. >>> president obama was in upstate new york today pushing his message of economic growth. but as randall reports, poll numbers show that could be an uphill battle. >> reporter: president obama told workers at a plant in upstate new york he's ready to put the country's economy into overdrive. >> our job is to do everything we can, ensure that businesses can take root and folks can find good jobs. >> reporter: he needs to sell that message to the american public as he gets ready to run for another term. just 35% say the economy has gotten better during his first two years in office. the white house chose to highlight this plant because it expanded, created new jobs here and will play a central roll in a $755 million trade deal with india. >> we want an economy that is fueled by what we invent and what we build. >> reporter: the president is reaching out to the business community for some help in making that vision a reality. he's forming a new council to advise him on the best way to create jobs and stay competetive with other countries. the ceo is going to lead the group. >>

and in upstate new york and in new england. >> 38 in boston. 42 here in new york. and 50s in atlanta, new orleans and dallas. a bitter 5 degrees in minneapolis. and 23 in chicago. 40s from seattle to salt lake city. 60 in sacramento. and 72 degrees in phoenix. >>> and when we come back on this morning, the company that created the minivan plans a total makeover. >>> plus, was gabrielle giffords ever afraid for her life? more from our exclusive interview with her husband. >>> and the deadly blast that hit up the sky last night. and it was all caught on video. >>> well, apple's latest earnings made wall street forget, at least temporarily, that ceo steve jobs is taking another medical leave. shares rose after the company said its profits soared to $6 billion during the holiday quarter. sales hit a record of almost $27 billion. unbelievable. apple actually sold more ipads during the quarter than mac computers. about 7 million, versus 4 million. >>> the government has approved comcast's deal to take control of nbc universal. it's a deal that could reshape the entertain

pennsylvania and new york, up through new england, it's downright dangerous out there. 34 below, that will get your attention. 50 below windchills in new hampshire. even colder, minus 37 in upstateew york. the cities weren't spared from this. minus 2 in boston, 6 above here in new york this morning. getting around was tough. if your car wouldn't go, perhaps in this case it was because of a busted water main that encased an audi entirely in ice. amtrak didn't help much because tracks and switches get cold in this weather. welcome and relative warmth, including rain, is headed east as early as tomorrow. >>> when "nightly news" continues in just a moment, two florida police officers die in the line of fire, in the line of duty in what's becoming a brutal month for law enforcement in this country. >>> and later, is one of this nation's best-known charities, susan g. komen, behaving uncharitably. >>> we have an update now on a story we told you about last week, a young woman named carlina white who solved her own kidnapping case and was reunited with her mother after 23 years. today court documents revealed the accused kidnapper here, ann pettway, admitted taking carlina from a new y

. >> this is a story of a judge in upstate new york, and he is a judge in a place called troy, new york, which has historically been a beautiful day. -- beautiful town. he got the idea he wanted to help clean up troy. if you walk the streets with hank bauer, he is a celebrity. people are hanging out their windows, do you need an umbrella? he is that type of guy. i told him i was writing a book called "ordinary in justice," and you are one of the main characters, and he would pick up the phone, and i could hear him smiling, because in his heart of hearts -- he has been kicked off the bench by the new york state judicial commission, but he drew the things he has done nothing wrong, -- he truly it sinks he has done nothing wrong, and when they told him -- he truly thinks he has done nothing wrong. when they told him he did things like not reading people their rights, not assigning an attorney, and pleading someone guilty without him even being in the room -- he looked at the charges commo, and he said, very serious. how does the have the reflection of himself as a good judge? everyone in h

new york city itself could see four inches. philadelphia, only about an inch. heaviest of the snow will be upstate new york, where they could see upwards of nine inches of snow. looming next week, the potential for a heavy snowstorm. we'll keep you up to date. back to you, vinita and mike. >> thanks, ava. and sam champion will have the latest forecast, later on "good morning america." >>> mail rooms at all maryland state agencies are shut down today, after dangerous packages were sent to state office buildings. one went to the governor. the other to the department of transportation, 25 miles away. hundreds of people were evacuated. the packages triggered a small chemical reaction when they were opened. one contained a message, about highway science. officials in other states are taking it seriously. >> the concern, tonight, is about copycats. these devices are very similar in design, to some package bombs that were sent to embassies in greece and rome. the question tonight, are there more coming? is this a trend? they do work and they are dangerous. >> and our senior justice correspondent, pierre

