so i professor steve when we're out of time an epidemiologist from the university of north carolina thank you. for the disastrous events in japan coupled with concerns voiced by several european leaders are hitting the country's economy hard to find out how the crisis is threatening the stability of its currency and our business bulletin later in the program us now of course over to the business desk for a preview dimitri i want you have. we have seen again surged to record highs since world war two now cooled down slightly we received actually reports from tepco that seemingly has been managed to succeed in delivering water to its nuclear reactor at the fukushima bloods and therefore we are seeing actually a positive mood on global markets so we may expect on friday to see some rebound again in tokyo stocks we'll find out more in five minutes i'll be along soon enough to tell you more about this. so i thank for that michel so you're saying the construction of reactors at the fukushima plant makes the danger of a radioactive contamination more likely but according to paul gunter who was p

in fact, experts at the university of north carolina say the more your study time is spaced out -- theember. that means a half hour a day for five days is better than five hours on one day! so don't wait till the night before. plan out your week leading up to the exam, and give yourself a little more time each night for studying the test subject. i'm natalie here to help you make the grade! these students are rehearsing for their school's big spring play. this year they're staging the sound of music. >> originally a musical on broadway, most of us know the sound of music from the movie with julie andrews. ♪ hills are alive with the south of music ♪ in fact, the film classic is celebrating its 45 anniversary. so why did you choose the sound of music? >> it was tough, we went through a lot of possibilities. we have a very, very strong group of senior girls this year. great singers, stage veterans so we had to find a show with a lot of good parts for females. ♪ to sing through the night like a lark who's learning ♪ >> and it was only after we chose it that we found out it was an anniversa

i just finished five years as the president of the university of north carolina. it's a -- i saw where some of your research dollars go. today we have 375,000 research products that you all were funding. on 3,000 separate university campuses. now all of that -- and it ends up dying, but it's good research. some of it is not high-value research. we have, in a time of limited resources, we have to spend our money more wisely. fifth, for god's sakes, let's tresm tax code. the tax code is ar cake. it was created when america dominated the world. we live in a global economy today. you saw it every day when you were at u.s. the. it is the fact what we proposed was broadening the base, simple phiing the code, eliminating or greatly reducing these tax expenditures. bring down rates, and using some money to truce deficit. we went to what's called a zero-based plan. and if you eliminate all these $1.1 trillion worth of tax expend chures. i call them ear marks. you-all have been so bold to get rid of the -- but we have $1.is trillion we're spending in the tax code. it's just

i just finished five years as president of the university of north carolina. it is a 17 university system, and so i saw where some of your research dollars go. today we have 375,000 research projects that you all were funding. on 3000 separate university campuses. now all of that is not great research. some of it keeps us from going down a lane and it ends up dying but it is good research because it makes you from making a bad decision. some of it actually ends up and -- but some of it is not high-value research. in a time of limited resources, we have to spend our money more wisely. fifth, for god sakes let's reform the tax code. the tax code is our cage. it was created when america dominated the world. we live in a global economy today. you saw it every day when you are at ustr. it is a fact. what we have proposed was broadening the base, simplifying the code, eliminating or greatly reducing these tax expenditures, bringing down rates and using some money to reduce the deficit we went to what is called a zero-based plan and if you eliminate all of these $1.1

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>> reporter: duke university and the university of north carolina put out a report and the number they came up with 139 muslim mernls. another group did a study and came up with 76 people being involved in such activities in the last two years. that's about half of that number of 139 that is calculated from september 11th. in the past two years it appears this is a greeing trend, at least base -- growing trend, at least based on these studies. >>> in the past hour a federal grand jury indicted 14 pirates accused in the attack on an american sail boat that left four people dead. the boat's owners from marina delray along with bob rigle and phil list mckay of seattle were shot to death after pirates captured them. this was the first time that u.s. citizens had been killed in a wave of pirate attacks off the coast of somali in recent years. >>> in wisconsin a bill that would strip almost all collective bargaining rights from public employees go to the state assembly after republicans found a way to pass that bill. >> you're looking at angry protesters screaming and shouting after that vot

