from the very design it was we can use the powers of high performance computing, the national labs to help industries solve these problems. and so the hubs are specifically designed for that. the other thing very quickly i should mention is that we have also been easing the way to have technology transferred from national laboratories and universities, but national laboratories since we helped control the technologycieswe ha very exciting meeting about 250 people attended, people from industry, on the materials you would need for solving a lot of the energy challenges. this is lightweight steels and alloys and composites and everything. because it's going to be dominated by new materials. 250 people came. a lot of companies and excitement. immediately the first week of payoff was, you know, venture capitalists are inviting people to come. this really work, we're going to othis too. we have another on advanced computation. how that can help in the industry. just tie the -- so the people in the national labs know what the industry problems are and that they can be excited about helping

the other labs are saying, this really works. we're going to do this, too. we have another one on advanced competition, how that can help an industry. just tie the -- so the people in national labs know what the industry problems are and that they can be excited about helping them solve those problems. so this again is something that's -- it has been occurring over the last year. >> i take from you that this is really important. you're really focused on it. you're going to work with all these stake holders. >> right. >> thank you, mr. secretary. >> senator manchin? >> thank you very much. i know it's been mentioned before, the president in his state of the union address says that the country needs to -- an all-out, all of the above strategy and develops every available source of american energy. a strategy that we all agree is cleaner, cheaper, full of new jobs but also hopefully keeping the jobs that we already have. i want to show you a chart we put together. this information is from the eia, your own department, showing where we are as far as the first through 2010, 20% is in nuclear and oil and other liquids. when we get to 2025, 27% will be coming from natural gas. ren

talk at a materials workshop that the department of energy initiated that could actually bring the national lab closer in in with industries, so there's tighter interactions again with this idea of hoping to facilitate the transfer of a lot of the valuable intellectual property, into innovation, into industry. and i gave a talk, a keynote speaker, followed by the chief technology officer, senior vice president of united technologies. and michael mcquaid got up and gave his talk, and he said, normally you don't brag about your failures, but let me tell you about a failure. and it was an rpe-funded project. it was a very noble project. he said, this was a great idea. this is what we were trying to do. it didn't pay out. we got out, rpe got out. it was absolutely the right decision. you know, if it didn't look like it's going to make it, get out fast. there's an old add nage i used tell all my students they learned when i was 30 years old. it's okay to fail, but fail fast and move on. >> how would i get that list? who would have that kind of thing? >> the rpe guys will. >> okay. yes, sir, in the m

. >> could you tell us about work that is being done by d dhs with your team and the national lab with respect to the u.s. electric grid? >> yes we're working both of those capacities with the national labs end of the bridge in terms of not only mitigating attacks that have occurred but also a preventive measures that they can employ. >> so you are doing training as well and helping the critical infrastructure owners and operators identified vulnerability? >> that's correct. >> it is my understanding that in january the administration transferred the defense department's defense industrial base cyber-pilot program from dod to dhs. this is the program known as dib. >>the dib pilot program shared it cyber threat indicators with defense contractors in an effort to better defend systems that contained information critical to the department's programs and operations. i understand that dhs is now the lead for coordinating this program with the private sector and that is being expanded to other critical infrastructure sex tourists. sectors. can you say why the administration decided to transf

the document conservation lab of the national archives was really honored and pleased to be asked to be involved in ensuring the long-term preservation of the 1297 rubinstein magna carta. in taking on this project, we were building on the expertise that we acquired in the recent treatment and encasement of the charters of freedom and being able to apply it to the preservation of another great charter from an earlier era in english history. the project had separate lines of work that came together flawlessly. one was the conservation examination and treatment of this great document, another was the design and fabrication of this really remarkable state of the art encasement that would be filled with inert gas, and the third was the fabric and design of the exhibit case to hold all this and protect it. as i've said, all those strands have come together in just the last week or so, and we're very happy and excited. the conservation goals for this project were to remove old repairs and old adhesives that were detracting from the document. this is a document on parchment, and just parn th

done -- it's completed by the national renewable energy lab. it's called jedi. and we use jedi to estimate the employment and output gains associated with this buildout of solar. and here you can see there's a big bump in employment. so the claim that renewable energy creates jobs, it's true. you do create jobs by investing a lot of money to build a plant. but once you stop building, the employment gains drop down considerably. why is that? well, renewable plants are like a lot plants, you don't need many people to operate these plants. you just need some maintenance and this is reflected in the estimates which we use. now, the next chart -- looks at the economics of the situation, another dimension of this. and that is once you build these plants, you have to pay for them. how do you pay for them? what's the effect on the economy? well, it's sort of like a tax increase and that's the way we model it. other scholars have done this before. and there's a well-known set of studies that have shown that higher energy prices reduce consumer discretionary income and it

