. >>> the zoo's first lion cub in 20 years has died. workers found the male dead in the lion's den last night. they found straw in the cub's lungs which apparently led to pneumonia. straw bedding for lions and other animals is common throughout zoos and there was only organic material in the lion's den. the loss is devastating but it is part of the cycle of life. >>> why this x-ray has now sparked a police investigation. >>> plus, it seems mother nature offers a silver lining for some folks after a blanket of hail. top? >> we will talk about wake-up weather. a nice evening. i think tomorrow morning will be fine. just some clouds. partly cloudy. temps in the 60s. winds light. southeasterly at 10 p.m. we will break down the weekend for you. some parts will be much better than others. we will explain. -thanks for coming back out. -sure. i think you might have hooked it up wrong, though. yea, we're getting way too many channels. no, no. that's -- that's standard. fios also comes with 11,000 free movies and shows on demand per month. ah, stan

the male cub was found dead in the lions den last night. tests show it died from pneumonia that was caused by straw the zookeepers use for bedding. >>> be careful on the road today. drivers will be sharing space with bicyclists for the annual bike to work day. 9 news now kristin fisher checked in on some participants this morning at freedom plaza. >> reporter: look at all these bike and you can see dc has one of the biggest bike to work events in the country. nearly 9,000 people in the washington area will be riding their bikes to and from work today and many will be meeting right here in freedom plaza for this big bike rally. big bikes, small bikes, lech africa bias bikes. they were scattered across freedom plaza while the owners of the bikes enjoyed free food and mingled with other riders. they estimate 20% of these participants are riding their bikes to work for the first time on friday. this man rode his bike from bowie, maryland to downtown dc. >> normally do not bike to work because the roads in prince georges county are too treacherou

lions. and one of them is challenging the big lion. s fight. and i'm going, "this is weird." the one lion has his fore paws in front of him. and he pulls this, like, feline ninja move. he just -- swings around and brings the back legs around -- and just clocks this other lion. i was like, "i so could have been dead if that thing wanted me." >> jimmy: what i did should have been illegal. >> basically, yeah. but my enemy are like raccoons. their stuffed animals. we didn't have to shoot with the actual creatures because they were off with their trainers -- >> jimmy: getting lattes -- >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: so you work with like stuffed animals. >> that's it. that's all -- >> jimmy: but the fight scenes are like -- >> there was -- we have -- i was a producer on the movie. when the production meeting. they'd be like, "okay, well, how we going to get the raccoon to fight with brendan?" and so people are going, like, "well, i don't know. we could put glue --" we could get green, just put it in later so the skin moves on your face, you

the first lion cub born there in years has died. the very thing that supposed to keep it safe and warm killed it. >> she batted her away when she sniffed at the place where hours earlier, her cub nestled. an autopsy suggests the autopsy died from no na pneumonia brought on from inhaling the straw in his nest. >> oh. >> pneumonia killed a lion cub. >> reporter: curators raised scores of other cubs on straw from cheetahs to the indian bear cubs they just named earlier this month. they say straw is the most common nesting material used in zoos around the world. and naba had tried to keep her cub safe and hidden from prying eyes underneath it. the straw somehow made its way in the lion cub's lungs and irritated the internal membranes enough to bring on a fast-moving infection. naba sheerer and luke came to the zoo from captivity in south africa four years ago in hopes of adding genetic diversity 0 the gene pool of lions in zoos. he is looking lazy right now but keepers say he's spent the last six days mating with sheerer and they are opt

. >> will the president eventually get the lion's share of the blame on the oil spi?ll chris: this book's big question. will obama eventually get blamed personally for slow action on the oil spill? >> personally. no. >> sure. >> i don't think it'll be personal but blamed. >> it'll be up to him. >> yeah, becseau we didn't respond very fast. chris: who -- >> on his watch and they'll both share blame. >> and norah o'donnell, thanks for sitting in for me last week. you were too good. and kathleen parker and congratulations on your great book. and that's the show, thanks for watching. where is it written that the old way is the right way? where is it written that a traditional education is the only way to get an education? where is it written that classes only take place in a classroom? what if you could get your degree, to develop your talent, no matter who you are, or where you are? what if there was a different kind of university? one that's changing the rules... that comes to you, that fits in your life... even adapts to how you learn. where is it written that you can'

you should see the letters of recommendation, the letters of reference that they got the lions of the seal in the late '60s and early '70s. people talk about the incredible ideas. we don't agree. but man is he per -- persuasive. he found people to listen to him. one of his editors, became a staffer. for money other than that jack kemp in 1975 and 1976 and these ideas of stabilizing the currency and tightening money started to penetrate congress. they had a victory with the 1978 with the capital gains tax cuts and reagan won and installed the supply-side in the subcabinet. once they were able to get the fed just targeting the price of gold and keep the dollar stable and there are very significant tax cuts. growth was exactly on the same trend line as postwar prosperity . and the inflation rate and unemployment rate. i don't think i'm being model in saying one the greatest examples of public policy success in the modern government. the story of economic life in america over two centuries is of constant growth and activity. when it flags especially for the long term, americans want it ba

