is that the country that's changed or is it us now earlier i brought in the editor in chief of reason magazine to answer this question that welch is also the co-author of this book here the declaration of independence how a libertarian how sorry how libertarian politics can fix what's wrong with america and i asked matt welch why he thinks ron paul is now surging. i think the first thing to recognize is how much of the searches then mitt romney has gotten about the same amount of votes in two thousand and eight in iowa basically the same number in new hampshire the percentage point more awful triple his vote in new hampshire and even more for the vote in ohio i think what's going on august lee's that's and then we've got a financial crisis a lot of which was predicted by people like wrong paul and his kind of school austrian economics which bodes very heavily on the federal reserve and government created bubbles and what damage they can do when they collapse real estate bubble has since collapsed and we've seen the damage done since then and we've also seen in these sort of bailout economics b

joining me this evening as our team producer jenny churchill and matt welch out of their chief of reason magazine and co-author of the book that accusation of independence thanks for joining you guys thank you ari we've seen quite a few interesting campaign over our days here at the alone a show and one thing that comes up a lot is that people need to speak english here's an ad from from alabama back in the day. why do our politicians make us give driver's license exams in twelve languages this is all about we speak english if you want to live here. oh i love that all right so now arizona is also applying this i guess this concept but they're just singling out one person there's one woman alexandrina cabrera who is one of several cal candidates running for council city since city council excuse me in san louis arizona and like the majority of her constituents like eighty eight percent of them she speaks fluent spanish and so now people are trying to force her to take an english proficiency test to see if she can read and write and speak english but they're not making anyone else do it and the for

know what to do with these figures and these people joining me is not welch editor in chief of reason magazine and co-author of the book the question of independents how libertarian politics can fitz fix what's wrong with america now thanks so much for being here and i thank you i mean so yes you and nick wrote an entire book about this so in that sense i'm assuming that you're not all that shocked to hear that maybe more people are defying as independents you know this is the long term trend since one thousand nine hundred eighty that number was around one thousand or twenty percent people who self identified not necessarily who you register with it's not the two registered independent but how do you feel do you feel like a democrat to feel like a republican or to feel like an independent nine hundred seventy that number was twenty percent now it's forty percent the trend line has been pretty steady over time and really really kicking up the last five years especially and the new gallup thing that just came out remarkable when you look at the actual line graphs and all of you guys showed but

the alone a show in just a half hour tonight a little will sit down with the editor in chief of reason magazine matt welch she'll ask him his take on why forty percent of american voters identify themselves as independent and what it means for the upcoming elections so stay tuned for that and i'll be back here at seven pm.

san francisco ranked number 15 by "travel and leisure" magazine readers. the reason, the magazine seems to think that the area's a bunch of food snobs in the bay. actually, it's kind of accurate. by the way -- >> that is a bad thing? >> not at all. you understand and appreciate well-defined and -- >> good food. >> yeah, in general. also ranked in the top ten, being stylish, attractive, stylish, dazzling upbeat. top five, new york city, number one. number two, miami. third, washington, d.c., number four, l.a., and number five, boston. >> i don't say rude. i like new york. i'd say more gruff. just gruff. >> nice way to put it. about i've run into rude people. they done look you in the eye. >> we're not rude. >> try not to be. >> we appreciate you watching. thanks for being with us. join us at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. >> and all day long at nbcbayarea.com. have a warm, caring day. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and

i had logging interview with matt welch, the editor of reason magazine and he seemed skeptical aboutmy proposal. he thought people should be able to buy whatever they want and i asked him to imagine a guy who was almost indifferent between a ford expedition 7500-pound load suv and a ford focus wagon, which ironically has almost the same hauling capacity is the bigger vehicle. he is almost indifferent but as a mild preference for the suv so he buys it. he has completely ignore the fact that by buying that have your beagle he has put every other pedestrian and motorist out there at greater risk of injury and death. he didn't gain much in my assumption about the example. he was almost indifferent and yet he up had nor this huge cost that they imposed on others. why is that the best way to have that decision unfold? why shouldn't he pay a tax proportional to the weight of the vehicle or whatever the relationship is between weight and the likelihood that you will kill or injure somebody so he doesn't even have an incentive to take that into account or cut taxes on such things kill two bir

