Brian, I'll be sure to see "The King's Speech". The American woman was Wallis Simpson and my

mother always believed that she was in the family tree which she was researching before she

passed away. My brother continue the project, but I do not know what he discovered.

A great broadcast. Phyllis

Good Evening Mr.Williams, A fine broadcast as always this evening. The film, "The King's Speech" with Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush sounds excellent with some great performances. Mr.Firth and Mr.Rush could very well be nominated for Academy Awards. So many great movies are released during the holidays because the Oscars come in the wintertime. Time will tell.

Now on to the broadcast. First of all the report by Mr.Pete Williams about the new security measures about cargo on airplanes and tougher screening rules. It is good that all the cargo from overseas will be screened individually and not on passenger planes. Hopefully, the tougher standards will make the skies safer.

The report by Mr.Costello about the security measures for passengers with either the full body scanners or pat downs by security. One can understand the reason for the full body scanners because thet security officer is looking for weapons, but many do feel the pat downs are an invasion of privacy. With 317 units already installed at 65 airports one hopes it will be effective. But the meaures do come with mixed reactions from passengers. So many steps to make the skies safe for people to fly on planes.

The piece by Chris Jansing in the "Back to Basics"series showed how people have really accumulated too much stuff and some people are taking steps to rid themselves of all these things. Hearing how many have donated items is a nice thing to do and of course selling them is another way to get rid of many things. It is not surprising the company 1-800 Got Junk is so very busy. But it can be a bittersweet process too when items hold alot of memories. A tough job sometimes, but it can be necessary.

Great to see Edison Pena, the Chilean Miner cross the finish line at the New York City Marathon! Also, Great Job by Al Roker and Meredith Viera! Congratulations to All!

Very Interesting and Moving Piece on Remembering JFK and the night of his election to become President.

Thank You for the broadcast Mr.Williams. Peace to You and to All!

Lots oof Love to Laurel,Jackie,Stephanie,Claudia,Celine,Anna,Lori,Cary and Matt!

Be Well Always!

Stay Extra,Extra Safe and Well Richard!

Take Extra Good Care Richard and Crew!

XOXO

Lisa

"As we were watching, I blurted out my prediction that we were watching Best Actor nomination and Best Supporting Actor nomination (Geoffrey Rush) performances."

Brian, it really isn't polite to talk during movies. Was that you sitting behind me in 1983 making weird noises during "Porky's 2"?

On Monday, the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity released a study detailing the ways in which the major fast food chains market their unhealthy food to children. The CBS Evening News featured this report as their lead story, giving it more than three-and-a-half minutes. CBS deserves credit for airing this story, since they certainly must have ticked off the fast food companies that advertise on their network. Nightly News, on the other hand, chose to accede to the wishes of the fast food giants and squelched the story. That's not surprising. Nightly News has a history of protecting their sponsors by burying or ignoring negative news stories. And fast food companies like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's and Subway are certainly among NBC's most frequent sponsors. Here are some of the highlights from the study that you didn't see on Nightly News (a longer synopsis can be read at http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=7981):

*Out of 3,039 possible kids’ meal combinations, only 12 meet the researchers’ nutrition criteria for preschoolers. Only 15 meet nutrition criteria for older children.
*At least 30% of the calories in menu items purchased by children and teens are from sugar and saturated fat.
*Companies facing increasing pressure about portion sizes are renaming, rather than eliminating, their biggest sides and drinks. At Burger King, for example, a 42-ounce “King” drink is now the “large” option; the former “large” 32-ounce drink is now a “medium”; the former “medium” 21-ounce drink is now a “small”; and the former “small” 16-ounce drink is now the “value” option.
*The average preschooler sees almost three ads per day for fast food; children ages 6-11 see three-and-a-half ads; and teens ages 12-17 see almost five ads per day.
*Compared with 2007, in 2009 preschoolers saw 21% more ads for McDonald’s, 9% more for Burger King, and 56% more for Subway. Children (ages 6-11) saw 26% more ads for McDonald’s, 10% more for Burger King, and 59% more for Subway.
*McDonald's' 13 websites get 365,000 unique child visitors ages 2-11 and 294,000 unique teen visitors ages 12-17 each month. Targeted marketing for fast food starts as young as age 2 through websites such as Ronald.com.
*African American children and teens see at least 50% more fast food ads than their white peers. McDonald’s and KFC, in particular, specifically target African American youth with TV advertising, targeted websites, and banner ads.

Although Nightly News did not report the Yale Rudd study, here are some of the stories they did run on Monday:

*A story on personal downsizing called "Back to Basics" that describes how people are reducing clutter and getting rid of many of their possessions. In what alternate universe does this qualify as news? (By the way, CBS Evening News aired an identical story on Oct. 26.)
*Another story on Edison Pena, the Chilean miner who ran the NYC marathon. (Nightly News aired a story on Pena the previous night as well.) The story also contained some self-promotional footage of Meredith Vieira and Al Roker completing the marathon.
*A story about increased security in airports reported by Tom Costello. Last Tuesday and Wednesday, Costello was in Denver covering the election. By Thursday, he was back in Washington reporting on the problems Qantas was having with their Airbus A380 planes. During Monday's airport security story, Costello was still in Denver--so the story was clearly a leftover from last week.
*Yet another two-minute excerpt from Matt Lauer's interview with George W. Bush. When did Nightly News become the promotional arm for Bush's book tour? (Meanwhile, I think I actually saw steam coming out of Brian's ears as a result of being passed over in favor of Lauer for the role of interviewer.)
*A story about the 1960 Presidential election. While Brian told us that Kennedy's margin of victory was just over 100,000 votes, he never mentioned the charges of vote fraud in Illinois and Texas that may have given the election to Kennedy and Johnson. He also did not mention the way in which the Kennedy family manipulated the choice of JFK's successor in the senate, allowing Ted Kennedy to eventually win the seat (they used their influence with the Governor of Massachusetts to get him to appoint a place holder until 1962, by which time Ted was old enough to run in that year's special election). Why does Brian feel a personal responsibility to protect the myth of Camelot?
*Special mention goes to the weekend producers for airing two stories (on both Saturday and Sunday) about Zenyatta's near-win in the Breeders' cup. We certainly needed those four-plus minutes of footage of the horse running and drinking Guinness. Note to Lester Holt: Zenyatta is not an athlete. An animal cannot be an athlete. In order to be an athlete, one must be able to comprehend the nature of competition (against others, against the clock, against your previous performances). A horse runs because it is bred to run, it is trained to run and because it has a person on its back whipping and kicking it. A horse does not care if it wins a race or comes in last. It doesn't understand the difference. In nature, the fastest horse may get the most food or the best choice of mates or it may avoid predators. That doesn't make it an athlete. That makes it a survivor.

Thanks Brian and I will see the movie you suggested as I remember the real story as I watched how Elizabeth got to be Queen. Now do me a favor and take the Mrs. to see what I think is the best movie. Yes the first part of the last book on Harry Potter. I know you might not be a Potter fan because your kids are older but in this time of clear confusion and chaos it's good to set back and read someone else's problem and believe me Harry has many. I know the last book is large but I trust you can get it finished before seeing the movie. I don't know about being best movie or actor in this movie but it will at lease take you away from the mess we hear today. Hears a little hint, there will be 7 Harry Potters. Now as for you speaking out in the movie well your wife will know next time to bring alot of pop corn and candy for your out brust moments. smile

Brian: I will check out this movie. British historical films are usually top notch. I can't recall a story about the Queens father ever shown on film. This should be a good one I'll take your advice and check it out. I'll catch you on tonight's broadcast.