a big part of that for small town america was manufacturing. only person in this race who has put for the bold plan, not just for energy development, but for manufacturing, to create an opportunity for small town and rural america to get the resource based economy going, get the manufacturing based economy going. we see an aggregation of people into big cities because the economic opportunities just not there across america as they once were. we are going to change that. we will bring in jobs that were shipped overseas. we will cut the corporate rate for everybody in half, but for manufacturers, we would say bring those jobs back to america and employ people in small town america. [applause] we need someone who is serious about shrinking the size and scale of federal government, right? [applause] we want someone who has actually put forth a plan that will get us there. five trillion dollars in cuts over five years. a balanced budget in five years. i pledged to spend less than a year before every year until we get to a balanced budget. [applause

. >> chard is small-town america.dents, parents get strangers pulled themselves together, marching silently to st. mary's. >> we will take care and support each other. >>marty: rush limbaugh is apologize for comments he made about a georgetown university law student. >> what does this say about the college co-ed susette fluke who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex. what does that make her? it makes her a slut. >>marty: he did apologize and said he chose the wrong words and did not need to personally attack her. >> people are paying money for these stores and promoting the serial killers and the evil is. this is just plain evil and it is all about the money. >> we're here for my brother and the victims. this is bad. - ( muc playing ) - we know technology can make you more connected. but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results fm home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digita

. ♪ ♪ >>> small-town america at its best a community effort to give an old friend new life. >>> goingbe playing a bit of baseball. >> what does a 12-gauge baseball bat do to a baseball? >> yep. >>> welcome back to the show. don't forget to check in at rightthisminute.com, great videos all day long. >>> always a solemn moment at sporting events or sell breaks when you sing the national anthem before things begin. we do that here in the u.s. ♪ well, they also do that in kazakhstan. and recently they were opening a regional ski festival. they're saying i want to wish you health, success and prosperity. good starts, victories. all about the ski festival. this group of very important people were getting ready to listen to the national anthem "my kazakhstan." hit it. ♪ >> are you serious? >> for some reason the 1999 pop hit -- ♪ -- "livin' la vida loca" by ricky martin started playing. and that's definitely not "my kazakhstan." >> perhaps it's a new national anthem, because perhaps they are "livin' la vida loca" in kazakhstan. if that's the case, nobody told these people. as you can see, wh

little towns all across america, they created opportunities for people to live. town values that came as a result of that. what you are seeing in america is a lot of those small towns are getting smaller and smaller. the people are forced to come to the bigger cities for the opportunities to be able to make ends meet. most of the population loss in this country is in small towns. that is, in fact, if you look at the map of the united states, looking for the values are better reflect the values of our founders, it is in those very communities. here we are as the republican party and as conservatives, we have not talked to those people in those communities about what we can do to help revitalize their neighborhoods. there are two big things we can do. manufacturing and resources, particularly energy. [applause] we have a federal government is doing more to destroy the energy sector of our economy, the resource sector of our economy, than any president in history. his epa is a job crushing, small town killing agency with a bunch of people in washington, d.c., who thi

a big part of that for small town america was manufacturing.e only person in this race who has put for the bold plan, not just for energy development, but for manufacturing, to create an opportunity for small town and rural america to get the resource based economy going, get the manufacturing based economy going. we see an aggregation of people into big cities because the economic opportunities just not there across america as they once were. we are going to change that. we will bring in jobs that were shipped overseas. we will cut the corporate rate for everybody in half, but for manufacturers, we would say bring those jobs back to america and employ people in small town america. [applause] we need someone who is serious about shrinking the size and scale of federal government, right? [applause] we want someone who has actually put forth a plan that will get us there. five trillion dollars in cuts over five years. a balanced budget in five years. i pledged to spend less than a year before every year until we get to a balanced budget. [applaus

