christine romans is in new york. roland martin is with us, and bay buchanan as well, they've been with us every day talking about broken government. bay, i want to ask you about that one, right off the top. what -- what do you think about -- about the pay? is this -- is this really part of the problem? i mean, in this world where -- when a lot of people think of are overpaid wall street executives have been responsible for the financial crisis. are we worried about how much member of congress are being paid? >> no, the only reason there's a sentiment they really aren't doing a job whatever they are being paid, and, of course, the taxpayer pays them, and, of course, there's the discontent, i don't think it's excessive, the last thing we want them to do is get a part-time job which would be a conflict of interest in many cases. i think part of the solution is tighten the amount of time they're in washington, bring it to two, three months of voting and you tighten it. let them go back home and be part of their own commu

roman harper explains why he's gone gray. and capitols were in boston tonight. >>> the police have just made an arrest in the murder of a woman and her 8-year-old son in prince william county in virginia. 47-year-old natalia wilson is charged with two counts of murder. 41-year-old slavka naydenova and her son paul wilson were called in a house in dale city last night. paul wilson was a second grader at mount porter traditional school in woodbridge. police say her husband found the bodies when he returned home from work. investigators say the suspect and the victims knew each other. >>> police say alcohol was a factor in a crash that killed two men in adell guy, maryland, last night. the two were involved in a minor accident before 11:00. the men were exchanging information on the side of the road after that accident when another driver suddenly plowed into them. now both men's families want that driver to pay for cutting two lives short. >> we just lost a hard-working man who was happy all the titi. 4:30 this morning we get a

i was brought up a roman catholic. my parents and family had always been roman catholic. i went to a roman catholic school, educated by the jesuits' so i know about the prejudice against roman catholics in england which goes back to the sixteenth century and particularly to the gun powder plot of 1605 when guy forks and his companions tried -- were planning to blow up parliament and they were discovered and executed and ever since then, on november 5th, the british always celebrate with fireworks and bonfires to celebrate the finding of gun powder plotters and that has kept the policy alive. is a handicap in britain. one of the things that has reduced the handicapped in recent years has been an important hallmark when president kennedy was elected president of the united states in 1960 and became president of the united states. that was very helpful to british catholics too. i know what it is like to be prejudiced and dino what it is like to be discriminated against. but faint god things are better than they used to be. >> why does religion permeates so many of your books

we have things from the romans, from the first and second century. >> different nations and cultures have fought over jerusalem for thousands of years. the israelis and the palestinians will tell you that the struggle was very much alive today. >> deposition in iran turned out in the millions to protest the elections. the official clampdown is very much underway. opposition leaders and others have been imprisoned, some have been executed. among those is an acclaimed iranian photographer. >> and internationally acclaimed photographer was participating in exhibitions around the world. now she is in prison, one of many that has been arrested over the past few months in the country. >> she talks about the challenges, the paradoxes. she is challenging a space that is reserved for men. she challenges all of the preconceptions about women come on the status of women, and also what is expected of a woman. >> twoshe has not been in the to get in touch with their families and she was arrested two weeks ago. she has not had charges and she has not been given access to a lawyer. >> we are worrie

and in england, if you are a roman catholic, you are suspect. so i was brought up a roman catholic.nd family had always been roman catholic. i went to a roman catholic school, educated by the jesuits, so i know all about the prejudice against roman catholics in england, which goes back to the 16th century, and particularly to the gun powder plot of 1605 when guy folk and his companions were planning to blow up parliament, and they were discovered and executed. and ever since then, on november 5th, the british celebrate with fireworks, and bum fires, they're called to celebrate the fining of the gun powder plotters, and that has kept antia catholicism alive, and it's a handicap in britain. and one think that has reduced the handicap has been an important hallmark came when president kennedy, romeian catholic, was elected president of the united states in 1960 and became president of the united states. that was very helpful to british catholics, too. so, i know what it's like to be prejudiced against, and i know what it's like to be discriminated against. but thank god things are much

and in england, if you are a roman catholic, you are suspect. so i was brought up a roman catholic. my parents and family had always been roman catholic. i went to a roman catholic school, educated by the jesuits, so i know all about the prejudice against roman catholics in england, which goes back to the 16th century, and particularly to the gun powder plot of 1605 when guy folk and his companions were planning to blow up parliament, and they were discovered and executed. and ever since then, on november 5th, the british celebrate with fireworks, and bum fires, they're called to celebrate the fining of the gun powder plotters, and that has kept antia catholicism alive, and it's a handicap in britain. and one think that has reduced the handicap has been an important hallmark came when president kennedy, romeian catholic, was elected president of the united states in 1960 and became president of the united states. that was very helpful to british catholics, too. so, i know what it's like to be prejudiced against, and i know what it's like to be discriminated against. but thank god th

