barbara, the deputy executive director of the national association for the education of young children, and in new york the proffer of education at new york university. professor, let me start with you in new york. does this just add statistical rigor to something that you might have suspected already? >> yes. we've known for many years that the disparities and achievement. the so-called achievement gap that we've heard about over the years is really about opportunities to learn . that poor children particularly poor children of color, african-american children especially are attending under resourced schools in large measure where they don't have access to basic resource essential for learning. it's good to hear the secretary speak to it. i'm surprised it has taken so long. we've known for many years that these issues have been present and we know they have impact our learning outcomes and exacerbate the drop out rates and low student performance. >> when so many black and brown students go to school in large metropolitan districts why are those disparities of resources it are there i

dennis wharton is the vp of communications at the national association of broadcasters. the reality is jsas have helped preserved local broadcasting in communities all over the country. what happens is one station which is stronger in a tv market assists a station that is failing and they are able to sell advertising for the struggling station. inevitably that results in more local news for that market and it results in better public service and a stronger, healthier station that can provide competition to the cable behemoths. the nab testified before congress that continuing to allow jsas benefits the local economies with local advertising dollars in a way that other entities such as cable, internet and mobile do not. local broadcasters are supportive of the jsa arrangements because it preserves localism and a competitive alternative to the large cable companies. sinclair broadcast group is one of the several large media companies that would be forced to sell stations if this bill does not pass and fcc chairman tom wheeler starts cracking down on jsas. sinclair has alrea

, the major county sheriffs association, the national association of police organizations, the new jersey state policemen's benevolent association and the national narcotics officers association. this widespread opposition is clearly not driven by partisanship but by a heartfelt concern that this nominee is not suited for the position. i have no doubt that mr. adegbile is an intelligent and a hardworking lawyer with a commendable record of advocacy, but that does not mean he should head the civil rights division. one of the responsibilities of the department of justice's civil rights division is to handle allegations by law enforcement officers from across the country. however, serious questions have been raised about mr. adegbile's ability to apply that law fairly in these cases, given his advocacy on behalf of a convicted cop killer. as a fraternal order of police stated in its letter of opposition, "in the decades mr. adegbile pushed this effort, he, quote, falsely disparched and savaged the good name and reputation of a lifeless police officer." in order

. >>> the knar is asking the -- the national restaurant association is asking to block large capacity gun mag -- gun magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets. the national restaurant association challenged the law but a -- >>> lawmakers introduced five bills aimed at tackeral the truancy problem. -- tackling the trucancy problem. it costs $1.4 billion in student reimbursements from the states. >> those students when they start falling behind, the rest of the class moved on, they are discouraged and sets opsituation where they are like 3 -- up a situation where they are more likely todrop out of school -- to drop out of school. >>> more than a dozen aftershocks recorded since yesterday's 6.8 earthquake. they down graded from 6.9 to 6.8 this afternoon, it was 50 miles west of eureka but felt across the bay area. and it is known to have mega quakes and snobbies every 3 -- tsunamis every 300 years. >> it could be now. it could be not for a while. in the mean time good sized earthquakes are going to continue happening. >> the spot is where three plates collide and they call it the

i seek unanimous consent to enter into the record statements from the national association of broadcasters, national table and telecommunications association, and joint statement from dish, network, and directv in support of the discussion draft, as well as letters of support for repeal ban e cable cart integrate -- integration ban. without objection, so ordered. recognize my friend and colleague from california, ms. eshoo. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome to all of the witnesses. we are pleased that you're here and we know that we are goingle to learn a great deal from you. over the past year and a half the message i think from industry and consumer add vow cats to our subcommittee has -- advocates to our subcommittee has been pretty clear. our video laws are outdated. and in some cases they are even being abused. in 2010 there were just 12 broadcast television blackouts nationwide. in 2013, last year, there were 127. similarly retransfees are expected to more than double from $3.3 billion last year to $7 billion by 2018. i think that it's pretty clear who the losers are in all of this

