kids and make them comfortable opening up to you and explaining to you what's going on around in the playground. leave it open for new conversation. never close the door. you want them to be comfortable talking about it. >> bill: kids get to be 12, 13 years old. the age where this stuff heavily starts to come in. what do you say? better not do it? this is against the family code? what do you say. >> are you out of your mind? i mean, one thing you say. you have to show your outrage. one thing to be armed with an arsenal of facts about the things that drugs do to you and things that marijuana do to you. another thing that your love, your approval has to be more to them than what that drug can do to you. that's very important. it's about the relationship. can i tell you that marijuana today is stronger than it was 25 years ago. can i tell that you it's going to mess up your mind. can i tell you a lot of facts about, you know, marijuana. it's not going to get through to them unless what -- unless your approval means more to them than what the drug means. >> bill: obviously the better relationship y

ran into the building and missed the playground. the conductor, while shocked, was taken to the hospital, but wasn't hurt. >> there were no passengers on the train? >> there were no passengers on at the time. >> but it looks like it hit a pretty busy area. there were a lot of cars and it looks like there's homes around there? what's around there? >> what's around there was the apartment building, a playground and a parking lot where it hit some cars. and this witness talks about the impact of the train on one of the cars. >> that car's parking spot is over there. so it dragged it. that's what we saw. when it dragged the car, all the way over there. >> it's going to take a long time to clean this up, too. it's a huge mess. >>> we're at number seven on the "rtm" "countdown," it's time to vote. is it real? >> the everlasting wonder of these loch ness monsters and whether they're real or not. the battle continues! >> they're real! totally real! i've seen photos on the internet. >> this is another one, it's from iceland at a lake, their v

you can't be -- you can't relax. >> reporter: two days before the incident near the playground a similarncident happened a short distance away in the 1600 block of rolling road. at this point police can't rule out it may have been the same suspect. >> thank you. now developing story, a 22-year- old is in custody accused of killing his own daughter. police say he beat the 5-year- old after she soiled her pants. >> reporter: city police have charged matthew karr with first and second degree murder along with felony child abuse for the death of the 5-year-old. it happened in this house on calloway avenue in northwest baltimore late monday night. police say they got a 911 call from the home saying the daughter was in the tub and not breathing. she was taken to the hospital pronounced dead. police say doctors found injuries on the child which lead detectives back to the father. >> she had trauma to most of her body, doctors found fractures in the face, several ribs were fractured, and we needed a suspect. the only person that was home with her at the time was the father. with that said homici

10-year-old allison loves spending time playing, but her friends couldn't come to any of the city's 42 playgrounds because they're physically challenged and the equipment isn't designed to accommodate them. allison wrote to the city council for help. it worked. the city said they will renovate the playground. way to go allison. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." just your first step today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. we're starting out with some pretty thick fog in some neighborhoods. you have to be careful if you're leaving early this morning, there could be some trouble in that respect. 38 in parkton. 39 in jarrettsville. we'll start out with some fog and drizzle and it will turn mostly sunny this afternoon with high temperatures in the low 50's. it will turn out to be a nice day. talking about the possibility of some snow over the weekend. >> 41 degrees on tv hill. the murder trial for george huguely is put on hold after one of his lawyers calls insect. -- calls in sick. >> high drama over the same sex marriage bill in a

10-year-old allison loves spending time playing, but her friends couldn't come to any of the city's 42 playgroundsecause they're physically challenged and the equipment isn't designed to accommodate them. allison wrote to the city council for help. it worked. the city said they will renovate the playground. way to go allison. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." just your first step today on your nbc station. >>> good morning. a live look outside this morning. and we have clouds down on the ground, a lot of fog around here this morning. good morning to you, meteorologist tom kierein says we're going to see our biggest snowstorm of the season this weekend. but the forecast changed overnight. we'll talk to tom in a minute to see how much snow we might get and when that storm might get here. good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. it is friday, february 17, 2012. there is already a lot going on right now, especially on the roads. we have breaking news off the top. police are on the scene of a serious crash that has part of the beltway shut down in montgomery county. >> it's happened on

