thomas? >> thank you, mr. chairman bam baucus, chairman frank. you asked that my findings, the light of the findings, and why they were unable to reach unanimous agreement. i joined hennessey and [ inaudible ] we describe the ten essential causes of the financial crisis. our conclusion is that the crisis -- >> can you move your microphone up a little, please? >> better turn it on. >> our thesis is that the crisis was at its core a global financial panic, sip stated by concentrated, correlated housing related losses at large and mid size financial institutions in the united states and europe. let's examine three areas where our findings and conclusions differ from those of the six-member majority. first, our explanation of the crisis begins with a global credit bubble fueled by international capital flows. we do not think that you can understand what happened in the united states without first understanding what was going on in international capital markets. there were a series of credit bubbl

>> thomas: uh, i think she's third in line for the belgian throne. >> brooke: (gasps) >> ridge: thomasknow how gullible brooke is. >> brooke: oh! why don't you tell us who she is? >> thomas: come on, it's a first date, okay? >> ridge: i'll open the door for you. >> thomas: brooke. >> brooke: okay. okay. go to your room. (giggles) thomas, have a wonderful evening. come on, let's go. (giggles) >> thomas: (sighs) >> dayzee: and make a cash drop

to deny the renewal petition of thomas edison charter academy. it is set to expire on june 15 2011 and whereas purr suents to education code section 47 subdivision k 3, the petitioner submitted on december 15, 2010, a charter renewal petition for the renewal of the charter school's petition and whereas the district's board of education held a public hearing on january 11, 2011 as required by law and whereas the board of education shall consider the level of public support for the charter school and has reviewed the renewal petition and all information received with respect to the renewal petition including its append sis and whereas it shall be guided by the intents of the california legislature that charter schools shall become a part of the california educational system and that establishment of church schools shall be encouraged and whereas after analysis to have petition, district staff determine that it contains sufficient sis and whereas distribute staff and legal council have reviewed the petition and prepared staff-written founding regard

bobbie thomas. >> let's go over here! >> party in a boot, we love it! giving new meaning to bootleg. >> yum! >> bobbie thomas -- >> who knew? >> thank you. coming up next, a seafood twist.

. >>> a rather odd anniversary for supreme court justice clarence thomas.today marks five years since thomas has spoken a word during oral court arguments at the high court.

reality and fiction are blurred in thomas wrede's carefully composed "real landscapes." translator: it's one of my artistic concepts to seamible things by changing the perspective, where i create perspective myself and don't belong together and cause confusion. maybe they get people thinking, does that go together? how can that be? >> he usually spends several weeks working on a picture. one of the most important issues is deciding where he can best put his ideas into practice. places in northern germany are among his favorite locations. translator: usually i prefer bare landscapes where nothing else can get in the way or something like this heap of sand that i can shape. i can try out a lot there, whether this pine tree fits in the scene or if it's too much. maybe a couple of chairs would be good or a daytripping destination? i'll try it. >> on a small section of north sea coast, thomas wrede makes it's driving. when the 47-year-old has found the right backdrop, he gets down to work. the picture has to be taken from a particular perspective so that a few patches of left

thomas? >> thank you, mr. chairman bam baucus, chairman frank. you asked that my findings, the light of the findings, and why they were unable to reach unanimous agreement. i joined hennessey and [ inaudible ] we describe the ten essential causes of the financial crisis. our conclusion is that the crisis -- >> can you move your microphone up a little, please? >> better turn ion. >> our thesiss that the crisis was at its core a global financial panic, sip stated by concentrated, correlated housing related losses at large and m size financial institutions in the united states and europe. let's examine three areas where our findings and conclusions differ from those of the six-member majority. first, our explanation of the crisis begins with a global credit bubble fueled by international capital flows. we do not think that you can understand what happened in the united states without first understanding what was going on in international capital markets. there were a series of credit bubbles occ