the time. >> and could you tell us about work that is being done by dhs with your ics cert team and national lab with respect to the u.s. electric grid? >> yes. we are working in both of those capacities with the national lab, with the grid, in terms not only of mitigating attacks that occurred, but also preventive measures that they can employ. >> so you are joining training as well. and helping the critical infrastructure owners and operators identify vulnerabilities? >> that's correct. >> it's my understanding that in january, the administration transferred the defense department's defense industrial base cyber pilot program from d.o.t. to dhs. this is the program that is known as did the pilot. >> that's correct. >> it shared classified cyberthreat indicators with defense contractors in an effort to better defend systems that contain information critical to the department programs and operations. i understand that dhs is now the lead for coordinating this program with the private sector, and that it is being expanded to other critical infrastructure sectors. could you tell the committee why

the time. >> and could you tell us about work that is being done by dhs with your ics cert team and a national lab the u.s. electric grid? >> yes. we are working in both of those capacities with the national labs, with the grids in terms not only of mitigating attacks that have occurred, but also preventive measures that they can employ. >> so you're doing training as well and helping the critical infrastructure owners and operators identify vulnerabilities? >> that's correct. >> it's my understanding that in january the administration transferred the defense department's defense industrial base cyber pilot program from dod to dhs. this is the program that's known as dib. >> that's right. the dib pilot. >> the dib pilot program, as i understand it, shared classified cyber threat indicators with defense contractors in an effort to better defend systems that contained information critical to the department's programs and operations. i understand that dhs is now the lead for coordinating this program with the private sector and that it's being expanded to other critical infrastructure sectors. could

energy secretary steven chu was on hand for the ceremony at the lawrence berkely national lab. en complete in 2014, the research building will crunch the numbers on everything from climate change to complex physics. >>> work on the tunnel has entered the last major construction milestone. crews are pouring cement for the beds that will link san francisco and pacifica. once the road is complete, they'll put in the tunnel lighting, traffic signals and other systems. they hope to open the tunnel by november. >>> some drizzle this morning. it might have slowed you down on your morning commute, or your outdoor entivers in the early morning hours. the sun came out this afternoon. daytime temperatures increased 62 in santa rosa. we saw sunshine, more sunshine tomorrow, and higher daytime highs. we're going to see numbers tomorrow going up 5 or 6 degrees. overnight lows tonight will be in the mid- to upper 30s. maybe a little patchy fog, but not much. the winds are clocking off shore. the winds are going to stir it up. fog shouldn't be an issue. tomorrow is going to be one of those days

energy secretary steven chu was on hand for the ceremony at the lawrence berkely national lab. en complete in 2014, the research building will crunch the numbers on everything from climate change to complex physics. >>> work on the tunnel has entered the last major construction milestone. crews are pouring cement for the beds that will link san francisco and pacifica. once the road is complete, they'll put in the tunnel lighting, traffic signals and other systems. they hope to open the tunnel by november. >>> some drizzle this morning. it might have slowed you down on your morning commute, or your outdoor entivers in the early morning hours. the sun came out this afternoon. daytime temperatures increased 62 in santa rosa. we saw sunshine, more sunshine tomorrow, and higher daytime highs. we're going to see numbers tomorrow going up 5 or 6 degrees. overnight lows tonight will be in the mid- to upper 30s. maybe a little patchy fog, but not much. the winds are clocking off shore. the winds are going to stir it up. fog shouldn't be an issue. tomorrow is going to be one of those days

i wanted to ask about the department's plans at los alamos national lab now that the chemistry and metalurgy has been put on hold. for many years we've been total the replacement nuclear facility was necessary. now we are told there may be alternatives that the department wants to pursue. could you describe what changes in operations and staffing you anticipate at los alamos now that the cmrr has been delayed? >> well, much of this staffing i don't think is directly -- so what we plan to do is go ahead and complete substantially the design of that building. so what we have been putting in previously was mostly engineering design. we're going to get to perhaps 90% of the engineering design part of it. that's very prudent for a number of reasons, because before you start construction, it's best that you have most of it designed. but you're correct. we are now putting that on hold while because of the budget constraints of the nnsa, we have to lack at all the other projects, and we could not simply we felt we simply could not start mrr and the uranium processing facility at oakridge. and we fel