about the fact but they build an antenna near the school without informing the parents, and at the playground, where a lot of kids go, and i think it is like an open area, so it is very hard to protest something like this, but i think you want to say something more? >> if you would address the board, because we have trouble understanding view. >> that is what i want to save. -- to say. >> i hope it was clear. if it was not, i guess you will ask questions. >> you are requesting data, specific information you were not provided, and on that basis, you are requesting a continuance. is that correct? >> i do not know what that means. >> you would like figuring after you have the opportunity to receive and review the data? >> yes, i think the data is required to continue, or you can revoke the permit right now. that would be fine with me. >> mainly you are seeking an opportunity to get the data, review it, and have my hearing following that opportunity now? >> yes, you have to do that, because i do not think you are willing to revoke the permit. i would rather not have to come back. >> if you want t

the city said they will renovate the playgrounds to be able to accommodate those kids. to go, allison. >> the power of one little voice. >> exactly. one little 10-year-old voice can make a difference. i love it. >>> i'm lynn berry. this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> need a crash course in extreme environment survival? look no further than a swedish mountain side. in a classroom that drops to 15 below, students endured an intense three-day course on the abcs of tackling the arctic. former norwegian navy s.e.a.l.s cover the basics, everything from equipment and food rationing to managing a team of huskies. >>> one extravagant pageant in spain determines royalty. carnival begins with a beauty contest to crown the queen of the festival. look at those costumes. contestants dress in lavish costumes atop giant floats and large song and dance numbers entertain the crowd. this year's winner wore a head piece that was more than ten feet tall. >>> in los angeles the man of the hour is an oscar. it's celebrity chef wolf gang puck. a

two 13-year-old's saw the man exposing himself in small trees bordering a playground. they ran home and told her parents and they called police. the man was gone by the time police arrived. the police officer had this advice to parents parents and children confronted by that situation. >> don't approach and don't chase the individual. take a cell, call the police and let them know where are you seeing this. if you can keep a distance and keep an eye on them, try to do that, if the individual flees give the deputies an idea of the direction so we can locate them. >> just two days before the playground incident children spotted a man exposing himself in bushes along a nearby road. this point police can't rule out it was the same suspect. >>> concontroversy around a councilwoman. a week ago police tried pulling her over on the capitol beltway. instead they chased her for miles with a cruiser reaching 105 miles an hour. she was surrounded by police when she finally pulled over. she repeatedly cited her status but was only given a 90-dollar ticket and a warning for going 105

for the children, to take them to the playground. it is a beautiful. >> that's what making that different, the really cold temperatures. most of the readings have been average or we get spikes where we hit 60 degrees or 70. so far, it has been an ideal winter. >> it has been nice. still ahead, she was kidnapped at the age of 14 and held captive for nine months. >> elizabeth smart is now a newly wed and headed to howard county. the message she is >> kidnapped during a survivor and child advocate, elizabeth smart will give the keynote address at the cherished child address, an annual symposium designed for professional that committee members to raise awareness about keeping kids safe. smart will speak about her experiences during her nine- month abduction and promoting safety legislation. the event will be held april 27. >> it is amazing what she has overcome. health experts are recommending all adults be vaccinated against whopping cough. an advisory panel for the center of disease control and prevention voted yesterday to include peop

the tower site is at the edge of school property and within several hundred feet of the playground. the concern about the possible exposure to radio frequency ee electric tro magnetic fields. it's close to homes in the nearby neighborhood. residents plan to appeal next week at the public forum. >>> former workers at a berkeley steel plant took to the streets today to protest immigration laws. today hundreds of former pacific steel workers marched down university and san pablo avenues on their way to the plant. they all lost their jobs during a u.s. immigration audit which demanded proof of theirl residency status. they had to cut 200 workers. >> obama is running for re-election and we need to send the message to our president that, you know, if he wants our support, he needs to also change his approach to immigration. >> oakland city councilman is also vice president of the union that represents the steel workers. he blames the obama administration of conducting similar raids around the country during this presidential election year. >>> cadaver dogs from the south bay worked in san

they want polo to become the playground for the chinese millionaires. >> chinese people are very interested in sports. they don't know a lot about it. anytime that we introduce a sport that is exciting and has a very high status elsewhere in the world, you introduce this to a country with a big population. that is where we see the potential. >> there is also money to be made good with the economy still booming, the country's delete can afford it a lavish lifestyle. -- elite can afford a lavish lifestyle. in a country like china, where status matters, this is really a selling point. polo might have a cachet, but it does not come cheap. membership fees can cost upwards of $60,000 here. that means only the super rich can afford to saddle up. despite the freezing used. with this sort of planning, players here believe that a low as a bright future in china. >> well, certainly they have the infrastructure for it. they want people, they have interest in people who want to come to china. there is no reason why this should not take off. a former polo was played here over a thousand years ago. the sp