only when the roman empire met ebay could this person dress up to be here. >> near the piazza, it is pretty crazy. we have been cooking at home. personally, for me, i spent so much money on everything else that i am living quite frugally for the week to get by. >> this party has been going on since the 13th century. pleasure-seeking the nation's are indulging themselves behind the anonymity of their masks. but this year, hotels are cutting prices on hotel rooms and the city's carnival budget as well. >> we have organized the 2010 carnival, keeping in mind the national and international crisis. we also focus on the quality of service. we take into account financial difficulties and recent tragedies, like the 80th record -- like the heavy earthquake -- like the haiti earthquake. >> some customs cost more than $1,000. it is enough to train the color from sun sh -- from some cheeks. this 10-day celebration offers a comfortable showcase of riches. >> anytime you want, you can get more on that at bbc.com. keep in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. thank you for being with us on

. >> i'm a practicing roman catholic.o the answer to the question is do we need a fiscal goal is the answer to the following question. is the pope catholic? the answer is yes. we don't just need a fiscal goal, frankly, we need a strategic plan. this country has been in existence in 1789 and it's never had a strategic planning framework that is future focused and results oriented and we need key outcome. social, environmental, to help understand how are we doing on an outcome basis? are we getting better or worse and very importantly, how do we compare to our peer group? >> a great nation does not stay great by being a below average on a number of key leading indicators that help determine whether or not the future is going to be better than the past. in my vu,e we are at a critical crossroads in the history of the united states and the decisions that are made or that fail to be made within less than five years will largely determine whether the future for this country and our families will be better than the past. ones th

the findings from the roman period, those are fully excavated. >> israelis and palestinians will tell you the struggle is very much alive today. bbc news, jerusalem. >> we have no response to this from the other international players in this long saga, but iran's foreign minister has declared the country is close to an agreement over sending uranium abroad for enrichment. in munich, a top defense ministers are meeting. it is said they are approaching a final agreement. more on that, of course, as it emerges, if it emerges. last june, a position in iran turned out in the millions over the disputed presidential legend. opposition leaders and many others have been imprisoned. some have been executed. among those detained three weeks ago, an acclaimed iranian photographer. we have this. ♪ >> she is an internationally acclaimed iranian photographer who has participated in exhibitions around the world. now she is in prison, when of many arrested over the past few months in the country. >> as she talks about the challenges, the paradoxes. she is challenging a state and enters the world. she

. >> the last bastion are the official are roman catholic and evangelical christian. >> as a roman catholicat least we have agreement. the new york times is a wholly owned subsidiary of the movement. and publisher, day after day there are stories, columns editoria editorials, on the entertainment page, pushing a pro gay rights agenda. that's a fact, an observable, provable fact. >> jon: you disagree. >> i don't see what's wrong with gay rights. the people that people should be afforded certain rights or the opposite the other side of the argument they should be denied rights. that's what they are. i think that it's an absolute legitimate story and i think this is a huge story that if we finally are moving in the direction of making don't ask don't tell-- repealing don't ask-don't tell and allowing gays to be in the military openly, a huge story, huge for the military, huge for the country and well overdue. >> jon: doesn't the coverage seem to take a position. >> i think the coverage is overwhelmingly pro this position and overwhelmlyinging-- overwhelmingly pro bill clinton as well. and they

studied film at nyu and worked for roman polanski. >> i talked to his professor at ucla and his professor came out, said, this guy is a top honor student. he's a really nice guy. he wouldn't hurt a fly. you've got the wrong man. so, you have this monster inside of him. >> reporter: investigators say the slayings began late 1977. jill was a free spirit. she traveled out to california with friends when she was just 18 years old. she was in hollywood for only a few weeks when she metal ca alc. >> jill was found right along here. november 10th, 1977. >> reporter: it's not clear how she was picked up, but prosecutors believe they know how she died. >> what he was doing is he was choking her out unconscious, bare-handed, and allowing her to regain consciousness because he enjoyed that. he gets off on the infliction of pain on other people. >> reporter: only one month later, alcala spotted beautiful 27-year-old georgia, who had just recently moved into her fist apartment. >> and he followed her home. he crawled in her window and he absolutely brutalized her. >> reporter: police believe alcala li

