words customary for twain's on one page of huck finn, twain wrote the n-word six times.h one be edited out and replaced with the word "slave"? alan grimmens says yes. he's a twain scholar at auburn university in montgomery and will publish a new edition of twain's classic without the n-word. >> seems to me that i'm doing something constructive by simply eliminating a word that's a clear barrier for many people. >> reporter: in the entire book, mark twain used the n-word 219 times, deliberately, to spotlight 19th century racism. at atlanta's morehouse college, david wall rice says twain's slurs actually help americans face the issue of racism today. >> we have to have a discussion about it. we can't skate over it. >> reporter: on twitter reaction to editing twain's text was overwhelmingly negative. take out the n-word one person wrote, and you have to take the the hol o cost out of "anne frank" and aconsultary out of "the scarlet letter." >> you going to move forward. there will be agitation. you want to make sure that you are going to kind of disturb the equilibrium a li

twain's classic used racial slurs, words customary for twain's time, but today radioactive.n one page of huck finn, twain wrote the "n" word six times. should each one be edited out and replaced with the word slave? allen gribben says yes. he's a twain scholar at auburn universities at montgomery and will publish a new edition of the classic without the "n" word. >> seems to me that i'm doing something constructive by eliminating a word that's a clear barrier for many people. >> reporter: in the entire book mark twain used the "n" word 219 times. deliberately. to spotlight 19th century racism. >> that word meant something, that word means something. >> reporter: at atlanta's morehouse university, david wall rice, says twain's slurs actually help americans face the issue of racism today. >> we have to have a discussion about it. we can't skate over it. >> reporter: as a book huckleberry finn was controversial right from its first publication in 1885. too coarse, critics said. but his racist stereo types and language are what eat at some critics today, with recent repeated att

up and explores the you are school his decision to publish a politically correct version of mark twains huckleberry finn also shots of trade unions have become the scapegoat of america's high rate of unemployment. for the. we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. well can they alone or show the real headlines with none of the mercy we're going to live out of washington d.c. now today a literary classic huckleberry finn is under fire for using words that aren't accepted in today's society so while some are trying to change up those to be the words of the book others are saying that changing the story is destroy this literary masterpiece but is this just a sign the political correctness in this country has gone too far next are unions becoming the new scapegoats or the only fifty two percent approval rating last year workers unions are being blamed by lawmakers republicans specifically for many of the unemployment issues in the u.s. but is it really fair to blame those unions where you have a debate on the issue and it is oficial the republicans h

mark twain's "adventures of huckleberry fin."w there's a new version that leaves out one particular word that is used more than 200 times in the original work. nbc's mike taibbi has more on the controversial editing of this american masterpiece. >> reporter: it's the rich tale of the adventures and friendships shared by two characters, one white, one black, in the pre civil war south. but because they use the n word, the book and companion stories of tom sawyer, have often made the american library association's list of the most frequently banned american classics, alongside "to kill a mocking bird" and "of mice and men." now professor allen gribbon, a twain scholar, is releasing a new version with the n word replaced, 218 times with the word "slave." >> many students do not read mark twain in their public school education and this might rectify that. >> ain't going to find my remainders. >> no, no. >> reporter: hollywood has offered sanitized versions and the version of the book has drawn support. >> i think the likelihood of te

this is all they are going is printing the mark twain book. quite the runaway best seller. >> host: 100 years after his death. go ahead. >> guest: yeah, it was 100 years after his death. this is the first volume of volume three. i saw the other day on amazon, somebody was trying to sell their first edition, first printed copy for $800. that was interesting. we also had some funny moments in shelf awareness where book sellers were writing in and they are customers coming top their counter and asking for the mark twain, but they wanted a sign copy. it was a lot of fun. those days. but yeah quite. >> host: that would go for more than $800, i bet. >> guest: yeah. a few more. >> host: okay. let's look ahead, jenn risko, here are some of the books that are coming out in early 2011. >> host: jenn risko when you see the list for january, february, early march of 2011, what stands out to you? >> guest: i think that the trend that we saw over christmas of, you know, a lot of political memoirs and more of the conservative ones, i think that it sounds lik

