today, juan, we were talking about reuben salazar. juan won the reuben salazar award afew years ago, a towering figure in american journalism. talk about who he was and his significant for us today. >> well, reuben sallah was a mexican american who grew up in el paso, texas, and served in the army in world war ii and came out and got a job -- it was the first latino at his local el paso times, and he then eventually gets hired in the mid-50s by the los angeles times, becomes the first latino reporter in the los angeles times. and quickly ended up becoming a foreign correspondent. he gets sent to vietnam. he covers the u.s. invasion of the dominican republic in 196 5. he is in mexico covering the olympics in 196 8 when the massacre happens, and he covers the massacre of the protesters ... and begins immediately to develop his incredible investigative reports of municipality in los ag >> developed a very little relationship with the los wit angeles police department, but because he's still writing a column for the l.a. times once e week

what reuben's great column is making is the complexity of the relationship.go back from centuries ago. mexican-americans who have been living there for as long as my family's been in the united states. part of the problem is that some policies have alienated the latino community. those have eroded and now, the republican party faces a serious deficit and when candidates pander to the other reaches of their party, it doesn't help. >> reuben, is there anything mitt romney can do to turn this into something? given he may have a legitimate point, is there anything he can do politically at this point? >> several things. one is stop confusing his outreach efforts in florida and florida's important. but stop confusinging your outreesh efforts with hispanics in florida and the southwest. it's a whole different thing. that's what you have with these, this dynamic and i see oftentimes that mitt romney seems to think they're interchangeable and that his success in florida will help him in the southwest. he has to stop going after these immigrants personally by portrayin

but reuben cruz who we last saw in a similar situation -- >> 17 stab wounds.nd i came out with none. >> is now making himself at home on the sensitive needs yard. >> s.n.y. is just a name for -- honestly, i don't even know. you know? i love it. i honestly do. this is the first time that i could choose who i want to talk to, who i want to play basketball with. honestly, it's just a whole change of scenario. a whole change of lifestyle. it's better. honestly, it's a lot better. you know? this right here, as you can see, it is the same as general population, and the same people play basketball and people working out and people running their own program. they don't have to go through all of that other [ bleep ] that we used to go through before. it's very muff different and a setting that you need to get adjusted. from what i understand, they say there's child molesters and rapists here, but i haven't encountered one, and not that i am looking for them, but i would rather not know who they are, you know that. is basically it. i just socialize with the guys i know

what reuben's great column is making is the complexity of the relationship.hey go back from centuries ago. mexican-americans who have been living in texas for longer than my family has been in the united states. part of the problem is that some policies in the border states have alienated the latino community. those have eroded and now, the republican party faces a serious deficit and when candidates pander to the other reaches of their party, it doesn't help. >> reuben, is there anything mitt romney can do to turn this into something? given he may have a legitimate point in terms of a person, identity, family, is there anything he can do politically at this point? >> several things. one is stop confusing his outreach efforts in florida and florida's important. we're coming up after south carolina, an important state, but stott confusing your outreach efforts with hispanics in florida with hispanic in the southwest. it's a whole different thing. that's what you have with these, this dynamic and i see oftentimes that mitt romney seems to think they're intercha

an hour later, police pulled over a car with two people, they charged reuben dunn and his girlfriend, and after running a tanker truck, loaded with thousands of gallons of fuel, stolen from the eastern store, somebody cut through the. >>> finally as we look back on the year 2011, we turn to the one-two punch from hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. and more than four and a half million homes and businesses were without power, she was also blamed for 48 deaths in many states, and in married, several inches of rain, massive flooding in the wake, the area was without power for several days, homes, businesses were flooded, and trash and debris covering roads. and incredible stories, some sad, some left you scratching your head, others brought our community closer together, through it all, we worked to change the stories working for you. >>> all right, looking at 2012. >> yeah, you watch that, you say 2010 and 11, both wild, weather-wise, but very different. we didn't have the huge snows so far this year. as we look to the early part of 2012, the guts of winter, i like to call them. ja