look for the march sentiment survey from the national association of home builders. that's it. not much. >>> other stories we are following today, call it the alibaba effect. stocks with china's commerce are gaping. alibaba is now electing to launch its $15 billion ipo in the u.s. instead. analysts suggest the listing could value alibaba around $140 billion in what could be the most anticipated ipo since facebook. it is working with six banks to lead the deal and plans to split fees roughly equally between them. >>> meanwhile, weibo is planning to list in the u.s. market looking to raise $500 million in the share sale. the social networker says they have half as many users at twitter. the ceo makes his first visit to china. he'll meet academic students on his visit to signal the interest in entering the chinese market. twitter is being blocked by chinese since 2009. >>> and vodafone is confirming to buy ono for nearly $3 billion. >>> and many retailers are urged to stop selling tobacco products if they have a pharmacy. "the new york times" suggests letters from 28 states have go

chairman and members of the commission, i'm aim os brown and i'm president of the national association for the advancement of colored people in the city and county of san francisco. ~ amos and more importantly i've served as senior pastor of the historic third baptist church for 38 years. i rise to bid you to consider that lang aston hughes once said, i square to the lord i still can't see why democracy means everybody but me. this commission has gone through a democratic process, has done an investigation, and the majority vote was that this matter would be dropped. and i wonder what lens some might be looking through to see a different view rather than democracy. i have parishionerses who live in bayview hunters point, honorable persons who served this city well. and they are vitally concerned about what's going on regarding this matter. it is excessive. it is pushing an issue that's a red herring, they appear to think, and i would plead with you today, let's major in major things and not minor things and go on with what this commission is supposed to be doing to make sure that you'r

the national rifle association and the washington times.applause] lastly, a point of personal privilege as the chairman of this organization. i am proud of all of you and i'm proud of our movement. god bless us all. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please the executive director of the national rifle is the asian. -- association. ♪ how is everybody doing? have you had a good cpac so far? let me ask you another question? does everybody here loves sarah palin? [wild cheering] if i walk out there and asked 100 of you why you love era, i will italy get 100 different answers. -- i will probably get 100 different answers. for me, it is because she is an unabashed proponent of the right to bear arms. [applause] you might love that she works hard to elect leaders like nikki haley. [applause] you might love that she would rather tell michael bloomberg to have a coke and a smile and top telling us how to live our lives. [applause] one thing that we all about sarah is that she drives liberals absolutely crazy. [applau

this is the executive director of the national association of boards of pharmacy and said, more and morearge chains are usiing pharmacy robots. >> it moves -- in this sales video from a prominent robot maker, you see how a technician types a prescription in the computer and the arm pulls pills from a cell, and puts it in a bottle and labels it. >> they can help with dispensing and from what we have heard of the error rate, it's signific t significantly lower if you have technicians or pharmacists filling the prescriptions. >> the medical watch dog public citizens said there was at least two weapon respected stud tieie that show it cuts down on errors but only if they are loaded properly. >> a human being has to fill the machine with various kinds medicines and they could make a mistake. if they make a mistake, even the machine dispenses what is told to, so to speak, it may have been told to do the wrong hingehinge -- wrong things. >> he worked in a national chain that used this type of robot, when was installed, he said that his company upped the number of prescriptions that his store wa

keith hall is president and ceo of the national association for the self employed. in general, do these changes give some breaks to the sole proprietor? >>there are good things and bad things. the irs gives us a standard deduction this year for the home office reduction which is a great thing but at the same time they also increased some limits on medical expenses which might be worse for a lot of taxpayers. >>there are also some changes in some of the key tax rates. >>i agree. especially for those individuals who are in the higher income levels. there are new taxes on medicare tax. there's a higher marginal tax break. there's even a new investment income tax rate so there are lots of things to be aware of. >>something i think almost everyone is glad about is there is a permanent patch to that dreaded alternative minimum tax. >>yes there is and in fact that takes a lot of headaches away. the irs does a lot of good things but they don't always make things more simple. that's one of the things that we're really thankful for so we don't have to worry about always adjus

