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and never the twain did meet. and it probably wasn't an ordinary childhood because of the turmoil that was there, yet there was great humor and warmth in our community. >> a lot of violence. illustrated by "bloody sunday" became a very iconic and very powerful moment in history. >> yeah. >> you're right in the middle of it. >> yeah, it did. although, when david cameron first took power, one of the things that he announced was the apology from the british government to the people of northern ireland and to the people of derry for bloody sunday. and i think that has gone a long way to generate the healing and the coming together in our community. that city that was once divided, piers, now has a bridge that's aptly called the peace bridge. >> i was there a couple of years ago. it feels prosperous, it feels safe again. the undercurrent of violence is not there anymore. >> i didn't really even know. roma explained to me their situation. i had no clue. and it's much more sensitive for roma. i just knew this was monica

. >> this is a perfect time to quote mark twain. lies, damn lies and the statistics. the facts are on our side. uc berkey is anticipating over 2.3 million jobs cut down to fit that 0-hour minimum. the cbo -- is not complicated. $500 billion in new taxes, $800 billion in new regulations and $1 trillion in new subsidies. this is not a recipe for job creation. >> and then there's also the disincentive for work. we talked about that cbo report talked about that. alan blinder was talking about that. he is a democratic economist with the clinton administration. he said, your health care subsidy declines as you earn more. and that, of course, dulls the incentive to work, just as if your wage rate was falling. so there's also this aspect to it. >> yeah, there's that aspect. and this is sort of like what the cbo study was saying. you're going to be liberated from your job. this is the democratic line, you're going to be liberated. health care reform allows us to be lerated -- listen, i'd like to learnto play the piano and have everybody subsidize me. but what we're talking abo

. >> twain wade is not looking forward to playing against him but it has nothing do do with his sexualation. >> one thing i know about him he fouls very hard. welcome back. ucla spoiled by stanford, the cardinals took control with a 12-1 run. another day at the office, 26 points, 12 rebounds, stanford beats ucla 65-56 to get their 14th straight pac-12 title. they could not close down the bears. he blew it open in the 2nd half and getting it, he does the rest, and 78-67. that is their 6th straight win. the thunderstorms delayed the daytona 500 after only 38 laps. the race finally resumed following a 6 hour delay. hopefully the checkered flag will be out some time tonight. >> jason day, two-shot he'd on victor, bubuisson. day with a chance to close it out. here is the putt for the win. no. dubuisson would continue to live on the edge. he is in the first play off hole and look at there. then, he does it again. how about the second play off hole? this time from the bushes over the tv cable lines, peewee golf, folks. he gets it and keeps it going. but day would be able to finish it off when

>> they didn't have those when i was a kid, but mark twain won the medal for spelling every time they had a contest for him growing up in missouri. he said he didn't think it counted because he was born knowing how to spell. that it was genetic. but i have to think reading has something to do with it. good for those kids. >>> speaking of working, we have clear skies across much of the bay area. some fog and low clouds but it is looking nice. awas look out toward the airport. 50 degrees. liver more has 52 degrees. san jose, 49, high pressure is in california tonight. so anything now is heading up to seattle where they get rain the next couple of days. we get sunshine out the door. some low clouds along the coastline. aside from that, a sunny start to sunday. the mid to upper 40s about 8:00 in the morning. for tomorrow afternoon, we will look at sunshine all over the place and numbers climb a couple of degrees from today's highs to 70 degrees inland. and here is what we are expecting. high pressure pretty much parked off the shoreline the next couple of days so we know this routine, we

mark twain reports of the death of the big bookstore may have been greatly exaggerated. borders may have closed, so did walden books but barnes & noble has survived. its market value has steadily fallen and it's struggled to take on the internet and e books but it is still here. it's survived by changing and adapting and being at the forefront of the e book revolution with its nook e reader and now takeover offer for that beaten down chain. along with its nook unit. from a little known investment firm called g asset management. initially investors sent shares of the 128-year-old book seller sharply higher. at the end of the session shares had come back a little bit. they still ended up by a solid 5.5%. courtney reagan joins us now with more on the takeover offer and what it could mean for america's biggest book seller. this really sort of came out of nowhere, at least it did today. >> yeah, most certainly, tyler. barnes & noble has gone through numerous changes over the last few years. today's news signals it may not be done with its metamorphosis quite yet. g asset mana

