so they offered randy this deal, and randy said no. so then they sent somebody in and asked randy to saw off a shotgun, and randy agreed to saw off the shotgun, and that was an illegal act. so they said, "ok, now we're going to send you to jail unless you join our team." and randy still said no. he buried his head in the sand. he stayed at home with his family. and it escalated and escalated. you know, randy was pig-headed. i don't think he was utterly innocent. you know, he was stupid and pig-headed. but it escalated and escalated. in the end, some u.s. marshals got too close to the cabin, and the dogs started barking. and the dogs started chasing the marshals down the hill, and randy weaver's little boy chased the dog down the hill with a gun. you know, i mean, they -- they'd gone crazy in that cabin, really. they fed each other's paranoias. c-span: how long were they in the cabin? >> guest: i think about eight or nine years, roughly. >> guest: and how long were they there, though, threatened... >> guest: this was about 18 months. so

do you think jessica king can beat randy hopper? >> absolutely. >> and what about sandy pasch with alberta darling? >> she's a wonderful candidate. i'm hoping she comes through too. >> joining us now is scott ross with one wisconsin now. this gentleman has lead a terrific boots on the ground effort here in wisconsin. scott, your response to the results tonight. >> well, i think that this is far from over, and i think that the showing by the people of wisconsin in what has happened in this wonderful campaign on the progressive side, which involved two weeks ago they hit 1 million doors knocked here in the state of wisconsin, 12,000 volunteers stood up, called their neighbors, went door to door to make sure that governor walker, that he would not have the final say in all of this, and this is far from over. governor walker declared war on the middle class here in wisconsin when he handed out $2.3 billion in tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy while cutting $1.6 billion from our public schools. what does that translate into? tha

do you think jessica king can beat randy hopper? >> absolutely. >> and what about sandy pasch with alberta darling? >> she's a wonderful candidate. i'm hoping she comes through too. >> joining us now is scott ross with one wisconsin now. this gentleman has lead a terrific boots on the ground effort here in wisconsin. scott, your response to the results tonight. >> well, i think that this is far from over, and i think that the showing by the people of wisconsin in what has happened in this wonderful campaign on the progressive side, which involved two weeks ago they hit 1 million doors knocked here in the state of wisconsin, 12,000 volunteers stood up, called their neighbors, went door to door to make sure that governor walker, that he would not have the final say in all of this, and this is far from over. governor walker declared war on the middle class here in wisconsin when he handed out $2.3 billion in tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy while cutting $1.6 billion from our public schools. what does that translate into? tha

randi in. >> certainly not. david mattingly in coral gables, david, as always, thank you. >>> well, hold on to your wallet. in the event of a double dip recession, what do you do? that is the topic of this week's "q&a." we'll have it for you right after the break. e >>> well, quest means business and so do i, particularly today. we're here together in the cnn newsroom around the world. hello, richard. >> good day to you, ali, on a thursday. we discuss business, travel and innovation, but today there's only really one topic that we need to get to grips, the potential double dip recession, ali. >> something that's feeling a lot more real for people, richard. economists disagree on how likely the world is to fall into another downturn, but they generally agree that it could be a bad thing and hard to pull out of, so the question for today, "q&a," is in the event of a double dip recession what do you, the viewer, do? richard, i'm going to let you go first. you've got 60 seconds. >> what a day. wherever we look the n

you have randy travis, i can't believe you gave randy travis second billing to chairs. we got chairs and randy travis. (laughter) so the pimped out tent-bidding stands at chairs, petting zoo and randy travis. who can top it. >> i will say that tim pawlenty has mike huckabee performing in a straw poll concert. (laughter) >> jon: so nobody. (laughter) >> jon: nobody's got anything else. look, huck a kbee, music from huckabee but it's not a great sign for you when your musical entertainment could probably do better than you in the straw poll in iowa. (laughter) >> jon: so huckabee has the constituency and if he's throwing his full support behind pawlenty, that is meaningful. >> former arkansas governor mike huckabee is going to join gospel singer and presidential candidate herman cain on stage at the iowa straw poll in ames this weekend. what? (laughter) >> jon: huckabee you double booked the ames iowa straw poll? for rick santorum will be there. his tent boasts rick santorum summer dance party which, by the way, is the lowest testing bet pilot ever. (laughter) (cheers and

