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visit redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. thanks for your help. >> steve: good times at washington. they have a fine basketball team. and that's todd mccullough, 1995 to 1999. taking turn around jump shots, and they were able to get lorenzo romar, and he brought great success. arizona and california are tied for first place at the halfway point, but just two games separate first and ninth place in the conference. our man of the week, nic wise. he had a great game in the huge

win over california last sunday. derrick williams back in the game now playing with two fouls. nic wise in the meantime 0 for 3 and another star isaiah thomas, 1 for 4. >> marques: washington extending the pressure. jones, over to justin holiday. >> steve: an offensive foul. shoved off with his left arm. second foul on jamelle horne. >> marques: that's holiday taking the hit from horne. any kind of penetration, they are stepping in in the path of the dribbler, staying innen control -- in control, taking the block. >> steve: two fouls by williams,

two by horne, two on wise. and he has two free throws, and his teammate has been on the side li sideline twice. >> marques: i remember nic wise on the offensive. they called it on the wrong player. they called it on jamel be le horne. >> steve: jamelle horne has a little bit of a strained look on

his face. suggs down low. breshers. brend brendon lavender is in the game now. >> marques: that was close. i can understand a 50-50 call. i understand the call on the part of the official. >> steve: our american airlines flashback takes us back to sunday, the battle for first place. kyle led at the half. nic wise clenched the victory

and led everyone with 30, 7 in the last 53 seconds. man, i love him. i love him because he's so accepting, came back, has played for four coaches in four years, starting with hall of famer coach olson, coach neal and now sean miller. he misses the layup! >> marques: he was undercut. having a physical time. >> steve: what a strong move by quincy pondexter. >> marques: can't let him get to the right hand. you are asking for trouble. he is going to finish and finish strong. >> steve: a lot of yelling on

the floor. jones. sideline. [ not audible ] >> marques: jumper by quincy pondexter. kevin parrom. >> steve: checking in, they need his leadership. sean miller has said there is no point guard in the nation more important to their team than nic wise. >> marques: the defense so far of washington has been exceptional. >> steve: three. 0 for 4 from the floor and a foul is called on the offensive end against arizona. >> marques: it won't show up in the box scores, but holiday made

arizona set up any kind of offensive rhythm. they have to try to set up rhythm and they have done a tremendous job. blocked shots. start anew. >> steve: isaiah thomas going to the foul line. misses the first! williams with the rebound. solomon. defended by quincy pondexter. both of these teams will play man defense. another turnover by a freshman for arizona. and gaddy throws it away! pondexter. short.

>> marques: good transition on the part of the huskies. five shirts back. >> steve: isaiah thomas, very good defense, chasing wise all over the floor. a good move, and cannot get it to fall. he stumbled with the basketball as he went down the left lane. >> marques: isaiah thomas, we have seen thomas being called upon. he did a nice job here working on the screen, following nic wise all over the floor, contesting shots. >> steve: you and i were surprised when lorenzo romar put him on and he shut him down.

>> marques: that's when he became a defensive basketball player. romar has said when he has presented that defensive challenge, he has stepped up to the plate. >> steve: he was the pac-10 freshman of the year last year, averaging 15 points per game. >> marques: -- huskies -- >> steve: foul, against pondexter on hill. >> marques: boom, a shoulder, a little bit of an elbow, up toward the head of solomon hill. >> steve: that was not a block. >> marques: that was not a block. >> steve: scott gormly trying to take control away from the basketball. gaddy. >> marques: they are a little

chippy at both ends of the game. >> steve: we don't want another seattle game. remember when 78 fouls were called? >> marques: huskies put they will at the line. but personalities come out and try to impose their will in terms of being a physical presence. >> steve: nice move. both of these teams are very good foul shooting teams, above 70%, but washington is just 4 for 7 to start the game. >> marques: simulating derrick williams this morning in shoot around, got a lot of touches and base moves i hadn't seen before. that was one of them. spinning baseline, picking up the foul and getting to the free-throw line.

>> steve: natyazhko picking up the foul. >> marques: the referee putting the whistle in his mouth. that was a good call. defender was moving. gaddy was not set on the play. solomon 6'6", a lot of pressure on the point guard to make plays. >> steve: marques, i think washington would be the most difficult team to referee in this conference. they are so active, so physical. they get all over you. hands and hips. >> marques: and officials aren't going to call everything. they don't want 78 fouls every single time out. >> steve: gaddy misses.

wise from the field. >> marques: they don't get as many fouls called on them. >> steve: a touchdown to nic. still running on empty! 0 for 5. blocked by justin holiday. >> marques: once again terrific coverage on the part of the huskies. justin holiday, i want to be part of this block party, too! yosome sun today. t be you're still ali rry ed yourman. it'a bi. st gearn toyour. yeahclea y, yw... f whou tou a?

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>> steve: we come to you from bank of america arena in seattle, washington. huskies leading arizona by three. steve physioc and marques johnson. the pac-10 standings. look at everybody locked at 4-5. three games separate first and last. >> marques: that is crazy. if you have a good weekend or bad weekend, it changes your position in the league standing. >> steve: isaiah thomas finally scores. their starting back board just 3 for 9. arizona's starting back board

just 1 for 11. wise and fogg. jones back in the game. he has a good game, 3 for 3. and here is brendon lavender, one of their best shooters. knocks it down. >> marques: consistently a good shooter in practice. just has to transfer it to the game. sean miller has a chance to scale down and do quick on quick. quincy pondexter is the biggest player on the floor for washington right now. >> steve: lorenzo romar told us yesterday if they are went to a zone, it was when there are small teams on the noor, but right now they are man. >> marques: pondexter almost comes up with a steal on that play. >> steve: wraps it around

beautifully! >> marques: crash on the part of mo-mo jones. >> steve: he has eight points in the first half and has made all four of his shots. >> marques: making plays down the stretch. he's making himself known defensively with a block on isaiah thomas. >> steve: one-on-three. no. fogg was bumped. should be arizona basketball. this game tied at 29. >> marques: mo-mo, show and go. take off on the left side, nice job. but in the spin, jones has played everyone from ron artest to black widow alamo, bone collector, someone i never heard of, but i guess he must be breaking bones left and right to

get that nickname. >> steve: we will have a look at highlights at our halftime report. and we have many some bill big games this weekend. cal at ucla. arizona at washington state and then they are coming here. wildcats with the lead 31-231-2. >> marques: defensively -- >> steve: brendon lavender with a three! >> marques: he told me last week he was going to take open shots when he is there. he was shooting 78% from the three-point line. >> steve: marques, this guy only had 17 points his last three

games. >> marques: he has struggled. he has shot the ball better than anybody on the team. he grade out higher than anybody on this arizona team. the coaches are staying with him. it may pay dividends this evening. >> steve: sara h and rylan, our academic superstars! we love to show those academic superstars from around the conference. in the meantime mo-mo jones, the thing that impresses me the most is the poise on the road. >> marques: he's a strong freshman, contact, finish, but he cut his teeth in harlem

against tough players, tough crowd, tough d.j. on the mike, tough atmosphere all of the way around. >> steve: arizona is on a 1-2 run the last 1:20 seconds. >> marques: he's looking for jump shots now. >> steve: hill. that was the least contested shot he has taken and misses it. >> marques: but a good sign. he's coming to life offensively like he did at the start of the season when he strung together a few games. he has his hands full. quincy pondexter. >> steve: somebody left darnell

gant open, and he misses. nice save. wise out to lavender. it's amazing what going through the net can do for your confidence. sean miller has said he's our best shooter, 28% from three. >> marques: playing it out to half. >> steve: they mix it up. brendon lavender with a brilliant ttes of the first nipee from three-point range and a surprising a ington37 wor

