become a hot topic in russia following a number of high profile incidents artie's correspondent richard long poor fellow caught up with one of the country's top sports lowers to see changes are being made to try and protect the khorasan futures of russia's top athletes. but he was cut short his wife was turned upside down in november two thousand and nine she suffered horrific injuries for no fault of their own collided with another slid easily mistaken official who allowed her slip to read in a red light at one point she feared she might lose her leg but a physical injuries would not be only better but she had to come not be new to shaun there have been problems with ensuring our sportsmen and women for instance the insurance policy could cause just a few rubles if you look at the case of purina sport sure she was insured under a tourist policy which would only pay out if you thousand euros in case of pre-injury after just a few days of treatment her insurance fund had already drained out. owners of into bill run into hundreds of thousands of euros however there was a happy ending as a medi

richard daley the long term mayor of chicago has helped turn a city once and the quiet into an attractive cosmopolitan urban hub finds out that he has some special advice for moscow spotlight is coming right up. hello again and welcome to third party i am very sure i'll take i'll bring all ben today my guest is richard daley. the longest serving mayor of chicago has that power first off the twenty two years and the trip he managed to turn to declining address city into a distillation city pushed through immigration reform and masterly dealt with racism issues winning support other black chicago these problems are characteristic for many big cities so what advice does need scariest mayor have for moscow my guest today is a veteran u.s. political war horse and the longest serving mayor of chicago richard daley. richard daley was the patriarch with a very influential political family often compared to the kennedys he was called just the best mayor out of the cities are you ass from a chicago glorifying business friendly city richard daley belongs to the democratic party he supported barack o

moment i'll be back with more news for in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime richard daley the long term marriage chicago has helped turn a city once in decline into an attractive cosmopolitan urban hub all gone or finds out now if he has some special advice for moscow that's in spotlight next. hello again and welcome to spotlight they enter the shell. alvin hall then today my guest is richard daley. the longest serving mayor of chicago has left office to twenty two years and the trip he managed to turn the declining addressed city into a distillation city pushed through immigration reform and massively dealt with racism issues winning support of the black chicago these problems are characteristic for many big cities so what advice does the scariest mayor have for moscow my guest today is a veteran u.s. political war horse and the longest serving mayor of chicago richard daley. richard daley was the patriarch of a very influential political family often compared to the kennedys he was the best mayor out of the five largest cities are you asked for making chicago a business friendly

i spoke with evan wolfson of freedom to marry.org who's worked for this for a very, very long time. and richard sakaritis former advisor on gay rights issues during the clinton administration. joining me here are two men who have worked very hard for this moment, evan wolfson and richard sakaritis evan, what do you think? >> i think this is wonderful. it's a win/win win. it's a win for families, a win for new york, it's a win for our country. it's even a win for the people who today are uncomfortable or uncertain and wrestling this because they're going to see that it took nothing away from anyone else when the family across the street is a little better off. and now we can turn together as americans, as new yorkers, to really working on the things that we really need to tackle together, the problems that are really facing all of us in these tough economic times. but of course we also now have many other states where this discrimination has to end. we have to end federal marriage discrimination against the legally married couples. and we have to work together to make our country better. but tod

the long term mayor of chicago richard daley has climbing city into an attractive place for life finds out if he has some advice for moscow spotlight coming up next . hello again and welcome to spotlight the shelf. today my guest is richard daley. the longest serving mayor of chicago has left office twenty two years and the trip he managed to turn the declining the best city into a distillation city pushed through immigration reform and masterfully dealt with racism issues poor winning support of the black chicago these problems are characteristic for many big cities so what advice does the scariest mayor have for moscow my guest today is a veteran u.s. political war horse and the longest serving mayor of chicago richard daley. richard daley was the patriarch of a very influential political family often compared to the kennedys he was billed as the best mayor out of the cities are you asked for making chicago a business friendly city richard daley belongs to the democratic party he supported barack obama during the presidential campaign three years ago his younger brother william the c

