army tortured the detainees with sesame street music for days. now my first reaction was this can't possibly be true this is just too crazy. and it was absurd but of course i didn't really like the idea that i was helping break down prisoners. but it was much worse when i heard later that they were actually using the the music in and guantanamo to actually do deep one term interrogations and obviously to inflict enough pain on i'm prisoner so they would talk. off the terrorists that attacked us on september the eleventh two thousand and one the government struck by the media at least the global war on terror began. world wide u.s. soldiers and their allies rounded up as many suspects as possible to interrogate them they were not exactly squeamish in dealing with the detainees. these him. just spock worldwide outrage and two thousand and four they show how us soldiers abused iraqi detainees. until recently this document was top secret it's a guideline for interrogation methods compiled by the office of medical services of the american secret servi

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. >>> palestinian children may not be able to watch sesame street. the u.s. congress froze $200 million of developmental funding as punishment. the freeze affected fixing roads and bridges . state department is pushing to unblock the funds. >>> in a few hours, george huguely will be back in court for killing yeardly love. >>> challenge over same sex marriage in california. more on the proposition 8 ruling. >>> four people are sick this morning from raw milk. who is to blame? why health officials say it's happening, that story just ahead. >>> good morning maryland, i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. we will get things started with weather. lynette charles, it's been nice. i might have good news. we could see snow moving in, as we go in to tomorrow afternoon. the radar is dry. it will stay that way this morning and as we go in the afternoon today, tomorrow is when we will see change if the forecast for us. if you are an early jogger, temperatures will be in the 30s, mostly sunny this morning, a few clouds moving in a little bit

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. >> i see the "sesame street" characters and we love all of them. i need to get all of them. >> reporter: that urge to buy things in sets, ronnie says it stems to her childhood, when her parents got divorced. >> it's almost like you don't want to separate them. there's a feeling of being abandoned or being rejected. to just take one was like taking away from a family. >> reporter: for ronnie, recovery could take years of therapy. but the first step includes strict, new rules. >> we have one checkbook, with just my name on it. if she wants a check, i have to sign my name to the check. >> reporter: you're kind of a dad of a teenage girl, in some ways. >> you got it. that's exactly what i said myself. 150 bucks for something. >> reporter: it is chloe's 10th birthday. and bill is trusting ronnie to buy the party supplies. >> i'm worried to make sure she doesn't spend too much. >> i don't need any of this other stuff that normally i would buy. i'm going to walk away from that. >> reporter: ronnie has clearly made progress. but she doesn't know if she'll

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part of black history month, august wilson is coming to morgan state university and will star sesame street dad. the play is february 9th through 12th at gillman concert hall. eye examination father -- examines father son relationships during the jim crow area. >>> a tense situation is unfolding at this hour right now happening in the middle east. >> civil unrest in syria. the plea the president is making. >>> and this is not something common in most places you will see especially in europe, the dangerous situation unfolding after a major snowstorm there. >>> and as we go to break this morning a. live look at new york times square. that city is awake following the giant's win this morning. you are watching good morning maryland. it's 4:54 there's live look. this is lit up for the glints absolutely lit up in blue -- giants. >> absolutely lit up in blue. we will have more on the superbowl and if you missioned the game, if you went -- missed the game and went to bed early, 21-17. we will be right back. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >>> news around the world a 6.8 earthquake struck o

. >> in the ideal world, sesame street and we're not on sesame street. >> we're not on sesame street. us right now. >> thank you very much, peter. >> good to see you. >> we'll find out more about nuclear weapons on monday. >> unfortunately, i hope we do. >> straight ahead, the barber shop ran $300,000 in the red last year. yes, the senate has a barber shop and taxpayers are on the hook for it and women join forces across the nation. grandmothers, mothers, even teens set out to climb mount kilimajaro. with a selec-terrain dial that adjusts the jeep grand cherokee's performance for specific weather and road conditions, even heavy snowstorms won't keep you from getting to work... our apologies. and the chefs at lean cuisine are loving tangy lemon, peppery poblano, sweet butternut. we're roasting, and grilling to create must-have meals with no preservatives. lean cuisine. be culinary chic. "for starters, it didn't cost me anything." "and i got a one-hundred dollar cash bonus for rolling over by april 16th." "i like bonuses." "plus at scottrade, there are thousands of commission-free inves

. >> $10 million for a remake of "sesame street" to pakistan. >> they need that. >> i mean, i've got no problem with the muppets, believe me. >> how many jobs did that create? >> can we just do this? look, february of 2009, this will be -- that's when stimulus was signed. you take the number of private sector jobs that month and then you look at last month, last reportable month according to the bureau of labor statistics, there are still fewer jobs in america so we spent $744 billion and we still haven't gotten back to where we were when this whole stimulus plan was supposed to start, was supposed to help us and we've done nothing but go up on unemployment rate. it's starting to come down but we're still above that day we're still above it. >> the good news is the president has a new budget. he's got it out there and the republicans say look, this is not a budget. a budget, budget stuff. you, mr. president, have, you know, you're shirking your duties to actually put us on a financial road. yesterday, paul ryan, the congressman who knows a lot about money from wisconsin and tim geith

a bloging conrad of mine california blame sesame street for demonsterization the of childhood.nal cookie monsters harmful teaching that monsters are just cuddly friends. they haven't offered enough cookies yet. i prefer classic children's literature, a greater sense of the realities of life from the brothers grimm than from the cookie monster. i may yet do a children's anthology. >> host: i finished broadway babies and wonder if you could say some words about the state of broadway in the years since your book especially i am interested in what you think of a more irreverent shows like book of mormon and avenue q, and what it is like to be a conservative who enjoys broadway. >> guest: i am very grateful to my show-biz friends because there will be a point they are at a dinner party in new york or beverly hills where the rest of the crowd will say you are a friend of mark steyn? i am grateful for their support. i love the heyday of the fear. when you see the book of mormon or the producers, mel brooks's highly skilled broadway version of his film, in a sense -- would you have gon