in small-town america, it still is.agan tried to remind us all. remind us how important it was to allow the businessmen, to make a profit and not condemn them. as being the 1%. 1% does a lot of hiring of the other 99%, and that is a good thing. [applause] . the difficulty is with those kinds of principles. we have issues that are not easily satisfied by science. i think of the fukushima disaster and the impact it had not only in japan, but on trade throughout asia. many citizens in korea, taiwan and china were concerned about products that came from japan and the raw materials that would go into products made in their country but coming from japan. it did not make fifth that there was scientific justification suggesting these materials were safe. citizens did not want to see them in the marketplace. even in an area in europe where you think there is an easy obligation of good science, a genetically modified organisms have created a lot of barrier within the european marketplace. in the united states, not so much? where'

little towns all across america, they created opportunities for people to live. the small town values that came as a result of that. what you are seeing in america is a lot of those small towns are getting smaller and smaller. the people are forced to come to the bigger cities for the opportunities to be able to make ends meet. most of the population loss in this country is in small towns. that is, in fact, if you look at the map of the united states, looking for the values are better reflect the values of our founders, it is in those very communities. here we are as the republican party and as conservatives, we have not talked to those people in those communities about what we can do to help revitalize their neighborhoods. there are two big things we can do. manufacturing and resources, particularly energy. [applause] we have a federal government doing more to destroy the energy sector of our economy, the resource sector of our economy, than any president in history. his epa is a job crushing, small town killing agency with a bunch of people in washington, d.c.,

little towns all across america, they created opportunities for people to live. the small town values that came as a result of that. what you are seeing in america is a lot of those small towns are getting smaller and smaller. the people are forced to come to the bigger cities for the opportunities to be able to make ends meet. most of the population loss in this country is in small towns. that is, in fact, if you look at the map of the united states, looking for the values are better reflect the values of our founders, it is in those very communities. here we are as the republican party and as conservatives, we have not talked to those people in those communities about what we can do to help revitalize their neighborhoods. there are two big things we can do. manufacturing and resources, particularly energy. [applause] we have a federal government doing more to destroy the energy sector of our economy, the resource sector of our economy, than any president in history. his epa is a job crushing, small town killing agency with a bunch of people in washington, d.c.,

from the attitude of the guys, right, it would be any other male softball league in any small town america or usa, doing what they do after they've had a hard day's work minus the beer. it's the same thing with the exception of you're surrounded. i think it has to transcend from being in here all day, you get a chance to get out. i think it helps to keep the tension down. >> all work and no play wears down even the warden, so he always looks forward to downtime with his kids. >> i coach a rec league team. i actually coach my two sons, and i've done this before. this is the first time i will have had them on the same team. we go back, run the wheel. going to go to the middle. you go down low, okay? let's go. let's go. on three. one, two, three, defense. good defense. good defense. stay on your feet. stay on your feet. good defense. good defense. i get an opportunity to spend some time with these kids and in trying to be a role model for some kids. but not overbearing or anything like that. sometimes you're watching kids, you see kids that have a lot of potential and they have some bad attit

. >> this time, in small town america, the unexpected happens. >> you get guys with a schedule, a couple hours out, as it gets closer, they -- something changes their mind. >> could this predator bust turn into a bust? >> anybody that does surveillance knows it's sit and wait. >> then they come, often traveling long distances. what makes a man drive two hours? >> somebody wanted to meet me, i wanted to meet them. >> with outrageous alibis. >> my intention is to befriend her and try to mentor her. >> it's a new location, the same shocking behavior. >> i'm honored to be considered the candidate for your first. >> yes. playful chat. >> with the same result. >> sexual conduct with a minor. >>> this is "predator raw." we're in greenville, ohio. which is in dart county. locals know everybody. people talk and they know just about everything going on in the town. we have a rather high profile when we come into a small town. >> let me get this camera. >> we move into this house to do our investigation and this guy has cables and climbing up poles, setting up ladders, doing things, i think did rai

welcome to the kaiser report remember a couple of weeks ago we were talking about the richest towns in america being within an hour's drive of washington d.c. and then most of those towns personalized and essentially spying on americans there is more space max yes this is the data industrial complex otherwise known as dick and these dicks are in the news this week we have the hackers on one side and the hackers on the other side really strat four is a joke and so is wiki leaks for taking it seriously so we know we have this big data dump from wiki leaks which was data from strat for five million e-mails hacked by anonymous well the atlantic says the corporate research firm has branded itself as a cia like global intelligence firm but only julian a song and some over paying clients are fooled a friend who works in intelligence once joked that stratfor is just the economist a week later and several hundred times more expensive as of two thousand and one a strat for subscription could cost up to forty thousand dollars per year dick's data industrial complex. yes they charge a lot for the rehashin