is a member of the new york state bar association, graduate of the university of michigan law school and university of north carolinary committee. but more than that, ability has been and continues to be an extraordinarily leader, steward and driver of domestic policy agenda. she leads with intellect, with grace and with heart. it is my distinct pleasure and honor to introduce my friend melody barnes. [applause] >> good morning. i am happy to see you here first of all because you are going to help me win a bet with my parents. i was having a conversation with my parents last night, they were asking me about my schedule for the week and i told them i was going to be speaking with you this morning and they asked me and we were chatting and just before we were about to hang up my dad said what time is your speech? have to get to bed early and i said it is at 7:3 and without this in a beat he said is anybody going to be there? i assured him there would be people because i know how deeply committed all of you are to this issue that you would get up at 7:30 in the morning and salinas. those preceding me said it is the imp

if i took $625 million out of a $3 billion budget at the university of north carolina. 1.6% is nothing. the problem is that you are all focusing on taking 1.6% out of a very narrow part of the budget, 12% of the budget, so some of the cuts are having a dust proportionate adverse affects on certain groups of people. but if you are talking about the gross amount of $61 billion, it is nothing. we take 1.7 trillion dollars out of discretionary spending. we take $430 billion out of health care spending. we take $215 billion out of other mandatory spending, and we get social security solvent for 75 years. our plan reduces the deficit by 4 trillion dollars, it takes the debt to gdp ratio to 65% by 2020, and to 60% by 2023, it cuts the deficit in half by 2015 to 2.3% of gdp. it takes it to 1.2% of gdp by 2020. i came here today to simply ask you to act. i know these cuts are politically difficult. but this is not a decision that we can propose -- postponed. we have got to act, and we have to act now. if we do, the future of this country has never been brighter. we can compete with anybody. we

if i took $625 million out of a $3 billion budget at the university of north carolina. 1.6% is nothing. the problem is that you are all focusing on taking 1.6% out of a very narrow part of the budget, 12% of the budget, so some of the cuts a having a dust proportionate adverse affects on certain groups of people. but if you are talking about the gross amount of $61 billion, it is nothing. we take 1.7 trillion dollars out of discretionary spending. we take $430 billion out of health care spending. we take $215 billion out of other mandatory spending, and we get social security solvent for 75 years. our plan reduces t deficit by 4 trillion dollars, it takes the debt to gdp ratio to 65% by 2020, and to 60% by 2023, it cuts the deficit in half by 2015 to 2.3% of gdp. it takes it to 1.2% of gdp by 2020. i came here today to simply ask you to act. i know these cuts are politically difficult. but this is not a decision that we can propose -- postponed. we have got to act, and we have to act now. if we do, the future of this country has never been brighter. we can compete with anybody. we have

in a study conduct by duke university and the university of north carolina, since 9/11 in 120 terror plots the public knows of 48 have been thwarted by the muslim community. you say the community is not doing enough but the numbers show they are not doing badly. why do you say they are not doing enough? >> actually, i don't spep those numbers. the percentage is made much higher because they left out a number of cases involving terrorism sfning they do not including in those and involve family members coming forward which i agree have been family members coming forward and many times the leadership does it and they include cases in there, for instance such as a case in new york subway bombing plot when actually in that case imam tipped off and defended police coming after him. the imam almost disrupted that case. they give credit for the muslim vendor in times square who saw a car on fire and reported it to the police. why see a car on fire would indicate a muslim attack or a terrorist attack is beyond me. i think that report was skewed and, in fact, in that report they also say the t

he holds a doctorate from university of north carolina at chapel hill. 'm pleased him in welcoming my colleague, roy walser. ray? >> thank you very much, john. he quickly dashed out the door but, i also head up are sort of modest segment that deals with african affairs. i also did service at the department of state in african bureau and served in that most difficult of assignments in africa, cape town, south africa, for a couple of years so it makes me obviously quite well-versed in issues, all african issues. but it's a great pleasure to bring some important experts to you today for this event. i welcome our distinguished panel who i will introduce to you in a second. i welcome our audience. thank you all very much for coming today. and i also welcome our viewers on c-span. if you offer paying attention to what is a very timely and very important issue. we meet today at a time when this there was a great interest, obviously in events that are sweeping across northern africa. the winds of change are certainly blowing very strong at this moment. we have se