joining us now, james reuben. >> assistant. >> assistant secretary of state. >> that's a good promotion. >> i just gave you a promotion. you should have taken it and run with it. we're about truth and transparency. but let's start with this letter, this red line we've been hearing about now leon panetta weighing in. why the frenzy of activity? is ready militarily. >> we've always made clear that in terms of any threats to the region, in terms of some of the behavior that they've conducted in the region, we'll also be prepared to respond militarily if we have to. >> those are strong words. just how close are we to a confrontation with iran? joining us now, james reuben. >> assistant. >> assistant secretary of state. >> that's a good promotion. >> i just gave you a promotion. you should have taken it and run with it. we're about truth and transparency. but let's start with this letter, this red line we've been hearing about now leon panetta weighing in. why the frenzy of activity? right now? >> there's a lot happening at once. number one, the united states is imposing new sanctions. iran

i'm benjamin reuben. a lot of bars all across the town for several years. there's been very few owners that i've worked with that so diligently really cared about what the neighborhood said as chris and dave and joe in his position as a manager. they take all of these things that these people are saying completely seriously and have been very proactive. i've seen that bar in the last 2 1/2 years i've been going there, and very recently working there, helping them out, undergo a transformation. and i empathize for anyone that moves next door or upstairs to a bar. however, when the niners win a playoff game, it's going to be extremely loud. i doubt there was very few places in town that day that weren't ridiculously loud. so when we win a game, when the home team does well, unfortunately we can't tell people not to root for the home team. as far as drinking, swearing, cursing, what they do in the neighborhood out front, whether it be 10 feet or 50 feet, we all take a vested interest, if we see anything we act immediately. and we, in my experience besides myse

daniels gets it over to reuben in the corner. he sinks the 3. we're tied at 44. but uva would close it out. sammy was really nice when they needed him. look how deep this is. bottom. they beat boston college 66-49. they're now 16-3 on the season. >> to stabler arena in pennsylvania. navy taking on lee high in patriot league play. navy spots the mountain hawks a 9-0 lead before making a run. smith hits the three. navy within 3 now. second half off the inbounds pass, j.j. avila attacking the rim on the baseline gets the hoop and the harm. that brings navy within 1. butch that's but that's as close as they would get. one of the better players in the conference drains the trey, mccollum had 24 and 14 rebounds. . >> former phillies closer brad lidge coming to the nationals. the two-time all-star has closed for the phillies and astros during his ten-year career. he will not be the closer for the nats. lidge will fill various roles in the nationals' bullpen that should be one of the best in baseball this year. >> all-star break has arrived in the nhl and according a lit

the people, even people on the right ignored and scoffed at him, with a few intrepid exceptions, reuben and "the washington post" and a clearly spectator wrong them. but just a reminder how poll driven the media is and how much it's a herd mentality because a rival network had a poll at that showed them at 16%, a week or so out, and that was just the bell going off and all of a sudden, everyone was talking about santorum surging and couldn't gets enough of the guy. >> which game first? was it the surge or predictions of the surge. i think that the media played a bigger role in iowa than what is to be intended, and-- >> do you think that rick santorum is a media creation, his popularity? >> i think his surge was a media creation and it also reflects on that the failed political experiment that is iowa and new hampshire, hopefully will it's the next cycle or within two cycles that people recognize the retail politics failed. 10 million in the last month. leading up to it. the frenzy that we see from these media folks who probably should be prescribed ritalin to calm them down a witness. >

