thank you, chairman rockefeller, and other members of the committee. as you said, i'm susan whiting, vice chair of the nielsen company. you are, i think, familiar with nielsen's role in television ratings in the u.s., but you may not know we're also a global information and measurement company measuring what people watch on tv, on the internet, on mobile devices, but also what they buy in retail stores all over the world. so i appreciate this opportunity. based on our latest research, the average american watches nearly five hours of video each day. 91% of which is done watching traditional tv sets in realtime or live, meaning they are not recording on a dvr, using video on demand or even watching a dvd. but what has emerged in the last four or five years is a simple message. consumers watch their favorite content on the best screen available at that moment. and they watch from more locations and on more devices than ever before. the availability of digital technology, digital access and the explosion of laptop computers, mobile devices and tablet comp

clark rockefeller is accused of murdering a california man back in 1985.ockefeller was staying at the time at the victim's guest house. >>> and a pretrial hearing is also scheduled today for former baseball star roger clemens. he is going to be going to a retrial which begins on monday. clemens is charged with perjury for allegedly lying to congress about steroid use. >>> and the screening process for jurors is going to resume monday for the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. he's facing multiple charges for allegedly using campaign donations to hide his pregnant misduring his 2008 presidential run. >>> it is off to florida today for president barack obama. he's visiting the port of tampa to talk about the benefits of trading with latin america. obama will then head to colombia for a summit of the americas. >>> it's getting more and more expensive to go to prom these days. the average cost now up to $1,100, up from more than $2 it 70 in a year. a lot of that is for the dress or the tux. >>> let's talk about what's going on around the nati

. >> thank you very much, chairman rockefeller. >> is that about right? >> yes, sir. absolutely right. my mom will be proud. thank you, mr. chairman, members of the committee. exactly a quarter century ago the fcc set out to establish rules for so called advanced television, which was the very first significant update to consumer video quality since the introduction of color tv in the early 1950s. the commission established a private sector advisory committee evaluate the technology and i had the honor of assisting that chairman richard wiley, his committee can be thanked for beautiful theater quality video we now take for granted when we watch a movie or football game on hdtv. more emerged. already in the mid 80s digital video capture and compression had come of age but in the early 90s, the committee also oversaw the emergence of digital transmission of digital video data bits. the future of video was to be digital all the way from the camera to the display. two other crucial developments occurred. first, the world wide web was invented. forever transforming the int

rockefeller: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. rockefeller: mr. president, one year ago last month our nation lost an esteemed public servant and an outstanding human being. judge m. blane michael, who served on the u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit for a number of years. with his passing, we were, therefore, left with a great void not only on the federal judiciary, but also in the hearts of the family and his many friends. so it is with a profound sense of obligation to the people of west virginia and america that i set out to find a nominee to fill his vacancy. my duty to provide advice and consent took on to me additional significance. in west virginia, we are fortunate to have many talented and worthy lawyers who are capable of serving and who are willing to serve on the federal bench. but the nominee before the senate today, stephanie dawn thacker, completely stood out to me and in turn to president obama, as somebody who is uniquely qualified to

governor winthrop rockefeller, the day after he was killed, stood on the steps of the arkansas stateal and sang we shall overcome as a tribute to dr. king. it was remarkable act of courage for governor rockefeller, especially in some southern capitals, governors all, but celebrated dr. king's death. because of division of leadership of dr. king and bold dreams and willingness of courageous leaders like governor rockefeller to take a stand for righteousness, things are much different today. no longer separate water fountains, theater entrances and restaurants for people of color. no longer could people who are black sit in separate waiting rooms in a doctor's office or train station, no longer does a person of color receive a different wage than a white person for doing the same job and no longer is a black child forced to go to a separate and inferior school than a white child. that doesn't mean our country has embraced the teachings of dr. king, the heart breaking killing of an unarmed 17-year-old in florida, and some are raising money or to raise their profile pretending to be outr

about the intelligence because kerry and that rockefeller and feinstein all the democrats stand on the intelligence committees they had their intelligence then julian in in the work that we do the work that wiki leaks does we are. pushing forward the boundaries of a certain type of liberty it is we say protected by the first amendment that is the liberty to to reveal the truth about the world or take a story to record for me to fear and so on but i saw this incredible poster that the u.s. army produced which is a poster of jefferson. say it was a big statue of jefferson saying the cost of living t. is a turn obedience that is the price of liberty and it had to try an interception systems people with guns and cars god and people looking out over the sea with with spike losses they had interpreted jefferson's statement which was that to stop a strong state we must be eternally vigilant into we must have a strong state an aggressive state a surveillance state in order we i think yeah i think it's regrettable that the state is so big that then our defense has to be so big i channel lee reg