rebecca thomas was an elderly woman who was crippled and bent with age. she lived off her husband, john's, pension from his service during the revolutionary war. >> a grave miscarriage of justice against this woman. >> narrator: but erastus wright, a pension agent, claimed that he was entitled to half of her monthly pension. when mrs. thomas engaged lincoln to bring a suit against wright for the return of her money, he was outraged by her treatment. lincoln told judge davis, "i'm going to skin wright." >> this woman's husband was at valley forge. he walked barefoot in the snow. >> he talked about valley forge and about the ice and the snow and the soldiers' bleeding feet and them leaving home and leaving their loved ones behind and all the sacrifices they made, and that stirred the jury's patriotism and anger at wright. >> narrator: rebecca thomas won the case. >> lincoln was aware of everything that was going on in court. he had--just had that sense: the sense of movement, the sense of listening, the right time to object, the right argument to make, the

and thomas miller, here we have four courts ruling 2-2. full-court press in the congress to get this thing repealed. what's the state of a law that hasn't even been fully implemented yet? >> well, we've got a law that was passed in a different world. since then we've seen the popular majority in favor of it has disappeared. the congressional majority that passed it has disappeared in the november elections. and now what was presumed to be a legal view that this was totally constitutional at best is tenuous based upon very two strong rulings by district court judges. one of the other district courts is in the same circuit so they're going to go up on appeal at the same time and i would think the court of appeals is going to uphold the opinion by judge hudson rather than the other one. so they're on their heels, knocked off balance, uncertain. the aggressiveness of implementing and enforcing this law is going to pause. there will be some bluster, talking past the graveyard, whistling saying "go on, move along, nothing's happened here, no acc

for thousands of kids like thomas and their families. robert bazell, nbc news, san francisco. >>> and we learned something about the first family today. up next after a break, why the obamas, like a lot of other parents, have made one very popular place off limits for their two girls. >>> the winter of our discontent continues tonight with texas, oklahoma, kansas, arkansas, right there in the middle of it. up to two feet of snow have fallen in the region today. parts of oklahoma, like tulsa town, have set all-time records for snowfall. temperatures are 25 degrees below normal. schools, airports, government offices, businesses all closed and blowing snow made driving absolutely impossible in some places. and remember these are a lot of places not used to conditions like this. >>> last night we told you about a new revelation from first lady michelle obama. she said and with certainty really for the first time her husband, the president, has quit smoking. well, this morning in an interview with matt lauer here on the "today" show, the firs

. >> thomas roman are bracing for dangerous driving conditions there as well. thomas? >> yes, they are. we are here at the safe way. late this afternoon, the safe way parking lot was swirling with snow to the delight of many of the safe way shoppers. the snow didn't last long. where the snow really is right now is just north of us. a white carpet is sending mount huh lena. it snowed throughout california. mario rubio sent us these photos of his co-workers enjoying the brief snowfall in santa rosa. paul who was shopping at the safe way tonight told us about the strange snowballs that fell at the airport where he works. >> there were balls that look like styrofoam. when you push on them, they broke up like regular snow and it starts stacking up. >> county emergency services says they are ready if and when more false, but they are more concerned about black ice. >> i think the biggest threat is black ice early in the morning we are expecting very cold temperatures. >> they have been preparing for the icy conditions since yesterday. >> we stocked on more sand. that's what

tim thomas, that would be the only goal thomas allowed. pretty backhander for couture that came in the first period and stood up the rest of the way. bruins pulled thomas with just seconds left, that's when setoguchi made that nice play, blocked, but got the puck back. the sharks win 2-06789 they're 7th win in eight games which moves them into the number four playoff spot in the west. stanford in need of a win this afternoon to slow a downward trend, late in the first half against arizona state as jeremy green hits one of his five three-pointers. on the way to a 23 point game. stanford up four at halftime. then brown in traffic doesn't bra iron but dwight powell there to bail him out in a big way. then there was josh owens who made all 16 of his points in the second half. stanford wins for just the second time in seven games. cal tried to continue its hot streak playing right now against arizona, that game in the second half the wildcats leading by nine. i'll have that one for you tonight at 10:00 on sports rap. >>> coming up tonight on th