spoke with him from his home in colorado where accident details are not made public. >> the national associationnational ski area association, they have an institutional mechanism to address this issue, to lay it all out there and say hey, you know, we're really seeing an increase in this type of accident. >> but it has to be transparent. >> reporter: transparent accident data that could prevent more deaths and injuries on the mountain. >> data is tremendously important, especially identifying patterns of injury because that's how you identify ways to improve safety measures. >> reporter: several ski safety bills that would have required resorts to make their accident data public have been introduced. so far none have passed. for more information on ski safety, including a breakdown of the stats that are made public, we set up a link on our website, nbcbayarea.com. elise kirschner, nbc bay area news. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> san jose's willow glen neighborhood might be a little less lively thi

winter weather and the first quarter of the year, the consensus now from the latest survey of the national association of business economics is for the economy to pick up, despite the federal reserve ending the bond buying stimulus. the group is forecasting the u.s. economy to grow 3% or more by the end of 2014. >>> more potential problems for general motors. richard bloom of connecticut is asking the attorney general to force gm to set up a fund to compensate victims, family members, car owners, defective by ignition switches in more than a million cars over the past 13 years, defects linked to 31 accidents and a dozen deaths. under the terms from federal bankruptcy protection in 2009 the new general motors is not liable from claims for accidents that happened before july of that year. in the meantime, "the new york times" reports that federal regular laylators are looking into whether the auto maker committed bankruptcy fraud in 2009 for not disclosing what it knew about the faulty ignitions and when the company knew it. >>> tech drama in silicon valley. did some of the biggest names conspire to fix

the eir itself one an award from the national association of vierldz. it spun off a lot of things transportation was a key thing and they signed up for a sustainabili sustainability effort. and there were a lot of legacy partnerships that live on from the event. we started off with the installation of partner at the short-sighted power it will provide air benefits for years to come you add in the grass friendly in mission bay. the port prohibits water bottles at its events on the city properties. those showed the wisdom putting the pro tem and bringing in partners that wouldn't have been focused to make this greener >> on the eir if we were to do another event we'd have to have another eir. >> i don't think so we'll be able to do lower level of review. as you'll see the first item on this slide consolidating this it is well within the mitigation that have been set forth. to move on those are over all lessons we agree on the contractors outreach we've got to semiflying if i our relationships. people didn't always know who they were talking to we've got t

they created organizations like the naacp, the national association of colored women, universal negro improvement association, they protested, they filed suits, they took to the street to cry lynching and racial violence. so the civil rights movement in the 1950's and 60's did not emerge out of a vacuum. the progress has been hard earned and was built on the struggles of the past. but as w eb said what is the meaning of progress? how do we measure progress? how do we acknowledge what we've achieved as a country, but acknowledge how our work is still incomplete. that's why it matters. it matters so we can understand with pride, confidence and compassion, with maturity so we can understand where we have been, how we got where we are today and where we need to go. this is a cry of responsibility. carter g woodson understood black history month as a month celebration, but a charge to make black people a central part of its narrative, to recognize we are all part of african american history. james baldwin also one stated that the great force of history comings from the fact that we carry i

the national home retailers say the national association of retailers says the number of americans whoned contract to buy homes fell for the eighth straight month. it's down 0.8% in february. higher mortgage rates, rising prices, fewer homes on the market, and rough weather are to blame. >>> walmart is suing visa over credit and debit card fees. walmart, the largest retailer, claims visa conspired with banks to inflate the fees. walmart claims those fees cost retailers and shoppers more than $350 billion between 2004 and 2012. >>> if you have an ipad, you'll now be able to get a version of microsoft's office software. microsoft unveiled its ipad version of office yesterday. its bundle of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software is its bestseller. now, this comes four years after apple released a tablet computer that has contributed to the steady decline in the sale of defbtop and laptop machines. >>> anne-marie, after 36 years the painting has been returned to the baltimore museum of art. it was stolen in 1951. two years ago a virginia woman claimed she bought it at a fle