. >>> and in upstate new york, it was a fight for survival for one fearless squirrel.he critter wandered into a tiger habitat and soon desperate to scamper. the big cat forced it out of a tree, but thankfully, right before the little guy got trapped beneath the tiger's paw, the squirrel got away. lucky for him. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. yeah, bill. what? the tiger was just being nice. trying to make friends. >> a new way to get a squirrel off your attic. a cute video. the line could have got him if he wanted to. talk about weather. cold air in through the rockies. thankfully not heading for the west coast. a little piece coming in through areas of extreme eastern oregon and washington state. idaho is very cold this morning, too. vegas at 33. not fun. as far as today goes, the weather pattern is about to change. we are seeing a new storm system off the coast sending in clouds and moisture at this hour. this isn't a blockbuster storm but it's going to change the weath

he is the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship, among other awards and lives in upstate new york. s eveng, he will >> he is the recipient of athe guggenheim, among other awards and lives in upstate new york. aftee progra he will talk about his book "ask not: the inauguration of john f. kennedy and the speech that changederbae america". sew after the program there will be books for sale in the back if your interested. also, when we do the question and answer session please waitn. for the boom like to ask question so it will be heard for taping. okay? >> they keep. [applauding] >> good evening.fo but kennedy's inaugural, under 15 minutes.30 i'm going to be very presumptuous and talked forons about half -- i mean, twice that long. i'm going to talk for 30 have minutes.future the future american president will deliver an inaugural address as eloquent and expiring -- inspiring as kennedy's. i would like to try to answer that question by telling you why at the kennedy's inaugural was so successful, why it resonatedd so powerfully with the american people and then i will leave ita to you

in upstate new york it stopped amtrak in its tracks and stopped this car in new york city, cold. >> there'snt tire and back right tire. >> reporter: this crossing guard in vermont did a good job of obeying the sign she carried. she appeared to just stand there. frozen. we've all heard of a snow day but a cold day. the frigid temperaturewith minus 40 windchills even closed schools. but everyone doesn't get a cold day. especially not a mail carrier. so do you think they should add neither snow nor sleet nor rain schnurr cold should keep the couriers from the completion of their appointments? >> well, yeah, between this year -- it's been a tough year so i think, yeah, everything should be added. >> reporter: just imagine walking in james' shoes, ten miles in them, trudging through negative 4 degree weather during the morning part of his route. >> in the 24 1/2 years, i think we've dealt with storms before, but i think this has got to be one of the toughest winters. >> reporter: so what do you do to keep warm? >> to keep warm, you have to dress in layers, and you have to bring dry clothes with

lake-effect snow in the ohio valley and upstate new york. >>> it's 20 degrees this boston and 25 here in new york. a chili 41 in atlanta and 51 in new orleans. 20s from omaha to detroit and just 15 in minneapolis. 46 in boise, 63 in sacramento and a warm 71 in phoenix. >>> and when we come back on this friday morning, certain postal rates are going up yet again. we'll have the latest details. >>> plus, life-saving rescues in brazil. areas devastated by floodwaters. why all the rain this week? >>> and a computer goes up against "jeopardy"'s brightest brains. who do you think will win? brains. who do you think will win? >>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says he is more optimistic about the economy than he was just a few months ago. bernanke is now predicting the economy will grow as much as 4% this year. he also said there were signs the job market is improving, but it will still take a long time to bring down unemployment. >>> overseas markets are mixed to close out the week. tokyo's nikkei average fell 0.9%. hong kong's hang seng finished higher. in london the ftse opened slig

