tulsa community. goes to the vet center regularly and got custody of his son because the local bar association helped him out. what he was most excited about when he got his disability rating, the oklahoma department of veterans affairs qualified him for free hunting and free fish, which to me was ironic. no, tony. you get free college. you're set for life. he was more stoked about getting a free fishing license for the state of oklahoma. now there's about 88 veterans treatment courts in the nation. we were third in december of 2008. now there's 88. hundreds more being planned. just keeping up with demand is pretty tough. it really is changing the way that our criminal justice system and the v.a. treats veterans. veteran courts today, all over the news. "cbs evening news." cnn. when we launched in tulsa, mtv cnn came down, fox news. incredible. we're in tulsa, oklahoma. what's going on here? stars and stripes. the national law journal. military times, marine corps, navy, air force, army time, all cove

i worked for the mayor of tulsa. i definitely have firsthand speerns what it's like to work with local government. i felt like i was back in combat in iraq with some of the issues we were dealing with on the local political level. i worked for mayor taylor, she implemented the third best court in the nation. she rallied the support of the district attorney's office, the court judiciary, the va to put a stand to stop having veterans become homeless, suicidal, ending up incarcerated. that's how i fell into this role. and afterwards, after i worked for the mayor of tulsa, i actually coordinated the tulsa veteran's court and we became a national model. i went to grad school at the same time, and i can tell you, getting out of the marine corps i never thought veterans encarceration would be my business. but it's something i'm passionate about and certainly something every mayor here can implement into their community. i'm going to go through my power point. my contact information is in my folder, please feel free to conta

, tulsa community. goes to the vet center regularly and got custody of the son because the bar association helped him out. what he was excited about was the oklahoma department of veterans affairs qualified him for free hunting and fishing which to me was ironic. i said it's free college, you're stoked for life, but he was excited about free hunting and fishing for oklahoma. [laughter] we were third in december and now there's 8800 more being planned just keeping up with demand is pretty tough. it really is changing the way that our criminal justice system and the va treats veterans. veterans treatment courts today, i mean, all over the news, cnn, and, in fact, when we launched in tulsa, fox news, cnn, it was incredible. we're in tulsa, oklahoma, what's going on here? stars and stripes, the national law journal, military times, marine corp., navy, air force, army times covered these. we're a part of the national association, a drug core professionals. they were there from the get-go and started the whol

i don't agree with my friend herman cain, and we interacted in tulsa the other day- charleston the other day upon. that he should not release his tax returns. the fact of the matter is, it is a time-honored thing to do. started by his father. and people feel if you refuse to see how you made your mon yewhat you did with your money, they only assume that you are hiding something . there are things about our tax code will not bode well for people in public office and maybe a case for people who aren't. people are not going to vote for you if they think there is something untoward about the way you treated your money and hiding it off shore and whether or not you are being fair with your contributions. i think it is a big mistake for him not to do that. on the other hand, newt gingrich has problems that all of us are very familiar with. >> it will be interesting one way orth other. congressman, thank you for being on. >> thank you for having moo. >> is newt gingrich still talking. he knows how to work a crowd and that is a big crowd in there and obviously, we'll hear a lot more from him tod

in tulsa, we did a lot of education with the v.a. and the tulsa police department. something we ended up doing with our law enforcement, they would actually ask at the jail or even sometimes during an arrest, have you served or are you currently serving in the united states armed forces. we never asked if they were a veteran or not. to me i thought veterans were like my dad or grandfather. i didn't associate myself as a veteran, i thought that was my dad, granddad, who were on iwojima. what barbara said about the department of defense, they have done a lot of great work as well. >> i don't have any more questions. i want to thank my staff for putting together this panel. i want to thank you all for joining us today at the u.s. conference of mayors. >>> swx span's road to the white house political coverage takes you live on the campaign trail with the candidates. >> you're going to find more and more people who recognize massive opportunity for exchange trade. if i'm president of the united states, one of the things i'll do in my first 100 days is begin an economic i

