professor, why is it vital? >> for two reasons. one is that religious freedom is a fundamental human right. most people would accept that and it's under siege around the world. the pure form recently published a comprehensive study in which they said 70% of the world's population lives in countries in which religious freedom is certainly restricted that's almost three out of for people in the planet and what is necessary to is on unjust execution so it is a humanitarian crisis, and the united states has traditionally stood with the persecuted but it's also a crisis because the data show and i would argue with history and common sense confirm that that without religious freedom you cannot have a stable democracy, so you think of all these countries in the air of a spring all of them high year religious societies. countries we have invested enormous amounts of blood and treasure, afghanistan, iraq, or take pakistan or other countries with the struggling to have a stable democracy mosul interest to succeed but they can't succeed if th

well i think it's vitally important that the legislature and individuals like the treasury as you see in the fed in the case of the u.s. and their counterparts around the world as well as the i.m.f. of course really have a technical capacity to understand what's going on we will soon need to constrain lawbreaking it's been quite extraordinary how the growth of lobbying. has. happened over the years and how this influences legislation so ensuring that the legislation is developed in the national interest not in the interests of any one sector lobby group is vitally important as well countries ensuring that the global regulator is joining up one of the crucial failures in finance was of course the deregulate the deregulation race to the bottom. the taking away of much constraint finance and in many explanations for the financial crisis but amongst the most significant of this race to the bottom the absolute withdrawal of regulation from some critical variance and we're almost out of time and so i don't want to get caught off by the by the fire line just to let you know but i want to ask

i think this is the key question that this is a vital for the future of globalization and source the question of these big global institutions need to grapple with head on globalization has delivered more benefits than any other force in history integration connectivity the sharing of capital the sharing of ideas the sharing of education of knowledge has been absolutely vital but there's hyper connectivity and it's increasing in intensity it was the leads to the propagation of systemic risks and we saw in the financial crisis the first of the big twenty first century crises it will not be the last so the question is how do we benefit from connectivity how do we benefit from coming together without being more vulnerable to the systemic shocks which also come from the us this requires wise policies this requires an understanding that globalization needs to be made to work for development which is indeed the title of my most recent book so how does one make it work for development i think in every dimension i once need to see the connection between us these different dimensions there ar

like many agencies the fcc plays a vital role in our everyday lives even though much of its important work takes place behind the scenes. the role of the fcc grows in scope as technology becomes more affordable and as more people have access to the internets through a variety of devices. i will be interested in hearing with those rapid innovations that you have the resources to make sure consumers are protected in the marketplace. as inproouchlts and technology give more people access, that mean that resources move online and therefore internet access has become vital to being able to get a good education, find a job or connect with family around the world. therefore i'm interested in the steps you're taking to broaden access and make sure that everyone who wants access to can get. one way to accs to broad band is by allowing more that purpose. i know in the upcoming year the goal is to increase the available spectrum for broad band uses to congressionally mandated spectrum auctions. i look forward to hearing more details about how you plan on conducting these auctions and what your e

there exists for vital therapeutic option for patients and all interventions are designed to prevent secondary injury. in order to successfully treat traumatic brain injury, researchers look to improve the quality of life for those affected. although there are numerous research projects under way across the country including the university of texas and north texas brain injury model system, tbi center, a centralized research approach that avoids duplication is lacking. a report released this january including coordinating authority for psychological health for traumatic brain injury activities emphasized the need for coordination of care and services in traumatic brain injury in patients in the department of defense. they have been conducting their research and there was no central location to obtain accurate and timely information on traumatic brain injury and they had to use a variety of resources to obtain their data. i believe we will not better coordinate services if we don't get a grasp and this hearing is designed to do that on funding of projects that are meant to address tra

and something must be done to save this vital program for future generations. we must protect and preserve medicare for bothseurors and ou president's budget proposal failed to address the medicare's grim future. now, instead, what we have on the books now is a 15-member board that is charged with cutting costs and denying care to our seniors. the independent payment advisory board established in the health care law would cut physician payment rates,to stop seeing me patients. and this board makes senior care harder to pacts bureaucrats be patients and their doctors..spe independent payment advisory board and savesture generationss the power away from the government bureaucrats and puts it where it needs to be, greater choice. this plan for medicare is based on bipartisan proposal that does three things. it does not make anywh are in o retirement. it offers guaranteed covere see options for our seniors. regardless of their pre-existing cases or health history. three, it's financed by a premium support payment that's suggested to provide additional financial ass

