this is another livingston lecture which is made possible through the generous support of the livingston foundation in atlanta and we are grateful to them for their continued support. our next livingston lecture will be held may 16th and will feature james b. stewart, author of tangled web of legal false statements undermining america from martha stewart to bernie madoff. seeing some of the previews of this book, you would be well advised to be here. it is fascinating. join us for a lecture featuring the best selling author of a double in the white city, erik larsen will be here discussing his new book in the garden of peace but a lovely girl terror and hitler's berlin. please turn off your cellphone and pagers and electronic devices that might disrupt our program. as a delta airlines flight attendant said turn off everything that doesn't keep you alive. david nichols is an expert on the eisenhower presidency and he will discuss eisenhower 1956, the brink of war. which was called one of seven -- he is a matter of justice. and lincoln and the indians. he holds a ph.d. from william and mar

la tanya livingston who brown said is payton's girlfriend and andrea naylor, said to be a relative of brooks. >> i wanted him to come forward because he said one of his claims was that if he stayed if the race and bashed mayor fenty, that he was promised a job. >> reporter: cheh said she's no prosecutor, she just wanted to change procedures where shun can get on the fast track of a government paying job for suspicious reasons. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> fox 5 did try to reach brooks and the friends and relatives who donated to sulaiman brown's campaign but with no success. cheh's committee hering is at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow in the wilson building. >>> the washington examiner saying that the fire chief and police chief makes more than governors. police chief kanni lanier makes the most. and tomas hanker comes in next and chief bowers 3,000 than d.c. fire chief ellerbe takes home. and ronald mastin earns $175,000. alley makes $150,000 a year. less than all but one major public safety official. bob mcdonnell makes $175,000. >>> and new jobs numbers are out tonight and financial mark

misspelled but brown says the donations came from brown's son peyton also called michael, la tonya livingston who brown says is peyton's girlfriend and andrea naylor said to be a relative of howard books. this is not what is of interest to mary cheh. >> i wanted him to come forward because he said one. his claims was that, if he stayed in the race and bashed mayor fenty, that he was promised a job. >> reporter: cheh says she is no prosecutor. she just wants to change procedures where someone can get on a fast track to high- paying government jobs for suspicious, inappropriate reasons. >> fox 5 tried to reach brooks and the friends and relative who allegedly donated to sulaimon brown. >>> there is a promise to look into councilman harry thomas this morning. he is under investigation to find out where he got the money to buy an audi suv. he says he used his own money to buy the suv. there are questions about whether the company where he got the money got a sizable payment from the campaign committee or whether he should have reported the suv as a gift or as income. >>> meanwhile, the trial for

he succeeded this man in the house, bob livingston, who resigned after committing adultery.osen to replace newt gring rich who admits when he was leading the impeachment effort against president clinton he was having an affair with who would become his current wife. weiner lost the support of his colleagues and the house democratic leadership and president obama who said he'd resign if he were in weiner's shoes. tonight he seemed to be easing him out the door. >> i wish representative weiner and his lovely wife well. obviously it's been a tough incident for him. but i'm confident that they'll refocus and he'll refocus and they'll end up being able to bounce back. >> president obama tonight on abc. so what are the rules? where are the lines if there are any lines at all? joining us now, dana bash and melanie sloan of citizens of for et licks and spoblt in washington. dan narks was this resignation unavoidable? was it just that -- was there another way he could have handled it that he could have survived? >> well, i talked to some of his colleagues as i have over the past seve

side of we're building schools we're giving people opportunities over there you know only here livingston is that we blew up. and shoes me yet. i understand they would not be ready to use a laser to go off you know that are all that is going to school in particular and the fact that you're playing at schools in my wallet me i mean i think you know harry morton a strategy that she regarded him as a republican presidential candidates and suggested it be great if we could be building more schools here in the united states actually than other countries could have done in terms are you know it was not. the limit you know the bad news and the money if you have mitt romney. there and leave it there citi corp released a new report this week predicting that india's trade economy will surpass the united states is the second largest economy in the world it's already a foregone conclusion that china will pass a switch jobs for the next couple of years so what can china and india have in common they both have protected economies that have an old falling for the free trade gimmick so what's the america

officers facing chargers retired officer is accused of slashing his gun at a driver on highway 99 livingstons it happened after the former police captains also more news in their cellphone and shook his head. in modesto, and she valleys a pregnant woman in critical condition, as happened last night this is a vehicle pulled up next to the car and a pregnant woman was riding in and then opened fire. no suspect is identified. now men suspected of killing his 14 year-old girlfriend mother, they say that steven cole first stabbed the victim 20 times after she accused the 19 year-old of statutory rape. on the stand, he said he found the victim already dead and that his 14 year- old girlfriend did the murder. now or a jet was forced to make it an emergency landing at s f o after smoke was reported in the cabin. all passengers and crew were evacuated safely with no injuries reported. >> here we are the golden gate bridge, we have some ice and weather coming up for our sunday. i will have the forecast coming up. >> it has been a rough week for a representative into the winter after coming clean about