i'm sorry randi. by the way after 24 hours with steven brill, pretty remarkable. >> actually that isn't true. but it did feel to me like that. [laughter] a root canal, steven brill. [laughter] >> so he says quote the kumbaya feeling you get watching union leaders sitting on panels with reformers and calmly discussing their joint vision to do what is best for children fades when you read the over-the-top lawsuits they have filed about block reform or their campaign finance filings and seo they continue to sponsor the politician to take the most hard-line anti-reform positions and punish those who stray to support the mild performance they support. so that is some context here. again, we want to make sure we are being honest and there are significant disagreements. so let's get started. we are going to start with kind of a broad topic about teachers and reform and particularly this idea about teachers feeling under attack right now in this moment in history so let me start with you randi. is your sense

randi, it might be time to call him the front ruper in the gop field. one poll can say is an outlier of political speak. two polls, that's part of a trend. this new poll that just came out today shows that rick perry has a pretty sizable lead right now. take a look at this. i want to show you the numbers from this. it's interesting to see rick perry at 24%, mitt romney, who everybody was calling the front-runner until a few days ago, at 18%. sarah palin at 11% and she hasn't decided whether or not she's going to get into the race or hasn't said so publicly. this is shaping up as a two-man contest, if you look at this poland the cnn orc poll that came out earlier this week. it might be time to start calling rick perry the front-runner in this field. because of that, randi, it's no surprise to see romney tinker with his campaign strategy. he had been, up until this point, keeping the tea party at arm's length as he goes for the gop nomination. now he seems to be giving them a pretty tight bear hug. this weekend, mitt romney is going to be up in new hampsh

>> so i think randi's right. when you tell people they're not going to get as much as they're used to getting or they think they're entitled to, they're going to be upset. and, unfortunately, i think that's a position that feckless leadership has gotten us to. i think there's two strands of reform here. one strand is the kinds of things that are directly centered on instruction, on pedagogy, on scope and sequence and all the stuff where teachers know more about it than anybody who's sitting on the outside looking in. and there i think it makes all the sense in the world to approach these things in a collaborative fashion where we are giving teachers opportunities to lend their expertise, to shape what we're doing and then holding them accountable. >> by the way, would you support what randi was saying about getting some of that stuff into collective bargaining agreements? >> no. no, absolutely not. i think it ought to happen outside the framework of collective bargaining because i think it frames it unproductivel

michael and randi? >> what about elsewhere in the city? you have been in and out for the last couple days. have you seen any other evidence of law and order issues or is it just the sort of chaos of post-battle at the moment? >> reporter: we are definitely seeing a few other issues of law and order, but today, that changed. yesterday, we did see looting in at least two buildings and what we were told when we first came up with our camera was that one of those buildings belonged to one of the gadhafi regime officers and they were going in and they were taking chandeliers out of the building, clothes, whatever they could find, but they swept our cameras down because nobody wants to be looked upon as a criminal. but certainly, we were seeing those issues over the last day or so but now, in the last few hours, people are just celebrating. i think there's a general relief from those who supported the rebels and thought the gadhafi regime should fall. they never thought this moment would happen in a matter of hours as opposed to a matter of week

randy chopped, what can i say about randy? we have gone back and forth over 30 years, but the mural restoration is just another wonderful step -- and it is a happy step. a few months ago we were here talking about police protection, but this is a happy step. something that the tenderloin residents, the retail community, and property owners, can rejoice in. as long as we continue to work together, this tenderloin is going to get better and better. randy, again, thank you for what you did hear. >> carolyn from the mid market cbd is also here. there is a story about market and tenderloin, dark past, shared future. now we are going to have some fun hearing from the actual artist, susan cervantes. >> thank you, randy. thank you, everyone, for coming out. i want to thank the mayor for his passionate comments. for our part, we feel very honored to have had this opportunity to do some restoration in the tenderloin. we have a couple of other minerals, one on golden gate and one on the glide, for we have contributed to neighborhood beau

randi? >> thank you, alison. >>> and then all eyes turn towards the super committee that is supposed to figure all this out by christmas. how to get a meaningful handle on u.s. deficits and debt. we know nine of the 12 lawmakers that will make up the committee. the democratic senators are patty murray, and max baucus and kerry. the republican house members are hensarling, and camp and upton. and the democratic house members, well, pelosi has not told us those yet. and john avalon is the senior politic political columnist. how much does the roster that we have for now matter? >> the appointments we have seen to date matter a lot. the s&p report was clear. it blamed the downgrade on the political breaksmanship in american politics, and these picks are people with no clear record of bipartisan ship. the members of the gang of six that came to reach across the aisle have been entirely cut out from the super commission because of the principled independence. the only members of the simpson commit

randi? >> you mentioned the protestors. what about security there? how prepared are they? >> reporter: well, there are 10,000 police officers on duty. some of what the protest has to say is that they fear the government money is being spent on this. the organizers say no, there's no money to the taxpayer. 10,000 police officers, spain has a lot of experience in organizing big events. the olympics and international summits, so they think authorities say it's going to go off all right. at this hour, that protest against the pope's visit is going, we're told peacefully. we were there a short while ago. randi? >> al goodman, thank you for the update. >>> well, from bees to lift bomb, what's the buzz about? we go in-depth with a couple of suburban farmers. keep it here. whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and 4g devices like the motorola photon. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. s