he told workers yesterday at a general electric plant in upstate new york that his administration's job is to ensure that businesses can take root and people can find good jobs. that's a tall order. the white house chose the ge plant because it had recently expanded and will play a central role in a trade deal with india. the president is also forming a new council, led by ge's ceo to advise him on the best way to create jobs and stay competitive with other countries. >>> on wall street, the dow jones industrial average has now been in positive territory for eight straight weeks. the dow closed yesterday, up 49 points, closing at 11,871. analysts are watching to see if the dow can keep building on its eight-week streak, now that a seven-week streak for the s&p 500 has just come to an end. among key sectors, industrials, financials, and energy gained this week, while technology stocks slid. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords is now in texas, where she's already started rehabilitation. doctors say her transfer from tucson to a houston rehab center yesterday was flawless. they say she ha

i understand the importance of keeping jobs especially in upstate new york. i also understand that that does not justify the burden on the taxpayer and the violation of civil rights of a young person who was in the program that they don't need where they're not being treated helpeds of miles from their home just to save state jobs. an incarceration program is not an employment program. if people need jobs, let's get people jobs. don't put other people in prison to get some people jobs. don't put other people in juf juvenile justice facilities to give people jobs and that's what this is about and that has to end the session. [ applause ] we believe in justis for all and we must pass marriage equality this year once and for all. we will from pose a program called the urban green market program which will be a win/win. we will set up green markets in urban areas all across the state to give good food to inner city communities and these markets will be a host for the new york agricultural products. last point, we must seize this moment of opportunity. new york is

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. >> reporter: at winham mountain in upstate new york -- >> it can snow as much as it likes. >> reporteraven't had to make snow in several weeks. >> natural snow is, you can't improve on mother nature. >> reporter: the entire town here counts on snow to fuel the economy. >> last week we were so disappointed because the snow just missed us. so, there's another one coming this week and everyone is excited about it. >> reporter: sarah solo owns a company in new jersey that repairs snow blowers. with business up 50%, she certainly isn't fretting over forecasts with that four-letter word. >> we have heavy, moist snow, the machines are prone to breaking down, you know, much more, because it takes a strain on them. >> reporter: better business for you? >> excellent. >> reporter: at this eastern mountain sports in boston, the forecast has caused a flurry of business. how would you compare business this year to last year? >> we're up over 20%. >> reporter: 20%? inside this winter's virtual snow globe, there are certainly those who see a snow day as a payday. linsey davis, abc news, windham, new y

city of masdar in abu dhabi, shanghai in china and several cities in the us including ithaca in upstate new york. >>reporter: jacob alan roberts is head of a delegation from ithaca currently visiting sweden to see how they might implement their own system. he believes prt could provide the kind of super convenient public transport to get americans out of their cars. >>roberts: the triple a just did a study that said on average the cost of owning an automobile is 8-10,000 per year regardless of the model, regardless of the socio-economic status of the owner so i think a lot if public transportation becomes a viable resource in america which it used to be a hundred years ago i think more and more people will be happy to put their car in the garage or become part of car share for those times when they do want to take a drive in the countryside or need a van to go pick up hard ware or something like that. there's a use for those kinds of services. but for the 90% oftrips to just get to and from you're basic every day, you know, routine, public transit works really, really well. >>reporter: once thin