coming up a long time chicago mayor richard daley turned america's third largest city from one in decline back into an attractive place to live finds out if he has some advice for moscow spotlight coming up. wealthy british style is not exactly that's not on the front. of the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports. hello again and welcome to spotlight they enter the show. alvin hall ben today my guest is richard daley. the longest serving mayor of chicago has left office the twenty two years in the chair he managed to turn the declining the rest built city into a distillation city pushed through immigration reform and masterfully dealt with racism issues winning support of the black chicago these problems are characteristic for many big cities so what advice does the scariest mayor have for moscow my guest today is a veteran u.s. political war horse and the longest serving mayor of chicago richard daley. richard daley was the patriarch of a very influential political family often compared to the kennedys he was billed as the best

back to the spotlight on are we not in just a reminder that my guest today is richard daley veteran u.s. politician and the long. third being mayor of chicago the guy did a lot for the city for the environment universities for. the racial problems but mr daley thinks that he's biggest achievement is giving the kids a good education be ready for leadership and rise in a leadership be a spokesperson for education ok now one of your best pupils you have the personal best pupils was michelle obama was she yes this is were you the guy who advocated it to become or oh no the leadership. came from all she was you're you're you're you're going to your advisor or she plan in a garment she's she's a well educated woman and the brother in came from a wonderful family who parents began when they strive for education she was in the leaders of yes she worked in a measures artist and of course she was your assistant or it was because she was in the plane in a garden office and she was a wonderful ploy she had the passion and dedication about it and of course president obama was a former community organizer a state senator us

you ran a story a few days ago about richard and john, a couple who have lived in new york for decades and decades, have been together 61 years and have waited long enough to get married. this is a day of wholeness and celebration and greatness for our country. >> richard, for you, what is this? >> well, it's really an amazing moment in the history of the gay rights movement. so far. i mean, we think it will be a real -- real turning point. and signals the end of official government sanction discrimination against gay people. the beginning of the end. i mean, by the end of this year we think we'll have california. and it may be by the end of this year almost 20% of the american public will live in places where gay people can get married. i mean, discrimination against gay people will no longer be able to be sustained. and it's amazing to be sitting here with evan who is the hero of this movement who has really really pushed. this there are many heroes. but tonight, evan wolfson, a real hero of this movement. andrew cuomo, the first straight politician really in the history of our movement who has championed this like no one else and said he didn'

spotlight on an album you know i've been just a reminder that my guest today is richard daley a veteran u.s. politician and the long. third being mayor of chicago the guy did a lot for the city for the environment universities for and for racial problems but mr daley things that he's biggest achievement is giving the kids good education being raised in leadership program and leadership and be a spokesperson for education ok now one of your best pupils you've been personal best pupils was michelle obama was she yes you the guy you educated to become or all you know leadership michelle obama came from oh she was you're you're you're you're going to your advisor or she plan in a vault when she's she's a well educated woman and a brother and came from a wonderful family who parents again when they strive for education she was in the mayor's office yes she worked in the mayor's office and of course she was your assistant or it was she was in the planning development office and she was a wonderful ploy she had the passion and dedication about it and of course president obama was a former community organizer a state senat

long. >>> good day. i'm richard lui filling in for contessa brewer.t to coast this monday. today's big story, mother nature's fury. 2,000 firefighters are battling a raging wildfire in arizona with no end in sight. hundreds in the midwest are forced to flee because of flooding concerns and extreme heat. summer does not officially start for two weeks. but it certainly feels like it. our team of nbc reporters are covering that. we'll hit them all in a second. we begin with george lewis live in springerville, arizona, with the latest on the out of control wildfires. and, george, this is zero containment for a week. what is happening there? >> reporter: well, it is a very difficult situation for the firefigh