giving a talk at a material workshop that the department of energy and initiated that would bring the national lab cluster in with industry is so there is tighter in the -- interaction with this idea of facilitating the transfer of intellectual property into innovation and industry. i gave a talk, followed by the chief technology officer vice president. he got up and gave his talk. he said, normally you do not talk about your failures, but let me tell you about a billion. it was an rpe funded project. he said, it was a great idea. this is what we were trying to do. it was the right decision. if it did not look like it was going to make it, get out fast. there is an old adage i used to tell all my students that a learned when i was 30 years old. it is ok to fail, but fail fast and move on. >> i would like to get that list. >> in the middle. >> you are going to move ahead with the nuclear and fossil guarantees. $10 billion and $8 billion, how many do you have an house? what timeline daisy projects under? are we going to see action this year? >> that is a difficult question to answer. you are right,

defense cooperation talks led by the secretary of state dillinger sure that used to represent the national labs here in the county she's been negotiating for quite some time since the spring of 2009, until now and the haven't reached agreement and in fact unfortunately the president medvedev made a statement not long ago saying the haven't borne fruit, but they're very concerned and feel if there is an agreement to share the that can't share operational capabilities which is a bit of a problem for us. that it could lead them to -- the russians themselves could consider withdrawing from the treaty of the just fine with obama last years we have a lot of work to do with russia, and i should finally had there's another dimension to the motivation here. which didn't leave us to withdraw the original bush plan, but there is a russia improvement aspect to the strategy, namely you may know if you follow this that as early as the spring of 2009, president obama and vice president biden have spoken about the russia reset strategy and when we came in their relations were very bad. they had invaded georgia

giving a talk at a materials workshop, department of energy initiated that could actually bring the national lab close again within industry so there is tighter interaction begin with this idea of, hoping the facility to transfer a lot of the value property. and i've utah, keynote speaker, followed by chief technology officer, senior vice president of united technologies. michael mcquaid got up and gave his talk and he said no to me you don't talk, bracket but if it. but let me tell you about a failure. and it was and arpa-e funded project. it was a very noble project. he said it was a great idea, this is what we're trying to do, it didn't pay out, we got out, arpa-e got a. it was absolutely the right decision. if it didn't look like he was going to make it, get out fast. there's an old adage that is used to tell all my students that i learned when i was, you know, 30 years old. it's okay to fail, but fail fast and move on. >> i want to get that list. in the the arpa-e guys. >> highlights mentioned to move ahead with the nuclear in the fossil loan guarantees. those are bar were paid as i underst

groundbreaking at a new facility at the lawrence berkeley national lab. u.s. etary of energy steven chu was on hand. there he is on the right. he was joined by university officials as well as the uc president. they were helping kick off and shoveling for the construction of the research and theory facility. it's a 140 square foot area. >> played an incredible role of pushing back the frontiers of science. further than that, i see the future as being a key element in helping further the innovation and the industrial competitiveness of the united states. >> it is a big deal. the facility will be completed in 2014. it's expected to be the most energy efficient high performance super-computing center in the entire department of energy. >>> still ahead here at 6:00, an important recall tonight. a birth control mixup you want to hear about. >>> also ahead, it takes a minute to sign up, but it could have lasting health benefits. the unique prescription program at a south bay school district. >>> and a dramatic scene unfolding in egypt. violence erupting after a soccer

if we select a hub they have to come in way design and what are they doing at the get-go to have industry and national labs and universities jie was just visiting a hub, a computation for nuclear reactor simulation, and it was wonderful, because they said at the very beginning, what are the problems that industry is interested in? let's say a premature aging of the fuel rods. how do you extract more energy from those fuel rods? how do you make those, the reactors safer? those are the things that industry actually sits with every day and can you simulate this? can you simulate erosion process and so from its very design it was, we can use the powers of high performance computing, the intellectual powers of the people in the universities and labs to help industries solve these problems, and so the hubs are specifically designed for that. the other thing i very quickly should mention is that we have also been easing the way to have technology transferred from national laboratories and universities, national laboratories, since we help control the technology transfer policies, we've just had a very exciting me

