johnson. mr. johnson has written dozens of books including "modern times," "intellectuals and a history of the american people." his latest is a biography of winston churchill. and now "in depth" with paul johnson. >> host: paul johnson, in your book "modern times," you kick it off this way: the modern world began on 29, may, 1919, when photographs of a solar eclipse confirmed the truth of a new theory of the universe. two questions. why that date, and why that event as the beginning of the modern world? >> guest: well, the world had always been governed for 250 years by newtonian physics. and professor einstein introduced an important modification of that. this was his general theory of relativity which he produced in 1916. but he also said there are three tests by which this theory can be tested. if it fails any one of them, then we must scrap it and look again. he laid down these three tests, and the first and most important of them had to be made by observation during a solar eclipse, and

johnson? >> well, in 1979 -- 80, the american enterprise institute asked me to come across as a visiting professor for a year, and i was delighted to do that. and that is where i did the basic research, or a lot of it, for my book, "modern times." but more than that, 80 i is a place which has close associations with government. and a lot of the fellows there have had important positions, have held important positions in government, both in the bureaucracy and in congress and in ministerial positions, too. so when i was there, there were about 40 fellows, and it was based on a sort of waterloo, almost like a cambridge college. and if i wanted to know something, if i wanted to know something about how the american system works, i could walk along the quadrangle and find the office of somebody who not only knew the answers him but had actually helped to make them work, who had held office or had an important position within the american government. so that was a hugely useful and absolutely fasci

>> johnson with the finish! >> anthony grant electing not to call a time-out for alabama. >> just pulled off their biggest lead and how about mitchell taking it right from varnardo and getting the 2! >> his eyes got big. he actually thought he was gonna get another one. state, the s.w.a.t.-meister getting it donein slle! >>> mississippi state playing for their spot tonight. >> you got brock. never leaves the floor but he does an excellent job keeping his hands straight up. >> finding your open man. he didn't have anywhere to go. bost. rattles it home. >> nice job by bost. that really hurts alabama because -- because that's more like a four-point turnover. >> bost with 14 points. >> knox gets it blocked by varnardo! he's one away! [ cheers ] >> he's aggressive. he's not that big of a guy but his time is unbelievable. varnardo is now tied for the all-time lead in blocked shots in ncaa history. he swatted that over to the sideline. >> you know about his reputation, coming in. last night was the first i was able to

johnson. mike in tucson, arizona. you are first. mike, are you with us? all right, we've lost tonight. let's go to boston. doug in boston, please go ahead. >> caller: i wonder if paul johnson approved the law in europe but a lack of your stories are having a skeptical viewpoint on certain aspects of the second world war. just specifically, david irving, who i actually considered pretty good historian and i'd be interested in these views. thanks a lot. .. was, by the british electorate. and he was dum >> in 1945 he was reject by the british electorate. and he was suddenly dumped into opposition, and the opposition labor party was given a landslide victory. and when that happened, on that same sad day for him, his wife comforted him by saying, well, darling, maybe it's a blessing in disguise. and churchill replied, it appears to be very effectively disguised. but his wife was right. because not only did churchill recover his health in opposition, he wasn't subjected to the strains of government

johnson knew that and saw what the realities were. when jack kennedy trundled down the stairs to lyndon johnson's sweeten the middle of the night to offer the vice presidency, he is quite shocked when he picks up some. and everybody is shocked everybody is upset on all sides of the democratic spectrum. robert kennedy, who has always hated lyndon johnson and vice versa it is outraged. kenny o'donnell, of the closest advisers said you have these trade every single person that has supported you in your first move as the nominee. and the labor unions are outraged but americans for democratic action are outraged and on lyndon johnson's side come with the southern senators, the allies are just flabbergasted. they'll want to lose their allied come with their man in leadership in the senate and a projector late upset our fellow texans, lyndon johnson fellow texans. everybody is mad. but politics is politics. jack kennedy tells o'donnell, i am 43 years old. i am not going to die an office. don't worry. everybody kiss and make up. johnson is us

lyndon johnson didn't do that. the lyndon johnson still had tremendous clout in the south. jack kennedy had weaknesses, both because of the catholic issue and because of the civil rights issue and because the south was trending back for the first time really to the republican party. the south had broken loose on the 1952 and 56 elections when eisenhower took a bunch of states. and they couldn't fight even more under jack kennedy. so you have to play nice with lyndon johnson if he were jack kennedy. but does he? he makes the joe biden choice. he takes the safe choice initially. somebody who maybe can't hurt you, but someone that's not going to help you. he asks to offer the vice presidency and private to a senator from missouri named stuart simonton. simon didn't accept, but the courts made public jack kennedy will start rolling and says no, i really showed us the courtesy offer this to lyndon. he's not going to take it. [laughter] key senate majority leader. he lives for power. he's not going to be vice president. this is -- you know, john bamberger who was from texas and w