david reuben steen announced today he is donating $7.5 million to help cover repair costs needed aftert year's earthquake. you're looking at some video from a helmet camera from one of those difficult assessment team members as they repel down the washington monument last september. now, they found about $15 million in damage. chips and cracks up to an inch thick in several of the marble stones. the washington monument was built with $1 private donations. now it will be repaired with money from a man who says he's lived the american dream. >> i come from very modest circumstances and i'm very fortunate to have achieved wealth beyond what i ever expected. i kind of want to repay a debt i had to the country, and that's legally what is behind it. >> those -- really what is behind it. >> those repairs will take between 10 and 12 months, so it will be june of 2013 at the earliest before the monument is back open. >>> still ahead tonight. >> i'm just asking to be with my partner. >> a seizure causes a woman to wreck her car. >> she [ male announcer ] if you like action movies... ♪ ...romance

treasurer and syndicated columnist reuben avereid. and ballroom c, policies that strengthen america, that's doug holtz eken, our president of the american action forum, former congressman lincoln ballard and paul conway. i hope you enjoy the breakout sessions this afternoon. before we break, please indulge me with one more minute of your attention. i would like to, on behalf of spanish leadership network and its entire staff and team of cl collaborators would like to thank each and every one of you for this conference. we hope you enjoyed the day, we hope you stay for the breakout sessions. and again, on behalf of myself, it's been a pleasure to do this once again. thank you all for being here. i think we made history today. [ spoke spanish ] [ applause ] >>> cspan's road to the white house on the political trail takes you live to the candidates. >> you're going to find a massive opportunity for exchange and trade. if i'm president of the united states, one of the first things i will do in my first 100 days is begin an economic initia

on barack obama in november presidential election former congressional aide and diplomat michelle reuben told our affiliate on the ron paul stands out he's unlikely to secure or any other support but really. in his foreign policy is very distinct from the other candidates in that he has a more isolationist viewpoint he wants the united states to retreat from international conflicts in the national affairs and some areas that can be good he's opposed to military action with the run he was opposed to the rock war but the other candidates are all extremely hawkish on foreign policy very conservative and ron paul does stand out among them makes voters want to support him by the spars and leading the party and getting other republicans on board to really. know he hasn't done that someone who says i am a free american and i can make it on my own and that's what ron paul really embodies but republicans also understand that kind of positioning will not win the general election against president obama. as the republican campaign ramps up there's a growing question over of how much of a challenge

here on our team now the man who's been at the helm of two time russian premier league champions reuben for over a decade has resigned more on this you'll get from our sports update shortly before that we'll take a look what's happening in the world of business with natasha. twenty four minutes past ten am you watching business r t m merging market currencies is seeing the best start of the year since the turn of the century that's according to the financial times as the risk increases the russian ruble along with the mexican peso and the brazilian ryall have outperformed the currencies of the industrialized nations most of them gave more than five percent against the u.s. dollar reversing sharp losses of the recent months. by contrast the euro the yen and the pound gate less than one and a half percent against the greenback but analysts warn emerging market currencies remain pretty risky local regulations are likely to intervene and hold currency appreciation to help exports. european leaders on monday have managed to marry growth and thus tearing at their first summit this year twenty

in a month that says russian companies convert overseas earnings into local currency to pay taxes reuben virginia from a dialogue says russia is in a very good position right now. much stronger renewable. than you would be in many bells will toll big economy. man internally with the river structure. quite stable over which. we can position or still better if we can extend it to the people in other part of the world was going to russia really contribute to the. russian banks reported record high profits for two thousand and eleven despite the economic uncertainty the central bank says the toll profits reached twenty seven billion dollars helped by a strong growth in lending the central bank expects a profit this year around twenty two billion dollars. let's now look at the markets could all futures trading higher we could be in the previous sessions losses oil is higher for the third day over concerns that tensions with iran could spark disruptions in exports from the middle east and u.s. stocks opened higher boosted by well received results from bank of america and morgan stanley and a d