compare john edwards who stole money from his campaign and -- >> dana: that wasn't the reason that "people" magazine and "national enquirer" went after him. not the reason. i'm not comparing the two, i'm just saying on a character level when you are trying to make a distinction, you either have to have -- you know we all decide, it doesn't matter to me or at all or it does matter and that is something you factor in your decision. >> bob: i side with dana on this. the story has been out there about newt's infidelity and came in great focus when he took on clinton and we found out after the fact he was having an affair at the same time. open marriage, people may not make a distinction. they say he handled the whole thing with the open marriage question. that's what it was. it's not a question about whether he had infidelity. he admitted to that, we know. on the record. the hypocrisy. >> eric: now you -- is the hypocrisy of what surrounding newt right now, is that the issue? not whether he had an affair but the fact he claimed to be for family values and whatnot? >> andrea: i don't think in a republica

by fortune magazine. the reasonor the number one spot is the company's increase in revenue and hiring over the past year. there are also many perks for workers including good food, bowling alley, and botchy ball courts. other bay area companies on the list. netapp. intuit. and salesforce.com came in at number 27. san francisco 49er fans are showing the team loyalty with new head gear. they are called nothingen nuggets. the soft foam hats with the 49er gold name on them are made in the garage of an oakley man. he came up with the idea two years ago. >> just kind of wing it. what if you just had a big gold nugget on your head. and then 49 our gold rush. >> he admits the green bay packers cheese heads inspired him. he sells the hat ons a website for $25 each but he say he may soon need to move the operation out of his garage because he's getting so many orders. don't forget you can watch the big game on ktvu channel 2. here's the sunday lineup. our pregame coverage starts with return to glory at 2:00. kickoff is 3:30.

>> this is one reason why education week magazine just ranked maryland the number 1 school system in the nation for the fourth consecutive year. >> we're getting our children ready for the future. and that starts early with 4- year-olds and 5-year-olds. >> yes. >> maryland's report card looks good. the prestigious magazine gave the state an overall b-plus grade. once again, maryland beat out heavy hitters, like massachusetts, new york and virginia. most other states ranked somewhere in the middle as the national of national average score is a c. >> we have to remember, this comes down to the classroom. >> reporter: dr. john semillie is the state's superintendent. he says maryland earned high marks for its pre-k program. prepared for keeping high schoolteachers in the classroom. but statewide, they aren't exactly celebrating just yet. >> reporter: we have to remember. we're not done. there's still areas to work. and we need to continue to work to eliminate the achievement achievement gap. >> that means there is room for improvement. the state says it wants to increase test scores, esp

magazine. it could be with some reason here because it was "star" magazine that broke the details of the divorceso published those photos of him partying in san diego including the picture with the 23-year-old mistress who he cheated with on the sixth anniversary of his marriage to demi moore. so he probably has a reason to not like these folks. now has blocked them from following him on twitter. not that that should really stop them from finding out what they need to find out. >> sensitive. >> seems like a symbolic gesture. a little sensitive by ashton. so he's taking a small step to fight back against the media. >> when you get your twitter account, are you going to block me? >> i would never block you. once you teach me how to use twitter. because i have no idea. >> you help me with facebook i'll help you with twitter. >> done deal. >> we know the super bowl is coming up this weekend, and we've seen some previews of a couple of the ads. but david beckham, if we can just show you a little bit of video. i don't really know -- >> she's very excited about >> -- what i'm going to say over this. bu

i'm sorry, i do not see venture capital experience as being the reason that somebody will be able to run a government. >> "time magazinethis week has warren buffet as an optimist. you don't sound as optimistic as he. >> no, he's been optimistic, hasn't he? i should probably listen to him. he's a loot richer than me. i feel more optimistic this year than i've done in any year since 2007 to tell3wñ you the truth. with that said, there's a whole segment of our population, those that are in poverty,