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i was in a sesame street bikini, and he used to come to our house quite often because my step fatherked for the london sunday times was covering the kissinger and nixon administration, and he would use our pool, and i would hold on to his neck, and he would take me. we would do laps turtle style. to me, he was bombing cambodia, but who cares? he had a wide back. >> let's take a break. let's get more of the weird stories from the early years. >> i'll have a cocktail. >> and i want to talk about the blind date that set you up with your husband. i want all of the details of that. dad, why are you getting that? is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those great-tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. is it a superhero? kinda. ♪ [ laughs ] [ mayhem ] please continue to hold. the next available claims representative will be with you in 97 minutes. [ laughs ] ♪ and if you've got cut rate insurance, there's nothing you can do about this. so get allstate. the only insurance co

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. >>> from sesame street to office space, that wasn't awkward at all, was it? in terms of a segway.ly stocks are really soaring. courtney reagan, what's going on here? >> it's been a strong quarter for officemax and office depot. the street is anticipating similar fate for staples when its earnings are released tomorrow. the demand for office supplies is one of those economic indicators, improving labor conditions are getting credit for office supply retailers earnings strength. office depot shares are up significantly today. but that's just a small gain. remember, this stock trades at under $4. but shares of all three of those major office suppliers are higher today as a result and some are beginning to speculate the office supply retail market has begun to bottom. office depot up 63%. officemax up 30%. and staples gaining 14%. while many domestic factors do seem to be improving, challenges remain for the office supply retailers. the biggest which, weakening economic conditions in europe. we've heard it before. international sales account for 20% of staples' revenue and 30% for off

. >> i was in a sesame street bikini and henry kissinger came to the house quite often because my stepring the nixon and kissinger administration. so henry kissinger would come and use our pool and i would hold on to his neck and he would take me. we would do laps turtle style. unbeknownst to me he was bombing cambodia. who cares, he had a wide back. >>> let's talk more of these weird stories from your early years. >> i will have a cocktail. >> also, i want to talk about the blind date that set you up with your husband. i want all the details of that. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. ♪ a refrigerator has never been hacked. an online virus has never attacked a cork

a group of mothers started an online petition to get "sesame street" to show breast-feeding. [ lightrd when one guy is like -- [ as cookie monster ] "me thirsty from cookies." [ laughter ] num, num, num, num, num, num, num. what? this is interesting. a new survey found that 16% of employees are late to work at least once a week. [ cheers ] do you believe that, higgins? [ laughter ] listen to this, you guys. a group in canada is calling on the government to provide free beer for alcoholics. [ cheers and applause ] the group is called alcoholics. [ laughter ] i just saw this, you guys. the state department issued a new travel warning yesterday, urging citizens to avoid syria. yeah. it's part of the new set of warnings called, "things you were probably doing already." [ laughter ] "mom, can we go to syria, please?" "no, next year maybe." [ light laughter ] and finally, the shoe company skechers is dropping kim kardashian from its super bowl ad this year. [ cheers ] get this, they're using a dog instead. [ cheers ] yeah. instead of committing to a person, they're just getting a dog. you

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hello, dollie, sesame street. you can come out and check out these remarkable children. the website. we have all the information there. it's called blacks in wax. they have two shows today, one at 1:00 and one at 7:00. it is tree. bring out the entire family. >> he is good. >> that's a nice little monolog he has here. >> he is still going. >> love the look, too. >> thanks, annie >>> safety concerns in parts of the district after a spike in crime. we have been telling you about that. >> to calm residents' anothers, mary shay of the council addressed the issue. she joins us live. >>> and the countdown to the oscar. a lot of buzz about the picture nominee except in a movie called the artist. our movie reviewer, kevin mccarthy stick around. it is three minutes before 8:00.  >>> by this time next year, same sex couples could be saying their vows in maryland. >>> long lines and a lot of police presence outside two stores. across the nation this morning, words surrounding the release of nike's new shoe. >>> and the burning of the koran continues to gat

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there's a blogging come raid of mine up in canada -- comrade of mine up in if canada who blames sesame streett he calls the demonsterrization of childhood, that he thinks things like cookie monster are harmful. you teach children that monsters are just, you know, monsters are just cuddly friends. we haven't, we haven't offered enough cookies to them yet. and i prefer classic children's literature in terms of just you'll get far greater sense of the realities of life from the brothers grimm than you will from the cookie monster. so i may yet do a children's anthology. >> host: stephanie e-mails in: i just finished broadway babies, and i was wondering if you could say some words about the state of broadway in the years since your book, especially i am interest inside what you thought of the morer irreverent shows le the book of mormon and avenue q and, further, what's it like to be a conservative who enjoys broadway? [laughter] >> guest: well, you -- what's it -- just to answer that last one quickly, i'm always very grateful to my show biz friends because there always comes a point where they'l