universities. it allows terrorists to illegal enter the united states. one university in pleasant ton, more than 1500 students enrolled. she says the schools are a clear and immediate threat to our national security. >>> up next, we're not out of the clouds just yet. leigh glaser coming up to tell us more about our forecast. rick: coming up in sports, tim lincecum was on the mound. we show you how he did. >> alan: the space shuttleshutle has bid farewell to the international space station for the final time. it was the last voyage into spas. the two crews said goodbye after more than a week together. discovery is set to land on wednesday and then will be retired and sent to its permanent home in the signature -- smithsonian. a earthquake erupted off the coast of humboldt county. the quake was centered 70 miles southwest of eureka. no reports of damages, and the police department says it did not receive any calls. >> alan: leigh, you're probably wondering when this is going to go away. >> leigh: in the last couple hours the clouds are moving in. the high d

obviously mean the other editors, arizona university press, and to all the authors who contributed chapters to this book. the authors came from the united states, mexico, universities, government agencies, and nonprofit groups. now on to the title. it is conservation of shared environments: learning from the united states of mexico. we took a lot of time to develop the title and careful thinking to make sure that it delivered the right message. the three key words or phrases in the title are one, conservation, two shared environments, and three, learning. by conservation we meant maintaining the quarters and habitats in two countries for the mig story species that fly over the border. when you talk about those species and protecting them, it's not just habitat in one country, but two countries, and that's complicated. we also had the range across the border like black bears and lizards. we have to protect water flows and water sheds under draught and meant preserving the integrity of border land spaces in the face of security and undocumented immigration, and finally, by conservation we meant protecting the ecosystem services which benefits th

if you took the top 20 universities, the argument would be whether 15-19 of them are united states universities. everybody would put cambridge in and there are four or five others. there is one in china that alarms and that list. the u.s. is way ahead and that and that took many, many decades to develop that. it is a combination of our very best students who have done well and smart people from all over the world who have wanted to come to these universities, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. our net imports i ofq into this country has been a huge advantage. there is no other country that has had that. that is not quite as powerful in some ways. we make it hard sometimes for those people either to come in or stay. it is still a mind-blowing pingree we need to double down on that. -- it is still in mind blowing thing. we need to double down on that. is that element of support going to be there for those institutions? whenever people tell you about the overseas school systems that are very good, take it with the grain of salt. there is a temptation for them to tell you about the part

obviously mean the other editors, arizona university press, and to all the authors who contributed chapters to this book. the authors came from the united states, mexico, universities, government agencies, and nonprofit groups. now on to the title. it is conservation of shared environments: learning from the united states of mexico. we took a lot of time to develop the title and careful thinking to make sure that it delivered the right message. the three key words or phrases in the title are one, conservation, two shared environments, and three, learning. by conservation we meant maintaining the quarters and habitats in two countries for the mig story species that fly over the border. when you talk about those species and protecting them, it's not just habitat in one country, but two countries, and that's complicated. we also had the range across the border like black bears and lizards. we have to protect water flows and water sheds under draught and meant preserving the integrity of border land spaces in the face of security and undocumented immigration, and finally, by conservation we meant protecting the ecosystem services which benefits th

from the united states international university and his j.d. from california western school of law, spent almost two decades working in private practice and also acted as an an arbiter -- arbitrator for the san diego superior court, serving on many panels. the american bar association's standing committee on the federal bureaucracy -- standing committee on the federal judiciary unanimously related -- rated him well qualified. this evening we will also vote on two nominations for central district illinois. both of these vacancies are considered judicial emergencies. judge shadid received his b.s. from bradley university and his j.d. from john marshall law school. upon admission to the illinois boy, judge shadid opened his own law practice. he maintained his practice until 2001 when he was appointed by the illinois spreec court to fill a -- supreme court to fill a vacancy for the 10th judicial circuit. he was elected to the full term in 2002 and reelected 2008. while in private practice, he served as a part-time public defender for the peoria cou

