Guest that he could not raise the adequate amount of wheat that he wanted to. Because the government had decided they were going to control wheat plantings. And so what he said was, okay, then i can raise wheat for my chickens. And he took it all the way to the Supreme Court and lost that battle. Host why do you recount that story in the debt bomb . Guest because its a great example on the enumerated powers and the unwinding why do we find ourself in the place were in now . Howd we get here, what do by we do about it, and what are the ramifications . The greatest way for the government to make something expensive is for the government to make it affordable. And all you have to do is look at the programs. What were the average inflationary costs of health care before we created medicare and medicaid . They ran the same as every other aspect of our inflation. In other words, there was no differential between Health Care Costs. Now that we have a government program, what has happened is H
You. Its day five of the air offensive in goose disa. Nea gaza. Several people died in that attack. You can see where the missile came through. It came through two stories of this house and landed right here in the ground floor. You can see the back end of that missile. I dont think you can see that, but we spoke to the director of this Medical Center, who said there is absolutely no one else here other than those who cared for the disabled. This is not a place where they would store rockets. The owner was very upset. You can see the scene of destruction here. There is a wheelchair here which has been left intact amazingly because the rest of this building has been turned to absolute republic. A lot of people actually suffered burns because you can see its still dark when the missile hits it bursts into flames. Israel does say it launches precision strikes. Sometimes they can be incredibly targeted and incrediblebly specific. But you do have to question especially when it comes in the
Authorities racing to find them. And watch out. The video gone viral of this massive snowball fight at the university of oregon. At least one financibl footballw suspended. But was it all just in good fun . And good morning to all our viewers in the west. What a morning in south africa. Thousands gaterred there in the stadium in johannesburg soccer stadium. Rain pouring down all morning long. The ceremony star started about an hour late, about 2 00 a. M. Pacific time. So much joy. A full embrace for president obama this morning. He gave an emotional tribute to the man who inspired his political career. Choked up at time. Saying that because mandela could admit to imperfection, we loved him so. He was a humble servant. A ceremony filled with newsic, celebration. The president comparing mandela to gandhi, Martin Luther king jr. And abraham lincoln. Urging the world to act on inequality. Thats kirk frank lynne. Just the president talking about how what mandela stood for showed us that we
Sprint, qualcomm, samsung and their new watch, a lot going on in that realm, jobs numbers were better with the monthly jobs report that will be key and a lot of people taking it in stride that the fed will taper sooner rather is an later. Cheryl cu 15 minutes from now. Dennis the g 20 situation as president obama tries to drum up International Support for military action in syria. Rich edson is in washington with more. Rich syria is off the agenda. President obama is putting on the g 20 schedule looking to build International Support. He needs help in Congress Without naming who he called the Administration Says the president spoke with five senators yesterday, democrats and republicans to push his syria request and getting help in the United States. Secretary of defense under president obama robert gates says whatever ones views on current u. S. Policy toward syria failure by congress to approve this request would have profoundly negative and dangerous consequences for the United Stat
A scary but spectacular sight above russia, as the sky begins to fall literally. This is amateur video taken of a meteor on a collision course with earth. At least 500 people, were hearing numbers that are higher than that, but at least 500 people were hurt when the huge chunk of space rock crashed into a remote region over russia. Wisdom martin joins us from the newsroom with more of that spectacular video and the damage left behind. I know some of this story is now fluid, wisdom. Youre right. Scientists estimate the meteor that fell weighed about 10 tons, and struck at super sonic speeds. This is more video taken as the meteor broke apart in the atmosphere, leaving behind a trail of smoke and that sonic boom. Military Spokesman Says 20foot wide crater was found where some of the fragments hit. Explosions like the one that you just heard shattered glass across the region and Authorities Say thats what caused so many injuries. Hospitals were flooded with people all morning long. Most p