eddie murphy, the kennedy center mark twain prize will air november 23 on pbs. jonathan: that will be fun. something not funny here is the traffic situation. jamie sullivan is keeping an eye on it for us. it's moving slow. jamie: it's always rough in the afternoon commute. talking about the biggest delays we are seeing we have congestion in the d.c. area and 66 and the beltway. there is congestion. 123 in the single digits. no lanes are blocked off. we are seeing a delay. live look in the area of georgetown. we had an earlier accident before "m" street before you get to georgetown and the key bridge. that is gone. we have this this getting closer to the rosslyn. looking to the maps i want to focus in on the d.c. area. a crash involving a pedestrian 14th andreet northwest. be very careful. there are poles answer wires down southbound connecticut between knolls and prospect street. it's not closed but we have the right lane blocked. that is with the crews working on scene. as far as the interstate goes. we are seeing the delays on the top side beltway. prince geor

he is receiving the kennedy center's mark twain prize for humor on october the 18th.ow, among the guests are dave chapelle, whitney cummings, trevor noah, jay pharaoh, joe piscapo and chris rock. >>> well, she's 5'2" and weighs just about 100 pounds and just conquered one of the toughest mountains in the world. the north face of the eiger in switzerland. sasha is a world class rock climber who started her ascent right here in our area. wendy rieger spoke to her about her stunning feat. >> reporter: the eiger means ogre in swiss, and it can be mean and ugly, especially to humans to try to crawl up its side. many have felt its lethal breath, as they have been blown off or frozen to death in their quest. >> that sunset is unreal! >> reporter: this is sasha dejulian, becoming the first woman to free climb the north face of the eiger last month. it is a complicated passage known as murder wall because of its forbidding nature. >> this entire encompassing of me stepping out of my comfort zone of what i knew and trying something that i didn't know. and i didn't know if i cou

the 89-year-old monarch arrived by twain in scotland and plans to unville a plaque marking the openingf the border's railway station. there was a gun saw lute in -- gun salute in london. >> poor air quality but it is dry. imagine where humidity how much worse it would be. humidity is coming this weekend. but the heat will subside. that is the tradeoff. >> here is a look from mount tamalpais at 79 degrees with the wind at four gusting to seven miles per hour. you can see the twin killing lights of san francisco as the backdrop to tuck about the highlights. heat wave, dry, poor air, all continuing and our warmer-than-average nights but it starts to pull become and eases, the heat, this weekend, but the humidity will rise. we will see more cloud cover. that will dim the sunshine. it will cool the air mass, also, and if you are lucky you have a breeze in san jose at 5:00, san bruno is 5, hayward is three, eight in fairfield and notice where it and pointing west so it will be hot everywhere. look for the asterisk weapon the area has a chance of setting the record high at 99 with the record

mark twain once stayed there. horace greeley the editor and what happens in these places as they evolve something the town did next. a stagecoach stop and now the public corral. we camped in places like this and i guess it took this picture guess i'm comfortable way off here somewhere on a mattress in the covered wagon. my brother nick, that's next bed roland there. he's a very rugged guy. so the axle broke and oregon in the ranch came along. we were just going to leave. a rancher came along and said he don't have to do that. we can take it into town and have it fixed in a couple of days and you can head back on the trail and there i am going to a place in the oregon called sutter creek. it's just lovely to be driving through the country in a wagon with meals. by the time they were all calmed down. again that's the mountains in eastern oregon and even though it's desert and technically classified as desert there's a huge amount of wildflowers but particularly these yellow sunflowers. just to give them a rest i wou

i remember such things as jack london and mark twain, of course. huck finn. i did all of those things. in that sense i had a normal upbringing. and later on when all the other boys turned away from me and there were very few jewish friends in the town that i lived in. there was nobody exactly my age. but there were some other boys close to me. but no more than two or three. the rest of my jewish friends i found in heidelberg, which was of course large enough to have a larger jewish population. and that to some extent made up for my not being able to associate with anybody in the town in which i lived. and i have some very fond memories, for instance, of this organization that i mentioned of going off into the mountains and going hiking. sometimes for a few day trips. staying in youth hostels overnight. those are all things that sort of made my formative years quite interesting. and to some extent enjoyable. and that went on even after the nazis came to power. but it stopped when i was approximately 14. at that point my father was no longer able to send me to