but this is the playground for the government rich, and they're hoping that you all work really, really hard to keep her going. so though the people, the people need and demand urgent reform from this growing out of touch government, and it's for freedom's sake and it's to grow our small businesses and hire more people. though we know that things must change rapidly in order to let the private sector grow, friends, there is no such sense of urgency here in obama's washington. because life around here is really good. materially. our permanent political class is content. they're immune to the realities that the rest of us face. see, they exempt themselves. they play by a different set of rules. look at say their epa. epa, it's imperialing our private industry, the steps that we need to take to be secure and it's enslaving us really to these foreign dangerous supplies of energy instead of tapping into our own god-given sources of energy here under foot. that's what the epa is all about right now and you have to ask yourself though, when was the last time you saw the epa prevent constructin

because of course today on all the day is the day my son wanted to spend an hour at the playground.but hey you bundle up and you'll be fine. >> and you run around to keep warm. >> yeah it was fine. >> it was a cold day out there today. we know it's winter but we haven't had much of it this winter. i want to show you what's going on today. we have this wind that's brought in the arctic blast. these are sustained winds. generally 15 to 15 miles per hour. we've had gusts over 45 miles per hour and this is the kind of air it has brought in. we are already dropping, we've already peaked today. but we're down to 29 degrees in baltimore. 17 in oakland. notice the dewpoint way down to 10 degrees. that's how dry this air is. as these winds die down. these temperatures are going to drop. so windshield right now is in the teens. overnight, we drop down to 8 degrees at vwi marshall for our winter. so it was a bitterly cold one. we did top out at 48 degrees. that is it. our average is now 44. we're going to get closer to that because as cold as this is it's not going to last that long. temperatu

about the fact but they build an antenna near the school without informing the parents, and at the playground where a lot of kids go, and i think it is like an open area, so it is very hard to protest something like this, but i think you want to say something more? >> if you would address the board, because we have trouble understanding view. >> that is what i want to save. -- to say. >> i hope it was clear. if it was not, i guess you will ask questions. >> you are requesting data, specific information you were not provided, and on that basis, you are requesting a continuance. is that correct? >> i do not know what that means. >> you would like figuring after u

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about the fact but they build an antenna near the school without informing the parents, and at the playground where a lot of kids go, and i think it is like an open area, so it is very hard to protest something like this, but i think you want to say something more? >> if you would address the board, because we have trouble understanding view. >> that is what i want to save. -- to say. >> i hope it was clear. if it was

. >> it is wonderful, especially for the children, to take them to the playground. >> i think it is great. no snow, good weather, not really that cold out. >> the question now, how long will these temperatures hang around? one person has the answer. >> where is he? [laughter] >> jeremy lin nos. >> 65 degrees today, 18 degrees warmer than normal and it might even be warmer tomorrow. war is not going to end tomorrow, through at least the early afternoon -- the warmth is not going to end tomorrow. temperatures over the next few days, we will see highs in the '70s tamara and only in the 40's 4 highs over the weekend. today, unseasonably mild. 78 what the record high. it is the seventh warmest winter on record. it comes up to an average temperature of just over 40 degrees. the warmest winter was 1931. we are in seventh place. a round the region, temperatures are still unseasonably mild. 48 in hancock, even western maryland in warm air with temperatures well into the 40's. some snow near the pennsylvania and new york state border. there are winter weather advisory for several inches of snow, co

physical movement, the oakland man was raced to the nearby elevator school for the helicopter sat on the playground ready to fly him to john muir in walnut creek. but, they are now trying to find out what happened. >> at this point, we're not sure if he was working for the homeowner or offended the homeowner. that information is still trying to be gathered right now as we gather information. >> what we do know is there are no plumbing trucks on the street the man worked for the company nonetheless. this will mean investigative team tonight because cal osha has been called up there and is expected to be here shortly to determine if there were any workplace violations. fire crews tell us that once again the victim is 50 years old and has been trent ported to john or hospital. there is no update on his condition at this hour. >> in the meantime, what an amazing effort on behalf of the rescue crews. >> police release video of occupied protesters setting an american flag on fire. demonstrators cheered as the flag went up in claims and many in the crowd chanting, burn it. this happened saturday night aft

