i'm not going to single out and stha is one particular area. honestly, you saw the articlesment i have to deal with it. we're buying ice machines. all right? and these programs. is that a national investment strategy? so my question is, if we don't trust states and local governments and ports and transits and citizen corps and everybody else to work together, yet in a disaster that failure will be exploited by terrorists, if giving the funding out individually is what has to happen because we can't work together, then i'm kind of concerned that by the question if we do work in a more leveraged central fashion by bringing people together to work these together, are we really building national preparedness or merely funded a grant program specific to that concern? but, again, it's troubling to me. i understand the pressure from everybody looking at they don't trust each other. you just said it. they don't trust local officials. they don't trust the state to make it a priority. yet in a disaster, as a nation and a catastrophic event, if we're all

stha may not agree on the form commemoration should take. the direction provided by the congress has been highly beneficial in guiding decision making by memorial sponsors and federal agencies in determining both the location and design of memorials. in the case of the eisenhower memorial, these federal agencies are the national park service on behalf of the department of the interior. and the commission on fine arts. and on the design of a commemorative work as it undergoes refinement as well as extensive environment and historic compliance. the national park service works closely to navigate the series of reviews. and the sponsor has met qualification imposed by the commemorative works act for the park service commit to begin instruction. in 2006 the commission was authorized to locate the memorial at maryland and dependence avenue between 4th and 6th streets. it was approved in semiof 2006. the national park service has continuously facilitated the work of the eisenhower commission to develop the design in response to input received durin

a o stha we have gone aloh every aspect of this process would not be correct and we found it important to correct the record. you will hear from overs who have their own view on this so i will leave that question to be answered by others. >> he would have expected something far less dramatic. he would have wanted something on a smaller scale. this is an enormous thing. i did mention the metal skrims. it was only relatively recently that people began to speak on the size of these things. these curtains are 80 feet high. i don't think he would understand it and i don't think that it would appeal to them. it was unknown. as a matter of fact, my sister could tell you a funny story about riding along the gettiesburg countryside with him on different occasions with grandad saying he hated billboards. this would not be in keeping in any style he would understand. >> do you think there are elements of the design that are salvageable? this is to d determined in the coming weeks. >> let me ask one last question. if the family has a position on funding this memorial, the commission's testimony th

. >> have stha ever made a profit, and if they do, does it go into the treasury? does it go into the general fund? >> when the imf draws on the commitments we make, it pays us interest on the drawings. so yes, in that sense, it returns our commitment with interest. >> so these are programs creating stability in the economy, and obviously in the xm bank, creating exports and jobs and helping us bill the 2.5% to a higher percentage gdp. so it sounds like a good investment for the taxpayer. so i want to ask you, of all things, libya. last friday i was in libya with minority leader pelosi. we were meeting with the transitional government. and there was a great sense of unity. a great sense of purpose. a great expectation for the elections taking place in june. and oil production is up, which is going to help the world economy. an they were very concerned about gadhafi, his family members and associates, the great wealth from this oil country was not going into the people or their infrastructure or investing in any way. so for 40 years, you really don't see inan vestme

until you know what that number is, and you stha is what we need as a nation respond to these types of events, you're not really able to say where you're at. so just one example will define how long it will take to get someone there. how much capacity is necessary? this is again why it's very difficult to do this by jurisdiction by jurisdiction. what if you get the outliar? are we not going to respond because we didn't have enough stuff or have a plan? so we're looking at very large events and going there's very basic things that have to be done in the first 72 hours, the first weeks, the first months to be successful. and then going back and going how much of that have we built? how much more we need to build. again, we're not necessarily looking at this is going to require that we're going to spend our way out of. this a lot of time it's looking at the private sector, looking at volunteers, looking at what the military provides and the fact that congress gave us the authority for secretary of defense to call out the reserves now and duel status kplanders to support uniform coordinate

they looked at the situation like many of us did and said as we look at this in the abstract, we stha is not a sustainable reality. when they look at trying to change the governments as a monopoly on a means of violence, no his tenhis tan hesitancy to change and they drew the conclusion that you wouldn't see change happen very quickly. so people who had the greatest stake in change themselves, by the way, it wasn't just that they represented geographically the breadth of the region, they represented demographically different age groups. they didn't see it coming. and we can go through all the reasons why it eventually erupted. so the fact they didn't see it coming is not -- doesn't then become a huge surprise that we didn't see it coming when it came. when it came, the administration was confronted with a lot of very media dilemmas. there were debates within the inside between those that said, look, this is not only the right thing from a value standpoint, it's also represents kind of the sweep of history and we should be on the right side of history. there were those who felt that pa

caucus, and representative and one of the democratic leaders, the speaker of the house and likely stha legislative branch is going to announce their own investigations on the house and the senate side. so this is a gathering storm. >> let's listen to what some of -- what the reverend al sharpton said tonight at the rally. he is, of course, the leader of the rally tonight. >> trayvon could have been any one of our sons. trayvon could have been any one of us. trayvon represents a reckless disregard for our lives that we've seen too long. and we come to tell you tonight, enough is enough. we are tired of going to jail for nothing and others going home for something. >> a week ago we could wonder how big this protest was going to get, even monday night of this week we could wonder how much was going to happen, when was this going to curve downward perhaps in media attention, when might it start to peter out. i think we know tonight, this thing is still getting bigger. >> yeah. i mean, i felt the energy that this was going to go on for a while from the beginning and people are angry. partly

>> i don't think stha should have pulled it. i think the issue has every right to be lampooned. their doctors, with their families, about their own bodies. i think it reflects the overreach and the extreechlism going on in circles and wanting to take women back to the 19th century. absolutely worth lampooning. third question. jeff, you might be a red neck foxworthy is touring with mitt romney. let's listen to what he said on the campaign trail. >> the fact that you would stand in the pouring down rain to listen to the next president of the united states proves to mer you are smarter than a fifth grader. >> we wonder what would be a good side kick for the other candidates? dana. >> he has kid rock. and he has jeff foxworthy. there's a friend that is developing with this. if they want too get behind a republican candidate, that's fine. mitt romney, who has been able to attract his share of celebrities, that's for sure. i'm just astounded by jeff foxworthy and kid rock. they were campaigning. >> thank you, dana, maria. >> let's see. i tried to come up with a list. i came up with ho

. >>> you know those other show sthas have starbucks on them?olate more business with its own home brewing machine. i wonder if it will show up at a an anchor set near you. >>> but first, a quick check of your travel forecast. good morning, rob. >> listen, wind conditions. that front is pushing off to the east. the rains that were along the i-95 will be ending throughout the day. in the south, it's kind of hanging around. it will be a slow go to clear this stuff out. the rain will only increase across parts of the east texas and the arklatex over the weekend. that should eliminate your doubt elsewhere. clear skies moving in. not a bad weekend with seasonal temperatures. 40 in chicago. 49 in new york. 60 degrees once the rains move out in the west. you're up to date weatherwise, 12 minutes after the hour. "early start" is coming right back. i am loving this greek yogurt. i like yoplait. it is yoplait. but you said it was greek. mmhmm. so is it greek or is it yoplait? exactly. okay... [ female announcer ] yoplait. it is so greek. to help protect y