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we'll check the toyota who wants to watch phil? >>phil: a battle in the mid middle. steve: we head to the floor for the papa johns opening tipoffs as the wizards look for their first win in five straight games against washington's last win. november3rd, 2004 here. that's your memphis team that swept the series for the second time in four years. last season the griz beat the whizzes by five in april and by 16 in washington in february. we are under way. washington gets the tip. great to have you with us tonight. happy holidays to one and all. wizards come out to hit the board looking to rebound literally something they were unable to do in the game against minnesota where they were out rebounded. >>phil: you are talking about a team that shot 37% and minnesota did not shoot the ball well at all. steve: here is jamison and lays it. >>phil: that will be interesting to watch. randolph the hottest major in the league right now. steve: just been outrageous and we will talk about zack randolph. they say it hits the glass there. gives the basket to oj mayer. >>phil: he had t

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let's take a look at tonight's line-up brought to you by joseph airport toyota. monarchs, under blaine taylor, they are 6-3. they'll go thisy, gerald lee, darius james, keyon carter and frank hassell are the starters for the monarchs. for the dayton flyers, under brian gregory in his seven years, you have chris wright, curtis huelsman, chris johnson. marcus johnson. they come in at 62. the keys to tonight's game. derek, let's start with the visitors >> derek: mike, when we talk about keys to the game for the monarchs, they have to have the long shot. and the offensive rebound. the team is undefeated when they have 14-plus offensive rebounds. they need to be aggressive, passing the basketball, for easy baskets >> mike: for the dayton flyers? >> derek: we talked about dayton, the key to the offensive, playing defense, playing against one of the best big man in the country. shadow on the board. that will be key >> mike: looking at facing a guy like gerald lee, an outstanding post player, but it's interesting to me, one of the guys that normally starts for old domini

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wooden classic driven by toyota tires. today, the mississippi state bulldogs take on the ucla bruins. today college basketball fans will see the top shot blocker in the game in mississippi state's jarvis bernardo and a terrific outside shooter in ucla's michael roll right there. hi, everybody, i'm steve kusaik and this is former college basketball player of the year marcus johnson. we just saw georgetown knock off washington by eight points and now we get ucla against mississippi state, and here's a guy who knows a little bit about the bruins, '95, he played for coach wooden, '77 he won the first ever wooden award. i want to know your feelings about your old coach wooden. >> well, you know, coach wooden, the thing that stands out in my mind about him is consistency as a person, meticulous attention to detail. you saw preparing to fail and a living embody meant of how you're supposed to live your life. >> he knows this ucla team is very young, 2-5, a struggling first start. they need a big game from michael roll. >> the sen

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the chevy malibu and toyota camry received 5 star crash safety ratings. but only malibu has onstar. big deal. i'll just use my phone. let's say we crashed. whoops, your phone's gone. onstar automatic crash response can call to see if you're ok. if you don't answer, they can automatically send help. i think i'll ride with you. now during the chevy red tag event, get an '09 malibu with 0 percent apr for 72 months. see red and save green. now at your local chevy dealer. irchltsz. >> larry: our subject for the next half hour is terror. tom fuentes was assistant director of the fbi he's office of international operations from 2004 through 2008. he's a contributor for cnn. back with us here in l.a. is harry humphries, counterterrorism expert and founder of the global studies group and former navy s.e.a.l. in new york harvey custom ner. finally in washington jack rice. now is a practicing toernl and journalist as well. janet napolitano was interviewed earlier on cnn's "state of the union." this was her bottom line. watch. >> one thing i'd like to point out is that the system worked. everyb

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and by toyota. and monsanto. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: president obama's address about war and peace. as he formally received the nobel prize today in norway. judy woodruff begins our coverage. ♪ >> woodruff: the president walked into the city hall of oslo, a wartime leader, on hand to accept the most prestigious prize bestowed on peacemakers. it was a paradox not lost on him. >> perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that i am the commander-in-chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars. >> woodruff: just last week mr. obama ordered 30,000 more u.s. troops to afghanistan, on top of 21,000 he sent earlier this year. that tension, between his a