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vital security interests at stake in afghanistan. nor does it mean the war is lost. it is not. there is still a realistic path to success if the right decisions are made in the coming months. the painful lesson we learned on september 11, 2001 remains as true today as then -- what happens in afghanistan has a direct impact on our safety here at home. if we quit afghanistan again, as we did in the 1990s and abandon the millions of afghans who have risked everything to be our allies in the hopes both the resources and the strategy necessary to break the momentum. today the situation has reversed. similarly, our effort to build the afghan national security forces has been completely overhauled. the result is growing numbers of afghan units that are capable of leading the fight. the few afghan soldiers who turned their weapons on our troops should not obscure the larger fact that hundreds of thousands of afghans are fighting every day as our faithful allies in a common fight against al qaeda and the taliban and these afghan patriots are being wounded and killed in far greater numbe

we saw how vitale important football is to him. >> rose: yes. >> and i will never forget doing a very long interview with him three years ago when he discussed how he overcame a staph infection in his knee to play and about three weeks before the season started a friend of his was in doing rehab with him and he looked down and he thought the knee looked like a human brain. that's how bad... in such bad condition it was. because of the staph infection. but the thought of missing a game was so distasteful and so almost reprehensible to him that he played probably before he should have played but if he didn't play it would have bothered him for the rest of his life.

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to states around the country, they're vital to the health of all americans and some of the prevention funding you are correct is paying for those ongoing programs. i would say also there are some innovative and new programs that are showing great promise that also are part of that prevention funding and we are going to -- now that we have an outline for the further reduction of $250 million be working with -- closely with congress to make sure that these initiatives don't take even more disabling cuts. unfortunately at the state level as you know, the states have made some serious reductions in their public health budget. so we are really trying to not only make sure that the national efforts go forward, but that the state workers who are embedded in state departments across this country doing vital public health work are also continued. >> i wanted to quickly mention dental care. in a report the pew center report says that preventable dental conditions were the main cause for over 830,000 emergency room visits in 2009, which is the 16% increase from 2006. and in new york we estimate

professor farr, why is it vital? >> guest: for two reasons. one is that religious freedom is a fundamental human right. most people accept that proposition. and it's under siege around the world. the pew forum on life and they said 70% of the world's population lives in countries in which religious freedom is severely restricted. that's almost three out of four people on the planet. and what's associated with this is a lot of violent religious prosecution, torture, rape, ungist imprisonment, injust execution. so it's a humanitarian crisis, and the united states has traditionally stood with the persecutor, but it's also a strategic crisis, because the data show -- and i would argue both history and common sense confirm it -- that without religious freedom you cannot, particularly in a highly religious society -- have a stable democracy. so, you think of this countries in the arab spring, all of them highly religious societies. are countries we invested enormous amount office blood and treasure -- afghanistan or iraq or pakistan -- other countri

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these are the vital dollars that help with storm water infrastructure, replacing old pipes. waste water infrastructure that's not real exciting, but they are vitally important when it comes to keeping our neighborhoods clean and our water bodies clean all across the country. they're important job creators too and the recovery act gave us a nice shot in the arm to help create jobs while at the same time leaving us with a lasting legacy of important infrastructure improvements. the issue is that the needs all across the country outweigh the resources.w would you character backlog right now in storm water, waste water infrastructure? what is the magnitude? >> independent estimates have put it at around $300 billion i believe. >> $300 billion. i would guess in my home state of florida it's well beyond a single billion. it's probably much more than that. we have these aging water pipes, they need improvements. so i'm troubled that the budget request actually provides a hair cut. how do you explain this? >> tough choices, ms. castor. you know, we balance it by the fact -- because