. >> will the president eventually get the lion's share of the blame on the oil spi?ll Ñoçpçç chris: this book's big question. will obama eventually get blamed personally for slow action on the oil spill? >> personally. no. >> sure. >> i don't think it'll be personal but blamed. >> it'll be up to him. >> yeah, becseau we didn't respond very fast. chris: who -- >> on his watch and they'll both share blame. >> and norah o'donnell, thanks for sitting in for me last week. you were too good. and kathleen parker and congratulations on your great book. and that's the show, thanks for watchi

. >> even though he had insul with him carrying probably the lion's share of the implementation edison himself was a practical implementmenter -- exactly. >> he was also keeping track of how was this going to be integrated into society. >> completely right. >> is that an all trueisistic impulse, was he doing it for mon-- money or for the common wheel. >> he was doing it to solve intellectual problems. he was a pragmatist in the best american tradition. he didn't want to invent something that people were not going to iewvments for instance, he invented a voting sheep early in his life -- machine for legislators to press a button and vote. they didn't want to tell people how they voted sol he said, never again. >> not much has changed over the years. can america maintain its history of progress through innovation? as we have seen over 2 -- for over 200 years with the world's greatest asystem blanch of innovators or are we already in a period of decline? we'll put that question to our guest, but first here is his distinguished profile. engl6 years of aifnlght wife tina brown, five childre

luke the lion pay be especially exhausted because he spent the last six days mating with naba's sister sheera. >> reporter: last night a car went careening down this driveway and hit a house. it was the front page photo in the frederick news post today and now a source involved in the investigation says witnesses claim that a 10-year- old boy was behind the wheel sitting in his mother's lap as the pair drove down the family's driveway and lost control. >> there is a significant incline. >> reporter: it's a story the sheriff's department says it's looking into but has not confirmed. >> we're looking into all aspects of where everybody was seated in the vehicle. the investigation obviously is continuing and to determine exactly what occurred. >> reporter: they were flown by helicopter to a hospital. the jeep went over a rock, clipped trees eight feet in the air and crashed on to the roof of the family's home below. >> reporter: in fairfax county near lee highway and forum drive, a tragedy on the bike path where a driver of an suv collided with a bicyclist. police investigating a double f

the wicked flee when no man pursue it but the righteous are as bold as of the lion. god's face shine upon those who we have lost. may watch over the ones that guard us still. maybe bless the united states of america. now and forever. [applause] [god bless america] ♪ [god bless america] [bagpipes] ♪ [god bless america] [no audio] [no audio] >> i want to thank the president of united states for his inspiring words. i hope they brought you comfort. i would notw like to take an opportunity -- we have a representative for one of the most valuable fop partners, the chief financial officer. [applause] earlier today, he accepted the president's award on behalf oand we're happy you could join us today. it is a distinct pleasure to introduce a special guest, the incredibly talented leann womack. are looking forward to her performance in a little while. thank you, ma'am. [applause] i want to thank thtommy mottola. thank you for coming. [applause] everybody be seated please. president harry truman, commented on the state of the country, at the end of the second world for said,"

photographer megan murphy rewarded michael with a copy of her favorite picture, one she caught of the lionn the snow and echoing michael's feelings, she says the best moments are always worth the wait. barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesday's child. >> nothing like the big hug for mom. if you have room in your home for any of the children on "'s wednesday's child" call the number on the screen or logon to nbcwashington.com. michael wanted us to share that he is currently working on the rank of eagle scout with a project to collect gift cards for the families of hospice patients. giving back. >> i would say nothing like a big hug from your son. he went from thiso wow. >> huge. >> three michaels. wonderful story. gosh. >>> 9:42 right now. we'll be right back with your weather. >>> 9:45 right now. i see we inched up one degree. >> we did. >> probably because of the cloud cover we had, sort of keeping a little bit of warmth in there. >> it does. that cloud cover is our atmospheric blanket. a blanket on the bed last night, so to speak, and if that wasn't snugly warm enough for you, the thunder