johnson. >> host: paul johnson, in your book "modern times," you kick it off this way: the modern world began on 29, may, 1919, when photographs of a solar eclipse confirmed the truth of a new theory of the universe. two questions. why that date, and why that event as the beginning of the modern world? >> guest: well, the world had always been governed for 250 years by newtonian physics. and professor einstein introduced an important modification of that. this was his general theory of relativity which he produced in 1916. but he also said there are three tests by which this theory can be tested. if it fails any one of them, then we must scrap it and look again. he laid down these three tests, and the first and most important of them had to be made by observation during a solar eclipse, and that had to wait until the end of the war. and it wasn't until 1920 that an expedition was sent out to watch the eclipse and take measurements which could demonstrate whether the einstein theory of relativi

erik johnson will go to the box. >> this is a scoreboard call. erik johnson, one-on-one. the puck-carrying player. that's just the scoreboard more than anything else, i believe. >> well, ryan miller, pierre. there is the start of the game for team finland. miikka kiprusoff, now looking ahead to the match of the winner between slovakia and canada coming later on today. >> here is salo. well, they have knowledge of canada, having defeated them earlier. but both teams were still not on their big game yet. a shot. it's lobbed off by miller. ron wilson, the coach of the united states says we're still not there. the general manager said against canada, we had only ten pulling their weight. i think they've had everybody these last couple of games. but the point is, both of those teams have changed since then. and never underestimate a cinderella team that doesn't know any better other than to keep going like slovakia. >> a lot of deficiencies in one game, whether it's not a successful power play, not being able to create offense, not -- you're chasing the puck. you're just havin

they have a johnson. they move at a very good pace. 18-footer for london warren and the good offense for the -- [ indiscernible ] and seriously. >> and there was a good ball and nobody came out. tried to challenge the next shot. >> williams left that jumper, no good and allen with the rebound. >> that is something tom gregory, taking the shot and have to make them. it looked like -- the projection and dayton got two pretty good looks. >> tom: won the last two games between the two schools, excuse me. this is the 26th meeting. temple has the edge. 14-11 and again, as we said, there is one to the last three meetings between the three schools. >> john: i think this is an important game for dayton as well. in terms of establishing and they're going to win games, the conference games on the road and they almost flawless at home. >> the bucket is good by jefferson. the freshman from chester, pennsylvania. and gets temple a 2-point lead. and to the first 6 1/2 minutes and to lavoy allen. >> fran dunphy is not he

johnson: mr. speaker, may i inquire of my counterpart how many other witnesses will you have? mr. poe: i have no other speakers at this time. mr. johnson: does that mean that you are ready to close, sir? mr. poe: i am ready to yield back, and i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from georgia. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, before i yield back, i will say that if medgar evers were alive today he would be fighting alongside delegate eleanor holmes norton for freedom in washington, d.c.. and what i'm talking about is the ability of residents of washington, d.c., to be able to vote to have a congressperson who has full voting rights in this -- in this body. so with that, mr. speaker, i will yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time has been yielded. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1022. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no.

outside, johnson. sweeps. and goodness. that got to make shots, huh? >> this was a lay up that turned into a three. and there is a score, a long two. 13 points now for florida there is a turnover giving it right back. there is a chance to take the lead. mississippi state playing in first place and tied for arkansas. and he's stronger. and lead for varndo. there is a foul. and varndow within the exact sail position. went up not strongly enough. this time he makes certain that ball goes into the basket. he is fouled by and there is the best face player on this team. >> there is one hand before this time got within two. 63% free thrower. there is basketball. sec. there is there is 10 points now throughout the career. walker defense. evidence in this game. and there is the bench for both teams. two men, first half. >> lost two consecutives against mississippi state. macklin. shot clock down to six. comes against the ball and once you get the ball there, you're going to pick up on the glass. if you miss there is offensive rebound. there is a shot. he was go

they went ahead and released johnson. they were able to find him, snatch him back up, and charged him with conspiracy to escape. today in annapolis, the lawmakers, the secretary of the prison system said that we failed in this regard. >> yeah. let's get on johnson for a sec, lisa. you're going to be released and the inference here is now he's mixed up with trying to get mr. taylor out? what a fool. let's start there, lisa. go ahead. >> i think you put your finger right on it, and i think johnson, it sounds to me from the facts we know so far, he may have been a co-conspirator. the fact he apparently was just sitting there, his i.d. card just mysteriously ended up in his cellmate's hand, his i.d. number was memorized by his cellmate, it sounds like there's at least enough to investigate as a possible criminal conspiracy and guess what? he may not be getting out or he may not be on the verge 6 getting out because that could be a long prison term if you conspire to help another inmate escape. >> what is it like, ten years? >