. >> a professor of islamic and middle eastern studies at wayne state university in michigan in the united states. he is in our central london studio. professor, is it true that the saudi government says that it's unislamic to hold protests? >> no, clearly not. this is a religion that was forced on political dissent to innovate against tyranny, injustice, the social inequities of the arabian peninsula in the early part of the seventh century. so in order to go ahead now and say that this is some kind of an unlawful, sinful activity shows a kind of cynical cross legitimatization relationship between the religious authority and the state that each validates the other's authority and political power, one saying that the scholars, the clerics are the only legitimate religious authority in saudi arabia and conversely, we find that it is these scholars who then miraculously provide their own religious cover and validation for the saudi state to keep it in power. >> what about this rhetoric that the government continues to use that saudi arabia is a very particular islamic state in which god's la

united states, i think they want something different. what i mean by this is they want to see the united states engaged civil society, universities, think tanks and the know how that america has to the region, but not impose a form or model of the egyptians. they do not want to be to hanging over the fact that they will not deal with the egyptian government as members of the muslim brotherhood on it. the muslim brotherhood is no different than the all but -- ultraorthodox party in israel and christian democrats. they can be political parties that drive the base for religion but play with in the secular roles of the game. they do not want to see this type of western and physician saying if they win a certain number of seats, we will not deal with them. in that kind of tone is what the egyptians want to see. >> do you have a sense now that the egyptian process is really .eginning to firm -- forme >> i think the muslim brotherhood was completely surprised. never were the slogans chanted. not by accident, and more and partly because the people were not part of the muslim brotherhood. they were people that belong to the muslim brotherhood, b

joining us from the united states now is an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at idaho state university joining us on webcam ra. you are no doubt hearing this latest information, start of the evacuations from the nuclear power plant there. is it out of control in your opinion do you think? >> in my opinion what has been happening is very important to the nuclear industry. but they seem to have it under control in terms of cooling the reactors and preventing release to the immediate environment. i think the current situation of evacuating staff is precautionary. >> but half of the fuel rods we are being told are now exposed. that has to be a serious situation. surely there has to be a radioactive release from the open rods now, doesn't it? >> the containment, the primary containment for the unit two reactor, which is the one you referred to with exposed rods has not been jeopardized. the explosions that occurred have occurred outside the primary containment, hydrogen. there was minor amounts released with that that do come out in gas, especially when the hydrogen gas is released from con

captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the president of the united states is now on record. the longtime libyan leader needs to leave and change must now come to libya. this is how the president put it at the white house today. >> let me just be very unambiguous about this. colonel gadhafi needs to step down from power and leave. that is good for his country. it is good for his people. it's the right thing to do. >> of course, that brings us to the question about how to do that, how to finish what the libyan uprising has started. there's growing support for a so-called no-fly zone, but the defense secretary continues to warn americans that would first mean a u.s. air attack on libya. moammar gadhafi has lost control of much of his country, but he's holding tripoli, the capital, which, as you're about to see, has become its own world as if trying to pretend everything's fine. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel went out into tripoli today. tonight we'll show you this odd parallel universe he found himself in. richard, good evening. >> reporter: goo

the united states stands with the people of the libyan -- the libyan people in support of their universal rights. thank you, mr. president. >> i. thank -- i thank the permanent representative of the united states. i now give the floor to the permanent representative of india. >> mr. president, india has been following this area of concern, the developments in libya, which have led to the loss of numerous lives and injuries to many more. we're very concerned with the welfare of the civilian population and for the foreigners. we deplore the use of force to this is totally unacceptable and must not be resorted to. mr. president, the un secretary general has appointed a special envoy who has just visited libya. we support his appointment and his mission. we have, however, not have the benefit of his report, or even a report from the secretary on his assessment. this would have given us an objective analysis of the situation on the ground. african union is also sending a high-level panel to libya to make a serious effort for peace will ian d. to the crisis -- peaceful end to the crisis there.