>> well, every wednesday in the last hour in the "washingtonn journal" we like to feature of reason magazinees. mage r today richard brookhiser is joining us to talk about his tcent peace and american history magazine on james madison's political legacy. here is the peace, the sick short shy father of the constitution, james madison was also determined ambitious conniving father of american politics and, in fact, richard brookhiser writes that the well read deep thinker was the father of american politics, political parties, partisan media, hardball tactics -- hardball attacks, slogans and sound bites. he either invited them are knew there were coming. for better or worse, his fingerprints are all over the institutions and ground rules of politics as we know it. mr. brookhiser, that's a lot a statement about james madison.ut >> guest: well, heat -- you know, i just read a book about him. going into that before i startea i knew that he was the father of the constitution. we all know that. he was called that in his lifetime. t the story that i uncovered or the percentages is what a creative an

reason to be proud. they have been named the best in the country. taken as a whole maryland schools are ranked number 1 in the education by education week magazine and for the 4th year in a row they received high marks for overall student achievement in how funding is allocated. >>> the baltimore city president wants to realo indicate resources and put the baltimore grand prix in park for good. jack young writing a letter saying they should focus on finding services like rec centers rather than another race, the mayor cut ties with them because they still-the city fees. >> the ravens big playoff game is less than four theys away and the city is turning more purple by the moment. while the team gears up to face the texans the fans gear up to cheer them up the ravens players are getting a little pumped up, too, here is an example of what we are talking about. running back ray rice showed up for a flacco fu manchu purple mustache. it was made out of tape and we are told it was painful to remove. if you can't make it to the stadium sunday you can see the ravens texas on the texas -- texans right here on wjz 13, all the action live right here starting at

that's one of the reasons why three years after the financial crisis that plunged this country into the deepest recession since the great depression, time magazinehe protestor its person of the year and occupy as the 1% versus the 99% chant that become part of the national lexicon. the occupy effect reaches far beyond questions of inequality as iraq veteran writes: >> he joins us tonight, derrek mcgee, iraq veteran occupier and author of iraq's journey from wall street. i spent time with the occupy movement in washington d.c. and i must say, you are the most unlikely occupier if i can put it that way. i mean, you've been a marine, served in iraq, you've been a banker on wall street with merrill lynch. what attracted you of all people to the occupy movement? >> well, i think what got the first time was simply because of having an understanding of what went wrong in the financial crisis, knowing that there was the steps that had been promised, the regulation that was supposed to come in so it never happened again never took place. the account bite i thought should have been there wasn't there. i went down for the purpose of arguing just that one p

reasonable. on the consumerwatch, julie watts has a warning about door- to-door sales pitches that fail to deliver. >> reporter: it's been 15 months since the magazine saleswoman knocked on sandy's door. >> they market themselves as recruiting and trying to help kids. >> reporter: sandy bought three-year subscription to vegetarian times and weight watchers and a two-year subscription to mac life paying $134 cash to freedom sales. she says she confirmed the order over the phone but never got a magazine. and now the houston-based company won't return her calls. >> we just feel like we have been burned, you know, by someone that we were trying to help. >> reporter: so when someone knocks on your door, how do you know if you can trust them? >> look at the reputation. seller. >> reporter: a simple online search should reveal the company's reputation but it was too late by the time sandy found hundreds of online complaints and noticed a strange wording on her receipt. if you do not receive delivery within 120 days, please contact freedom sales, which she did. it then says, you will be compensated but refunds will not be issued. >> what they are saying by

these are the reasons i quit smoking. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. >>> they are everywhere around us, in the fashion magazinesnd on the runways. and a lot of young girls grow up wanting to be just like them, these models who seem impossibly thin. and today, it was revealed that the gap between them and the average american woman has never been greater. that even the supermodels from the '70s and '80s, like cindy crawford and christie brinkley might be too big to succeed in modeling today. here's abc's linsey davis on this dramatic change in american life. >> reporter: the picture is supposed to be shocking. an average-sized woman, entwined with an average-sized model. >> i thought they were really beautiful. i thought they were shocking. i thought they were going to cause some controversy. >> reporter: plus-model magazine says standard fashion models have gotten so tiny, the supermodels of 20 years ago, christie brinkley, cindy crawford beverly johnson, would be plus-sized models today. at the height of your career, what were you wearing? >> i was between a 4 and a 6. >> reporter: would you be surprised to kn