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in upstate new york where he will talk about a new business deal g.e.h india, and will announce that g.e.'s ceo will head a white house council to help in the creation of jobs and american competitiveness. the white house is make nothing secret of the fact that the president intends to run for a second term, put the great unknown is who will be this republican opponents. early possibilities or mitt romney, sarah palin, and tim pawlenty. already 76 people have filed paperwork to run for president in 2012. none of them are well-known. under federal campaign law, they don't become official candidates until they actually raise or spend $5,000, but nothing stops them from filling out the one-page statement of candidacy. in the 2008 election, a total of 366 people completed the presidential paperwork, up from 223 people four years earlier. >>> time now is 8:49. the minnesota metrodome which caved in during that big snowstorm last month may not be ready for the vikings reseason games. this was back in early december. right now officials still haven't decided w

upstate new york 37 below mode, maine, 44 below.schools and a car trapped in a thick layer of ice and. >> this is just pressure of my elbow. i went down. >> inside... >> and this what did it and temperatures turned into an ice sculpture. >> and we can be seeing record highs and and here is a look at our lovely photo from yesterday. there is from you reports powered by you tube. and there is time lapse view at abc 7 high clouds moving but there are certainly mild conditions. and and and high 60s up to about 70 by late afternoon we'll have another mild day coming our way. and here is our accu-weather forecast. we have two more days of really mild weather coming our way tuesday and wednesday. temperatures starting to moderate thursday and friday. and cooler over the weekend and still we're looking at temperatures at coolest points into 60s. >> that is incredible. >> thank you. >> and time now for sports with larry beil. >> a lot more about around rogers. the former cal bear heading to super bowl. and he was the guy nobody wanted in nfl

but the book is set in the finger lakes region of upstate new york. the lake of dreams is fictional. but the area is real. and that's the area where the women's suffragette movement began in seneca falls. i know that area well because i grew up there. researching it and seeing it from adult eyes instead of a child's eyes became very fascinated with the history there. the very rich and interesting history. and the more i learned about the suffer jet -- the sufficient are a jet -- suffragette movement i became fascinated by their strength. tavis: beyond the suffragette movement being connected to seneca falls, are there other reasons why this fictional lake of dreams built around this real area makes for prime real estate for this story? >> i wanted to set it -- the water imagery is really important in the book and i want fod set the story by a -- wanted to set the story by a water image and it courses throughout the novel in different ways. one of the other reasons i wanted to set it there. tavis: you mentioned fictional. how did you come up with in be

we have a map showing the sweep of the coldest temperatures in 6 years, 37 below in upstate new york today. in maine, a windchill of 44 below. and linsey davis is reporting tonight on all the people trying to hunker down and those with the coldest jobs in the country have no choice but to be outside like linsey. and is that a frozening charles river behind you, linsey? >> reporter: you're exactly right. if you can see this ice shelf, that is the charles river and most of it is frozen tonight and much of new england is trying to thaw out and many of the people we spoke to today had no option but to bundle up and endure these dangerous temperatures. this cold is so extreme, it's being blamed for two people in the northeast freezing to death. the arctic blast closed schools, killed car engines and canceled train service and talk about stopping traffic cold. it's a car in new york city. de-icing it, not an easy job and neither is this. this crossing guard appears to be frozen in place. but despite the fact that the windchill was more than 20 below in killington, vermont, in morning, she

i understand the importance of keeping jobs especially in upstate new york.lso understand that that does not justify the burden on the taxpayer and the violation of civil rights of a young person who was in the program that they don't need where they're not being treated helpeds of miles from their home just to save state jobs. an incarceration program is not an employment program. if people need jobs, let's get people jobs. don't put other people in prison to get some people jobs. don't put other people in j juvenile justice facilities to give people jobs and that's what this is about and that has to end the session. [ applause ] we believe in justis for all and we must pass marriage equality this year once and for all. we will from pose a program called the urban green market program which will be a win/win. we will set up green markets in urban areas all across the state to give good food to inner city communities and these markets will be a host for the new york agricultural products. last point, we must seize this moment of opportunity. new york is not a