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>> steve: welcome back to the halftime report. the huskies he are trailing the arizona wildcats 37-32. steve physioc along with marques johnson. this is one of the most physical games we've seen this year of the pondexter getting shoved around. and it's tough to balance. >> marques: a little love tap. get physical. >> steve: exactly. >> marques: but what pondexter had to go through to get the points and brandon lavender.

>> steve: it has been lavender on lavender hill. coaches have continued to encourage him to take the open shot. he is out of mesa, arizona high school. those are three big three pointers down the stretch. quincy pondexter carries it in. 15 points, offensive rebound jumper burks they ha jumper, but they have to get other contributors. >> steve: remember, they trailed by four at halftime at washington state and outscored the cougars in the second half. we will come back and tell you about quincy. he scored half of his team points. mcnhesers ins

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checking with justin holiday. >> marques: banged his elbow on the floor. that's a hard foul. nic was in the right place at the right time. >> steve: pondexter, breshers holiday in the game. isaiah thomas not starting the second half. >> marques: that's venoy overton. three on horne i believe.

or is that four? three on horne. you have to continue to watch and try to get the front line. i say that with the way hill and lavender have played. you have to keep going after horne and try to get him on the sideline. >> steve: pondexter makes them both. he has a team high 17. foul on overton, his third. >> marques: good job crowding nic wise, crowding horne. >> steve: are they trying to keep him from the screens for nic? overton did not stop. even though he had three fouls he was physical on that exchange

with nic wise. >> marques: he has the quick foot speed. >> steve: how long do you keep isaiah thomas on the bench? breshers with a slam! >> marques: that leaves breshers wide open. >> steve: sean miller wants to talk it over. >> marques: now one good sign. great job executing the nice pass. justinday,s the hit,jump ihe ma havs on astsare sted

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>> steve: it's going to be a wild time when these two teams get together in the pac-10 tournament. arizona leading washington in the regular season in a game by one. here is an opportunity to win two tickets to the pac-10 tournament on march 10th through 13th. you could have a great time in l.a. great restaurants. >> marques: off the hook, fleming steakhouse. everything you want is down there. you ask how long is isaiah

thomas on the bench. but the other question is how long do you keep hill and lavender on the bench? >> steve: jones and lavender combined for 7 of 7 in the fir half. [ not audible ] >> steve: left hand. will not go. powers it up. brashers, nice play. >> marques: converging. >> steve: smothered inside. giving holiday some room. brashers. >> marques: a couple fans yelling. game plan. brashers down low. great job by brashers.

>> steve: great recovery defense by washington. overton out left gaddy. bad pass by abdul. and quensy poisincy pondexter i. that will be his fourth personal. >> marques: 6'7", 6'8", about 250 pounds. kyle fogg has no chance. that's like where you really concentrate through the ball, deflection, everything. >> steve: justin holiday missed defense for washington, missed the entire arizona trip to clear eligibility issues. they miss his defense, and we see how important the x factor

is. holiday on every team's top offensive player. >> marques: 17:08 mark of the second half. lavender comes back in the game to try to change the dynamic. [ not audible ] -- against colorado. >> steve: washington now leads by one. good defense by arizona. a wild one.

>> marques: they are ratcheting up the intensity. >> steve: wise pulling it away. giving it to washington with 21 seconds left on the shot clock. >> marques: overton one of the top players in the country. in the passing lane. >> steve: overton now on the offensive end! knocks down a three and washington has opened up a four-point lead! >> marques: amazing. washington state, look familiar? >> steve: it's all about energy. defensive aware net in the second half has been totally difference than the first half. >> marques: i didn't see anything wrong with this

defensive effort. >> steve: nic wise, missing. 1 for 8. the floater misses. jones wants it. brendon lavender, a beautiful move! he has 11! >> marques: nice job. first tile me it has hurt arizo. brashers using the big body to throw it up.

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>> steve: washington trailed by six at break and now are up by four. >> marques: nice job. pass from holiday to brashers. start inside out.

finish. good inside outside basketball. once the ball is inside, just like you would attack a zone defense of. >> you can see the foul trouble, williams, horne, all with four fouls. because of the defense. when they went to the time-out, lorenzo romar was clapping his hands. these underclassmen have been good. >> marques: lineup in the first half. jacobson at center. -- deflected -- >> steve: terrific save by

bryan-amaning. back to quincy. he hits! >> marques: [ not audible ] >> steve: lamont jones! that is a big play by a young man, a freshman. >> marques: settled down and really showing why he's -- coming out of oak hill academy. >> steve: jones back-to-back. >> marques: he loves that left-handed -- that little jump

shot. >> steve: scored a career high 13 against washington in their meeting against tucson. has another 12 tonight. lavender! >> marques: making himself a nuisance. >> steve: jacobson! who are these guys? alex jacobson with 18 points the entire season. and now the lead of washington is cut to one. >> marques: these guys are playing well together, playing off each other. shooters and big bodies and big screens. >> steve: we expected a fast game. nascar goes back to its roots with racing like it's meant to

be and it all starts with the great american race. the 2010 season on fox begins february 14th with the daytona 500. that is just a couple weeks away. we've got washington at home against arizona state. and the sun devils are tonight against washington state. and they are tied with ucla, just one game back of co-leaders cal and arizona. >> marques: mcmillan is healthy, so he will get back in the lineup, so that will help the sun devils. >> steve: pondexter, and defended by kevin parrom. rebound, alex jacobson. they are getting quality minutes from everybody.