the national association of realtors blames the drop on the weather and expects a big improvement for the year overall. >>> the software giant says it is committed to making the popular programs like word and outlook work on all major computing devices. android tablets are next but microsoft may have missed the boat here. many ipad users have gotten used to alternatives. >>> a biblical epic should storm box offices this weekend. "noah" expected to sail to a $30 million open to the u.s. and canada. >> should be good enough to make it number one. it began its voyage with strong sales in mexico as well as south korea. >>> when we come back on the verge of being historically bad the nba team one game away from being the worst ever. >>> plus, a driver experiencing a bit of road rage learns that he probably should have kept his cool. kerri: kerri the sparkle® fairy here. are you about to spend that on paper towels? mom: well, i use bounty... kerri: ooo! use sparkle®... it's just right for cleaning up everyday little messes without cleaning out your piggy bank. sparkle®. the bright way to cl

as we continue these debates on this house floor, i wish to reassure the national association of letter carriers, buckeye grant 78, that they have an ally in me. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday the supreme court heard arguments in the hobby lobby case. is simply asking that owners' rights under the religious freedom restoration act are respected. in an ironic bit of timing, the administration just effectively waived the march 31 deadline for signing up for an obamacare plan. despite president obama's continuous extra legal rewriting is simply asking that owners' rights health care remains unwilling to accommodate religious business owners who are providing health care coverage for employees. yesterday also brought a news report from north caro

in a new report released this morning from the national association for business economics, most economists surveyed said that the bad weather cut growth in the early part of the year to a rate of 1.9%. they think the growth will be stronger by the year then. here in wall street, the dow fell 28 points on friday. the nasdaq finished down 42. gas prices nationwide are on the way up. according to the lundberg survey, the average cost of a gallon of regular gas rose 5- cents in the last two weeks to 3.55. analysts say one reason for the increase, more refinelyfineries are switching to summer blend. >>> the antisocial net work, a ipad app called cloak helps you not run into people. setting up notifications for exes, frenemies, coworkers, they have information from the four square and instagram. the developer is hoping to add facebook to that as well. and that's your cbs money watch report. for more, follow me on twitter @ jill wagner, at the new york stock exchange, i'm jill wagner. >>> a commuter train goes right through chicago o'hare airport. what investigators have pieced together. >>> and

in the broader housing market-- the national association of realtors reports: sales of previously owned houses--- fell .4% in february as nasty weather and rising prices slowed home buying. "i don't think the weather was the main factor, even though across the country temperatures are lower than normal, temperatures were actually above normal in a lot of places, temperatures were above normal in alot of places that account for much of the housing activity." "the other piece of the story is that inventories are down pretty signficantly, there aren't that many options out there for buyers who are looking." its a different kind of march madness as competition for your gardening green begins to blossom. discount retailer wal- mart plans to prune the profits of home depot and lowe's with the rollout of more outdoor living and lawn and garden items. the 2 home improvement giants are taking walmart's move very seriously because spring sales are big part of the bottom line. americans are changing channels on how they view tv. cable operators and others posted the first full year decline in subs

this discussion was part of the national association for business economics policy conference, it runs about 50 minutes. >> please join me in welcoming ambassador miriam shapiro and jeffrey shatt. we add a wonderful session last fall that i had the pleasure of moderating with ambassador carla hills and ambassador wilson, and it was the 20th anniversary of nafta, and we took a look back at what nafta had achieved and a look forward at what nafta still had to achieve. and it would be wonderful if 20 years from now we could have the psalm -- the same session focusing on ttip and tap. ambassador shapiro will talk about her role in them, and jeff shatt will also talk about their likelihood of passage and some of the details and hurdles to be overcome. so i didn't even introduce myself, i'm constance hunter, i'm the chief economist at kpmg. i'm on the board of nabe, and we have with us ambassador miriam shapiro who has served as the deputy ustr since december 2009, and she has been involved in many, many aspects of u.s. trade negotiations. she is responsible for trade negotiations and enforc

the national association of business economists have come out and about 1/3 of those in that survey of just under 50 said they thought we could get an interest rate height from the fed as early as this year. i have to say that sits somewhat at odds with what the wall street analyst community are saying. they're not looking for any change until 2015 and the latter half of 2015. so a by the of a schism in this view of what the fed's going to do. of course, that is always important for how the markets behave. so we'll be watching just to see how this settles down in trade this week. one other story that i think is fascinating here, apple is in talks with comcast, parents of cnbc, of course, and the nbc group, and they are talking about ways they can use the apple set top box to stream faster tv product. ultimately this is about getting around the congestion on the web and maybe this is a new template for how video businesses could in future try to get faster streaming of their product across to customers. back to you, thomas. >> all about getting the content quicker. let's talk about that