is the idea that people can come from small town america, many cases like in my case a first generationportunity because you were some who were taught the principles of hard work and honesty and integrity and doing what's right even when it's hard, doing what's right when no one is watching you. all of those things that you were taught here in dixon and in small town america and across america those are the things that make our country what it is. that's what makes america unique in the world. we're a country that from its very inception believed in the very basic principles that government should be limited and that we should have unlimited potential of the american people. that's a great combination. [applause] >> i have been told by some local meteorologists that our time is short here. [laughter] >> that the weather has passed but it's coming back. so i'm not going to give a real long speech. i know you'll be very excited to hear that. but i do want to talk a little bit about what ronald reagan stands for and stood for and why it's so important that we have a candidate that does tha

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. >>> this comes to us from denver, colorado, in buford, wyoming the whole town can be yours for a price. it's america's smallest town, population one and it's now up for auction. after moving from los angeles 30 years ago, he's retiring. he's headed elsewhere. asking price for the one-time railroad town which includes a gas station and three bedroom home, is going to start at just $100,000. >> bargain. >> seriously. fire sale. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. yesterday we had 80 degrees. we will be in the 70's today. it will be another fantastic day. we're in the upper 50's and low 60's. 62 at the airport. lots of sunshine today. high temperature between 73 and 78. we will come back and check the forecast going into the weekend. >> 4:56. 61 degrees on tv hill. >> maryland republicans have an alternative budget and will outline the changes. >> gas his more than $4 a gallon in some parts of the state. details are next. >> more surprises in the gop race. t

you to consider small water applicants to demonstrate the level support or -- and in small town rural america they don't have the ability of large municipal systems and money. so it's -- if we can work on that, i think mr. westmoreland would appreciate it. we'd like to talk about that. now, i want to go to the super fund clean-up speed and funding. there was a company added to the national priority list in my district and i visited it. they are lengthy delays. obviously, when something gets on, the clean-up list. can you tell me what percent do you spend on physical clean-up versus administrative cost? my point is this, that's something you can get back to me on. when we talk to the region headquarters i have been told numerous times we can clean this up rapidly when it's initially identified, but if it's delayed then it gets in through the whole system. then you have litigation. long, long terms and the cost benefit analysis of moving quicker versus later is great. let me move to the definition of solid waste issue. case law and state statute is pretty clear. do you agree that it applies to

and in small-town america, as this man just said, it still is.ause] that is the vision that reagan tried to remind us all of. remind us how important was to allow the businessman, the entrepreneur to make a profit, and not to condemn them as being rich or greedy. the 1% does a lot of hiring of the other 99%, and that is a good thing. [applause] ronald reagan stood for free markets, for a free economy. he would be appalled to look at what is happening today with the government takeover of health care. margaret thatcher, as she left the prime ministership of england and it looks back as she served at the taint -- same time as reagan did. she said she never would have been able to accomplish what she did is not for america. she said the reason -- she said she never would have been able to accomplish as much as america. she said the reason, government health care. she said, once the government has their books in you and your -- they're hot in that you and your children and your loved ones, they've got you. and there is no amount of tribute you will n

. >>> this comes to us from denver, colorado, in buford, wyoming the whole town can be yours for a price. it's america'smallest town, population one and it's now up for auction. after moving from los angeles 30 years ago, he's retiring. he's headed elsewhere. asking price for the one-time railroad town which includes a gas station and three bedroom home, is going to start at just $100,000. >> bargain. >> seriously. fire sale. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. what do you think of this one? really? what's this? this is a rose i made from a turnip. let's try together. perfect. two worlds that fit in one kitchen. come in today and save up to 20% on a kitchen from ikea. >>> 4:28. 6 degrees. another balmy day this morning on this 14th day of march. good morning to you, i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" this march 14, 2012. >>> police are looking for clues after a man suspected of killing his wife was found dead. he was found in his home on fordham street in rockville. he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. he's