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and by toyota. grant thornton and with the ongoing suprt of these instutions and foundaons. and... this program w made possible byhe corporation for public broadcastg. and by contribions to your pbs ation from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer:resident obama call the leaders of american banking to the whiteouse today and la on a challenge and a warning. newshour correondent kwame holman begs our coverage. >> holman: t face-to-face at e white house lasted well ov an hour, longer than expted. nine major bank executives attended, with threethers conferenced in. >> i've just finished a cand d productive meetingith th ceos of 12 of ounation's largest nancial institutions. >> holn: the president pointed out, manof the banks faced eak prospects just a year ag and might not ha survived withougovernment help. >> when many of these institutions were on t verge of clapse, a predicament largely of the own making, ofntimes because they failed to manage ri properly, we took difficult and, frankly, unpopular steps to pulthem back from the brink, my main message in today meeting wavery simple

. >> joe: they won't rush him. 2-1, edmonton with the advantage on the toyota league leader board.echkin with another even strength marker. >> craig: penner has come even strength. >> joe: capitals winning five of the last eight on the road. this ends the four-game road swing. buffalo on wednesday. and then the devils after the thanksgiving or rather the christmas holiday. a couple of home games in succession. . these oilers will see the blues on monday. just shy of the three-minute mark in the third. tipping it in deep. green, too strong for backstrom. backstrom and ovechkin back out there. o'sullivan sending it wide. trying to bat that down off the boards. stone, lost to backstrom. with his head up instantly, looking to create. trudging his way back. cut off there by o'sullivan. play gets bogged down on the boards. both teams change personnel. swinging the net, it's backstrom. smoothly to center. alex semin fires one wide, through the defender souray. backstrom on top for green. off the pump fake. he was bum rushed by stortini. ovechkin, the point position, sends it wide. that on

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ed lewis, strategic communications for toyota in north america. jerry szerimski, past president of the national press club. dr. wilson of the school for communication in journalism at the university of southern california, and chairman of the board for the corporation for public broadcasting. cheryl hampton, director of recruiting at national public radio. patricia harrison, president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting. skipping over the podium, angela from bloomberg news and its share of the national press club speaker committee -- speaker's committee. an investigative reporter for bloomberg news, and the member that organized today's lunch. thank you, allison. . kroger, -- paula korger, president and ceo. the senior associate for the [unintelligible] and finally, max, the associate producer of the -- a producer for the associated press. [applause] most of you are already familiar with our long-term france, big bird, oscar the grouch, and grover from the childhood staples sesame street. those furry and feathery fellows have been c

ed lewis, strategic communications for toyota in north america. jerry szerimski, past president of the national press club. dr. wilson of the school for communication in journalism at the university of southern california, and chairman of the board for the corporation for public broadcasting. cheryl hampton, director of recruiting at national public radio. patricia harrison, president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting. skipping over the podium, angela from bloomberg news and its share of the national press club speaker committee -- speaker's committee. an investigative reporter for bloomberg news, and the member that organized today's lunch. thank you, allison. . kroger, -- paula korger, president and ceo. the senior associate for the [unintelligible] and finally, max, the associate producer of the -- a producer for the associated press. [applause] most of you are already familiar with our long-term france, big bird, oscar the grouch, and grover from the childhood staples sesame street. those furry and feathery fellows have been c

not, the fans in houston often booed when tracy mcgrady's face showed up on the scoreboard at the toyotaooed because mcgrady wasn't playing, but they were paying him $22 million a year, and he hasn't seen the court since last february. fans weren't happy, understandably. that changed on tuesday. they cheered him. he came back, warm reception. had three. one of two from the field in his brief debut. here he is again. talking to luis scola. first quarter. mcgrady drives, but looses the handle. nuggets go the other way. nuggets will finish, chauncey billups to carmelo anthony. mcgrady, scoreless. missed his only attempt in the first half. more from melo. he, too, at syracuse. nuggets lead third quarter by four. >>> jazz in new jersey. first quarter, deron williams in the lane, and then dishes to carlos boozer. jazz have an 11-point lead at the break. up 14, pick it up in the third. williams to fesenko. williams, really the motor on this machine. andriy kirilenko to boozer. 26-10 for boozer. jazz cruise. >>> hornets won both meetings with the pistons last season. this one is in new orleans.