certainly senator rockefeller's wouldn't. but you have this antenna and it's 1-1. it is not a network. it is a platform simply for you to receive over the internet broadcast signals that are free and to record them and use them on any device you like. >> the broadcasters have licensed with the producers of the content to broadcast that. but you are going to, in effect, capture that and resell it without a license is -- >> no, we're not. sorry, senator. we're not reselling anything. >> but you charge your -- >> what we do is we charge a consumer for the infrastructure that we've put together, for the little antenna and for our dvr cloud service. that's what the consumer is paying for. the consumer doesn't have to pay. we don't charge for programming that is broadcast on this free -- >> but you are a distributor. >> pardon me? >> you are a distributor then? >> no, we're not. sorry, i mean, i would like to agree with you on something. >> okay. we'll -- >> but we're not a distributor at all. we're not distributing, except if you say that what we are doing by -- if you

rockefeller used to give dimes on the street you know the poppers and the presence for p.r. purposes so this is a purely in the vein of trying to appease the the mob from you know getting the pitchfork well the language that his lawyer reviews that was very let them eat cake from bringing the homeless a cup of coffee in the morning and sharing time with them to handing them hundreds of dollars at a time mr shanker has always been able to simply walk past those in the most distress well the lawyer doesn't mention the fact that yes he's walking past these people in distress a lot of them he's the one that goldman sachs put them there. of course and they are conspiring to create this homo's class of as an america or for some reason happy to get their thin dime their cup of coffee from the shanker as you walk through a grand central station when they should be proud more properly taking some actions to really balance the social contract let's say some acts the judge and listening to all this. evidence that shanker gave all this money to beggars and homeless people the judge just

modern day version how rockefeller always had this kind of p.r. that he was you know getting into or. yeah that was a parable but it is this whole p.r. stunt we've been talking about where he says tax me more tax the super rich but i'm really not suggesting that he's taxed more i think that it actually impact and as our guest on friday said eric riots really to advance his crony capitalist ties and here he is our stocks i'm just warren buffett and it's that little paper boy standing well it's not that he's just an innocent little paper boy anymore obviously he owns this newspaper yet he's singing that song to the very people who work at that used paper who are definitely not billionaire investor so there's a little patronizing and it's like i'm just. one of those people really are just paper boys and they don't make that kind of money so true and i was the patron we didn't see after this part we don't have that but they have to took one of those papers and literally launched it at some of the crowd because that's how much spidey has brought us wor

>> the rockefeller foundation of all unfunded his study that when it looked like he was getting into trouble with congress, they shifted money from him directly into the call the american law institute penal code laws were gutted and changed based on all these frauds and lies. a >> y de call him a conservative scientist? >> the defined him as conservatives. americans would have never accepted a man who was by homosexual, no argument. it was a bizarre person. he was having sex with his students come he was making pornography up in his attic and in the university he was engaged in some any business or finton stodieck chollet brought about what massive damage to his florida and other regions because he was so abusive to himself, so he isn't a normal guy that is the major proponent of the idea that children are sexual from birth and they can be unharmed by sex with adults. >> given that this happened in 1948 to the kinsey studies? >> absolutely huge. i had no idea when i start on this things. i just study dolph with the school finance are being done a lot of these children's and calling

. >> prosecutors say that rockefeller killed his landlord and buried him in the backyard. he denies the allegations. he goes by several different aliases. >> a hearing is set for the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. the jury will sequestered -- will be sequestered for the trial. it was originally supposed to start in may. he denies the allegations and his lawyer is asking for the case to be dismissed. >> more than a year after a tornado hit the airport, it is reopening. the tornado touched down april 22, ripping off the roof and causing glass to fly. four people suffered minor injuries. it is one of the rare times that a tornado has had a direct hit on an airport. >> baseball returns next week. the national's start their season on the road. they will be in chicago on thursday for the season opener. time is running out for the capitals who are in tampa on monday to take on the lightning. then there will be home to take on the florida panthers. it will be at new york to face the rangers. on monday, the milwaukee will come to town. then they will face the indiana pacers. the d.

. >> guest: the rockefeller foundation funded his study and when it looked like he was getting in big trouble from congress they shifted the money from kinsey into the american law institute model penal code, and the law school, because the laws were gutted based on these frauds and these lies. >> oo. >> host: whoa due you call him a conservative scientist? >> guest: the was a bi-home run osexual. he was having sex with students, making pornography in his attic and in the university, he was engaged in so many bizarre things, including things that actually brought about damage to his lower nether regions because he was so abusive to himself. so this is not a normal guy. and he certainly was the major, major proponent of the idea that children are sexual from birth and they can be unharmed by sex with adults. >> host: given that's happened in 1948, are there lasting effects to the kinsey studies? >> guest: huge. absolutely huge. i had no idea when i start on this thing. i really didn't. i just copied off his charts and graphs with this little two-month-old baby and with this little five