received assurances from the chief of the defense staff, sir david richards, that you're capable of keeping up this operation as long is it takes. that is vital. i would argue that the pressure is building on gaddafi. time is on our side, not on his side. we see a strengthening of the revolt in the west of libya. we see more people deserting the gaddafi regime. we see growing unpopularity of his regime and our coalition holding strong. i think time is on our side, the pressure is growing, and i believe that we will take it to a satisfactory conclusion. >> i absolutely am with the prime minister that we should keep up the pressure on the libyan regime, but do not the concerns that have been expressed by members of our own armed forces point to something very important? which is the need to look again at the strategic defense and security review, precisely to make sure that we have the right to ability and that we have the right focus? now, before and secretary described the arabs spring as a more important event than 9/11, but the national security strategy he published last year did not mention libya, egypt, or tuni

long way to go. >> in general, richard, are people accepting of these measures? >> reporter: no, no.ven't reacheded a stage of acceptance. to use the seven stages of grief or whatever, we have been through bargaining and probably gone through anger. there will be an element of remorse. there will be quite a few of the other stages but acceptance to what's coming their way isn't there yet. they know these cuts are so severe the tax rises will hit everybody. they have a tax collection authority, but nothing as vicious in terms of making sure people pay their taxes. so, no. there is some way to go before they believe they have to knuckle down and get on with it. >> what's the alternative people prefer? >> that's a brilliant question. it depends who you ask. ask the hard-core hooligans and they will swear at you. ask them all moderate, those against opposition. they will say there should have been a reduction of greece's debt, probably by some orderly default which ultimately would have meant the banks taking a hair cut. but if you ask -- [ gunshots ] >> reporter: if you ask people here

richard holbrooke who passed away not long okay.ing to have a very unhappy ending no matter what the united states did. you spoke to him a lot. did he believe that? >> at the end of every war, there has to be proper diplomacy. it's not about putting troops in and withdrawing you have to bring a war to closure. at this point in time, you have to think about how are we going to get an agreement that everybody in the region will be willing to live in accordance and bring peace to the country. >> it sounds losty and impressive, but almost undoable with pakistan right now. they don't like the united states by all accounts listen what's going on in afghanistan and don't trust the united states. given the cost, $10 billion a month for taxpayers, a lot say it's not worth it. >> absolutely. this war at the pace it's going and the cost it's going is not sustainable. we cannot do it long run. the happy with pakistan is a big problem. a lot of planning was based on the close relationship with pakistan. if pakistan is not going to be working wit

richard petty nascar experience vehicle. so here we go. let her rip. >> so the butterflies, they didn't last long. loeffler, and fellow nascar driver joey lagano next week weekend. the spin around the motor speedway and the sit down at the hall of fame in charlotte. >>> he's one of the best and funniest obama persimpersonator around. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. and all we need to do is change the way we're thinking about them. a couple decades ago, we didn't even realize just how much natural gas was trapped in rocks thousands of feet below us. technology has made it possible to safely unlock this cleanly burning natural gas. this deposits can provide us with fuel for a hundred years, providing ener

long time diplomat lawrence eagleburger has died. he rose to the post of secretary of state and served richard nixon to george h.w. bush.riot. >> the its tenth day. she's charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee in 2008. testimony today focused on hair recovered from anthony's car. an fbi technician testified the hair did not belong to casey anthony but could have come from her daughter's decomposing body. antho anthony's attorney called it unreliable opinion. a special report at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> so i have to warn you the video you're about to see is hard to watch. it is a magic act that goes horribly wrong. if you are squeamish, close your eyes. >> three, two, one! [ screaming ] >> i should have closed my eyes. it happened thursday night at the atlanta motor speedway. michael moony who goes by the stage name moodini was supposed to slip out of handcuffs while being attached to a race car. this time he was dragged down the track. >> i was crying. it was just excruciating pain. >> let me ask the question everybody is thinking when they see it. what were you thinking? >> well, i have been ent