new york city, starting after the morning commute, continuing into the afternoon hours. that snow building into boston in the afternoon. we'll see a heavy band of snow back into upstatew york state thruway, even cancelations at some of the airports. this is a quick-moving storm, it comes in and moves out within much of the day. 4 inches in new york city. upwards of a half foot in albany. we're not going to see the wins we dealt with the christmas blizzard. so you may have some travel concerns out there but you're not going to see the widespread blowing and drifting. i think the big concern with this, where are they going to put all the snow? there are a lot of piles up around the east coast and this is only going to add to it. now back to you, vinita and mike. >> all right, thanks ava. >>> here is the rest of your friday forecast. up to 6 inches of snow in the appalachians of west virginia, tennessee, and georgia. heavy lake-effect snow from grand rapids and south bend. a light dusting around minneapolis, chicago, detroit, and cleveland. and some rain from seattle to portland. >> 37 in boise. 47 in albuquerque. 52 in sacramento. just 11 degrees in fargo. 28 in indian

. >> reporter: at wyndham mountain in upstate new york -- >> it can snow as much as it likes up here.tter. >> reporter: they haven't had to make snow in several weeks. >> natural snow is just, you know, you can't improve on mother nature. >> reporter: the entire town of wyndham counts on snow to fuel the economy. >> last week we were so disappointed because the snow just missed us. so, there's another one coming this week, and everyone's excited about it. >> reporter: sara owns a company in new jersey that repairs snow blowers that have surrendered to the snow. with business up 50%, she certainly isn't fretting over forecasts with that four-letter word. >> when you have heavy, moistened type snow, the machines are prone to breaking down, you know, much more because it takes a strain on them. >> reporter: better business for you? >> excellent. >> reporter: at this eastern mountain sports in boston, the forecast has caused a flurry of business. how would you compare business this year compared to this time last year? >> we're up over 20%. >> reporter: 20%. inside this winter's virtual s

upstate new york it was 37 below today. in maine 44 belo below. rigid weather has closed schools and cancelled train service. >> then there's the car in new york city trapped in a thick layer of ice like some kind of sculpture. here's michelle. >> imagine walking outside in 5 degrees to move the car to alternate side spot and you find this. >> the about a foot of ice in and around the front tire. and back right tire. yes my car was an ice cube. ice sculpture ivshtion question is how in the world does this happen? according to the de p a private water service line to this building ruptured under east second street. all of the water came up. a puddle and all the cars going back and forth splashed all the water on to his car. hit other cars. this got the worst of it. did you measure how many inches on the outside. >> i think these are probably the 7 to 8 inches give or take depending what part of the car you are looking at. >>reporter: worse still. he barely touch the back window with the elbow and it collapse collapsed. >> just the pressure of my elb

county executive races, upstate new york, everyone was focused on other things. meanwhile, the party was slowly and steadily building brick by brick the success that was borne out there. those of the tide of adverse that this party has to be engaged in. every single day. some of the numbers i want to share with you, again, are not just numbers on paper, but they are testament to the work that each one of you did, each one of view, not just what jan and i did with the 400,000 miles per year or poring over books. sharon was out their rallying the troops. it is not just what we did but what you did every single day. 44 million voters voted for us. in 2000 tent. that was the highest midterm turnout for any party in any midterm in the history of this country. you did that. republican gop efforts smashed multiple voter turnout efforts. it was a stunning 24% increase in voting, you did that. all of you played a pivotal role in opening and establishing 360 victory offices across the country with a paid staff who were there on the ground with you compared to just 154 vict

the day he traveled to upstate new york especially hard hit by the recession.and talked about putting americans back to work. we report the president named a jaipt of a corporate world to help. >>reporter: message from the white house? it's a new day. inside the first ge plant in the country the president today announced a new presidential council on jobs in competitiveness. >> our job now is putting our economy into over drive. >>reporter: also a new man on the job. this ceo of ge will chair the commission. item a big change from some of the rhetoric we heard in 2009. >> did i not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. >>reporter: in just the last several weeks the president appointed j p morgan chase executive bill daily as the new white house chief of staff. in the wall street journal he pledgeed to get rid of dump government regulations that stifle innovation and have had a chilling effect open growth in jobs. the business community is pleased. >> all about jobs. that's what it is politically. that's what it is economica