>> marques: in the minutes they require him to perform. toll mass back on the floor -- thomas back on the floor. >> steve: he has made numerous turnovers, has not had an assist. >> marques: he had strung together four or five assist games. >> steve: brashers is in foul trouble as well. [ not audible ]

>> steve: lavender, jacobson. couldn't take a shot. >> marques: no assist in the first half -- off the dribble. >> steve: shot clock down to seven. pondexter with the basketball! hammered by kevin parrom! >> marques: similar play parrom did against arizona state. coming from behind. a lot of arm, little bit of arm, little bit of head. >> steve: i love the officials on that. sprinting to the baseline to

separate the kids in case the emotions got going too high. suggs, a sophomore from missouri. he knew lorenzo romar when he was in st. louis. horne, williams and natyazhko with four fouls. abdul gaddy, their starting point guard with four. >> marques: he hasn't played many minutes. played effective, a jumper, shots on the inside, rebound. >> steve: 50-47. nic wise, all american candidate

has struggled in this game. one from the floor and two points. defense has been very strong on nic. >> marques: plenty of time to redeem. two powerful defenders. create space to get that shot off and fouled. you see these young kids gaining confidence. one powerful player in brashers. not that hard. >> steve: that's the fourth foul on tyreese breshers. sean miller gives a lot of confidence. >> marques: perfect example, struggled big time, but eventually got out of the slump and did. >> steve: scott suggs, for

three! >> marques: watch outer for this kid. he has one of the quickest releases. >> steve: the offensive rebound. wise. looking for the pick and roll. >> marques: give nic wise the ball. nice, nice! >> steve: basket! >> marques: you talk about the footwork on the inside, this young freshman out of fairfax body.

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>> steve: what a game we have for you in seattle, washington. it's time for our sixth man of the game. >> marques: lamont "mo mo" jones out of new york. did a great job. jumper. starting to feel the flow of this college basketball game.

>> steve: motel 6, proud sponsor of the pac-10 conference. we'll leave the light on for you. lamont jones. we told you he had his season high against these huskies four weeks ago. where would they be without jones, 6 for 8, lavender, because their stars likewise n wise is 1 for 9. >> marques: sean miller. >> steve: pondexter. >> marques: in handcuffs. pondexter did a great job.

williams with the block inside. >> steve: one of the best players in the pac-10 conference. >> marques: you have to use him offensively. >> steve: jones -- time-out, arizona! one of the most difficult places to play on the west coast, bank of america. as soon as quincy got the ball,

we knew he was going to make it. >> marques: picked up the deflection, headed the other way. two points an even more than that, because now this crowd is so into it. >> steve: a 7-0 washington run gives them a five-point lead. and saturday pac-10 basketball tibs with continues with a doubleheader -- they need a win

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lavender, jacobson. >> marques: that looked like a pretty good block by jacobson. >> steve: the washington huskies want to get back to .500. but lorenzo romar said if we lose one or two more games, we may have to win the division tournament to get to the ncaa

tournament. kevin parrom just picked up a foul. >> marques: nic wise needs to get off the schneid. >> steve: two shots. >> marques: derrick williams. >> steve: bryan-amaning. it's tipped in! everything is going quincy's way! >> marques: quincy pondexter. >> steve: three! >> marques: screen and rescreen.

[ not audible ] finding him sieve wide open. >> steve: to pondexter. defended by hill! >> marques: jones is all on the floor. solomon hill. defense was not there. >> steve: what a game for quincy pondexter, 27 points, 10 rebounds and one more assist. >> marques: you can't blame hill. i thought mo mo jones went a little too quickly, but there was too much room in the lane. >> steve: i just think they are so concerned about when quincy gets the ball, that every defensive eye is on him. >> marques: there is a different

way to look at the pac-10. montgomery is jumping on this now. but road wins you get plus one, home losses minus one. with that in mind, let's look at how the pac-10 standings would lo look. you have a bunch of teams logged in there at zero and then washington because of some home losses down at minus one. >> do you think arizona has the edge since five of their final seven games are at home? >> marques: that's a big advantage, not only because they play in cal, but five or six years ago, they were playing so well, making the tournament every year, 25 straight years,

but the pac-10 championship the way they were. >> steve: you are right, 25 straight n krnch anch ancaa tou longest active streak. >> marques: nic wise. >> steve: and nic has it blocked and foul called. one of the best foul shooters will head to the line. he has made 110 of 122 foul shots this season. bryan-amaning with the foul. >> marques: double stagger. nic did the smart thing, using the body of bryan-amaning to get to the free-throw line.

>> steve: it's a six-point ball game. >> marques: offensive players in this league -- [ not audible ] >> marques: know the scouting report. >> steve: they shut down horne after he scored. and hill is picking up a foul, and that will be the fourth on bryan-amaning.

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seattle, washington. home sweet home for the huskies. they are 14-1 in seattle, washington. their oenly loss was to oregon. their defebs at home is remarkable. nic wise, jamelle horne, derrick williams came in averaging 42 and have been held to 16. nicwise with just five. arizona is the top foul shooting team in the conference, 75%. >> marques: 13 for 20 going into that shot.

>> steve: pondexter, knocked out of bounds. horne. >> marques: defensive block against cal to save a bucket down the stretch. >> steve: once again, he could have caught the ball. time-out will be called by quincy pondexter. we have 7:20 left. an eternity, but the way that young man is playing, another double-double by wub of tone of leading candidates for player of the year. saturday we have a doubleheader -- here's a look at what's going on

on the women's side. stanford running away with it. they are fantastic. a huge game for arizona state. >> marques: michael for the trojans -- tennessee -- >> steve: darnell gant runs it down. another offensive rebound. coming down with the miss. >> marques: get to the basket. out of control. >> steve: throws it away. here's isaiah thomas! yes! >> marques: once he gets to the open court this is where he's at

his best. the diminutive isaiah thomas coming at you. he does a terrific job. >> steve: cal and arizona, led by arizona state and ucla. we understand the sun devils have already beaten washington state. so they have improved. they are 16-7. a miss by thomas. [ not audible ]

>> marques: running some time off the clock. that was incidental. >> steve: pondexter. wise missing. the ball goes out of bounds. it will be washington basketball. quincy pondexter right next to the washington bench. i think he took a forearm in the gut and wind knocked out of him. >> marques: the screen with the

elbow. >> steve: quincy down. back to the it, see how grievous it was. that may get parrom out of the ball game. no question about it. it was an elbow. >> steve: right now washington with an eight-point lead. quincy pondexter having a monster game, making life difficult for kevin parrom, a young freshman from bronx, new

york who has been asked to defend him. pondexter has made his presence felt from 15 feet on in. >> marques: he's difficult to stop, not to mention the fact he's going against a couple freshmen. >> steve: we understand ucla also claimed a victory over stanford so that allows ucla to stay tied with arizona state for second place in the conference. we don't have a final with california yet. california, with two seconds left, is losing to usc, so cal falls and arizona falls. there will be a four-way tie for first place. this is a young conference. i was looking down and counted

32 of the 50 main starters are underclassmen, freshmen and sophomores. >> marques: which would account for some of the early season struggles this conference has had. but as you mentioned, a lot of good young players, but the operative word is young. >> steve: here is the arizona roster. juniors, sophomores and freshman. bringing in a 6'5" shooting guard who is outstanding. quincy pondexter will be leaving and washington has done well signing a 6'7" player from the bay area. and c.j. wilcox has given a verbal and he's a great player and had a tremendous season down in sosh california.

