the ellison venture wonderland and of love of those books. imam read those books to me. and all those books that focus on the young female in her when to leave home and goes into this never land in wonderland and canada understands what: the family is. returns. i wanted to my 21st century version of that. but we really cool to is used to load of aliens and robots. >>> there's a lot of will see the emerging. you have the 21st century. atolls' about a high- tech way to commit this thing come to life. >>> the book has these fuse symbols, scattered throughout the book. if you the web camera you go to website and hold the book up and in the first book we did a three-dimensional map the current top of the book. need to move it in seven out in the new book, which take a video game. the the pilot of ships on the cover of the book. by holding the book the steering it. >>> we have some video of that. this is one of these books that if kids get hooked on it, to see it made into a movie we saw that with the spider which chronicles. how you translate the book into a movie? >>> infest

the theme for our new year's eve party is in wonderland and so. we're taking some of the chiefs from the book. such as mushrooms and giant ism and we're trying to create that space so when people walk into our living room they're going to see giant mushrooms over their head and they're going to feel like they're very small like alice was when she drank the potion that made her very small. each adult member of the community has labor obligation that's forty two hours a week and exchange for doing those forty two hours the community covers basically all the costs of living. if all of your medical and your clothing and your housing your food and insurance and entertainment and transportation basically all of the costs you have so most of the members who live here in most days don't actually handle any money this is extremely unusual for the united states almost everybody in the country is an adult handles money almost every day and almost everybody who's here almost every day. we have two big businesses hammocks making is one of the businesses one of

like the caterpillar from "alice in wonderland." >> beauty of this thing is that you can see how quicklymoving, how his aim changes. sometimes he holds the box lower. sometimes he misses. >> looks like they may be too far away now. >> and at this point they're at like about 10 meters, but -- i think just a hole in the box. see if we can do it without the smoke. >> interns -- ♪ >> now smoking in class is not a bad thing. >> for the first time of. >> this is possibly one of the weirdest things i've of seen and i'm not sure where this guy could possibly use this. >> hey guise, my name is steve. i'm going to show you a useful talent. >> his friend calls out words. >> something i'm not -- >> trilogy. >> can you tell what he's doing? >> taking the letters from the word and putting them in alphabetical order. >> exactly right. >> we can all do it. see how long it takes you. pitch. >> pitch. that would take me a while. >> c-i -- >> let me do it, c-h-i-p-t that took a long time. we have him via skype from long island, new york. how did you figure this out could you do this? >> my brother saw some

i can't remember the name of the artist who did the original artwork of "alice's adventures in wonderland." williams, i think, but i'm not sure. it reminds me an awful lot of his art. so just an interesting little connection. >> it also kind of looks like valentine's cards almost. kids love it, right? [ laughter ] that looks good. so there were other ones like this. another great one was mrs. winslow's soothing syrup. note the mother's friend. again, there's this domestic scene. these two little girls here are just watching. well, let's watch mommy dose the baby with this stuff. they want some too. this one is really interesting. i don't know if this is actually working, but the one on your right. she's sort of dangling this vial of mrs. winslow's soothing syrup above the baby who's cooing. this stuff was laden with opium. it would knock you out. i bet it would help with the symptoms of teething. you'd forget you had a jaw if you took enough of this stuff. >> i'm just curious if children usually become addicted to opium thanks to the syrups. >> well, that's a very good question. i think p

they know that when they come to the wonderland or they come to the birthday party or they come to get their backpack, that they're going to get a new blanket. and it's going to be theirs, no matter what is going on in their lives. >> you always think as the parent you're the one coaching and leading. but sometimes you get a surprise guest. and she has definitely been one. >> williams says she hopes by carrying the torch, she'll spread awareness about foster children. she'll be thinking of them every step of the way. >> i'll be thinking of all those children who just need a little extra love and a little extra comfort in this world. >> jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> what an incredible honor. we wish her the best. >>> well, the most decorated olympic athlete of all time is having just a little bit of trouble getting motived for the upcoming summer games in london. swimmer michael phelps admits he lost some motivation after the 2008 games, and didn't really take training seriously. however, phelps feels like he has recently recaptured the fire and is preparing for the olympic tria