mark twain's real name was samuel clem monos, tom sawyer or huckleberry fin? what was his real name? number one, samuel clemmons. huk fin and tom sawyer were characters in his work. question number three. what is the largest library in the world? new york public library, library of congress or the yale university library? this institution holds more than 160 million items on approximately 838 miles of book shelves. number two, the library of congress. pat nailed it. the collection includes 37 million books, 35 million recordings and 5.5 million maps. actor burned by the british. which expresident sold his library to start the library of congress? whose was it? number three, thomas jefferson. he had 6,500 books in his library. not until 1886 the construction was approved for the building. number five, children's author penned lyrics to which johnny cash song? he's famous for the light in the attic and where the sidewalk ends. what song? number one, boy named sue. he recorded the song at the best selling single. if you're a writer and you've ever tried to put an

madison is mark twain's definition of a classic, a case that everybody praises but nobody actually reads. marberry is this fascinating indication that arode in the -- at the midnight appointment of judges by john adam after he is rush ought the door after having been defeated and they filled to deliver the judicial commissions to some of the officers. it was actually a lawsuit for somebody to get his judgeship, and they bring it straight to the supreme court, and the supreme court uses it as the occasion to advance what is referred to as the document of judicial review, and the a lot of mythology has grown up around marberry, saying we actually read, i think, once in luke's textbooks that in 1803, the supreme court created the doctrine of judicial review. well think didn't create it. actually a well-recognized constitutional principle. defended by alexander hamilton in the federalist papers in 1788. very current. but if the constitution, the fundamental law of the nation, says one thing, and an act of congress says something to the contrary, the constitution wins. it's really a basic pri

comedians for 60 years, she has received many awards including six emmys, a kennedy center honor, the mark twainrize, and the presidential medal of freedom. she will receive a lifetime achievement award from the screen actors guild next year. "the carol burnett show: the lost episodes" is a new dvd box set. here is a look at some classic moments. >> that absolutely did it! i am leaving this house and i am not coming back until the end of the football season! [football playing loudly on tv] in case you missed it, here is the instant replay. i am leaving this house and i'm not coming back until the end of the football season! [applause] >> i wonder how grandfather is doing. gramps, how are you feeling? just as i thought. hello, general hospital? dr. hoffer, please. yes, i'll hold on. hello, dr. hoffer. can you come over? gramps is really sick this time. i think it is serious. oh, just in case, would you pick up my black dress at the cleaners? thank you. bye-bye. [doorbell rings] at last. thank you. [organ plays] >> oh. [laughter] charlie: so, there we are. these lost episodes. why were they lost?

photographed just because it was the major pioneer camp ground a famous place of richard burton, mark twain, horace greeley, and what happened is they evolved into what the town would use next so the pioneer encampment now it is the public around and we would camp in places like this and they took the picture because i am over here somewhere. but my brother that is his bedroll on top of a pile of maneuver. [laughter] he is very rugged. so the axle broke the rancher came along. something else for the trail he said we can take them into town to have it fixed in a couple of days so we did. there is a place that we found. it was just lovely to drive through this route country. in a wagon with three good mules for them to behave themselves. there is the mountains in eastern even though classified as desert huge amount of wildflowers but in particular the yellow sunflowers and though no why they liked it but i would pull then in their endeavor eat them so graciously did yellow and green issues would come down their face. [laughter] i don't think i'm doing this right. that's okay. i will give you

i don't think it's coming through the democratic party, and i think her, that old mark twain line, reportsy death are greatly exaggerated. the so-called liberal media has not been pro-hillary, certainly the "new york times" hasn't, and most people who are not paying attention now, if you like hillary, you are going to vote for her, if you don't, you're going to go after her, if you are in between, you're not going to care about an e-mail issue, and i don't think any of this means a lot right now. melissa: that's convenient. >> it's convenient, yes. melissa: george w. bush, i think a lot of this is orchestrated from the obama group, trying to knock the legs out of from underneath hillary clinton and help joe biden, what do you think? >> nothing than the obamas would like better than to have the scenario playing out now. it was a force support of hillary clinton, in my opinion, it was a marriage of convenience, because they needed to take hillary out early by taking her out as secretary of state and she ran. joe biden is going to jump in, he has the luxury of not right now, they're consideri

