thomas jefferson gave it his enthusiastic endorsement. it was astor's idea to try to capture, essentially, all the furs in the western part of the continent, funnel them through a set element at the mouth of the columbia river and sell them to china. and in china these furs would fetch extremely high prices because the chinese mandarins, for instance, used sea otter furs which were extremely luxurious, something like a million hairs per square inch. i think the finest, most densely coat of any mammal in the world. the chinese mandarins would pay incredible prices for these furs. so astor, he was not the first ship here on the west coast, but he was one of the earlier ones, and he came up with this idea of sending trade goods from new york around cape horn by ship to the mouth of the columbia, trading them to the coastal indians here for furs, trading things like knives and beads and and then taking those furs to china, trading them to the chinese for, you know, incredible markups at both places, taking chinese luxury goods such as civiles

president bush looked in his eyes and saw something akin to thomas jefferson, when he should have seen something more akin to catherine the great or ivan the terrible. that russia wants to live by international norms and abide by international law, that vladimir putin is an aspiring democrat, when, in fact, he is a very convinced autocrat who thinks that the way we try to govern the world -- the idea of international community -- is very silly and he will take advantage of that. in 2008, he chopped off a piece of georgia. we could say they could have but they chopped off a part of a such a, and they still control it -- they chopped and theyt of ossetia, still control it. >> why does this matter to the united states and the west? should we care? tell us why. >> we better care. one thing, putin is deciding what he is going to do next. this is not the extent of his ambition. we do not want to see a crisis next in latvia, lithuania, poland, other parts of eastern europe. we need to think about whether we are going to send a strong message of our own or a weak message. he is not the only ty

thomas jefferson may have been a right-wing nuts. but if you look at what this president is doing right now trying to tramp will on those freedoms the hobby lobby case is where those rights converge. to our job creators. this is a business that wants to run and provide services to people. a few locations in my district. wife likes going to hobby lobby but shouldn't be faced with the dilemma. whether or not they are going to violate their own religious freedoms in this country. nobody should be faced with the threat of our government taking away their religious freedom just to be able to operate as a business and that is happening right now with the president. and not limited to businesses. if you look at what is happening, the president likes to talking about a war on women, he loves to divide this country to divide, how shameless that is. and where is the president's war? it is against the little cyst ders of the poor, a catholic order of nuns that are trying to do good. they are forced to sue the federal government because barack o

sector investments will be made in new and existing plants and projects in allen paris, beauregard, and jefferson davis. hersh is that people on this committee have probably never heard of, and people in america have never heard of it either. but these are real places with real people. a 100 mile stretch between ican, lafayette, and lake charles, louisiana. that investment would create 37,000 new jobs, high-paying jobs. willerica, lng exports drive domestic production and create jobs. there are are also a powerful geopolitical tool, particularly in light of russia's it illegal aggression in the ukraine. events have shown that putin is intent on using his monopoly on energy supplies to pressure our to advance hise economic and philosophical agenda. last week, russia sanctions nine officials. i was one of them. being sectioned by president putin is a badge of honor for me and the people i represent. it has only encouraged me to redouble my efforts to increase domestic energy production in the united states and make the u.s. a global leader in energy exports. america can and should be an energy supe

baler up six, cory jefferson, his first basket, finishing with five points. the birds lead bias many as 10. cyclones rally. under six minutes to go. tied at 50. melbourne buries the three giving iowa state the first lead. iowa seals the deal. george drives. that is off the glass and in. five cyclones, four double figures. baler wins the first big furniture title since 12,000. >> in the big east final, hugging it out. first half priors up six. providence led by nine. at the half a surprise. more priors, senior bryce cotton. under three minutes, doug mcdermott, likely the player of the year, look at the wrong three, he had 27. the blue jays within three. ladonte, the long jumper of providence surprising creighton 65-58. the fryers win the first title sings 1994. >> that wraps up the sport. i'm mark morgan. >> thank you so much. speaking of sports. pakistan sent only one athlete to this year's winter games in sochi, a 16-year-old who taught himself to ski and didn't have the proper equipment. andrew simmons tells us why we could see more winter athletes coming f

jefferson's going to throw up the alley and gordon the two handed slam. more from gordon in the second half. he drives behind the pack and lays it in. if gordon goes pro, he notches 19 points in 15 boards. arizona bead stanford to win the pack 12 title. >> that's your look at sports for this hour. >> you told me you sank 75-foot putts all the time. >> don't believe everything you hear. [ laughter ] >> the first team, let's see her do it again. >> california voted to legalize marijuana in 1996, but the governor saying he's not sure about legalizing possibility for recreational use, saying he wants to see how it plays out in colorado and washington state before signing off in california. the governor saying it is ok in moderation but still expressing concerns about legalized marijuana. >> for the first time in decades, boston st. patrick's day parade will allow gay rights group to march opinion i understand there is a sticking point this time. >> there are conditions to the participation and lbgt groups are not onboard. boston is not the only big city deali