after a restart german thomas hitzlsperger was instrumental again and they are mark after setting up a corner for winston reid was scored his first for the team and then a defense error helped burnley get one back through j rodrigo's but it was west ham with the last word as for it sears made a nice solo effort right there to make five one the final score. and hears the rest of the draw for the sixth round manchester city or some villa will take on everett's and or reading birmingham will need balls and and in the take of that size premier league leaders manchester united will face either title rivals arsenal or league one type lars late in the orient so those matches will be played on the twelfth and thirteenth of march. to tennis now where the men's tournament is underway in dubai number three seats almost birdie cruised for his first round opponent jeremy charedi with a six two six three victory and hour and six minutes was all the czech needed to overcome the frenchman who did manage to break in the beginning of the second set the next round will see birdie take on the winner ope

alex thomas likes debutant thomas has won the goal ignites west ham as they thrashed burnley five one in the f.a. cup to avoid the drop in the premier league. so to start with football and looking to become the first russian team to reach the last sixteen of the europa league they take on prague so long ago this tuesday evening the muscovite side are firm favorites to go through off the net since twenty ninth minute strike ensued they won the first leg one in greece last week and the school in moscow is the only all the sauce that contains god's favor having won all four of their high games in the cure game counterpane. scored just five goals in the rightfully so far this season however it has got a lot to regular match played recent months since the russian crimea meet and then move them. on me while there are also two first leg time is from the last sixteen of the champions league taking place and choose day night with chelsea looking to boost their flagging domestic season with european success if they travel to copenhagen while making that made me parents in the front stage call o

well i'm eddie thomas. i'll be visiting here with you every day after school. oh. now, who are you young ladies looking for? gertrude grossman? aha! hey, gert! your volunteer's here. shake a leg. hi, mrs. grossman. i'm chelsea. oh, please call me gertie. do you like to arm wrestle? ok, gertie. oh, good. i'll go easy on you. ok. she's so precious. but i think i can take her.

and now, as i said before, by design we give bill thomas the last word. he's never a shrinking violet but as you know, former chairman of the house ways and means committee, has been involved in these issues for years, and he was also a 1998, the co-chair of what was known as the bo thomas commission, the national bipartisan commission on the future of medicare, so he's been there. bill? >> thanks a lot, bob. this has been good, and i just want to say, i've been involved in every major medicare battle, except its creation in 1965, and there has been an evolution of sinking and moving forward, and i, as opposed to some others, are -- i'm fairly optimistic, based on where we are. now, when you start speaking, you're supposed to say something good about the presenter. [ laughter ] and on the basis of his presentation, what really jumped out at me, joe, was that i want to compliment you because i've never heard anyone combine full monte and structural reform in the same sentence. i think rahm emanuel got a bad rap when he said, "don't let a crisis go to waste

>> thomas: hey, what can i say? i'm in high demand these days. >> steffy: uh-huh. >> taylor: uh, speaking of paris, uh, did you meet any interesting people when you were there? >> steffy: oh, well, you know, i-i could have gone out every night if i wanted to, but, you know, i didn't. >> ridge: too busy at international, huh? >> steffy: yes, but, uh, sorta kinda have my eye on someone. >> taylor: oh, really? >> steffy: oh, don't worry. you'll know if anything comes of it. >> brooke: oh, steffy. you're back. >> steffy: brooke, you're still here. >> brooke: yes, i'm still here. >> steffy: wait, you guys are still together? i thought it would be way over by now. (banging on door) >> amber: coming. i'm coming. who could this be? oh. well, howdy, handsome.

thomas racked up 23 includes this long three. they win this onewoone 87-76. it could be the greens of dream at pebble beach here on sunday. the top four on the leader board have yet to win a pga tour title this sorry. steve marino still the leader of the pack after two rounds. let's head out to pebble beach. bill murray in a giving mood passing out the cupcakes. the elmer fudd cap. good luck so far.