she received several awards, mark twain prize and the presidential medal of freedom. she'll receive an award from the screen actors guild next year. "the carol burnett show: the lost episodes" is a new d.v.d. box set featuring her work. a new look of classic moments from th "the carol burnett show" >> that absolutely did it! i am leaving this how to and i am not coming back till the end of this football season! (door slams) >> in case you missed it, here's the instant replay! (laughter) (applause) >> that absolutely did it! i am leaving this house and i am not coming back until the end of this football season! (laughter) (applause) >> i wonder how grandfather is doing. gramps, how are you feeling? >> oh, oh, oh... just as i thought! hello, general hospital, dr. hoffer, please. what? he niece an emergency operation? yes, i'll hold on. hello, dr. hoffer? this is marion, could you come right over? gramps is really sick this same, i think it's serious. oh... just in case, would you pick up my black dress? it's at the cleaners. thank you, bye-bye! (doorbell) >> at last! oh

he is receiving the kennedy center's mark twain prize for humaner on october 18th.ong the guests are dave chappell, whitney cummings, sam moore, kevin nealon, trevor noah, jay farrell, joe piscopo and chris rock. >>> we will show you the tech >>> we will show you the tech goodies you're a parent. we're both busy people. so pick up my new hand prepared $20 family fill up meal. eight pieces of original recipe chicken, two large mashed potatoes and gravy, a large coleslaw, and 4 biscuits. i'll get back to ya. (door squeaking) it's finger lickin' good. >>> we have had the heat, the humidity, three days in a row, temperatures 90 degrees or higher. today, we reached 94 so far and we do have some scattered showers and storms and this marks the end of the heat wave today a couple of storms around the beltway, i-95, more storms developing down toward the south, all moving north and east, heads up woodbridge, quantico, portions of charles and prince george's county, seeing a couple of showers, stafford county, a few showers here and showers lining up along the blue ridge, fre

whom amongst her many accolades has earned six emmys, a tony award and is a recipient of the mark twain see her iconic show available for the first time in 40 years in a dvd collection entitled "the carol burnett show: the lost episodes," is currently on sale in stores and at timelife.com. please welcome, the one, the only, carol burnett. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: how are you? >> how nice to meet you. >> seth: i know, we were talking backstage, we've never met. this is such an honor for me. i'm so excited to have you here. >> you are so cute. [ laughter ] >> seth: oh, thank you. >> i have a question. >> seth: yes, of course. >> do you use q-tips to clean out those dimples? >> seth: the dimples? yes. and it's three people. i fully staffed three people. and you know, before i was big i had to do it myself. >> you poor baby. [ laughter ] >> seth: it was really rough. this is so -- i wanna talk about "the carol burnett show." i'm so excited that this is coming out on dvd. you did it for 11 seasons. is that right? >> yes, yes. >> seth: and when you did it, certainly the idea of a wo

the traditional philosophical boundary between the city and nature is polar opposites and never the twain shall meet and it is breaking commonwealth club panel tonight is reimagining infrastructure. i want to thank our panel tonight for the wonderful information and the conversation that we had. h. emerson -- harriet has been the head of office of planning and hud, ginger is a writer and historian, and benjamin grant who is right here in san francisco is the urban design policy director at spare and has led many of the processes to develop programs in policy at spare for the city. i would like to actually ask the person who has been our moderator tonight, h. emerson blake, editor and magazine of "oh ryan" magazine and the executive director of the orion society, emerson, -- "orion" magazine and the executive director of the orion society, emerson, what stands out for you in terms of reimagining our infrastructure, america's infrastructure? h. emerson: i think a lot of us, certainly a lot of us at orion, like so many people, when we think of infrastructure, we think of bridges and roads an