how smart was jefferson? madison? foresaw cnbc. >> today's the anniversary of dred scott. >> that was a bad decision. >>> the crimean parliament has voted in favor of a march 16th referendum on whether the region should join russia a move that kiev has declared illegal amidst ongoing diplomatic wrangling the u.s. secretary of state set to meet with his counterpart in rome, let's send it over to jim maceda who is in moscow. evening, jim. >> reporter: hi, carl. well, that's right. the crimean parliament has voted today to join russia effective immediately. now, that vote has no real political weight until a referendum on the peninsula's future which as you suggested will take place in about ten days. also this parliament is not even recognized by the ukrainian government in kiev. but all that said, the vote will certainly raise tensions in crimea especially among the 40 or so percent of crimeans who are not either ethnic russians or pro russians. some of those pro russians crimean mps are already warning that this vote

jefferson maiden played eight different roles at the walter keir theater. the other gentleman is hysterical and great. the two ladies are making their broadway debuts. it is terrific. it has a creative team i never heard of before, but certainly worth the price. broadway is expensive. this is a show worth -- >> absolutely. >> going to. spending a great afternoon. >> such fun. >> hodi had a little problem. she had to leave, so -- >> my god, the show has no secrets. can we say a quick hello? we have a couple of ladies in the back, you guys. they came to us from maryland. hi, ladies. >> good to see you. >> how are you? they're great. they came to us -- they're on tv. they won us in an auction at a charity event in maryland. they won us. we're glad they're here. >>> coming up, two ladies on our plaza get a new look for the new season. don't miss our "ambush makeovers." >>> and the housewares you can't believe you lived without. >> and margaret cho and brooke elliott are here. >> they're crazy. >> we'll talk to them right after this. someone bathed in handsome..

. >> a live look, the jefferson memorial in washington, d.c. can you make out the blossoms about to pop. it's the start of the cherry blossom festival. we started our boss tom festival in van. >> we had opposite winters, the east and the west coast. >> they have to wait longer, there is another storm system impacting them today. yeah, they want winter to finish up so desperately. and on the contrary we had very little winter conditions here. but what i can tell you is the rainfall has actually been rather promising. the rainfall we received over the past two months has taken such a significant chunk out of that deficit that we've been running for this year that over all we're not doing that bass. i'm looking 15 days out and that storm track is coming back to the bay area. temperatures are mostly in the 50s. not a lot of fog out there. mostly clear, cold to start. beautiful conditions for the first day of spring. it starts official hi just before 10 chock a.m. sunrise, 7:13, sun set for the first day of spring at 7:22. look at these temperatures

thomas jefferson to enlighten the people. enlighten the people in tierney and oppression will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. as we travel the nation coming teaching the constitution, it is exciting to see you, the american people inherently understands the truth but if you stand up to tierney we must learn unders and principles of liberty. we inherently knew that if our nation much freedom, peace and press dirty, we must live, learn and teach the principles of liberty. principals at the heart of the miracle we call america. in 1607 jamestown, they were using a plow the same way mankind had been tied to her about bypassing years. their mode of travel was walking in and low-power the same way they've been traveling for 5000 years. medicines are made more noxious concoctions of dippers nation than any kind of science. the alcohol is a staple food. i'm still think that. by hearing to the bulls in the declaration of independence and the constitution, we went for boxcars to space travel in less than 200 years. in fact

the late great jimmy stewart's character, jefferson smith, ed come to washington full of national pride and wonder and yet in a short time, he has been framed and scandalized by the forces of washington corruption. he is about to be banished from the u.s. senate. it's in a pivotal scene, he stands with his suitcase in hand, literally sobbing in the shadow of the statue of abraham lincoln. he is implored to resist the forces of corruption. she says the following -- your friend, mr. lincoln, had his enemies. so did every other man who try to lift his thoughts up off the ground. odds against them did not stop them. they were fools that way. all the good that ever came into the world came from. faith like that. they're not all tailored in washington. that kind just throw big shadows. you do not have faith in any other living man. you had faith in something other than that. you had decent, everyday, common rightness and the country can use that. you said mr. lincoln was sitting up there waiting for someone to come along. you're right. he was waiting for men to see his job and sailing to and

thomas jefferson was the preeminent scientist of his day. size andpple with the ask the basic questions. i did -- i think the scientific -- ance is overwhelmingly overwhelming consensus that the climate is changing in ways that negatively impact the planet and humans have a significant defect. not the only effect. there are plenty of others. we'll continue. human effect is significant. when i hear from witnesses or anybody who contacts me about this when not grapple with the signs who denies it or pretense have as -- pretends, i hard time taking deposition. -- taking that position. i think any organization should only yes or no. you can acknowledge some continued debate. i think people should take a position on the science and all willingness to take a position troubles me. i think those of us making decisions about we have to started their and take a position. i think the science is clear. i have lived and i am seeing it. sea levels are rising. there are people i know who live in homes that they cannot sell them now. they were built 100 yea