rockefeller's wife who was spellman before she married him. that kind of involvement had existed for a long time. i don't think rosenwald had that feeling that he was educating people for a limited future. he just knew they needed education, and he was not really philosophically oriented, but more practical. it never occurred to him he was educating people for a limited future. as i say, he gave money to the university as well. there were some libraries associated with schools. >> okay, do we have a question on this side? >> you started to touch on, and i was just wondering about how the interest in philanthropy of education of blacks in the south, and how that spread from rosenwald and rockefeller and to others, how that example might have spread to others. >> well, i think it's significant that if you look at wealthy people today, education is certainly one of the fields they focus on. look at bill gates, probably our wealthiest philanthropist at the moment. he chose two fields important to rosenwald -- public education and public health. th

. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- "lateight with jimmy fallon." tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, tonight's going to be good. you can feel it. [ cheers and applause ] tonight's going to be good. welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon," everybody. [ cheers and applause ] we're happy to have you here. hey, guys, last night was the 84th annual academy awards. and listen to this -- the ratings were up 4% from last year. or as angelina jolie's legs put it, you're welcome. [ laughter ] yep, after the oscars last night, everyone was talking about how angelina jolie showed off her leg. which explains why the dog from "the artist" kept hitting on it at the after party. hey -- at the age of 82, christopher plummer became the oldest person to win an oscar. [ cheers and applause ] 82-years-old. it's been a big year for plummer.

there is one human institution that makes the pauper the equal of the rockefeller. the stupid man equal of an einstein. the ignoreant man the equal of any college president. that institution, gentlemen, is a court. our court system has its faults, as do all other human institutions. our courts are the great levelers. and in our courts all men are created equal. i know idealists to believe firmly in the integrity of our court and our jury system. that's a living, working reality. gentlemen, a court is only as good as every man of you sitting before me on this jury. a court is only as sound as its jury and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up . i'm confident that you will review without passion the evidence you have heard, come to a decision and restore this defendant to his family. in the name of god, do your duty. in the name of god, believe him. [applause] >> what you heard was a literal translation of the book word for word, and we have to remember that this book was written just at the onset of the civil rights movement. so we're going to talk about

. >>> look at a live view, sunrise from the top of the rock here at 30 rockefeller plaza in new york city. i wish -- is that rikers? let's check your weekend forecast now from nbc meteorologist bill karins. that was rikers island, right? >> good call. good job. >> yeah. >> you're getting there. >> i'm a total geek when it comes to maps. >> we knew barnicle wouldn't be here today. it's like a national holiday because it's the red sox opening day, and the yankees are opening up today, too which explains why willie geist is not here. let's take you through your forecast. the concern through the next 48 hours is tornadoes. this is april, this is tornado season. last april we had all those deadly twisters, hopefully we won't have a repeat of that this weekend, but it is possible. oklahoma city, late this afternoon, a slight risk of severe storms. they won't be widespread, but we could see a few strong. tomorrow, different story. we have what is expected to be a significant tornado outbreak, not only with a bunch of tornados but strong tornadoes. the areas of concern through tornado alley,

it now snakes all the way down rockefeller plaza. >> we're surprised how everyone's taken to us.nk that -- we never really expected anyone to take that much an interest in us, really. >> reporter: one direction will have tons of screaming young female fans, sophia is getting plenty of love from her modern family cast. >> jesse's coming, i think julie's coming from florida. we're a very close family. >> reporter: a little moral support, although we know she'll be muy bien. >> sophia if you need any help this week, i'll be here. sorry, i got a little tongue twisted. >> don't tell me i make you nervous. >> no. ♪ >> we caught up with one direction when they were at hot 99.5 in d.c. some fans camped out in front of the station just to get a clims of the guys. the singers say they have much more to accomplish. >> i don't know if there's a moment where you can say you made it. there's always a next level to goo to. we're going to work hard and see what hams. >> i think the movement you say you've made it, that's when you need to re-evaluate things. >> one direction will perform at the c

then rockefeller and then reagan. there was a lot of formidable people in the party who wanted that nomination. one of my favorite parts of going home to glory is one of my father's aides was a congressman named bob ellsworth. he was sent out by my dad to -- not schmooze him, but give him reports of the campaign. so he could call on reagan. it's just great because he kept trying to influence what was going on with eisenhower and reagan. and what was your grandfather -- >> he was sending people to see is eisenhower to convince the general that reagan was not a right winger. it was a funny relationship in the fact that many of dwight eisenhower's friends in palm springs, palm deserts became members of the so-called governor's cabinet in 1970 -- reagan won in 1966. and served two terms as governor. these are behind the ratings campaigns of '76 and '80. >> julia mentioned you father's views on china. and opening china to the west in 1972 with his visit to beijing was a triumph of his administration. would he be surprised