maybe better expressed by mark twain who reportedly said history does not repeat itself but it rhymes. i feel like that here. the challenge of what motivates me is what will determine those first two categories. will it be much better or much worse? so for we you are less likely to get the best at of it with the best responses if you are stuck in a strange brew that we have right now of fear and ignorance mix together. that is not the best way to govern or develop or run our business or to handle your own personal life. there is no issue that has become more important in recent years that is more understood then sever security and cyberfor. there was an aching need for a primer that tried to hit that sweet spot there has been a lot written but it is either highly technical or has a feeling of the spinal tap to get scared than trust me to give you the solution. but instead turn this into something we understand as long as we use the internet internet, there will be cybersecurity and cyberwar threats. or how they become more resilient in the hour psychological approach also. >> as a fol

. >> mark twain said history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. >> in other words, there's one jackie robinson. every situation is different. the similarities to the jackie robinson situation cannot be ignored. if you go back and look at what owners and baseball players were saying, they sound like the people, speaking about distractions and the locker room. basically offshoring bigotry to the players. in this report it's instructive. what we are looking for is what general manager has the courage to be a 21st century branch rickie, saying "i care about whether this man can play, everything else is not a problem." >> we have a couple of months before may to see what happens before the draft. good to have you both on the show. >> details about an n.s.a. program using electronic surveillance to geotarget overseas mobile phones to determine who america's drones should kill. a report says the mooed is unreliable and led to the death of civilians. this as it's decided whether a drone should be used to target a u.s. citizen in pakistan who has planned attacks against the united states. chri

the twain shall never meet. narratives were important on both sides, so attacking the basic narrative on either side is a dangerous proposition. it's one thing to maintain your own narrative but another to attack the narrative of the other. >> yes? right there? >> you mentioned peace will ultimately come not through diplomacy, but in peace from themselves. you mentioned peace will ultimately come through the people themselves. in your travels, did you encounter any influence or hear anything about the peace initiatives or even the geneva accords being resurgent? >> yes, i think the geneva accords is one of the templates as are the clinton parameters for a peace agreement. geneva people are still working and they have institutionalized it and they are using it. the arab league initiative, i think, is quite popular among the pragmatic center in israel although it is feared by the far right because it shows an israeli withdrawal in exchange for peace. there are many, many international and american private organiza

. ♪ mattress discounters >>> mark twain's comment about new england weather, if you don't like it, waity to republican presidential politics. tonight chief political correspondent carl cameron looks at the rapidly changing fortunes for two of the gop's major stars. >> reporter: call it mitt romney's renaissance. he lost the presidential race, but he's back in the news and popular. on the eve of the sochi olympics, romney is a hot booking on olympic security, having secured the 2002 salt lake city games in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. there's a new documentary portraying a warm, caring romney greatly at odds with the image many had of him in 2012 and looking ahead to 2016 romney is the front-runner with rand paul and chris christie and former florida governor jeb bush in the teens. ed rollins has been helping him win elections and doubts romney would run a third time. as for the rest of the field. >> no front-runner. polls mean nothing other than name i.d. and this is as wide open a primary as i've ever seen in my 40 years in the republican party. >> reporter: christie was a front-runne

so grant accepted mark twain's proposal and he wrote what is to this day regarded as one of the great memoirs in american history and certainly the finest to come out of the civil war, it only deepens the mystery of grant in some ways. and it left julia provided for. because the book was such an enormous success that she and er family received $400,000 in royalties. and then she wrote a memoir that had considerably less public success. in fact, it wasn't published until 1976. [laughter] laid ed in 1902 and was to rest in that understated morningside on heights in new york. >> you had a number of first ladies who weren't really active and deeply involved. lucie web hayes came along and kind of revived the first lady role. what did she do that was so important? >> well, you know, first of all, she's much more than lemonade lucie. she's more than the first lady who started the easter egg roll . all that's part of her historical resume. she was at the time absoluted as the new woman -- saluted as the null woman. what did that mean? -- saluted as the new woman. what did that mean? it did n