the playground area. they brought the children inside. they are using their phone bank to try to reach the parents asking them to come. they are asking parents to park onñr wistman and walk over so ty don'txd compromise the safety o the fire crews. multiple units out here. an ems. a couple ems ambulances out.Ñi pg&e is out here on the scene. mountain view police. and also we saw a rig coming from santa clara fire. so clearly they are calling for more assistance. again, we don't know whether there are any injuries but we do know that this is still very much an active situation and fire crews are still trying to douse the fire from above as you saw from our chopper shot. we'll try to get more information for you. we'll have more later for you in the newscast. >> okay, chris. families have been displaced. the american red cross is on scene to provide food, clothing and shelter. at least three families are now burned out of their home. no reports on injuries and the cause is still unknown. keep it here on nbc bay area for any new developments

beautiful day like we had no better place than on the playground. parents and kids out here at the tot lot in north baltimore. everybody loving the weather. >> even for baltimore this is very mild,. >> great, fantastic. so it's -- may weather. >> normally we would be sliding now. we wouldn't come to play in the mark and swings and stuff. just fantastic. >> fantastic for the fighting irish and they can head back to the tot lot tomorrow because we will get another great day. wyatt joining us now. do we break any records today? >> reporter: they are working that. you know -- no we didn't. three degrees, we were with in three degrees. last day of january, old record was 69, we got to 66 and look at the numbers, just below 50 tonight in the state capitol. 56dc. 53 charm estimate you see the highs today. 68 downtown. the airport 66, the old records kept but you get the idea. way above average. average high 42 and we will see another mild one tomorrow. not much changing but we do see rain appearing now to the west on the radar and the chance for showers wil

at cleveland elementary in oakland, workers are disinfecting the playground. nt to parents to let them know that norovirus is the cause of the flu like symptoms that sent dozens of kids home. 30 students are out sick today. reports of norovirus are popping of all around the bay area. maureen kelly shows us the numbers county by county. aha >>maureen: reports of the gastrointestinal illness have doubled from last season. this disease and the six schools and 12 facilities were infected. the san francisco health department says this year's numbers are compared to last year. in that case 1003 students and staff reported getting sick. solano county said they had five outbreaks of nursing homes being publications affected. they do say that reports of suspected norovirus are up significantly in the county. nursing homes and schools have been affected. between to under 53 occasions have suspected norovirus. >>grant: more pain at the pump as gas forces are up again. they have increased 20 days in a row. >>grant: and said francisco drivers are paying on average $4.33 a g

. >> the levels in the playground where her baby place are 60 times greater than what is considered safe. 400 people have already died -- 400 children have already died. >> this is something that is clearly very tragic, something that should not happen at all. >> but the mortality rate among the children has dropped significantly over the past two years and the government has helped to clean up seven villages. >> there has been some action by the government but the issue is that there are 2000 children who are in urgent need of treatment. those children cannot be treated. their homes are cleaned up. those homes cannot be cleaned up until safer mining practices are implemented. >> the race against time continues as many children in the north face the possibility of brain damage or worth -- or worse. >> you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- 50 years after the u.s. slapped its trade embargo on cuba, we are in havana where the impact is everywhere you look. 200 years ago, one of the greatest novelists in the english language was born. today, the live and work of charles

. >> it does not get more glamorous than this, beverly hills, the playground for billionaires' and celebrities. this is a far cry from many committees in los angeles. >> people here might live in a bubble, they might not go south of olympic. i think that there is an awareness that times are very tough and that people are having a tough time but there is not that every day interaction with those people. >> california has more millionaires than anywhere else in america and a lot of them live in this area. beverly hills has a fine dining and high and shopping and a lifestyle geared to the rich and famous. for a lot of people in los angeles, this is a place only to come to work. oscar is a cook at a posh hotel on rodeo drive. he spends five hours a day to meeting, three trains and two buses every day. -- he spends five hours a day commuting. he told me it is frustrating to work in a place where everything is expensive and people spend too much. he takes home $350 a week. that is the cost of the room for a night in this luxury hotel. the divide between rich and poor in california is widening. this