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[music] >> reporter: mark twain said clothes make the man. in reality, the clothes are just the beginning. once your outfit is put together, the finishing touch means everything. we're here to find the perfect accessories. the magazine's fashion director highlights a few go to accessories to take any outfit to the next level. >> the perfect accessory is about something that compliments what you have on but doesn't distract from it. >> the right shades can make a great impression. >> the neck tie has been a staple for years, but there are many ways to tie one on. >> a woven tie is great to add texture. if you choose a pattern, keep it simple, classic. your tie should match the lapel. not perfectly. you don't want a super wide lapel and a skinny tie. >> reporter: and the pocket square. >> it's a great way to sort of add the tie feeling without a tie. plain white works in every situation. those are the best. >> reporter: the belt is a great place to infuse personality. >> adding a woven belt, something with color, is a nice way to sort of bright

the mark twain quote that america's best friends are the atlantic and the pacific. withw on september 11 that technology today, those problems that are over there can come right over on our doorstep very quickly. the fact is we are the world leader, whether we like it or not, and we have to play a leadership role here. supporting folks like the king of jordan, is the best option, although it is not an ideal one. host: the stories reporting that the united states is likely increasing the number of refugees that we take in. talking at -- talk about the convocations of taking and that many more people than we usually do. guest: if we are going to talk with the rest of the world about refugees, i think we also have to include the refugees from central america, specifically from three dangerous countries that came last fewasse in the years. we have to include that in the whole world system of try to stop this problem. i would say, is a set of an immigrant, i tend to be pro-immigration. i think this will be our as americans. we are a nation of immigrants. at the same time

all petraeus: we don't own rumors of but america's demise seven greatly exaggerated, to quote mark twain. did a monograph at harvard as a fellow on the great new emerging economy -- north america. when i was asked a year or so ago after the american century of what? the expected me to say the asian century or the chinese century. the north american decades. the bottom line, our economy is fundamentally -- it has a lot of challenges, some the we have to thatve -- all notwithstanding, at a time when the number two economy is slowing down significantly, we don't yet see the rise of india. the euro zone has a very differentiator recovery, the u.s. has continued, we may be in the longest recovery in our history. it is not achieved escape velocity, there are aspects that are not great, but when you look at the rest of the world and the fundamentals of the united states -- whether it is democracy, the values we share with our two neighbors, you don't see mexico asking china to pivot in north america to help against the united states. the way every country with china is doing to aust. there are

iron the mark twain, the fault her, the author privacy policies no one has ever read, but this is not to say that the fair practice of information principles and tenants espouse in this country are dead, but that they need to be reworked and reimagined for the digital age, for the internet of everything and everywhere. i will go back to my amazon echo example, because i am so proud of it having worked on it. [laughter] can you tell? the only choices are alexa and amazon, but nevertheless i want to call it something inappropriate for this audience. i want it to have a name, like my personal assistant. but that device has privacy protection not only built into the hardware and software of the programming, but literally in the device. it lights up when it's listening. it is actively collecting data. there are other ways to signify those nonverbal cues. look at the airport signs that say baggage. i was pointing this out to my five-year-old. he cannot quite read yet, but he can read the sign that says airplane or luggage or whatever. the theme that applies to the can no longer, we rely on

>> mark twain said history doesn't repeat, it rhymes. we're going to have some kind of rhyme between 2011's low and 2010's low from my seat. and then from there, crashes like this off all-time highs, they're not how bear markets start. so from where i sit we're going back to all-time highs. maybe late fourth quarter, early first quarter next year with a very likely chance of the dow hitting at least 20,000 within a year from now. this bull market's old and wrinkly and not healthy, but it's not over yet. and the 10% decline happens right before the last glorious leg, the narrow leg where a few stocks and a few sectors lead the way. but it's a pretty strong leg higher. >> okay. paul, got it. thank you. paul schatz, heritage capital. do you believe there's one last glorious leg higher here? >> that's been the sentiment amongst a lot of technical analysts where they're looking for a real spike higher because they don't feel like the spike higher has been enough velocity in magnitude, so they want that last gasp. that's usually the way bull m

thinking of jack and barbara, i'm going to recall a poem from mark twain.e marriage." a marriage makes two fractional lives a whole. it gives two purposes life of work and doubles the strength of each and gives to two questioning natures a reason for living. will give new gladness to the sunshine, new fragrance to the flowers and new bu toy the earth. together, they have brought a new beauty to the earth. i'm not just referring to the five children and 22 grandchildren. consider their work on children's health. we have heard that today. it's exemplary what they are done, the healthcare foundation they established. since the inception, their foundation provided children and families of medical care. we have one example of that. ten years later, they are showing no signs of slowing efforts. last month, we heard that they made a huge pledge of $60 million to the miami health system. while golf made jack nicklaus famous, the work to save the lives of the most vulnerable has made them immortal. together, you and barbara have done so very, very much to make the w