but -- >> i was actually asking -- i was actually asking richard, sorry, if there should be a cap on how longon death row. would that help keep costs down? >> yeah. i mean, you can't have a cap on time. you have to allow them a certain amount to argue their appeals. the problem in california is there's 300 people who don't even have a lawyer to start their appeals. you know, that's the system. because it would cost more money than even they're spending now to get to that point. so you can't cut out the appeals or say it's all over five years if they haven't yet had a lawyer. that's the situation in california. >> and kent, i'd like to give you the last word here. instead of doing away with the death penalty, should states maybe just scale back the number of crimes that carry that penalty? >> well, that isn't the problem. it certainly isn't the problem in california because we already sentence about half as many -- a larger proportion of the murders to death as other states. so the real problem is getting these appeals done. and it can be done faster and it can be done at less cost than it is

richard he sleep. i am the executive director of kleiner house. we have been trying to keep support in supportive housing for 16 years. the effort started long ago. we open san francisco's first such to a trip halfway house in 1960 and opened the first supportive housing co-op apartment in 1963. in has been going on in this city for a long time. supportive housing comes in two varieties. there is the clinical side of this, largely driven by medical dolarslars, which are leverage n this budget. the other is the non-treatment support. when we look at the cuts that have been forwarded to you, we noticed there was a total of originally about $470,000 of non-treatment support services and supportive housing. in the scammers process, he restored approximately $95,000 to that, but there remains an additional $384 thousand still to be restored. the ones that were restored were services to older adults, but none of the adult services in support of housing were restored. if you want to see the comparison of what is and is not restored, it is on the last page of the attachment. it comes off of a spreadsheet from the mayor. i think you for taking a look

there is still a long way to go before the end of this international cloth bust about a month. the close up team has been to the golden grand richard thank the turning point i'm learning more to. his time party goes to the region where half of the area is occupied by a nature preserve. where the young generation transit in their ancestors camps and where the mysterious city of the deadlocks world come from the republic of north of sacha russia close up on r.g.p. . it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption. from. san antonio in trouble. the problem you can invoke in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspapers radio stations television stations the cable out what can you tell me that that sounds like democracy the public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on r g. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charge it up and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization

we're in a richard petty nascar experience vehicle, so here we go, let her rip. >> so the butterflies didn't last longn leffler, next weekend face to face, you don't want to miss it. time for a summer vacation, if you want the fun but not the crowds, our joe carter has some ideas in this week's on the go. >> reporter: packed beaches and crowds at sendersender -- clares home to revolution, the offroad experience. no crowds here, just 220 acres of room to play. >> we have got to the 4 by 4 jeep experience, we have some man-made obstacles and hills and we have got the atvs and the do you know buggies. >> for the water haven, go to water garden and barefoot water ski. and learn from champion baref t barefooter paul mcdonald. >> ease up, ease up. >> or go for a dive in crystal river with an endangered species. >> reporter: this place is the only place in america where you can legally swim with manatees. a small detour, could mean big adventure on your next florida get away. joe carter, cnn. >>> twenty-five thousand mornings, give or take, is all we humans get. we spend them on treadmills. we spend them in

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long time diplomat lawrence eagle burger has died. he is the officer to rise to the post of secretary of state and served american presidents going all the way back to richard nixon. his career included the first gulf war. he served as secretary of state in the final months of the george h.w. bush administration. he was called a tireless and dedicated patriot. dead at the age of 80. let's go to the weather and our country continues to be in the headlines. this time it's fires and flood causing so much anxiety. jacky is here with us. arizona is seeing some of the worst wildfires in history. >> one of the largest is in eastern parts of arizona and that continues to rage at this hour. check out the pictures that consumed 140,000 acres and that makes it the third largest wildfire in arizona history. 2500 people have been evacuate and this is continuing to grow. dry weather and extreme heat along with gusty winds making conditions worse. smoke is visible in albuquerque, new mexico. let's move on to the floods and that's where 180 mile an hour stretch from sioux city along the missouri river where a record release of water is expected in the coming days and weeks