one of the big sellers, or one the talked books this year was mark twain's autobiography. what do you want to tell us about this? >> guest: yes, this was quite the run away best seller. the numbers that we've seen is 350,000 of these have been sold. i believe the first print run they considered for this book was way back in the early spring, late summer was like 7,000 books. the demand for this was just a lot higher than anybody could have possibly understood. it has been the run away best seller. they did have stock problems over the holidays, but i'm told they are printing them as fast as possible and that the people who have them on order really want them whether it's before or after the holidays. it's an amazing story. university california's press had to get larger trucks to just transport enough twain out there. trucks usually only carry like, usual carry like 7,000 copies, and they found special trucks to carry 10,000 copies instead. cnn did a little profile on the publisher who printed the books for the university of california press. it was such a sweet story abou

a new edition of mark twain's huckleberry finn is being published this time without the n. word has political correctness gone too far this week let's talk about that do you think they should be editing it like that no you don't sound so it. doesn't sound the same no no but what if it was a word that was derogatory towards you and maybe what if it were a word that was offensive to you i would look at this of a piece of art so some mark of deference no matter what it should stay has ever been of piece of art that has offended you absolutely. you know i think what about twenty years ago there was a work called piss christ by andre serrano. it was offensive but on the restaurant who had the right to create that work and i think it provokes some very good discussions as to what art can do and should do what if they wanted to add the bible to take out all the offensive parts. i'm against all kind of things that you should take out so i think everybody should have their own opinion and they should be able to say what they want yeah i think so what if it was offensive to you i don

minutes we're back on the streets of the big apple to find out what people there think about mark twain's classic novel huckleberry finn because it's been edited to make it more politically correct. books and stones will break my bones but names will never harm so no name is ever been offensive to you not because you know what you have to be emotionally disturbed to have any in the. first when defending its record in the iraq war the us is quick to point to the tens of billions of dollars of spending on reconstruction but between rampant corruption and grossly the fish and see poverty stricken iraq you say very little song of improvement invented daily lives that means many are forced to do whatever they can describe. it. at seven am every morning fatima crouch is outside her house and along with her sister and cousins begins to sort through garbage displaced from southern iraq that most families too poor to send her to school and so she works eight hours a day sorting through baghdad's landfill collecting plastic and metal that will be shipped abroad for recycling it's a reward for carti

hour we'll be back on the streets of the big apple to find out what people this thing about monk twains classic novel. attitude to make it more politically correct. sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hold so no name is ever but offensive to you know because you know what you have to be to have any meaning thank you. when defending its record in the iraq war the u.s. is quick to point to the tens of billions of dollars it spending on reconstruction between the rampant corruption and gross inefficiency poverty stricken iraq. little sign of improvement to the daily lives that means many are forced to do whatever they can to scrape by sebastian my reports. at seven am every morning fatima crouch is outside her house and along with her sister and cousins begins to sort through garbage displaced from southern iraq that miss family is too poor to center the school and so she works eight hours a day sorting through baghdad's landfill collecting plastic and metal that will be shipped abroad for recycling her reward for carting forty pounds of trash around two dollars and

mark twain award? >> robin williams was there. >> jimmy: and someone else. >> robert de niro. >> jimmy: no, you're making up names. [ laughter ] >> wasn't he there? >> jimmy: he wasn't on the bus. it was all comedians on this bus. >> oh. >> jimmy: we didn't get the cool actor bus. but anyways, i remember we stopped this bus because we were going to the supreme court building or something like that. and they had to have these dogs sniff the bus for bombs. and robin williams was like, "if they're looking for bombs, i'll throw out 'popeye.'" we made a few bombs, and everyone was just going on about the movies that they made that were bombs. [ laughter ] and i remember that we all went down the line, and then we went to you, and you go, "i never made any bombs." [ laughter ] that was so funny, man. it was great. >> no, i'm not going to admit to it. >> jimmy: you're a very funny human being. do you get back to this building much? this is 30 rock. this is where you were. this is "saturday night live." the wh