. >> when i was going to school i had to organize the knox convince the national association -- thereyou are still involved with it. >> we are. >> why is that so vital. >> it is the pipeline for chi n chicanas and chicanos in higher, and actually, you have people from all over. you have mixed heritage people of all kinds of mixes. >> but they have the compassion aspect that brands them a chicana. >> in addition to the compassion aspect they have a race, ethnic analysis and they understand that there are inequalities and structural barriers that have to be addressed and i think that's real important. i became involved in nox when i was an undergraduate student, and i never left it it. i now work with it it. i organize and i make sure that it continues to happen because i have seen people even like myself go through nox and become phds because somebody looked like me and they did research that mattered to me. so i think that's real important. >> it mattered to me when i was going to school to step on that campus in san jose state and knowing that there were chicanas and chicanos on the

. >> look, the bottom line is for manufacturing, there was a study done by the national association ofanufacturers, if you set aside labor costs, don't include labor costs we're still 20% more expensive to manufacture in this country than our top five competitors. why? our corporate taxes are the highest in the world. why? because our regulatory environment with policy and ridiculous and overly regulated labor policy makes it hard for manufacturers to be able to location here and pay workers a good salary. so we need to have something done to create an environment where we cut taxes, cut the regulatory burden and bring manufacturing back, those jobs will come back. >> first of all, we don't pay the highest corporate taxes. nominally we do. but the effective tax rate is not the nominal tax rate. in point of fact -- >> i guess it all depends on the manufacturer, right? >> it does. but as i recall the effective tax rate is not 35%. it's about 12%. furthermore, one out of four, one out of four major corporations, one out of four major corporations pays zero in federal taxes. because they'r

the national association of convenience stores, who sell us 80% of our gasoline every year, says thatxtra daylight that we got recently in 2005 is worth $1 billion to them. >> axelrod: so who benefits then? >> well, golfers benefit because, of course, golf courses are too large to illuminate. so the golf industry says every extra month of daylight saving is worth about $400 million in greens fees and equipment sales. similarly, the barbecue industry profits. anybody associated with outdoor recreation and sports loves daylight saving. >> axelrod: the way the calendar exists now, daylight saving time actually includes halloween. if there's an extra hour of halloween, that must make for some happy folks in the candy lewis. >> candy makers were always happy to try to push for this extra hour that we got by moving the last moment of saving saving from the end of october to the beginning of november, thinking that if we put more sunlight at the end of that at a, kids would go out on the street more. and the veeps stores seem to agree. they're selling more snickers bars in october now. >> ax

, the international association of law enforcement administrators, the chief of police, the major city police association, the national association of women, the national association of black law enforcement executives, the police executive research forum, and the police foundation. you can see the influence of this board of law-enforcement leaders across america. i am proud to stand here today with sarah brady. she, along with her husband jim, have made a remarkable contribution to this nation. law enforcement are with sarah and jim to get a brady law enacted. unquestionably, this law has had an incredible impact on public safety. you have saved my fellow police officers and citizens across america. i am very proud of that. [applause] background checks block more than 2 million prohibited gun purchases. there is no way to quantify completely the law that has resulted from this. we have heard the tremendous impact. i think it is safe to say that these 2 million guns could have resulted in 2 million catastrophes. clearly, the brady law has reduced access to firearms by those legally not permitted to possess them. there