the mission carried out by kofi annan is absolutely vital. and she's really going to school thank you. well international peace envoy kofi annan is now headed for china having secured russia's backing for his efforts to bring bloodshed in syria to an end it comes as the syrian national council the rebel authority to be the country's true government calls for a pact among opposition groups since he has been losing support of more groups into a new way from it it's now invited a. turkey. to them its wing this blog says the opposition's internal bickering. one way western supports. their struggle to become a protracted one for syria to take such a particular path is the fact that there's no coherent opposition leadership has emerged aside from the fact there are political political division there isn't one political authority that has control over the armed groups whether it be a f.s.a. the free syrian army or other groups on the ground they haven't been able to expand their support base within the country and they haven't been able to unify pol

on the ceilings, arbors heavy with ripening grapes evoke the vineyards of osiris a source of vitality and regeneration in the next world. deir el-medina, a village constructed for artisans who worked in the valley of the kings, contains a scattering of smaller tombs they built for themselves. wall paintings in the tomb of sennedjem, overseer of the artisans, display the piety of sennedjem and his wife, as they worship the gods of the underworld. the sarcophagus of sennedjem's son khonsu attests to that yearning for the continuation of life after death. the surfaces of the sarcophagus are richly covered in hieroglyphs and images, a detailed account of the pieties and rites necessary for passage to an eternal life. khonsu himself is pictured worshipping two lions, images representing the past and the future. the journey to immortality began with mummification-- an attem to prerve the b as an eternal vessel for the soul. these practices continued for centuries. in the mid fifth century bc, the greek historian herodotus detailed the process of embalming. first with a crooked iron tool the

they will be working under very difficult conditions to advance our vital interests through civilian power. tom nide's our extraordinary deputy for resources and management is leading our american efforts to help iraq become a stable, sovereign, democratic partner, and he could not have had a better partner than jim jeffrey. ho have been on the team regarding iraq because it has been a very big challenge for us to get our arms around. a critical en forward in afghanistan will be the success of the afghans in securing and leading their country for themselves. ryan crocker has brought his enen to this really difficult job at this moment. they will need help. and i've asked many of you as a key element of president obama's governments to which you are accredited to pledge substantial financial support to the afghan security forces for the period beyond 2014. i'm also counting on your personal vigorous engagement cameron munter and before him a and -- ann pattersonryhallengin. there are multiple overlapping worlds in pakistan, and we have to deal with all of them simultaneously. but the

>> kentucky, missouri, so far on the vitale program.olina. >> i'm for big veteran programs always. >> yeah. >> oneseys and twosies. >> and mark halperin, duke, wisconsin they'd have to get through vanderbilt in the second round, that won't happen. >> i have to get my alma mater. >> they would have to get through harvard in the second. >> harvard boys, and baylor -- >> kansas. >> i will go against your chemistry textbooks. >> i tried to go away from the vitale picks. >> he knows his stuff. >> i know he does. but i want to be contrarian. >> what's your final four? do you know what that is, mika? do you know what the final four is? >> yeah. kinda. >>> all right, digger phelps will join us tomorrow on "morning joe," if you can match dick vitale's energy, i don't know if you can. we'll have digger phelps on. >>> and coming up, what is behind the sudden boom in business on broadway? we'll be right back. today i'm talking to people about walmart's low price guarantee. every week they lower thousands of prices and check over 30,000 competitor p

to continue to attract business to send francisco, our priorities are to invest in vital projects. the central subway and a new community benefit district to improve safety and commerce downtown, and we need to update its long-range economic development plan. the chamber will support initiatives to reform campaign finance and make voting. we have also joined statewide efforts to bring performance based budgeting and greater transparency to state and local government. sustained transparency depends on investments we make in the future. joining forces to create a city that can withstand a natural disaster and prosper afterwards. government efficiency, and investing in our cities assets. now is the time to plan for the future. in the months ahead we look forward to working with the entire board of supervisors and business leaders across the city to develop more fair and equitable business taxation, which will make it possible for all companies not just to survive but to thrive, and in summary the 2012 agenda will focus on advancing these priorities, putting job creation first, encoura