but it seems to me your piece in the new york magazine and what you are saying here is essentially advice that the campaign could reasonably take, this might be a way to make people connect with your candidate. do you think that the campaign would ever consider that? it seems like the way they are addressing any issues about the candidates religion to label anybody who raises them in a respectful way as a bigot. >> so yes, they will try to pave it over they won't succeed because we know presidential campaigns strip people bare, assuming romney may well get the nomination, at least he will be there through the whole process, it's going to be relentless, people look at everything. so they are sort of kidding themselves and i think it would humanize him to talk about his faith, given his importance to it and its importance to him, and to be candid about where he agrees, disagrees, not about theology, not about joseph smith, but 20th and 21st century politics in america. >> and his role in them. >> exactly. >> frank rich, great to see you, thanks for being here. >> great to see you, rachel. >>> after this show on the last word

that's's one of the reasons john harrison has been named dairy farmer of the year by the international dairy foods association and dairy today magazineand greene pastures of eastern tennessee you will find sweet water valley farms tucked at the end of a blacktop drive. this little piece of paradise sits just off i-75. today like most days they are hosting an assortment of shoppers at its cheese store where taste testers go over a buffet of 25 varieties while behind the glass. the experience continues. sweet water valley farm milks a thousand cows and farms a little more than 1200 acres. >> growing about 80% of the forage now and -- we would love to add enough land base to grow some corn and beans also. >> adding land base has been a challenge for them. earn tennessee's climate and countryside is a sought off commodity for retirees and competition for land is tough. that's one driver behind the harrison's thinking. >> we wanted to grow the business. we felt we why in an area going urban pretty fast and would be hard to expand. it would give us just a way to grow the business. >> the growing came in adding value to the milk on hand. th

host: the question about "time" magazine and what you cover. guest: the reason i wrote this story is that super pacs and the way they are changing politics is a newsworthy event. it has changed the way it race is run. you do have a point about vice president joe biden. the president has made it clear he will not appear at fund- raisers. there was an incident where the vice president spoke to donors, and later that day there was a solicitation for the pac. i would not be surprised if you see more of that happening going into the general election. i am not sure whether super pacs at the end of the day will be something that republicans love and democrats take or democrats love and republican state. it is not clear at this point. there is support on both sides of the aisle. at this point, probably obama would prefer a super pacs not be here, because he has the ability to raise small-donor dollars. years from now, you could see that situation reversed and republicans raising more small- donor dollars and the disadvantage by super pacs. i am not sure that super pacs

host: the question about "time" magazine and what you cover. guest: the reason i wrote this story is that super pacs and the way they are changing politics is a newsworthy event. it has changed the way it race is run. you do have a point about vice president joe biden. the president has made it clear he will not appear at fund- raisers. there was an incident where the vice president spoke to donors, and later that day there was a solicitation for the pac. i would not be surprised if you see more of that happening going into the general election. i am not sure whether super pacs at the end of the day will be something that republicans love and democrats take or democrats love and republican state. it is not clear at this point. there is support on both sides of the aisle. at this point, probably obama would prefer a super pacs not be here, because he has the ability to raise small-donor dollars. years from now, you could see that situation reversed and republicans raising more small- donor dollars and the disadvantage by super pacs. i am not sure that super pacs