brandishing a gun as he received an award from the national rifle association. a symbol of strength for a republican resurgence. >> the first test of that resurgence comes in this year's midterm election campaign. they need only six seats to do so. jeff zeleny, abc news, the capitol. >> some companies in the news, starting with staples, hammered yesterday. dropping about 15% after the company announced it would close 225 scores. part of staples effort to save a half billion dollars and become more efficient. staples says half of its sales are generated on-line. and safeway is being inquired by the same group that owns albertson's and other chains. it could be worth more than $9 million. the merger is part of an ongoing consolidation in the supermarket industry as it faces challenges from big box stores. >> happy golden anniversary from a dish americans can't get enough of. the beloved buffalo wing is 50 years old. it was first created at anchor bar in buffalo new york when the owner whipped up a midnight snack with left over clicken wings np today loyal customers

. >>> and the national rifle association comes on to explain why every american should worry about the president's pick for the surgeon general, right now on "the kelly file." >>> developing tonight, disturbing new details in the search for that missing malaysia airlines jet. more than five days now after it seemingly vanished into thin air. welcome everyone into "the kelly file." i'm megyn kelly. chinese media reports that the government has satellite images that may show the debris from the plane off the southern tip of vietnam. the images appear to show three floating objects of several sizes, the largest one, said to be 79 x 72 feet. but the mystery is what happened on this jet a and the 239 people on board. we know the plane left from kuala lumpur about midnight. about an hour later the authorities lost contact with the plane. but the recent reports claim that the plane at least as of yesterday they believe may have done a complete u-turn and started to head west for a significant period. which would appear to mean that the plane was traveling the opposite direction of where they

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the international association of higher chiefs come in the major cities chief and the international association of emergency managers regarding the mpg proposal. -- i also askion unanimous consent to insert a letter from the national association of realtors with respect to the homeowner flood insurance portability act. without objections, so ordered. i'm encouraged to see that the departments took advantage of the discretion provided by congress for fiscal year 2014, homeland security grant programs and expanded the number of cities eligible for the urban area security initiative funding. after all enough to list in 2013, and the annapolis -- indianapolis is once again and eligible area. they have many top-notch events, including our indy 500 that require a public safety officials to have proper training, equipment and strategic planning. previous funding has played a vital role in ensuring our first responders are prepared for these events. as we continue to recover from disasters, we must evaluate how we are working to become more resilient and mitigate the damage caused by the storms. we also must ensure that we are always looking for ways to rebuild faster, stronger and more efficiently. i was a bit surprised

the national association of county officials had pointed out that a whole 45% of the nation's public roads are operated by counties. and in my county alone we would maintain over 620 miles of road. 500 miles of that is gravel road and we also maintain 36 bridges of various sizes. one i think about that transportation system, i think of a fellow commissioner of mine who is a cow rancher and an order for him to deliver his cattle to the national and global marketplace, he first looked them up on a semi truck and travel 6 miles on a gravel county road. he travels 5 miles on a paved county road. 3 miles on the wyoming state highway and 68 miles on interstate 25. 49 miles on the u.s. hi-49 miled finally to a local city street where he delivers his cattle to the marketplace. in northern part of the county millions of dollars of oil and gas production takes to reach the market or refineries or similar routes that tourists take to reach the national force to go camping. if a week link exists at any part of that system, the renter's ability to put a stake on our plate and the oil and gas indu

the president of the national association of theater owners announced there are plans to test the discount day every week and this can happen by the summer. in related news, a trailer just surfaced on-line. take a look. >> that's the sequel. that's good. >> was that greg? >> that was greg in a suit. >> that looks better than the teenage mutant ninja turtles. >> i like the turtles. >> did you see the trailer? >> they have something sexy going on with megan -- >> fox? >> yes. the turtles, you know, they getting in. andy, will this matter getting a discount day when soda is already $15? >> i want movie theaters to raise their prices. i want people to think it is okay to use their phones in the theater and not to be able to afford to go to the movies. i want people who won't shut up during the movies to not spend the money at the theater. if they will do a special promotion night i want it to be a night where security walks down the aisle with tasers and anybody takes their phone out they get tased and moved. i would go to that every week. >> so you get disturbed. >> don't even get me started.