in tulsa. former co-host of mine. has put together a birthday greeting distinctly her own. >> wrote a diddy, song that goes perfectly with our staff greetings. here's what the staff said in your three words. >> so we heard you are having a birthday, 20 years of world news now. it was so shocking to me and producer chris spitzer here, we decided we needed to do something about that. we came up with a song and of course, on the fabulous ukulele, here goes nothing. ♪ i remember when news was young me and rob nelson had so much fun ♪ ♪ reading news and kicking back ♪ ♪ had a glorious time it was so divine ♪ ♪ but the biggest kick i ever got was doing the thing called the overnight rock ♪ ♪ while the other kids are rocking to the "world news now" polka, we were hopping and bopping to the overnight rock ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ our rocking our sound was shocking when your feet just can't sit still ♪ ♪ i never knew me a better time and i guess i never will ♪ ♪ oh lordy ♪ ♪ those overnights when robbie wore his sh

or wichita. >> from nashville. >> wow. >> you probably played tulsa an awful lot. >> you darn right, because they, if if the check clears, i will be there and i'm on tour next week in grand prairie, texas, and new orleans and -- >> where in new orleans? >> a beautiful iconic theater. >> that is why i love new orleans. >> do you love the gumbo. >> i love everything about new orleans. >> i wanted to say that i was reading anderson's tweets today that i think that were so boring, and they were like, i have to get up now, because i have to do a show later. >> well, we can't all throw obscenities around and be crazy. >> why, because i asked you at midnight, what were you -- >> i don't know. and another quick break -- >> do you need rest? >> no i was nervously trying to protect myself. and we are on twitter and if you want to join the conversation go to @cnnnye. and something is trending, and people get exciting to trend. we are trending. >> we are trending? well, take the clothes off, and let's really trend. >> tweet the questions and answer some of them if we can. you can follow me @ande

believing that the same woman who can communicate with spirits can also tell you that your flight from tulsa going to have engine trouble. >> okay, but why? why when it's all intuitive? >> reporter: when consulting her cards, calendars and spirits, linda sees visions. for airline delays, she sees a clock where the numbers are reversed or maybe upside down. when it comes to road detours, she sees red lights. for traffic, i'll let linda describe that one. >> envisioning traffic for this person, i'll see a whole bunch of people in a can of sardines. i know, it sounds weird. >> reporter: really? >> i do. it's going to be all right. >> okay. >> reporter: remember jeff, who saw linda before his trip to pittsburgh? we caught up with him after his trip. >> you might encounter some delays were her exact words. so, woke up in the morning. it was a complete torrential downpour. sure, i would have loved a heads-up about the rain. i can't get a meteorologist to predict the rain. >> reporter: if you think somebody's going to take a flight, say to los angeles from new york, would they be better off having

in tulsa for example, we're getting about 150 residents alone in tulsa county.we did not even have an active military base. but because we had a height veteran population, we were getting that many arrested. to my very much for your time. if i can answer editor questions -- i hope i did not go too fast. -- if i can answer any of your questions in -- i hope i did not go too fast. >> thank you very much. if anyone has any questions for our presenters. i guess i will start out. capt. cooper, you talked about these centers and where they are at. how do we link in, for example, my city. we have a human services department. how willing to bet and tell us a little bit more about where these centers are and located? the think we're talking rut department of labour called one stops. there are thousands throughout the country. i can tell you there are many opportunities in south florida and around big cities throughout the country. i recently have gone online and used the my google apparatus. they're easy to find and access. they are manned by great folks and enablers. th

heavy rain continues from tulsa to little rock. most of the rain is north of little rock. it will return later and eventually louisiana. you'll see some storms later today. as far as the rainfall totals are going to go, our computers are estimating an additional 3 to 4 inches of rain from the dallas area up towards, heading up to ft. smith, arkansas. shreveport, new orleans, you'll get rain but the heaviest of it will stay in texas. the rest of the east coast, we're okay today. yesterday, what a beautiful warm day up in new england, mid-atlantic. snow showers from minneapolis northwards towards northern wisconsin. otherwise it's a quiet day. we had the heavy rain yesterday in the pacific northwest. today, more showers around seattle. how great has the weather been around denver? today, 54 degrees. not bad, d.c. atlanta looks good today, along with florida. it was mid-50s in boston yesterday. that's a thing of the past. no cold air in sight. >> thanks so much. >>> coming up, stocks sputter, apple shines and for a pretty penny you can hobnob at a castle. >>> you're watching