he's out of turkey. >> marques: they said the elbow was unintentional and so no action taken. >> steve: another big arizona possession. jones with the floater. in and out, rebound brashers. parrom on pondexter. >> marques: a lot more deliberate. very methodical in their offense. >> steve: making sure the offense is going through pondexter. has been quiet in the second half, hasn't even taken a shot.

it's a foul against washington. >> marques: lavender has received attention because of the way he was shooting the ball in the first half from the three-point line. >> steve: usc just won, so cal is 6-4. arizo unless arizona makes a remarkable comeback in this game, we will have a four-way tie in the pac-10. it's going to be an exciting pac-10 conference tournament. every single game will be close, so, fans, get your tickets now. >> marques: truly, even oregon state, a team three games out of first place, can be problematic

for you. >> steve: mo mo jones, the power move. got it! >> marques: here they come. >> steve: this kid has really grown up tonight! [ not audible ] >> steve: overton stopped by mo mo jones. time-out on the floor. 3:51 left. do the huskies have enough to go 15-1 at home this year? mcnhesers ins

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>> steve: it's time for our play of the game. >> marques: that leads to the penetration at the other end. throws it down! >> steve: it has been such a physical game. i never thought arizona would be in it with nic wise shooting 3 for 13. i never heard of a player fouling out in seven minutes like derrick williams did.

yet they only trail by five. >> marques: as you mentioned, this is still up for grabs. >> steve: a 71% foul shooter. came from the sale high school as former arizona great jason terry. i asked him before the ball game if he knew jason. he said, yes, he did, he comes back and they have worked out in the past. [ not audible ] >> marques: they count on so many times to make the big

plays. >> steve: knocks it out of bounds. 18 seconds left on the shot clock. very important possession for this young arizona team. >> marques: where you go, i will go. i will follow you. >> steve: kevin parrom. a whistle is born as parrom tried to slide to the right and grabbed by suggs, just the first foul by the freshman from missouri. >> marques: you can imagine the eruption from the wildcat bench. >> steve: a 58% foul shooter, one plus the penalty. >> marques: you have a guy who can penetrate, grab from behind two arms by scott suggestis, i d

ask for intentional foul. >> steve: and i think they will check that out. lorenzo

offensively

: ome big wins this year. beat colorado in overtime. colorado took kansas to overtime before losing. knocking off number 24 washington by 17 and beating arizona state by 19 were huge for their conference. there is our game reset. each team has one time-out left. >> marques: washington state took a deangelo casto putback because they lost by six and then wallace knocked down a three-point bomb from deep in the corner where he wasn't supposed to be, but a heartbreaking loss in corvallis at oregon state. >> steve: this is the first time

the wildcats have been in first place since 2005. nic wise with all 12 of his points in the second half. he hit a huge three to make it a one possession game. it will be washington ball out on the side. >> marques: interesting position for the huskies to be in to. >> steve: pondexter fl three fouls. isaiah thomas. struggles with the ball. suggs has to give it back to thomas, who misses the three. and foul on overton. >> marques: that's not the kind of shots you want. suggs had a decent look.

he deferred to isaiah thomas in the pressurized situation this game has become. >> steve: both teams in the double bonus, so they will each be shooting two. washington bryan-amaning. how about that? big rebound by alex jacobson. the bench has played remarkably well for this wildcat team. isaiah thomas pulls it down. it's a two-point game. >> marques: knock down big shots this season.

he puts his head down, draws the contact and puts himself back to the free-throw line. it's in, out, laying on the rim and back out again. >> steve: the junior venoy overton has really improved his shooting. it's a two possession game. the crowd is rocking, so sean miller calls time-out. >> marques: i thought the clock started before nic wise touched the basketball.

after the free throw went to the basket, the clock should have stopped. but the clock was running. >> steve: i imagine the ball will go through nic wise, because he has been remarkable this year. this is against north carolina state. the very next game he went post to post to drop it in and then made sure nc state didn't win it at the buzzer and celebrates with his fans. a share of the pac-10 lead. the wise man. and sean miller needs him again. >> marques: does ever. you have to go through him. you know washington knows. mo mo jones on the floor, which i think is a great substitution.

>> steve: mo mo jones in the game, two guys that with break down the defense. >> marques: if you can break down the defense in the paint area, get a pick and pop, we're in great shape. >> steve: 73-71. >> marques: the clock is a nonfactor. you just stretch this game out and hope if you are arizona that you go to the line and doesn't make them both. even if he makes them both you have time to come down and take a shot. >> steve: third foul on nic wise

sends venoy overton to the line. >> marques: he has been extremely good under pressure. >> steve: sean miller bringing in his three-point shooters, lavender and hill. >> marques: that spreads out the defense. you don't necessarily have to take a three-point shot. even better if you don't have to. you just have to get to the basket quick and hard. clock stops. get a great tlfree throw shoote at the line and stretch it out at the line. if i'm arizona i may try and

deny overton who seems to be in a pretty good groove at the free-throw line. >> steve: an 82% shooter has missed 2 of his last 4 and is 4 of 8 for the game. hill and lavender is back in on defense. lorenzo romar has his best foul shooters in the game. >> marques: they may commit a foul right away. >> steve: misses the layup, but he is fouled. and i believe that's against kevin parrom and that is his fifth.

that position?

if he makes the shot, we have to be sure we nail both foul shots. in particular because the huskies are 4-5. if arizona loses there will be a four-way tie for first place. washington can go for a five-way

tie for fifth place into the lead if things fall crazy this weekend. you and i will have the arizona state game saturday. sean miller has done a remarkable job coming in here with such a young team. >> marques: here is arizona's upcoming schedule. no picnic. fogg answers the bell, and has stepped up his game. he has 13 points.

>> steve: shumpert comes in. overton has been marvelous tonight. 7 of 8 free throws. most of those have come in the final two minutes of the game. double bonus. he'll have two shots. he needs this one to make it a two possession game. 9.1 left as the huskies have made seven straight free throws to keep that lead. [ not audible ] >> steve: wise misses, pondexter

rebounds, why not quincy! the mighty quincy with is 12th rebound of the game, another double-double for the great senior from fresno, california. and that rebound is like the nail in arizona's coffin. >> marques: on the positive side for the wildcats, these guys, williams, horne, wise had a game where he went 4 for 17 in this game. struggling, and yet arizona still within striking distance. that bodes well for this young arizona basketball team. >> steve: 30 points for quincy pondexter. game over. we have a four-way tie for first place in the pac-10 conference to achieve better visibility

into conference spending? >> the accountability is better now because we have one central person but it is still a manual system. and were looking at task to be part of the solution for automated financial controls. additionally, we are moving to a standard classification system for financial peers to what mr. mann says doesn't happen where things are accountable in different ways and different components. >> thank you. ..

