little samuel is in the united states flown in from haiti with 80 other orphans. he's right here. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the cadillac cts sport sedan. one of car and driver's 10 best for the third year in a row. ♪ and now, cadillac announces the new luxury collection lease. ♪ >>> did i wake you up? >> there he is. sleepy face. we made it to the airport. they're coming home. here they come. ready or not. ♪ >> larry: this is a happy night for us around "larry king live" here at cnn. joining us are joe and jill wilkins. they were in the process of finalizing their adoption of little samuel when the earthquake struck. joe traveled to haiti last week to help bring their son and other children from god's little angels orphanage home to the united states. joe, jill, and samuel are here with us now. joining us in a while, jason and jamie stanley. they were the adopting parents of 6-year-old twins from haiti when the earthquake hit. the twins jean-dani and denise arrived in the united states on friday with wilkins' son samuel. the stanleys' daughters ali and whitney are

the twins arrived in the united states on friday with wilkins' son, samuel. the stanleys' daughters are there with the family. first we'll concentrate here on the wilkins. what's it like, joe, to finally have him home? >> it's wonderful to have him here. we've been looking for this for the past several months, and over a year now. and being a dad for three days, everything is new and -- >> larry: first child? >> first child, yes. >> larry: how did he handle the flight? >> from haiti he slept the whole flight, so that was nice. of course, i had two other kids next to me, so i was kind of -- they were a little more -- >> larry: you had 80 on the plane altogether? >> we had 81 on the plane. >> larry: they dispersed in miami? >> we went through immigration for seven and a half hours while they did the paperwork. that was a time i'll never forget. >> larry: when can he become a citizen? >> well, you know, larry, that's one mountain we have ahead of us. i think a lot of us were at the legalization point where we had -- he had our last name, since that time since th

how are you handling this, samuel? >> it's been tough.s you can see on tv, you know, the tragedy people are going through, the children and, you know, and still praying for hope. people praying for their life. >> larry: have you been in touch with your relatives? >> oh, yeah. i was able to get in touch three hours after the incident through e-mail. i was able to talk to, you know, my parents, my dad over there. a lot of them are safe. a couple missing. a couple injuries, but thank god, you know, a lot of them still alive. >> larry: last year haiti was hammered by three hurricanes and a tropical storm. you went there last august. you could never have expected an earthquake, did you? >> never. never. not something soon and that magnitude. it's very unexpected. it's very tough on all of us, you know? last month i went over there and we just started to get toward it a little bit and people trying to get their life back to normal. you know, and i was looking forward to start doing stuff for the children over there and create an opportunity wit

joe, are you going to bring samuel home? >> i looks that way, larry. everything's not final, of course, until the airplane gets off the ground, of course. we're hoping that happens very soon. >> larry: and i understand you're bringing back other orphans as well who are being adopted? >> that is the case, again, if the flight gets off the ground. it looks like the babies that are adopted in the united states will be heading home hopefully very soon. >> larry: i understand the plane was donated. do you know who donated the plane that's going to take you back? >> jill might know that. i think she's been working really hard on that. >> i can tell you that, larry. >> larry: jill, who donated the plane? >> so larry, there's a couple real key happenings that are happening realtime. that is one of them. we had an incredible sponsorship for the charter flight and actually this entire what we're calling a reunification mission on behalf of god's littlest angels. that was messenger international.org. a national out yit based out of colorado springs. an incredible

joe, are you going to bring samuel home? >> it looks that way, larry.ets off the ground. we hope that is soon. >> larry: e understand you are bringing back other orphans as well-being adopted? >> that is the case. again f the flight gets off the grown, it looks like the babies that are adopted in the united states will be heading home, hopefully very soon. >> larry: i understand the plane was donated by -- do you know who donated the plane that is going to take you back? >> jill might know that. >>ky talk to that. >> larry: who donated the plane? >> there is a couple really key happens today that is happening real time. that is one of them. we had a sponsorship for the charter flight and this actually this entire -- what we are calling a reunification mission on behalf of god's littlest angels and that was messengerinternational.org it is a nonprofit organization based out of colorado springs. it was an incredible, incredible day to have that sponsorship. >> larry: and now when do you expect joe to come in with your new little son? >> well, you know, la