two minutes to go, trent johnson gets him back in the game. he gambles. immediately he gets an offensive rebound and scores a basket. right here, they get an extra possession because he's in the game. >> eric: that is the third team foul on vanderbilt.in the first 20 minutes. spencer against tinsley. mitchell. he's fouled. credit tasmin mitchell, he's forced a couple of quick fouls on vanderbilt defensively. no what that means is l.s.u. can hold for the final shot. >> bob: indeed. amazing what subtle things that mitchell brings to the game, huh? not that he came in and knocked in a three or did a dunk or anything. it has kept them in position to be ahead at halftime. excellent coaching. >> eric: spencer up high. [ whistle ] he is fouled. vanderbilt has a foul to give. they'll make lo l.s.u. take the ball out of bounds on the baseline. >> bob: but if you get fouls on your best players they can add up. you do not want that for sure. >> eric: spencer. inside. floater. too strong! bass. it wouldn't matter. bass misses the jumper. l.s.u. will go to the locker

veronica johnson is tracking the forecast from the storm center. hey, veronica. >> hey there, jim and pat. the next storm system, though, not quite like this last one. it's going to be a major storm for us with much, much higher snowfall totals and a bigger impact on our area. as far as this storm systems it ended way early this morning, most of our snowfall amounts were between four and five inchs& from ashburn at five inches to four in fairfax, four for the district and annapolis, five. the radar looking quiet, but we've seen sprinkles across the area with mostly cloudy skies. sprinkles just around northwest d.c. and now up into montgomery county. so winter storm watch will be dry overnight. winter storm watch from fridayñ morning through saturday. so weáwu a dry day tomorrow. we're talking about the storm system starting to develop riday late afternoon and for the evening. there it is. you see that low-pressure system spr spinning around western texas. they'll get amounts between three and six inches. for us, an 80% chance that will be a major

joe johnson is one. >> bob: gators got in there. they got in on special invitation from the pope or something like that. >> eric: ronaldo. >> bob: the point guard from kentucky. well represented this weekend. >> eric: you have to remember there is a lot of guys in the all-star game high schoolers as well. lebron james, kobe bryant, that kind of stuff. having five guys one conference is impressive. ogilvy, the second free-throw off the mark. rebound, tasmin mitchell. in the game is darshawn mcclellan wearing 21 for vanderbilt. >> bob: the offense is getting better for both teams in the second half. l.s.u. -- i mean vanderbilt 7 for 10. l.s.u., 50%. >> eric: taylor makes them pay! and he's fouled! [ cheering ] what is change of events. >> bob: ball handling has been good for l.s.u. the entire game. right there fatigue set in. and a casual pass leads to a spectacular play at this end. a good player. >> eric: 7 for 9 at the free-throw line. >> bob: get pressure because of the fatigue factor. that was not et effective in th first half. t

johnson listed him as a possible fa thefr baby gabriel. but cherry also said he was related to smith, to tami smith but she never mentioned that to the police and i finding that a little odd. >> can we verify this craig cherry is related to the smiths or elizabeth johnson throwing something against the wall? >> it is believed there is some relationship, they are related somehow, yes. >> okay. in layman's terms, you look at those -- is bottom line she's arrested but police believe she knows more than she is letting on and may know where the little guy is? >> i don't know if she knows that but i think there was more of a relationship between johnson and her -- and miss smith than what she's leading on to be. what i find interesting, mike, they didn't arrest the husband. you know what's interesting, we had her on hln, "prime news" one night and they were at the police station we had mr. smith on by phone. remember, she was inside the police station talking to law enforcement. so, i think this is when everything started to unravel. >> we had a

sheila johnson. this is "my life 365". >> we talk about allen iverson it is better to talk about something negative. it sells more. >> i have taken a team and given it back to the fans. >> i throw it back in so i can catch him again. >> "my life 365" is presented by mcdonald's i'm loving it. >>> i enjoy life. i enjoy living every day. every day is different for me. i don't do the same thing every day. i'm a person that likes to explore different avenues. i like to do different things. i like to meet new people. i like to embrace people. i like to help others. i like to be there for people. >> she is inspirational for a lot of women for any color. the issues that women face, the challenges that they face are still existent but it's sheila johnson has shown that you can play with the big boys and with the old boys network and be at the table. and she uniquely is at that table. >> she likes the fact that if she can show someone especially girls and women throughout and does everything in her power to he