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back in 2008 jessica king lost to randy hopper by less than 200 votes. this was the district that democrats really thought they had a chance of winning tonight. this race was marked by allegations early on from randy hopper's wife about problems in their personal life, including allegations from his wife that he no longer lived in the district he represented because he had moved out of their family home to move in with his mistress in another city. at this hour the a.p. confirming that senator randy hopper is free to live wherever he wants without anybody, including his wife, making a political issue about it because now randy hopper is no longer a wisconsin state senator. he has lost his seat to democrat jessica king in senate district 18 tonight. another democrat winning a recall election in wisconsin state senate district 32 tonight, republican state senator dan kapanke has been recalled, defeated tonight by democratic state representative jennifer shilling. in the 32nd precinct. dan kapanke having lost his race, his race thought of as being perhaps t

. >>> the cnn newsroom continues right no with randi kaye. randi. >> thank you very much. no matter how you look at eryan, it is a monster. potentially the biggest hurricane to hit the u.s. in six year. it's on track to slam coastal north carolina on sunday and maybe new york city late sunday. chad myers has the latest facts and figures, and we'll get to those in a moment. jim spellman is weathering the worst of irene right now in nassau in the northwest bahamas. how bad is it right now? >> reporter: hi, randi. it appears that maybe the worst of it has passed in nassau. still a lot of high winds and still some rains and high surf here occasionally coming over the sea walls, but i think the worst here is orr and it passed. amazing how well they've weathered this here. we have not seen any damage. just a quick ride through downtown nassau, and it seems that they've got lucky and their preparations really worked. some of the southern islands in the bahamas didn't make it well. we have reports of serious did he have tags in some of the settlements down there and even some of t

randy cross doing patriots pre- season football. tom brady to ochocinco. 11-19. two touchdowns. 31-14. randy cross doing the play by play. these team will hire name guys for the exhibition season. used to do notre dame football. randy ross is working with the patriots for four games and the raiders and 49ers on saturday. jim mcmahon is sueing the nfl with six other former players over the handling of concussions. -- concussions. they claim the league trains their players to hit with their heads, doesn't properly diagnose. trying for decades to conceal a link. he suffers from brain trauma and memory loss. georgetown basketball. went to china for good will exhibition games. show you good will here from georgetown. the chinese team went to the line 57 times to 15 for georgetown and here is a good will exhibition game. the will was so good that georgetown coach pulled his team off the court with the game tied 64-64. nobody passed way. all kidding aside, people beating on each other. if you believe this poll, people think tiger woods is the worst guy in the world. all

. >> thank you, randi. >>> thank you have a rough are job? what it takes to hund for ieds in the heart of afghanistan. [ melody ] the bar is raised for everybody in an ap class, from the teachers to the students. i had a student the other day that said... "miss stacy, this class is changing the way that i look at things." sparking that interest and showing them that math and science are exciting... it's why i teach. ♪ i know they can, even when they think they can't. that happen. >>> yesterday we looked at the stark physical tran formation of one young soldier experiencing war for the very first time. we go out with his company as they search for ieds. jason, these guys have an awfully dangerous job, no doubt about that. what was it like being in the war zone with them? >> you know, i should tell you, it was tense. it was really tense for a first-timer such as myself being out with these combat engineers. to put it in some perspective for your, randi, one report shows some 268 troops were killed by ieds last year. the combat engineer's job

randi? >> there also seems to be some relief about the jobless claims as well-being down. >> reporter: exactly. and as i said, you know, jobless claims numbers, they fell by 7,000, and talking about the first-time claims, so for people who are first out of work and filing those initial jobless claims, benefits, requests, they are down by 7,000 to 395,000, and we really want to see that number stay below 400,000, because economists see that as job creation, that there's job creation going on, but this is only one week, so we'll have to really kind of watch this very closely. you'll want to see the level kind of go down even further week after week to really show that jobs are being created and less people are being laid off. randi? >> all right. alison kosik at the new york stock exchange, alison, thank you. >>> now, i want to read you a quote that we wish we could hear from everybody who does research into cancer treatments. are you ready for this? quote, it worked much better than we though