>> in your testimony you noted the importance of conferences force that as a learning tool, and a forum for the exchange of ideas. as a member from a state that heavily relies on tourism i know those conferences can be valuable to the local economy. how does the compartment-- apartment determine where to hold conferences. >> under the new rule we talk about rhythm most of the attendees will be from and look for local sites. where most of the attendees are located so we don't have the

travel costs and we require at least three proposals to look at to get a low-cost alternative. >> thanks for that information is there a mechanism to the return on investment for travel to meetings and conferences in terms of increased productivity or improved performance? >> currently we have satisfaction surveys but we don't have a systemic way to look in increased productivity, no. >> okay. mr. mann what lessons learned or best practices from other departments could the department implements to strengthen its confidence oversight? >> one of the things that dhs did for example, the coast guard has an annual commanders conference. and it is based on when coast guard individuals rotate. now for 2009, the commanding officer for this particular district of the coast guard who sponsors this conference recognize that there was no rotation among the coast guard officers.

and decided not to hold the annual conference simply because it was scheduled, which potentially save $113,000 for the department. so i think the broader scrutiny with regard to whether an annual, whether a conference is needed, whether there are alternative methods to providing conference information certainly should be looked at. >> okay, i understand your report was completed last november. have you been monitoring the department's implementation of your recommendations since that time and if so please tell us the. >> there were 12 recommendations in the report. we were able to close one of the recommendations almost immediately. the department is due to provide us with this corrective action plan within the next couple of weeks. >> based on your year the department, and security would you recommend any changes for travel recommendations that would promote greater efficiency throughout the executive branch? >> i think federal travel regulations are adequate for

their purposes. >> thank you very much and no further questions. i yield back. >> thank you mr. bilirakis. the chair neck and recognizes the gentleman from texas. >> thank you mr. chairman. i am always sensitive when it comes to issues of this kind. i am sensitive for two reasons. one, they are hardworking employees, who don't merit having a broad brush touch them, and what i would want to understand is that this is not something that is so pervasive that all of the employees should somehow be viewed in a negative light. and, ms. duke would you kindly commonplace of the record will reflect an opinion about this? >> yes, i think when you look of the conference is listed in the appendix of the ig report the

predominance even in the summary are clear of why they were needed, it was going to sites to meet with small businesses, to do and clement fairs and those types of things. what we have to do is be better about documenting in making sure we do those necessary defense, that they are done in the most cost-effective way including the travel costs, the hotel, said use of government facilities so i think that in looking to the list of conferences the employees that attended were mission critical. we just have to handle the fiduciary side of it at little more completely and effectively. >> mr. mann would you care to c.o.b. bense please? >> certainly. i think a part of the issue here is a lot of for me with travel regulations for example, in cases where mills might be provided as part of the conference, we determined there were some instances where employees were still getting per diem and it is our impression that there's certainly nothing,

there's no criminal intent that but a basic unfamiliarity with the rules and regulations as it pertains to what can be vouchers on their travel expense documents versus what cannot. winik ig certainly see the value in having conferences of this nature and we have our own conference within the ig. for instance an opportunity to share information. we are all hearing the same thing at the same time so we certainly support conferences but as mix-- ms. duke said the real issue here is documentation that really doesn't make everything add up to indicate that the amount spent for conference was in fact the appropriate. >> we do have a list of conferences. they selected conference activity for review, and as i look at this, i would just like for you to just give some indication as to whether nour

not these are legitimate conference is. there is a case where 150 employees attended the leadership conference that cost $28,995. was setting legitimate conference? >> are you asking me, sir? >> yes sir. atia of the same information that i have? >> i'm not exactly sure. >> this is a conference in sade simon-- st. simons island. don't have that? okay, let me do this if i may. having been a trial blear, may i approach the witness? [laughter] mr. chair? >> you ask your questions mr. green. >> okay than have his given to the witness? >> yes, that would be fine. >> okay. widget pass that to the witness

please? >> while it is on its way to me, i may have to interrupt because the only have a minute into seconds left so let me just heard the go through these and perhaps show-- shear additional time. the list of the first bullet, 150 employees leadership congress, was setting legitimate conference? >> it to be perfectly honest with these sir, are scope did not involve determining the legitimacy of the conference. we took what we were able to get from the department face value. i know it is a terrible thing to assume that it was legitimate but it would be my assumption that it was a legitimate conference and perhaps ms. duke can elaborate. >> i think back to the record but when it looked role of these conferences, they were legitimate. i know that particular conference later in later years

they did it by technology rather than holding in person conference on that particular cbp one. >> let me ask. mr. chairman mack ask one additional question? my time is up and i don't want to abuse the privilege. >> i appreciate that and because you have that you will be granted their additional time. >> quickly we have this list of reported here. is there any conference on this list that is not a legitimate conference? >> i don't see any on the list that are not legitimate conference is. again we have to be efficient in the number rescinded where we have them but on the topics we have on those lists i believe they are all mission essential conferences tesliuc described it. >> thank you very much. thank you mr. chair. >> thank you mr. green.

>> the dhs reimbursed employees for gala tickets for 8,000-dollar plane tickets. where was that to and from? do you have any idea? what would make a ticket cost $8,000? >> there are cases of business class or first class traveling that would be an international business class travel ticket would be in that range. and we have tightened up quite a bit our policies and are actual activity on this first class travel. >> does that include the luggage fees in the lunch box fees and things like that too? now, something that was sort of troubling to me is that people were reimbursed for free meals. what they reimbursed for free meals? how did they said net a claim for a free meal? they knew the meal was free. you know, not to put too fine a point on what mr. pascrell was

saying but was there some, some missed it here, somebody trying to gain the system in this respect? and this is for both of you by the way. >> the issue is that an employee gets per diem so much a day and when they have a free meal, said the conference has launch because there's a speaker, they are supposed to detect that wunsch per diem. it is a manual calculation and those were the cases in the ig report that was not done so reinforced training. both the traveler's but also each one of those is approved by an approving official to look for those types of things that make sure they are done properly. >> said the approving officials were not consistent throughout the department? is that a problem? >> the supervisor, someone in the chain of command is usually a proving official both for the traveling the travel voucher. >> within the various agencies in the the parp and there is inconsistency? >> correct in terms of how

closely they look at those and obviously there were some am approving officials the did not notice that so they were looking at them closely enough. >> please tell me this is getting fix. >> it is. >> i'm not certain at all employers are aware of the travel regulations and what they actually need to deduct in that in our mind is a training issue. of course, there could be employees who are very knowledgeable about the system and figure out a way to get a few extra dollars. we can't discount them but i think it is a training issue more than an issue of individuals trying to capitalize on free meals. >> okay, thanks. ms. up to the news reports indicate in 2008 dhs stent on travel was second only to the department defense. and obviously we all agree that we have to meet for legitimate travel and conferences are valuable in that sort of thing. when you get that big of a number, when you close the nun

