as they go coast to coast with their last game in florida and now in southern california. here's the wooden classic and the greatest coach of all time was honored at the last break, and the crowd of over 13,000 stood and gave him a wonderful ovation as there's family and friends in his suite, bill walton one of his great all-american centers standing and the man by my side, the first wooden award winner, also stood and gave him a great ovation. >> marcus: got to give it up for coach wooden. jarvis. >> steve: and a brilliant gentleman. they play 151 games in poly pavilion under john wooden. his record was 149-2. >> marcus: wow. jarvis. >> steve: pretty good home court advantage. now they are trying to redo the pavilion and really make it look spectacular. they have lined up the money. honeycutt misses badly. >> marcus: one of the most impressive records for coach roaden outside of the championships but the 88-game win streak which i was north nat enough to be a part of and part of the team that ended it also jarvis. >> steve: varnado now has 13 points to go with his double-

tyler lamb out of southern california, orange county coming in. watched him play the last couple years. a couple good ones out there they're trying to get signed up. >> steve: lee misness the corner. honeycutt gets it back. misses. lee will pick it up. ucla has been recruiting one of the top point guards in america out of high school, ray mccollum in michigan and out of the junior college ranks, zeke jones out of missouri junior college. cole does everything. >> marques: he does. even though it's not a big offensive day for him, again, he doesn't mind as long as they win the basketball game. great defense. great hustle on the block of the attempted dunk by reeves nelson. he gets on the floor like ucla stars do and then nice job on the inside. great position leading to the easy bucket. >> steve: kansas, one of many unbeaten teams. but they are on the top because of the two guys, collins and aldrich returned but the first five are all unbeaten. >> marques: purdue, their custom tough defense. kentucky has my favorite player in the country in john wah

. >> steve: good game in southern california. our lexus playbook. >> mike: take a look at a little high/low basketball kansas style. cole aldrich, great passing, big guy. morris on the inside. nice job stealing. markieff using the big body. marcus does a nice job. contact, release, pass from again the big guy cole aldrich. then the high/low. a great job. good guys with great hands who can pass the basketball. big guys who know how to use their bodies and steal their defender to get the optimum advantage. in together for one of the few times this game. >> steve: good defense by anderson on collins. down low, morris. off of the weak side to lob it back in. markieff already with 12 points. >> marques: he's my brother. >> steve: yeah. >> marques: bad job of identifying and blocking out -- the big man talent for the block, you need to rotate and come down from the outside. nice pass. >> steve: beautiful. >> marques: you've got to put it on the floor if you're jerime anderson. draw some defenders. look for a team mate. ball movement fo

allen and i were living in southern california and he was directing the president's men and i went up north to see the son of the romanian prime minister who was working at hoover at the time. at that point* in my life i had written nothing more than book reviews and pieces on blue jeans and shopping bags. i was amazed at the cordial reception that i got. ms. pakula we're so happy to have you hear. we apologize for not giving you the first class to were. by president reagan is here today. why are they treating me so well? i was there for about one recur too and i got ready to leave progress i was walking out the powers stopped me. ms. pakula, a ms. pakula is such a great pleasure to have you hear. do you think you can get were glared and bernstein papers for us? [laughter] the list archives credited in the back of my book on madam is ridiculously long. the national archives the fbi and cia need no explanation but what i discovered early on was how many universities around the united states have material on madame chang. it took awhile before realize there were dozens of water called c

we live in a mountain community in southern california.ing. 3000 people showing up for a job. it is incredible. and yet there is no help for us. i have been working with my mortgage company. because i owe less than 200,000, they are not working with me. they're giving me every run around to the point where i have to go file bankruptcy. i am 43 years old and i've never had to file bankruptcy. i don't expect anything from anyone. and yet we have come to a place where if we don't file bankruptcy, they are just glad to come and take everything. host: i'm going to stop you there, because we have others who want to weigh in, but thanks for your call from southern california. "usa today" has a new poll, with 54% supporting -- 51% supporting the president's plan in afghanistan. according to the president the other day, it will cost $30 billion. john is calling us from texas. caller: i want to let everybody know about something i saw the other day on the stock market. every time the dollar gets weaker, the stock market goes up. therefore it makes m