randi? >> good point. all right, kate bolduan, thank you very much. >>> next update from the best political team on television is just an hour away. >>> we are two hours away from the end of the workweek on wall street and it may just end on a high note, not for the week, surely, but at least for the day. after yesterday's 500-point bloodbath, blue chip stocks are trying to keep up a rally that started with a happy surprise from the lane front. check out this number, 1 7,000. that's how many jobs our struggling economy created in the moment of july and it is way more than expected. businesses actually hired more people than that, 154,000, but that's offset by 37,000 layoffs in government. most of those were caused by a temporary government shutdown in minnesota. the jobless rate is down, if you can call 9.1% down. it was 9.2% in june. we know more jobs were added in may than first reported. the july numbers were higher than both knows months combine what do investors make of this? we had a trim-digit bounc

randy hopper being challenged by jessica king. and shilling's lead is starting to widen over dan kapanke in the 32nd district. so that's where we are. sandy pasch. we are being told now that sandy pasch just took the lead. that of course in the 8th district suburban milwaukee, where the incumbent alberta darling, a close associate of the governor, had over $8race. but again, as we are seeing the packer fans out here in wisconsin, grabbing on to any morsel of information, sitting on the edge of their seats and standing on their toes here in madison because they have waited for the positive results for their side of the ledger since january. bear with me tonight, america. i can't do this story tonight without having fun with these people. they have been -- they have been so wonderful to be around. i mean, this is the heart of america. these are middle-classers who stand up for what they believe in. and you know what? you know what's great about this tonight? when you see our camera shots of the crowd, no matter how this turns out, n

frankly, randi, the resulting are fascinate bug not necessarily surprising. let's just take a look at them. starting out with the president's jobs approval rating. this is always high among democrats but actually down 3% from 80% to 77%. among independents, the president's job approval rating is up three points. and among republicans, it's up six points, but then that only get him to 12% so that tells you something. meanwhile the bickering an confusion on capitol hill continues to have its effect on the job approval ratings of congress. we'll take a look at that. when you look at that and ask the question how many people approve, 14% approve. 84% disapprove. we gave them a fill in the blank question. elected officials who have dealt with the debt ceil having acted like responsible adults. only 17% said yes to that. spoiled children, 77% of respondents have said that congress has acted like spoiled children. how big a surprise is that given what we've seen? >> not surprising. it shows how people think of how things went down in washington, joe. >> that's for s

and now to the lawyers, randy zelin and drew. drew, there were pictures of her posing on tmz in ohio chilling, or whatever, and she did not want to. could back here. >>guest: well, because ohio is so much fun, but, let's clear up this issue. what has happen ready is a reason why the judge recused himself because in january of 2010 he sentenced her to a year probation and he did not put "to follow," any current sentence but put a year probation and what normally happens whether in florida or any state not united states, immediately that sentence will go into effect, so if you are incarcerated for that period, that is better than probation because you are interviewed 365 days, 24/7 and he was not clear they want to consider the against that she served the time and it appears she has served the time. the judge clearly stepped down because he is a witness right now and baez will file a motion saying we will report if she has to but the only reason she should support is to have a hearing to say the conveys is over and done with which

i am randi kaye. victory comes when moammar gadhafi is captured. by that standard, there is no victory yet. it's closer this hour than any other time in the last six years. rebels hold most of tripoli. and a celebration today in green square, which the rebels renamed martyr's square, turned into a fire fight with the loyalists. green square is right on the coast there. gadhafi's compound, a few miles away has taken a pounding from nato air strikes. today is the scene of ferocious gun battles. for now it's still in the regime control. and as for the libyan dictator, he may still inbound hiding or on the run, but three of his sons are in custody. and that included the man on the left, and he is wanted for crimes against humanity, just like his father. and then rebels also captured this woman, a well-known anchor on state tv, and witnesses say she is unharmed and state tv has gone dark. and then sara sidner has spenlt the day on the streets in the capital. what is happening there now? >> reporter: i wanted to go back to what you talked about, the last

randy, to you first. tell me more about this spider silk protein and how the goats actually produce it. >>, well we genetically engineered the goats. we then purified that protein from the milk and spin it into fibers. >> and why do you need goats to produce this? why not just use spiders? >> well, there's two problems with spiders. the first is they're cannibalistic and they're territorial. as opposed to silk worms where you can put a bunch of them together, they'll live in harmony, spiders tend to kill each other until they all have the space they need. it makes it very difficult to farm spiders in that sense. >> and i assume that there's science in here, right? randy, your initial vision for this was something having to do with science? >> sure. what we wanted to do was find a way to demonstrate just how good the spider silk is. it's much stronger than silk worm silk and much more elastic. there are a number of uses for it beyond just the artistic effort that was done here. >> shah lela, you are called