birthday celebrations who would normally have a couple of two week trips to the united states to give lectures at various universities say stop it when it was still visits to chip in. and so one more year you know it's hard to count we don't have a set number of letters per month and we're just a letter on the same old subject on the end of the soviet union and perestroika or something different. you know. well there is no then what are people interested in his views on the current situation on today's politics exactly absolutely one subject is the global world and global challenges and the other one is environment protection and the other subject is russia usually the election is called either russia yesterday today and tomorrow his vision for russia in the global world a media russia in europe people often ask him to speak on some specific subjects like problem of what are resources or environmental problems but i would be after all he founded green cross international and environmental organization so there are subjects like this to. your foundation isn't a charity right and then it's a foundation for political st

in the university world of the united states, we do our best to judge the quality of publications andnot just the quantity. >> but for how long? china is investing massively in science and has not forgotten who first gave the world rockets and a lot more besides. >> china moving inexorably ahead. still to come, what is the real meaning of the american dream in the 21st century? as you might imagine, the answer you get depends on who you ask. given the crush of international events in recent months, last november's bombardments by north korea of a small south korean island has been almost forgotten by boat wider world. two civilians were killed, which sparked fears of a wider conflict. the tragedy remains very fresh for those who were evacuated from the island, some of whom are just getting back to pick up the pieces. >> this restaurant has been lifeless for months. today it is busy again. these are the first diner since north korea attack. it was a lunchtime just like this one when the shell suddenly began to fall outside. in cases across the street is where mrs. lee, the restaurant's

if you took the top 20 universities, the argument would be whether 15 or 19 of them are united states-based universities. everyone went but cambridge in, and there is one in china that belongs on the list, but the united states is way ahead on that list. it took many decades to develop that. it is the combination of our very best events doing well -- students doing well, and smart people from all over the world that wanted to come to these universities. both the undergraduate and graduate levels. our net imports of iq into this country has been a huge advantage and there is no other country that has that. that is not quite as powerful. we make it hard for those people to come in on tuesday, but it is still in mind blowing thing. the strength of those universities, a lot of it is based on the research dollars, some at the state level, but largely on the federal level, they made those things very strong. that is a real question, that element of support, would be there for those institutions? whenever people to you about the overseas school systems that are very good, please do take it with a

prior to forming he was president shi appointed united states attorney for the southern district of iowa for more than five years and graduated from the university of 83 three times with a -- yea three times. go hawk ayes. matt whittaker. [applause] i wore this tie for you. >> thank you. >> well, i should now lead the group in an on iowa fight song. well i want to thank steve king and the conservative principals pac for inviting me here today to be an emsee and spend time with my friends. i see a lot of friendly faces that i haven't seen in a long time and it's good to see we're motivated and interested in the issues that are affecting our state and country, and it's conservatives like yourself that are going to make the difference this time around and it's going to be incremental but it's going to be important. without further adieu it is my honor to introduce our next panelist as we discuss family values and the culture wars. no they're not over. we're still fighting. next up is connie mackie and she is the president of the frc action ak. she worked in the reagan and bush one administrations and also worked on the presidential campaigns of pat

united states. >> reporter: speaking at the national defense university in virginia, the president said that moammar gadhafi was about to lay siege to the rebel city of benghazi. that was the tipping point in deciding to launch the air strikes. >> some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. the united states of america is different. and as president, i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass gaves before taking action. >> reporter: and while condemning gadhafi, the president reiterated that u.s. ground forces will not invade libya because the costs will be too high. >> to be blunt we went down that road in iraq. >> reporter: after the speech john mccain said that gadhafi should be taken out and the president didn't go far enough. if we tell gadhafi don't worry, i think that is encourage dog gadhafi. >> reporter: to answer critics who say he waited too long to act mr. obama said that the no- fly zone was established in 31 days. it took more than a year to do the same in bosnia and the clock is ticking for gadhafi. >> but it should be clear to those aroun

