to provide more information if i may, i would like to through the chair call mr. phil lesser, who is the chair of the district, to say a few words. thank you for the work you have been doing. >> thank you very much for sponsoring this reauthorization of the business improvement district. it is the heart of the mission miracle mile. it is between 21st and 22nd. if i may show a couple of pictures -- the supervisor completely articulated what we are doing. it does not really show it completely, but before we formed the business improvement district that is what the block would look like. this is what it looks like today. that is the removal of debris twice a day. but on top of that, when people say, "where is that block," i do not have to say the block on 2500 anymore. i can just say the block with all the chloral baskets. everyone knows it now. people who stand on the street now realize they have surveillance cameras. they no longer stand on that street. it is a safe, clean, green some stretch of mission street. we hope to one day come back and as you for authorization t

mr. perfect. gets parra swinging. top six, kelly johnson, same deal. adam laroche swinging, a as well. philswin their seventh-straight, 7-1. >>> that's a look at your espn news update. i'm steve weissman. back to you in new york. >>> up next, the stories we'll be following today including one of the most powerful members of congress, now in the hot seat. >>> on top of that investigating the crash of one of the military's largest jets. abab >>> now, a look ahead to the be watchin stories be watching on this thursday. lawyers for the state of arizona are heading to a federal appeals court today in san francisco. they want a judge's ruling on the new immigration law thrown out. >>> and military investigators will be looking into what caused the crash of a c-17 cargo plane at an air force base in anchorage, alaska. four crew members were onboard. >>> a congressional panel holds a public hearing on ethics charges against new york democrat charlie rangel. meanwhile, behind the scenes negotiators are working to reach a settlement that would avoid an official trial. >>> president obama delivers a sp

phil matier and willie brown. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so looks like we have new orders for the warriors and it's not mr. ellison from oracle.shut down $450 million for the team. what happened? >> i think it was just a late applying of how much he would have paid. obviously, larry ellison said he would have paid more if chris had waited a few more minutes he could have gotten a few more bucks. and san francisco would benefit. we need an owner like george steinbrenner, one of those guys. we need an owner like jerry jones. we need an owner who simply wants to win. larry is that kind of guy. >> apparently chris cohan the owner of the warriors didn't think so. why would be the he take the highest dollar? >> well, i suspect -- why wouldn't he take the highest dollar? >> you would have to know him to know how he computes. obviously over the 16 years he has had the warriors he hasn't done well with them. and in the sale of the warriors it appears as if he has repeated that performance. >> whoa. >> do you think it was ego? a lot of very wealthy gentlemen who probably know each other in investment circles? >> i don't think you buy pr

mr. royce indicates that the market will take care of things. the market will discipline itself, he said. phil graham said that with respect to the derivatives. unfortunately i voted for that bill that mr. graham was for, i made a mistake. the market did not discipline itself. in fact, the market took extraordinarily irresponsible steps. what i hear, i tell my friend from new jersey, the people saying is, don't let the big guys trample on us. don't let the big guys put us at great risk. don't let the big guys make decisions that they take the risk and we take the loss. that's what i hear the people saying. and that's what i think this deal is designed to respond to. this week mr. boehner compared reforming wall street to killing an ant with a nuclear weapon. that may sound colorful, but this is the greatest economic crisis that any of us, and i'm looking around this floor, have experienced in our lifetimes. and i'm closer to experiencing the last one than any of you on the floor. but none of us, even at my stage, were alive during the great depression. so this is the first time that we have ex

mr. royce indicates that the market will take care of things. the market will discipline itself, he said. phil graham said that with respect to the derivatives. unfortunately i voted for that bill that mr. graham was for, i made a mistake. the market did not discipline itself. in fact, the market took extraordinarily irresponsible steps. what i hear, i tell my friend from new jersey, the people saying is, don't let the big guys trample on us. don't let the big guys put us at great risk. don't let the big guys make decisions that they take the risk and we take the loss. that's what i hear the people saying. and that's what i think this deal is designed to respond to. this week mr. boehner compared reforming wall street to killing an ant with a nuclear weapon. that may sound colorful, but this is the greatest economic crisis that any of us, and i'm looking around this floor, have experienced in our lifetimes. and i'm closer to experiencing the last one than any of you on the floor. but none of us, even at my stage, were alive during the great depressiin. so this is the first time that we have ex

mr. critz: madam speaker, i continue to reserve the balance of my time. >> madam speaker, i yield to my colleague from georgia, phil gingrey. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for as much time as he might consume. mr. gingrey: madam speaker, thank you. and i rise today in support of house resolution 1483, to honor the service and sacrifice of the 14th armored division during world war ii, and i thank my friend, the distinguished chairman of the armed house services committee, ike skelton of missouri, for being an original co-sponsor and i also want to thank representative critz of pennsylvania and representative conaway of texas for their support. as americans learn about world war ii, most are familiar with the bat of the bulge, yet few know -- battle of the bulge, yet few know about hitler's last offensive among the western front. operation north wind was hitler's final attempt as pushing back the allied march toward germany. the allies blocked the german counterattack and the germans began withdrawing to defensive positions. but victory came with a heavy price, madam speaker. the