mr. mitchell. next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is richard deluce and i live around the corner from 725 taraval and i have live there had for system 10 years now. i ask you today to vote against the settlement of t-mobile's lawsuit against the city. voting to set thl lawsuit will set a bad precedent for future instances where wireless carriers seek to install these types of intrusive, industrial, commercial facilities on or near residential buildings in neighbors where they do not belong. and in supervisor farrel's district alone, there are currently four such case where is a proposed wireless facilities requiring a conditional use permit are meeting with widespread organized resident opposition. by caving into the well heeled corporate it will g it will gators, they will be -- to the li litigators, they will be voting against the residential areas who voted you into office. and since 2001 there have been 17 conditional use appeals decided by the board of supervisors involving cell sites like the one on 725 taraval. just la

watched observed clearly what mr mitchell the leader of hamas has said in the meeting in which we signed the reconciliation agreement the man has really mentioned the word israel six times in his speech he talked about an independent prison estate on the west bank and gaza and not. on the what today is israel. never talked at all about destroying. the state of israel he could talk about continuing to commit to a cease fire and none violence to even since he signed the agreement not one bullet was fired across the gaza border. he also encrusted president bob as with continuing negotiations whenever he receives. assurances that this negotiation will produce a process i think have masses remarkably committed itself to a change in position as far as i understand the palestinian authority is still hoping to go ahead with these united nations vote on their recognition of a palestinian state in september i still hoping to get those one hundred thirty both that you initially set your sights on absolutely we have one hundred sixteen countries who have. recognized the independent palestinian state

mr. mitchell: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise today to offer an amendment to ensure that no funds in this bill are spend in -- spent in violation of the barry amendment. mr. michaud: the barry amendment requires d.o.d. to procure certain categories of products from american manufacturing including food, fabric, stainless steel and certain tools. it was enacted to ensure that the united states troops wore military uniforms made in the u.s. and to ensure that u.s. troops were fed american-made food. the barry amendment has been on the books for 70 years, yet in recent years some in congress have tried to weaken it. at a time of 9% unemployment and when employment in the u.s. manufacturing sector is on the decline, it is more important than ever for congress to reiterate its support for existing law that promotes domestic procurement. i urge my colleagues to support american manufacturing and to promote american food and uniforms for our troops by voting for the michaud-kissel amendment and at this time i yield to mr. kissel

mr. mitchell, professional firefighters of wisconsin president. [applause] patrick bertucci, at the boeing, renton, washington plant. [applause] today, we come together to fight for jobs and the rights of american workers, to stand strong for middle-class, for our families, and america's future. we are here to send a clear message. congress must create jobs, not destroy them. [applause] we must strengthen the middle class, not weaken it. we must not giving tax breaks to corporations that send jobs overseas. -- stop giving tax breaks to corporations that send jobs overseas. [applause] and we must protect workers' rights, not destroy them. [applause] that is exactly what republicans are doing this week. they are voting to make matters worse with legislation to gut the national labor relations board, where workers can voice their concerns and grievances. as my congressman george miller has said, this is nothing less than an outsourcers bill of rights. i would say that it sound like an outsourcing bill of wrong. this would make it easier for companies

mr. michaud: ell. -- a different mitch mitchell. >> let's motor on here. the president spoke with senators reid and mcconnell and leader pelosi and speaker boehner to discuss progress we are making in negotiation toss find a balanced approach. the president will hold a meeting at the white house today at 2:50 p.m. with house and senate democratic leadership. those are my announcements. >> all eight leaders? >> house and senate leaders. >> not the republicans? >> as we have other meetings to announce, but the meeting we have to announce is with the house and senate democratic leadership. at least four. we'll see. they are still working on the manifest. i believe it's four. let me get back to you on the coverage. >> why are the republicans not involved and how did the conversation go with boehner? >> i'm not go to go read out the individual conversations except to say they were useful and productive. we have been having conversations and meetings with different groupings of leaders and rank and file members and we will continue to do that at the presidential

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mr. murdoch, your wife has a very good left hook. >> reporter: as the whole world has new seen. >> nbc's andrea mitchell. you can catch her at 1:00 eastern right here on msnbc. by the way, that sucker punch has made wendi very popular in the social media. bloggers are calling her smackdown sister. >>> with less than two weeks until teachers were supposed to return to work, memphis city school board members voted to delay the start of the school year indefinitely. board members wanting the city to pay the big chunk of the money it owes for the fiscal year first. until they do, school is being held hostage. >> we might be talking about giving up the whole year, y'all. if we're serious. >> they need to be in school. i can't say that passionately or emphatically enough. and so i'm going to keep fighting to get a resolution to this matter with the parties that need to be involved. we have to have it now. it's an urgent matter. >> what do you think about that story? we want to know about what your thoughts are on that as well as the other stories that we're covering. you can find it as facebook.com/jansingco.