click on angie's army and send in your pictures, videos and events today. >>> the first lion cub bornyears died unexpectedly. keepers suspect what killed the cub is the very thing they thought was helping to keep it safe an warm. but bruce leshan reports they are optimistic about future success. >> reporter: the mother seemed to take comfort in the presence of her sister but she batted her away when she sniffed at the area where hours earlier her first cub nestled. an autopsy it died from pneumonia, brought on from inhaling the straw in its nest. >> oh, pneumonia killed a lion cub. >> reporter: they raised scores of cubs on straw from cheetahs to the indian bear cubs they just named earlier this month. they say straw is the most common nesting material used in zoos around the world and naba tried to keep her cub safe and hidden from prying eyes underneath it. but the straw made its way in the cub's lungs and irritated the internal membranes enough to bring on a fast-moving infection. naba, sheerer and luke all came to the zoo from captivity in south africa four years ago in hopes of a

with bear stearns, you described that if they were the slowest deer and the lion got that the next slowestar might fall. there were other scenarios. could you compare and contrast? >> i have to be very careful here because with what i know today in terms of what i knew then. with bear stearns, what i knew then, i knew enough to know that the system was very fragile and that there were so many unknowns in terms of the counterparties that this was a very dangerous risk to take. to have them go down. from what i know today, what was waiting for us in terms of fannie mae and freddie mac, which it did none of them, and how much more severe the overall situation was. there is no doubt that -- bear stearns was the kind of firm i believe would have gone down like drexel burnham. it would have been a more normal market as opposed to one their wares huge stress and fragility. this caused me concern. fannie mae and freddie mac are a different order of magnitude. that is an unimaginable rest to me. if there had been -- that is an unimaginable risk to me. there was $3.70 trillion in the u.s. and it flo

. >> reminds me of the reunion with the man and the lion. >>> they are one of the hottest young bands around, matt loves them. the script has not one, but two songs burning up the charts. look at how many other people adore them. they'll play both of those songs live on the plaza. >> a lot of young ladies in the crowd there. they're very popular with the young ladies as well. >>> but let's begin with the struggling stock market and new concerns over the health of the u.s. economy. cnbc's "mad money" host jim cramer is here. good morning. i want to take you back to may 6th, the day the dow plummeted 1,000 points in 30 minutes. they called it a flash crash. now we're down about 10% since the highs in the market in april. when you consider this, do you look back at may 6th and put it in a different context now? >> we are six points away from where we were that day and that was supposed to be a bogus crash. it looks like some of the levels were right. now i have to tell you we're not falling to pieces, to use the script's words. >> little pop culture reference. >> exactly. i'm advising no

. >>> a violinist who performs on broadway for the lion king fighting to bring his two cha children back the united states. he believed his wife hid them in south korea. police tracked her down in gaun. she's under arrest. where are the kids? >> philadelphia fans have a bad reputation. maybe this is why. for the second night in a row a fan ran out on the field and security had to take him down. it didn't have the same result as the night before. this is now the top viewed on youtube. >>> kids need to entertain themselves in their car seats some way, right? check out this little girl's version of cake's song "the distance." ♪ ♪ going the distance, he's going for speed, he's alone, alone, alone ♪ >> we don't know a whole lot about the singer other than she's 5 years old and boy does chef a good memory. >>> perhaps spring fever, senioritis has taken over ohio state university. in this video student ts and staff break out into a dance in the great hall of the ohio union. at least they're getting their exercise. hey can i play with the toys ? sure, but let me get a little infortion first. for

it was a male cub born on tuesday morning, the first lion cub born at the national zoo in 20 years. lionkeepers noticed the cub wasn't responding to his mother. so they moved her outdoors to get a closer look at the animal. they found a blade of straw in the lungs of the cub and that led to pneumonia. that cub died last night. the zoo calls the death in their words, a one in a million fluke. >>> coming up on news4 at 6:00, two big construction projects in our area could cause problems for drivers this weekend, big ones. >>> more than 20 new york schoolchildren taken to a hospital after a school bus crash this morning. >>> there's no information about what prompted a plane to make an emergency landing at dulles international airport last weekend. >>> some complaints from students prompting changes to a program that offers young adults free condoms. >>> it's the nats and the os down at the park. hakem is there with a preview. riddick bowe, remember him? we find out exactly what he is doing these days. plus, all eyes in chicago were on a couple of guys the >>> after ten weeks of violen

would rewrite it all, short an pithyly for him and, he went out there and it was like daniel and the lion's almost growling and ronald reagan you would take him to the theater and ask him question and he'd start, hey, have you guys heard this joke? and he was like a student, it was not a serious student. and, we'd take him over to the room, where he'd start down the main center room to the east room, and he'd come downstairs and come across and into the room and, pat, how is it going and 90 seconds before he went out there he'd do a routine and would start telling you a joke and he'd say, look, 80 million people, are right outside that door, as it were and he'd tell a joke, did you hear this one, pat? and i don't know whether he did to it relax himself, but he was amazing in the sense that, most of us would be like going into a prize fighting match and he'd go out there and there was the gipper. he was extremely relaxed and an entirely different type of person. >> and our guest is pat buchanan and he's skipping one of traditions of the white house correspondents dinner weekend which is the