and they came -- >> there is a constituency, there is a new book by a woman at the university of tulsa on burr that came out a couple of months ago. so he's not forgotten and probably one of the best writers in american history was written on burke. >> i wonder if you can elaborate a little bit on how jefferson went from his principles to his actions as president. >> how jefferson went from his principles to his actions as president. in a flicker of an eye. it's like -- now, he knew what he was doing and he was worried about it. he knew that he was violating hiss principles and he had severe reservations about him, and he talked to both madison, the secretary of state and gallup, the secretary of treasury, both of them were really smart guys. he said i don't know if i can do this, this is the louisiana purchase, it violates all our principles, it not only violates the constitutional principal, but it's also going to increase the debt. and jefferson's whole agenda as president is to reduce the debt. this horrible thing that hamilton has built up. and they say to him, look, you can have

the tulsa cbs station's helicopter was over the fire when the pilot spotted a man with a gun running from the area. the pilot followed and called police who pulled them over all in a day's work. >> food for thought. what doctors say you should put on your plate to boost brain power. >> and the niners are headed to the play-offs. are you? what you will have to shell out to score a ticket. >> we'll have patchy fog tonight but not quite as dense as last night. showers wednesday. it's true. i'll explain as eyewitness news continues here on cbs 5. new year off to a strong start. doesn't. well the secret ou eat. dr. kim >>> want to keep your brain healthy? well, who doesn't? the secret though may be in what you eat. dr. kim mulvihill explains. >> reporter: you are what you eat and new research suggests eat well and you'll have a big healthy brain. it's all about good and bad fats. eat good fat and your brain will thank you. eat bad fat, not so much. that's according to a new study in the journal "neurology." researchers tracked 100 elderly adults. they ran blood tests to measure key nutrie

foggy tulsa have the wallace thaw of unhappy recently built the hah >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look from the roof on van ness ave. what a difference of one day makes. today, beautiful blue skies. we will be right back. >>darya: here is a live look at the 7 day around the bay forecast. today looks to be the warmest day of the week. we could be testing 70 in the warmest neighborhoods. low-mid-60's for the rest of the week and a lot of sunshine for the weekend. >>james: michael hennessey will take a wrecking ball to a jail in san bruno as his last official fast. he spent 32 years as sheriff and a half during his first campaign to take the jail down. it was built around the same time as alcatraz and was closed in 2006. tsongas >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. the latest on the police search coming up.

. >> i was heading to tulsa. i fall asleep -- i fell sleep. >> he slept through the following takeoff and the landing. he got off the plane and things looked different. >> he was in st. louis with no money and no help. >> southwest shittah taken a head count -- should have taken a head count. ric is tryinge to figure out how to get back home. restarted walking around the st. louis area. >> he went to a police station and there was nobody in the police station. >> eventually a good samaritan helped him a call home. >> we appreciate that. >> we were there when southwest called to apologize. >> my main rub was that eric got lost. can you guys look into that for me? >> and look to see if the procedures need to be updated. >> 30 degrees on tv hill. >> an attack on a police officer in baltimore city. police say they need your help. >> a fire in anne arundel county is now being investigated as arson and a hate crime. >> we have a nice warmup in the seven-day forecast. >> we have a >> live, local, late-breaking, this is

. >> there's a new book by a woman at the university of tulsa on burr. he's not forgotten. probably one of the best historical novels in american history is written by gorvadol on burr. >> i wonder if you could elaborate a little on how jefferson went from his principles to his actions as president. >> hower son went from his principles to his actions as president. in a flicker of an eye. it's like -- now he knew what he was doing and he was worried about it. he knew that he was violating his principles and he had severe reservations about it and he talked to both madison, his secretary of state, and galitan, his secretary of treasury. both of whom were really smart guys. he said, i don't really think i can do this. this is the louisiana purchase. i think that this violates all our principles. it not only violates the constitutional principle, mainly an exercise of federal power and executive power that is beyond anything i would have ever considered, but it's also going to increase the debt. jefferson's whole agenda as president was to reduce the debt. this horrible thing