his so- called deal be is some dismay to one of the most quoted american since mark twain advertisements appeal archimedean part competitor the three-time mvp was one of the greatest chapters in baseball history he appeared in an astounding 21 world series as a player coach or manager in 1998 the yoga bear museum annex and to open its doors and should be to his career and his lifelong commitment to education look or not you give there will not change a thing. >>mark: will will be right back on the news continues the backed by combat the bay bridge. andothin besfood is hven in a jar. th's bauseur ingrients come from... farms coitteto respsiblsourd oi... endewithinedies ke ce-fr egg m. hven. re ingdien. that howe're rkinto ing t thbest >>mark: of us are the web site to joke with the polka dots or does the for people to make jokes and and it's a difference for charity there has into the cement and a corporate job until october 2nd will be chosen on october 5th the good the title honorary committee adviser for the polk colonization with donna $10,000 to one share of insurance the groups as

." >> reporter:his so-called "yogi-isms" made him one of the most-quoted americans since mark twain. >> reporter:"yogi berra once said. 'when you come to a fork in the road, take it.'" >>presidential candidate "not real good at making forecasts, particularly if they involve the future." >> reporter:advertisers also took notice of yogi's appeal >>nats - "and they give you cash, which is just as good as money." >> reporter:part comedian, part was one of the greatest catchers in baseball history. he appeared in an astounding 21 world series as a player, coach or manager. in 1998, the yogi berra museum & learning center opened its doors, paying tribute to his career and his lifelong commitment to education. >>"it was fun, if i had to do it over again, i'd do it again." >>nats - yogi! yogi! yogi! >> pam: oscar-winning actor sean suit against filmmaker and "empire" co-creator lee daniels. >> pam: at issue, daniels' comments to "the hollywood reporter" about troubled "empire" star terrence howard. >> pam: penn says daniels falsely accused him of domestic violence by comparing him to howard,

one thing that sets this presidential election apart in twain is the likelihood they will elect the first female president. this is not unusual in asia. in fact if you look over the period from 1945 to 2014 there have been 11 female presidents or prime ministers elected in asia. the side note here is all 11 were either the children of a former leader, the wife, the widow, et cetera of a former leader, former president, former prime minister or a member of a democracy movement. hung would be the first without this familial ties. the other fer male prime ministers since 1945 only three of them outside of asia had these family ties. some examples for example in asia, park geun-hye. she's also unmarried and when she ran for the national assembly shfs a major issue. she said she was married. she was married to her country. that sort of died off later. another point much comparison with taiwan is there's arguably greater opportunities for women in lower level elections and thus for legislative elections and thus presidential elections than in other countries in the region. part of this is party

one of my favorite variations is by mark twain, history doesn't always repeat itself, but it does rhyme. i think the history of events leading up to the world war ii is an appropriate period for examination during today's iran debate. and i believe it's important to explore the question of whether the disastrous history lesson of the munich agreement can be instructive to americans and even to our allies during the current debate. munich has been cited numerous times in opinion pieces about the iran agreement and been mentioned on both sides of the debate in this chamber. furthermore, we've been scolded by opinionmakers around the country that we dare not make comparisons between munich and the current situations. in this view even uttering the words neville chamber lynn or newtownic bring such painful pictures from the west that we should not speak. but i disagree. we should look for parallels today. for those who may not have recently studied the years ladingen to world war ii, let's review the munich agreement. in september of 1938, hitler's aggression was already under way. in his s

mark twain used to say that history doesn't repeat itself but it does tend to rhyme so this might not be exact way like 1975 that when people look at the middle east right now it rhymes with 1975 in terms of the mess that exists and the role that oil plays in that region and that's why the polling is so high in opposition to it. that is i would say the main obstacle is there's no guarantee that every republican will vote to lift that ban. these numbers are going to be astoundingly high in states that do not have fossil fuel reduction. >> do you think you have the votes to fight off crude export legislation? >> well they talk weekly about adding the repeal to the defense authorization act and they retreated and i don't think they retreated because they wanted to. i think they had to make an assessment as to whether or not they have the votes at that particular point in time. the proponents of the lifting of the ban so i think they were counting heads as well and as i was saying this is not necessarily all republicans plus a handful of democrats. don't think we are second. there aren't