national labs. those national centers are state of the art research and often times are -- we're looking for people with very specialized -- >> but by definition these are designed to be time limited and hhs has now agreed to a cap on title 42 employees. are you looking at providing a similar sort of cap in your agent i? >> we don't have a tremendous number of title 42 employees. i'm happy to provide the justification to you, mr. burgess. >> well, i've been waiting on some of those questions that we've submitted last time. i will resubmit some today and i am looking forward to that. since we have the cfo with you today -- >> i'm sorry, we have authority for 30 positions so we do have a cap. i'm sorry. so we're using 17 out of the 30, which is our cap. >> are you going to adhere to the fact that those are to be temporary or time limited position sfs. >> i will look into the issue, sir. i will not concede it here. >> clearly, mr. chairman, this is a reason why this authorization committee needs to take a greater role in the oversight of the money spent bit environmental protection agency. let's go --

the two cases being investigated. this is after tests done at a national lab. >> she came in and presented with us this. >> al yeen shaw died on january 27th. the department of health began looking into a possible connection with the rare form of the disease known as cjd. but m a statement the county public health officer said we have no evidence of any environmental or public health right after this income marin county. it appears shaw still dies of cjd but not the variant kind which is rare. there are two kinds as explained to us by dr. michael geshwin. >> the variant form is linked to an animal form called bovine, bse known as mad cow disease in the sporadic form of the disease it's not linked to any animal diseases. >> the sporadic variety affects one in a million people. variant linked to mad cow disease killed about 175 people in the uk in the early 90s after eating tainted beef. both are caused by a protein triggering severe dementia and death. researchers continued to study how the protein affects the brain. but one community leaves it would be nearly impossible for cows in the u.s. to become infected. the dire

the people in the national labs know what the industry's problems are.hey can be excited about helping to solve those problems. so this is something that has been occurring over the last year. >> this is really important. you are really focused on it. thank you. >> thank you. i know it has been mentioned before. in a state of the union, the president said that the country needs and all out strategy and develops every available source of american energy. one that we all agree is cleaner, cheaper but pull all the jobs. -- full of all new jobs. i want to show you a chart showing where we are as far as the first -- 2010 24% coming from natural gas 45% gold. -- cold. this is from your agency. two more decades, this is where you are. a 27% natural gas. 16% of noble. -- renewable. with that being said, the president to attack but it had a $2.7 billion for the energy efficiency . you the comparison. -- you can see the comparison. this is where your money is going. then you have the office of nuclear energy. a nuclear is right here. it is where you are going. tha

>>dan: the crime lab has the largest criminal and missing persons data base in the nation. experts say what is happening on the remote site of san joaquin county is potentially destroying some critical evidence. one expert says he is horrified about how officials are processing the scene in the fears are reparable damage is being done. experts say the right way to handle this mass grave is by using a much different method. >> take a look at this large state created by a backup. forensic experts say the first step should have been digging a small test kits with teams of highly trained forensic archaeologists carefully examining the soil taken from those selected sites before any large machinery was brought in. his bones were discovered, all the equipment should be immediately turned off in the park to far away, but as you can see, that is not what is happening out here. this vacco has been left sitting in the well. see how these people are walking on the ground near the uncovered well? again, leading experts in finding and identifying bodies say that this is wrong. pedestria

the very start. as a nation, we have a responsibility to give our students the resources they need from the highest quality schools to the latest textbooks to science labs that actually work. in return, we should demand better performance. we should demand reform. that was the idea behind race to the top. for less than 1% of what our nation spends on education each year, we have gotten almost every state in the nation to s teaching and learning. that's the first time that's happened in a generation. so when it comes to fixing what's wrong with no child left behind, we offered every state the same deal. we said, if you are willing to set higher and more honest standards than the ones set by no child left behind, then we're going to give you the flexibility to meet those standards. we want high standards and we'll give you return. we provide greater freedom with greater accountability. what work in kentucky, but every student should have the same opportunity to reach their potential. so over the last five months, t interested. some have already applied and today, i am pleased to announce we are giving ten states, the first ten states,inghe reforms that ar