he eventually went to iraq, where he was named the lion of fallujah in 2004. uring that operation, he was a young lance corporal who was wounded by a mortar and received a purple heart. the major was drawn to this young marine. he could barely speak english. he had just received his green card, yet he put his life on the line for the country he had adopted. the major learned that this young lance corporal had a dream to follow in his father's footsteps. his father was a graduate of the vietnamese national military academy and hadought alongside us in vietnam. that young man wanted to attend a military academy and found inspiration in listening to the major's stories about his beloved annapolis. sadly, three years ago, the major lost his life during his fourth tour in iraq when he was killed by small arms fire while leading iraqi troops that he had helped train. i am absolutely certain that the lion of falujah is looking down right now with immense pride at that former young lance corporal, who is about to have his lieutenant bars pinned on him and is about to r

is also another theory, that the car itself was parked at 1515 broadway and that is right under the lion king sign but right next to viacom which is the headquarters for comedy central. there are some who have put the dots together and said wait a minute could this be retaliation for comedy central and "south park" wearing the parody on the muhammad prophet thing where muhammad, the prophet was wearing a bear suit? >> no doubt tons of theories going on right now as the new york police department and terror experts continue to hone in on those images of that man. coming up on our show, we are going to hone in for you and try to get more information. we'll have homeland security secretary janet napolitano, 7:30 eastern time and directly following that will be former new york mayor rudy giuliani who knows a thing or two about terrorism in this city. >> that's right. also, we should point out in the wake of this attempted car bombing, the tsa is ramping up security at airports not only for car bombs but also for people who are going through the turnstiles as well. >> i'll be one of them late

. >>> this is bruce leshan at the national zoo where a suddenly bereft lion -- [ inaudible ] -- her firston tuesday keepers proudly showed off a cam where you could squint in the staw and just barely make out the national zoo's first lion cub in ten years. but vets say an autopsy shows the cub somehow inhaled some of that straw and the irritation

he eventually went to iraq, where he was named the lion of fallujah in 2004. during that operation, he was a young lance corporal who was wounded by a mortar and received a purple heart. the major was drawn to this young marine. he could barely speak english. he had just received his green card, yet he put his life on the line for the country he had adopted. the major learned that this young lance corporal had a dream to follow in his father's footsteps. his father was a graduate of the vietnamese national military academy and had fought alongside us in vietnam. that young man wanted to attend a military academy and found inspiration in listening to the major's stories about his beloved annapolis. sadly, three years ago, the major lost his life during his fourth tour in iraq when he was killed by small arms fire while leading iraqi troops that he had helped train. i am absolutely certain that the lion of falujah is looking down right now with immense pride at that former young lance corporal, who is abt to have his lieutenant bars pinned on him and is about to

got it than they might fall prey to the lions whereas there were other scenarios that stood for whatould happen to the system if fannie and freddie happened or if aig have been periods can you compare and contrast? >> i have to really be very careful here because with what i know today in terms of what i knew then. so with bear stearns what i knew then i wasn't -- i knew enough to know the system was fragile and that there were so many unknowns in terms of the counterparties that this was a very dangerous risk and prudent risk to take to have them go down. but i know today is that what was waiting for us in terms of fannie and freddie, which i did not know then, and how severe the overall situation was, so but there is no doubt that -- bear stearns was the kind of firm i believe it had gone down like a directional during a more normal market as opposed to one where there is a huge stress and fragility and what i saw beneath the surface throughout the institutions of europe and the u.s. caused me concern. you mentioned fannie and freddie. that is a different order of magnitude because

germany is contributing the lion's share, more than $28 billion. >> ross, chinese banks in focus. agricultural bank of china has filed with regulators on tuesday for its $30 billion dual listing. the listing is expected to be the world's biggest ever initially listed offering that bank has so far declined to comment. >>> we'll see how shares are reacting in our stock watch right after this. just a reminder where oil is trading, the nymex contract just down .55, $82719. >>> risk aversion is in the market and that is benefiting the aaa bond. the 10-year bund yield down, 3.92%. gilt has rallied, despite any concerns over what's going on with the uk election. and we've seen spreads continue to wind with the remember rifales. there will be plenty to focus on portugal, the yield up and spain the yield going up as the spreads, as i say, widen over german bunds. as far as the treasuries, the market is ready for more of a crisis. the 10-year bond yield, 376%. the space above it suggests there may be concerns that the u.s. -- sorry, the greek crisis may curb some u.s. growth. but of course,