>> well, richard branson has rdt can capacitance in the license to the spaceship one technology and i think it not too long poster flying people what paying passengers into space and basically it goes straight up and come back down in a period of half an hour and it's amazing. you're floating away if her about five minutes. that's going to be exciting. but when it is logically played, i was used to well, if somethings wrong with an error message. in rocketry if something goes on as a human being inside it's really bad. i have a history of occasionally asking questions and ranchers start. i said, well, there has to be received so it goes to be capable of playing three people. dissenting case something goes wrong is that you are coming out. for most sites or have been ever so nervous and just so happy when they got back on the ground. >> please speak a little bit about judgment day, intelligent design. >> that was a documentary that we did following up on the evolution document where we talk about, you know, a court case that happened about textbooks. it's interesting i recommend people to see it. basically

we went a long time between the first televised debate between president kennedy and richard nixon before we even had another debate. the tradition has institutionalized the debate. they have also created an event that people have some familiarity with. they are going to see people standing, or sitting or engaging in some fashion. that said, you can't have a format that remains static. our big challenge is how do you keep ininvigorating that format and that dialogue so it is truly meaningful for voters? i think this is particularly important for you as teachers and to your students because your students are now creatures of the internet age. and they expect some kind of interactive dialogue. in fact, they in some senses expect to be able to participate in these debates. how do you do that? with social media and the resources available on the internet, you could actually create ways which you could have an active dialogue if you treat it as something more than just four times the candidates for president and vice president get together and face each other in a debate. we have been working

long time u.s. diplomat, lawrence eagleburger has died. he rose to the post of secretary of state. he served american presidents from richardge h.w. bush. mr. bush today called eagleburger a tireless and dedicated patriot. >>> sunday marks the 30th anniversary of aids. u.s. health officials first reported it as a rare form of pneumonia on june 5th, 1981. today i spoke an african-american woman who made several panels for aids memorial quilt. she herself is hiv positive and tonight she's what matters. >> what i do when i make the quilt panels i make them so in the statistics where we hear about it's 30 million people every day or whatever, each panel represents a person. >> right. >> and i made the guilt so that we'll know it's not just a number. this was a person in my life that i love. >> this is ricardo, someone you loved? >> yes. >> let's take a look at this one. which one is this one. >> i'll take ricardo. >> this is a brother and a sister. >> this is my mom and my uncle. and this talks, shows pictures when they were kids. as they've grown up. >> you seem you get a little emotional when you talk about this. >> i do. i d

richard, i see you shaking your head. i understand you're saying that you don't think the prosecution is making their case so far. there's a longwe'll have to see. let's turn to the man known now as the butcher of bosnia, ratko mladic. 's been in hiding for about 15 years. he's now been charged with war crimes, things like genocide, ethnic cleansing, that massacre at srebrenica. >> he's going to have a stoic defense. he's proud of his military career and proud of the way he handled himself. i think he's proud of his accomplishments. i think he's going to say that's the course of treatment and the way i have to be as a leader. i had to take care and protect my people. this was as a casualty of war and i did nothing out of the ordinary. it's kind of absurd. >> avery, go ahead. >> yeah, they have to put some kind of defense on. to be honest with you, it would be baffling to figure out what it is. they actually have a videotape where he boasts about the revenge taken for the murder of serbians, what they were back in the 18th century. he says it. they have video and they have his personal diary. so we even saw that sort of mindless

despite their long and detailed confessions, glen ake, the triggerman and steven hatch, his accomplice, had pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering richardooting the douglass children. steven hatch was tried first at the canadian county courthouse. >> hatch was a follower, but he's the one that picked out the house that night. he's the one that wanted to commit another crime. and he's the one that created the energy for the second crime. >> reporter: and the state of oklahoma looked to have an ironclad case against him. most important, of course, the harrowing stories of the eyewitnesses and survivors, leslie and brooks douglass. then those confessions. the state also had ballistic evidence linking them to the murders and the testimony of ginger keefe, the traveling companion while they were on the run. keefe, who was never charged with any crime, testified that ake and hatch told her about