johnson and dr. marin are both well known here before the committee. as the title of our hearing suggests, we will focus on the nation's economic outlook and the rest we are facing that could affect the outlook, the federal budget, and the nation's debt. i would like to begin with a brief review of our economic situation. i think we all know that when a president obama took office, we were in the midst of one of the worst recessions since the great depression. the president moved quickly to follow up on the steps that have been taken by the previous administration to avert an even sharper economic decline. those policies, i think, are clearly working for the actions taken by the federal government or the last year have clearly helped pull us back from the brink. we have seen a dramatic turnaround in economic growth in the first quarter of last year. it was a -6.4%. but last quarter of last year, it had improved to a positive 5.7% growth. it is important to say that none of us anticipated that that le

johnson of maryland to be administrator. mr. lieberman: madam president, i rise -- the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. madam president, i rise to urge my colleagues in the strongest terms to vote for cloture on this nomination, the nomination of martha johnson to be administrator of the general services administration, so that this critical agency -- the presiding officer: order in the chamber, please. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. the point of cloture here is to allow this critical agency to finally have a permanent leader. it would be the first time in nearly two years, and i think potentially could save america's taxpayers billions of dollars in the bargain. let me just give you a few examples of what's at stake, which is to say what the general services administration can do for us. last year federal agencies bought $53 billion worth of goods and services, and they did so through contracts negotiated by the general services administration, the g.s.a. having g.s.a. negoti

and it is a foul. >> rich: johnson. another drive to the bucket. boston college. >> robin: one of the big differences in the temperature they have as many shot opportunities as nc state. >> rich: three-point game. and bc will stick to the full court pressure. it has been a problem for nc state. >> robin: we talked about the fact they have turned the ball over in this half. rehearsal of fortune. wolfpack with seven turnovers. a lot of that because of this full court pressure. >> rich: white. foul down low. >> robin: much more aggressive man-to-man defense by boston college. they are out in the grill of marissa kastanek. wherever she goes to the ball they have been hounding her. >> rich: white. oh, my. >> robin: are you kidding me. how she got in between the defenders and they got the ball up on the glass. murphy catch, shoot and score. snoop throws it. her fourth of the game. >> robin: look at marissa kastanek. that's a leader. going to be able to make an impact here for quite some time. >> rich: good shot by johnson. back to a nine-point lead. >> r

johnson. >> mr. johnson, i have been listening to your program for the last hour or so and one thing you said was -- [inaudible] two short questions, the fun was in reference to i'm a veteran and i was drafted. what's your opinion on the draft? second question is -- this is black history month. what's your opinion of witson, an african-american historian. >> guest: i wouldn't like to express an opinion on that. on the question of long and short books, i think there's room for both. i have written some very long books in my life, and i now write short books. i'm getting quite old. i'm 81. i will be 82 next year. and i now only write short books. in the past i have written books on big subjects. the history of the jews, for instance. it's impossible to write a good history of the jews which isn't a long book. again, my history of the modern world is a long book because there's a great deal to describe and a great many events to cover, so it had to be long. and equally, "a history of the american people

not feeling it. >> eric: wonder if coach johnson saw him? all the way at the other end of the floor. it's blocked by ezeli. vanderbilt basketball. beal in transition. open look for taylor. another offensive rebound. taylor second and rewarded with another trip to the free-throw line. >> bob: gotten some aggression going, jeffery taylor. early in the year he was quoted as saying his confidence level has been increasing. kevin stallings wants hill shooting that mid-range jump-shot. big numbers against rival tennessee. that's the best game of his career so far. >> eric: the first free-throw is good. trent johnson just did discover that bo spencer would like to come out. he sends in a sub. it's brad tinsley. actually, bo spencer is going to stay in. i have seen bo spencer signal twice to the bench he wants to come out but he's still on the floor. >> bob: it happened to me one time where one of my players started to play well and he got tired and kept signaling over. the official said he's signaling. i said ignore him. just ignore him. he will ge

johnson does. on the second, there are, as you know, some of these mortgages have been secure advertised and have been moved in various places including back on to the federal balance sheets. you have other ones out there held by the banks. the reality is, this goes back to the uncertainty point to what extent have we realized the difficulties we are in. financial institutions still differ in the degree to which they have recognized their losses. some have been more aggressive about it than others. and that that cash continuing uncertainty over the financial viability of various firms is ultimately hard to track this through. >> isn't it advisable to move through that uncertainty as quickly as possible? >> at some level the ends that you want is where everyone honestly appraises what their losses are and moves on in life. the difficulty we faced over the last couple years it's very -- very hard to get people to go through that process. >> go ahead. >> i think the lack of success of the government p