education is going to make up the lion's share of the difference between that teenage r's earning power in years to come, and when you compare the earning power of 30-year-old man and 40-year-old man, and they use -- of 30-year-old men and 40-year-old men, and they use men because they are more likely to have on broken -- unbroken work histories, white menearn th -- men earn most. when you correct for education, almost the entire gap between latino workers and non latina workers disappears, -- and non latino workers disappears. we still left plenty of work to do regarding discrimination economically, but the bottom line news is pretty good for latinos. they are graduating from high school at higher rates than they used to, but rates that still lag whites. a smaller subset had to college than in the population as a whole, but a very wide number. -- by a very wide number. a smaller number manages to graduate. for thousands of families, it is the worst of both worlds. they spend the money to get one, two, or three years of higher eds to derive none of the benefits of subsequent higher educ

that as i've said is an inappropriate technique >> while we are done that won the purpose of the lionspcc? and all of the lines slope upward at different angles. >> the slope up at steeper and steeper the implication which is stated in the report being that there is an acceleration of the rate of global warming. no, there isn't. as we see from the subsequent slides. first of all, if you choose different starting points and ending points for where you do your trend lines you can make the lions ago, make the trend go the opposite direction. there you've got 1905 to 1945. was more than twice the rate of 1905 to 2005. >> so it's the same data? >> same datacom the same technique. a bogus technique and that is why you get opposite results depending where you choose to start and end of the line. sprick incorrectly analyze on the earlier draft show the increase of warming. >> and incorrectly utilized again. next slide here is the true position you have the three parallel rapid rates of warming to read the first to cannot have been caused by co2 on any of you. the increase over the period wasn'

we think with the projections we're seeing right now, the lion's share of the flow possibly can be contained and what flow there is going more to the west -- to the east, rather, for the time being. >> and that is the hope. they, of course, had a very nasty spill in the mississippi river here in 2008, which blocked traffic up the mississippi and was a major economic impact. but they got that under control rather quickly. and so they're hope now that they have time to prepare if anything does get up here or if there are vessels that are affected that can't get up here, that they'll be able to deal with that. but in the meantime, bp is at the center of all of this. as we said, the effort to try and maintain the effort in congress and they say they are spending $7 million a day and has given $25 million to each of the states that are potentially affected by this spill and the crisis is still unfolding. guys. >> thank you, scott. here so discuss the long-term implications for the oil spill and more, peter butell. peter, watching schwarzenegger yesterday, and saying he saw a bird on tv and then h

brahms made music with a model 14 by the piano. lion tamers put it to another use. ed its socialist simplicity, the material girl liked its value as a prop. madonna wasn't the first. the original design made it lightweight and easy to carry. 150 years ago just as it is today. it may be this design has seated more people than any other chair in history. and it's still got legs. and they're still attached the old-fashioned way. though some details of the original design have evolved. for instance, the size of the seat. so part of this is a response to changing body shape. >> yes, it is. >> reporter: people have gone bigger in the century. >> reporter: not necessarily fatter, just bigger. >> bigger. >> reporter: but if renn other saw art in his garden chairs, in frankenberg today, what they see is simply industrial design so good it's lasted. >> it's timeless. >> reporter: because? >> the reduction of pieces. no decoration. simply a chair. and the roundness it has, the curves, are not meant as decoration. they come from the process. that's design. long-lasting design. >

i want to add to the role of honor on this subject, claire mccaskill, who has done the lion's share of the work of shepherding in some cases 100 stalled nominees, blockaded on the executive calendar through those 207-year procedures so that we could get to the point of proving that there were in fact secret holds, and that despite the rule, hold laundering was taking place. and the rule was not being put into effect, and holds were being kept secret. i suppose an asterisk on the role of honor should go to senator coburn, who is the one senator on the republican side who had the courage to stand up and disclose his actual holds. everybody else went to some other senator and said "i don't want my name on this. would you please take my hold over so that i can avoid the rule, keep my hold and have no accountability?" perhaps, madam president, there once was a reason for a secret hold, for this kind of business to be done in the dark, in the shadows and anonomously. but i think history and common sense tell us that deeds that are done in the dark are not usually ones that we are proud of. a