only when the roman empire met each they could this british visitor afford to dress up and come here. >> eating and drinking and buying stuff here is pretty crazy. going up to the supermarket mainly and cooking at home. personally for me, i spent so much money on everything else that we are living quite slowly just for the week to get by. >> of venice has partied since the 13th century, a carnival of excess bere the fasting of easter. pleasure-seeking venations indulging themselves behind the state and in many of them asks. but this year, hotels are cutting prices to fill rooms in the city its carnival budget in recognition of the austere times. >> we have organized the 2010 carnival, keeping in mind the national and international economic crisis. we wanted to give a message of quality or excellence with our program, but to deliver it in a more sober style, taking into account economic difficulties in recent tragedies like the haiti earthquake. >> but the stunning outfit that made conable special can still be seen. some cost more than $1,000. enough to drain the color from some cheeks

roman has four super bowl rings, but is an admitted steroid user who is linked with the balco investigationas clinton portis continues to recover. the injury has not affected his speech. in particular, his pension for using that speech to controversy. the runningback was at the super bowl over the weekend, guesting on the pregame show, and in doing so, had some not so flattering things to say about lavar airington, that airington was jealous of paraties portis and the money he made. >> all of a sudden, lavar felt it was competition and he loved it. he felt like he wasn't the main money guy. i think it was the wrong attitude. >> well, the thing is, lavar has a radio show here in dc these days and when you pick a fight with a man who has a microphone, be prepared to get hit back, when lavar did yesterday, railing against portis, including charges that portis' costume act discredited the proud legacy of african american players that blaze a difficult trail with this franchise. >> it was never about money with me. it was the principles involved with what was going on. i respect the game. i woul

christine romans here minding your business here.ouple things. conspicuous consubpoemptioconsu. >> what is more conspicuous than the hummer. rest in peace, hummer. they were trying to negotiate a deal with hummer, so hummer will close. this is a brand that peverybody thought it was great to be a conspicuous consumer. and they are based on a military vehicle were sold, and 9,000 last year, down 67% from the year before. the hummer is going bye bye. >> it was gas prices that killed it, right? when gas prices got up $4 a gall gallon, who wanted to buy one of these. >> and you can expect home prices to fall further. the economists there expect a 6% further price decline in the average home price by september of 2011. that's after 27% in the past three years. miami, if you are waking up in miami, i am sorry to give you the bad news. and it's -- some of these places they are expecting the free fall to continue and bottom out. >> tell us the figure you told us off camera? >> 29%. >> 29% further? yeah. >> still, people are in the properties

i am roman than -- i am older than roman is. an aged gap there. with this say about the lone star state rings true. we were not born in texas but we came smart and came here. he is the recipient of numerous awards including and meritorious honor. it is a great pleasure to congratulate you on the publication of your book which is available to all of you after the talk tonight. please remit in welcoming the ambassador. [applause] >> can you hear me? thank you for that kind introduction. it is a great honor to be here at the paper institute. i have the pleasure of working where secretary baker. jim baker is one of the finest secretaries of state this country has ever had. it is nice to be here. i succeeded ed during the reagan administration. he is a true patriot. it was a great pleasure working with him. so nice to see what he has done with the baker institute. congratulations on a job well done, ed. the three of us, baker, ed, and i all worked for george bush in one capacity or another. i would like to outline some perspectives of my relationship w

christine romans is minding your business.ou're doing double duty today. >> i am. >> you'll be with ali velshi later today. >> a lot of great stuff. >> ben bernanke will testify on the hill today. >> we'll get his prescription or a forecast on what will happen with the overall economy. a lot of questions. when will this economy be back to normal and what is normal? that means your job, home and bank. let's take a look at where we stand. the national association of business economics predicts job growth is on its way, forecasting 140,000 jobs per month will be added in 2010. in the new normal, no thing is ever as it seems. yesterday we found out mass layoffs rose last month for the first time since august. more than 180,000 folks fell victim to mass layoffs in january. we saw consumer confidence tumble. consumers are still very nervous. how about your house? your biggest asset most likely or what was once your biggest asset. one out of every four mortgages is under water. it means you owe more than the house is worth. foreclosu

jacob says this -- the rcc, roman catholic church, should not be exempt.'t jesus teach us to be compassionate and treat each other fairly? he's saying he thinks they should have to abide by the equality bill. jennifer said -- so everyone is talking about gay rights. i'm all for them. to each its own. but what about the catholic believers' rights? this is getting out of hand. don't they have better lawsuits to pursue? you can still get in, tell us what you think. should the catholic church face punishment, prosecution if it discriminates against potential employees or priesthood candidates if they're gay? post your comments and we'll continue to read them and share more. >>> toyota, huge story here, denies its popular hybrids are being recalled now. but they're working with regulators looking into complaints about the 2010 prius now. the latest on toyota's troubles. >>> the movement of conservative activists known as the tea party begins its first national convention today. sarah palin is the keynote speaker. that's going to happen saturday. critics say the