long, the u.s. is enmeshed as well. >> we stay on top of this as well. richard, be acareful over there. syria makes a new move to appear more open while it's criticized for its crackdown on anti-government protests. we're going to tell you what cnn and members of the united states congress are finding out on the ground in damascus right now. and is president obama trying to reclaim some of his iowa mojo? we're seeing how sarah palin is stealing some of his thunder. [ waves crashing ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here. a new chance for all of us: people, companies, communities to face the challenges yesterday left behind and the ones tomorrow will bring. prudential. bring your challenges. and the ones tomorrow will bring. ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. >> a new denial today by the syrian government that it's attacking peaceful protesters. a t

. >> reporter: her older brother richard surprised her with a return trip home from service in iraq. it did not take longd deliver a standing ovation. >> i love you. >> i love you, too. it was something i came up with all on my own. i knew it would mean a lot to her if i was here. >> reporter: 23-year-old specialist richard keider is a medic in iraq, serving since 2008 and missed a lot of his sister's high school experiences. >> she had absolutely no idea. i thought she saw me a couple of times from there. the timing was perfect. i thought she would see me sooner than she did. she had no idea. >> they fight growing up. but then when they move out of the house, and, to see the closeness in the two of them. it is amazing. >> that is so great. >> the bond your little ones will have later in life. it's pretty special. >> brother, sister, the fact she had no idea. we were saying we really liked this coming home, back to the country then. the other story, we did yesterday about the baggage fees. that's the kind of welcome home you want. >> absolutely. >> that's the news for t >>> this morning on "world news no

long. >> right. >> good to have them back, that's for sure. >> thanks to richard for being us with.vitac.com ,,,,,, every bite of a hebrew national hot dog is the meatiest, juiciest, most delicious bite of 100 percent pure kosher beef anyone can handle. if it were anymore beefy, your mind would literally be blown. ka-blammy. well done, kosher. well done. with no fillers, by-products, artificial flavors or colors. hebrew national. the better than a hot dog hot dog. this morning we're learning the answer to a key question in the san bruno explosion. internal documents released this week show pg&e workers installed the failed pipeline that killed 8 people and destroyed 3 clear. >>> internal documents released this week show pg&e workers installed the failed pipeline that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. a pg&e spokesperson says the company completed the installation in 1956. >>> the san francisco medical examiner has identified the man found dead in the harbor yesterday, 20-year-old dennis nelson of olympia, washington. police had seen two men live in the car in recent weeks

long time. we've been talking about it for years because there was one trial and now we're into another -- there you go with the head, richard ends up going to the jury -- or if they have a decision next week, richard, your call on this? acquittal or guilty? >> hung jury. hung jury again, fred. someone on that jury likes him. and they're not going to change. >> interesting. avery? >> 11 out of 12 women. they're thinking acquittal or hung jury. i'm saying conviction. let's see what happens next week. >> wow, see what happens. this was a very costly affair to have one trial and then yet pursue it for a second. i'm sure the prosecution wants -- i don't know. wants some bang for their buck on all this. we'll see. >> we'll keep our eye on this casey anthony case. >> and that, too. we're going to continue to watch that as the case continues today until about 1:00 or 2:00. thanks so much, avery, richard. >> good to have you back. >> thank you so much. great to be back. >> great seeing you. >>> one group of fathers is taking a cue from generations of mothers. find out what they learned and hear how it's helping them be better parent