. >>> in san diego, a new punchline, why did the sea lion cross the road? a police car. the wandering animal stayed there for four hours until a rescuer from sea world grabbed it by the tail. it was dehydrated and under weight and sea world says it will take care of it and put it back in the ocean within four months. >>> breaking news, authorities believe the time square bomb suspect rehearsed the crime the day before. >>> and a report how easy it is for expected terrorists to buy guns even if they're on the government's terror watch list. is that a loophole that should be closed or the way it should be? >>> bill maher speaking out about the oil spill and the criticism the obama administration is getting from some. >> katrina was something he was warned about, a natural disaster. they kept saying days before, the storm is coming. no one kept saying to obama, the rig is going to blow in three day, it's brewing up there in the gulf. i lost 120 pounds on nutrisystem. enjoy four perfectly portioned meals for as low as $8.92 a day, our best price guaranteed. i'm

then he would study who like daniel in the lions' den almost growing. eagan goes to the theater rica scam questions and he would say have you heard this joked? it was like it was not a serious thing. then we would take him over to the room where he started down the main route into the east room he comes down the stairs and comes across and about 90 seconds he would do before religiously to start tell me a joke then say there are 80 million people out that front door and he would tell the joke did you hear this? i don't know if he did it to relax and sell three he was amazing in the sense that woulde going into a prize fighting match and there was the gipper. he was extremely relaxed and a different type of person. >> host: our guest is pat buchanan he is skipping one of the traditions of the white house correspondents' dinner weekend which is the john mclaughlin brunch. >> i am from the mclaughlin group and i told john i will not be able to make it. three hours on c-span. [laughter] >> host: your on with pat buchanan. >> caller: hello. i don't like that

. >>> the barking is back at the san francisco pier, we're talking about the sea lions who mysteriously disappeared earlier this year. about 400 of them were lounging on the docks on friday. the sea guys were knocking each other off the docks and entertaining the crowd. now they're fat and happiy bay y >>> and a good saturday morning. i am news4 meteorologist, chuck bell. there is a few sprinkles on radar first thing this morning but by and large we are off to a good start across the d.c. metro area. temperatures to get your saturday started are mostly in the mid-60s and eventually will climb into the low to mid-70s by noontime today. mid to high 70s before all is done >> that's your saturday forecast, amy. >>> bill, thanks so much, now to the harrowing story of three boaters who ran into trouble off the coast of florida and survived against some pretty long odds. kristen dahlgren has the story. >> reporter: it was the homecoming family members prayed for, rescued after three days spent lost at sea in rough, shark infested waters off the coast of jacksonville, florida. >> the boat capsi

after a tour around the shop the baby sea lion collapsed exhausted, took a short nap and then he was s fine and jumping after it. and dropped it before he got it. the shop workers called sea world to pick the seal up. when the driver got there he recognized the pup. saying the little guy apparently loves to be around people so he told the workers not to be surprised if the seal showed up again for an encore performance. missouri, it's a dream come true for the 90-year-old great grandma in kansas city. finally at a school prom. her first ever. she says her parents were too strict to let her go to a dance and now decades later, she's all dressed up, head to toe and all smiles thanks to her special great grandson. >> i love her, she's my grandma. she's 90 years old and deserves to have a good time. >> and that's a fox watch across america. that's pretty cool. racoons on the loose in of all places chicago. these ring-tailed rascals are freaking out locals who have never seen racoons before. it's nothing compared to what the fellows are doing to the homes there coming up. ♪ [ sneezing ] ♪

company's that do not have people in washington, don't have lawyers on the staff that probably deserves the lion's share of attention and they don't get it because the press can't focus and they can't be found. >> tell me why you like age 13 and why that can't change just the general inclination of children's issues should make it 18 or under or something like that and to leave it up a few years but tell me why you like that. >> first my expertise is privacy and it's not in child psychology or social development. so i can only speak from this perspective. we have found that the teenage users have had a very successful experience on facebook. their socialist will, they learn good rules of behavior, they are able to actually advance themselves and learn about the world about them. so what i would not want to see us deny the teenagers the opportunities of living in a digital society. i think it would hamper kids around our country and set them back, children are the same age and other countries if we were to prevent them from having access to the sites or services. >> i think, dr. montgomery committe

. >>> the barking is back at the san francisco pier, we're talking about the sea lions who mysteriously disappeared earlier this year. about 400 of them were lounging on the docks on friday. the sea guys were knocking each other off the docks and entertaining the crowd. now they're fat and happiy baha. >> meteorologist bill car ra ka here with your forecast. >> really the big story is in the middle of the country, it's going to feel like the middle of summer. the big warmup for all of you in st. louis, chicago, minneapolis, today we get there, and tomorrow we're fully there, we could be near 90 tomorrow. slight risk of strong storms in the dakotas and for all our friends on the west coast, especially the northwest, you continue with your >> good morning. we have clouds this morning. a weather system approaching. rain chances will be increasing through the day. we'll only be in the 70's for a >> that's your saturday forecast, amy. >>> bill, thanks so much, now to the harrowing story of three boaters who ran into trouble off the coast of florida and survived against some pretty long odds.