huge interest in where 8-month-old gabriel johnson is. we still don't know that, but big developments. >> tammy smith, the stories are so confusing. they wanted to adopt the baby and knew elizabeth and the baby over a year. they had him for roughly ten days in december. basically, she's been arrested because police believe she knows more than she's letting on. she may know where the little guy is. t. >> it may be the good news. >> they claimed they don't know anything more. then, again, she's talked to elizabeth johnson in jail. we will lay it out for you. the press conference is coming up in ten to 15 minutes. >>> another sad story, a 12-year-old girl, we are finding out, lived in a closet. her parents have three other kids, three boys. they didn't do anything to them. they let her out to go to school. when she came home, back in the closet. they gave her food in there. horrific, the details of this. finally, one of the brothers said something to school officials. that's how it all came to be found out. 877-tell-hln. a study concerning a

johnson and dr. marin are both well known here before the committee. as the title of our hearing suggests, we will focus on the nation's economic outlook and the rest we are facing that could affect the outlook, the federal budget, and the nation's debt. i would like to begin with a brief review of our economic situation. i think we all know that when a president obama took office, we were in the midst of one of the worst recessions since the great depression. the president moved quickly to follow up on the steps that have been taken by the previous administration to avert an even sharper economic decline. those policies, i think, are clearly working for the actions taken by the federal government or the last year have clearly helped pull us back from the brink. we have seen a dramatic turnaround in economic growth in the first quarter of last year. it was a -6.4%. but last quarter of last year, it had improved to a positive 5.7% growth. it is important to say that none of us anticipated that that le

johnson with the rebound. four-point game, 2:20 remaining. johnson, no. chris allen with rebound. too quick a shot? >> clark: not necessarily. >> verne: okay. >> clark: i would have liked to have seen purdue move it around. but he can make that shot. he's capable there. and they haven't been getting a lot of good shots going against the halfcourt defense. >> verne: chris allen guarded by keaton grant. 12 on the shot clock. this is lucas. [ whistle ] jackson called for the foul. >> clark: that's a reset of the shot clock. >> verne: only the third team foul against purdue in this half. 1:49 to go. and a fresh 35 on the clock. >> clark: michigan state will look to maximize that 35 seconds, verne. they're gonna go back for some type of pick-and-roll situation. draymond green is a very capable shooter from the edges. and he's got a matchup advantage against kramer. >> verne: yep. >> clark: they should just isolate him and let him go to work. >> verne: there's a little back and forth. he's on the baseline. turnaround jumper, no. putback, no. third time, yes! huge size advantage. >> clar

johnson does. on the second, there are, as you know, some of these mortgages have been secure advertised and have been moved in various places including back on to the federal balance sheets. you have other ones out there held by the banks. the reality is, this goes back to the uncertainty point to what extent have we realized the difficulties we are in. financial institutions still differ in the degree to which they have recognized their losses. some have been more aggressive about it than others. and that that cash continuing uncertainty over the financial viability of various firms is ultimately hard to track this through. >> isn't it advisable to move through that uncertainty as quickly as possible? >> at some level the ends that you want is where everyone honestly appraises what their losses are and moves on in life. the difficulty we faced over the last couple years it's very -- very hard to get people to go through that process. >> go ahead. >> i think the lack of success of the government p

kevin johnson, david butler and chris washington. here's cal with gutierrez back in the game as the point guard. >> marques: the two-three matchup. this makes the dense look like an amoeba. change their composition as the game develops. >> steve: randle misses the shot. he complains to the official that he got fouled. >> marques: second time he's complained about the aggressive defense of derek glasser. we've seen that allowed glasser to get into his head. of jerome randle. >> steve: randle said the key was the play smart. and he had a scowl on his face. >> marques: jerome randle out of chicago, illinois. maybe one of these guys played better. >> steve: abbott misses the three. rebound by shipp. and the foul is called. >> marques: got the rebound. got his body through the offensive foul. adythng ♪ w kfy rd wi rinaen g to in t-of- tas w win or ket. ♪ >> marques: let's take a look at our lexus defensive play book. and see how they've been on stand out toward midcourt. he allows abbott to turn a corner way too easily. gets right whe