i'd like to primarily because as a roman catholic african american conservative from washington d.c. [laughter] my whole life has been conflict. i get the part of it. i really do. but today, in this hour what complex us is not the ups and downs but the very nature of conservatism in the post reagan era. what complex us is the version -- mission of the movement and the radical nature and unique challenges and opportunities that come from conflict and victory. and you have seen that played out in small measure over the last few years, certainly the elections of 2006, 2008 and virginia, new jersey and massachusetts. but no great thing has ever been achieved without overcoming obstacles and no -- nine is more important than to press on through adversity or persevere. so we have these interesting times where we have to confront conflict in order to obtain victory. we must persevere. we must find a way to make all of this fit and all of this work. the first thing i noticed about perseverance is it comes more easily to the optimistic as a young man i was struck by ronald reagan signed waver

he had been a roman pagan. he converted to christianity.nd when his friends said to him, how can you believe all that nonsense that you're now required to believe? it's absurd. and he said, i believe it because it is absurd. now, if you believe something because it is absurd obviously you're not going to be shaken from that belief by rational argument or empirical evidence. and i actually think the commitment of many american jews to liberalism -- not just the jews has that character which makes it all the more difficult to shake. i can only say this, jews have a lot of experience with false messiahs. obama is the first non-jewish false messiah jews have had to deal with. but the last one in the late 16th century ended by converting to islam. and he had attracted a following all over the jewish world including many prominent rabbis and learned men. and -- even that was rationalized by some of his followers. but it was such a traumatic shock to most of his other followers that it led to a deep rethinking of all their ideas and attitudes abou

shortly we are going to be solar powering the main pylon which looks like a large roman candle and i it will be the first such solar-powered major lighting effort in the united states of america. we would like to invite you out to help on this landmark occasion. >> thank you. thanks for your leadershipship in the community. >> thank you, it's taken many, many years. thank you for your openness to that. number two, i have two quick questions. one is the administration is about to make $1.5 billion in tiger grants funded through the recovery bill. and there is an additional $600 million that we provided in the regular budget in the f.y. 10 bill. do you anticipate recompeting the tiger grants for the new funding, the extra funding, or are you in the next two weeks going to roll out an announcement that spends the entire $2.1 billion. the second part of my question is -- if ajo project scored hi in the initial round of scoring but is not funded, are you going to make those projects compete again? >> we're stat torl to make announcementsÑv=9át $1.5 billion by february 17, which we will d

they have a sort of roman circus event where they debate these issues and then go home and the neoconservatives supporters of military tribunals win. the biggest applause lines this year are massachusetts, kind of a surprise, and military tribunals, which i wish was a surprise, but is just actually something that all conservatives -- the most conservative activists apart from this libertarian segment are thrilled by. so that room was actually overrepresented how many people agreed with bob barr's position. it was a mix of boos and cheers. that's not something you hear at a lot of these things. even ashcroft, not sure if he would defend obama that much. >> it used to be conservatives frowned upon frat earnizing with criminals. that they believed in limited government power. a point you made, does cpac even know what this is anymore or does it no longer care as long as it is victorious? >> this is the most celebrating cpac because it represents the tee party movement coming in and not really taking over, but being welcomed back into the conservative movement. so it was a -- it is a huge cultural

and it goes back to marcus cicero, the ancient roman order and roman who, for my benefit defined freedom when he said, "freedom is participation in power." i think that is what he stood for, and he knew that without freedom being participation in power, it was very unlikely that justice and peace would follow, and i hope that you will take this great opportunity this evening through the conduit of c-span and other tv here and other press in a iraq rating a lab rating the extraordinary life of howard zinn, about whom noam chomsky said, he had this amazing contribution and i am quoting him, he had this amazing contribution that he made to american intellectual and moral culture. his powerful role in helping the civil rights movement and the antiwar movement." he was a man who thought, a man who experienced, a man who demonstrated, a man who motivated, a man who thought for himself, a man who we must always remember in action on the ground. the zinn institute for peace and justice, i hope you will consider it. thank you very much. [applause] 's be one more time around for nader everybody. [