alan and i were living in southern california. he was directing all the presidents men, and i went up north to see the sun of the romanian prime minister who was working at hoover at the time. at that point in my life, i had written nothing more than book reviews and pieces on bluejeans and shopping bags. so i was amazed of the cordial reception i got. all, mrs. pakula, we are so happy to have you here. we apologize for not giving you the first class tour, but governor reagan is here today. now you know how long ago it was. here, let a show you the diaries. why were they treating me so well? i worked there for about a week or two. got ready to leave. as i was walking out, the powers to be stopped me. mrs. pakula, mrs. pakula, it's been such great pleasure having you here. do you think you could get woodward and bernstein's papers for us? [laughter] >> the list of archives credited in the back of my book on madam as she was called is ridiculously long. letters to the library of congress, the national archives, the fbi, cia, need no

i was born in southern california. i think it was -- it would be obviously '76 when my dad was -- >> larry: this famous picture here, you're how old here? >> i'm 3 or 4. >> larry: were you consciously aware i'm going to hit the ball and going for the hole? >> i loved hitting the golf ball and competing and i loved more than anything being with my dad doing these things and trying to beat him, because he was pretty good. >> larry: he's got a new book out, right? >> he has a new book out. he's on tour today right now. >> larry: would you say you had for want a better term a natural affinity for the the game? >> i did. during this el nino year he built, as you saw in the screen, an indoor little net and mat. that's how i watched. i watched my dad hit balls. we got so bad my mom would want to take me out for a feeding, and i would cry and kick and throw a fit. what she would do is my dad would be here, hit a golf ball, i would watch it go to the net and she would feed me. that's how i learned the game. >> larry: how did el

it's too cold in southern california. how about that? getting the perspective of a billionaire athlete on the road all the time is a different story. everybody's got their own thing. i wasn't stunned. but, given the image that he has, i was surprised. >> jim: pat o'brien, old friend, great broadcaster and sportscaster. thanks for your time joining us tonight on the phone. we just received a statement from nike. tiger has been a part of nike for more than a decade. he's the best golfer in the world and one of the greatest athletes of his era. we look forward to his return to golf. he and his family have nike's full support. we'll be back with more right after this. (announcer) take your time to find the right time with cialis for daily use... a clinically proven, low-dose tablet for erectile dysfunction you take every day so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pa

first is mary, who is professor of international relations at the university of southern california'shool of international relations. professor serati is a historian. she has just come out with a book with princeton university press, 1989 the struggle to create post-cold war europe. this just received the prize for distinguished scholarship in german and european studies. and she is currently at the american academy in berlin and came over for this event. so thanks for coming all that way. second, to professor's left is professor bruce comings, who is a distinguished service professor in history at the university of chicago. professor cummings is a well known expert in modern korean history, 20th century international history, u.s. -east asian relations, economy, and american foreign relations. author of many books and influential articles. next year yale university press is publishing his book, a dominion from sea to sea, pacific ascendancy and american power. our third panelist is william wol forth, who is professor of government and chair of the department of government at dartmuts

for southern california.r of a major work called, "in pursuit of justice, the jurisprudence of human rights in islam." he is an advisor to several muslim american organizations throughout the country. he has spoken at the state department and in several interface forms on the topics of the islamic democracy -- interfaith forums. he is spoken on the issue of our modern society. with that, could you please give us a warm welcome to our panel. [applause] >> unfortunately david eggers was slated and was unable to join us. i am confident these panelists are going to offer us a lot. on the issue of fort hood, isn't really a defining moment? if so, why? >> yes, i think it is. it will be a defining moment if we want it to be. it should be a defining moment. not only for muslim americans but for the country at large. for muslim americans, i think it is a moment where lots of arguments that we use are failing us, appropriately so by the way. terrorists are not from america. it will not allow such extremism to develop.