mitchell: okay, anthony mason, thank you very much. it was the president who first suggested all the leaders meet every day until a deal is done. tefore the meeting yesterday scott pelley spoke with mr. obama at the white house about what goes on behind closed doors and what's at stake for the nation. >> the consequences of a default would mean, at minimum, that interest rates would go up for everybody. for the person who is borrowing to buy a car, for the small business owner, for a person who is borrowing on their credit card. the person who is paying their mortgage, or wants to buy a new home. everybody's interest rates will go up. >> reporter: tell me about these meetings that you're having. have there been raised voices, tense moments? >> you know, i think everybody has been professional and everybody has been polite. but i think that what we haven't seen is a recognition that at a certain point, you leave politics aside, you set aside what gives you a tactical advantage at any given moment, you leave out your ideological predispositions and you just try to figure out a problem. and the question is why wouldn't we try to solve it right now. and i think the vast majority of peop

senator mitchell mcconnell didn't believe any solution could be found as long as mr. obama was still in the white house. do you regret any of the things that you've said in all of this? >> no. i think i've been pretty restrained. >> well, you toll the congress they don't the work as well as your daughters do their homework. >> i said they procrastinate and that is absolutely true. i don't think i would get any dispute about that anywhere in the country. the fact of the matter is we should not be leaving an issue of this magna tut that affects the world economy, as well as the american economy to the last minute. and, yet, congress observe leaves things to the last minute and engaged in the kind of brinkmanship that is i think is pretty sdang russ. >> tell meese about these meetings you are having. have there been raised voices, tense moments? >> you know, i think everybody has been professional and everybody has been polite. but i think that what we haven't seen is a recognition that, at a certain point, you leave politics aside, you set aside what gives you a tactica

mitchell reports" boehner's big test. live this hour, the speaker holds a news conference just hours ahead of the vote on his debt ceiling plan. >> mrbit of a rebellion on your hands, or do you feel -- >> oh, i've got a little rebellion on my hands every day. it comes with the territory. >> you're not worried? >> never let them see you sweat. >> but there was a little bit of sweat and now after whipping rebellious freshmen into line yesterday, does he have the votes? either way it is dead on arrival in the senate. >> republicans cannot get the short-term band-aid they will vote on in the house today. they will not get one democratic vote in the senate. >>> and your bankers calling the president and congress get a stif

mitchell here in washington. time is indeed running out. that is the message that the president delivered today as he put more pressure on congress to negotiate a compromise. mr. obama said the two sides are in handcuff agreement about how to cut spending and the need to tackle tax reforms and entitlements in the months to come. at the same time house republicans took a step away from compromise making concessions to the tea party today. that picked up enough votes to likely pass the stalled boehner bill. >> i think this is basically a variation of cut, cap and balance. >> it's such a game changer. i need to read the language. but i like where we're going. >> i am. absolutely. i'm enthusiastic. >> that saves speaker boehner from further embarrassment, possibly the loss of the speakership. what do democrats have to say? with me steve israel, the chair of the democratic congressional caucus campaign committee. the speaker added a balanced budget amendment vote down the road and some further commitments down the road. does that change his bill, does it make it worse? the bill really was a snon starter from your perspective all along? >> what the speaker did was

mr. secretary, thank you for your presentation and for the big deal to introduce the providence to us. -- the province to us. the governors of the united states understand that with mutual respect -- mitchell respect, with student exchange, that gives us -- with mutual respect and student exchange, that gives us the confidence to move fall with the way you speak up. movew move-- mo -- forward the way you speak of. we now will to energy and governor fortuno of puerto rico will speak. >> thank you. if we want our economy to grow, energy is the issue we need to address. it is important to our lives. our countries have the largest economies in the world. we both have significant environmental interests in developing cleaner and cheaper energy resources. each of us are extremely dependent on fossil fuels. 1/2 of u.s. electricity is provided by coal. china uses coal four 3/4 of its electricity. in 2009, china became the second largest oil importer in the world. the united states is the largest. each of our country's are taking countries areoun taking positive steps. we are recommending comprehensive energy reform to replace excessive dependence on fossil fuels. we want to replace oil with cleane

mr. secretary, thank you for your presentation and for the big deal to introduce the providence to us. -- the province to us. the governors of the united states understand that with mutual respect -- mitchell respect, with student exchange, that gives us -- with mutual respect and student exchange, that gives us the confidence to move fall with the way you speak up. movew move-- mo -- forward the way you speak of. we now will to energy and governor fortuno of puerto rico will speak. >> thank you. if we want our economy to grow, energy is the issue we need to address. it is important to our lives. our countries have the largest economies in the world. we both have significant environmental interests in developing cleaner and cheaper energy resources. each of us are extremely dependent on fossil fuels. 1/2 of u.s. electricity is provided by coal. china uses coal four 3/4 of its electricity. in 2009, china became the second largest oil importer in the world. the united states is the largest. each of our country's are taking countries areoun taking positive steps. we are recommending comprehensive energy reform to replace excessive dependence on fossil fuels. we want to replace oil with cleane

mr. barrasso: i wanted to do that because i wanted to introduce into the record, i'll read a couple of photographs from a letter that appeared in the casper "star tribune" by ericism mitchell. eric goes on to say, i think the title is called "smarter than you think." i think they think i'm not so smart because i'm too young to know what they're doing like raising the national debt. eric goes on, don't they know i owe the country about $45,000? i'm only 10 years old. i could buy a lot with $45,000. i could almost buy a home, i could buy a boat and get fish. he's from crowheart, wyoming. a small ciewpt community. i would buy guns and ammunition. i could buy books to learn more. he says $45,000 could buy a lot of stuff. he said that's more than my dad earns. but it wouldn't buy everything. this is a 10-year-old. he said government shouldn't try to buy everything. he said it's my job and the people's job to buy the things we need. he said i don't want the government to think for me. he said they don't know that i'm a little brother who doesn't like it, he said, when my big brothers tell me what to do because they aren't always responsible for their own things. he goes on, he s