samuel puts his shoulder down to make the tackle at the 46 yard line. >> cris: certainly not been too conservative on this drive, have they? >> al: no. >> cris: really when you have a quarterback that has played the way that tony romo has played for the last month, you trust him the way that some of the superstar quarterbacks in the league get trusted and for tony romo, i think you go back to the giants game. earlier this year where he threw three interceptions. he said, "i came out of that game and i knew i couldn't get my team beat like that again." and he has been a different guy since then. >> al: second down and four. a run on the draw and trying to get that first down is choice. just short of the 50 yard line and it looks like he is going to move the chains again. >> cris: tony romo is going to fake that quick screen one more time. he got trent cole to sort of stand in place and he was going to jump up and try to knock down the pass. those little details. jason garrett insists on finishing every play and big guys up front have just been overwhelming. you have to be a little happ

associate justice samuel alito shook his head and appeared to mouth the words "not true." this morning, vice president biden defended mr. obama's reprimand of the court's action. >> the president didn't question the integrity of the court or the decision they made, they questioned the judgment of it. here we are for the first time in over a hundred years we're equating a corporation with an individual and fee speech. the problem is, a lot of these multinational corporations are owned as much by foreign interests as well as domestic interests and now for the first time you're going to have corporations, foreign corporations, being able to contribute hundreds of millions of dollars to determine the outcome of an election in the united states of america? i think it's outrageous. >> warner: tens of millions of americans watched the tune i don't know speech and many joined in a kind of national conversation online in the hours afterward. some posted reactions on the pbs newshour's youtube channel and some of them were sharply critical. >> the lame excuses he used in his speech

samuel puts his shoulder down to make the tackle at the 46 yard line. >> cris: certainly not been too conservative on this drive, have they? >> al: no. >> cris: really when you have a quarterback that has played the way that tony romo has played for the last month, you trust him the way that some of the superstar quarterbacks in the league get trusted and for tony romo, i think you go back to the giants game. earlier this year where he threw three interceptions. he said, "i came out of that game and i knew i couldn't get my team beat like that again." and he has been a different guy since then. >> al: second down andour. a run on the draw and trying to get that first down is choice. just short of the 50 yard line and it looks like he is going to move the chains again. >> cris: tony romo is going to fake that quick screen one more time. he got trent cole to sort of stand in place and he was going to jump up and try to knock down the pass. those little details. jason garrett insists on finishing every play and big guys up front have just been overwhelming. you have to be a little happy

his name was wolfgang samuel, he lived at a cut in falsework and they're came a day, there was a lot of love and marriage in this book, they're came a day when an american sergeant came to see his mother, we've got to remember again germany was a country without men and he said to wolfgang my name is leo ferguson. eventually he married his mother and they moved to colorado and wolfgang samuel retired a few years ago as a colonel in the united states are forced. >> talking about the danger these men went through flying into and out of berlin with a feathery corridors into berlin, one in the north and one in the south and then the central one a range as the return. but one of the things -- i wonder if you could describe the conditions of landing at the temple of the airport in the center of berlin. >> temple of the airport for any of you who have seen it one of the most extraordinary places in the world in the first place on one side is a building. it's done in nazi gothic, it was the largest building in the world three-quarters of a mile long looped around with seven levels, there wer

huxley and bishop samuel of oxford in 1860 had a debate.off for a half-hour ignorantly putting down darwin and everything else. and finally he turned to young professor huxley and said, perhaps professor huxley would care to tell us where the ape ancestory comes in? is he descended more from an ape on the side of his grandmother or grandfather? well, one did not insult victorian womanhood and got away with it. huxley. ladies and gentlemen, my lord bishop, it would not have occurred to me to bring up such a question as that in august assemblage when we speak of descent and biology. we speak of hundreds of thousands of years from about in terms of one's own familial, not just ancestry. the question is put to me would i rather have for an ancestor a venerable grinning ape or a man? a man of great depth, a man of greater orator, a man of great intellect, a man of great prestige, who uses that privilege and those gifts and that prestige and that power for the mere purpose of making a mockery of those engaged in serious scientific inquiry, then i