mark twain said a long time ago the whiskey is for drinking and water is worth fighting for.e have got to invest in our water mains, our water systems to make sure we are conserving society. if we want to be sustainable we have to invest in broadband deployment. we have to have nobody left out when it comes to access to high-speed internet. governments have to make sure the private market does not behave like an oligopoly and cause people to pay higher prices for lousy service. we want to be like other countries where we have excellent service, high-speed service, ultra high-speed internet, at a reasonable price. there's a real role for state government to play to make sure when it comes to broadband deployment, that we make sure everybody gets a fair shake. >> is no doubt about it. >> i want to come back on governor herbert's comment. we have some challenges were we have to work closely with the federal government. we are very blessed in nevada to have wind and solar and geothermal assets. as a go through this competition with the other states, we have an advantage. i wish m

mark twain wrote about his experiences as apprentice mississippi river pilot.usical "show boat" which gave birth to no fewer than three films. the man whose steam think conquered the the river. fulton's memory is honored in dozens of places across the country including the fulton street home for many years to famous fish market. not to mention his old hometown now known at fulton dip, pennsylvania. ahead -- from the depths of time. it's great on strawberries, apples... bananas... rice cakes... raspberries... toast! [ kelly ] jif hazelnut spread makes anything your new favorite thing. spoons! which is why this choosy mom chooses jif. ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. [announcer] why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america? ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how fast i fall asleep. ask me about staying asleep. [announcer] tempur-pedic owners are more satisfied than owners of any traditional mattress brand. tempur-pedic. the most highly recommended bed in america. now sleep cooler with extr

. >> you know, mark twain said that a lie can make it halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes. i think the republicans have realized that and realized that you don't have to particularly with the speed of the news cycles now, you don't have to operate in this zone. the democrats seem to have more of a sense that it's something about fairness that you can't actually do that. and i think that's to their detriment. this is how the game is played. now it's full of distortion, and they have to play the game too. which saw this with mike dukakis. we saw this with john kerry. they do it again and again. the democrats are a little slow to recognize that's it not about honesty. thank you, nia-malika henderson. thank you, dana milbank. >>> up next, the reason joe biden might not run for president. things zero to 60 in 3.4 seconds, quick. that's next in the side show. and this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> back to "hardball," and time for the sideshow. joe biden may be considering a run for president in 2016. but at an event for the united auto workers y

mark twain said a long time ago the whiskey is for drinking and water is worth fighting for. we have got to invest in our water mains, our water systems to make sure we are conserving society. if we want to be sustainable we have to invest in broadband deployment. we have to have nobody left out when it comes to access to high-speed internet. governments have to make sure the private market does not behave like an oligopoly and cause people to pay higher prices for lousy service. we want to be like other countries where we have excellent service, high-speed service, ultra high-speed internet, at a reasonable price. there's a real role for state government to play to make sure when it comes to broadband deployment, that we make sure everybody gets a fair shake. >> is no doubt about it. you wanted to jump in? >> i want to come back on governor herbert's comment. we have some challenges were we have to work closely with the federal government. another part of the discussion we have not talked about his renewable energy. we are very blessed in nevada to have wind and solar and ge

the middle east fired the authorsions of american like herman melville and mark twain, freedom fighters like douglas and john f. kennedy. huge influence on mirko was the main exporter to the middle east. the u.s. was the main exporter to the middle east. it wasn't the oil, but education. n american university in beirut. american educators imparted american ideas. there was the idea of nationalism and independence. those ideas percolated through educated classes. first through middle eastern anditions -- christians then men military. there is a direct link between america's iphones and then that the arabdeas and awakening. there was the struggle for arab state independent. there is a huge impact on the arab-isreali situation. bristol turned to take ourselves out of it. america can be traced back to involvement in the middle east. i believe it is underappreciated. >> we had a fascinating conversation before we came in. i'm a great lover of historical anecdotes. you have to share to them with us if you would. impact of thethe civil war on the history of egypt. after that, perhaps that impa