. >> and this from reuben.s not a single person bigger than the team. >> niner pride lives on. this bay area's most-shared video on you tube today performed by six bay area residents with help from another bay area band. and that is fun. >> washington state is on the verge of approving same-sex marriage. lawmakers announced she'll cast deciding votes. and other states where same-sex marriages are legal are connecticut,. >> i warks new hampshire, new york, vermont and washington, d.c.. >> newest poll in republican presidential race puts mitt romney and gut gingrich in a tie. and there is touchdowns focused on florida and there is a record now from washington, d.c.. >> mitt romney is under pressure. just a week ago he had a 24 point lead over newt gingrich, now they're in a dead heat. romney is slamming gingrich's leadership. >> he's gone from item to item in a way which is highly erratic. >> and repairing a call to. >> this is just a matter of fact. and if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, it is a duck

i want to particularly give thanks to dimitri reuben, jim drear, the lead detectives in the case and the entire division of homicide here in montgomery county. forensic science played a huge part in this case. as britney norwood -- of attack, brutalization, sexual attack, taunting of both a racial and other nature, scientists went to work in this case. blood-spatter experts, dna experts, shoeprint experts -- the medical examiner, the chief medical examiner in the city of baltimore, what made this case unravel so quickly was the work of so many forensic scientists who put the lives to the original story that came from the mouth of miss norwood. we would not be here today without the magnificent support of the murray family. many of you have gotten to meet them. each one of them is an extraordinary person. we did not know jana in life, but i think in some way, jana's been brought to life for us and remains with us because we have gotten to know the murray family. i would like to thank mary beth ayers, ashley endoifer and sandra -- from my office, the wonderful work they have done from

joining us now, james reuben. >> assistant. >> assistant secretary of state. i just gaf you a promotion. that's all right. we're about truth and transparency. but let's start with this letter, this red line we've been hearing about now leon panetta weighing in. why the frenzy of activity? >> there's a lot happening at once. number one, the united states is imposing new sanctions. iran threated to close the strait of hormuz and an iranian scientist was assassinated. this has happened within a week or so and that has raised the threshold and led as you reported to an important communication between washington and tehran. >> so, we have no direct line of communication and there's some video, it's been amazing, that the pentagon just released. of iranian speedboats coming up to our big navy ships. horns, the speedboats ignore. how close they get before you blow them out of the water. then you have a military confrontation. what's a direct line of communication entail? >> there are several issues. one is diplomacy. there has always been a way to communicate with ir

her son reuben stood in as best man. >> you have a ring picked to go on your hand. >> this wedding dress>> she sees me as a human being. she opened up her house, her heart and gave me her family. >> i raul take you laquisha. to be my wedded wife to have and to hold from this day forward. >> i'm the black sheep of my family. i am the only one that has ever been to prison. >> i laquisha take raul to be my wedded husband to have and to hold from this day forward. >> i have been thinking about the sacrifice she made. how much she loves me to do something like that. >> as you take this ring and place it on her hand, raul, would you repeat after me. i give you this ring -- >> i give you this ring -- >> as a symbol and commitment in marriage. >> she knows that the possibilities of me getting out are slim to none. and she accepted that. >> this is the first day of the rest of your lives together. and we would all hope that tomorrow would be even happier. you may kiss your lovely bride. >> though there will be no reception or first dance for this couple, the odds aren't totally against them. acco

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so from miami we have reuben indicated columnist with "the washington post" writers group and from chicagoter, conservative commentator. thank you for joining us. lenny, i'm going to start with you. lots of debate last night on immigration. romney and gingrich actually went after each other. so let's listen and chat about it. [ speaking spanish ] >> not really what we wanted to listen to there, lenny. but we are talking about all of these ads, you know, these candidates going after each other, but probably one of the critical moments last night was romney's moment, right, on the way that he attacked gingrich. what did you make of that? do you think he came out the winner? >> he came out the winner with that for two big reasons. number one, newt gingrich did not reply to that. he basically was thrown underneath the bus. you've got to remember, this is a candidate that had issues about an ethics violation charge. so what did romney do? he basically attacked his character and after all these ethics violations charges and reminders from 15 years ago coming out, now mitt romney tying it in ther