play is the serious business of young children, and the opportunity to play freely is vital to their healthy development, yet many of us misunderstand and underestimate the value of play in the lives of our children, forgetting that... play helps the child's physical development; play fosters mental development; play enhances social development; play helps children express, relieve, and cope with their feelings; play helps develop each child's unique perspective and individual style of creative expression. play especially provides an excellent opportunity for integrating and including children with disabilities in your program. woman: you're not going to go? play is so important in sustaining the creative spirit that i want to explore each one of these points a little further. even as early as infancy, play fosters physical development. on a very simple level, it promotes the development of sensory exploration and motor skills. through play and the repetition of basic physical skills, children perfect their abilities and become competent at increasingly difficult physical tasks. play

we are a vital safety net for the city. we currently serves 45, more residents a year, with ryan white been our primary funding source. we would have no choice but to reduce admissions and leave some of our beds empty. we would be receiving the funding for 30 residents a year. ten or more would likely end up suffering and or the dying alone. the reality is that most of those individuals would end up visiting san francisco at general repeatedly. we are -- are administrative expense ratio is well under the 20% industry standard. thank you for your consideration. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon. i am a health services manager at larkin street youth services. i work as a part of the team that serves 45 youth who are living with hiv and aids. teen-agers and young adults are different from beyond our children and older adults. they are working on autonomy, and they are impulsive and fearless. it is an exciting and dangerous time. the proposed ryan white cuts will impact our ability to provide a youth-specific counsel

government is withholding vital information. >> they promised us if we sent people to afghanistan and we have people there already, they would cooperate and make witnesses available for us, and they have violated that promise. >> in afghanistan, u.s. military officials say access to the crime screen is difficult. security and bureaucracy to blame. in australia, this woman, born in afghanistan and familiar with the culture, is among the first international journalists to report from the villages. her account broadcast on australian television, include children who say they were there. eyewitness accounts conflict. this villager told nbc news there were other american soldiers there that night. he says, the person was not acting alone, and we have proof. but an afghan guard told the australian crew, he watched bales leave the base alone in the middle of the night. there is little talk of bales here, among the soldiers leaving today. 23-year-old anthony harris says good-bye to his 10-month-old son and pregnant wife. >> i feel like it's one person or actually a group of people that made a

they are a source of vital support to the welfare and well being of others often unseen or overlookedas we reflect upon public service, let us again be mindful of the remarkable sacrifice and courage of our armed forces. much may indeed change these past 60 years. but the valor of those who risk their lives for the defense and freedom of us all, remains undimmed. the happy relationship i have been enjoyed with parliament has extended well beyond the more than 3 h 500 thousand bills i have signed into law. and there are very touched by the mag tiff sent gift before me. generalously subscribed by many of you. should this beautiful window cause just a little extra color to shine down upon this ancient place i should gladly settle for that. we are reminded here of our past of the continuity of our national story and the virtues of resilience, ingenuity and toll lance which created it. i have been privileged to witness some of that history and with the support of my family, rededicate myself to the service of our great country and its people now and in the years to come. [ applause ] >> pr

it's a vital. there's pressure in the u.s. to reduce our presence. we have to remember that if america withdrawals quickly without the afghans being readied a takeover more responsibility, what you will have is a chaotic situation involving the taliban and taking over more. >> will one more year really make a difference in afghan prepared this? >> there is a misunderstanding, which are would like to explain. the current plan is to transfer combat lead to the afghans in 2014. at the same time, while combat forces will withdraw all at the end of 2014, america is negotiating with the afghans in its strategic partnership under which the desire to retain some significant forces for another 10 years that will support the afghans and it conduct counterterrorism operations. we have made huge progress, but it's not completed yet. we would not have been able to achieve the capture of those, without being in afghanistan. -- capture of osama without being there. >> in those conversations going on with the british prime minister. thank you come ambassador. 250,00

this vital matter. as the chief law enforcement officers in your states committed to justice and democracy, i hope you will join me in raising your voices on this critical civil rights issue. for now, though, i just want to extend a welcome to you, wish you well at this conference, enjoy your time here in the district. and let me or my staff know if we can be of any assistance to you. thank you. >>> look at the welcoming remarks from the attorneys general meeting and we're back live now at the meeting here in washington, d.c. the next session is going to be on copyright infringement from -- we'll hear from former senator chris dodd. he's scheduled to get things started. he's the chairman and ceo of the motion picture association of america. and also on the panel we'll hear from the university of north carolina's i.t. department, nbc y universal's top attorney and the attorney for the state university of new york. also let you know a little bit later federal trade commission administrator john leibowitz