gabriel johnson has been missing for more than a month. and as nbc's miguel almaguer reports, there's still no sign of the child. >> im innocent and god is with me. >> reporter: she was a person of interest, but now tami smith is under arrest. arizona police have charged her with three felonies, includiing cust yawl interference. he hasn't been seen since his mother gave him way to strangers in san antonio. police say smith did mislead investigators and say she was in contact with elizabeth as she drove from her home in arizona to texas where the baby was last seen. >> tammi was basically working with her in order to - in order to provide a place for her potentially to go and just some help along the way. >> reporter: police say the relationship between smith and johnson goes back months, when tammi and her husband first agreed to adopt gabriel. but when logan mccleary, the baby's father, refused to give up custody, police say tammi smith pressured him as johnson drove to texas with baby gabriel. after johnson was arrested, smith spoke ope

we just heard tom johnson say he was seen by some as a moderating force in the taliban. is it known whether that's the case or not? >> well, it's unclear what the reason and why he was captured. i mean tom is right that there have been fissures within the inner shurah. there has been a push for suicide attacks. baraider has asked that the taliban be careful in targeted assassinations and suicide attacks because the ininsurgency is about hearts and minds and he has recognized that. what is unclear is what the reasons within pakistan were for targeting mullah braider in this case. as steve noted earlier whether this is a longer term strategy or a capture. >> woodruff: how do you see that, steve coll? >> i think pakistanis have a record of going after militant groups on their territory when they see it as being in their own interest. if a pakistani taliban faction wages revolutionary violence against the pakistani state, the state responds. the question here is what does the pakistani army and intelligence service see as being in their interest in the prosecution of the shu

and johnson, what he told them about the russians etc. at etc. before you knew it roosevelt's eight came in and said time is up mr. congressman samples johnson of a room. reagan was no fool that way. he was a very astute politician who had learned some of his lessons from a master like franklin roosevelt. anyway there is a couple of associations that came to mind from your talk. >> i will tell one other story. it is true, reagan grew up as a democrat. he became fiercely anti-communist in the late 40's and the screen actors guild. he became generally conservative in the 1950's, particularly on economic issues but remains a democrat until 1960. there is a wonderful story. he is a democrat, but he likes eisenhower. nixon is running for president in 1960 and reagan, then an actor, not a politician goes to nixon and says i am ready to endorse you for president and switch parties. nixon, always thinking two or three steps ahead says, i love your endorsement. please don't switch parties. i would rather have you endorsed me as a democrat because

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johnson does. on the second, there are, as you know, some of these mortgages have been secure advertised and have been moved in various places including back on to the federal balance sheets. you have other ones out there held by the banks. the reality is, this goes back to the uncertainty point to what extent have we realized the difficulties we are in. financial institutions still differ in the degree to which they have recognized their losses. some have been more aggressive about it than others. and that that cash continuing uncertainty over the financial viability of various firms is ultimately hard to track this through. >> isn't it advisable to move through that uncertainty as quickly as possible? >> at some level the ends that you want is where everyone honestly appraises what their losses are and moves on in life. the difficulty we faced over the last couple years it's very -- very hard to get people to go through that process. >> go ahead. >> i think the lack of success of the government p

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let me come back to martha johnson. this is a job with big challenges, as i've just described in part. she brings a tremendous wealth of experience in the private nonprofit and government sectors. she has a b.a. from oberlin college and masters in business from yale business school. after graduating from yale, ms. johnson began her career in the private sector at cummins engine company. she had other management positions in the private sector and then was called on by the clinton administration to be the associate deputy secretary of commerce. and then, as i mentioned earlier, chief of staff of g.s.a. from 1996-2001. very relevant and indispensable experience. after leaving government, ms. johnson was a vice president for the council for excellence in government, which is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of government at all levels, and most recently she has served as vice president at computer sciences corporation. extremely well-qualified, broad qualifications and very in

. >>> also ahead, a new twist in connection with the month-old disappearance of 8-month-old gabriel johnson. police have now arrested tammi smith, the arizona woman who had been considered a person of interest in the case for weeks. why the arrest now? and could it possibly lead investigators to that little boy? we'll have the latest on the case, just ahead. >>> also ahead, a potential breakthrough tied to a medical mystery that just about every parent fears. we're talking about sudden infant death syndrome. for years, doctors have struggled to figure out exactly what causes it. this morning, the latest on new research that could point to an answer. >>> but let's begin with that alarming admission from the top u.s. intelligence officials during a hearing on tuesday before the senate intelligence committee. take a listen to what they had to say when asked a question from committee chair dianne feinstein of california. >> the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months, high or low? director blair? >> an attempted attack, the priority