. >>> he was supposed to be visiting grandma in tulsa. >> instead, he spent a day stranded in st. louis. that's 15-year-old eric's story about his christmas break. the boy got comfortable after he settled in on a southwest flight from phoenix. >> what does that mean? >> he slept through his stop is basically what happened. >> okay. >> just put my headphones in and fell asleep. >> he woke up in st. louis with no family, no money, no help. >> i told a security guy my situation and couldn't do anything. >> after he wandered around st. louis for nearly 24 hours, a good samaritan helped him call home. his grandmother is now calling southwest getting a promise to check their policies about "children" traveling alone. can you imagine his parents? 24 showers in. >> it's not like he was 10. he's 15 so a little more responsible, you deplane, you might ask a question. >> get him a phone. >> a phone would help, too. that's for sure. >>> it's 4:45 now. a state lawmaker cited at the airport. the dangerous item he had in his briefcase. >> plus a car parked on top of a roof. why the driver had ev

nine residential lots were transferred to the tulsa habitat for humanity incorporated to construct a single family residential housing for low-income families. this not only led to the revitalization of a neighborhood, but actually an entire community by removing the criminal element, redirecting those assets and putting them to good use in the community. i raise this to you today because over the next couple of years, we'll get very strategic. we want to be able to really increase our training to investigators, detectives, federal agents, so that they have an eye during the investigation of any properties or assets that may be beneficial for the use and can be seized during the event of that case in prosecution. and so, it really starts in the forefront and really starts with the investigators. and so our initiative now that we have well established how to manage this program is really to get on the front end with federal investigators and state and local agencies so that i think in -- when we really get to the true spirit of community policing, it's not only about apprehending the

our affiliate in tulsa was in in the court. >> at one point, you could hear the quivering in his voiceust had to stop. >> reporter: but that raw emotion may not be enough to persuade the jury, the hospital is denying the allegations. brooks made the donations insisting that there wasn't any conditions. brooks' own accountant even testified there wasn't anything in writing. >> unfortunately it took some time to determine exactly how that money could be used. frankly there was never an agreement. >> reporter: and that could be key in a case that's making national headlines. because a country legend wants his mother to be remembered. and feels like he's losing her all over again. >> very compelling, indeed. this story isn't finished yet. he'll be on stand tomorrow. if he's asked again to speak about his mother, you can bet it will be an emotional day once again. >> thank you very much. welcome to abc news. very happy to have you. >> it's great to have you. >>> well, it looks like what appeared to be a hollywood marriage made in heaven has gone kaput. heidi klum and seal are said to be on

. >> i was headed to tulsa. >> eric is your typical teenager on a plane. >> i go to sleep.y head phones in and fall asleep. >> reporter: he slept right through the big announcement he had reached his final destination. slept through the following takeoff and landing. when he got off the plane -- >> what the heck. >> reporter: -- things looked different. >> and he was in a strange city, with no money, no help. >> reporter: she said southwest should have taken a head count or at the very least, been more helpful when they realized her kid wasn't where he was supposed to be. >> nobody could help me. they said i had to talk to customer relations the next morning. >> meanwhile, eric was trying to get home. >> i talked to the security guard. he said he couldn't do anything. >> reporter: so he started walking, aimlessly around the st. louis area. >> he went to a police station. and there was nobody inside the police station. >> reporter: he said he called 911. >> they hung up. >> reporter: a good samaritan helped him get home, nearly 24 hours later. speaking of calls. >> okay. i a

father is left dead in a public bathroom for five days. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a car crashes into a tulsat missing a sleeping toddler. police say a speeding car didn't make the curve, rolled on its side, and crashed into a bedroom, ramming a bed, where a 3-year-old was sleeping. the impact demolished the wall of the apartment, leaving a little girl buried in debris. luckily, she only suffered a few scratches. >>> a california man is murdered while trying to save his grandfather from two robbers. demillo was trying to chase away suspects who were trying to attack his grandfather in his driveway. he smashed the back window of their suv before he was shot in the head. two people are in custody tonight. >>> a man who was missing for five days is found dead inside a movie theater bathroom in colorado. the man's car was found at the movie theater three days after he went missing. but his body wasn't discovered until two days after that. now, the family wants to know why it took so long to give him answers. >> i'm surprised. five days is a long time, especially when the police department is ther