of the banks that had to be done was to put an new electronic brain to be able to operate the choke and kill lionsfor that reason the control panel that was there and failed was brought to the service and repair. it was put back down so it could provide the signals to the choking kill line. host: admiral thad allen, thank you for talking to the public. we will turn our attention to medical next. first, an update from c-span radio. >> in the headlines, space shuttle atlantis and its six crew members are set to land soon in florida. in this will end the third to last shuttle flight. there were concerns the rain could interfere, but mr. control says it is looking favorable for a touchdown at 8:48 a.m.. north korea threatened to block crossed border traffic and blow up any south korean speakers blasting propaganda. as tensions continue to increase over the attention of the south korean warship. meanwhile, in seoul, after meeting with south korean leaders, secretary of state hillary clinton says the world has a duty to respond to the sinking of the south korean ship. president obama has ordered 12 hudg

the words. >> no one does. >>> we love our baby animal stories here on "world news now." this time it's a sea lionup at the milwaukee zoo. sequoia is a female born april 8th, already weighs about 20 pounds and is in tip top shape. >> sea lions are not born with the ability to swim. little sequoia is getting some lessons. she'll make her public debut in about a month. they should give her some of that la cucaracha music. >> that would get her in the spirit. i bet they've got some other music picked out. we'll be right back. , [ bottle one ] oh, great. mr. clean magic eraser extra power. [ bottle two ] i'm pretty sure there's not much we can do about it. ugh. he's not even trying. he is actual magic. not impressed. [ gasps ] no! can we even clean a leather shoe? what do you mean? what is a shooee? he's cleaning things that we don't even know what they are. gloves? brush? chime in any time here. [ male announcer ] effortlessly removes more grime per swipe. with the mr. clean magic eraser extra power. now try our bigger and stronger bath scrubber with a built-in cleanser to easily cut through soap scu

the jungle reserve. we're talking about 150,000 lions, subgroups. they were not dialect's the actual language systems around five public centers and they serve as a kind of alternative county he to you might say. they've got no electricity or degree in terms of health care, preventive health care additional plant during surgeries at the hospital and the agrarian system they effectively combat the contamination of genetically modified corn which is now threatening mexico everywhere the place corn comes from eight millenniums ago and is the farmers or seed savers. they save their seats and with the other folks are about is making it a crime. they focus on dealing with the way that is affecting not only mexico's system of nutrition but also the culture. quorum as part of the culture. the monegan people are the people of corn. that doesn't mean they eat and grow corn which of course they do but it means they are made out of court so when you talk about genetically modified corn who are talking about genetically modifying an entire culture that has existe

of the banks that had to be done was to put an new electronic brain to be able to operate the choke and kill lions. for that reason the control panel that was there and failed was brought to the service and repair. it was put back down so it could provide the signanals thank you for talking directly to the public here on c-span. we appreciate your time. guest: thank you. >> and b.p.'s chief executive tony hayward told nbc's "today" show this morning that he will decide this morning whether they'll go ahead to plug that leak in the gulf of mexico. tests were still being done this morning. the associated press reports that as they prepare for that, more details are emerging about what led up to the accident. statements say senior managers complained that b.p. was, quote, taking shortcuts by replacing heavy drilling fluid with saltwater in the well before it blew out. a hearing under way in the house. the house financial services -- natural resources committee under way now. they're hearing from secretary salazar. that is live now on c-span3. this morning at the kennedy space center in florida, the r

the major lion's share of the credit.hat you're seeing today in this country is a large number of people are feeling that the leaders of america's major institutions have betrayed the trust that the people put in them. they haven't solved our problems. our problems are getting worse. and so it applies to democrats as well as republicans. but not only the political parties, rob, but the major institutions, banks, wall street. main stream media. my own religion, the catholics are having a lot of leadership problems. people are feeling that the leaders of our major institutions have let them down. and senator bennett was a good man but it's just maybe time for him to move on and let some new people come in who feel that they can solve these problems. because the bob ben ets of the world have not solved the problems. not only that, they've made them worse. every day, more and more debt is piling up. and people just feel we need to try something new. the old leadership has failed us. we need new leadership. and by the way, rea