>> mark twain once said history doesn't repeat itself. but it sure does rhyme.ther words, there is only one jackie robinson. every situation is different. the 21st censure notice 1947. but the similarities to the jackie robinson situation cannot be ignored, not the least of which if you go back to the 1940s and look what owners and baseball executives were saying, they sound one awful hell of a lot like the blind quotes in sports illustrated. speaking about distractions, speaking about the locker room. putting it all on the players. basically, off shoring their own big tree on to the players themselves. in that respect it's very instruct five. we are looking to see what manager is going to be a branch ricky. saying i care about whether or not this young can play and everything else is not even a consideration to me. >> chris kluwe, dave, we have a couple of months before the beginning of may to see what happens in that draft. good to have you both on the show, thank you. >> thank you. >> yep, thank you. >>> now to new details about a controversial nsa program th

the middle east fired the imagination of authors like herman melville and mark twain, freedom fighterslike frederick douglass and john f. kennedy. it had a huge influence on the middle east well before the advent of middle eastern oil. in fact, during the 19th century america was the main exporter of oil to the middle east. mostly in the form of kerosene. the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east, mostly not through economics or oil, but through education. america built the universities in beirut, in cairo, american universities in turkey, through which american educators imparted american ideas. perhaps the most influential i encouraged george bush to las vegas.arry reid he did not. sessions do not change the fact that the senate was unavailable. planned 20-day no business break. it was gone. there was no forum to be had. the constitution, in my view exclusively grants the executive , both responsibility to determine senate availability and discretion to sign temporary commissions.

you know, the twain shall never meet but the narratives are extremely important in the psychology and politics of both sides and therefore attacking the basic narrative of either side i think is a dangerous proposition. it's one thing to maintain your own narrative but another thing to attack the narrative of the other. they will have to address the narrative when it comes time to address some of the core issues and conflicts of course. >> yes, right there, the woman right there, yes. >> yes, hi. phil, you mentioned that peace will ultimately come not through secret diplomacy but through the people themselves. in your travels did you encounter any influence or hear anything about the arab peace initiative, the israeli peace initiative or even the geneva accords and if that is being resurgent? yes i think the -- >> yes, i think the geneva accords is one of the models and templates as are the clinton parameters for a peace agreement and, to their, to their credit the geneva initiative people are still working. they have institutionalized it. they are publicizing it. the arab league init

the middle east fired the imaginations of american authors like herman melville, mark twain, freedomighters like frederick douglass, john f. kennedy. huge influence, cultural and economic influence well before the advent of middle eastern o oil. in fact, during the 19th century america was the main exporter of oil to the middle east, mostly in the form of kerosene. but the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east, and mostly not through economics, not the oil but education. america's built the university of beirut, built the american university of cairo, and universities in turkey through which american educators and parties american ideals and perhaps the most intellectual i did with the idea of nationalism and independence. and those ideas percolated through educated classes first through many of middle eastern christians, then into the military, and to understand there is a direct link between america's educational involvement in the middle east and the arab nationalist ideas. the arab awakening, and to use -- and the struggle our arab state indepe

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floor half a dozen times at least during my tenure here, mark twain once said, "history doesn't always repeat itself but it usually rhymes." "history doesn't always repeat itself but it usually rhymes. of" and i think in this case, the themes that washington is telling us in the -- in the fall of 1796 rhyme, they -- they help us to think through some and many of the issues that are confronting us here today and the wisdom of washington expressing it -- and remember, two of the most brilliant minds of that period, hamilton and madison participated in the drafting of the speech -- words well worth remembering. a wonderful contribution to the life of our country and i want to thank the majority leader and the leadership for giving me the privilege and the honor to read the speech today on behalf of my colleagues. thank you, mr. president. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? i spent the morning over at the supreme court. i was there to support the plaintiffs in a very important case against overreach by the environmental protection agency. and here's what i say this -- why i say this case is imp