i've always liked that and i like to primarily because i think as a roman catholic african-american conservative from washington, d.c. -- [laughter] my whole life has been conflict. so i get that part of it. [laughter] i really do. but today, in face our what conflict sauce is not the ups and downs of the elections but rather the nature of conservatism in this post reagan era. but conflicts us is the vision of the conservative movement. it's radical nature and the unique challenges and opportunities that come from both conflict and victory and you have seen that played out in small measure over the last few years certainly the elections of 06 and 08 and even as recently as 09 in virginia, new jersey and now massachusetts. but no great thing has ever been achieved without overcoming obstacles and no quality is more indispensable to the process than the ability to press on through adversity. in other words to persevere. so and fees interesting times, where we have to confront conflict in order to obtain victory we must persevere. we must find a way to make all lifted and all lippitt work. the firs

one it is he rose was the roman general cincinnatus, who forsook power after a battle and return to the farm. i think this was an ideal that harry believed in deeply. he believed they think he could make the move from being a leader of the free world to plain private citizen and this was one way he could do it. by taking this trip. bess, perhaps the voice of reason, thought it was a pretty crazy idea. harry seem to think if they traveled in cud nato, the guy had been president six months before and for some reason he thought nobody would recognize him. bess was a little more realistic about things. they were not young at this point, 68, 69 years old. i mean, believe me-- that is young. [laughter] but bess realized that the physical toll it would take. harry did the driving. bess never drove when harry was in the car. harry always did the driving. bess knew he drove to fast so eventually he wore her down and she agreed to the trip on the condition that he drive no faster than 55 miles an hour. he agreed to this but it was quite a concession on his part. at the time missouri had no speed

i am christine romans sitting in for john roberts this morning. >> thank you for being with us.he mend. >>> the u.s. has the right to kill u.s. citizens overseas if they are involved in terrorists activities is the word. >>> the first ever national tea party convenes today. >>> new trouble for toyota and the people that drive the cars. the automaker admitting it saw the design flaw in the prius. now experts are questioning toyota's fans to fix millions of cars for the faulty gas pedal, and they say the electrical malfunction and not the pedals could be the problem. >>> the director of national intelligence yesterday telling lawmakers the u.s. has the authority to takeout americans overseas that present a direct threat to our security. this is a sensitive issue. explain the context surrounding the words? >> there is an extraordinary public admission. right out there on the table, the director of national intelligence, dennis blair, yesterday, telling congress the u.s. intelligence community have the authority to target and kill american citizens abroad if they are involved in ter

top of the hour, christine romans sitting in for john roberts. >> i'm kiran chetry. is a deadly winter storm that's still dumping snow and sleet, also flooding parts of the northeast this morning. parts of the region could see as much as 30 inches of snow by the time all of this is over. some are calling the snow, really they're calling it a snow hurricane because of the blizzard-like conditions, the high winds, snow and ice coming down sideways, gusts up to 55 miles an hour. new information for people stuck at the airport, the dangerous conditions have forced american airlines to cancel 42 flights this morning. that's on top of close to 1,000 flights that never got off the ground yesterday. amtrak says it will cancel a number of trains in the northeast its busiest corridor. >> we're all over the extreme weather. susan candiotti live in central park, meteorologist reynolds wolf down the jersey turnpike in philadelphia for us this morning. let's check in with our meteorologist rob marciano live in atlanta to show us who is getting the worst of it and how this is going

roman seemed to be pretty clear that it's not kosher. [laughter] >> i hope that isn't going to be interpreted as anti-semitic. [laughter] >> does this work today as a politics? does it appeal to the bible? it is one of the dominant themes of the religious right. it was adamant eve, not adam and steve. you heard the slogans. the bible is clear on this isn't the word of god. we must take the bible literally seriously. well, my response of that is simply this. leviticus is clear. a man shall not die, shall not lie down with a man, but it is also clear the penalty is execution. it is also clear that you shall not makes one fabric with another fabric. in which case the religious right it should be containing to shut down bloomingdale's. it should come in the biblical literalism is the actual argument, arguing for the execution of homosexuals as real fundamentalist regimes do. so i'm sorry, but already the prohibitionists are in the aging incoherence. i of the bible is literally true and is a commitment to be enforced. or it isn't. they are te

this book also covers the rise of the roman empire for example, on the mediterranean but also built the vast aqueducts which brought fresh clean water not just to the city that due to an enormous size and made urban is setian possible we improved on that after a long hiatus in the 19th century with the revolution that started when we were polluting ourselves of the industrial waste of the initial burst of the industrial revolution and created the great snake of london which i will be happy to tell you about. but that thames smell awfully bad and scare the pants off of people they would get sick because they thought it was spread and then we got action from the parliament that led to a whole series of virtuous circles that spread around the world but also the voyages of the discovery and europe and how those were transforming the world politics. and another point* that is made in this book is the observation that came out that i notice when societies manage to marriage diverse hydrological regions of there nation's there seems to be associated with growth spurts i allude to the great can