the national association for business economics, a third of members expect a hike this year. more than half anticipate the increase in 2015 with 40% of those believing it will occur in the first half of the year. the principal of the focompany there in cincinnati, matt, thank you for joining us. when janet yellen suggests rates go up six months after qe, it is hard to imagine why we get a rate rise this year unless they speed up the pace of tapering. >> i agree with you, ross. i don't expect her to increase interest rates by the end of this year. i think she's on line with what many communications of what we are than dee and other fed governors have previously expressed to a mid-2002 possible hike. i think when you look at the weather that's been very bad here in the united states, and some of the economic activity that's been okay but not great, i don't think you're going to see the economic growth that warrants a rate or increase in rates. the only way i see this happening is if bond vigilante increases and i don't expect that any time soon. i expect 2015 to be on line with

the national association of county officials have pointed out that a full 45% of the nation's public roads are owned and operated by counties. we maintain 620 miles of road. i've hundred miles of that is gravel road. we maintain 36 bridges of various sizes. when i think about the transportation system, i think of a fellow commissioner of mind who is a cattle rancher. he first loads them up on a semi truck and traveled six miles under gravel county road. he travels five miles on a paved county road. three miles on a wyoming state highway, 68 miles on interstate 25. in northern congress county, i can describe a similar route that millions of dollars of oil and gas production takes to reach the market or refineries. a similar route that a tourist takes to reach the national forest to go camping. if a weak link exists in any part of that system, the rancher's ability to put a stake on that plate, the ability to fuel cars and heat homes, the outdoor denture for the tourist is stymied. -- adventure for the tourist is stymied. we have an excellent partner in the state of wyoming. of wyoming

he heads up the national association of insurance commissioners who vote yea or nay on the changes. do you regret that vote when you hear stuff like this? >> there are no do-overs in this business. what you know from our previous interviews, we got the single payer out of it. the public option. so a lot of things would have made a bill a lot worse with a single -- with a simple majority vote under the resolution of the budget. so, you have to look at all the aspects of it. but i thought i was here to talk to you about what the states are trying to do to make sure that the people back home get the best opportunities they can have. >> you are, but this is part of the same picture. to that earlier question, and what the states are going to do and making sure everything goes smooth with the exchanges do rue great that vote? could you have envisioned these problems? >> well, any kind of maximum legislation that is large in its implications is going to face some challenges. there's no doubt about it. now do we all wish that this had gone more smoothly? the answer is obvious, yes. the stat

sentiment did end up one point in march, that after the monthly survey from the nationality association of home builders dropped ten points in february. the hmi now stands at 47, a reading below 50 is considered negative. it had been up well above 50 now, the three index components, current sales rose one point. sales expectations fell one point to 53. buyer traffic is still in the worst spot. that is, though it rose two points to 33. now sentiment fell the most month to month in the northeast and out in the west. you can blame weather in the northeast, but in the west it's about lack of nifb torrie. now the builders have been reporting a softer first quarter of this year. those were the words we are expecting earns this week. and always more online. and sue, i'm supposed to have cherry blossoms behind me by now. >> i know. i know. they're coming sometime. you can see from her backdrop, it was snowing in washington this morning, the federal government and many schools are closed today. the question is, is it over? here's the weather channel's tom niziol. >> we'll see snowfall begin to w

the national association of realtors says seasonally adjusted sales index will drop, .8 of a percent. has fallen more than 10% over the past 12 months. >>> u.s. growth picked up a bit as the fourth quarter came to an end. the commerce department says gdp growth rate came in at 2.6%. that is improvement over the prior reading of 2.4%. that is the latest from the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. cheryl: all right. in a possible game-changer for college athletics, the national labor relations board is ruling that northwestern university's football team can unionize. rich edson joins me now with more. rich? >> cheryl, supporters say this is a long overdue ruling. opponents, trike striking basketball team demanding bigger dorm rooms and less practice hours. college scholarship football players are employees and not primarily students. ordering an election to give the players an opportunity to unionize. the ruling says, quote, the players spent 50 to 60 hours per week on their football duties during a one-month training camp. not only is it more hours than many undispu

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