>> i like mark twain's look at history. it rhymes. certainly we're seeing oracles from iran. the up side of all of this is that the successive u.s. administrations have invested time and money and prestige promoting the regems. then when somebody like must be barke doesn't know if he wants to step down or stay, beginning to promote an environment in which the united states can have some sort of clarity in the future fthe -- of the countries, i think that's the up swing. chris: let's talk about our interest. when the stock market opens, what are they going to say? instability, the worst word in the world. >> absolutely. that's what the united states is concerned about. but beyond that, even when we look at election this is,year this year in egypt, there's a lot that has to be dfe onor that to work out in american -- in america's best interests. part of that is to build up a middle, some kind of middle ground to the egyptian democratic system. you have the muslim brotherhood and the army on the other. chris: the question, economically again, our country depends on oil more than

reporter: viewers can also expect a range of reality shows with the likes of country music star shania twain and the former duchess of york, sarah ferguson. >> i'm extremely damaged. >> reporter: and a biography show called "master class." >> that's the foundation of everything great. >> reporter: then there's oprah herself. her showcase program will take cameras behind the scenes of the last season of her 25-year-old daytime talk show. >> i'm excited! >> reporter: still, she's committed to being on air herself only two or three times a week. >> will people tune in and watch even if oprah's not there? that's really the wild card. >> reporter: full programs begin monday, but the network schedule is in flux. despite the uncertainty, sponsors like proctor & gamble and kohl's are counting on winfrey's midas touch. >> if anybody can pull this off, which has never been done before by someone coming from where she's come, from it's oprah. >> reporter: one number working against winfrey is 50, the average age of her viewers. advertisers prefer a younger demographic, but she brings a committed audien

>>> this group of code pink demonstrators outside dianne feinstein's front door was louder that is twain large. but san francisco police were on scene anyway. the fact that feinstein wasn't home didn't matter much. they say the arizona shooting shows it is time for the tone of the nation's debate to change. >> the shootings have been a terrible reminder that we have to deal with our political differences in a way that is civil and peaceful. >> some politicians and political analysts have talked about ties between the gunman and the tea party or other conservatives. but so far there is no connection between a political connection. cecilia vega, abc7 news. >>> and president obama is calling on all-americans to observe a moment of silence to honor the victims tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. pacific time. the president signed the problem law lags for all flags to be flown at half staff. >>> in what could be his final act as san francisco's mayor gavin newsom made a surprise appointment today and turned his police chief into the new district attorney. abc7's lilian kim is live at city hall. and lilian,

. >>> a new version of mark twain's classic novel, "huckleberry finn" aims to keep it from banned. the limited version replaces the "n" word and replaces it with slaves. the revision is controversial, too. on the internet, some people are saying the classic should be left historically accurate. while others welcome the change, if it means more people will get to read it. >>> in sports news this morning, another exciting finish to a bcs bowl game. arkansas and ohio state in the sugar bowl. here's espn news with all the highlights. >> good morning. i'm steve weissman with your espn news update. we start with the sugar bowl. big ten's last chance to prove their worth. ohio state/arkansas. terrelle pryor, one of five buckeyes players that will be suspended for first five games next season. second quarter, up 14-7. pryor, finds dane sanzenbacher. great grab for a touchdown. sanzenbacher, 12 letters in his name. he scored a touchdown on the ground. 12 touchdowns this year. pryor, tressle, a little chest-pump. 27-7. third quarter, arkansas on the comeback. ryan mallett, to jarious wright.