i took $625 million out of a $3 billion budget at the university of north carolina. 1.6% is nothing. the problem is, that you all are focusing on taking 1.6% out of a very narrow part of the budget come out of 12 percent of the budget, so some of the cuts are having a disproportionate adverse affect on certain groups of people. host: erskine bowles testifying yesterday on capitol hill. politico has this had line. senate showdown on budget cuts. david rogers winning of republicans will bring the -- bring their cuts to the senate floor. among rank-and-file grumbling among the gop and no sign of capturing the credit defections needed to command a simple majority, let alone 60 votes for passage. let me reiterate, this is just the debate to keep the government running through the end of september. the debate is already under way for the president's government will go that he put forth last month. that debate will continue through this spring and summer and more than likely into the fall. mary joining us from chicago. democrats' line. caller: if they were really serious about cutting the de

if i took $625 million out of a $3 billion budget at the university of north carolina. 1.6% is nothing. the problem is that you are all focusing on taking 1.6% out of a very narrow part of the budget, 12% of the budget, so some of the cuts are having a dust proportionate adverse affects on certain groups of people. but if you are talking about the gross amount of $61 billion, it is nothing. we take 1.7 trillion dollars out of discretionary spending. we take $430 billion out of health care spending. we take $215 billion out of other mandatory spending, and we get social security solvent for 75 years. our plan reduces the deficit by 4 trillion dollars, it takes the debt to gdp ratio to 65% by 2020, and to 60% by 2023, it cuts the deficit in half by 2015 to 2.3% of gdp. it takes it to 1.2% of gdp by 2020. i came here today to simply ask you to act. i know these cuts are politically difficult. but this is not a decision that we can propose -- postponed. we have got to act, and we have to act now. if we do, the future of this country has never been brighter. we can compete with anybody. we

last year it was brought to my attention that the university of north carolina system which is -- i attended three of the universities in the system -- required a student to -- students to purchase health care through the university if they did not have acceptable coverage through their parent or on their own. these plans automatically enrolls students in abortion coverage regardless of gender or their feelings regarding abortion. pro-life groups in north carolina as well as the students for life of america wrote to the u.n.c. system as well as north carolina governor beth purdue that they not force students to purchase abortion coverage. they responded by allowing students to opt out of abortion coverage. however, a student still pays the same amount for health care coverage regardless of whether or not abortions are included on his or her plan. this situation was brought to my attention because the u.n.c. system, along with at least 37 other university systems across the country, require their students to purchase health care coverage that includes abortion. these universities are includin

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from the university of north carolina at chapel hill and juris doctorate from the cumberland school of law. mr. cogburn has practiced law in many capacities. through his work in private practice, he has worked on a wide range of issues, including criminal litigation, personal injury, civil litigation, and a significant amount of mediation. as an assistant u.s. attorney for over a decade, mr. cogburn gained substantial appellate experience. while there, he also served as drug task force attorney and chief assistant u.s. attorney. mr. cogburn also holds judicial experience. he was appointed to serve an eight-year term as a u.s. magistrate judge for the u.s. district court for western district of north carolina. after a careful evaluation, the judiciary committee reported this fine nominee by voice vote on february 3, 2011. i congratulate mr. cogburn and his family on this important lifetime appointment and his willingness to continue in public service. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.

is a member of the new york state bar association, graduate of the university of michigan law school and university of north carolinae graduated with honors. previous to that she spent ten years working for senator kennedy as counsel for the senate judiciary committee. but more than that, ability has been and continues to be an extraordinarily leader, steward and driver of domestic policy agenda. she leads with intellect, with grace and with heart. it is my distinct pleasure and honor to introduce my friend melody barnes. [applause] >> good morning. i am happy to see you here first of all because you are going to help me win a bet with my parents. i was having a conversation with my parents last night, they were asking me about my schedule for the week and i told them i was going to be speaking with you this morning and they asked me and we were chatting and just before we were about to hang up my dad said what time is your speech? have to get to bed early and i said it is at 7:3 and without this in a beat he said is anybody going to be there? i assured him there would be people because i know how deeply committed a

of congress. according to a recent study on terrorism by homeland security and duke university, north carolina, 11 muslim americans have successfully 6 -- executed terrorist attacks in the u.s. since 9/11. the center also reports that tips from the muslim-american community provided the information needed to defeat terrorist plots in 49 cases. colby, do these hearings make sense to you? >> had they been constructed differently. "the economist" said that with peter king running the hearings -- it would be like having a subject handled by a steamroller. the subject is homegrown terrorism, how it comes about, how we handle it, it could have been a conduct all -- conductive hearing. he just talked about the muslim community and the community's response to it, putting the onus on the muslim community. we said after the attacks and london, it cannot happen here because of the muslim community. we were wrong. why is it that way? why is that the case? >> charles? >> homeland security says the major threat of islamic radical terrorism is internal. we have had some success since 9/11 in keeping the x turtle