brown says the don't aces r indications came from brown's son peyton, also called michael, la tonya livingstonrea naylor, said to be a relative of howard books. >> i wanted him to come for word because he said one of his claims was that, if he stayed in the race and bashed mayor fenty, that he was promised a job. >> reporter: cheh says she is no professor. she just wants to change procedures where someone can get on a fast track to high- paying government jobs for suspicious inappropriate reasons. now, sulaimon brown is expected to testify later this afternoon and we will see he is supposed to bring some of that new information to the d.c. council. reporting live, i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. >>> developments are expected today in another city hall controversy. d.c.'s attorney general is expected to make an announcement about the investigation into exactly how d.c. councilman harry thomas paid if his personal suv. thomas says he used his own money to buy the audi suv from a company he owned before he became a councilmember. however, there are questions about whether that company

producing rains in livingston montana. these temperatures by comparison in north dakota. that's was on the way. look at the big temperature drops court on out the west. double digit declines. with moderate back out of a mold spores there is an unhealthy air quality advisory out. hypersensitive folk tomorrow. moderate tree pollen. at the southwest winds letter from the 25 mi. our gusts is still fairly brisk out there. the beginning of the end of this is in the form of the thunderstorms collecting along the u.s.- canadian border all the way from lecture ron with the tower of to 30,000 street of by duluth. the storms are erupting in north dakota. that's the beginning of a cold front as south the highs to march in the city back to the '90s. the cool air is starting to knife into the area. on thursday the temperature will drop to the '50s along the lake and the '70s inland. there could be some very heavy rains on of these thunderstorms. if you want to state tune we will show you some computer model rain numbers. on the update that's coming up in a few minutes. maine the clear

i'm going up there in my hometown up there of bozeman and livingston. no kid hungry program work up there. >> we're in 13 states. we'll be in 20 i think by the end of this year. jeff's driven the growth of this. >> we have a 9% unemployment rate. we have underemployment about 17%. what's that doing to kids not eating? >> that's a huge problem. but you know, the whole problem of poverty and hunger they're very related. poverty's pretty complex. there are a lot of ins and outs of that one. but hunger, we've got the programs in place. it's a matter of getting the message out to the people. for instance, here in virginia, the folks can call 2-1-1 to find out where there's sites to feed their kids during the summer. summer is the toughest time. >> these exist. the parents can get them there to feed them. >> absolutely. we are encouraging governors and mayors to get on board to make sure that there's more transportation to these sites. >> you're a good man. i am so impressed by your career. i'll tell you this, are you going to take sides on this one? >> i go

ironically he succeeded this man in the house, bob livingstone who resigned after committing adultery. he had just been to replace newt gingrich who admitted he was having an affair with a woman who had become his current wife. president clinton survived as well but anthony weiner did not. he lost support of his colleagues, and president obama who said he'd resign when he was -- if he was in his shoes. >> i wish representative weiner and his lovely wife well. obviously it's been a tough incident for him. but i'm confident that they'll refocus and he'll refocus and they'll end up being able to bounce back. >> president obama tonight on abc. so what are the rules? where are the lines if there are any lines at all? joining us now, danna bash and melanie sloan of citizens for ethics and responsibility in washington. danna, was this resignation unavoidable? was there another way he could have handed it that he could have survived? >> well, i talk today some of his colleagues as i have over the past several weeks particularly today, and they say, yes, actually. the way that he hand eld it w

ironically he originally succeeded this man in the house bob livingstone who resigned after committing adultery who had been chosen to replace newt gingrich who admits that back then when he was leading the impeachment effort against president clinton he was having an affair with his now wife calista. the house leadership from president obama said he would resign if he were in congressman weiner's shoes and tonight on the evening news the president was urging him out the door >> i wish representative weiner and his lovely wife well. it's obviously been a tough incident for him, but i'm confident that they will refocus and he'll refocus and they will end up to being able to bounce back. >> president obama tonight on abc. so what are the rules? where are the lines, if there are any lines at all? joining us now, dana bash and melanie sloan of citizens for ethics and responsibility in washington. dana, was this resignation unavoidable? i mean, was it just that -- i mean, was there another way he could have handled it that he could have survived? >> reporter: i talked to some of his colleag

i am bob livingston. i am not running for president.ve spent much of my life in this city. for those of you who have come from all far to be with us here at this great event, let me say welcome to new orleans. we hope you spend lots and lots of money. welcome to louisiana. thanks to a fellow by the name of president obama, republicans are now the dominant political party. [cheers and applause] and we control seven of the eight statewide elected offices and a majority of both the state legislative houses. [applause] i guess i was not in the room at the time, but now i am the finance chairman. let me tell you all that if you did not already know it, louisiana, along with mississippi and kentucky, in state houses, and new jersey and virginia, a bellwether state for elections this year. we want to ask you to sow the seeds. make this a great election year so next year we will send a message that the nation must have a new president. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, i do not mean that we just need to change the policies. no, i mean the presid