magazine. happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> everybody's resolution is to exercise more. you've got another reason you need to do that. >> at health.com we did a poll that showed women who exercise feel more energized, the vast majority after just exercising a half hour, 45 minutes a day. >> even if you don't have that time you can still squeeze out something. >> absolutely, even ten minutes a day helps you feel more energized for two to three hours. go for a brisk walk with a friend is better. even ten minutes a day makes a significant impact on your mood and energy level. >> something as simple as stretching can help. >> stretching is very important first of all it can prevent injuries, stretching before and after exercise but just stretching on its own can actually get the blood flowing through the muscles, get your nerves moving and energize you. you don't need to go to a gym. using your own doorway in the house, hold on to the doorway can get everything moving. >> during your workout, you should see red? >> it's interesting, a study showed that when you look at red, if you see something red i

magazine spiked thank you very much for your thoughts on this issue. well coming up next hour cross talk host peter the valve debates with his guest the reason behind the proposed u.s. online legislation. the fact is what we're trying to do is enforce u.s. copyright laws on foreign companies whose copyright laws may be different from ours and what we're saying is if you don't follow us law in terms of copyrights then we have the right to shut you down the other part of the problem is affectively that's going through the division of it isn't true if you're objecting to the fact that people are trying to stop sites that are pirating american american intellectual property it is not always just movies and music it's also physical goods that are carol you know these are counterfeit drugs because there are also maybe a little written but i really can do when i you know harm infers harm children harm adults this is serious so there are serious consequences. now to syria where the opposition has called for rallies to be held across the country in support of prisoners held since the start of the anti-government unrest that's despite a general amnesty granted b

reason why they have fewer teen pregnancies fear abortions is because they parents have kids have sex in their home there's they're less happier tentacle i just wanna keep saying there's nothing good in that magazine there's no good tips they said like how to make sex great or whatever it was my cover i didn't see anything in there that was any you know education i've always like actually felt the same way they don't really have a lot to remark there isn't going to have a lot to offer our let's move on to our next one here ok so senator chuck grassley basically was asked the question about the labor department stricter limits on child labor. and he basically said. they could exacerbate the childhood or the child obesity epidemic by making kids less active these are his statements he said this farm bill were greatly affect our f.a.a. for age programs kids won't be able to help on farms not owned by their parents and then he goes on to say it's interesting that this child labor bill goes against michelle obama's anti-obesity initiative how can kids be active if they're limited by this law because you can't tell kids to join a soccer team or enjoy sports do they need to do hard physical labor in. the

reason i can is i have enormous hips. you don't have any hoops. >> i can't hula hoop. let's talk about what's annoying you before we get started. >> besides jon stewart? >> we're paging through "glamour" magazine as we tend to do. >> i think a lot of jon stewart. >> very smart. anyway, this is -- it's about men and the title is "31% of men do at work." it ain't work. the answer is brace yourself for what you might think. >> it is what you think. >> they go through and ask questions of men and actually say that the majority of men have actually measured their you know what with a ruler. >> what am i supposed to say? >> i don't know what you think about it. 77% of men have taken a ruler out and measured it. >> i think it's pathetic and they have too much time on their hands. get over your hot dog, guys. and what are they saying, they lie about that too? >> have you ever measured it and they say yes, a lot of men do. if you could pick two qualities for your girlfriend, pick among these, good-looking, smart, caring, and fun, which two would you choose? >> definitely good looking. >> yes, they did. >> i doubt they picked smart for second. >> they picked caring. >> they want somebody to be gorgeous

magazines, even my parents. i think this is a signal here she wants everybody to shut up. when she's ready to talk, she will talk. >> until somebody tells us the reason be rumors, of course. >> exactly. people will make things up. >> parents do have a public platform like that, for them to give a service and not mention their daughter's divorce, maybe that would have been deafening, too. i'm not sure they could have -- >> does she have a relationship with her parents? >> not a great relationship with them, but they are still parents of superstars. i think they felt they had to say something. >> what do you hear is the reason for the breakup? >> we do not know yet. there are many different opinions. i think somebody like katy is quite private, as well, so we've made as many calls as we can and still haven't got on the bottom of it. >> no bad-mouthing about them. >> a rumor we should set straight is he's been disinvited from an award show she's performing at. that's not true. he was invited and decided not to go because it's her night. >> brad pitt was seen on the red carpet with a little pain. >> he had a slight tumble while carrying his daughter, viv