united states. >> reporter: speaking at the national defense university in virginia, the president said that moammar gadhafi was about to lay siege to the rebel city of benghazi. that was the tipping point in deciding to launch the air strikes. >> some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. the united states of america is different. and as president, i refuse to wait for the images of slaughter and mass gaves before taking action. >> reporter: and while condemning gadhafi, the president reiterated that u.s. ground forces will not invade libya because the costs will be too high. >> to be blunt we went down that road in iraq. >> reporter: after the speech john mccain said that gadhafi should be taken out and the president didn't go far enough. if we tell gadhafi don't worry, i think that is encourage dog gadhafi. >> reporter: to answer critics who say he waited too long to act mr. obama said that the no- fly zone was established in 31 days. it took more than a year to do the same in bosnia and the clock is ticking for gadhafi. >> but it should be clear to those aroun

we'll hear some of what he's got to say in the next hour when a new york university academic talks with r.t. . the united states has intervened militarily and so many countries in my lifetime very were and were as it worked out for the american intervention. discredits the alternative to the tyranny of its being overthrown because it would appear as the pirate was a war through with the backing of the united states in the force of the very very best thing we were. going to do shouldn't be what we're seeing in egypt going in there because. it's not true these are pro-democracy movements sure these are. despotic movements they want to get rid of the dictator but getting rid of a dictator and going to the country doesn't necessarily could democracy that's a process. the libyan government is reportedly running out of cash with the account of colonel moammar gadhafi and his inner circle being frozen around the world u.n. security council's unanimously ordered a travel and asset ban on the libyan leader's regime lauren lyster looks at how these resources abroad might be used. but as the violence continues in libya th

have also committed to rolling out those services to 95% of the united states, and that further is and the administration goal of universal broadband. in the wireless space spectrum is key to maintaining scale because of so much multimedia data that occupies so much space on the spectrum, these wireless networks that are operating right now, they were built for voice. they were not built for a lot of the internet applications and video streaming that consumers have come to expect. and so spectrum, it is the lifeblood of this industry. if you have it, then you can continue to provide all of these services that consumers are asking for that they have on their land line internet right now. host: robert bell, if you were representing verizon what would you fly with the fcc and -- file with the fcc or the department of justice? guest: i would neutral. i do not think that this poses a threat to verizon. it does not pose a threat to their network, which is considered to be the best of the carriers. if you are verizon you are and a great position, actually, because you see your main rival, at&t faced with a lengthy and difficult

there are values of human rights rule of law and democracy which are universal for the whole europe including russia for the united states of america but there are interests and no one has forgotten the concept of our war or will be our were bad guys so to speak and if the leader can provide american security interests and if this or that leader can provide a russian or a west european economic interests his support the kind of impact what this administration where does this for example if israel well israel is. in in a kind of permanent astonishment so to speak i was on the phone later well earlier this morning with the israeli ambassador in there in moscow and i asked her what's going on. and she said it out of a joke she said well we are always to blame of course israel is not to blame israel is not behind all those revolutions it's impossible even to you know to. in such a situation but for israel what is happening in the arab world is a very serious challenge for its security one because more or less they have stable relations with president mubarak with the king of jordan with some other arab nations and like even

united states. dan recieved a bachelor of science in meterologist and oceanographer and received in 1971 from university that makes us about the same age dan, but i'm just a broken down lawyer and economists. he received a, ph.d., in ee in san diego. his speech today will focus on climate change and it's challenge to our water supply. please welcome doctor dan cohan. >> thank you susan, well, it's a privilege to be here. i'm really impressed with the gathering that you've all assembled here in and the quality of the discussion. so i know that i don't want to wear out my welcome so i'll try to get through this sort of on time. you know at one time there was a pointer up here, and seems to have disappeared. so, maybe we can go on to the next slide and in the meantime we'll find a pointer. it wasn't very many years ago or not that many audiencesing a that i sort of felt like i was in a slightly different environment than the one i heard this morning. the way i'm going to structure this talk is to - thank you - okay. is to talk about mainly observations first and then models and observations second, and the