the start. as a nation we have the responsibility to give our students the resources they need from the highest quality schools to the latest textbooks to science labs that actually work. in return we should demand better performance. we should demand reform. that was the idea behind race to the top. for less than 1% for what our nation spends on education each year, we have almost every state to raise their standards for teaching and learning. that's the first time that's happened in a generation. when it comes to what's wrong to fixing no child left behind, we offered every state the same deal. we said if you're willing to set higher, more honest standards than the ones that were set by no child left behind, then we're going to give you the flexibility to meet those standards. we want high standards, and we'll give you flexibility in return. what might work in minnesota, my not work in kentucky, but every student should have the same opportunity too reach their potential. over the last five months, 39 states have told us that they were interested. some have already applieapplied today i'm pleased to announce we are giving the first ten states the

the excellence represented by a lot of incredible talent at all our national laboratories, and they've been coming up with some pretty ingenius ideas. what's to prevent that in genuity to be sucked out of our labs and find us confronting some challenges based on the cheap labor and manufacturing base in places like india or china? >> well, mr. chairman, what has happened in the last 10, 15 years is a growing realization that we can't take the industrial side of what we do for granted. but also an appreciation of how important it is that we remain technology leader, and especially high tech manufacturing that rests on the intellectual property that we generate here in the united states. >> you headed up one of those laboratories. >> correct. >> and god bless you for doing that, and the investment we made in the variety of innovators and people under your, you know, area of responsibility, what was to take -- what prevented them from -- that information from migrating abroad? what steps can we legally take if, indeed, it's possible in a global economy with the internet? >> when we support the development of an idea, we can, in principle, look at steps, and we're doing this increasingly. when we h

joining us a neurologist and sleep expert from the sleep lab at washington adventist hospital and clinical sleep advisor national institute of health thanks for being with us. this raised eyebrows what is your reaction to this sleep study i guess. >> it is an important finding a real finding research which ares who did this -- researchers who did this have been working on these problems for a number of years and raises more questions than it answers however. >> interesting we will talk about that in a second first we want to know what are we talking about, over-the- counter, prescription sleeping aids? >> these researchers looked at medical records for a large group of people, 4% had been prescribed sleeping pills they couldn't verify the people took the medicine but looked at people who were prescribed them 2.5 years later there was a higher chance of dying from all causes those who were prescribed sleeping pills, generics, valiums, and anti histamines a wide variety of medicine prescribed seemed to put people at risk for dying faster. >> there are more natural remedies that a lot of people use, like melatonin

this richmond crime lab has the largest data base in the nation.>mark: the ex-wife of wesley shermantine is now directing investigators to the human remains is now speaking out. sherry shermantine did not want to be seen on camera. >> he was very hot headed. he was into drugs. when he started smoking drugs is when everything started going downhill. i did not know why i am not dead. they're going to find more remains than what they have already found. i do not know why i was the chosen one. >>mark: sit with kron4 as we continue to cover the search for remains from this be freed killers. >>darya: 0540 3:00 a.m., we're back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a shot of the golden gate bridge. >>james: the wind chill this morning is a little cool. it is a chilly start this morning. our highs this afternoon and will look like this. today will be the warmest of the next several going forward. temperatures in the east bay and south bay are low-mid- 60s. in the north bay we could see things warm up as high as 67. here is your 7 day around the bay. >>

federal epa decided the country needs to be better prepared to it gave four cities millions to improve water security and help develop a national standard for water emergency respond. former lab director was part of a small group that spent a year plotting the scenario for today's drill. >> we're talking about isolation. >> a 24-7 monitoring station sends an alarm to a remote location. first step, waters have to start going through a check list of tests. >> number one, identity the problem whenever you solve a problem. >> once confirmed hazardous materials the fire department arrived to take over. how much time would pass between the first alarm and notifying the public? >> could be an hour, it could be a day. it depends on what the event that happened. >> tomorrow, the drill will be evaluated for strengths and weaknesses. similar drills are taking place in dallas, philadelphia and new york. >> the owner of the a's says he expects to know within months if he can move his team south to san jose. after years of waiting for an answer from major league baseball it's clear lou wolf's patience is running thin. >> if patience a virtue, lou wolf is a saint. >> we're not in limbo. we'