. >> in brussels this morning david cameron said humanitarian access is vital. >> above all what i thinkatters is building evidence and make sure this regime is held to account for the crimes it's committing against its people and one day no matter how long it takes, there will be a day of reckoning for this dreadful regime. and now with prime minister vladimir putin said the u.n. approach isn't balanced. the stalemate highlights the pressing need to ensure a channel of aid for the many victims of the conflict. >> we've also heard from an eyewitness who said getting civilians out of the baba amr district must be a top priority. >> actually, now baba amr is a military zone completely. no one can exist. the army -- the syrian army is controlling the area. they are now looking through the houses and also they are shooting and bombing the remainder of the houses. the houses which -- now the tanks are going inside and start shooting the houses. this kind of thing against the people, no communication at all, and only 20 persons from baba amr population is -- [inaudible] almost they are run awa

i think the commission has a vital role to play in that. i look forward to being a part of that. i do come from a very strong background, and i believe practice and what you create. i am committed to be involved in every aspect of this department. i have tremendous respect for the rank and file. i have experienced what they have to do to make their work go around, and i believe as the commission and myself, i believe we will give the commission the support they need to make things happen in the field. the small business community, which is the community i come from, the developer community has been difficult. i have talked to many people of experience many of san downs in this town, particularly when it comes to how the economy is doing, and they have never seen anything as tough as this. i want to make sure this department never has to deal with that again a. that would be one of my main goals to secure our future there. it looks like we're on the rebound here. the smaller developers will beat of a huge factor in rebuilding this town. i want to make it user-friendly. obviously w

that combination of things is vital in it -- understanding the economic impact. supervisor wiener: thank you. i think that the mayor's office will be touching on this, but one area that i do not even know how you would begin to measure is when you look at the draw of having a vibrant nightlife for workers, young workers who want to be here, in industries following that -- for example, a gambler type workers that want to be here, it makes them -- makes this a more attractive place. i do not know how you would go about measuring this, but do you have any thoughts? >> it would be difficult to measure in the would need a different survey, but the statistics of what we know to be true suggest that something like that is going on. when you see the number of young people that basically are coming to san francisco frequently for night life, in the think about, as you alluded to earlier, the importance in my life at framing your sense of community, i would find it easy to believe that the critical mass of night life in san francisco is a critical draw for the people livin

. >>> and a crackdown on fony pharmacies stockpiling vital life saving drugs. how a maryland's woman basketball coach played a role in this. it's a great storey. thanks for joining us. it's friday morning. happy friday and thanks for joining us. if you wonder when charley is, he is out with the tweens watching the hunger games. so we are going to check in with him and see what they think of the movie. let's check in with meteorologist lynette charles to see what she thinks of the weather. >> all right. he think we have fog out there. so here we go again megan. and we have a little bit of misting possible as well. mild and humid. that's the scenario for today. the end of the week. we have reduced visibility in a lot of spots this morning. zero in york frederick and hagerstown and with this, we have a dense fog advisory once again this morning. and it's in effect until 10 a.m. for the areas shaded in the grayish color. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now, we are dry. so we have all five sweeps on but the fact is that as we go in through the wee

the basis of our grand strategy reaching back to roosevelt and king, and if anything, are even more vital today in a globally s and future threats may and probably will take a lot of different shapes. we can't prepare simultaneously and fully for every possible contingency. so we need to focus on flexibility, on agility, on creating a force that is ready for the most likely threats but ones that can adapt effectively to the unpredictable. our navy has experienced that to a remarkable degree in just the past year. early last may, a group of sailors as part of a joint force finally brought osama bin laden to justice. and just last month, we rescued two hostages from pirates in somalia. at the same time we were doing those two things, we had 20,000 marines in combat in afghanistan and 4,000 sailors on the ground in afghanistan doing a variety of missions. one of my first trips to afghanistan, i went to poteka province, which is down near the pakistan border. very mountainous, very rural province, and i met a reconstruction team which was commanded by an american submariner. his top two enlis