community bank has assets less than $1 billion you will not be affected by this, believing that we took the lion'sshare of the vast number of community banks and exempted them. regardless the independent community banks again teamed up with the american bankers association, said we're going to oppose it anyway even if the majority of our members are not covered by it and credit unions which go lock step with the independent community banks when it comes to a lot of banking issues said the same thing. so in earchts to reach -- so in an effort to reach a compromise here that will help members come to the support of this amendment, i am going to modify my amendment to extend and enlarge the exemption to institutions of $10 billion or less. now, let me tell you what that means. with the modification, changing it from $1 billion to $10 billion, it'll have a dramatic difference. at a $10 billion exemption 99% of banks would be exempt. all but the very largest banks in america, the ones that have a controlling interest in establishing interchange fees, i might add all but 99% of banks -- i should say 99%

the wicked flee when no man pursuitth but the righteous are as bold as a lion. ke cuts face shine upon the lives of those or lost. make you watch over the ones that guard us still. me blessed now and forever the united states of america. -- may keep less, now and forever, the united states of america. [applause] [no audio] [no audio] [bapipes] ♪ [god bless america] [marines corbattle hymn of the ] [no audio] >> we want to thank the president of united states for his inspiring words. i hope they brought you comfort. i would like to take an opportunity to introduce a few of our distinguished guests who joined me in welcoming the president earlier today. beginning on my right, we have the representative of one of our most audible corporate partners, the chief financial officer of miller corps. thank you. [applause] earlier today, he accepted the president's award on behalf of miller, the fourth award given by the fop and we are happy you could join us today. this is a distinct pleasure to introduce a special guest, the incredibly talented leann womack. all of us are

will that the next lowest might fall prey to the lions. ere were other scenarios as i understood it for what happened to the system if fannie and freddie failed when aig failed. so you could compare and contrast noir -- >> one thing i have to be careful here because doing what i knew today in terms of what i do now, okay. so with bear stearns what i knew then i knew enough to know that the system was very fragile and there were so many unknowns in terms of the counterparties. that this was a very dangerous risk to take an imprudent risk to take to have them go down in. quote what i know today is that what was waiting for us in terms of fannie and freddie which i didn't know then and what was severely overall situation was, but there's no doubt that in the bear was the kind of firm that i believe would go down like a directional or whatever author during a more normal market as opposed to one where there was huge stress and fertility and what i saw beneath the surface throughout institutions in europe and in the u.s. feared it caused me conc

captain in 2004 and because of his heroism in the early ground assault he became known as the line of fallujah -- lionhis month, doug was shot and killed leading the iraqis he had trained. it was his fourth tour. silver star, bronze star, two purple hearts -- and doug was a warrior, a warrior of from this nation can be proud. major zembick is. just down the hill in section 60, 21. and when he was laid to rest, his best friend read from his personal notebook in which major zembick wrote these words. he said, "be a man of principle. fight for what you believe in. keep your word. be brave. believe in something bigger than yourself. serve your country. teacher, mentor, and give something back to society. lead from the front and conquer your fears of." -- your fears." these words, in my view, captor -- capture the character and purpose of all of those we honor today. they served nobly. they gave everything. they fought for what they believed in. and maybe most importantly, they believe in something bigger than themselves. they believe in all of you. they believed in all of us. and they believed in america.

if there is the slowest to deer and the lion has it, that next year -- that next deer might be in trouble as well. could you compare and contrast. >> i have to be very careful here in terms of what i know today versus what i knew then. with bear stearns, what i knew then, i knew enough to know that andsystem was very fragile al, that there were so many unknowns in terms of the counterparties that this was a very dangerous risk to take and imprudent risk to take to have them go down. what i know today is that what was waiting for us in terms of fannie and freddie, which i did not know then, and how much more severe the overall situation was. but there is no doubt that there was the kind of firm that i believe could have gone down in a more normal way in a more normal market. what i saw beneath the surface throughout the institutions in europe and the u.s. cause me concern. you mentioned fannie and freddie. that is just a different order of magnitude. like i said, that was just sort of an unimaginable risk to me. then they did not have the ability to pay back their securities, i mean there

of the banks that had to be done was to put an new electronic braino be able to operate the choke and kill lions. for that reason the control panel that was there a failed was brought to the service and repair. it was put back down so it could provide the signanals host: thank you for talking to the public this morning. appreciate your time. thank you. >> hoe the house is in recess as democrats continue to work off the floor on a nearly $200 billion package of tax cuts and social spending. "congressional quarterly" writing that senate majority leader harry reid suggested to house leaders he could get 60 votes for the measure if they scale back a medicare doctor payment provision to 18 months or two queers down from three years. that in "congressional quarterly"." we'll have live coverage of the house as always here on c-span. in the meantime we go to the defense department a briefing on afghanistan. >> good morning. we have the regional commander in afghan. he assumed hi durtes in afghanistan in december of last year he joined us previously in this format in february he joins us today from his h