his name was wolfgang samuel.e lived at the end of the runway in phos bergin there came a day, there was a lot of love and marriage in this book, there came a day when an american sergeant came to see his mother, and you have got to remember germany was almost a country without men and he said to young wolfgang, my name is leo ferguson, call me leo. eventually we'll ferguson married his mother. they moved to colorado and with king samuel retired a few years ago as a colonel in the united states air force. >> talking about the dangers these men went through, flying into and out of berlin. the three corridors into berlin, one in the north, one in the south and then they central one is the return, but one of the things and i wonder if you could describe the conditions of landing at the airport in the center of berlin? >> tempelhof airport for any of you have seen it one of the most extraordinary places in the world. in the first place on one side of it is a building. it is done in nazi gothic. it was the largest buil

huxley and the bishop, bishop samuel of oxford, in hai 1860, y had a debate and he got up and spoutedot insult victorian williamhood and get away with it. huxley -- ladies and gentlemen, my lord bishop, this would not have occurred to me, to bring up such a question as that, in this august assemblage when we speak of descent and biology, we speak in terms of hundreds, perhaps thousands or millions of years. not in terms of one's own familial ancestry, but if the question is put to me, would i rather have for an ancestor, a grinning aporia man, a man of great gifts, a man of great position, a man of great othertory, a man of great intellect. a man of great prestige, who uses that privilege and those gifts and that prestige and that power for the mere purpose of making a mockery out of those engaged in serious scientific inquiry, why then i unhesitatingly affirm my preference for the ape. well, the audience was aghast, a lady fainted, and huxley became a celebrity overnight. actually, i was surprised to find that huxley and the bishop repeated that debate in various venues. it was quite

but he still had his critics which included cyrus as the karmic, inventor of the far briefer and samuel fb morse, inventor of the telegraph. probably more than a million voters in the north who believed in the justice of the southern course. notwithstanding, lincoln was also accumulating an increasing number of supporters. today lincoln seems to be even more popular than he was immediately following his death. reflecting on that trend, u.s.a. has remarked abraham lincoln is hot. scholars say even he would be amused. from magazine covers to the front of teachers, from booksignings to meet cm opening, honest abe is center stage. lincoln is remembered as the leader who spoke the enduring word in gettysburg as students once memorized weird the story of which is so splendidly told i look or pour it in his gettysburg gospel. the commander-in-chief who reunited the nation by winning the civil war and the chief executive who was constantly ranked highest among all american presidents. thanks in part to historians and writers. lincoln's popularity has managed to transcend both time and place bec

reverend samuel, as he's properly known in our smowan community, is from -- samoan community, is from my home district in american samoa. he's part of the congregational christian church in american samoa. he was appointed secretary to the partnership consultation committee of the administrative initiative of the church of christ. he was ordained in the mid 1990's where he became pastor of the bread of life church in honolulu prior to becoming secretary of the ccas. to my knowledge he is the first american samoan to give the prayer to the house. i want to recognize his lovely wife, who is present in the gallery. also with her is the vice chairman of the christian church and his wife and the assistant to the general secretary and his wife, diane. it is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome to the house today my good friend, reverend samuel sr. thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise mr. kucinich: good

justice anthony kennedy wrote the majority opinion-- joined by chief justice john roberts, and justices samuel alito, antonin scalia and clarence thomas. they threw out key provisions of campaign finance laws dating back to 1907, plus two of the high court's own decisions from 1990 and 2003. specifically, the justices overturned a ban on letting companies and unions tap their own treasuries to produce their own campaign ads. the decision also eliminated the so-called mccain-feingold ban on issue-oriented ads within 30 days of a primary, and 60 days of a general election. the justices dissenting from those conclusions were john paul stevens, ruth bader ginsburg, stephen breyer and sonia sotomayor. the case at issue involved a 90- minute film attacking hillary clinton during her 2008 run for president. >> hillary rodham clinton has undoubtedly become one of the most divisive figures in america.... >> brown: the conservative group "citizens united" produced the film and wanted to run ads for it on television, and distribute it through on-demand cable. instead, federal courts ruled it was akin to

it is the reaction from justice samuel only to. >> last week the supreme court reversed a century of law. i believe it will open the floodgates to special interests. including foreign corporations. the fed it without limit and our election. [applause] i and the american elections should be bankrolled by america's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. they should be decided by the american people. host: people watching closely said they saw justice alito shake his head and mouth the words "not true." a long time water of the court for the supreme times, now an online commentator says nearly every president find something to criticize about the supreme court but not everyone gets to do it to the faces of the justices on national television. of the six justices in the audience at three were in my the the minority. john on the twitter says calling at the supremes was appalling. this next call is from lou, from connecticut, a republican. caller: first like to say what i feel about politicians and bureaucrats generally. basically, they are the most worthless human beings.