richard louie joins us with the hot spots. >> chris, if we look back, you have to go back that far to see the violence. it has not been that longraction. >> this could not be happening without the acquiescence of the syrian regime. it has taken a decision to increase tension on the frontier to divert attention from the very real problems they face at home. >> chris, that is that statement regarding your question. when protesters reached a french area, they were fired upon. that's a video we have been watching. forces shouting warnings to stay away from barbed wire fences, deep inside syria we are hearing the reports of 20 policemen being killed. forces continue to clash with protesters and over 1332 people dead since violence began. the un discusses syria's lealged nuclear program. another hot spot is yemen. the president left the country and we are hearing a report who said he will return in a few days. the ambassador with the vice president who took the spot for now. after the town was hit by rockets in the situation, he went to saudi arabia to undergo chest surgery. they removed piece of wood that was in his chest. it was de

long be spring. on my far right is richard fontaine to as i mentioned is the author of the internet freedom study andas a degree of the police stearns study from the americanhe university and has spent from all over the region but particularly in egypt after the revolution. i have watched the administration be somewhat conflicted about how to respond to events in the middle east. where to support stability of autocratic regimes and democracy. on which america stands provide suspect we have all been conflicted because not all middle eastern regimes are the same there areth gradations of authoritarian is some and all strategic importance of these countries to the u.s.. which allianz is something we can draw people. i would argue that is not strategicallye important to the u.s. but syria it is equally but is far more and then a call if only because it serves as the iranian proxy. whether we and right egypt and ignore syria. it was relatively important but we helped reebok from saudi arabia which is paternalistic cleese mothering regime and by farfar the most important country in the region and our presi

there's a lot that can be done by planning as long as you recognize that it is bopped to be flawedded and needs to be deviced. it's wonderful that richard epstein and george soros agree completely on this point. [laughter] >> can i make a comment? i think, look, the answer about hayek is he was fighting against comprehensive allocation and centralized planning, but he through -- threw out the baby with the bad water. you can't have a community with bad infrastructure unless to some degree that you plan, and so with that, what you have to do is get a real appreciation of the tax structures, permanent structures, the subcontracting structures you want. essentially, the way to think about is maybe 80% of the rule is competitive markets and 90% of the attention is given to the other 20%, and hayek's great weakness is not knowing the regulation where it was strictly necessary to have it. >> marion. >> the implications of dodd-frank and hayek's concept of the rule of law? >> the level of discretion begin to powerful government officials on the consumer fraud division and with respect to the banking division is terrible. i've actually litigate

richard lui, thank you so much. next week more on the casey anthony trial. >> and then father's day here on the plaza. have a great sunday. long

long before the spring. on my far right is richard fontaine to as i mentioned is the author of the internet freedom study and has experience on the hill, five years as the is the foreign-policy adviser for senator mccain. .. has a degree in middle eastern studies from the american university all over specifically in egypt after the revolution. i fink all of us have watched the administration be somewhat conflicted about how to respond to the advance in the middle east and we are to support stability, autocratic regimes and face the support democracy for which america stands. i've discussed conflicted precisely because not all of middle eastern regimes while authoritarian are behind there are authoritarianism and clearly a great strategic importance of the country's new to the u.s.. so where do we draw the line is one of the things that can draw people out. terribly repressive regime and i would argue not strategically important to the u.s.. syria is in my view equally regime who but it's far more amenable to the u.s. interest because it serves in the region. so rather than fight libya and largely ignore syri

richard? >> fred, what the judge -- the judge did a blanket "no spanking." that's what the judge relied upon. this was a felony conviction here, fred, ridiculous. texas allows spanking on the buttocks as long a mark. apparently the child had a mark. child went to the woman's mother. the mother brought the child to the hospital. and that's why the charges were brought. but, you know, you can't mess with texas. they say you can spank on the buttocks but you can't leave a mark and you can't use an instrument to do it like a switch or a stick or a fly swatter. you can't use that. >> that's right. >> but you can spank and that's okay. this judge says, oh, no, i'm not going to allow spanking anymore, that's archaic, if you spank anyone, felony conviction. that's ridiculous. come on, fred. >> five years probation for the mom. the 2-year-old is in the custody of the grandmother now, by the way, who noticed the marks in the first place. >> as she should be. >> avery, richard, always good to see you gentlemen. have a great weekend. >> see you soon. >> bye, fred. >> i have a question for you guys, have you ever wanted to be race car drivers? >> yeah. >> didn't you want to be a race car driver when yo