there's a letter that benjamin banneker wrote to thomas jefferson in 1791. and he's basically -- thomas jefferson at the time was the secretary of state, and benjamin banneker was this accomplished astronomer who would help plan that print for the nation's capital. he was this accomplished man. he published annual almanacs that, with a striking precision, rejected crops. so he was this accomplished man your he was making clocks. i can go on and on about his accomplishments, and he was thomas jefferson insisted that african-americans were intellectually inferior and would never be equal to whites. so benjamin banneker writes this letter that should be a part of our education, because he's basically appealing to him as an american, as, you know, as a scholar, as a christian. and he sang, you know, yeah, my skin is as black as night, but unequal. like, how could you see otherwise? we are equal. sure, we are integrated in circumstances now, so you don't see us in full flower, but the potential is there. look at me. and he sent in his almanac. so the need for me

well i'm eddie thomas. i'll be visiting here with you every day after school. oh. now, who are you young ladies looking for? gertrude grossman? aha! hey, gert! your volunteer's here. shake a leg. hi, mrs. grossman. i'm chelsea. oh, please call me gertie. do you like to arm wrestle? ok, gertie. oh, good. i'll go easy on you. ok. she's so precious. but i think i can take her. all right. let's get this over with. rhonnie wilcox?! going once... going twice... going to the mall. she cannot hear you. oh, she's a little hard of hearing? ok. rhonnie wilcox! she cannot hear you! why? because she is in her room. my bad. let's go. ♪ if you could gaze into the future ♪ ♪ future,

and how much strikes debutant thomas as one of the goal ignites west town say trash bernie five one in the f.a. cup now that to avoid the drop in the premier league. and we start with football and looking to become the first russian team to reach the last sixteen of the europa league when they host later this tuesday and as richard van cortlandt reports the muscovite side the fun favorites to go through having won the first leg one million grace last week. so this guy has been irresistible so far in this season's europa league they breezed through their qualification campaign unbeaten winning five and drawing just one game or thomas needs his goal a week ago and some more nicky gives the argument a clear advantage going into tuesday's return leg we did it for fun and i thought we played well last week in greece of course we tied in the second half but that is understandable due to our season only just starting however we didn't take all our chances and had we done so this tie would already be over but because we didn't still have a chance just this morning for power will be serious cos

. >> and i am george thomas. you have seen hundreds of thousands of christians taken to the streets of cairo calling for the resignation of president hosni mubarak. >> egypt's christians have face his hardship under mubarak's regime. john waage reports they are asking for prayer. >> reporter: egyptian street revolution is creating uncertainty around the world especially for 10 million christians in this country of 80 million people. >> most of the churches are closed. people are meeting in homes to pray together. ministries like open doors are being affected significantly because of curfews because of the security issues on the streets. >> earlier this year scenes on you tube of coptic christians being killed and including children of 2 coptic families, pastor youssef is concerned of an assault from muslim brotherhood. he says the brotherhood's quest for power extends beyond egypt to israel. >> the aim of the islamists is to tighten noose around israel's neck. if they are seeing a great opportunity in egypt, a st

hello everyone i am george thomas. >> and i am wendy griffith. the people are standing up to tyranny. thousands of protesters in countries like libya, bahrain and yemen risking their freedom and lives trying to unseat their governments. gary lane has more. >> reporter: in bahrain, the army says it is in control of parts of the capitol city, manama, this after security forces raided a peaceful protest. >> we say to all citizens together in vital areas of the capitol. >> there is a deep division between sunni and shia muslim. majority ies shia. the population accuse sz the government from blocking them from key business, political and military jobs. protesters want to topple the regime. in yemen, antigovernment protesters took to the streets. >> we want the government to step down. >> like in egypt and tenesia, protesters are angry about poverty and corruption. the street is demanding more. similar scenes playing out in libya. activists using social networking sites to rally start against peter khudi. he has been in power since 1969. a growing numb