d.o.t. numbers, how can we be sure that we are getting the kind of value that we need, that there is not folks came in the system, that we are not being, sending folks to four-star hotels one for restart or two star would do? how we make sure that happens? >> i think two of the steps we have taken, one essentializing that under an accountable official component, and secondly just the cultural change of really scrutinizing it. i think it was, under the efficiency reduce their his been a cultural change to really look at travel with the necessity and the cost of it coming and we just have to continue that cultural change. >> so, the time of the dhs before the study was done, the 2005 to 2007 timeframe and actually including those times,

there was not the guidance. there was nothing in place that was built into the system at dhs for travel and conferences? >> there were a few policies out but they were disjointed. the first time it was aggregated into one policy was in 2008 in the financial manual, and that was department-wide. >> okay. mr. mann, from your perspective and that of the ig's comment you think dhs now is tracking properly and his recalibrated the way they need to do this? >> first of all i'd like to commend ms. duke enter staff and the individuals who we interacted with during the study for their cooperation, and we recognize that time period 2005 to 2007, dhs was still seven years alben evin younger then. with the number of entities that were pulled together the mission being what it was, maybe not excusable but certainly a understandable how the travel

situation got to be the way that it is. but with the initiative of the october 2008 guidance, we believe that dhs is on the right track to recover and in preventing future occurrences of the same sort of thing that we identified in our report. >> we will be interested in a couple of years to see how it has worked out. mr. bilirakis for five minutes if you have questions. >> thank you mr. chair. i appreciate it. understand from january 1st through september 30 of the committee of hamann securities and $73,000 on travel-related expenditures. this amount as you stated mr. chairman, the spending exceeds travel expenditures of all the other house committees with the exception of the preparations committee. this past august, 14th, the committee staffers travel to australia and thailand. well i'm sure there were many benefits to this staff travel,

we must ask ourselves the same questions that we are asking the department. was this necessary and reasonable? i also find it ironic that this same time the subcommittee was originally scheduled to hold this hearing, of course traveling for the airing commission were having fun, stem from the department was traveling with staff from this committee to among places, las vegas at a likely cost of tens of thousands of taxpayers' dollars. i don't doubt the value of their information of this trip provided to our committee and staff but i wonder whether be confined may be a more appropriate venue, may be something closer to washington dc. i have a question for secretary duke. how-- fiscal year 2011 budget

request for the department of homeland security assist you in better regulating conference and traveling expenses? >> probably the biggest is the budget request does have funding for task which is our financial system. to collect the data that would give the right amount if visibility is virtually impossible with the current system, again even with the centralization is manual so that is probably the elements of the budget that would help us. >> okay. what mechanism does the department have to recoup improperly providing funding? >> well, in terms, if we improperly paid invoices we do have an auditing system for that and can recoup that way. for employees when the audit travel vouchers we do have the ability to have them repay or we can garnish their wages. if it is on that they were overpaid for a travel claim. >> okay, thank you very much and

i yield back mr. chairman. >> mr. green for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chair. back to the list. i have always started at the top and i would now like to move to the bottom of the list. there is an indication that some employees received black belt pretraining, and there is an amount listed, but was the training legitimate trading and is that related to the jobs that they performed? >> that when i'm not familiar with mr. green. i would have to get back for the record. i don't know what that training is. >> okay. i will tell you that my feelings are somewhat ambivalent as i go through the material, and i am ambivalent because if they are legitimate conferences were

legitimate training is taking place, i do understand that we have to account for the dollars and cents that are spent, but on the other hand, i understand the legitimate conference is don't always take place in my state, or at a place that is convenient for me. and so, we sometimes find yourself some places that ordinarily we might not travel to but if it is for a legitimate reason, a legitimate conference with legitimate training, then and it is something that is needed in related to the job, i am a little bit concerned that they don't create an atmosphere where persons won't be permitted to go to legitimate conference as were of legitimate training he is job-related. and i have a concern, so that is my concern as i listen to what is being said.

there are some places that, because of the glamour and the lights and the things that happen that night after training that's probably some people might think are just bad places to be, but on the other hand, it is a legitimate conference for legitimate training, and you legitimately are saving money by going there as opposed to someplace else, if you got a good deal for the taxpayer, and i'm talking about a good deal, then i am reluctant to be critical. if it is all legitimate candidates for the benefit of the taxpayers ultimately, because someone has received some training. when we do this, i just want to be careful and i will speak for

myself. i want to be careful not to overreact. i think there's a genuine reason to react here, no question about it, a legitimate reasons for reaction because of the disparity between the numbers that were submitted to congress and the actual numbers that were, dollars that were spent. i think those are legitimate reasons. on the other hand, i don't want us to get to a point where we don't get people to places where they can receive training that will benefit the taxpayers and they not go for fear that there will be some sort of reprisal, some sort of, become a part of some list and as a result it will in some way to damage or tarnish your image by going. and i am not standing up for anything that was wrong, anything wrong that was done. i am a person however who has

seen enough in life to know that people sometimes will do things that are beneficial that other people don't always understand, so the reason i was giving you an opportunity to respond to these is because these kind of stand out and i thought that an explanation of what was actually going on would be beneficial to those employees who may be under some sort of scrutiny because of the actual conference that was attended. and, if you would, look into those that i have called to your attention on this page and come up with you kindly respond to me in writing on these? since i know that you were caught off guard, he were not expecting a specific list and that is understandable. i don't want you to be demeaned in any way because you didn't have a specific list so now that you would have it would you

kindly respond in writing in that way i will be able to give explanations as needed and i want to commit this to you. it is legitimate and to benefit the taxpayers in the employee was there, and other things aside that have to be corrected, i will work with you on these things that are legitimate. thank you very much. >> thank you mr. green. and come i do want to accolade what you are saying. i think it is important that we be able to track and account for what is spent. as i said before, no one wants to see conferences and. there is value in them. there is value and travel. there is value in las vegas and the programs out there as long as it is legitimate. that is not an issue. we don't want to get ourselves in the position where people are

looked at with a jaundiced eye because of doing this, and if we can't account for it, you can justify the john desai. i certainly hope that the person who said we don't have accountability in this because we have cementing has been educated otherwise now, hand is doing business differently. the truth is, everyone of us by heinz this podium and your seats are responsible for the taxpayers' dollars, and i think it is fair to say that for the first seven years of dhs's existence that responsibility among some was not taken very-- was taken very lightly, not taken very seriously. we are going to change this, this committee of this subcommittee and you and i are going to change that the taxpayers need to know that especially in times like this, that the monies they are

spending to keep this government running are being spent well and wisely and to keep us safe. i appreciate both of you coming here today. i imagine there is going to be lots of other questions that have been generated by this line of questioning and your answers and it's so i would certainly appreciate written responses in a very timely fashion. thank you all for coming. i appreciate it. the subcommittee stands adjourned. [inaudible conversations]