this past week the new national data on home sales released for oklahoma city and tulsa are on the list of top housing markets in the country. we are highlighted both for affordability and increased sales. in other words, it doesn't matter if you owned a home or if you need a home, oklahoma city is a good place to be. i feel one way that economic security in tracks with our current economy is that it helps create consumer confidence. and i remember back in august i was reading a national business magazine and said that consumer confidence was at some level of a historical low. people throughout the country reluctant to spend money and it makes sense if you were concerned about your finances, if you don't have economic security, it's hard to write a check for a discretionary purpose. that very same week that the u.s. was experiencing a low point in consumer confidence, we in oklahoma city opened a new outlet mall. do you remember what happened? 160,000 people showed up. the turnout shattered oil industry records for an opening weekend. when people have economic security, they are willing

louis because he dozed off on his flight to tulsa. he woke up in st. louis. the 15-year-old boy was settling in on his southwest flight from phoenix going to visit his grandmother in oklahoma but got too comfortable on the plane. >> just put my headphones in and fell asleep. >> the child wakes up in st. louis with no family, no money, no cell phone and no help. >> i saw one of the security guys so i talked to him and told him my situation and he said he couldn't do anything. >> he wandered around for 24 hours in st. louis before a good samaritan helped him call home. now his grandmother is calling southwest, getting a promise to check policies about children traveling alone. >> 15, you think eric might have just hit a stranger up, can i use your cell phone for a moment? what city are we in? you know? 24 hours? i think it was probably more of a road trip for him. wow, st. louis. see you in a couple of days, granny. anyway. >>> 6:21. got milk? what's buying the squeeze on the organic high and how much more it's going to cost you to drink it. >> and it can be th

he dosed off on a flight to tulsa and woke up in st. louis.re he is. 15-year-old eric settled in on a southwest flight from phoenix, apparently to oklahoma to visit grandma. well, maybe he got a little too comfortable i guess. >> just put my headphones in and fell asleep. >> the child wakes up in st. louis with no family, no money, no cell phone and no help. >> i saw one of the security guys, i talked to him and told him my situation and he said he couldn't do anything. >> note to parents. buy him a cell phone. after nearly 24 hours in st. louis, a good samaritan finally helped him call home. and now his grandmother is calling southwest. they promise to check their policies about children traveling alone. >> the kid is 15? take a little responsibility? he must have been watching a good movie and really slept. >> good headphones. >>> you guys have heard of no parking zone, right? >> one driver taking the cake here. how he ended on top of a roof. how did he get down and what was he wearing? you won't believe what he was wearing when he got out o

if they wanted to help the united states, they'd stop here tulsa north of houston. host: all right. john. thank you for calling in. finally this twitter comment by representative barbra lee who tweets in putting our environment ahead of politics. very pleased the obama administration rejected the g.o.p. rider to approve keystone pipeline. now fuve a close watcher of c-span, especially some of our state white house dinner coverages, you've probably seen a c-span interviewer talk with this woman, nancy clark. she was the florist at the white house from the carter administration up until 2009. she died yesterday, january 14 in richmond of a respiratory ailment. she had just come out with a memoir of her years in the white house as well. about her first -- it's called "our first ladies" or "my first ladies," and she was the florist of the white house. nancy passed away at 66 years old in richmond, virginia. we're going to return to the xl pipeline discussion in about 45 minutes with the defense council but first representative joe wilson from south carolina, a republican. we'll be right

1997, 15 years ago today, the day outer space peril became a down-to-earth reality for a woman in tulsa, oklahoma. >> we saw this big ball of fire racing across the sky. >> osgood: that was the day lottie williams while out for a walk was hit on the shoulder by a light metal object about the weight of an empty soda can. she wasn't injured. but investigators later told her that they had determined with near certainty that the object had fallen from a delta 2 rocket making lottie williams the first documented person to be hit by a piece of falling space junk. >> i guess i was in the right place at the right or wrong time. >> osgood: it could have been worse. this 580-pound fuel tank from the same rocket almost hit a farm house in texas. and lottie williams' scary experience didn't occur in a vacuum even if that piece of metal fell from one. >> good evening. sky lab is falling. >> osgood: fear of falling space junk dates to july of 1979, at least, when america's plunging sky lab sparked high anxiety for millions down below. >> three quarters of those 500 fragments will be heavy enough and