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norovirus spaedz through the air or by touch and it is highly contagious. >>> engineers at national labin new mexico come up with a bullet that does not miss. they took a stealth guided missile and put night a 50 caliber rifle. shoots like a cart so instead of stwrait a spiral motion it twist and turn to find a laser pointed target at the end making up to 30 corrections per second while in the air. here's the path at nature with an led attached to the bullet to see what it is doing. weave either way to the target. it can hit a target a mile away. bullet has been in development for three years. more work needed before it goes commercial. >> well several years back series of abc 7 news i team reports helped change the law on force feeding duck. you may remember the reports. but tonight you will see the things have not changed much. in fac fact, the food industry has become even more defiant. >> also here tonight. romney nevada trump card. surprise endorsement leading up to the decision facing voters this weekend. stay with us. another half hour of news weekend. stay with us. another half

the united states. >> i couldn't agree with you more. if we invest in research in american universities or national labs or companies, we would like to see that research lead to discoveries but that research leads to manufacturing in the united states because that is where we will see future prosperity. the department of energy is working in a number of ways. when there are issues having to do with i.t. generated by the department of energy we look at what means we have. if you start a company or research that -- what are the means we have at our disposal to make sure it doesn't go to the highest bidder and what are those -- for example, i will tell you one example. we supported some research done by company based in america on manufacturing of improving manufacturing to drive costs down. it was a successful program. given what was happening in china than they were going to get out of this business and we were taking steps to make sure the ip generated by american taxpayers would have control. >> so it did migrate? >> if we -- [talking over each other] >> what is the reference to china? if we made and you gave this example yourself, if w

national dialogue. >> but the reality is, there's no way to pay for it. everyone realizes the enormous health impact of alzheimer's. the labse this across the country working pto find a cure are struggling to get money to pay for it. already alzheimer's gets far more money than other diseases. in the past decade, the number of diseases getting funded has dropped dramatically. >> most scientists who work on alzheimer's disease spend most of their time trying to raise money through experiments rather than doing the experiments themselves. the patients themselves can't advocate. because they can't remember, they can't function cognitively. and their caregivers are unable to advocate because they're exhausted. >> so it's the very beginning. the national war on alzheimer's faces a major obstacle and an enormous lack of funds to find a cure. robert bezell, nbc news, new york. >>> a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. from crest. life opens up when you do

national dialogue. >> reporter: but the reality is there's no way to pay for it. everyone realizes the enormous public health impact of alzheimer's. the labsike this across the country that are working to find a cure are struggle to get the money to pay for it. already alzheimer's gets far less than many other diseases. in the past decade, the percentage of research projects getting funded has dropped drastically. >> most people who work on alzheimer's disease, most scientists, nowadays spend most of their time trying to raise money through the expertments rather than doing the expeerments themselves. >> their caregivers are unable to advocate because they're exhausted. >> we're going to do the learning and -- >> reporter: so at the very beginning, the national war on alzheimer's faces a major obstacle and an enormous lack of funds to fight for a cure. robert bazell, nbc news, new york. >>> up next here tonight, the eyes in the sky over major american cities and why they have some folks concerned. [ woman ] i was ready for my trip, but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it g

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lab uses stem cells to grow the world's first test tube burger. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation, including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with going up. oil prices hit a nine-month high after iran halled crude exports to britain and france. american drivers are feeling the pain at the pump as gasoline prices have reached historic high for this time of year. nbc's michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: if you're feeling the pinch on your wallet every time you fill up the tank. >> it's definitely hurt me in the pocket. >> reporter: you're not alone. >> i can't afford it you have to buy gas to get around. >> reporter: gas prices at an all-time high for this time of year. the average price for a gallon of regular is $3.56 and eating into monthly budgets. >> pretty high. it takes about $120 for me to fill up my truck. >> reporter: so what's behind the spike? supply issues due to refinery problems on the east coast and ongoing conflicts in the oil rich countries. >> the geo politics in the middle east causing a psychology of fear about future supply has probably

the very start. as a nation, we've got a responsibility to give our students the resources they need from the highest quality schools to the latest textbooks to science labsd better performance. we should demand reform. and that was the idea behind race to the top. for less than 1% of what our nation spends on education each year, we've gotten almost every state in the nation to raise their standards for teaching and learning and that's the first time that's happened in a generation. so when it comes to fixing what's wrong with no child left behind, we've offered every state the same deal. we said, if you're willing to set higher, more honest standards than the ones that were set by no child left behind, then we're going to give you the flexibility to meet those standards. we want high standards. and we'll give you flexibility in return. we combined greater freedom with greater accountability. because what might work in minnesota may not work in kentucky. but every student should have the same opportunity to reach their potential. so over the last five months, 39 states have told us that they were interested. some have already applied, and today, i am ple