kristen, thomas -- eric -- >> mr. thomas. >> one of my favorite actresses. i think she's great!oining us. top stories we're following. >> some students at palo alto elementary schools are taking antibiotics this morning. it's feared that george flap, a fifth grade teach -- you see him there -- may have died of a fast spreading disease. tests will confirm if he was ininvestigated with the bacteria. >> the unsolicited delivery of the yellow pages. it's the city's newest attempt to pass green legislation keeping waste from piling up in our landfills. threatened legal action is on constitutional grounds if the ban should get approved. >> a massive but peaceful demonstration in central cairo has some 200,000 egyptians calling for their president to step down by friday. military troops are watching from the side lines vowing not to attack the crowd as long as the protests remain peaceful. >> police are trying to determine if a man with a gun was a prank or an intention distraction. officers spanned out across the campus. >> students remained in their classrooms until heavily armed off

. >> thomas, i am speaking in opposition to the proposed ordinance. obviously, with six sponsors, you already have the four supervisors to put this on the ballot. but i think both the rules committee and the full board of supervisors needs to be sensitive to the issue of identity politics. with the new composition on the board and the new mayor, again, i think the board needs to be sensitive to the issues surrounding identity politics. this is ordinance is a bad precedent and it will not end with either the interim mayor or perhaps other positions besides a mayoral position. thank you. commissioner kim: thank you. seeing no further public comment, public comment is now closed for this item. without objection, if are there no further comments from colleagues, i'd like to consider this hearing held and filed. thank you so much president chiu for joining us. president chiu: thank you. clerk wong: item no. 1, charter amendment to amend the charter of the city to increase the compensation for members of the board of education from a monthly stipend -- in a

thomas paine sums up the situation in his pamphlet "the american crisis". man as paine: these are the times that try men's souls. the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. narrator: how did things become so dire? just five months earlier the continental congress ratified the declaration of independence, a glorious and radical document. "governments are instituted among men," it said, "deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." that was five months ago. it seems like five years. for the declaration of independence was also a declaration of war against the most powerful nation on earth. (seagull cries) british forces soon began arriving by the tens of thousands. professional soldiers carried on magnificent sailing ships in a display of immense power. george washington and the continental army were up against the best, regular soldiers in the world. highly trained, highly disciplined, highly experienced. th

great deal of success and that is incredibly important that this beautiful landscape designed by thomas church not be destroyed. i spoke with an hour and a 45 minutes. he was astounded at things he had not seen. as jackson pollock said when somebody said he should sell the -- study nature he argued, i am nature. you cannot draw a credible and boundary between people and nature, so i support a huge population of sparrows and warblers, beautiful and rare birds. there are chickadees, a flock of 25 goldfinches, and they are all there right now. my daughter move in when she was about eight months old. my son was born in park merced. we will not been able -- we will not be able to replace a place where children can play it safe of traffic. >> i am a jr. of high school, and i have lived with my family in an apartment in part of merced for 14 years. my brother was born and raised in our first house in park merced, and we were both raised in a wonderful environment. we spent most of our time growing in a spacious backyard. i grew up with some children who have become my best friends, and i do my

i can imagine him with thomas paine. thomas paine dined there with him and that's where -- it was relatively small and always political. he was famous for having meals where he invited everyone he knew it was brilliant to have these incredible debtors. in the east room, president kennedy said when he had all of the nobel prize winners, he said never had so much that talent been assembled and the white house at one time except when thomas jefferson died in the room alone. all the furniture is original, from 1800 to 1810. these pieces would have been made in this era. they're probably better than anything jefferson could afford to put in the white house at the time. a wonderful portrait of benjamin franklin hangs over the fireplace that was painted when he was in england as one of the american representatives for colonial governments. a silver plated a coffee urn was bound by abigail -- by john abigail adams from the federal. the wonderful scene of philadelphia that hangs above the sofa is at philadelphia in the mid-19th c