citizens in charge foundation all welcome thank you paul i feel like i've fallen through alice in wonderland rabbit hole populism has always been defined as a movement by working people taking on the powerful in the wealthy elite and usually using government to take down the pot the wealthy elite and the billionaires in that context how can conservative movements like the tea party or libertarians who want to push back government and protections for working people and want to open more space for giant corporations and billionaires to run the show how could they possibly be considered populist i think you have to look at who you're talking about i think there are a lot of conservative populists there are a lot of liberal populists but i think if you're looking at elected official republicans or democrats. they're not oculus they're in it for them you've seen them with obama coming into office and certainly not doing a lot of things he said he would do like what was down guantanamo that was filibustered by the republicans paul. but you know even when he still talked about closing down guantana

and we have her letters to her sorority sisters and said i'm like babe in the woods or alice in wonderland. pray for me, basically. paraphrasing the last part. then she rose to it because she understood this was not about her. this was about service. and when you see that it is a role and it is not about you -- that's all -- all right, and -- another tomb we are going to talk about how that clashes perhaps sometimes with your marriage, should i mention the thing we discussed this morning. >> go ahead. >> the coolidges, as all i imagine first couples were, individual cones. cone of chief executive, cone of the first lady. they had a terrible thing happen when they were president which was their son died. calvin coolidge. their son got a blister on the white house tennis court and died within about eight days. this was before -- >> 16 years old. >> just before we got antibiotics. had it been 20 years, 30 years later, he might have been saved. so sudden. >> i was telling -- i was doing panel on first ladies. the new york historical society, a man stood up and an elderly man said because of th

never at jack in the european capital with an intercontinental ballistic missile this is alice in wonderland territory now suddenly we've been we've been hearing from some people on the far east that china i think that this is not so much and in russia rather this is meant to possibly force in or put a fence around china being such a large growing economic power also the biggest holder of american debt is there some sort of bullying going on here perhaps on the part of nato increasing its presence towards that region also at the same time with america deploying more military personnel in that region it's very interesting because this has not been discussed anywhere one of the reasons of this nato summit you know deep underground is to bring central asian stance to the table effect nato would like bases in the central asian stance as well in kyrgyzstan they lost the base but they want it back they want to be singles becky stunned that they had been through a few years ago the pentagon effect and they also lost it and they want to be seen to it when they start and also bees in kazakhstan why s

she says i'm like a babe in the woods or alice in wonderland. pray for me. i'm paraphrasing the last part. then she rose to it. she learned this was not about her. this was about service. when you see it's a role and you play it, that's all right. another time we're going to talk about that how it clashes sometimes with your marriage. should i mention the thing we discussed this morning? >> go ahead. >> the coolidges, as all i imagine first couples were, individual cones. cone of chief executive, cone of the first lady. they had a terrible thing happen when they were president which was their son died. calvin coolidge. their son got a blister on the white house tennis court and died within about eight days. this was before --

all alike they have an academic background they look at academics for most you know their it's wonderland economy they think we can spend our way out of the problem when spending is the problem and the fed then reacts to that creates these boom bust cycles of ever increasing amplitude and they say oh well we need to lower interest rates where we are down zero in japan it didn't work and we're now at zero and the united states certainly hasn't created any jobs or and i wasn't sure hadn't and i want to get to that point a little bit later but i do want to stay on this argument about austerity in europe and this being focused on as the problem what about as we talked about some of these eurozone nations what about a country like the u.k. though in europe but it's not under the euro it's not under some i.m.f. troika bailout program where austerity has been imposed it took off parity upon itself preemptively with a two hundred thirty billion dollar program of cutting seven hundred thousand public sector jobs and trying to essentially have no deficit by two thousand and seventeen now it's in re

it is a technology wonderland with automated curtains, motion sensors and voice commands. >> and i could out with " sleep mode ". >> he became recognized as having the coolest dorm room on the planet. >> what is your favorite item? >> he showed his party with disco, techno. >> here is and all its glory. >> as you can imagine it has campus attention. berkeley housing authority were worried about electronic wiring but he has been summoned to a hearing. >> i have been called to possibly violating and it could be a disturbance to my neighbors but look around. everything is fine. >>reporter: using just binder clips and not drilling and colts. this can be dismantled in just a few moments. cnn and, berkeley, calif.. >> catherine: coming up sports director. radnick and his lovely wife. and the struggles with tiger woods. >> announcer: now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> is standing this video and showing this spokesperson from the sea transit. >> we now know what is going on and we're taking the added measures to make sure that record tracks are being acknowledge