>> samuel with tax notes.i was wondering if you could assess the economy's ability at this point to handle deficit-reduction last year at this time the cbo was talking about the potential benefits of a large scale stimulus and i just want to see where the cbo sees that balance. >> i said in a talk i gave a few weeks ago i think fiscal policy on its current path poses to challenges to macroeconomics stability one in the near term and one and the long term. the near-term challenge to the macroeconomic stability is fiscal stability would be withdrawn very rapidly over the next few years. the effects of the american recovery reinvestment notte will wane. the expiration of tax cuts will push up tax rates. that withdraw of stimulus is headwind is the economy will be pushing against in the early stages of the recovery and as an important reason we expect recovery to be slow at first. the second challenge that the current path to fiscal policy poses for the economy is the longer run. it is that after the next couple o

samuel washington, president and ceo of interaction. thanks for being with us this morning.et to your telephone calls about pat robertson topos a contribution to this debateç, which lightedp the internet and blogs about haiti being cursed. atlantic, this is debbie beard caller: -- atlanta, this is debbie. caller: the comments areç stunningly ignoring. it is wanting to hold such opinions but another thing to be so stupid as to voice them. what i did want to find out is where is the vatican in regards to helping this nation of haiti which is overwhelmingly catholic. where is france? but especially the vatican, not just now but in general. host: i cannot answer the question. i did here in one news report that an archbishop was killed in the quake. some of the reaction on the internet. one of the interesting ones this from huffington post. their religion editor. you can see the headline. host: we would like to hear what you think about this sidebar conference as relief efforts for in from around the globe. from washington, d.c., tony of independent line. caller: pat robertson,

samuel johnson isn't mentioned in the q to z section of the book. they need to understand the little more. one of the issues for me is the question of that concerns me a lot. we put enormous pressure on the question of quality in google books. how do you judge quality? one of the ways in which people just quality is have faith in the old books. this is what got me into this problem in the first place. project gutenberg, we will load these books off of the net. nineteenth century and late nineteenth century, the home of some of the most patrician publishing that ever happened. those books have been put out of the reach of the most innocent reader is. if you want to look different editions you can find them but not the first copy that you put your hands on. most libraries, threw a winnowing system, moved into different things so you drive down across the state to find those books. the process was enormously powerful. good editing and better fellowship, we ended up in the position where the books on the shelf one way or the other we read as quality. th

she had a voice, and attitude, a sense of humor, ability to channel the spirit of will rogers and samuelemens, other people. you know, frankly, that's not just my description. many people far more airtight than i, us, forgive me, have said that about her. she came fully realized as an individual. she came to the devil's playground. there was a lot of low-hanging fruit. she was in the orchard that keeps on giving. it's really not far away from your. is the big granite building that you've seen. holy, you know, cal. she had gone to heaven. please, thank you. it was the atm machines that was broken your and she had a lot of fun there. i guess we could -- you've read this now and i think that we left this out of our book, but you know, she just loved being there and writing about things. she and the observer prepared for the opening round of the 1971 state legislature. she pushed open the opposing doors and that led to the oppressive woodpaneled second floor chambers that there were two good old boys, she perked up when she overheard one say to the other, you should have seen what i found my

voice, and on to become a sense of humor, and an ability to chat on the spirit of will rogers and samuellements, h. l. rankin, and frankly that's not just my description. far more people more irritated than us, forgive me have said that about her. so she came fully realized as an individual. she came to the devil's playground with a lot of low-hanging fruit. she was in the orchard that keeps on giving. it's really not far away from here. it's a big granite building that you've seen. holy cow, she had gone to heaven. you know, it was the atm machine that was broken. just -- and she had a lot of fun there. you know, you know, you've read this now and we left this out of our back, but, you know, she just loved being mayor and writing about things. as she and the observer prepared for the opening round of the 1970 wednesday legislature, she pushed open the opposing doors that led to the impressive wood pedal second-floor chambers. there were two good old voice. she perked up when she overheard one say to the other. you should've seen what i found myself last night. and she don't talk neither