iron the mark twain, the fault her, the author privacy policies no one has ever read, but this is not to say that the fair practice of information principles and tenants espouse in this country are dead, but that they need to be reworked and reimagined for the digital age, for the internet of everything and everywhere. i will go back to my amazon echo example, because i am so proud of it having worked on it. [laughter] can you tell? the only choices are alexa and amazon, but nevertheless i want to call it something inappropriate for this audience. i want it to have a name, like my personal assistant. but that device has privacy protection not only built into the hardware and software of the programming, but literally in the device. it lights up when it's listening. it circles when it is actively collecting data. there are other ways to signify those nonverbal cues. look at the airport signs that say baggage. i was pointing this out to my five-year-old. he cannot quite read yet, but he can read the sign that says airplane or luggage or whatever. the theme that applies to the embedded w

so mark twain used to say that history doesn't repeat itself, but it does tend to rhyme. so today is a lot like 1975 in terms of the amount of oil that we import into our country. we right now import five million barrels of oil a day. we import oil from iraq. we import oil from venezuela. we import oil from the persian gulf in order to fuel our economy. now the oil industry says let's start selling the oil we have and drill for in the united states out on the open market. now why does the oil industry want to do that? because when oil is drilled for in the united states, the price that is set is set in oklahoma. cushing oklahoma, that is where the price is set. on average that price is $3 to $6 less expensive per barrel than the oil that is on the open market that is called the brent crude price. but it's the world price. that's not our price. our price is $3 to $6 less. the oil industry in america wants to get our oil out on to the open market so they can sell it to other countries. what countries? well, first in line would be china. after that, most likely other asian n

[laughter] >> a reason mark twain said the two things people should never watch being made are sausage and laws. i think it was a mistake to get rid of ear marks because it's harder for the president to argue, and i think sometimes congress knows better than federal employees what the best way to spend money is in their districts. so, anyway, think it's a different for different conditions, but first you have to be able to listen to who its you're trying to persuade and see if you can respond on the merit or changing the subject. >> president bush i washed you do this -- watched you do this for year and you're real good at it. talk about how you persuade people -- you tell me why you think so. >> i think that it is important to earn capital to spend capital. in other words, i can remember on the tax cut plan, trying to get out of the recession, i would go to state where i'd done well politically and -- well, ben nelson, democratic senator in nebraska. frankly, an endangered species. so i went to his state, flew him down on air force one, as i recall, and did a tax cut event with him th

i'm the mark twain or faulkner, i don't know what author of privacy policies no one ever read. that is no longer the way. that is not to say privacy is dead or fair practice or tenets we espouse this country and others are dead but they need to be reimagined for work of digital age for internet of everything and everywhere and i'm going to go back to my amazon echo example because i'm so proud of the echo, having worked a little bit about it. >> really. >> can you tell? people in the room i can't name it. only traces are a alexa or amazon. i want to call it somebody inappropriate for audience. want a name like my personal assistant. anyway, but that device has privacy protections not only built into the hardware and software of the programing but literally in the device. it lights up when it is listening. it circles when it is actually actively listening and collecting data. there are other ways to signify, i'm very much into non-very ban cues. look at -- verbal cues. look at airport signs. i left the washington, d.c. airport, he can't quite read the sign that says airplane or

the traditional philosophical boundary between the city and nature is polar opposites and never the twain shall meet and it is breaking commonwealth club panel tonight is reimagining infrastructure. i want to thank our panel tonight for the wonderful information and the conversation that we had. h. emerson -- harriet has been the head of office of planning and hud, ginger is a writer and historian, and benjamin grant who is right here in san francisco is the urban design policy director at spare and has led many of the processes to develop programs in policy at spare for the city. i would like to actually ask the person who has been our moderator tonight, h. emerson blake, editor and magazine of "oh ryan" magazine and the executive director of the orion society, emerson, -- "orion" magazine and the executive director of the orion society, emerson, what stands out for you in terms of reimagining our infrastructure, america's infrastructure? h. emerson: i think a lot of us, certainly a lot of us at orion, like so many people, when we think of infrastructure, we think of bridges and roads an