it's a technology wonderland.ed curtains, motion sensors and voice commands. >> i can shout out sleep feature. >> when he uploaded this video to youtube, derek unofficially became recognized has having the coolest dorm room though planet. >> what's your favorite thing? >> derek showed us his party mode. spinning disco ball. lasers, strobe lights, and tech know music controlled from his laptop. here it is in all of its glory. as you can imagine, it's attracted some campus attention. berkeley housing authorities were concerned about electrical wiring modifications but found in issues. nonetheless, dirk has been summoned to a campus hearing to explain things. >> i had some violations of policies. i broke a few rules. modified -- my room is a fire hazard. i'm disturbing my neighbors. but look around, everything is fine. no wince complaining. >> as derek shows us, he used tape and binder clip dozen put the equipment in place and didn't drill any holes. so the whole system can be dismantled in a few minutes. >> alan: th

it's a technology wonderland, automatic curtains, sensors, and voice commands. >> i shoutout sleep moder: just a few of the features he spent months creating. when he uploaded this to youtube, he was officially recognized as having the coolest dorm room in the planet. >> reporter: what's your favorite thing? >> party mode. >> reporter: spinning ball, lasers, techno music controlled from his laptop. here it is in all its glory. as you can imagine, it's attracted campus attention. housing authorities were worried about the wiring modifications but found no issues, nonetheless he has been summoned to a campus hearing anyway to explain things. >> they said i had the violations of residential policies. i broke a few rules, and my room is a fire hazard, and i'm disturbing my neighbors, but look around. everything is fine, no one is complaining. >> reporter: and he shows us he used the tape and clips to put it in place. the whole system can be dismantled in a few minutes. berkeley, california. >> he has quite a future ahead of him. good news here, it took 12 innings to do it, but the a's beat

he found a house, he was calling it wonderland.lling it the success of this is it to -- >> he would like -- he wanted to -- he thought his fans would support his art and by the sale of the art, he could support the children's hospital of los angeles. and we all went there and put some of michael's art in the hospital when it was opened and he was hoping to be there in 2007 or '08, after he came back from bahrain, he wanted to put some of his art there, they weren't finish with the hospital. when it did get finished, we went there with burt and mary sugarman. and i was hoping that they would permanently put michael's art in there, because it's a children's hospital. they welcomed his art with open arms. >> that would be great. >> he also wanted from the sale of his art to support not only children, but animals, and some of his music was in support of the world. he was a very warm person who -- like his dear mother here, very sweet and honest person. >> it's been a fascinating experience meeting you, katherine and talking to you. you

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it's a technology wonderland. automated curtains, motion se e senso sensors, and voice commands. >> i can be on my bed. i shout out slope mode. >> reporter: it's just a few of the features derek spent three months creating. when he uploaded this video to youtube, he unofficially became recognized as having the coolest dorm room on the planet. what's your favorite thing about it? >> party mode of course. >> reporter: he showed us his party mode, spinning disco ball, lasers, strobe lights, and techno music all controlled from his laptop. here it is in all its glory. ♪ as you can imagine, it's attracted some campus attention. berkeley housing authorities were concerned about electrical wiring modifications but found no issues. nonetheless, derek says he's been summoned to a campus hearing anyway to explain things. >> they said i had some violations of resident hall policies. i broke a few rules. i modified a dorm. my room is a fire hazard. i'm disturbing my neighbors but look around, everything is fine. no one is com

. >> you got susan, you got alex in wonderland, and all those other guys, you know, i don't know their names, but they're cool. and they're all from california. can you believe that? >> when we first started working with darren bailey, we heard he had this very violent past. that he was not only violent on the streets, but once he got into prison, had a very erratic and impulsive and violent nature. so when we encountered him, he was already in a process of going through therapy and trying to make himself a better inmate. >> i have never given myself a chance. and because i'm giving myself a chance to do better for myself, i have a supporting cast that are saying, yeah, we believe in you. yeah, he's showing progress. yeah, he's no longer the person that has held him hostage for years. >> but when it came to talking about the convictions that gave him a 147-year prison sentence, which included two murders, battery and criminal confinement, bailey was only open to a point. >> man, it was kind of gruesome, man. i was off balance and everything like that. so -- for this area, man, it's not