, an alleged assault by johnson of a former girlfriend. johnson's ex-girlfriend told the judge in the case the state police put constant pressure on her. >> ste troopers kept calling me and harassing me to drop the charges. i wouldn't. >> reporter: the day after paterson himself called her she failed to show up in court and the case was dismissed. he said he never once abused his office. >> there are 308 days left in my term. i will serve every one of them fighting for the people of the state of new york. >> reporter: in the meantime, ra charles rangle says he has no plans to quit as head of the powerful hous committee despite being admonished by a house ethnics panel for wrongly accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the caribbean. he blamed procedural mistakes made by assistants. >> members of congress should not be held responsible for what could be the wrong doing or mistakes or errors of staff. >> reporter: rangle faces further inquiries. paterson says the criminal probe of his activities is continuing. two new york politicians on the

johnson next and then dr. marin and we will open one year ago, i was before this committee and i came to the conclusion that we faced a pretty tough year. i think that discussion turned out to be exactly right. my recollection is that we discussed contraction in the global economy for the first time since world war two, roughly around 2% on a year- over-year basis. the latest number for 2009 is eight -0.8% decline. we are exactly the right place. at this stage, we should discuss the recovery. when you have a sharp decline, you have a fairly rapid recovery. the numbers that you showed us for the fourth quarter of last year are encouraging in that direction. i am worried about the dynamics that we face during this year. i think there is a great deal of volatility ahead, some of which is domestic for the reasons that professor rhinehart was talking about and some of the global origin. while the headline numbers of this year, the year over year average numbers will indicate a modest recovery if you look at the fou

and going at least through every presidential library through lyndon johnson, he said i think he would find a lot of stuff in presidential papers that has not been redacted by your former employe year the central intelligence agency. so i say that is a great idea and that is exactly what i did. i went to austin texas and hyde park and some places i can't stand other places i stayed in a hostile sleeping in a room with 46 other guys because i like to eat well so that's what i did. so that was the second serendipitous event and then the third one occurred one day as i was walking out of the navy department library at the end of the day's research. a gentleman coming out of the adjoining building noticed i was walking towards the bus stop and he said where are you going and i told him and he offered me a ride. he turned out to be a navy historian who had published a work on naval operations during the cuban missile crisis that had a few pages on guantanamo. and he not only offered to give me a copy but he invited me to use his unclassified files that were in the secure area where he worke

, an alleged assault by johnson of a former girlfriend. johnson's ex-girlfriend told the judge in the case the state police put constant pressure on her. >> state troopers kept calling me and harassing me to drop the charges. i wouldn't. >> reporter: the day after paterson himself called her she failed to show up in court and the case was dismissed. he said he never once abused his office. >> there are 308 days left in my term. i will serve every one of them fighting for the people of the state of new york. >> reporter: in the meantime, veteran new york congressman charles rangle says he has no plans to quit as head of the powerful house weighs and means committee despite being admonished by a house ethnics panel for wrongly accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the caribbean. he blamed procedural mistakes made by assistants. >> members of congress should not be held responsible for what could be the wrong doing or mistakes or errors of staff. >> reporter: rangle faces further inquiries. paterson says the criminal probe of his activities

presidents from lyndon johnson to george w. bush. the offer their perks -- they offer their perspectives on working from the white house. this was sponsored by the lyndon b. johnson library and museum. >> good evening. i am mark updegrove, the director of the lbj library. on behalf of my friend don carleton, i want to welcome you to behind the lens -- white house photography from lbj to obama. he will be on stage later this evening to moderate a panel of discussion with our speakers. this will be the debut of an alliance we have struck up. in the spring, we will team up for some events and programming and a temporary exhibit around the life and legacy of walter cronkite. we hope you will come back for that. [applause] we hope you'll come back for that and some of the other wonderful things going on here. back in 1860, abraham lincoln chalked up his white house victory to two good things. the speech that he made at cooper union -- the famous "house divided" speech. since that time, the photography of our presidents as become no less

mayor johnson? [applause] >> i am honored to be here -- thank you very much for inviting me, and i'm here to represent my city and a great state of mississippi. and you may wonder why a mayor is out there. i want to talk about things mayors can do. and aldermen and counsel people. there are things we can initiate. one of those things are partnerships. i have found that the state board of health, the health department, they want to work with is that they have all the knowledge, but they don't quite know how to get to the people, and that's generally what we are good at, getting the work to the people. we partner with our board of education. we partner with groups like national league of cities and robert wood johnson to train other mayors have to do this. there are lots of partnerships we can form and i would like to talk about those. i'm not going to talk all of them today. in the minute you hear mayor curtatone of come up and speak. you see there are some differences between us. first in your knows