>> reporter: he is absolutely right about that, randy. most of the population of the very small state lives nears creeks and brooks, and those were the creeks and brooks like this one that turned into rapids. so it was very impractical to say everybody needs to leave the creek and brook area, and that would have included the whole area, because the area was so wide. look what the rapids have done to the building. this is an artists studio. 15 artists worked in here. painters and sculptors and a yoga teacher. it used to be a swimming hole right there. a few days ago kids were swimming there, and there was an explosion of water and the build something about to collapse into the water and it has been condemned and nobody is being allowed in there. the death toll is at 21, and we know it will climb higher. that's what the governor here in vermont just told us. there are active searches going on in the state for people missing and presumed dead. we have confirmed one woman, a woman slipped into a gentle river and her body was recovered today,

randi? >> sandra endo, appreciate it. thank you for that story. >>> the prosecution has just rested its case in the sexual assault trial of polygamous sect leader warren jeffs. gary tuchman joins me now. what happened there today? >> reporter: the key piece of evidence just shown to the jury, actually the jury just listened to it. it was all audiotape of a 50-year-old man allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl. it was very hard to listen to, it was disgusting, it was vile. but it was key for this prosecution trying to prove that warren jeffs, the leader of the largest polygamous sect in north america, is legally responsible for sexually assaulting this whop. warren jeffs doesn't deny he married this girl or that he had sex with her. he's objected to different things about 80 or 90 times during this trial, that this violates his religious freedom. but the tape was 20 minutes long. you hear warren jeffs going to this 12-year-old girl. he says, that feels good. and he asked her, how does that feel, and s

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>> a lot of people are saying that, randi. a lot of people are saying that, things could be different, a different race for the republican nomination than it was a couple days ago. it has changed. tim pawlenty is out. rick perry is in. you have the results of the straw poll in iowa, michele bachmann winning. we have a top tier. number one on the tier would be former massachusetts governor mitt romney. he's still the front-runner in most polls. he's the overwhelming front-runner in new hampshire. michele bachmann part of that tier as well. she's the front-runner in iowa and winning the straw poll cements that status. let's add rick per toy that tier. he's climbing in the national polls and has a formidable organization we think. that's where he was today and will be tomorrow. in iowa. he announced in south carolina the other day on the day of the straw poll. that maybe upset people in iowa. he went to iowa. he's there today and will be there tomorrow. meanwhile, mitt romney has criticism of perry and the rest of the field. let'

the stories you have heard from john and randy are arresting to the soul. i want to get to markets and can -- to marcus and ken. tell me how you found yourself falsely imprisoned? >> i was older. i was 29 years old. i was fresh out of the navy. i had done seven years in the navy. i was working for a fortune 500 company in the suburbs. there's a knock on my door and it is the police. a white woman had been sexually assaulted by a black male. i am the only one in this high rent complex. i am also in the army reserves. on top of that, i am a college they knock -- i am a psychologist didn't. then knock on my door and i think, it cannot be me. they said to give them my clothes. take it. i can help you in any way i can. not a problem. they came back and said, come down, we want to talk with you. i said, no problem. i went down there and they took my photo i.d. from my job and said that the woman identified your photograph. i am the only one in the photographs line up with a necktie on. i am the only one who could afford to stay there where i work. to make a long

>>shepard: randy? >>guest: my understanding is it is jail or probation, and there is obviously a benefit to getting probation instead of jail, so you don't get, if you are in jail you don't say i'm serving my probation, what you want to do is say to a judge as long as i'm in jail why don't you discharge me from probation and let me, instead, seven our my jail time. >>shepard: why would none do that for casey anthony? >>guest: it is not a matter of doing it for casey, you go to a judge and say my client is in jail. >>shepard: but they didn't do that. >>guest: and that is strange to come in now and say she served the probation while in jail. that isn't how it worked. >>guest: she wasn't just in jail, she was this without detail pending a death penalty trial which is different and there is no way unthose circumstances a judge is going to say, we will run probation concurrent and let you run it out while you are awaiting your death penalty case. it does not work that way and baez's motion will fall flat. >