richard nixon said i am not a crook. well, he was. look the mess john edwards is in. facing a longsibly over allegations he stole campaign money and used it to support his mistress. list of egotistical so-called public servants is much longer than i have time for here. here's the question. why do politicians think denying an allegation or changing the subject means it is going to go away? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. >>> libya's moammar gadhafi is being hit from outside and within. air strikes continue. gadhafi suffer another key defection. the country's oil minister who says he left because of the suffering of libya's people. the nato allies say they will keep up the pressure on the regime. brian todd is leer in "the situation room" working the story for us. takes a new twist now, brian. >> nato laying down a new marker. new commitment to extend this mission three more months if immediate be. nato officials tell us this is standard procedure in an operation like this. but there are new questions tonight about how long this mission can remain effective

richard and alfred. are we better investors? is that what i take to this? >> yes, women are better investors. if you're measuring it by how effectively to invest, how much money they make. for a longhe investment clubs were big. studies showed that all female investment clubs outperforms the male clubs. women don't have their ego tied into being right. they're much more willing to say, you know what, maybe this isn't the best thing to say in. we get into it and we're like, this stock is going to perform and i'm going to hold on until it does. >> tell us why we're better investors? >> the risk is a big part of it and the emotion. we have a 40 under 40 list at "fortune." and every year we get a lot of flak but there aren't a lot of women on it. women don't take as much risk. it takes a lot of risk to try to start a company like google. you won't find a woman entrepreneur who's started a company of that size. that's changing and we hope it will change more. it's really true. we don't take risks. we don't raise our hand in a room full of men. this is behavior that is true. a lot of people have actually said the financial crisis might have been worked out differently if there was a wom

richard overton, 105. proudly served in ww ii and enjoys playing dominos and checkers. longr met him. regina, love that name, sweat regina. she's regina mcnamara from spotsylvania, virginia. served many years as a volunteer with meals on wheels, helping other people. that's a wonderful group. they do a great job. and meta dishman of stant stevens church fshlgs virginia, 108. loves to travel and her favorite place to go in all the world is japan. she loves japan. and avic clarke, 111 years old. happy birthday to you, 111. and she loves -- she says this, eat schmucker's jelly every morning for breakfast on toast or an english muffin. harry and christine magney of brainerd, minnesota, 75 years they've been married. harry turned 101 and she's a young 100. back to new york. >> god bless you, too. coming up next, a man who has dedicated his life to helping kids play. and then bruno mars live in concert. this is "today" on nbc. >>> we're back at 8:37 with today's good news. for some kids who live in tough areas, the neighborhood playground is either too dangerous or doesn't exist.

it was an amazing group effort long before, you know, i mean, police and emfs got there quickly, but the families, the coaches all did a sensational job. martha: richardht it was part of the ride? were any of the kids -- [laughter] you know, that's, in many ways, i guess, a typical child reaction. >> right. martha: you know, sometimes those things can be terrifying when kids start jumping around and kicking each other in the head. >> yes. that's why our 3-year-old wasn't in it. martha: you think that first piece went 100 feet into the air? >> it had to be 100. i thought they were going to find it two towns away with bodies in the it. and, of course, that's what we thought was going to happen to the bouncy one. i was trying to grab it, but i was not match for it. martha: are you ever going to let your kids go on one of those again? >> no, not outside. martha: my kids were just in one a couple weeks ago, but i've done too many of these stories. richard, thank you. we're glad your kids are okay, and there's a woman in the hospital in serious condition, we hope she makes out okay in this too. >> absolutely. it's like an act of god that saved us all. thank