that's how the johnson family had fallen so very, very quickly and lyndon johnson's youth. and lyndon johnson, sort of like scarlett o'hara in gone with the wind, while lyndon doesn't promise never to go hungry again, he promises never to be the idealistic fool his father had been, who played a promising political career into working on that road crew. hamlin did not comment even to succeed, and he was going to succeed not only in the most nefarious of ways politically, but also that he would be a president who knew how clever and nefarious he was. he works himself up onto additional aid. the congressman of the united states senate in 194018 selected in the u.s. senate by 87 votes. those 87 votes are highly fraudulent. they know it has landslide lyndon for the rest of his life, even after he has achieved a very great landslide of itself in 1964. but he then become senate majority leader and makes into a position of great responsibility and power, unpce

sherrie johnson joins us this morning with how the officer is doing right now. sherrie? >> good morning, megan. the officer is expected to be released from the hospital today. the shooting happened in the 2700 block of oakmont avenue. authorities say officers were investigating another shooting that happened earlier in the week in that same area. they approached a group of men on the porch and one of the men shot an officer multiple times in the right arm. the wounded officer and his partner returned fire, hitting one suspect and killing another. the newly sworn in baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake was at shock trauma. >> when i heard of the shooting, my heart just started racing because you just never know what the condition of the officer will be when you get there, and he was alert. he was up and able to talk. and i was just very grateful. i told him that i had been praying for him on my way over. i was just so happy that he was alert. things could have been so much worse. >> reporter: the injured suspect was taken to sinai hospital where he was last reported t

sherrie johnson joins us with the park heights shoot-out. >> reporter: good morning. the injured officer was last reported to be doing okay. he is expected to be released from the hospital today. the shooting happened in the 2700 block of oakmont avenue in northwest baltimore. authorities say officials were investigating another shooting that happened earlier in the week in that same area. they approached a group of men huddled on a porch and one shot at officers multiple times in the right arm. the wounded officer and his partner returned fire hitting one and killing another. stephanie rawlings blake was at shock trauma. >> when i heard of the shooting, my heart started racing because you just never know what the condition of the officer would be when you got there. he was alert. he was up, able to talk. and i was just very grateful. i told him that i had been praying for him on my way over and was just so happy that, you know, he was alert. things could have been so much worse. >> the injured suspect was taken to sinai hospital where he was last reported in critical

rebound, johnson. interest is three shots in a row. >> and this is offense, out to walker. >> one of the things is that he's doing a lot of ball games in florida these days. >> there is a call for a foul with a rebound. he's going to get pulled with a push. there is rick stansbury. and billy donovan coached his second longest tenure than rick stansbury. >> the winnest coaches in the history of their university. both. >> legal extreme called on kodi augustus. it's going to be florida basketball. there is three nitsx also in, 2000 they went to final four. >> there is back on the screen. nice steal. there is a pass. >> i tell you that right side against the zone ends in the fast break has been something florida is not guarding particularly well. getting back slowly on that transition. >> there is johnson already with a half dozen points four minutes into into this one. >> there is very nicely done. doing a good job before it gets the ball positioning. >> he doesn't have to deal with the shot blocking. >>

live in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >>> 5:34 right now. now that the toyota recall is already reeling from the pedal mess, we learned toyota's chief executive will speak later on today in its fist news conference -- first news conference since the huge recall. they are about to recall 70,000 prius hybrids oive ert brake problems. japan says toyota also launched an investigation into possible problems with the brakes in two more hybrids including the luxury lexus. >>> technicians have started fixing faulty gas pedals from toyota's first massive recall. dealers are vowing to work as long and as hard as it takes to repair all of the cars. all toy yon ta owners can do is wait. >> when you have a safety issue and you have the media saying these cars are dangerous and you need to attract service there's only so much we can do. >> transportation secretary ray lahood announced a new probe of this electronic system that links the gas pedal through a tiny computer to the throttle. >>> when barbara walters gets that interview with someone involved in

i thought lyndon johnson would come over the white house. he said joe, call him up, gardner agoly and tell him i don't want any projection. we don't need any projections. obama has to live with these projections now. and they're devastating in terms of scaring the hell out of the people and the moderate members in congress. >> rose: mark halperin, tell me what people inside the obama administration and from the president to rahm emmanuel, the chief of staff and david axelrod, the political advisor, what are they saying about the way they have handled this and what they have to do now? >> well, there is a lot of frustration. they think the republicans are just being recalcitrant and aren't paying a political price, that the press is not holding them accountable. they are frustrated also with the fact that if it hadn't been for the loss of the massachusetts senate race they probably would have passed this. and so that was not, they believe, their primary responsibility to watch over that race. and there is general concern that a lot of bad thi