i am a practicing roman catholic. and so the answer to the question is, do we need a fiscal goal is the same as the answer to the following question. is the pope catholic? [laughter] >> the answer is yes. we don't just need a fiscal goal. frankly, we need a strategic plan. this country has been in existence since 1789, and it's never had any strategic planning framework that is future focused and results oriented. thirdly, we need key national outcome based indicators, economic, safety, decree, social, environmental to help understand how are we doing on outcome basis. are we getting better or worse, and very, very importantly, how do we compare to our peer group? because when we look at our peer group comparisons, and public finance, in health outcomes, and education outcomes, investments and outcomes on critical infrastructure, we are below average. a great nation does not stay great by being a debtor nation, and by being below average on a number of key leading indicators that help determine whether or not the futu

it is the most multi-cultural of the lands of europe, a stain that is phoenician, greek, roman, jewishes. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: bougher to countries owe much to those countries from abroad. our countries cannot be understood without them. without those who throughout history have come to a land living in our midst have become us, have become what we are. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: allow me to reveal a bible passage from deuteronomy, chapter 24. you should not withhold the wages of laborers whether-- you should pay them their wages daily before sunset because they are poor and their livelihood depends on them. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: let this be concerned with integrating those who have come to work and live in our countries and in our midst. gladys also be concerned with all of those whom we cannot welcome among says and you were suffering from hunger and extreme poverty in so many places around the world. such as those living in haiti and his misfortune has moved us to offer all our efforts and solidar

and fire and destruction that accompanied the collapse of earlier empires if we look at the -- the romanarticular. i think that is a huge obligation that we have. now, there's no easy lessons of how to do it. in my book "challenging empire" i look in the intersections -- and even the "new york times" used the phrase "the second superpower" which is the intersection of the huge global movement that was challenging war in iraq with a number of countries where governments for their own opportunist reasons and those kicking and screaming by end, together we're able to form a kind of opposition mobilization to this u.s. war in iraq that played a huge role ultimately not in stopping the war as we know. it didn't succeed in that way. but it succeeded in making clear that this war was illegal. and it made it possible undermine the legitimacy of the u.s. in the process of doing that. these wars of legitimacy, a term that professor richard falk has created. the wars of legitimacy where international law is by far our most potent weapon. the -- it's not to say that international law doesn't still a

christine romans has one person up for the challenge in this week's turn around. >> if you don't know what a pitzel is, you are not alone. these waffle-shaped italian cookies are hardly a household name, but stan is trying to change that. his business, little pepis makes them and only pizzelle in this modest factory. >> our biggest challenge is getting people to know what a pizzelle is. even though the product has been around since 700 bc. >> reporter: he bought the business in 2003 from the aoriginaori original owner. little pepi's had a small, but loyal following. sales began to slow. >> when i bought the business there were two big problems. glaring problems that i saw. number one was the building was being taken for eminent domain. the second problem was the equipment was 25 years old, and all electric, and very labor intensive process. >> the solution? he moved the company to a larger suburban facility, and made a big purchase, a giant waffle stick oven made specifically to bake these. he went from baking four days a week for eight hours, to baking three days a week for ten hours

christine romans profiles one entrepreneur up for the challenge in this week's "turnaround." >> if you don't know what this is, you're not alone. these waffle shaped italian cookies are hardly a household name but stan is trying to change that. his business, little pepis makes these in this modest factory in pennsylvania. >> the biggest challenge is getting people to know what they are. even though the product has bee trying to make people known what it is. been around since 700 b.c. >> reporter: he bought the business in 2003 from the original owner who started out baking them in his kitchen four daek aids ago. sales began to slow. >> when i bought the business there were two big twobz, two glaring problems i saw. number one was the building was being taken for eminent domain. the second problem was the equipment was 25 years old, all electric. it was very labor intenive proc. he moved the company to a larger suburban area and bought a large waffle oven. production quadrupled and his energy bills did too. he went from baking three days a week for ten hours and able to keep almost all

translate it from roman new mexico raps. it represent which is number? 40, 44, 45, or 48?ck to the days of the roman gladiators because they wanted to create an atmosphere of pomp and circumstance. it actually helps bridge the gap between having the super bowl played in a diffent year the season is played. >> okay. that makes sense. >> all right. look at this adorable brother and sister from holland. are they the cutest? true or false? more women last year watched the super bowl than the total audience of the academy awards broadcast? >> true. >> you helped him. but enjoy it. it doesn't get that far in america. believe me. thank you very much. >> by the way, that's ashock. more women watched the super bowl than the academy awards? >> 40 million women will watch the super bowl. only 40 million people total. men and women will watch the academy awards which is amazing. you can say they are just watching the commercials or halftime show. but even so, in that -- that could be true. even so, there is a huge surge of women watching football these days. 40% of the nfl fan base is