comes to us from kusa, 9 news in denver, colorado, in buford, wyoming the whole town can be yours for a price. it's america'sllest town, population one and it's now up for auction. after moving from los angeles 30 years ago, he's retiring and heading elsewhere. asking price for the one-time railroad town which includes a gas station and three bedroom home, is going to start at just $100,000. quite the bargain. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> zookeepers and onlookers give a warm welcome to new polar friends. three polar bear cubs seem to be hogging all the attention these days at the moscow zoo. although the triplets were born in november they've just been able to romp and wrestle outside for all the viewers to enjoy. caregivers hope for continued success with their breeding program in an attempt to help the threatened species. >>> thrillseekers in south africa are getting up close and personal with some massive predators. a wildlife ranch is offering a chance to go diving with enormous crocodiles. the risky ride is taken inside a r

morgan goldman sachs and these towns across america are going out of business because of the bucket shop tactics that you explore in your book what about the systemic fraud in the fact that these six term systemic fraudsters are now in high positions in the government what about this just just because someone is in a quote institution or a quote accredited investor it doesn't necessarily mean that they're any smarter then an individual investor and the protections of institutional investors and a credit investors need in wealthy people are significantly less than they are for other people it's assumed that well this guy's which in a he's adopt the reason lawyer or he runs a pension plan for a bank don't worry about him he'll take care of himself but of course that's never the case but i think the more important point here max is that there are the fundamental conflict and problem on wall street for the average american right now is this there are two standards of care the first band of care the traditional is what's known as a suitability standard meaning the product that i sell to a cus

get the people here in small town america back on their feet. greg? >> mike tobin live in indiana.much, mike. >> heather: in tennessee a violent string of tornado there's causing catastrophic damage. in chattanooga, twisters ripping at least 20 homes off their foundations injuring 29 people across that state. jonathan is east of there live for us in delano, tennessee. jonathan. >> reporter: it is a case of neighbor helping neighbor. we have been watching these chickens wandering around here. earlier some residents came out and left feed here so they would have something to eat. earlier are in the day we were looking at folks rebuilding a fence surrounding a horse pasture. they just completed that fence, largely using materials from the original finance that they found that the tornado had strewn around. as we pan back here, notice the hilly terrain that we have in the area. this seemed to have caused the tornado to sort of hop so you will go into some areas you will see a cluster of homes completely destroyed and then you will see some neighboring homes at a different elevation com

and the mill towns in america. you know, that's the message i have been out there with. i have been talking about freedom and the president with obamacare and the -- really the fact that governor romney now not only has -- and did a bad job in massachusetts by imposing obamacare -- excuse me, romneycare, the model for obamacare. but we now found out that he was an advocate at heart of the time when the debate was going on, he was advocating for pretty much what president obama put into place and then told the american public that he wasn't doing that. you know, i think we need someone who is willing to be honest about what you believe in. hold the beliefs for a couple of years and then go out and try to fight to make the country more free. >> greta: i realize that you said that you think we should have a candidate who is honest. what i read is that you are saying that governor romney is not honest on those issues -- i don't mean to seize upon a single word. but that is what it seems to me you sadism it's very clear

. >>> a methamphetamine epidemic has not only ravaged many of the small towns in america's heartlandchanged the face of inmate populations. at prisons like wabash valley correctional facility in indiana. but wabash houses men doing time for more serious crimes. men like jeremy blanchard. >> i have never been a drug abuser or a drunk. i knew what i done when i done it. i knew the heinous nature of what i done. i can still to this day remember nearly every blood spot that was in that house. i can remember the wallpaper, the way the bodies were laid. i can remember nearly everything that happened that night. >> blanchard has served a little more than one year of a 195-year sentence. but his facial tattoos will forever commemorate both his crime, the triple murder and the moniker the media gave him, the kokomo slayer. >> that's who i am and what i'm about. yes. >> blanchard tracked down his former girlfriend, her mother, and her mother's boyfriend when they traveled to kokomo, indiana to attend a funeral. blanchard broke into their home, hid inside and stabbed all three to death with a b