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>> now, the annual national prayer breakfast in washington with speakers including president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton. established in 1953, it's organized by a christian group known as the fellowship foundation. this is about an hour and 35 minutes. [applause] >> welcome mr. president, mrs. obama. we are so pleased to have you here. i also know there are many members from the house of representatives. i see speaker pelosi from the united states and pandith you

could all stands the week of technology. thank you. [applause] mr. president you should know that johnny being from georgia is really adjusting to the fact that this practice ted keach instead of grits, so i really don't know how he is going to explain that when he gets home. and actually johnny has been a great pal for me this year as a co-chair of the senate pro-breakfast and i can tell you that to show his support for his cochair, he actually supported the vikings over the saints in a playoff game. [laughter] that was a tough game. my fourth quarter prayers made of their friends but not even god can overrule a raft pasquale's. [laughter] >> you know i am not sure was there rats. i.t. mida binfred favre's interceptions. we are honored to be here today

and i'm honored to share with amy dakota chairmanship of the senate prayer breakfast. she gets-- altmed reconciliation is one senator bill nelson convince me to run by the quarterback of the florida gators the beat as four successive years at the university of georgia. tim, welcome. we are glad to have the. [applause] this is a great occasion were so on and that all of you are here today and i'm going to turn it back over to our leader, amy klobuchar. >> twig johnnie and i and her feliz centers get together for a weekly said a prayer breakfast. i always come away from a bit better person. utterer practices centers beakes. sometimes about his or her faith, sometimes about a personal struggle, sometimes about the challenges of forgiveness after a tough political fight. our prayer breakfasts are always real and refreshingly honest. just when i'm ready to give up i'm working with maybe a few of my colleagues, it reminds me

that be all shahri common purpose and a common humanity and that with faith and forgiveness we can start a new. now it is my honor today to introduce sergeant first class mary kay messenger the lead vocalist with the united states military academy band. mary kay fur sang with the band in 1980 at the age of 12. she continued throughout the year as a guest vocalist until she joined the army in 1996. she has performed throughout the world. everywhere from beijing to the opening bell of the new york stock exchange from yankee stadium to carnegie hall. this morning she will be singing god bless america a song composed by irving berlin during the first world war while he was serving in the united states army camp. [applause] ♪ while the storm clouds gather

♪ far across the sea, ♪ let us swear allegiance ♪ to a land that's free ♪ ♪ let us all be grateful ♪ for a land so fair, ♪ as we raise our voices ♪ in a solemn prayer ♪ god bless america, ♪ land that i love. ♪ stand beside her, ♪ and guide her ♪ thru the night ♪ with a light from above. ♪ from the mountains, ♪ to the prairies, ♪ to the oceans,

♪ white with foam ♪ god bless america, ♪ my home sweet home. ♪ god bless america, ♪ my home sweet home. [applause] [applause]

>> good morning mr. president, mrs. obama, honored guests. it is my privilege to offer a reading from the second book of the torah, the book of exodus. atsa this deals with the formation of the jewish people into a nation as they make their way from slavery to the promised land. there are very important lessons in the passage where moses's father-in-law in midianite priest, guides moses on the correct way to govern his people. jethro, a priest of midian, moses' father-in-law heard all

that god had done for moses and for israel. how the lord head broad is real out from egypt. then, later in the passage, the next day moses sat his magistrate among the people while the people stood about moses from morning until evening. come ubben moses' father in loss of how much he had to do for the people coming he said, what is this thing you are doing to the people? why do you act alone while all the people stand about you from morning until evening? moses replied to his father-in-law, it is because the people come to me to inquire of god. when they have a dispute, it comes before me and i decide

between one person and another, and i make known the lot and the teachings of god. , moses' father-in-law said to him, the thing you were doing is not right. you will surely were yourself out and these people as well. so the task is too heavy for you. you cannot do it alone. mao listen to me. i will give the council in god be with you. you represent the people before god. you bring the disputed before god and join upon them before the laws and the teachings and make it known to them the way they are to go and the practices they are to follow. uchitelle also seek out from among all the people capable men who fear god, trustworthy men who spurned ill-begotten gain,

set these over them as chiefs of thousands, hundreds, 50's and 10's and let them judge the people at all times. have them bring every major dispute to you, but let them decide every minor disputes for themselves. make it easier for yourself by letting them share the burden with you. if you do this, and god commands you, you will be able to bear up and all these people too wilco calm and wheelery. now, of moses heeded his father-in-law and did just as he had said. moses joe escapable men out of all that is real and appointed them heads over all the people. chiefs of thousands, hundreds, 50's and 10's and they judge the

people at all times. the difficult matters that would bring to moses and the minor matters they would decide themselves. then moses obeyed his father-in-law of farewell and he went his way to his own land. may we all show similar whiz dem come and be open, open to the advice and guidance from any source. and not just within our own group, our own faction, our own tried. and it is only with that wisdom can we hope to provide a just and true leadership. [applause]

>> good morning. mr. president, madam secretary, honored guests niam congressman charlie wilson from ohio the sixth district and my cochair is congressman todd i can of missouri second district. we would like to tank of the senate for putting this program together this morning and be no the house is looking forward to putting it together again next year. todd and i are here together this morning because we are the co-chairs of the house prayer breakfast. members of congress from both parties have been meeting for prayer on a weekly basis for more than five decades in the house. we come together in the capital dining room every thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. common with those that. we reader versus scripture and we pray for the sick and wounded and offer up a prayer of thanksgiving for our country. we also have a different guests the creach week the shares their

testimony. when we get is a democrat, the next week it is a republican. finally be close in prayer and be make sure to share that too. one week it democrat leaves the closing prayer and the next week republican. we never know how many are going to be at our prayer breakfast to attend our weekly gathering. i am happy that to let you know that it has increased considerably this year. our meeting last about an hour and many of us refer to it as the best hour of the week. we hope he will consider our example and set aside time each week with your colleagues to deepen your relationships and open your mind to god. and now my cochair, todd akin. >> good morning. i am todd i can from missouri and the tradition of the prayer breakfast goes back to the days of president eisenhower, and because of the tremendous

importance that we place on a personal relationship with god, that is amazing is annette? a personal relationship with jesus christ, it is a christian prayer breakfast and yet we will come happily people laval different faiths to join us. along these lines when we are right on a thursday morning, and here a personal testimony we hear a tremendous diversity and kinds of stories. for example, we heard this story of a little boy who rose up penniless and and orphan on the streets wondering where the next meal would come from. and how he was led on a journey to the u.s. congress. we hear another story of a pilot of a small airplane in the fog over the mountains of germany with little instrumentation. and how it answered a prayer, a whole is opened up in the fod

showing a landing strip way below. halvey dykes his airplane through the hole in the fog, lands on the landing strip and the fog closes in. it is from these and other testimonies that congressman developed a huge mutual respect and affection for each other. the statesman wilberforce from england had two great games in his life, the first was to get rid of slavery. the second one was to build stability that is a respectful and loving treatment of the different legislators in england. this prayer breakfast that we enjoyed every week and spires that civility in an otherwise polarizing political environment. that is why it is the best hour of the week. god bless you.