plane and woke up in the wrong city. 15-year-old eric mcbewas on his way to -- mcbee was on his way to tulsa when he missed his stop and woke up in st. louis. he walked off the plane before realizing what happened. he also said airport security guards refused to help him. but a spokesman for the airport says eric was seen leaving the airport not talking to anyone. eric's mother wants an apology. >> the child wakes up in st. louis with no child, no money, no cell phone, no help. >> eric says a stranger took him to the police station the next day and they called his parents. the flight attendant said the head count was correct when they left the gate. >>> the people of california, you are being warned about fire dangers. what calfire wants you to think about during this very dry winter. >>> a big tuna? wow. look at that one, catch as big price. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are thos

roberts posted bond and was released from the tulsa county jail a couple of hours later. >>> and in arkansasmocratic campaign director's cat is mutilated and the word "liberal" scratched across its little body left on the family's doorstep. jacob burress heads the campaign of ken aiden. according to burress, it was his 5-year-old son who made the gruesome discovery and he spoke to cnn just this morning. >> obviously work through this with his kids and it's very disheartening any way you look at it. politics should be about a good political conversation, a good discourse. whoever did this, it's just wrong, plain and simple. >>> illinois, one of 14 states where cameras are either not allowed or not used during trials. that is about to change. the illinois supreme court is expected to announce an experimental ruling allowing cameras in trial courts but they are some restrictions and here they are. jurors and potential jurors cannot be shown and cameras won't be allowed in juvenile, divorce, adoption or child custody cases. >>> and a massive solar storm is now pelting our planet right now and th

this past week the new national data on home sales released for oklahoma city and tulsa are on the list of top housing markets in the country. we are highlighted both for affordability and increased sales. in other words, it doesn't matter if you owned a home or if you need a home, oklahoma city is a good place to be. i feel one way that economic security in tracks with our current economy is that it helps create consumer confidence. and i remember back in august i was reading a national business magazine and said that consumer confidence was at some level of a historical low. people throughout the country reluctant to spend money and it makes sense if you were concerned about your finances, if you don't have economic security, it's hard to write a check for a discretionary purpose. that very same week that the u.s. was experiencing a low point in consumer confidence, we in oklahoma city opened a new outlet mall. do you remember what happened? 160,000 people showed up. the turnout shattered oil industry records for an opening weekend. when people have economic security, they are willing

small business administration and the state small-business development centers who are the experts in tulsa when and training. >> would it be fair to say that the cost associated were both administration and training since we do have some programs that can help in this area are pretty modest compared to the potential benefits. i would like to make part of the record, mr. chairman, an article that describes essentially how silicon valley is tripping over themselves to invest in urban air shipping and doctor has done some very good work. i've got your book right here that mentioned senator snowe for example, and my time is almost a and i think that for purposes of just wrapping this up while there are training costs, administrative costs and the like for senator carper and i want to address isn't it fair to say that those costs are pretty modest compared to the potential benefits and of self employment? >> yes. we've both done in an experiment a benefit cost analysis and the benefits are substantially greater than the cost of the program. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator stabenow. >> th

this past week the new national data on home sales released for oklahoma city and tulsa are on the list of top housing markets in the country. we are highlighted both for affordability and increased sales. in other words, it doesn't matter if you owned a home or if you need a home, oklahoma city is a good place to be. i feel one way that economic security in tracks with our current economy is that it helps create consumer confidence. and i remember back in august i was reading a national business magazine and said that consumer confidence was at some level of a historical low. people throughout the country reluctant to spend money and it makes sense if you were concerned about your finances, if you don't have economic security, it's hard to write a check for a discretionary purpose. that very same week that the u.s. was experiencing a low point in consumer confidence, we in oklahoma city opened a new outlet mall. do you remember what happened? 160,000 people showed up. the turnout shattered oil industry records for an opening weekend. when people have economic security, they are willing

next is sandy, tulsa, a oklahoma. caller: thank you for taking my call. enjoy your show each sunday morning. i am a little bit nervous but i find it interesting that people continue to criticize mitt romney for his wealth and being privileged and people never mentioned the fact that fdr was from a well known, very wealthy family and the same is true of john f. kennedy. they never make any mention of that. i think mitt romney could easily defeated obama -- barack obama. he is a man of morals, he is a faithful husband, his wife has ms, and i find it also interesting that newt gingrich's second wife who has had a horrible thing to say to him but she also has ms and that would be curious to know whether or not he divorced her after her diagnosis of ms and his third wife, he had a six-seven-year affair with her as a married man. i like the fact that when i saw mitt romney on television recently, something about running for president, that he was saying god bless america is one of his favorite songs and he stood there and sang "god bless america." i think he is