dana writes from livingston, montana, because he has nowhere else to go, at least he can see no otherfe at this time. his career as a politician is over, his -- steve says the last congressman from new york state who was a republican resigned immediately. this happened only a new months ago. apparently the democrats have a different standard, they scream real loud if it's a republican, if it's a democrat, not so bad. ed says first politicians aren't honorable, if they were, they would get an honorable job. rudy in virginia says he shouldn't resign, only a coward resigns, weiner should get his act together and then serve the people who elected him. when election time comes around, the voter also at the time him whether to say or not. ush writes you're asking this question of man who dishonored himself when he sent nude pictures of himself to people he didn't know. he's not an honorable man. john says jack, honor his nothing to do with politics. i think he's trying to make a deal so he can leave congress with his retirement funding intact. and russ says because he's a jerk, that's why.

indians, blacks and jews, by david livingstone smith, and two authors who wrote a book about out of character, which means our character may not be set in stone. three very important boxes of 823 page. >> host: gary, thank you. we're going leave trip. i apologize. there was a question there about the effect of democracy. >> didn't want to say anything inappropriate. thank you so much. >> guest: the question about the relationship between democracy and intellectuals. this has been a problem that people recognized over a century ago. so as the united states became more of a mass democratic intellectuals became worried that ordinary people would have, in effect, too much influence. ordinary people who are not particularly educated, didn't understand what was going on, and the worry among the elites and intellectuals, they would have too much influence on politicians and politicians would make bad decisions. i don't think that's right. i think -- there is a lot of people are not very educated or informed, but i think most people vote under the basis of how the economy is doing, whether they feel

governor livingston high school in burkely heights. westfield high school in westfield. the academy for information technology, also in scotch plains. cranford high school in cranford. and jonathan dayton high school in springfield. requests newsweek" contacted more than 1,100 high schools across the country and reviewed their graduation and college ma trick cue lation rates, s.a.t., and advanced placement test scores, and other information as well as the school's ability to turn out college ready and life ready students. i congratulate all of the students, teachers, administrators, and parents and other property taxpayers who helped make new jersey's seventh congressional district the home to so many of the top performing high schools in the nation. when it comes to the best education in the country, new jersey's public school system makes the grade. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, for five minutes. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. we are some three years into the worst recessio

doctor ofdy vinity degree from the james -- doctor of divinity from salisbury, north carolina, from livingstone college. she received a doctor of ministry degree from gordon conwell theological seminary in charlotte. over the years dr. johnson found many ways to serve her community as a public school teacher, school administrator, social worker, and even a seamstress. she was particularly devoted to her faith and church. in 1979 dr. johnson was elected by the general conference to oversee the youth mission. during her eight year tenure, she worked to build a youth retreat that was eventually named in her honor and today, and today serves as many as 575 youth at a time. dr. johnson was a missionary supervisor with the a.m.e. zion church and pastor of indian hill a.m.e. zion church in fort mill, south carolina. her work with the a.m.e. zion church took her around the world working in england and puerto rico, the bahamas and across america as an outreach to her ministry. she published a great number of books that were inspired by her life experience and devotion to god. in addition to all of this,

i heard that same message in livingston, texas, and in texas where they said forcing fewer and fewer taxpayers to carry more of the burden is a sure way to kill the golden goose of prosperity. fear and uncertainty of what's coming next from washington in higher taxes, higher health care cost, energy costs is keeping these employers from putting out that help wanted sign we are looking for. every town hall round table and civic club in my district, the four letter word on the lips of everyone's tongue was debt. mr. president, tax the biz who can pull out the slump, say it's time to cut up the american credit cards. they'll tell you washington doesn't back away from the cliff of more debt, more spending, more regulation, we might cease to recognize our great nation in the future. today two years after that economic recovery, supposedly started years after we spent $820 billion against all republican objections, that stimulus, we have fewer americans working today than when the stimulus began. 1.5 million people fewer working than when all that stimulus was supposed to jump-start the ec

was flying down here today, i actually sat next to a great former congressman from louisiana, bob livingstond he let me borrow his copy of american spectator -- "american spectator kirkcaldy they talk about natural gas. -- spectator." , the talk about natural gas -- "america has become the saudi arabia of natural gas. in fact, we problem have more capacity is in natural gas and the saudis have in oil. american president since jimmy carter have caused -- called for america to be energy independent. we can do all of that, as we have here and now the capacity independent. the solution is natural gas." we'll talk a little bit about that with a distinguished panel today, begin with a friend of mine from the white house, a former deputy national security adviser to president bush. he currently serves as the national security adviser for the center of strategic and international studies, and is a national security adviser to cds news. he has his own consulting firm, and is a frequent columnist and commentator. please join me in welcoming him to our stage for this panel on national -- natural gas. a