city of masdar in abu dhabi, shanghai in china and several cities in the us including ithaca in upstate new york. >>reporter: jacob alan roberts is head of a delegation from ithaca currently visiting sweden to see how they might implement their own system. he believes prt could provide the kind of super convenient public transport to get americans out of their cars. >>roberts: the triple a just did a study that said on average the cost of owning an automobile is 8-10,000 per year regardless of the model, regardless of the socio-economic status of the owner so i think a lot if public transportation becomes a viable resource in america which it used to be a hundred years ago i think more and more people will be happy to put their car in the garage or become part of car share for those times when they do want to take a drive in the countryside or need a van to go pick up hard ware or something like that. there's a use for those kinds of services. but for the 90% oftrips to just get to and from you're basic every day, you know, routine, public transit works really, really well. >>reporter: once thin

. >>> president obama will be in upstate new york today to visit a ge plant and make a major announcement says he will appear at a news conference later today. >>> finally, we all remember the movie "jurassic park" with a cloned dino dna. to resurrect the extinct animals. life is about to imitate art for a change. >> scientists are getting ready to clone an animal no one has seen in literally thousands of years. here is nick watt with how they'll do it. >> reporter: it's been 10,000 years since they roamed our earth. the now and audacious band hope to make this snorting trumpeting, woolly mammoth bad breath and all, a living reality. >> it's amazing days, isn't it, the idea you could reach back into the past and somehow with modern technology, recreate it. >> reporter: imagine "jurassic park." but for real. scientists have tried before, but failed. and here's how it just might work. they've already dug up a frozen mammoth in siberia. next they'll try to extract cell nuclei and implant them in the math mammoth's cousins, the regular old elephant. baby wooly mammoth. some think bringing "ic

moynihan claims -- save social security and it is set by what would be this woman farmer in upstate new york named fanny and we got to the end of the script. i am just a witness in this. and senator moynihan says is this going to be an actress? the commercial producers say yes. that is how we do this and he says that is a lie. i didn't save social security and he looks at this and says how long does it take to write these things, 10 minutes? these are people being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. they spent months and months to write this thing. you have a typewriter here and we had just entered the age of the computer and they didn't so we asked for a legal pad. he left the room. i looked up my watch. he returned in eight minutes and he read his social security script commercial from his legal pad. as you discover in this book there are so many facets of this man that were unknowable by anyone other than liz and who could spend her life with him. i discovered something from that moment. i knew he was a great essayist and prose stylist. i had no idea he was a great script writer. he re

i have a pub in my house in upstate new york. >> jimmy: excuse me?rudd. and my father said, "i'm gonna build my grandson his own irish pub." so he converted the basement of his house. my parents bought a new house, and he converted the basement into an irish pub called "sullivan's." and about a year later, when he finished, i got to see it. and he had guinness on draft and everything, and it was incredible and i thought -- >> jimmy: really? kegs of beer and everything? >> oh, it's -- it doesn't look like he put a pub in the house. it looks like somebody built a house over a pub. [ light laughter ] and i told him he ruined it for me. it was the most amazing thing that -- now, if i ever buy a house, i'm going to have to have pub in it because it's so cool. and a few years ago, we bought a house upstate and i built sullivan's east. >> jimmy: is that right? [ laughter ] do customers come? >> sometimes. >> jimmy: neighbors and -- >> well, people i don't know very well have shown up. but friends. and it's amazing. it's a really -- >> jimmy: is it like a --