. >>> north carolina head coach roy williams was sick before today's game against washington. got to play hurt coach. huskies in a dark university seventh seed. led most ofgame. washington led by four. tar heels took advantage of a real hometown atmosphere in charlotte. they trail by one when barnes hits the three two pointer. north carolina wins. north carolina reaches the sweet 16 for an ncaa record 24th time. they'll play friday in newarck against marquette. >>> buckeyes face kentucky friday in new jersey. >>> now last wednesday, the warriors flew and blew a huge lead to dallas. still lost that game after that big lead. tonight golden state played those same mavericks and they found a different way to lose. mavericks pay sarakazits returned. he made 17 in the night. unlike last wednesday, the warriors led for about two minutes tonight. although monte ellis led. mavericks beat the warriors for the sixth straight time. dirk nowitzki, he shoots he scores. dirk with 20 and 101-83 is your final. and the mavericks stay in texas to play in san francisco tomorrow where they never win. >>> and the giants put the squad today to get a few more looks at a few mor

and a j.d., law degree, from the university of texas at austin. longdale, north carolina, jeff, good morning. caller: good morning. i wamented to ask the gentleman p the nonprofit part of it. if you got, like, be united way and stuff like that, you know, corpgs doing that -- corporations doing that, and they seem to have quite a bit of profit because they give their erika de souza -- their c.e.o.'s large retirement packages and things like that. i'm wondering if it is nonprofit, how do the c.e.o.'s get so much money? that's what i wanted to ask. guest: thank you for your question. i used to create a course on how to create a new nonprofit. i learned when i would ask the people in the class why they were here, and invariably their response would be, 25% would say, i don't want to pay taxes anymore. there is a misunderstanding about nonprofits as though their employees are not paid, that they are all volunteers. in fact, 10% of america's work force works on an employed basis on a salary basis through the nonprofit sector. so we are a huge part of the american work force but

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of ncaa basketball here on cbs tomorrow. coverage gets underway at 12:00 and it is texas and oklahoma. and the night session begins at 7:00. north carolina takes on long island universityi'm otis livingston. thanks from the verizon wrap up show. we'll see you back here tomorrow night.

university of kentucky and connecticut will play in the other semi final. tonight stanford's women will take on gonzaga. the cardinal had a hard time topping north carolina to get into the elite eight but the sisters did their part with a combined 35 points saturday night while stanford is the number one seed in the west, tonight's game is being played in spokane making it a home game for gonzaga bulldogs. >>> still ahead a richmond man gunned down in a san francisco parking lot. why the victim was found two miles away from the crime scene. >>> good morning, i'm jade hernandez. the concern for san pablo residents battling a crumbling hillside today. >>> good morning, right now traffic is moving along pretty well on 280 in san jose get into the valley. i will tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> good morning, to you welcome back this is the ktvu channel 2 morning news monday, march 28th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. it's almost 5:30. thank you for joining us. i keep hearing warmer weather on its way. when sit coming? >> it will be a gradual process today but then by tomorrow sunshine and warmer weather. it looks like by wedne

of north carolina. to introduce our panel here, we will have the chair of the appellate practice at a law firm. he is visiting professor of law at harvard universityractice clinic. he argued nine cases before the u.s. supreme court in the 1990's. we also have ted olson, a member of his firm's executive committee and co-chairman of the appellate constitutional law group. a former solicitor general of the united states, he is this supreme court advocate and has argued dozens of cases before the court. most of them have contributed to north carolina victories in the u.s. supreme court, and i thank him for that. the national association of attorneys general has our supreme court counsel. his responsibility is to assist a appellate litigators to appear before the u.s. supreme court. he excelled at this job. my thanks to all three of you for your time and expertise. dan, i will turn it over to you. >> it is a pleasure and honor to be here to talk about the supreme court. we have to of the supreme court advocates of our time. what we thought we would do is talk a little bit about the court in general and then turn to some of the major cases the court is