i saw her in the playground last week. she's in prison for trying to kill the headmaster. oh, right. okay. and how did she do that, exactly? with a deadly ray gun. well, let's hope that she'll escape from prison and pick you up really soon. ben: deion, where are you? well, that all makes sense, doesn't it? what? where it's all coming from, the lying, because ben really looks up to deion. well, there are classes, i suppose, where there's a culture of lying, especially amongst boys. at least we haven't raised a sociopath. d'you know, i thought when we had a third child, it would get easier. i thought i'd get better at the dad thing. i think that we worry too much. it's important not to fall into the trap of over-parenting. more internet? no... it's a book. a book. do you think we over-parent, or do we under-parent? both, i think. often at the same time. ( doorbell rings ) ah, good. deion's mum. i can't wait to get them all into bed and then just collapse. trick or treat. what? trick or treat. it's september. halloween isn't till the end of october. we're away then, so... oka

we're also trying to look get how they don't scare gym and they are acted out on the playground. i want to planted that seed. >> had sought to the food industry. they are also sensitive -- hats off to the food industry. canned fruit and frozen fruit that is available to students now is being formulated with less sugar. that will probably continue. there are examples of less fat and less sodium as well. and low-fat dairy products to be made available. the industry is responding to the concerns. we are engaged in every one of our programs to try to be consistent. our wic package contains more fruits and vegetables opportunities and we are reformulating standards in terms of how things are packaged. the syrup in can for a test to be light syrup them. now. workingooking -- we're at a two-year research president massachusetts to make sure weakened sn out ifap participants -- to make sure we can see f.snap participants will continue to purchase. the card is formulated so that the snapper recipient is only charge 80% of the purchase price of a get a discount. we've got a research team lo

elliott asked a boy on the playground, are you brown because you come from africa? how dare he? soon after his mother was summoned to school and sign a form acknowledging her son made a racist re, ma. said the ticked off mom, quote, i refuse to sign it. he is inquiz tiff and he always likes to ask questions and it doesn't make him a racist. that's what the mother of a racist would say. discuss this now -- >> lightning roooouuunnnnnd. lightning round. >> sherrod, i go to you for no particular reason. >> i still have a big wheel. that's why. >> which was obviously stolen. >> what do you make of this? can't a little kid because he asks where he is from, is it racist? >> i would have to hear this kid's tone. what tone was it? was it timmy stop asking questions. i just want to know. are you black because you came from africa? that kid is a jerk. are you brown because you came from africa, then that is an inquiz tiff kid. i don't think the parent should have to write a note. come oengland, get your red coats in order. >> do they still have those. >> as a parent would you sign it and ta

americanism taught in the schools and churches and on the playgrounds loses much of its meaning in theonfines of a relocation center. >> when the smithsonian called me and said they wanted to host this exhibition and i found that it was across the street from the white house, it -- you know, we've come -- we've come a long ways. and, unfortunately, most of these artists are gone, but their children are super proud of being in the show. when we had the opening reception, there were about 100 people from california who flew out for the opening. and one man in particular who had -- his father made one of the carved objects in the show, he was 92 years old. when i talked to his wife and i said, you know, is this -- it's march. is this going to be safe for him to come out? well, he said, he feels this is a once in a lifetime, and he wants to be here. and he did fly out with his wife who is, like, 87, 88 and their daughters. and it was -- so i think that sense of pride. the number of lenders who came out, there are lenders who are on walkers, and so i think that to be in the national museum

inmates friends could easily throw guns or drugs to them on the playground if they were allowed to hang out there. >> i just believe that it poses a risk to safety not only with the residents, but the staff. >> reporter: the san francisco youth committee has asked the board of supervisors to look into the problem. this is not uncommon in government. when i was a parent of the san francisco schools they wired all the schools with this great wiring and the computers couldn't handle it. they are trying to beef it up now. but it just you know, unintended consequences. they don't look at the big picture. it happens and we waste a lot of money doing it. >> it's a lack of communication. >> it happens in business and especially in government. >> all right. mike, thank you. >>> one state lawmaker has a plan to save california jails some money and ease overcrowding. lighten up on drug possession. a bill by senator mark leno would knock simple possession of drugs such as cain, methamphetamine and heroin down from a felony charge to a misdemeanor. 13 other states have similar laws. supporters say t