assumptions about who gets schizophrenia and why and this is actually a snippet, an image from a 1963 samuel fuller film called "shock corridor." anybody here seen this particular film by any chance? lisa of course. so those of you who have seen it know that it's really -- it's an interesting movie for many reasons, i won't today speak about the pan getting trapped on the nympho ward, but people who are b classic films should see this movie, but what's important in this movie is the character with schizophrenia all of a sudden shifts in terms of race and gender. the main schizophreniaic character in the film is this meant trent played by harry rhodes, who himself has been a civil rights activist, he was a college school desegregated, and because of the pressures of participating in civil rights, because of the pressures of what he was trying to do, change society, in a way, society drove him crazy and it drove him so crazy that in fact, what he becomes is a racist, and he starts a race riot against the negroes on the ward so this very interesting turn of events, where in this film, it was bi

. >> bob samuel son, "newsweek." this is for the study's author.80s when with icra was implemented as a period of weak labor demand. unemployment peaked in december and november of 1982 at 10.8%. the average in 1984 was 7.5%. it continued to go down until the recession of 1990/91. so the period of immediate implementation was a part of very strong economic and labor market growth. >> well, i could put up the graph, but actually from '88 to '91, at the end of the period, is when we do see unemployment rate going up from about 5.8% to about 7.8%. so it was exactly during that period of time with growing unemployment that occurred, that's basically what doomed the second term for george bush, exactly during this period of time when the legalization took place. so i think that it's -- we had a weakening labor market. we had a growing unemployment rate exactly during the moment when we saw not only legalization take place but these wage increases taking place and this movement -- this initial movement towards actually drying up some of the worst exploit

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david, you launched the next samuel beckett and allen ginsburg on the world and did it at a time whenng seemed strapped to life-support. why creating books of tremendous beauty that might not have that other wise, fathomless the new books. do fostered a golden age of literary publishing reminiscent of good old days, lost times i thought i had missed out on. luckily for us you did it right here in the present. the initial correspondence of work force that might be quarterly to explain the arrived like some carow shot backwards and forwards from some gilded new age i think it was the third or fourth transmission i ever received via this new technology e-mail. send us your pieces that have been rejected by other publishers and magazines. it's no wonder then that the writers gave edgar's assembled make such a strange forest. these rejects were at first sampled by readers of some sort of curious delicacy. but under his editorship the same have become the jury basis of what is possible and contemporary literature. chris adrianne, and cummings, sheila, james, kelly, amy, steven elliott,@@@ú@

designation and are energy as a people can secure for us and our children in the words of my predecessor, samuel gompers, more schoolhouses and less jails, more books and less arsenals, more learning and less voice, more leisure and less greed, the more justice and less revenge. in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures. that is the america that we look forward to end we were looking forward to getting it now. thank you. [applause] sorry about that. >> that is the right. we are going to get started. [applause] we only have 20 minutes for questions. isd please be seated. the ap is reporting today the initial stimulus bill had virtually no effect on employment and that it was especially ineffective in the construction industry. why should there be another stimulus that this was the result of the first? >> good question. let's go back and talk a little bit about history first. and the first camillus was being thought about nobody thought the economy was going to be in a steep recession as it turned out to be and back then they said we would need at least $1.3 trillion to tu

samuel said on our facebook page. the ravens have the tools to take it all the way.one of the main differences between this team and the super bowl ravens is discipline. if we play smart, yes, we can go all the way. that's what you like to hear. another person said the ravens will beat new england and then beat the colts in a close one, and that is saying a lot. >>> and then we have tom who is at our website at foxbaltimore.com and he wrote, if the other teams don't show up. so obviously, tom doesn't have as much faith in the ravens. and that solicited laughter around here. he doesn't have as much faith as the other folks. we wish the ravens all best. >>> coming up, inspiring stories. hear from people who slimmed down and maintained the results. >>> but next, sports il illustrd comes up with a creative way to teach kids about sports. [ female announcer ] swiffer 360 dusters cleans deep... you'll love it so much, you'll send your old duster packing. ♪ love stinks! ♪ yeah! yeah! ♪ love stinks ♪ [ female announcer ] swiffer 360 dusters cleans deep into hard to reach pla