a new edition of mark twain's "adventures of huckleberry finn" is eliminating the n-word, changing it." some schools have banned the book because of the language. but today, the web is flooded with comments on all sides. many saying the book should be left alone, and that offensive word can be used as one of those teachable moments to explain a painful part of the country's history. >>> and imagine $355 million. that's the prize in tonight's mega-millions lottery drawing. people in 41 states and d.c., lining up with their dollars and their dreams. so, if there is a winner, what's the most important thing for he or she to know? here's steve osunsami. >> next big winner. >> reporter: so you've braved the long lines. >> in my opinion, i'm going to win it. >> reporter: bought your ticket. dreamed your dream. >> when you see me, i'm going to be in argentina somewhere. >> reporter: and it's 11:00 p.m. and the winning numbers are yours. now what do you do? should you take the annuity or the much lower one-time payment? financial analyst ray lucia says that for purposes of this daydream -- >>

. >>> mark twain said once that courage is not the absence of fear, it is the mastery of fear. now some of those in tucson have put aside their fear to save others. sharyn alfonsi tells their stories. >> reporter: daniel hernandez was an intern. he'd been working for the congresswoman just a week. >> when i heard the shots being fired, my first instinct was to run towards where the congresswoman was. >> reporter: he did, towards the gunfire, to her, holding giffords until the ambulance arrived. >> i was kind of holding her against my chest and applying pressure to her wound. i would tell her, gabby, if you're still with us, just grab my hand and hold tight. >> reporter: he held her so tight it may have saved her life. doctors say giffords is still alive because she didn't lose much blood. bill badger was grazed by a bullet in the head but somehow was able to pull the gunman to the ground. >> i grabbed him by the wrist and back of the arm and shoved down on him. >> reporter: the 22-year-old gunman no match for the 74-year-old retired army colonel. >> every time he would move a l

reporter: viewers can expect a range of reality shows with the likes of country music stars shania twain former duchess of york sarah ferguson. >> i'm extremely damaged. >> reporter: and a biography show called "master class." >> that's the foundation of everything great. >> reporter: then there's oprah herself. her showcase program will take cameras behind the scenes of the last season of the 25-year-old daytime talk show. >> i'm excited. >> reporter: still, she is committed to being on air herself only two or three times a week. >> will people tune in and watch even if oprah's not there? that's really the wild card. >> reporter: full programs begin monday but the network schedule is in flux. despite uncertainty, sponsors are counting on winfrey's midas touch. >> if anybody can pull this off, which has never been done done before by someone coming from where she's coming from is oprah. >> reporter: a number working against winfrey is 50, the average age of her viewers. advertisers prefer a younger demographic but she brings a committed audience to the venture. >> she really speaks to wh

reporter: well, katie, usually it's democrats on one side, republicans on the other and never the twain shall meet. this time 40 or 50 are going to cross sides and sit with members of the opposite party. for example, liberal democrat chuck shumer will sit with conservative republican senator tom coburn and obama critic republican daryl issa will sit next to edolphus towns. it's all intended to bring down the political temperature, the question is how long will it last? katie? >> couric: cbs news will bring you live coverage of the state of the union address tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern time. the temperature should be around 40 degrees in washington tomorrow night, a borderline heat wave compared to the northeast today. the mercury plummeted across the region bottoming out at 13 below zero in burlington, vermont, and n new york city. the minus touch? enough to turn everything to ice even a parked car. passing cars had splashed water from a puddle over and over it again. the unlucky owner needed a hammer and chisel to get it out. in parts of new england, the windchill made it feel like

nineteenth century classics not even mark twain as protected from present day p.c. two of tweens books are being republished with the word sleeve replacing the n. word it's about laziness it's not about liberal guilt to not want to do offend or conservatives want to want to sanitize or plain vanilla is history and art it's really about laziness we don't we don't want to trust people to look and examine to look at something and then go beyond that so what does it mean or those times like what is the author trying to say when film critic roger ebert took to twitter to criticize the censorship he was criticized for simply writing the n word can white people say they who can speak it has become a battle in court a federal jury will soon decide if a white people can use the n. word at work this as a white t.v. reporter is suing a fox news affiliate in philadelphia after being fired for using the n. word during a staff meeting white house chief of staff rahm emanuel has apologized he's apologized and of course the r word can also make you a glorified villain as was the ke