for southern california.r of a major work called, "in pursuit of justice, the jurisprudence of human rights in islam." he is an advisor to several muslim american organizations throughout the country. he has spoken at the state department and in several interface forms on the topics of the islamic democracy -- interfaith forums. he is spoken on the issue of our modern society. with that, could you please give us a warm welcome to our panel. [applause] >> unfortunately david eggers was slated and was unable to join us. i am confident these panelists are going to offer us a lot. on the issue of fort hood, isn't really a defining moment? if so, why? >> yes, i think it is. it will be a defining moment if we want it to be. it should be a defining moment. not only for muslim americans but for the country at large. for muslim americans, i think it is a moment where lots of arguments that we use are failing us, appropriately so by the way. terrorists are not from america. it will not allow such extremism to develop.

wilson of the school for communication in journalism at the university of southern california, and chairman of the board for the corporation for public broadcasting. cheryl hampton, director of recruiting at national public radio. patricia harrison, president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting. skipping over the podium, angela from bloomberg news and its share of the national press club speaker committee -- speaker's committee. an investigative reporter for bloomberg news, and the member that organized today's lunch. thank you, allison. . kroger, -- paula korger, president and ceo. the senior associate for the [unintelligible] and finally, max, the associate producer of the -- a producer for the associated press. [applause] most of you are already familiar with our long-term france, big bird, oscar the grouch, and grover from the childhood staples sesame street. those furry and feathery fellows have been coming into our homes and sesame street debut. behind all of our muppet compatriots, chief executive -- it produces sesame street. the public television's favorite is celebr

wilson of the school for communication in journalism at the university of southern california, and chairman of the board for the corporation for public broadcasting. cheryl hampton, director of recruiting at national public radio. patricia harrison, president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting. skipping over the podium, angela from bloomberg news and its share of the national press club speaker committee -- speaker's committee. an investigative reporter for bloomberg news, and the member that organized today's lunch. thank you, allison. . kroger, -- paula korger, president and ceo. the senior associate for the [unintelligible] and finally, max, the associate producer of the -- a producer for the associated press. [applause] most of you are already familiar with our long-term france, big bird, oscar the grouch, and grover from the childhood staples sesame street. those furry and feathery fellows have been coming into our homes and sesame street debut. behind all of our muppet compatriots, chief executive -- it produces sesame street. the public television's favorite is celebr

we know that just across the country the university of either southern california or berkeley has students who are picketting and sitting in for weeks because of tuition increases. so we know our disadvantaged students are more disadvantaged as they raise tuition costs and they don't have a support system. so, for example, here's what trio has done. college rates for trio versus nontrio students, all local income students, 40% enroll in college. 77.3%, upward bound students. upward bound math students, 86.35% and talent search, 79%. what is there to convince that trio works? that the support system works? student support services, low income bachelor degree attainment with a six-year period, student support services, 30.9% receive pell but no support. 21%, way down, receive neither pell nor support. 8.9%, they just don't make it. ms. moore: will the gentlelady yield? ms. jackson lee: i'll be happy to yield. ms. moore: this is the question i have for my colleagues here. if the so clear as you've indicated, the gentlelady from texas, that trio works, if it's so clear as the gentleman from vi

wilson of the school for communication in journalism at the university of southern california, and chairman of the board for the corporation for public broadcasting. cheryl hampton, director of recruiting at national public radio. patricia harrison, president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting. skipping over the podium, angela from bloomberg news and its share of the national press club speaker committee -- speaker's committee. an investigative reporter for bloomberg news, and the member that organized today's lunch. thank you, allison. . kroger, -- paula korger, president and ceo. the senior associate for the [unintelligible] and finally, max, the associate producer of the -- a producer for the associated press. [applause] most of you are already familiar with our long-term france, big bird, oscar the grouch, and grover from the childhood staples sesame street. those furry and feathery fellows have been coming into our homes and sesame street debut. behind all of our muppet compatriots, chief executive -- it produces sesame street. the public television's favorite is celebr

