modicum of respect than insults. some americans may have a tough time reconciling that. president hu is a head of state and there is much diplomacy involved when you re trying to achieve change and in fact because of the state visit, there has been change. there s been an increase in the currency and there have been some agreements economically. one last thing i want to ask you about. i want to throw this in there. it ties into what we re talking about, china, u.s., battling for supremacy in some ways on the world stage. amy chu, who wrote about the supremacy of chinese mothers, kind of saying american parents have something to learn from chinese mothers. what did you make of that? i wouldn t be one to dictate any type of parenting to others. there certainly are styles of parenting you could choose that might produce results. but since we are talking
also, you think you ve got a bad commute? we ll tell you the places where drivers spend the most time just wasting time behind the wheel on this american morning. good morning. regardless of where they rank it, if you re stuck in traffic you feel it s the worst possible place to be. it s amazing how they calculate how much time you sit in your car over the year. want to give you an update about what s happening in arizona, the tucson shooting. first we ll give you the update about the suspect. then we ll tell you about this, the remarkable recovery for gabrielle giffords. but the suspect, you re seeing him there, you ve seen this picture by now, jared loughner. he s been officially indicted by a federal grand jury. three counts have been brought down against him but not the murder charges. these are attempted murder. one is for the congresswoman, gabrielle giffords and one count each he s been indicted on for injuring the aides, ron barber and pam simon. they say th
thesame pacific storm that al was describing is bringing light scattered showers. you can see beautiful shot outside. good conditions this morning the commute is picking up over the bay bridge. scattered shower activity from san francisco north to santa rosa. that will be the case throughout today. showers more steady and the temperatures this morning more on the mild side in the 40s. have a great day. and that s your latest that s your latest weather. still ahead, michael douglas, his first television interview since undergoing cancer treatment. how he s doing and how his battle has changed his life. ttle has changed hisis iay tol but first this is today onon hand sanitizers are essential, but the alcohol s drying. [ female announcer ] gold bond hand sanitizer kills germs without alcohol, then moisturizes. kills germs. loves your hands. just ahead, jersey shore star snooki on her new book. she s going to join us live in the studio after your
the affectionor rom my famil, from my friends and from my fans hit me at a much deeper level than i would ever had imagined before. now thescar winner is ready to start a new chapter in his now thescar winner is ready to start a new chapter in his life today, january 11, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal televion and welcome to today on thi tuesday morning, i m meredith viera. and i m matt lauer, and can i just say how nice it was to see miael douglas looking good an sounding good. we ll let you hear wha he has to say aittle later on. meanwhile a much, mh fferent subject. let s put up this picture of jared loughner,ou can attach your own words to it. s drecreepy, it s center. . h had theame smirk when he nt before the judge on monda to face murder and asssination charges. none of loughner s famil was in the couroom. his mother apparently sat down in the streetn front of their home and cried. this morning w have learned that loughner s father is preparg to