[applause] >> oh dear. [laughter] >> it is time for your prayer. your lime for your prayer. >> i never learned how to turn that alarm off. [laughter] >> let us pray. [laughter] dear father in heaven, as we our heads this morning before the we are so grateful for this great nation, for the nations of the world, especially for the opportunities we have as a nation to bring peace and contentment and tranquility throughout this world. we are grateful for our great

leaders and we pray that that will bless them for do we pray that will bless our president and vice president and their cabinets, and all of the leaders throughout the federal government, that they might be inspired to lead us to do the things that are righteous and i site that we might be able to be good followers and be might be able to combine together to do what is right. as moses' father-in-law told him, let's share the responsibility and let's work together the best interest of our country. let's have bipartisanship, reborn again in this great nation. we are so grateful for those who serve in the military who are represented here today throughout this country. we are grateful for the sacrifices they undertake on our behalf. we are grateful for those who are in harm's way and we pray you will put your special blessings on them that they might be blessed, protected and

they prayed that we might be a nation that it will help to bring peace and tranquility throughout the world. we are grateful for all of the food, clothing and shelter that thou has provided for us. we are grateful for those who served throughout the states, for their respective state legislators and last but not least we are grateful for the congress of the united states and we pray that the congress might be able to work together is democrats and republicans and independents to serve the come to serve our country, are fallible men and women and to bring peace and contentment to this great nation and throughout the world. we pray at this time for those who are suffering in haiti and elsewhere throughout the world. we ask the to bless them and help us to do our share in helping to route this world. we are grateful for the. we pray that blessings upon them. once again, we ask our president, vice president and the leaders of this country in

the name of jesus christ. a man. >> thank you very much senator hatch. now two reader next scripture today we are honored to be joined by jose luis zapatero two is currently serving his second four-year term as the prime minister of spain. prime minister zapatero however is not just the leader of one very important country. he is also the current chairman of the european union and if that is in that nothing made a claim to fame as a prime minister with a cabinet where a majority of his cabinet members are women. [applause] i decided to add that. [applause] the prime minister has all sunmaid and a valuable contribution to interfaith dialogue and reconciliation in this country both as an individual and as an elected leader. his personal quest is spent to promote peaceful coexistence and tolerance among the religious

faiths in his own country and throughout the world. please join me in welcoming the prime minister of spain, the chairman of the european union, is excellency jose luis zapatero. [applause] [applause] [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue]

>> translator: mr. president and members of congress, ladies and gentlemen thank you for inviting me to participate on behalf of my country and on behalf of spain in one of the american people's most symbolic traditions and thank you two senators klobuchar and isakson, and pleas to allow me now to speak to you and spanish. the language in which people for sprague to the god of the gospels in this land. [laughter] [applause] [speaking in native tongue]

[speaking in native tongue] >> translator: no one knows the value of religious freedom better than all of you. your fair verse fled depression and so is never to be deprived of their freedom they founded this country come a nation, the united states of america born out of democracy, a nation that has never stopped fighting tank as to the strength of that democracy which abolished slavery, recognized equal voting rights in el blood discrimination. adnation that is expanded pluralism, tolerance and respect for all choices and beliefs.

[speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: admirable feat, admiral in the eyes of the firm believer of democracy living in one of the oldest nations in the world, spain. our nation is also defers, forge devitt diversity and renewed in its diversity. our nation is as diverse as america. it is the most multi-cultural of the lands of europe, a stain that is phoenician, greek, roman, jewish ervand christian, especially christian as defined

by latin american fuentes. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: bougher to countries owe much to those countries from abroad. our countries cannot be understood without them. without those who throughout history have come to a land living in our midst have become us, have become what we are. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: allow me to

reveal a bible passage from deuteronomy, chapter 24. you should not withhold the wages of laborers whether-- you should pay them their wages daily before sunset because they are poor and their livelihood depends on them. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: let this be concerned with integrating those who have come to work and live

in our countries and in our midst. gladys also be concerned with all of those whom we cannot welcome among says and you were suffering from hunger and extreme poverty in so many places around the world. such as those living in haiti and his misfortune has moved us to offer all our efforts and solidarity. solidarity which reconciles us with their human condition with their vulnerability and our fraternity, and which should never wane. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: furthermore, i would like to proclaim my deep commitment to those men to women who in our societies in these difficult times are suffering

scarcity of jobs. the chevelle no as government leaders this task is our paramount concern. noaa the task is more binding to less than that of fostering job creation. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: today, it is my-- the right of all persons anywhere in the world to moral autonomy to their quest for that which is good. today it is my plea that we advocate the freedom of all to live their own lives, to live with their loved ones and to build and nurture their family environment. this is worthy of respect. [speaking in native tongue]

[speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the truth come into a solid is what makes this truth jenny when effective human beings because free them in naples each of us to live destiny in the eye and sigar on truth. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: but tolerance is so much more than excepting the other. it is discovering neleen endic

knowledge and the other. ignorance is that the root that threatens humankind and endangers our future. a barons bright tate. harmony is founded on knowledge. solis peace. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: even in the past baine was a model of peaceful coexistence among the three religions in the book, judaism christianity and islam and today in the world spain's

respect for difference, dialogue and peaceful coexistence of cultures the lines of civilizations. we do so with as much conviction as we project excluding statements of moral superiority, absolutism and the uncompromising fundamentalism. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the united states knows as the spain that this is-- use of religious faith to justify violence can be hugely destructive and what better occasion than this prayer breakfast to commemorate together to honor together our

victims of terrorism. because it is also together that we defend freedom were for it is threatened. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: mr. president, members of congress, ladies and

gentlemen, freedom is is the foundation of hope, hope in the future. for liberty as for honor. says don doe ridden spanish, one can rightfully risk one's life in captivity is the worst evil that can be fall men. liberty is one of the most precious gifts kevin has bestowed upon man, that this gift may continue blessing america and all peoples on earth. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> prime minister's zapatero

thank you for this meaney call on inspirationally words. we are delighted to have you in america today and we appreciate your friend back very much. every day when i find this specialty moments deposit meditate and pray for the things i'm thankful for the very first prayer is for the men and women who serve in harm's way in our armed forces around the world. [applause] four i know they not only serve the united states but they serve peace, freedom and democracy of all nations around the world. and it is my pleasure not to introduce the leader of the united states military, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and-- admiral michael mullen. [applause] [applause]