united states to engage the arab street and the arab government on a foreign policy that is more value-based and not interest-based. they want to see the united states in gauge egyptian civil society universities, think tanks, bring the know-how of america has to the region but not impose a model of government on the egyptians. if the muslim brotherhood emerges as a political player in a new egypt, they don't want to see the united states hanging a veto over the fact it will deal with an egyptian government with members of the egyptian -- members of the muslim brotherhood in it. the muslim brotherhood like any political party is no difference. it's no different from turkey or christian democrats in europe. there can be political parties that drive their base but play with in the secular rules of the game. they don't want to see this western position saying of the muslim brotherhood once a certain but bridget certain number of seats, we will deal with them. that's kind of tone is what egyptians want to see. >> do you have a sense now as the political process moves forward and political parties began to form that the muslim brotherhood has a significant amount of support? >> during the revolutio

young saudi who where if you created in the western united states in particular they have the highest degree from from highly respectable universities they went back to their country. the you know how the american adjourned democracy and going to human rights and enjoying transparency institutions and in their country it's completely corrupt country so this is the real problem is that their logo actually should tackle the demands of those people those people now they have they have that i'll turn it is media they have their facebook we have the internet they have the you know the freedom of expression outside of fishel outlets there so now they are saying you know why tunisia and managed to change very jean and to have reforms why there's a gyptian actually manage to change energy after thirty two years of ruling so we can't do it and if they don't want to change their family they wanted to beat and constitutional monarchy not actually you know autocratic monarchy as as as we have seen in our scene now so i think the problem is you know the government there it is cosmetically their logo it is not actually deeply rooted b.l.o. it's n

unit? that's crazy. >> in addition, more than $1 billion will be cut from the state's two public university, all you runners. you have a second chance to take part in the bay to breakers run. 5,000 additional registrations are being made available for the may 15 event. organizers say there was an overwhelming response. this will be the 100th bay to breakers race and people can sign up on the event's website. >>> and fans of the san francisco giants who missed out on season tickets for this year can get first dibs on next season. the team says it's creating a waiting list for people who want to get season tickets for 2012 before they sell out again. the waiting list will require a $500 nonrefundable deposit though. season opener is a week from today down in l.a. and -- >> then here they will be -- >> the following week. >> home on the 8th, i believe. >> we are supposed to have sunshine, too, on that thursday so everyone will be in a good mood. >> you're checking the forecast? >> i have. it's the first time i have seen the sun since i been out here at least on his forecast. >> make another ru

universally welcomed. at the rebel's radio station, free libya, anchors stressed that the united states won't topple gadhafi militarily, but will help libyans do it themselves. at a coffee shop downtown, men remain grateful for the american intervention. >> i'd like to show my gratitude to him. i appreciate what they've done for us, really. >> reporter: but on the front line, it's clear that without sustained western air support, the rebels can't take territory or hold it either. rebels here, brian, are starting to realize that simply driving to the front line and then turning around whenever they see gadhafi's troops isn't accomplishing anything. and that the rebels need more discipline, training and, as you asked the president, they want more weapons. >> all right, richard engel in benghazi, libya, tonight. richard, thanks. and as richard made clear, all libyans are paying attention to what president obama is saying and doing about their situation. the president keeps talking about nato taking over this mission. that hasn't happened quite yet, and nbc news has learned because of a hitch, there's been a de

at least there's a i well bought congress here in the united states sol landau is author a filmmaker and professor at the california state university in kimono all right he's got julius on in fact he tries away from the word dissidents because he's heard it all too many times before especially lately nevertheless the co-founder of cryptome dot org john young has been exposing government secrets on his website for about fifteen years and archie is lauren lyster follows him out work as he'd be cripps the strip the streets of new york city. a winter's day rendezvous with an unusual tour guide and cryptic critic we are here with john young he started the website or he got to the game about ten years before wiki leaks did write releasing classified and secret documents of governments from all over the world on his site and another thing that he does is he goes all over photographing what you call sensitive sites right here where we're near some right now you go to graph them and put them on his website for the world to see and he's willing to tag along and he's going to show us new york city through his eyes we begin outside the federal