. >>> a rather odd anniversary for supreme court justice clarence thomas.marks five years since thomas has spoken a word during oral court arguments at the high court. >>> and although the nation honored our nation's first president george washington by celebrating presidents' day yesterday, today is his actual birthday. washington was born on this day in 1732. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. find out the latest details on the unrest in the middle east as libya's embattled leader refuses to step down. >>> and get an exclusive look at the gown that made history. princess diana's wedding dress will be on display live in studio 1a. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc

we are joined by commissioner president thomas does it go, dr. joe marshall, commissioner james slaughter, commissioner petra dejesus. we are also joined by chief of police george gascoign. also with us are the it assistant chief. this isn't she said of the operation pirro. assistant chief denise schmitt. deputy chief john murphy, enforcement and security at the mta. commander sandra tong of the airport bureau. commander james dudley of the airport operations bureau. commander daniel mahoney, chief of the operations staff. commander daniel lazard, chief of investigations. this is a time when we stop and offer special members of the police department. these are members who have distinguished themselves through their bravery and dangerous situations. it is important to note one of the criteria for the medal of honor this one failed to -- failure to take such action would lead to center. these are actions above and beyond call of duty. at this time, i would like to invite the chief of police, cheif gascon, to come up here and speak. >> thank you, ev

i think those of you who remember the library know the name thomas hudner as a medal of honor. he made the choice, nothing wrong with this plan, jesse leroy brown is down but thomas hudner's plane is flying perfectly well. he decided to crash land his plane in that mountain in an effort to rescue jesse leroy brown. and to compound that, a helicopter pilot, remember these helicopters are not very strong and they can't fly at high elevation, they can hover, came in to try and help thomas hudner. a great compelling story and i will not tip off the end but it's a very compelling story. i've already mentioned the duane thorin rescue. i mentioned harry ettinger. not a huge portion of this book but fairly representative portion of this book is about pows in korea. and harriet and your -- harry ettinger, my interview with harry ettinger was he told me, you know, my actual combat experts in north korea was about 1.2 hours. he was on a night mission, was shot down by the north koreans, and spent the next 18 months in captivity. and during all that time, there was great pressure, probably

(sighs) why did you do that, thomas? >> bill: let's hear it, doc.s my son the father of this child? >> dr. montgomery: bill, i wonder if we should have some privacy for this. maybe just, uh, family? >> bill: no, that's not necessary. i think we should all share in the results, especially you, amber. >> amber: don't worry, mr. spencer. i'm not going anywhere. >> bill: well, you might want to call an attorney. last time i checked, extortion was still a crime. >> liam: um, can we get on with

garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >>> the clock is ticking on one of the biggest surf competitions of the year, mavericks. now the ocean has until the end of the month to get it together. mavericks is held off the coast of half moon bay every winter, at least when surf conditions cooperate. the spot is famous for some of the biggest swells in the world, spectacular. this winter, while mother nature has been whipping up some spectacular storms on land, conditions of the sea have been less than ideal for the big wave competition. >>> so let's check in with rob mayeda to see what the weather is doing right now. it was crazy in san francisco most of the morning, rob. >> quite a bit of rain coming down. and we still have heavy rain in a few spots around the bay area. 47 degrees in san jose. that's not too far off from today's high temperature, if you want to call it that. 47, west wind at 10. in oakland, 42 degrees. northwest wind at 7 miles per hour. we should see more of a northwesterly breeze to clear out the skies later tonight. the rain is flying in san francisco, northwest wind at 13

in san francisco, thomas roman, abc7 news. >>> charles mann son has been caught with a cell phone againa corrections department spokesperson says guards found it last month. officials will not say who he has been calling. last time in 2009 his phone had calls and texts to people in california, florida, new jersey as well as british columbia. one of man son's contacts recorded a call in which he sang. >> the 2009 phone find added 30 days to manson's life sentence for the murders of sharon tate and six other people in 1969. another round of disciplinary action is underway. >>> is a norwegian lawmaker has nominated wikileaks for this year's nobel peace prize. the founder is under fire for releasing thousands of classified documents including confidential material on the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the norwegian lawmaker who made the nomination today said the website is one of the most important contributors to freedom of speech in the 21st century for exposing corruption, torture and war crimes. >>> at least a dozen people have been killed by the biggest snowstorm to hit in 60 years. the