the books are to be published in february, some twain scholars say the new additions will desecrate thebooks. >>> a mystery at a bay area animal shelter. the burglary that has workers shaking their heads in disbelief. >>> and i'm tracking valley fog showing up in many inland locations. how much fog will you have in your neighborhood. >>> first a shift your weight forward onto the left foot. take the right leg up, holding the inner arch of the foot... introducing instant action alerts, only from chase. left arm up... manage your account and help avoid overdrafts with a click of a button. just reply to the alert with how much you want to transfer. inhale, all the way up... so you always stay in balance. ...to crescent pose. chase what matters. just four more times. ♪ >>> a southern california man is really lucky. he survived a fall down a slope. he was trapped there until a highway patrol officer noticed tire tracks that went off the road. it took 40 members of the los angeles fire department to finally pull hill out. >>> the police department credits luck and experience for saving him to

the books are to be published in february, some twain scholars say the new additions will desecrate theoks. >>> a mystery at a bay area animal shelter. the burglary that has workers shaking their heads in disbelief. >>> and i'm tracking valley fog showing up in many inland locations. how much fog will you have in your neighborhood. >>> first a dramatic scene after a man's car plunging over a bridge. how searchers knew where to look. >>> a southern california man is really lucky. he survived a fall down a slope. he was trapped there until a highway patrol officer noticed tire tracks that went off the road. it took 40 members of the los angeles fire department to finally pull hill out. >>> the police department credits luck and experience for saving him today after a big rig skidded right toward him and his patrol car. he spotted a ladder on the road. he pulled over to call for help. that's when he says a big rig started sliding and skidding right toward him. >> i accelerated my car away to try to make it away as quickly as i could but i didn't quite make it away fast enough and it hit me

mark twain's famous novel story huckle berry fin is being revamped.dition will replace the n word with the word slave. that has a lot of comments coming in including a controversial one by critic roger ebert. on his twitter he said i would rather be called an n than a slave. a lot of followers were not pleased with the comments, tweeting back that he was disrespectful and ignorant. one person said fair point from someone who is likely to be called neither. he since apologized for the post. >> the makers of for loco figured out what to do with the left over product. turn it into fuel. they are being recycled into ethanol, another fuel product. a virginia company distills the alcohol and sells it to fuel to be made into gasoline. the fda announced a crack down on the sale of the drinks in november. >>> an 18-year-old honors student set to be deported to peru gets to stay in the bay area and can attend cal. elizabeth and her mother were set to be deported in a few days and now immigration authorities say they will delay that until july so the family can

i want to see the bitter shania twain. the judds i could watch all day. >> did you watch oprah behind the scenes? >> yes. i can't wait to see what happens with liza. we're going off to australia! it was fantastic. >> i'm always amazed at kathy because she really is up on all of this pop culture and i go, well, i haven't seen that. i have to go watch that. and then i tivo. >> has your comedy changed? >> yes. much rougher. >> much rougher? >> yeah. >> is that because -- no way to do that kind of stuff? >> yeah. what they thought was wild then, i played -- my record literally for my daughter and said, look, they said to me -- they didn't want me on the half the shows. the hairdresser of mr. phyllis, people went into shock. i had an affair with a professor while he was engaged to me his wife -- i guess he wasn't sincere. >> that was the '50s. >> '60s. >> '60s. >> thank you. you were already a star. you can't remember that. >> i was in utero but let's not go there. >> you have a file still of -- >> i have a file of the jokes. >

. >> the other one there, shania twain and her husband soon to be, frederic thiebaud. >>> here some are. researchers plan to unveil their plans to study a new blood test that might change the way cancer is detected and treated. the test can pinpoint a single cancer cell in a patient's sample. johnson & johnson hopes to market the test. >>> facebook is now a $50 billion company according to this morning's "new york times." the report says facebook raised $500 million from goldman sachs and a russian investor. >>> lindsay lohan is scheduled to be released from a rehab center today. the actress has had numerous legal challenges after a drunk driving arrest three years ago. she's due back in court next month. >> the story that won't go away. >>> finally, during the economic roller coaster the past few years, hollywood was one industry that seemed to stay strong. >> over that time many americans looking to forget their hardships turned to movies for an escape. so 2010 must have been another blockbuster year, right? here's ryan owens. >> reporter: for hollywood, 2010 didn't quite follow the s

