born into democracy. caller: tell me about how this will affect their world. caller: the one thing you can take away. it is not just how it will impact the middle east. how is it going to impact america as well. host: date on our line for republicans in the indiana. you are next. caller: i like that at which a caller just said. this goes back to c-span showing a lot over the last week, r

randy. really pleased to be invited here today. in fact, i can't tell you how pleased. for five years i wanted to be on a panel entilted what comes after net neutrality. [laughter] actually, i think we can all agree that the net neutrality debate which has consumed the last of two years has been both exhaustive and also exhausting. it's really sucked all the oxygen out of the room, and it's a shame in many ways because it's been focused on a hypothetical problem, and we have real problems out there. you know, i think with net neutrality behind us now, we can deal with the real problems. blair pointed them out in the broadband plan. one is panel is dealing with that. i think it makes our eyes glaze over, but it's the challenge of reforming universal service and intercommunication systems that impend our communication systems in the country today. in fact, i think the national broadband plan itself challenges us to fundamentally think the way we -- change the way we think about service in this country. reforming usf and inferior comp will be extremely difficult. i think e

randy neugebauer. >> the american taxpayers are tired of bailing out all of these entities. they're ready for congress to take quick action on freddie and fannie and show them a plan on how we are going to get taxpayers off the hook and at the same token not having americans making other americans house payments. and so the quicker we can get the private markets active again, i think the quirk of the solution for freddie and fannie will become very more clear. >> holman: experts say, in the end, reducing the government's role in housing could mean higher interest rates and greater costs for borrowers. wall street rallied today on the news from egypt. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 44 points to close at 12,273. the nasdaq rose almost 19 points to close at 2,809. for the week, the dow and the nasdaq gained about 1.5%. and oil prices slipped back under $86 a barrel today, as the events in egypt raised hopes for stability in the middle east. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: we're still a year away from the iowa caucuses, but the first cattle call of the 2012 presidential campaign began this week. the one thing conservati

randy. really pleased to be invited here today. in fact, i can't tell you how pleased. for five years i've been waiting to be invited to be on a panel that is entitled what comes after net neutrality. actually, i think we can all agree that the net neutrality debate which has consumed most of the last two years has been both exhaustive and also exhausting. it's really sucked all the oxygen out of the room. it's a shame in many ways because it's been focused on a hypothetical problem and we have real problems out there. you know, i think with net neutrality behind us now, i think it does give us an opportunity to deal with some of these real problems. blair pointed a number of them out in the national broadband plan, one from spectrum. i know you're going to be dealing with that in the subsequent panel. i think the other one, even though it makes many of our eyes glaze over is the challenge of reforming universal service and intercarrier compensation services that underpin much of our communication system in this country today. in fact, i think the national broadband pla

randy bolshevik ties. this red and blue is a bipartisan tie. >> blair, how does it feel to be talked about like you're not in the room. first of all, let's put all options on the table. where did you go, eliza? you're typing. want me to speak slowly so you can trans scribe this. let's, apostrophe s, put all options on the table. put your name on it. we're in sunshine, blackout. so i can't go into details with regard to tuesday but there will be ample opportunity, i thnk, perhaps to mr. levin's delight to comment on many ideas just such as that. let's put everything on the table and let's work together to try to achieve the best result. >> next question, please. >> this was in some of the questions. for those who haven't read your opinion, i just wanted to ask, does the government have the authority to regulate the internet? and if so,where does that authority me from and what is it? >> that's a broad question. certainly there's criminal acts -- you mean the government or just the fcc. just the fcc. the government does this authority with criminal things going on. as we come up to the anniversary of the te

randy, we're on up against "american idol" and i go, you're going to beat us? he goes, yeah, we're going to beat you. so we agreed to agree. then i said, how's the spaghetti?y. >> you have nothing to worry about. >> right down to the 30 million viewers, it's basically gone. >> you mentioned adam sandler before, one of the producers of the show. you guys have a movie coming up together "jack and jill." we've got some shots. >> oh, yeah. >> that's you, huh? >> oh, my god i wish you had a full body shot. look at me. i have a belly ring. >> what is this? what's going on here? >> well, oh, there's adam. oh. >> adorable. >> i think that's his jill. i hope. oh, this is when we were the gap girls back on "saturday night live." >> was that the genesis of this idea? >> no, adam was going to do this idea anywhere where he plays twins. a guy and a girl. he plays them both. and then, i'm his arch rival from high school that we fight. it's kind of stupid like that. but it's funny. >> pacino is in this movie. >> i know. >> are you surprised it took this long for pacino to get in one of your movies with you and sandler? >> listen, he reads for every movie. he's very good.