the middle east fired the imaginations of american authors like herman melville and mark twain, freedomfighters like frederick doug has and john f. kennedy -- frederick douglass and john f. kennedy. a huge influence on cultural and economic interests in the middle east well before the advent of middle eastern oil. in fact, during the 19th century, the united states was the main exporter of oil to the middle east. mostly in the form offer kerose. but the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east. and mostly not through, not through economics, not through oil, but through education. america built the universities in the middle east. and universities in turkey, cairo through which american educators imparted american ideas. and perhaps the most influential idea was the idea of nationalism and independence. and those ideas percolated through educated classes, first through, many through middle eastern christians, then into the military. and to understand that there's a direct link between america's educational involvement this the middle east and the emergenc

you know, mark twain said history does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.robinson. it's not the same, but there are a lot of echoes in terms of like, is it a distraction? maybe it is objectively, but guess what, get over yourself, nfl. >> stay right there, david. stay right there, everybody. up next, we'll have a question that everybody is asking. which is this. why is it necessary to come out at all? we will show you michael sam's answer. [ female announcer ] starting with the cocoa bean, and five simple whole grains, new multigrain cheerios dark chocolate crunch is breakfast... with benefits. start your day with a delicious new crunch. healthy never tasted so good. i think we both are clean freaks. i used to scrub the floor on my knees. [ daughter ] i've mastered the art of foot cleaning. oh, boy. oh, boy. oh, boy. [ carmel ] that drives me nuts. it gives me anxiety just thinking about how crazy they get. [ doorbell rings ] [ daughter ] oh, wow. [ carmel ] swiffer wetjet. you guys should try this. it's so easy. oh, my. [ gasps ] i just washed this floor.

>> you have to be disciplined to take time to prepare, that's a famous quote by mark twain.written you a shorter letter if i had more time. so people need to prepare to trim up all the excess information that doesn't belong to deliver the point that people absolutely need to get. >> and number three on your list, be decisive. >> so when you think about communicating clearly and concisely, i mean, full disclosure, there's a time and a place for long conversation, but you need to know when and where to be brief. so when sending an e-mail, going to a meeting, you're interviewing, you're sharing bad news with somebody, you're giving a perception, those are moments when you need to get to the point. >> an age of when you tell companies you need to tell a story, it's about storytelling these days, how do we, when we take social media out of the equation, how do we tell a company to tell a story within a short attention span? >> well, first of all, people love stories. when you tell someone in a business text a story, there's an immediate sense of relief, they think, i get to hear

at this moment i uncertain because i interviewed mark stein today that twain is transcribing the mark stein interview to have it up often end transcribing three or four after he produces the show to arrange for the rundown does the cuts, and then arranges for the after show to speak for one hour then posted electronically for podcast then he doesn't the next day and does this since the show began july july 10, 2000. adam is a slacker joined one week later that works just as hard. now he is the week began not -- behind. we have another one that is a laker fan we don't expect much out of him. 100 production, program directors across the country. there was an amazing radio empire, a sales staff, a syndication staff and a bunch of people in dallas selling the show so the advertisers realize the best place is on radio. energy however is predicate on everything happening. if you don't get up to go to work if you don't try. that is learned behavior. . . women's history for beginners is the book tv book club selection for the month of february. you

it predates huck fin and mark twain. the federal government took responsibility for the system that we have today, back in george washington's time. i think there was legislation passed in 1824 that specifically authorized the u.s. army corps of engineers to take the waterway system and its development and its maintenance as a uniquely federal responsibility that provides both a -- it's been one of the reasons that the system was developed so robustly and effectively paz we went through the 20th century. ment there wasn't any disagreement about whether it was to be done at the federal, state or local level. it was a federal job. i think it provides some of the impediments today as we try to develop a coherent freight strategy for the future and testimony movement of investment dollars to all the modes of transportation, each of which is suffering in its own way from lack of dollars. the secretary of transportation talked about the first time ever attempt to develop a freight policy for this -- for the nation. but it's in