i am concerned about this thing with mark twain and the inwn- word. are we going to take them out?ost: two different topics. guest: with mark twain, the bible has some pretty strong passages that also would have to be censored. i think we have to take the past at what it is. that anyin wrote particular point in time. the house read the constitution last week. they tried to excise different parts that they did not agree with because they thought times have changed. i think we have to look at documents from the past and look at our past with a full face and say this is in fact what happens in the past. there may be reasons for it. we should take a lesson from that. host: daniel is a student from san jose. caller: how are you guys? i have a question and comment. i am a student. i go to a great community college. some of us have experienced the economy as a student -- we are experiencing the education crisis in general. my question is this. i am wondering, it would be logical to consider consolidating the educational issue which could be considered a security issue? is there an argumen

mark twain rules!" [ laughter ] that's while i was trying to write., "oh, i've got to get off. i've got to finish." >> jimmy: yeah, your last bit. >> and i served nachos every time i wrote. >> jimmy: i just remember chicken fingers was the one i would always get. >> yeah, the chicken fingers. >> jimmy: it's a really cool book because you got a bunch of cool stories in here. some stand-up routines, but also stories and then, like, full disclosures on what you actually were doing while you wrote that chapter. >> i just felt like i was trying to be as honest as i could in the memoir section. so, i would put what i did on the internet while i was trying to write the chapter. like i would go off and, you know, play gem-craft or i would look up the lyrics to toto's "99" for no reason, you know? [ laughter ] and i felt kind of bad, but -- hey, you know, for all we know, when vladimir nabokov was writing "lolita," he would maybe take a break and go out and throw batteries at cars. we don't know what they did. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i don't know. >> he didn't

one mark twain scholar said the change is not true to the author's style and ruins the experience for of a man who assassinated abraham lincoln want to dig up john wilkes booth body to settle whether he's buried where he should be. they first want to test the dna of his late brother and up cover the truth once and for all. doug shimmel has more. >> i feel like i've lived with the ghost of the booth family my whole life. sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's delightful. >> reporter: as a child, joanne knew she was related to famed 1800s actor edwin booth, but her mother revealed that edwin was also the brother of the man who assassinated president abraham lincoln, john wilkes booth, and there was a family secret about whether john was really shot by federal troops while escaping. >> i might as well learn that he never died in the barn. there was a gentleman named james william boyd who died in the barn and that he lived for many years. here are some of the numerous books in my archive. >> reporter: it was when noted historians began interviewing their family that joanne says she rea

at the center of the controversy mark twain novels the adventures of tom sawyer and a venture of huckleberryd it because of racist language. now the editors of new south books are making new additions and changing the n word in the text to slave. the publisher said replacing the word could increase readership. the critics call it censorship. >> temperatures are starting to slip into the '40's is going to be another very chilly evening out there tonight. the morning dense fog expected for inland valleys and also the delta location. it chilly conditions as well with temperatures widespread in the 30's. twa afternoon most is that these guys temperatures will be the '50s for the most part but cold and then because of the fog. the fog is coming from the central valley because of the way the winds are blowing it's pushing it into the bay area. also in to the delta and fairfield. will be a little more extensive than what showing here of fog tracker. livermore will see fog, comparable see fog as well. if not o'clock continuing to blanket, antioch in fairfield same thing at 11. this will keep tempera

twain said the difference between the word and the right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. i tell them we're in the lightning business. i tell them always to say if any critic says that you meant something even if you never intended it, say that you did mean it. take credit for that. and a variety of serious and less serious things that go into the weird profession that we're about. >> brown: you know, you cite in here the fact that fewer people seem to read. bookstores are in trouble. english literature classes are cut back at a lot of universities, but writing classes have flourished over the last few decades. why is that? >> i have no idea except i must say that i find it very touching, quite beautiful, that the only reason for the pursuit of art for these students is for art's sake. nobody publishes fiction anymore. the economy has tanked. all the things argue against it. yet i look out over my students and all teachers of writing in the country look out over their classes of students and see people ready and eager to give themselves to art for no