randi? >> that would be an interesting move. i want to ask you about the mission and about the crash. have you gotten more details on exactly what happened there? >> reporter: we have indeed. what we're now able to confirm is the helicopter with the 22 s.e.a.l.s. on board, the crew, the other special forces from the air force on board, the army crew, it was actually called in not even to do what the s.e.a.l.s. are normally trained to do. normally, these guys go on highly dangerous covert counterterrorism missions, essentially assaulting, air a call the helicopter to go after very tough targets. very covertly. that isn't even what happened here. what we know is they were called in by rangers on the ground, army rangers who were in a firefight and saw some of the tal began they were fighting begin to escape. they called for backup help to try and cut off the escape of those taliban and it was the s.e.a.l.s. that were on tap to be the so-called backup force. they, of course, were ready to go on their helicopter. it's really sad. wa

at this point in time it's hard to believe that randy moss will go sell cars. indeed, he is going to to probably, probably wait a little bit. sharks are spending money. one of those deals, always nice to know that brett is well compensated. signing fan for the sharks, five years. jackie, good signing? >> seems like the sharks are like switching rosters. >> yeah. 7 seasons with the minnesota wild. [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] >> been a while since we talked hockey. brett burns is rich. is he good or not? >> i haven't followed the wild closely so i couldn't tell you about him. >> nice to be talking hockey again. >> already. this summer. >> looks good. >>> all right. have a good night, everybody. we will see you tomorrow. [ male announcer ] kentucky grilled chicken. now with new bigger white meat breast pieces, marinated for juiciness. freshly seasoned and slow grilled by real cooks. just wait until you try this kentucky grilled chicken. it's that good. today tastes so good. and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? y

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i'm randi kaye. any journalist can tell you there's nothing like the deadline to focus the miechltd with hours to spare to make sure the world's biggest economy can make good on its debts and commitments is headed to the president's desk. as you may have seen live right here on cnn, the senate signed off on the plan about 90 minutes ago. and for all the anxiety, acrimony and alarm the vote wasn't even close. it was largely in line with last night's vote in the house, so with a signature from president obama, the united states will stay clear of default until 2013 at the early left. the president's pen is poised. >> this compromise guarantees more than $2 trillion in deficit reduction. it's an important first step to ensuring that as a nation we live within our means. yet it also allows us to keep making key investments in things like education and research that lead to new jobs and assures that we're not cutting too abruptly while the economy is still fragile. >> let me remind you what this deal actu

anybody is going to get 10 years give it to randy because he is a keeper. the georgetown hoyas and their rivals made up. they had a big brawl yesterday and then they -- the chinese team met georgetown that airport on their way out of town, georgetown coming back to the united states. the coach and two players they met and said it's all cleared up now. no hard feelings. no tiger on the pga tour but patrick, it's funny. he didn't make the cut. you won't see him tomorrow or sunday but he made a hole in one. no car, no check but he -- the hotel sponsors the event so he gets to stay for the rest of his life at a windm reswarm. will you be appearing anywhere or is this fun? >> it's a fun girl's trip. >> pam, don't you look at her and say i would love to -- tag along and see what happens. >> have an

thank you. >> thanks, randi. >>> one more political note. wolf blitzer is interviewing president obama one-on-one. and you can see it on wolf's show today. the situation room airs at 5:00 p.m. eastern, 2:00 pacific only on cnn. coming up, how the world's cheapest light bulb is made from nothing more than a plastic bottle, bleach and water. keep it here. with your soreness and give out polar bear hugs. technology. [ male announcer ] new bengay cold therapy. the same technology used by physical therapists. go to bengay.com for a 5-dollar coupon. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll

about randy michaels. [laughter] >> in the gisele camp but weid should work with the chi existing editors we should try to work with them to see but we can do to improve it in that was the memo drafted by sam zell the chief investment officer talking about the first 100 days. the second is by randy might go to is the show's then ceo and totally different. 15 pages of ballpoints and said let's cut the crap withis the attention in deficit are disorder society to get them what will sellad ads and that is the philosophy that prevailed to say let's have fun. that idea was not much fun for a lot of other people particularly when he was an abusive type of guy and well chronicled with the incidents that occur. they went to with randy and it was a disaster. ionhze don't think this is as te chicago benefited bespoke clearlyth because a lot of them have quit the paper to walk away. t >> there is a chapter explain that and why you decided to write about that topic. >> he had a position in publishing r and he decided h