new york city, we took the charter. we allied with the king's college in upstate new york and neil kings college is about encouraging young people to come missionaries and then into nigeria and india. i think there is now a new mission. america. manhattan. in the secular capitalism of america are new york, washington d.c., l.a. exhibit disco. and that's the publishing capital of america on the political capital and the entertainment capital and were not there and we need to be there. and i think if we work together we can get there. thank you very much. [applause] >> for more information, visit train to.com -- dinesh d'souza.com. >> former governor, george allen, former senator, george allen. what can america learned from sports? >> a great deal. i went from playing sports myself. the overarching thing washington can warm from the world of sport is that boards, where someone is from race, religion, ethnicity doesn't matter. what matters is can you help the team win? it's a meritocracy, where everyone has that equal opportunity to compete and succeed. not guaranteed equal results, the deeper opportunity which is what our c

new york city, we took the charter. we allied with the king's college that was in upstate new york and old king's college was about encouraging young people to become missionaries. and sent missionaries to algeria. i think there is now a new mission. america, manhattan. and the secular capitals of america or new york, washington, d.c., l.a. and seven cisco. and that's the publishing capital of america and the finance capital and the political capital and entertainment capital. and we are not there. and we need to be there. and i think if we worked together we can get there. thank you very much. [applause] >> for more information visit dineshdsouza.com. >> booktv is on twitter. follow us for a regular update on our programming and news. twitter.com/booktv. >> author and former cia analyst and head of the cia's bin laden unit, michael scheuer has a new book coming out in february 2011. it's a biography on osama bin laden. michael scheuer joins us to review his book. one of the things you write in your book is something i would like you to expand on. bin laden is not the caricature that we made of him. indeed, if i only had 10 q

and then i went to college in upstate new york. the citizens happened. i could not believe that black students in the south could not eat at lunch counters. there was just something about that that i could not believe. so i and several other women on my campus organized a support demonstration. the spring of 1960. that was the beginning. sematech me four more years to get to sncc. in the meantime i did north support organizing and raised money and sent whatever was needed and wrote letters and called congressman. in graduate school at berkeley i was part of a group, some of this is in the story. i was part of a group of graduate students. we read and wrote -- about social movements. one thing we learned was the struggle against racism, i guess institutional racism and the struggle of african-american people was one struggle with the energy existed for a real fundamental change in the country. so i left. we talked a lot about the ivory tower and the graduate school was the ivory tower. you have to be part of what was happening in the country. i quit gradu

that moynihan saves social security, and it said, what they said would be this woman farmer in upstate new york named annie. and we get to the end of the script, and i thought there was nothing to say, i was just a witness at this. we get to script and senator moynihan says, now, this tragedy, is that going to be an actress? laugh and the commercial burgers and say, well, yes, that's we do this. he said, well then, that's allies. and i didn't save social security. he looks at this thing that the page long as is long does it take to write these things, 10 minutes? these are people are being paid hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars. they spend months and months to write these things. these are 10 minutes? he said do you have a typewriter here? [laughter] which is in at the age of the computer and they didn't have a typewriter. so he asked for a legal pad. he left the room. i looked at my watch. he returned in eight minutes, and he read his social security script or martial from his legal pad. and as you discover in this book there are so many facets that were unknowable by

plant in schenectady, new york, president obama tried again today to highlight bright spots amid a sluggish economic recovery. >> and over the years, in the wake of these shifts, upstate new york and places like it have seen more than their fair share of hard times. but what has never changed-- we see it right here at this plant, we see it right here at g.e.-- is that america is still home to the most creative and most innovative businesses in the world. >> suarez: he used the event to name general electric c.e.o. jeffrey immelt to a new economic policy panel. >> the past two years were about pulling our economy back from the brink. the next two years, our job now is putting our economy into overdrive. our job is to do everything we can to ensure that businesses can take root, and folks can find good jobs, and america is leading the global competition that will determine our success in the 21st century. and so now, to help fulfill this new mission, i'm assembling a new group of business leaders and outside advisers. >> suarez: immelt said the new council would focus on manufacturing, trade and innovation. >> i'm now honored to lead your council on competitiveness and