. >> makes me think of a roman emperor. >> i think i got that right. >> i think you did. our market reporters are standing by and we are open down about 24. bob? >> the earnings in the commentary today isn't quite as boyant as yesterday. that's the big one. and that's why the futures are frankly to the down side a little bit. the adp report was better than expected but isn't really helping the futures. one piece of good news, not only did time warner beat but they increased their quarterly dividend and they also changed their share repurchase program. this is very important because there are a lot of people that care about dividends. since december, 2009, 37 companies in the s&p 500 have increased their dividend. the good news here is february is traditionally the month where you get the most dividend increases. remember they've been cutting them like crazy. you'll see positive numbers in the next few weeks and i'll talk about that very soon. pfizer, which is right over here just opened to the down side here. we talked about it this morning. not only have the earnings bee

and romans climb, state funding drops, and the pressure mounts to raise tuition and deepen cuts.mples abound. the university of washington observe the 14% tuition hike this year. the university of illinois at order to furloughs and warns students of the possibility of a high tuition hike later this year. the university of florida is looking to enroll, to reduce enrolled by unprecedented values, the university of california had to raise tuition by 32% this last november. as you see president mark yudof and i and so many others continue to say, we cannot simply fill than the revenue gaps with tuition. keeping college accessible is critical to public higher education's core mission. in his book, jonathan talks about the importance of the morale act of 1862, which provided plan to stay for colleges and codified the importance of accessible public higher education for all americans. it enable the development of the university of california, pennsylvania state university, the ohio state university, the university of wisconsin, and so many other stellar public universities. that is a tr

. >> i'm christine romans in for john roberts. >>> a surprise news conference from the head of toyotainformation. there may be brake problems now with their lexus hybrids. there are reports the prius might be next on the recall list, leaving some customers frankly wondering if they can ever trust toyota again. >>> it's going to be a pretty big nightmare today for many people up and down the mid-atlantic coast as the east coast is expecting to get heavy snow, high windwinds, ice, rain blizzard warnings in new jersey and delaware. the storm already shutting down schools and putting a deep freeze on air travel. we'll be getting the latest on how the storm could affect your travel plans. >>> plus, they're supposed to keep us safe while we fly. so after the failed bomb attempt over detroit on christmas day, we put the federal air marshals program under the microscope. we found out that hundreds of millions of your tax dollars are being completely wasted and we found allegations of an agency in chaos. a cnn exclusive from our special investigations unit coming up. >>> following breaking new

i have a family that served in world war roman one and world war ii. i husband served in vietnam.ou for your call. i have to move on. robert on the line for republicans in dallas. caller: i just saw your guests about flexibility in the workplace. i had a few comments. airline workers are notorious for having flexibility in the workplace. they have part-time help, for the workweeks. the 11 to have changes schedules. they use positions like friday and saturday and sunday and monday off as opposed to saturday and sunday. airlines continually lose money. they lose a ton of money. flexibility in the workplace and does nothing but prevent workers from having better jobs, more money, more overtime, and a more productive life for their family. host: why do think it is work place flexibility that is causing the airline is losing money as opposed to other factors that people not traveling? caller: the airplanes are full. what they do is continue to cut the number airplanes in operation. then you cut on the workers when the airplanes are damage. when you fly, you cannot get the best service

not just greece, which is in the news today, but think about the roman empire, it fell for a number ofn moral values. over confident and overextended militarilyly around the world and fiscal irresponsibility by the central government. if those sound familiar, it's time to wake up and start putting processes in places to make choices before we pass a tipping point. we must learn the lessons from history and act before a crisis is at our doorstep. and to begin, i look forward to what president obama has to say about this commission and i'm hopeful that political parties won't play politics with it. and i think if they do, they just might be punished at the polls, because in my view, what happened in massachusetts was not a victory for republicans, it was a rise of independence. it was discussed with the status quo. it was a desire for real action. and it was a calling for washington to become more connected with america. i know we can. i know we must. i hope that we will make tough choices sooner rather than later. and if we do, our future can be better than our past. and if we do, the a