ratepayer, brother. 2 he said 924 years old and i just graduated from tulsa state ai s university. lives in texas and says -- he ag he got his bs degree in act and he graduated in the top 10 in his class. [cheers and applause] and 3, just like i did. [applause] sai and he said, i drove here.ere, i i broke down in kansas. he said i spent $2000 to get ita fixed. he said well, i got a loan. it. but still made it. t hehe said, this has been the bet experience of my life. he said today sid for the firstu time in perry, perry, iowa. he said i know you're a good man, but i never realized what a great man you are. [cheers and applause] he said it brought me to tears to see a man who fears the lord. and when you told that soldier were you called in your christian brother.call he said it blew meed away. he said, i want so much for meto that iw -- he said it wanted to know that i got to know your son and they got to meet your wife, hd nida. your family is wonderful.oyed my i've enjoyed my visits with your staff along the way. ray sullivan are great people. basically what you to know, you matt

there's a front page story about a war widow from tulsa, oklahoma works wears her gold star pin, and disconnect, when you have 1% of the country fighting the war. she says no one, not once, in the four months since her husband had been killed, stopped and said that's the a gold star pin. i'm sorry about your -- about your husband. she wasn't complaining. she was just saying nobody even knows what a gold star pin is because 99% of this country has nothing to do with the wars. >> nothing to do with the wars and is in really no way affected by what's happening overseas. >> right. even looking at the whole political race for 2012, one thing whether it's president obama or somebody else takes his job has to consider is going to be the redeployment. the 2014 day, ironically an arbitrary date that president karzai has thrown out as a day he thinks things will be prepared to be turned over. talk a little bit about chapter two, when president obama first went to baghdad and what that experience was like, but for the people who are running for president, to understand that being commander in c

louis, tampa, tulsa and, of course, washington d.c. [laughter] so that's my message, ladies and gentlemen. we need to help our vets, and we know how we can do that. look forward to partnering with you. we'll partner with you, we'll bring solutions to your digital literacy problems in your cities and communities and, secondly, let's think about how we bring access and how we try to level the playing field so that this digital guide isn't something we talk about five years from now and saying we've got to overcome it. look forward to working with you, thanks for the opportunity. [applause] >> three great perspectives on dealing with hard-to-serve work force and preparing them. questions? thoughts? the number you gave, that trillion -- whatever? that was because we're not wired? >> that's right. >> say that again. >> yep. it's a trillion dollars in -- >> if we did what, we would save a trillion dollars. >> nationwide. >> what would we need to do? >> we would need to make sure that kids have access to the internet and folks have access to

incarcerated, and that's how i got the role, and after i worked for the mayor, i coordinated the tulsa'sad school at the same time. getting out the marine corp., i never thought it was by miss, but it's something i'm passionate about and something every mayor here can implement, and today, i'll go through the powerpoint. i know everybody's busy. i'll try to keep it brief, but my contact information it in the folder and feel free to contact me at any time. we know the issue, we've been at war for ten years now, never deployed our military like this before in the nation. several units have gone -- captain cooper said seven tours. i know my grandfather went to world war ii, in the pacific until the job was done and came back, but my friends have gone on several tours.

louis, tampa, tulsa, and, of course, washington d.c. that is mime message, ladies and gentleman. we need to help our best, and we know how we can do that. look forward to partner in with you. you will bring solutions to your digital literacy problems. was the glove how we can level the playing field. but for to working with you. [applause] [applause] >> great perspective. questions? parts? the number you gave, whatever, that was because we are now wired? >> yes. it is a trillion dollars. if we did what we would save a trillion dollars? "what we need to do? >> make sure that kids have access to the internet and folks have access to the broad band at home in their communities twenty-four's us seven. >> got you. dougie. other questions? well, thank you very much, news panel. >> i could make it later. >> you are not a provider of internet, how do we get the providers on board? they are looking at giving their products away for free. >> one of the things that we are very fortunate, we work with a lot of providers. some will play and some won't. that is okay. who will play with the one