. >> her body must be a wonderland, baby. you find yourself alone.ieces on his hotel room. he really did love her. >> get over her, john. it's over. >> whatever, man. ♪ we built this city on rock 'n' roll ♪ ♪ we built this city on rock 'n' roll ♪ ♪ we built this city we built this city on rock 'n' roll ♪ ♪ built this city >>> nice shot that. you got to love that. it is official, new york city has a new tallest building and, of course, it does mark an emotional milestone more than a decade after 9/11. >> yes, the building reaching new heights symbolizing the spirit and rebirth of manhattan's skyline. abc's bob woodruff shows us how we got to this incredible moment. >> reporter: with this one beam, the world trade center reclaimed the skyline. new york's tallest building, 1,250 feet high, so high not even 8 statues of liberty would reach the top. >> really a symbol of the american people. >> reporter: for 6 years, 900 workers labored around the clock 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, driven by more than a paycheck. >> everybody's focused on a mission. the

>> logical if you are in a kind of alice in wonderland, where the opposite of the truth is taken as the truth. and the fact of the matter is that the pakistanis have said consistently that they were not harboring osama bin laden, that they wanted to assist the united states in tracking him down, and then when one of their citizens in fact does provide help in bringing him to justice, they bring him to court. and sentence him to the rest of his years in jail, 33 years for dr. afridi is a life sentence. there is something really totally unacceptable and inexcusable, not only unfair, but unjust about this sentence and following their laws doesn't make it right. >> should the president get involved, do you think, peter king was saying it yesterday, dennis kucinich was saying that. >> the united states has advocates in the secretary of state who expressed outrage and anger about this unjust result. i think that coming back the fundamentals here we decided to reduce aid by $33 million. a symbolic step, admittedly, no more than symbolic, in light of the billions of dollars in aid that we have

he was calling it wonderland, but he was counting on the success of "this is it" to finance that. >>o maybe sell some of the pictures. >> yes. he wanted to -- he thought that his fans would support his art and by the sale of the art, he could support the children's hospital of los angeles. we all went there and put some of michael's art in the hospital when it was opened and he was hoping to be there in like 2007 or '8 after he came back from bahrain. so when it did get finished, we went there with burt and mary hart, so i was hoping that they would permanently put michael's art in there because it's a children's hospital. they welcomed his art with open arms. >> that would be great. >> he also wanted from the sale of his art, you know, to support not only children but animals and like some of his music was in support of the world. he was a very warm person who, like his dear mother here, was very sweet and honest person. >> it's been a fascinating experience meeting you and talking to you. you're one of those people i've looked at from a distance and always wondered what you would b

a candy company's chocolate wonderland now open to the public at a theme park in a central state it showcasesriety of candy sculptures and more than one 1,000 types of chocolate. a place looks at how the sweets are made. that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 "around 0 seconds." a battle brewing in congress over a bill that would ban abortions based on gender. supporters say it's about protecting the rights of the unborn. critics call it a sneak attack on a woman's right to choose. a live report next. first, making us fall in love with folk music over and over. tonight doc watson has left us. he inspired generations of guitarists with flat picking style. ♪ ♪ ♪ let it rain. ♪ let it pour ♪ let it rain. ♪ a whole lot more. ♪ because i got those deep river blues. >> harris: he won ate grammys watson died hospital in home state of north carolina yesterday just days after he had undergone abdominal surgery. eye infection blinded watson at edge 1. 10 years later he learned to play a banjo his father had given him. his family didn't have enough money for other instruments. he played w

au--canada is like "alice in wonderland."canada has been aggressively trying to recruit women for the infantry for years, since--since the mid-'90s and they've been having very little success. canada, i believe, has--pretty much opens all spots to women. i kept stressing that our social experiment is--is sort of a bigger deal than canada's social experiment, even though there--they are going further, because we're just a bigger force that's deployed more. i mean, canada's military is about the size of the new york--i believe it's--canada's army is just about the size of new york city's police department. so-and they're not as spread out all over the world--a superpower like we are. c-span: you write a lot about tailhook, 1991. >> guest: yeah. c-span: why did you write about it? >> guest: because it is such a significant incident in this kind of change, this kind of sea change away from the warrior culture and towards a military culture that is desperately trying to prove to congress how politically correct and sensitive it is