ed lewis, strategic communications for toyota in north america. jerry szerimski, past president of the national press club. dr. wilson of the school for communication in journalism at the university of southern california, and chairman of the board for the corporation for public broadcasting. cheryl hampton, director of recruiting at national public radio. patricia harrison, president and ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting. skipping over the podium, angela from bloomberg news and its share of the national press club speaker committee -- speaker's committee. an investigative reporter for bloomberg news, and the member that organized today's lunch. thank you, allison. . kroger, -- paula korger, president and ceo. the senior associate for the [unintelligible] and finally, max, the associate producer of the -- a producer for the associated press. [applause] most of you are already familiar with our long-term france, big bird, oscar the grouch, and grover from the childhood staples sesame street. those furry and feathery fellows have been c

they are forced to pay $1500 per car on health care while mercedes in germany spends $419 toyota in japan spends $97. try to compete against that. further, from an individual economic perspective it is literally beyond comprehension that of the nearly 1 million people who will file for bankruptcy this year, the vast majority of those people are filing for bankruptcy because of medically related illnesses. further, from an emotional point of view, let's just take a deep breath and think about millions of people who are today's struggling with cancer, struggling with heart disease struggling with diabetes or other chronic illnesses. and you know what waxed they are not even able to focus on their disease, trying to get while they are so many half of their energy to fight with the insurance companies to make sure they get the coverage that they need. that is not civilized, that is not worthy of the united states of america. madame president in my state of vermont and i suspect it is quite similar in new hampshire and every state in this country we have all walked in to small mom and pop stor

our toyota ones to watch tonight has been terrific.ephen curry, tremendous player from davidson, and he's playing well in the nba also. >> he is. >> taking after his dad, beautiful shot, interested in watching him first hard. this will be my first time. of course davidson put up great numbers. there now he's in the starting lineup. gilbert, i mean he's still putting up good numbers, shooting the ball well, we just haven't seen him with the old opposing games, and we were looking for that in the sacramento game. >> it was very frustrating for gilbert. he had the ball stolen away beautifully by evans. in the game before that boykins with earl unfortunately committing the turnover. as you said in the open, they never even got the chance to tie or take the lead in the game. >> that's what you want, give yourself a chance to get the shot out. if gilbert fouling out in each of the last to games. >> yep. how about the keys for the game, phil. the wizards have lost six in a row. they know they are playing good basketball, just not winning. >>

the finest automobile manufacturing plants in the history of the world -- mercedes, honda, hyundai, toyotaall producing large amounts of some of the best automobiles in the world. and in mobile, they are building a new tri-marin ship that can cruise at 40 knots and has the fabulous capability of cargo. it's one of the finest new ships of its kind the world has ever known. we have a fabulous work force, second to none, of which i am utterly proud of, and i would just say one of the complaints that i have about the department of defense's request for proposal -- i have four i had planned to talk about, but one i'm just going to mention in light of the comment of my colleague is that i believe there is an inadequate government assessment of acquisition and performance risk. in other words, the government should assess how well we can believe that the bidders are able to produce the product that the -- at the price and the time frame that they would like to see it produced on. and i believe -- i am so confident that the plan in alabama would be competitive with any that i believe the governmen

your right, the washington bureau chief of the "cleveland plain dealeruz," communications direcr for toyotaamerica, the bureau chief of the "buffalo news" and a past president of the national press club, the dean of the annenberg school for communication in journalism at the university of southern california and chairman of the board for the corporation for public broadcasting, the director of journalism recruiting at national public radio, the president and ceo of the corporation of public broadcasting, and skipping over the podium, bloomberg news and chair of the national press club's speakers' committee, allison fitzgerald, investigative reporter for bloomberg news and a speaker committee member who organize today's luncheon. thank you very much, allison. the president and ceo of public broadcasting systems. the chair of the young members committee. the senior associate for the opposite pbs. and finally a radio producer for the associated press. [applause] most of you are familiar with our learn term friends, big bird and grover, from sesame street. they had been coming into our homes ce

association, create a pool of millions nationwide and enjoy the same buying power that apple computers or toyota has and get the same benefit in the insurance marketplace through that increased buying power and increased competition? so, mr. president, i urge all of my colleagues to put their state first and vote no, to put our nation first and vote no, and to start anew with the right sort of focused reform as i have outlined. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. baucus: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr. president, i have just a couple of points to make in few of the last statement just to correct some misimpressions given by the last statement. the last speaker said the medicare cuts -- implying this is going to hurt medicare. the fact is -- and i wish the speaker would -- previous speaker would say on the floor so i could ask him questions, but he is fleeing the floor because he knows i am going to mention facts in total refutation to the assertions he is making. he makes these statements, they are misrepresentations, and he leaves the