country singer shania twain was married on the beach in puerto rico on friday.i tied the knot saturday in malibu, california. her ex-husband eddie van halen was at the ceremony. nice of him. >>> here's a look at the weather. showers along the east coast, rain moves back, yet again and the rest of the nation meanwhile, will be dry and storm-free. temperatures ranging from 77 degrees fahrenheit in orlando to 11 degrees in minneapolis. that is a look at the national forecast. now here's the weath >> that was a look at your local weather. dan, bianna? >> thank you, ron. >>> we think of a new year as a fresh start. if you have a bad year in 2010 you can in theory at least put it all behind you. after all america is all about second chances, sometimes third and fourth chances. >> that is true and no one knows that better than politicians and celebrities. there are some who need to work on repairing their reputations in the new year. so we've got two guys who know a lot about image, howard bragman, chairman and ceo of 15 minutes pr and mike paul the president of mgp as

>> shania twain's i dos to her ex best friends husband. >> my marriage was over. >> then he's now beingay. requests for group sex? new text messages? >> could this be the down fall of the nfl great. >> gwyneth paltrow's postpartum depression.

mark twain said it best, your wallet, your liberty are the safest when they're outside of washington. when they're not in session, let's pay them to stay home. we'll give them a negative per diem for every day they meet. [applause] [laughter] the eighth thing i want to share, and i've talked about this spending problem in our country, we need to stop the madness. the candidate who was running for governor of new york, i don't know what else el he stood for, but he said he was the candidate for the rent is too darn high party. that was all over youtube, it was amazing. "saturday night live" did a skit on it. every first-term candidate should watch this guy. he clearly understands marketing. i think we should start our own political party, and it's going to be the debt is too darn high. they've gone from $4 trillion in '92 to $14 trillion. it's projected to almost double to over $26 trillion. the voters, i think, they've pulled the fire alarm. they said, we need to stop this ride. here's what happens in congress. some people propose a program. they say t going to benefit old people, you

i am concerned about this thing with mark twain and the inwn- word. are we going to take them out? host: two different topics. guest: with mark twain, the bible has some pretty strong passages that also would have to be censored. i think we have to take the past at what it is. that anyin wrote particular point in time. the house read the constitution last week. they tried to excise different parts that they did not agree with because they thought times have changed. i think we have to look at documents from the past and look at our past with a full face and say this is in fact what happens in the past. there may be reasons for it. we should take a lesson from that. host: daniel is a student from san jose. caller: how are you guys? i have a question and comment. i am a student. i go to a great community college. some of us have experienced the economy as a student -- we are experiencing the education crisis in general. my question is this. i am wondering, it would be logical to consider consolidating the educational issue which could be considered a security issue? is there an argum

. >>> well, racial slurs will soon be gone from mark twain's books. they are releasing a new version of the book that contains the n -word. publishers say replacing the words could increase read -- readship. however, critics argue it's censorship. >>> "american idol" is back. season 10 primiers two weeks from now. there are changes coming to the competition. america will vote this a single, sudden death round to choose the finalists from a pool of 20 contestants. idol protesters haven't decided if there will be a top ten or top 12. producers tell "entertainment weekly" magazine that the show will not be introducing a new music challenge. >>> well, the slews from one of san francisco's most scenic areas may soon be changing. what might be soon built in front of marina green and where you can go to say how you feel with it -- how you feel about i t. >>> there's new details about the royal wedding. new deals tails -- new details about the april wed regular out this morning. >>> a survey from adp shows private companies added 297,000 jobs last month far a