it culminates with our annual summit on rockefeller plaza here in new york in september. chief education correspondent rehema ellis joins us now from this year's first big event, a teacher town hall in denver, in partnership with our nbc affiliate kusa. good evening. >> reporter: the goal of education nation this year is to showcase innovations in education and solutions. that's why we're here in denver. one area of critical concern is third grade literacy, and here's why. students who can't read by the end of third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school. for low-income families, the outlook can be even worse. that's because studies show before first grade, those children are often read to less than children from middle-class families. there is a controversial proposal now before the colorado state legislature that would create a personal reading plan for every student who is having trouble and make it more likely that kids are held back at the end of third grade if they have poor reading skills. educators point out that up to third grade, children le

the audience is snaking outside rockefeller plaza. vergara says she is excited about her appearance, and so are her "modern family" co stars. >> i can't believe he was invited and to have the honor of joining this amazing cast. jesse is coming saturday night. i think julie is also coming from florida. you know, it's like we're such a very close family. >> this will be the actress's and the band's first time on snl, but perhaps not the last. ♪ ♪ light up our world like nobody else ♪ ♪ the way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed ♪ >> can't get enough of one direction? the boy wand was just in washington, and we caught up with them. we caught up with all of them. one direction. tune into news4 at 11:00 tonight. that will be followed by snl. >>> the national cathedral is getting dressed up for easter. the washington cathedral flower guild spent the day arranging flowers for christianity's greatest holiday. more flowers adorned the cathedral at easter than any other time of the year. it's when christians celebrate the resurrection

henry francis, the director of public relations and research for then new york governor nelson rockefellereast in "mad men" taking a swipe at george romney, mitt romney's dad running at the time for re-election in 1966 and would go on to run for president in 1968. in still ahead -- while you're ahead, your inspired tweets and texts. [ female announcer ] the next generation of investing technology is now within your grasp with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. e-trade 360 is the world's first investing homepage that shows you where all your investments are and what they're doing with free streaming quotes, news, analysis and even your trade ticket. everything exactly the way you want it, all on one page. transform your investing with the all-new e-trade 360 investing dashboard. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol

but i can't imagine how many women's lives she saved, happy rockefeller was one of them who got a test because of her or she brought that whole problem out into the open. this is -- we had a is close relationship. this is in the white house solarium. mrs. ford is trying to strangle me yet again for a -- she had to put up with a lot from me. and the queen of england. the queen is a recurring theme here among the first ladies and the social secretaries. a very quick story. this is on the second floor of the white house. as queen elizabeth and the prince were going up in the elevator with the fords before the state dinner, the elevator door opened on the family quarters, and jack ford was standing this without his shirt on, one of the -- one of the sons and he was looking for cufflinks in his dad's drawer. and was very embarrassing, and president ford said to the queen, you know, i really apologize for that. don't worry, we have one at home just like him. and mrs. ford was really the cheerleader of the family, as all the first ladies are. i mean, the guys go out and create all this troubl

that's from our building here in rockefeller center. bill, how does it look?>> winter chill continues, great lakes, northeast, it's cold but at least the snow is over with in many spots. it didn't materialize to be the big blockbuster snows in the cities like pittsburgh and erie and buffalo, but a lot of the hill towns outside of those areas got up to a foot of snow, still dealing with power outages from that. today just a cold morning, the snow beginning to head had north into canada. the chill is in the air from new england to the mid-atlantic, into the southeast. definitely have the winter coat for the kids, maybe even the gloves. look at the windchill, it's pretty low, about 25 in buffalo. there's some cold air out there. still raining in maine. here are the windchill readings, the 30s all the big cities on the east coast, including washington, d.c., and pittsburgh it feels like 29. i think this will be the coldest morning we'll experience until next winter. hopefully this is it the worst of it. today we'll get a little bit of sunshine out there in the nor

he is the author, a commentator on c-span, pbs, and he's now working on a biography of nelson rockefeller. on our panel today is bess abell. bess as president johnson said a kentucky girl who can walk with kings and prime ministers, maintained the common touch but could also lecture the president. she was five years white house social secretary. miss abell organized dinners for kings and prescriptions, planned two white house weddings, and advanced presidential trips from manhattan to manila. she designed and carried out to the last detail events as different as an lbj ranch barbecue, state dinners in bangkok, and a white house country fairs and arts festivals. also on our panel this morning is catherine s. fenton. she is the current director of the governor's residence in princeton, new jersey, and serves as special adviser for protocol to the governor's chief of protocol and director of the first lady staff. she is a former special assistant to presidents and social secretary for the first administration of president and mrs. george w. bush where she planned and implemented all white ho