the idea that people do come from small town america, in many cases, first generation of american, tounity because your top the principles of hard work and honesty and integrity and doing what is right. all of those things you're taught across america, those are the things that make our country what it is. that is what makes america unique in the world. we are a country that from the very inception, believed in the very basic principles that the government should be limited and that we should have unlimited potential of the american people. that is a great combination. [applause] i have been told by at the local meteorologist that our time is short. the weather has passed, but it is coming back. i will not give a long speech. i know you'll be excited to hear that. i do want to talk about what ronald reagan stands for, stood for. white is so important -- why it is sold important that we have a candidate that does that in this election, that stands on the pillars of what ronald reagan built as the modern republican party. when he took the helm back in 1980, he fought some battles. he ha

and driven by the small town, midwestern hometown america. i think it's part of ike's charm that he brought that with him, even though at the peak of his power as a general, he not only commanded millions of men in battle, but dealt as an equal with churchill, with stalin, with de gaulle. but there was something about ike, a kind of friendly, honest, decent sense of respect for people that made people, however different they were and however high up they were, to instantly like ike. i found that he was a fascinating man to read about and write about. i would like to have known him. >> you say jimmy carter and ronald reagan and richard nixon, what would happen if you put those three men and eisenhower, general eisenhower, at a table, those four men, and you're at the table, how would they interact with one another, based on what you know? >> well, of course, richard nixon had ample opportunity to react to eisenhower because for eight years he was eisenhower's vice president. >> but, i mean from what you personally know, how two these men inter

backbone of the country, the future of the country and the businesses on main street and every town in americawhat we're going to try to do is cascade this effort to where if big companies can help the small companies be more successful and thrive, you would think those small company cans would hire mother people, grow more business and solve the job creation issue at least partly and i think it's the biggest issue that the country has right now. >> giving your influence in power and mid-cap and small cap companies and your network of small companies. thank you very much. >> thank you, maria. >> great to see you. we appreciate it. >> duncan, gina, thank you for joining us. >>> it was a wild day of trading today. sharon epperson rounds up the big moves in oil. oil is not alone in having a batty trading day. whipad may be experiencing a power problem. stay with us. choose control. introducing gold choice. the freedom you can only get from hertz to keep the car you reserved or simply choose another. and it's free. ya know, for whoever you are that day. it's just another way you'll be traveling at

unfortunately wilmington isn't the only town in america's heartland who is having to struggle and trying to come up for hair. millions of americans have lost their jobs and all americans are struggling with gas prices that struggle upward. during tonight's forum we will be asking the republican candidates for president how they plan on addressing unemployment as well as jump starting the stalling economy we have not just here in ohio but all across america. before we introduce the candidates and our panel of experts here is a closer look at the history of this facility. >> at 2200 acres bloomington air park is the largest privately owned airport in the united states. originally an air force base the property was bought by airborne express in 1979 and converted into a hub for the national delivery service. for the next 24 years airborne express built and ex paneleded the facility which became a central part of the local economy. then in 2003 the largest shipping company in europe germany's dhl saw an opportunity to expand its business in the u.s. market and bought airborne express. >> thi

. >> this story speaks to people in so many towns across america. we told you about the new york rally. the same in the nation's capital. many protesters wearing hoodies, which have become a symbol of this tragedy. more is scheduled in the coming days in atlanta and baltimore. wtkr's eric leavy has more on the demonstration in norfolk, virginia. >> reporter: a tan hoody with a bag of skittles, that's what you're seeing here in norfolk, virginia. people are blasting their horns, chanting "no justice, no peace." it's all for trayvon martin. what these people, trying to get the word out that they want the person who shot trayvon martin in jail. and they're also trying to -- these are perfect strangers, but they're trying to support trayvon martin's family during this time. so we have people holding up signs, chanting "no justice, no peace," and dodging the raindrops, all to show support for trayvon martin. >> the admitted shooter of trayvon martin, george zimmerman, is not under arrest, in part because of florida's stand your ground law. but what does