. >> if i can interview anyone, mark twain. favorite sound? ric flair. >> whoo!college initially to be a dentist. i thought. i was a predentistry major. i took my first chemistry course and it didn't really work out after that. i try to get up right when the larm goes off. i don't hit snooze. i just think it prolongs the pain. we have a small apartment and a new baby. a lot of times i put my clothes out in the living room and then tiptoe around. what happens with me is even though i'm trying to tiptoe arn because my wife and baby are sleeping, invariably, i drop something that is large and fragile. and it wakes everyone up. a lot of stuff. i like a lot of -- i like canadian bands. i like lowest of the world, my favorite band of all time. i like the tragically hip. yeah. i'm into music. i get my news anywhere i can. i love news. if i'm not changing a diaper or eating food or feet feeding my baby, i have my face in a magazine or a book or the computer screen. if i'm not reading constantly, i just -- i don't feel right. one of the stories that affected me, i mean th

[laughter] mark twain one said history doesn't repeat itself but sometimes it does rhyme, and there isan interesting partial crime that i want to share with you by describing anothe regime other than th urrent regie in an. the e at too per nuryf 33n january. the principal figure, adolf hitler had written in the 1920's of what his objectives were. to rule germany, to kill the jews and onquuro. eoplvey exlit dvryeat didn't bac him orote or h, the plurality did, driven in part by history of germany and ancient and noble people, feeling as if they had been badly teated by particularly the french and british in the aftermath oforld war i with the debt that were levied and the rest. hitler began a very substantial military buildup. some of it was hit in, some of it was known but he began immediately as an effort to enhance his ability to deal with his neighbors and the outside world. in the eante, two paramilitary organizations, the ss and sa can to be e instrument of the nazi state owning much of the property and dominating much of the government decision making under hitler's cui orders. i

she'll have new friends like shania twain. >> but they learn from the magazine that they needed to have here, is how much oprah do you have to have on to be a success? i mean, are people going to want to see her every hour of the day? >> oprah said she will be a presence every day. she will be on in some way. but she's going to do about 70 hours a year rather than the 140 she's been doing. come september, after her syndicated show is over, she will be doing oprah's next chapter, which could be three days a week. so you will see particularly in september on or in the fall on more of oprah. >> rosie o'donnell is going to be a fixture on this charge as well. that's an interesting, you know, she obviously has had some experience in daytime television, some controversy, as well. how is that expected to go? >> i think rosie will not be that controversial. i think she'll go back to the rosie o'donnell 6 the woman who loved broadway, and everyone loved her. >> the comedienne? >> the comedienne, yes. >> eileen rudolph, great to have you on her. happy new year. and now here's amy. ♪ we're going h

mark twain said it best coming your wallets and liberties are best when they are not in session let's pay them to stay home. they should lose money every day they meet and we will give them a - per diem every time. [applause] i've talked little bit about the spending problem in our country. we need to stop the madness to but i don't know if use of the candidates running for governor of new york. i don't know what else he stood for, but he got up there and he said he was the candidate for the rent is too high party. now that was all over you to be the was amazing to read saturday night live did a skit. every candidate should have watched this. he clearly understands marketing. i think we should start our own political party and it's going to be the debt is too high. the reality is they've gone from $4,000,000,000,000.92 to $14 trillion. its projected almost double over $26 trillion the voters i think pulled the full-year alarm on the escape slide and said we need to stop this. here's what happens in congress. some people propose a program that say it's going to benefit all people, youn

we became the home of harriet stoa, mark twain, and the founders of webster's kick knicks and still home to the oldest newspaper, our own "hartford current." [laughter] [applause] we have, after all, overcome events beyond our control, hurricanes, snowstorm, and floods. more recently when the planes hit on 9/11, and i remember this as mayor of stanford at the time, i remember how we went into rapid response mode ramping up our hospitals and preparing for the wave of transported victims we would be receiving. obvious, they never came. instead, we counted the unclaimed cars that remained in commuter parking lots. we mourned and persevered. we had an astounding history, this heritage. you know, as i traveled around the state for years meeting amazing people in churches, diner, and picnics, one of their consistent messages was this feeling that maybe our best days are behind us, that economic security let alone prosperity is a thing of the past, that maybe we won't or can't leave this place better than we found it, and even while they were sending me that message, there was a context to it.