top priorities are the legislation and the native hawaiian government reorganization act, both are vital to ensuring parody in federal law and resolving ambiguity in america's relationship with its first peoples. the fix bill clarifies the secretary of the interior's ability to take lands into trust for all tribes. an authority the exercise has s has exercised for years. it has keted instability in rural communities across the country. and a legislative fix screen over 100,000 jobs for american workers and significantly improves law enforcement on and near reservations. we are seeing new legal challenges to the status of indian lands. these kinds of lawsuits cost money, and that is better spent meeting the needs of native peoples. this issue has bipartisan and bi-cameral support. and i extend to my good friend, tom cole, for his leadership on this issue. the united states aided in the illegal overthrow of the kingdom of hawaii. the private native hawaiian of the traditional government. shortly there after the congress began exercising its indian affairs powers to address native hawaiian

the issues we deal with at this commission are vitally important to the future of san francisco. even as we have possibly disagreed on approaches and strategies, the conversations and dialogue that we have actually had at the commission and one on one has given us solutions that work best for the city of san appearances go. i will miss you. i hope you come back and visit. you have done amazing service to the city of san francisco, and you should be proud as well as us of the service you have offered. thank you very much. it is much appreciated. we look forward to -- i look forward to working with you on many things in the future, so thank you. commissioner lee: there is also one past commissioner that is not here today that i would like to at leacknowledge and recognize, and that is our chris romero. i would like to thank chris. he is a friend of mine. i did not know him before i joined the commission, but when i joined, he was here already. we went through some rough times on the commission, but commissioner romero and i -- we talk and we smiled, and we knew when the tide turned

really, to think about a single occurrence in which somebody gets well, or reclaims their health or vitalityor engages fully in life, or literally goes beyond returning to an old state of health, and really goes-you've heard this already-really goes into a new state of life and hope and connects with others in meaningful ways. and when that happens, everybody, we as a whole, as a whole society, benefit. i know we're in strange economic times, but many people need to hear about prevention, treatment, and recovery. we pay one way or another. we pay less if we facilitate prevention, treatment, and recovery. we pay more if we ignore them and assume that somebody else is going to take care of the problem. the problem is all of our problems, and the benefits go to all of us. none of us are here by accident. i come from a family with a lot of experience suffering the pains and the joys of recovery from alcoholism, from my father to- who recovered and enjoyed many happy years, as well as some other relatives; a son who did not. and we lost him due to alcohol. we come full circle in a number of ways.

providers that work tirelessly to support people in recovery, and the family and friends who are so vital in making recovery a reality. this year, the efforts of thousands of individuals throughout the country produce more than a thousand events nationwide, supporting our 2011 theme, "join the voices for recovery. recovery benefits everyone." these recovery month events confirm that we are making great progress in building strong recovery communities. for everyone to be successful over the long run, we must support people in recovery, not only with our encouraging words but also with housing, education, and employment. recovery month events make the faces of recovery visible in the community, highlighting the fact that people in recovery are our family members, friends, and neighbors. and it underscores the need for ongoing support for those who have beat addiction and mental illness and are now living happy and productive lives in recovery. we have seen rallies, jamborees, block parties, sporting events, motorcycle rides, community walks, wellness activities, and art shows among the many

>> they are a vital ingredient in many high range technology items. they're increasingly important. the fact that china has a monopoly is a big issue for the west. we look at the concerns that they would have legitimate concerns to take to the wto because they have done this in such a way that prices for chinese producers are lower than foreign. they have a unfair advantage in this regard. >> they say they are just doing this to respond to domestic demand. >> they say this is being blown out of proportion. china has one-third of the global reserves of these minerals. the bulk line in the west, the united states, canada, australia. they warned two or three years ago the growth supply and production in china would not be adequate to meet global demand. what happened over the last two years? nothing. western producers now find themselves in a situation where there is a dwindling supply and not enough to meet their needs. >> you are saying that western producers should be exploiting their own resources. >> go back three decades. the bulk of these minerals were produced outside china. ch