this is mark twain use to say history doesn't repeat itself. it does tend to rhyme. this might not be exactly like 1975 but when people look over at the middle east right now, it rhymes with 1975 in terms of that mess that exists in the role that oil plays in that entire region and that's why the poling is so high in opposition to it. so that's, i would say the main obstacle because there's no guarantee that every republican's going to vote to lift that. these numbers are going to be astoundingly high in states that do not have facile fuel destruction. >> do you have the votes to fight off crude oil exportation in. >> well, they talked briefly about adding the repeal to the defense authorizization act just about two months ago and they retreated. i don't think they retreated because they wanted to but they had to make an assessment as to whether or not they had the votes at that particular point in time. the proponents of the lifting of the ban. i think they were heads as well. i'm saying this is not necessarily all republicans plus a hand full of democrats. don't th

really doesn't for the slightest city is able to warn of so much of the weekend it is great mark twain's line of the summer in san francisco is grit we did onshore flow but when you complete a compromise that there's the pacific ocean bases will we do not have the fax the satellite picture all the marine layer of farm for the north we have the upper 50s in the north to bay the peninsula's seven is to restoring the daly city. most >>reporter: of the citizen communities outside of that with the exception of downtown san francisco san mateo where in the clear but south of that adjutancy san jose we are going to be in that area for the future cast watch the what happened as we go to the noon hour a lot of red on the board on jews will covered itself along the coast of off to the evening hours here is the intrusion the return of the '60s along oakland as you noticed a good portion of the peninsula as well as the parts of the north bank will go to tonight with the suns as a small and when we go through again although not as intense as you or want to see the seven forecast 90 golan from montagu

mark twain said history doesn't always repeat itself but it does rhyme. i think the history of events leading up to world war ii is an appropriate examine during de bait. it is important to explore whether the agreement of munich can be viewed by us and our allies. munich has been sited in opinion pieces about the iran agreement. it has been mentioned on both sides of the debate in this chamber. further more we have been cautioned, even scolded by various opinion makers around the country that we dare not make comparisons between munich and the current situation. in this view, even uttering the words chamberland or munich bring do is mind such painful memories from the dark past that we should not gothe there. i don't agree. we should look for parallels today. but those who may not have recently studied the years leading up to the second world war. let's review the munich agreement. in september of 1938, hitler's aggression was fully underway. in spite the moment it was czech and four leader met in munich, germany in an effort to avoid war. that was hitle

[laughter] there's a reason mark twain said the two things people should never watch being made are sausaged laws. [laughter] and i think it was a mistake to get rid of these earmarks, because it's harder for the president to argue, and i think sometimes congress knows better than federal employees what the best way to spend money is in their districts. so anyway, i think it's different for different conditions. but, first, you've got to be able to listen to who it is you're trying to persuade and see if you can respond on the merits or changing the subject. >> president bush, i've watched you do in this for years -- >> yeah. >> -- and you're real good at it. >> thank you. >> talk about -- >> why? >> -- how you persuade people. [laughter] well, you tell me why you think so. [laughter] >> i think, i think that it is important to earn capital to spend capital. in other words, i can remember on the tax cut plan trying to get out of the recession that i would go to a state where i had done well politically -- and, well, wen nelson. he was a -- ben nelson. he was a democrat senator in nebraska.

own all the cards, but rum efls of america's demise have been greatly exaggerated to paraphrase mark twain. i teach a course called the coming north american decade at the honors college. i've done a monograph in harvard on the great new emerging economy north america. when i was asked a year or so ago in london after the american century, what, and i thinkthy expected me to say the asian century or the chinese century, i said the north american decades. the bottom line is our economy is fundamentally -- it's got lots of challenges and there's a lot of issues that we need to resolve some with the help of this body working together with the other body, all that notwithstanding, at a time when the number two economy is slowing down quite significantly, we don't yet see the rise of india, the euro zone has got a very differentiated recovery, the u.s. has continued -- we may be in the longest recovery in our history. it has not achieved escape velocity. there's aspects of it, again, that are not great. but when you look at the rest of the world, and when you look at the fundamentals of the uni