. >> no because when we were doing brackett indy mac i've seen communities through southern california that are already dramatically impacted, so even what we did in the future won't affect those that have already been impacted. -- before. >> i would agree with that. there's much more work that needs to be done. we are not anywhere of the solution. >> if we are going to bend the art of the moral universe toward justice, and if here on earth god's work must truly be our own a would you agree that we must and should do more to negate the negative disparate impact, the invidious and packed that is being felt on some communities? do you agree that we should do more? >> iphone we agreed. >> i would concur. >> yes, sir. >> i agree. >> do you agree that there -- a we can be forged if we have the will -- if we have the will to do it, that a we can be found to negate this disparate impact, mr. allison? >> yes, sir. i do. >> i do. yes, there are difficulties but there are ways to overcome difficulties. >> and i agree. there are challenges, but you've got to keep going after it. >> now the ultima

she is a former teacher and a lawyer and taught at the university of southern california law center anduniversity of california at davis. we will begin first on the panel will be hilary shelton, the director of the naacp's washington bureau. >> thank you very much for pulling this together. i am hilary shelton director of naacp washington bureau. this is the oldest and largest grassroots based civil rights organization celebrating 100 years of service and addressing many of the issues of inequity that we will discuss here today. certainly as we talk about the last century there is still much more that needs to be done before we truthfully say all americans regardless of race, ethnicity, family income or where they live have access to high-quality education. despite the equal protection clause of the u.s. constitution, the 1954 brown versus board of education decision, we talk about improving our schools. have a dramatic disparity in public education continues to plague our nation. the implications of the persistent achievement gap are detrimental to not only individual students but to f

. >> i'm jordan and i'm from southern california. i'm a democrat. and i'm taking this class 'cause i heard it was a great experience. >> okay. >> my name is carolyn jefferson. i'm a second year master's student. i'm from martinsburg, west virginia. i have some volunteer experience, state and local elections. i'm a d. and i'm taking this class because i've heard good things about you. and i need the credits to graduate. [laughter] >> honesty at last. >> i'm maggie. i'm a second year master's student. i'm from andover, virginia. i'm also a d. and i've taken the other two institutes so i'm just rounding out the third. >> great. >> my name is gerald from long island, new york. a democrat. i interned in then-senator clinton's office last year then did some field work for the obama campaign. and heard nothing but good things. >> my name is gretchen foul. i'm a first year applied politics master's student. i'm from st. paul, minnesota. i've worked a few campaigns in minnesota and then i helped with a campaign to replace rahm emanuel in the fifth district a

when i did work with indymac, as communities throughout southern california that were already infectedeady impacted. >> thank you. >> there is a lot more work to be done. we are nowhere near the solution. >> if we're going to abandon the arc of the moral universe toward justice and the work of god is truly our own, would you agree that we must and should do more to negate the-desperate impact -- the negative disparate impact upon some committees? >> i would agree. >> i would concur. >> i agree. >> do you agree that a way can be forged if we have the will to do it, a way can be found to negate this disparate impact? >> yes, sir, i do. >> i do. there are difficulties, but there are ways to overcome difficulties. >> i agree. there are challenges, but you have to keep going after it appeared >>. >> the ultimate question is this. given that we acknowledged the conditions and given that we know that solution can be forged, what are we going to do about it? what will we do beyond using the rising tide raising all boats ferrietheiry which we've find -- theory? >> first of all, we have to recog

and then if we can just get that southern, southwestern part, california and those four states, utah, arizona, nevada, and new mexico, that would be a country of vast designs. and i think that what sean wilentz is saying here is that polk was the instrument of the sentiment that emerged, and i make it very clear that he emerged very powerfully in america, largely as a result of the annexation of texas. >> go back to, you say you're reading the newspaper articles and the diary, did you read the diary in printed form or in longhand form? >> no, i get too frustrated trying to read people who had the handwriting of people from the 19th century. i read it in printed form. it was published by the chicago public library in four volumes, and i had all four volumes. and i went over it very, very, very carefully. >> i accessed it on the -- google has got it on there. >> yes. >> watch it on your computer. did you read it all? >> oh, yes, yes, i read it all multiple times really. i went over it and over it. took notes from it. i really came very close to memorizing it. >> if you had the four volu