but when you discuss samuel alito, obama and alito -- from what i understand, they don't really careor each other -- not saying they don't like each other. but when you talk about corporate money, i think it is the best thing that ever happened. what we have had in america the last eight or 10 years, these religious groups that are taking over politicians, and all the craziness -- they have that the anti-abortion groups, the pro- abortion groups, the gay groups. companies are people that we work for. what happened really about 18651 to talk about slavery -- around 1865 when they talk about slavery -- it was fought about economics, not about freeing the slaves. people in america have to realize and make a judgment, and thank god for it c-span. are you still there? host: we are listening. caller: thank god for it c-span, because they have so many different opinions. i agree with the guy who just got to talking but companies run america, not these groups -- religious groups putting up all this money, a bunch in washington -- one more thing i got to say. host: i am going to be there beca

book the index of years and the other volumes are left out what's actually meaningless to click on samueljohnson and he isn't mentioned in the section of the book. etc, etc. soberly and idea but actually i do. one of the issues i think for me then is the question of which banaa brought up concerns me a lot and this is where as scholars we ought to put enormous pressure is the question of quality in google books. how do you judge quality? one of the ways in which people often like my you flee to judge is to have faith in the old books. those old books and this is what got me into this problem in the first place is that is the faith in the project that said we will now load all these old books on to the net. what to remember is in the late 19th century is the home of some of the most atrocious publishing that ever happened. and those books hockley have been put out of the reach of most ennis and readers. if you are a scholar and want to look that bad additions you can find them but they are not the first copy that you will put your hand on. why are they the first copy? most libraries in fac

and our energy as a people can secure for us and our children and their words of my predecessor, samuel, a more schoolhouses and less jails, more books and less arsenals, more blurting and less voices more leisure and less greed more justice and less revenge. in fact, cover more of the opportunities to cultivate our bett that is the america we look forward to. we look forward to getting it now. thank you. [applause] sorry about that. >> we will get started. >> please be seated. the estimate is below had no effect on employment and it was especially effective in the construction industry. why should there be another stimulus if this is the result of the first? >> good question. let's talk about history. with the first stimulus was thought about nobody thought the economy would be in a deeper recession as it turned out to be. back then they said we need at least one point* $3,000,000,000,000.2 turn the economy around for remember that? the republicans stood up and fought against every last piece of the stimulus bill so we're able to get a bill that was two-thirds of what was needed and no

designation and are energy as a people can secure for us and our children in the words of my predecessor, samuelmpers, more schoolhouses and less jails, more books and less arsenals, more learning and less voice, more leisure and less greed, the more justice and less revenge. in fact, more of the opportunities to cultivate our better natures. that is the america that we look forward to end we were looking forward to getting it now. thank you. [applause] sorry about that. >> that is the right. we are going to get started. [applause] we only have 20 minutes for questions. isd please be seated. the ap is reporting today the initial stimulus bill had virtually no effect on employment and that it was especially ineffective in the construction industry. why should there be another stimulus that this was the result of the first? >> good question. let's go back and talk a little bit about history first. and the first camillus was being thought about nobody thought the economy was going to be in a steep recession as it turned out to be and back then they said we would need at least $1.3 trillion to turn

she was vice president of the leslie samuels foundation in new york city prior to joining commonwealth. she began her career in geriatrics where she started a fellowship program and was the assistant medical director for the home health care agency. she has had plenty of experience in the real world. she is had plenty of experience in the real world delivery of these services. let's welcome to the podium dr. haiden huskamp. [applause] >> we want to thank you for giving us a chance to speak on these issues. i want to apologize for the poor quality of my voice. a high-quality and of life care is an important component of nursing home care. we know that the quality is often poor with and relieve pain, poorly managed systems and -- symptoms. many of the quality deficiencies are influenced by how these services are covered and financed. for example, even though a person's care needs are interdependent, medicare and medicaid reimbursement and coverage rules tend to create benefit silos. there is one for long term services, another for hospitals, another for acute care discharge in a nursing