shortly we are going to be solar powering the main pylon which looks like a large roman candle and ie to invite you out to help on this landmark occasion. >> thank you. thanks for your leadershipship in the community. >> thank you, it's taken many, many years. thank you for your openness to that. number two, i have two quick questions. one is the administration is about to make $1.5 billion in tiger grants funded through the recovery bill. and there is an additional $600 million that we provided in the regular budget in the f.y. 10 bill. do you anticipate recompeting the tiger grants for the new funding, the extra funding, or are you in the next two weeks going to roll out an announcement that spends the entire $2.1 billion. the second part of my question is -- if ajo project scored hi in the initial round of scoring but is not funded, are you going to make those projects compete again? >> we're stat torl to make announcementsÑv=9át $1.5 billion by february 17, which we will do. and then we will -- there will beÑi competition for the initially -- additional money. i take your point

my room -- by the romans win at the darfur thing they had only been killing people for a couple of years and if the amount of corpses was only 100 of 2000 at that stage, the sudanese -- sudan got appointed to the u.s. and human rights council. of course, swinging one knows more about human rights abuses than the government of sudan and i like the way that this sudanese delegate said that dads the hope to make a strong contribution and to the u.n. human rights council and his main priorities for his term would be abu brave and guantanamo so the says the sudanese are not just genocidal butcher's shop, they also got a terrific sense of humor as well. i've been asked to say a few words about one political correctness in then geopolitical sense which is an interesting take on an tenth. because i think we think of it as just something that affects universities, campuses and that kind of world. it doesn't, it spread way beyond that. and i think actually it underpins what we've been talking about today which is why is the most powerful nation in on the face of the earth, the global hydropower, u

and i'd like to i think primarily because as a roman catholic african-american conservative from washington, d.c. -- [laughter] -- my whole life has been conflict so i get that part of it. i really do. but today in this our what conflict sauce is not the ups and downs of the elections board rather the nature of conservatives in this post reagan era. it's the vision of the conservative movement. it's radical nature into the unique challenges and opportunities that come from both conflict and victory. and you've seen that played out in small measure over the last few years certainly the elections of 06 and 08 and even as recently as 09 and virginia, new jersey and now in massachusetts. but no great thing has ever been achieved without overcoming obstacles and no quality is more indispensable to the process than the ability to press on through adversity. in other words to persevere. so, in these very interesting times, where we have to confront conflict in order to attain victory we must persevere. we must find a way to make all of it fit and all of it work to read the first thing i noticed ab

and i'd like to i think primarily because as a roman catholic african-american conservative from washington d.c. -- [laughter] -- my whole life has been conflict so i get that part of it. i really do. but today in this our what conflict sauce is not the ups and downs of the elections board rather the nature of conservatives in this post reagan era. it's the vision of the conservative movement. it's radical nature into the unique challenges and opportunities that come from both conflict and victory. and you've seen that played out in small measure over the last few years certainly the elections of 06 and 08 and even as recently as 09 and virginia, new jersey and now in massachusetts. but no great thing has ever been achieved without overcoming obstacles and no quality is more indispensable to the process than the ability to press on through adversity. in other words toer interesting times, where we have to confront conflict in order to attain victory we must persevere. we must find a way to make all of it fit and all of it work to read the first thing i noticed about perseverance is that it

and i like to i think primarily because as a roman catholic african-american conservative from washingtond.c. -- [laughter] my whole life has been conflict. [laughter] so i get that part of it. i really do. but today, in this hour, what conflicts us is not the ups and downs of elections. or rather the very nature of conservatism in this post-reagan era. what conflicts us is the vision of the conservative movement, its radical nature and the unique challenges and opportunities that come from both conflict and victory. and you've seen that played out in small measure over the last few years, certainly the elections of 06 and a weight and even as recently as own night in virginia, new jersey and now in massachusetts. but no great band has ever been achieved without overcoming obstacles and no quality is more indispensable to that process them the ability to press onto river city. in other words, to persevere. so when these very interesting times, where we have to confront conflict in order to obtain fake or he, we must persevere, we must find a way to make all of that date and all that work.

shortly we are going to be solar powering the main pylon which looks like a large roman candle and i the first such solar-powered major lighting effort in the united states of america. we would like to invite you out to help on this landmark occasion. >> thank you. thanks for your leadershipship in the community. >> thank you, it's taken many, many years. thank you for your openness to that. number two, i have two quick questions. one is the administration is about to make $1.5 billion in tiger grants funded through the recovery bill. and there is an additional $600 million that we provided in the regular budget in the f.y. 10 bill. do you anticipate recompeting the tiger grants for the new funding, the extra funding, or are you in the next two weeks going to roll out an announcement that spends the entire $2.1 billion. the second part of my question is -- if ajo project scored hi in the initial round of scoring but is not funded, are you going to make those projects compete again? >> we're stat torl to make announcementsÑv=9át $1.5 billion by february 17, which we will do. and then