it's why i would tease kids, know, in the playground and challenge them to, you know, a race even. my shoes off because my shoes always had holes in them. and which would run in the dead of winter and just challenge them to a race because i just, i wanted to be somebody, you know. everyone does. don't we? we all want to be s&p. >> rose: money ball say movie based on michael lewis a book about the oaklandate threat-- athletic, an inspirational story about a manager on a journey to find out the true meaning of worth. nominated for best actor brad pitt, also one of the producers for money ball nominated for best picture, he and jonah hill talk about their roles with director bennett-- bennett miller and what it takes to make a winning team. >> hey, billy. i wanted you to see these player evaluations that you asked me to do. >> i asked you to do three. >> yeah. >> to evaluate three players. >> yeah. >> how many did you do. >> 47. >> one of our first conversations was these '70s films where the beast at the beginning of the movie is the same beast at the end of the movie. and they don't

do you think that you could point miss braebrook out to me in the playground tomorrow? and nine... i've worked at this school for quite a while now... so i know where everything is. okay. okay, thank you for that. now, peter, let me tell you what i'm looking for-- commitment, your commitment to our raft of rolling initiatives going forward. are you with me? ye-- absolutely. good. good. well, in that case, uh, you see, i've been busy evolving the new school prospectus, and i had asked mr. bentley to process these statistics for me, but i'm not sure he's presented the figures in the most positive, uh, formulation, so i was wondering whether you would like to have a crack at it for me, as a way of demonstrating your commitment. uh, what exactly wasn't positive enough about mr. bentley's formulation? well, uh... ooh, it's just a little thing, but, for instance, in the exam results section, i'm not sure there's any point factoring in year nine. i think we're all aware that that particular year is something of a... an anomaly. an anomaly. yeah. actually, when you come to go through it al

do you think that you could point miss braebrook out me in the playground tomorrow? and nine...ve worked at this school for quite a while now... so i know where everything is. okay. okay, thank you for that. now, peter, let me tell you what i'm looking for-- commitment, your commitment to our raft of rolling initiatives going forward. are u with me? ye-- absolutely. good. good. well, in that case, uh, you see, i've been busy evolving the new school prospectus, and i had asked mr. bentley to process these statistic3 for me, but i'm not sure he's presented the figures in the most positive, uh, formulation, so i was wondering whether you would like to ha6e a crack at it for me, as a way of demonstrating your commitment. uh, what exactly wasn't positive enough about mr. bentley's formulation? well, uh... ooh, it's just a little thing, but, for instance, in the exam results section, i'm not sure there's any point factoring in year nine. i think we're all aware that that particular year is 3omething of a... an anomaly. an anomaly. yeah. actually, when you come to go through it all in

library and we have been working very hard for the last few years to succeed and will have the north beach playground. the theater program is currently -- they don't have a place to were hearse -- rehearse. and there are currently 45 kids signed up for the play of bye- bye birdie, there are almost 60 kids signed up for midsummer night's dream. we would like to see people come out and support it because the benefit for us this on much greater than one person that's been $10 to support the project. >> and good evening, my name is madison shorts. i have been a boys and girls club member since the third grade and i am honored to share with you what that means to me. it is not just a summer outlet but an integral part of my life to this day. for city kids, as opposed to children of the suburbs, it gives me the desire to participate in that community. the club welcomes all and i truly appreciate its diversity. anyone from all walks of life are welcome. in addition to many sports programs, there are a few. the club starts early with education, offering teachers and homework assistance. my family and i will

this is the playground of for the government rich. they are hoping you work really hard to keep it going. the people need and demand urgent reform from this growing out of touch government. it is for freedom's sake. it is to grow our small businesses and hire more people. we know things must change rapidly in order to let the private sector growth. there is no such sense of urgency here in washington. life around here is a really good materially. our permanent political class is content. they are immune to the realities that the rest of us face. they play by a different set of rules. look at the epa. it is hurting our energy independence to be secure. it is enslaving us to these foreign dangerous supplies of energy instead of tapping into our own god-given forces of energy under our foot. that is what the epa is about. you have to ask yourself, when is the last time you saw epa prevent constructing a new government building? [laughter] maybe instead of calling washington a swamp, maybe we should call it a wetland. maybe that will slow