lab's critical programs, which are focused on developing innovative renewable technologies. that clearly have translated into lasting, well-paying jobs. more comprehensive energy portfolio and the national security and kudos to you. i know this is a tough fiscal environment and i want you to know that we support what you and the president have put together. i

national labs. all they would have to do in order to get this option is a $1,000 option fee for up to three patents. so, again, greatly reducing the cost of beginning the process. they can take that option and begin to shop it around to the investment community to see if there's any interest there. that doesn't mean it's $1,000 to license the patent. it means for $1,000, they can shop it around. but it, we think, is going to add a lot of flexibility. we're also allowing, we realize one size doesn't fit all, and so we're saying that in certain cases, especially again if you're a smaller company, you will not start a business unless you have an exclusive license, because if you don't have an exclusive license, you're always afraid of a bigger company comes in and licenses it and it rolls right over you. so in many instances, exclusive licenses are the preferred approach. and again, it's a case-by-case basis, as to what you do. again, all with the intent of getting this out into the private sector, turning discovery and invention into innovation. and finally, we've implemented the act or agreement for commercialization technology. it

the lab until 48 hours later. >>> now spring training is underway for the nats in florida. pitchers and catchers had two practices and full squad workouts start tomorrow. >> reporter: and greetings from nationals spring training. where everybody associated with this club is optimistic. why wouldn't you be? they may have the best pitching in the national league. and one of the new guys might be one of the brightest. he came over from oakland. they are paying him five year, $42 million, started 30-plus games in the last two seasons and he's coming off a year in which he posted a career 3.12 e.r.a and struck out a career- high 197 batters. he looks to back-up a hefty starting rotation with the righty. >> once i get on the mound, i don't care where i end up, just go out and try to win a game. i know that washington wants me to give them what they paid for. and i'm going to do everything i can. i think they did a great job by bringing me over here and working with me and we just clicked right away. >> reporter: one piece of business, the face of the franchise wants a contract extension. his deal runs out at the end of

the start. as a nation, we have a responsibility to get out or students the resources they need, from the highest quality schools to delayed his textbooks, to science labs that actually work. -- the latest text books, two sides last that really work. less than 1% of our nation spends on education each year -- we have to get every school to raise their standards for teaching and learning. when it comes to fixing what is wrong with no child left behind, we have offered every state the same deal. if you are willing to set more honest standards than the ones set no child left behind -- set by no child left behind, we will give you the flexibility to meet those standards. we will combine greater freedom with greater accountability. what works in minnesota may not work in kentucky. every student should have the same opportunity to reach their potential. over the last five months, 39 states have told us they are interested. some have already applied. i am pleased to announce that we are giving the first 10 states the green light to continue making the reforms that are best for them. each of these states had set higher benchmarks for student achievement. -- has

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 >> people say, gene kranz, you can't believe what you're saying. skyli lab to me was a differentr and focus as a team where we had -- the apollo missions were all short, in the order of ten days or so. and it's one thing to hold a team together and do all the right things, keep the quality for ten days, even though it's very intense. it's another thing to keep this team together for the best part of the year. and to hand over not tens, but literally hundreds of problems every shift without a glitch. to have these loss of control because a control moment gyra that's holding the attitude is freezing up and this whole stacks base system starts tumbling. to recover from massive short in one of the power distributors that is scattering solder balls all over the inside of the spacecraft. to learn how to repair and replace things in flight, go back to brute force mechanics to fix the space systems. sky lab to me was -- it started off in a tough fashion, where, again, the flight control team literally fought, took over ground command of this thing and flew it by ground command, used half its all propellant scheduled for a year

the very start. as a nation, we have tourists pressed we have a responsibility to give students resources they need, from the highest quality schools to the latest text books to science labs that actually work. in return, we should demand better performance. we should demand reform, and that was the idea behind race to the top. for less than 1% of what our nation spends on education each year, we have almost every state in the nation to raise their standards for teaching and learning, and that is the first time that has happened in a generation. when it comes to fixing what is wrong with no child left behind we have offered every state the same deal. we said if you are willing to set higher, more honest standards than the ones that are set by no child left behind, we will give you the flexibility to meet those standards. we want bystander its and we will -- we want high standards, and we will get you more flexibility. what might work in minnesota it may not work in kentucky, but every state will have the same opportunity to reach their potential. over the last five months, 39 states have told us they were interested. some have already applied, and today i am pleased to an