let me begin by thanking reuben for that extraordinary introduction. he was too bashful -- maybe he is not supposed to do this. i will do that. his restaurant is called zaza, new cuban dining. everybody check it out. on the way out, he said he did not do this a lot. he is a natural. we will have to run him for something. but thank you so much for taking the time. it is great to be here. it is rare that i get to do something that sasha and malia envy me for. [laughter] that does not happen very often. maybe for once, they will ask me at dinner, a day went. [laughter] i confess, i am excited to see mickey. it is always nice to meet a world leader who has bigger ears than me. [laughter] i want to abolish the presence of one of florida's outstanding mayors, the mayor of orlando is in the house. [applause] we have two outstanding members of my cabinet. interior secretary salazar and commerce secretary bryson. [applause] because they are focused on what brings us here today. that is creating jobs and boosting tourism. you just heard what a huge difference to

participants included john bryson, robert reuben, and members from dupont.is is led by former white house budget director, alice rivlin. >> good morning. we're here today about ideas for strategies of making the u.s. economy more competitive and creating more jobs. we have to start from where we are. where we are is a difficult spot as all of us know. we have to start from a realistic look at why the economy is struggling. why do we have 8.5% unemployment and a lot higher number if you include all of the people who are either looking for work and have gotten discouraged or who have a job, but would like a better job or would like to work more hours. why has unemployment stayed so high for so long? what is standing in the way of a more rapid recovery? the job of this panel is to focus on why we are where we are and where we might be going. one thing that you may be very glad of is you're not going to hear any political here, no references to all the fault of the democrats or all the fault of the republicans. you'll hear no politics, but sober analysis of what

going out to reuben on the democratic line from california. good morning. caller: good morning.ould like to talk about contracting. i am from california. i used to be a contractor, but i got put out of business. it seems to me that these high requirements for bonded make the rich contractors and the guys that do not do any work make tons of money, and they turn around and not pay the contractors that cannot afford bonding to do the actual work. i think there should be more oversight to see that these big contractors do not stop paying the little guys and put them out of business on purpose. i did a little whistle blowing to hud to talk about some corrupt situations, and wound up losing my contract, losing my license, and i think there should be more oversight and maybe give smaller businesses, you know, a better -- an easier way to get bonding said that they can compete with the big, giant corporations that make all the money. host: appreciate the call. thanks very much. news yesterday evening out of arizona, concerning now former congress member difference -- giffords. back one

reuben throak. representing green packaging in ridgeland mark blitzer and tave brown. representing g.k.n. aerospace and air show in orangeburg, kevin cummings. representing tihitco, jeff winkler. please stand and give all of these friends a great south carolina round of applause. [applause] we have another great reason to celebrate in south carolina. from the tidal greeks -- creeks of buferte to the shores of lake kiwi, we are blessed with the kind of natural beauty that makes us the envy of the nation and this was the first year we finally beat san francisco. charleston was named the number one top tourist destination in america. please join me in congratulating mayor joe riley, who unfortunately couldn't be here tonight, and the people of charleston. but we can't rely on god's gift alone to keep our tourism industry, the second largest industry in our state, turning. we have to sell south carolina and there is no better opportunity, no better showcase for our state and citizens, than the heritage golf tournament. for a generation, the heritage has been backed by a lo

we go now to reuben on the democratic line from san rafael, california. good morning. caller: good morning. i would like to talk about contract in. i am from california. i used to be a contractor, but i got put out of business. it seems to me that these high requirements for bonding make the rich contractors and the guys that really do not do any work make tons of money, and they turn around and not paid the contractors that cannot afford bonding to do the actual work. i think there should be more oversight to see that these big contractors do not stop paying the little guys and put them out of business on purpose. i worked for marin housing, and i did a little whistleblowing to hud to talk about some corrupt situations over there, wound up losing my contract, losing my license. i think there should be more oversight, and maybe give smaller businesses, you know, a better -- an easier way to get bonding so that they can compete with the big, giant corporations that make all the money. host: appreciate the call. thanks so much. news yesterday out of arizona, concerning f