club, the dean of the annenberg school for communication in journalism at the university of southern californiaman of the board for the corporation for public broadcasting, the director of journalism recruiting at national public radio, the president and ceo of the corporation of public broadcasting, and skipping over the podium, bloomberg news and chair of the national press club's speakers' committee, allison fitzgerald, investigative reporter for bloomberg news and a speaker committee member who organize today's luncheon. thank you very much, allison. the president and ceo of public broadcasting systems. the chair of the young members committee. the senior associate for the opposite pbs. and finally a radio producer for the associated press. [applause] most of you are familiar with our learn term friends, big bird and grover, from sesame street. they had been coming into our homes cents sesame street debuted in 1969. the man behind this is gary knell, chief executive of sesame workshop, a nonprofit educational organization that produces sesame street. public television favorite, and celebrat

first is mary, who is professor of international relations at the university of southern california'sernational relations. professor serati is a historian. she has just come out with a book with princeton university press, 1989 the struggle to create post-cold war europe. this just received the prize for distinguished scholarship in german and european studies. and she is currently at the american academy in berlin and came over for this event. so thanks for coming all that way. second, to professor's left is professor bruce comings, who is a distinguished service professor in history at the university of chicago. professor cummings is a well known expert in modern korean history, 20th century international history, u.s. -east asian relations, economy, and american foreign relations. author of many books and influential articles. next year yale university press is publishing his book, a dominion from sea to sea, pacific ascendancy and american power. our third panelist is william wol forth, who is professor of government and chair of the department of government at dartmutsdz college.

a lot of them are in my area in southern california. they are our economic engine. let's help them.s very ironic that many who routinely attack trade agreements are giving colombia preferential treatment here today asking enough in return which is especially galling when there is a good agreement sitting on ice which would help our exporters into that market. i think it's time to stand up for the american worker. certain past time to get an agreement that's a two-way agreement here. of course colombia is our closest partner in an important region. it is locked in a very deadly struggle with well financed forces. in this case terrorists and drug traffickers that are called the farc. this bill today is better than nothing. but the majority is missing a good opportunity, an opportunity to help a friend in colombia and to help american workers by passing the colombia f.t.a. . ecuador, a beneficiary, it is far, far from living up to this program's conditions. to be a beneficiary of this agreement, there should be certain requirements, and yet it haunt been cooperative in combating narcot

first the professor of international relations at the university of southern california's school of internationalns, she's a historian who studies international relations in the 20th century. she's just come out with a book, 1989: the struggle to create post-cold war europe. and this book just received the 2009 daad prize for distinguished scholarship in german and european studies. and she's currently at the american academy in berlin and came over for this event, so thanks for coming all that way. second, to the purchase's left is professor bruce cummings who's the distinguished service professor in history at the university of chicago. professor cummings is a well known expert in modern korean history, 20th century international history, u.s./east asian relations, east asian political economy and american foreign relations. author of many books and influential articles. next year yale university press is publishing his book, a dominion from sea to sea: pacific ascendancy and american power. our third panelist to professor cummings' left is william wolforth who is daniel webster professor of go

. >> i'm jordan and i'm from southern california. i'm a democrat.s 'cause i heard it was a great experience. >> okay. >> my name is carolyn jefferson. i'm a second year master's student. i'm from martinsburg, west virginia. i have some volunteer experience, state and local elections. i'm a d. and i'm taking this class because i've heard good things about you. and i need the credits to graduate. [laughter] >> honesty at last. >> i'm maggie. i'm a second year master's student. i'm from andover, virginia. i'm also a d. and i've taken the other two institutes so i'm just rounding out the third. >> great. >> my name is gerald from long island, new york. a democrat. i interned in then-senator clinton's office last year then did some field work for the obama campaign. and heard nothing but good things. >> my name is gretchen foul. i'm a first year applied politics master's student. i'm from st. paul, minnesota. i've worked a few campaigns in minnesota and then i helped with a campaign to replace rahm emanuel in the fifth district and i'm here because i hop