i think that part of that is helping you work through that morass of procedural minutia. just trying to make a success on what is going on back there. we said we were going to do a bunch of stuff, and knowing how to interpret that with what is real is a part of the role that we play. one of the things that we have done through the years, months of delegation numbers and key committee staff, if they have been raising your hecche fees, we know that we can deal with the issue. it allows your supporters in the congress to follow. >> ok, commissioners. most of these matters come to us without warning. >> it is nice to see wall. >> other comment? or next item? >> i was going to take the general managers' report as a whole. >> we have an update from ms. laponte. her parents are here today as well. welcome. >> they should be up front with her. [laughter] >> good afternoon, commissioners. >> for the benefit of your parents, for one i would like to say how badly they should know we are indebted to you. >> thank you very much. very kind of you. the timing was such that we were not a

so this weekend, before debating political minutiae or putting it off until someday, do me a favor and read one good book on money. it doesn't even have to be mine. >> susie: for a list of ramit's favorite books, check out our website. it's n.b.r. on pbs.org. ramit's provided the names of a few books and a link to a free chapter of his book, "i will teach you to be rich." can you also connect with us on twitter, and my personal feed at zgharib under skoor nbr. you can, but you'll pay for the privilege. satellite phone network iridium is launching a new box, about the size of a pack of cigarettes, that produces a wifi hot spot. it connects to smartphones and tablets. the box costs less than $200, but the phone it needs is about $1,000. and susie, the data connection costs $1 per minute. then you got to pay for the skpex that costs a dollar per minute so if you're in the middle of nowhere, you're not going to be paying that to forward the latest jokes about somebody. >> susie: that $1,000 is the problem for me, and i think for most people. >> tom: i would think so. that is "nightly busin

we don't need to get into the washington minutia of where the money will come from or how we're going to pay for it. that's not what people want to hear when they've just lost their home or the life of a loved one. i think the op iks are really off. hopefully the week will correct as the dollar flow that need to be out there in the public. i agree with you, the optics don't look good. >> i was just thinking, down the road, one of the states that got remarked is -- i can see a scenario you already have, -- the gop house could be at odds with one of theirs prized governors meaning christie. >> you have, michael, republicans in missouri who feel like the money that's going to go to irene might come from efforts to with of disaster in joplin and elsewhere. i don't think the republicans over all are in a good spot right now. i don't think the president is either. after the debt ceiling, and numbers went down for each side and republicans looked like they were willing to blow things up to get their ideological way. i think for eric cantor to come out and say aha, we have another way of play

. >> do you want to talk about the minutia of the legislative process?ction -- [ talking over each other ] >> here's the deal, president obama needs to come back to washington and negotiate with the -- with both parties. he has lost credibility among his own party leaders and his party as well as among the american people. 51% of americans believe this jobs bill is not going to create jobs. we've seen it. he promised that the recovery act of 2009 would create three million jobs. in the meantime we've lost two million jobs. i think the american people -- he's out there in his typical campaign mode where he's saying if you love me, pass this bill. but he has to go back and really work congress. which he has never done with any of these bills. he just wants to blame the republicans. he's isolating his own party. [ talking over each other ] >> unemployment at 9%, longest stretch this high since the depression. 42.6 million americans in poverty, another record. 22% of children in poverty. barack obama said he would fix this. he said he would cut the debt in h

building dark tho ing -- those t we had to stay focused, so we couldn't get involved in the political minutiaas going on around us. but now to find out when federal studies are coming out saying there's no cancer leak, it tends to test your nerve. >> i imagine it does, sir. a lot of things that happened that day that changed all of us, especially i think the new york city firefighters and police. thank you so much. we appreciate your time. >> thank you, candy. >>> they're evacuating oil-drilling platforms in the gulf of mexico today. next, the latest on what could be the next tropical storm. ♪ [ male announcer ] they'll see you...before you see them. cops are cracking down on drinking and riding. drive sober, or get pulled over. that didn't just hide your breakouts... but actually made them go away. neutrogena skin clearing makeup has our proven blemish fighting formula so it clears your breakouts. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. but not in my neighborhood. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're throwing away misperceptions about natural gas vehicles. more of the vehicles that fuel our lives use cle

but examine this deal, definitely, all the little minutia in this deal.eep in mind, this is a long road, even if this deal goes through before consumers would see any changes to their drug plans. kyra? >> got it. now, overnight we heard that italy's credit rating was downgraded. is this only adding more fear to greece's debt problems? >> i think investors really knew ahead of time of italy's downgrade. didn't come as a big surprise. what is more urgent is greece's debt. we did see signs of hope yesterday late in the trading day greek officials talked with european finance officials who say they're close to a deal to get another bailout. stocks are set for slightly higher open on those high hopes. kyra? >> all right, alison kosik, thanks. >>> just ahead, the military ends its "don't ask, don't tell" policy. we'll talk to one vet who did get kick oed out, but wants to return. even though i'm a great driver, and he's... not so much. well, for a driver like you, i would recommend our new snapshot discount. this little baby keeps track of your great driving ha

i can't believe they're focusing on -- and he would get caught up in the minutia, which has very little the ultimate question of the case. >> let's go to amanda knox quickly. at this point, we're in the closing arguments. and all through this, we've seen a real difference the way everyone looks at it here. boy, she must be coming home. and in europe. >> that's right. in europe up until now, there's been a presumption she's guilty. and here, people are saying what's going on? >> no dna. >> no dna. there's nothing. you're seeing a shift in europe, as well. you're seeing people with a new dna ruling questioning the validity of the dna evidence. you're seeing people in europe, as well, saying huh. i'm not sure there's enough evidence. >> would you be shocked if she doesn't go free? >> i would expect she would go free. but again, prosecutors can still appeal, as well. she could be released pending appeal. i don't want to use the word shocked because there's so many variables here. >> thanks dan abrams, very much. >>> now, out to hawaii and sam in ko olina. >> we're standing on the property o

we have been sharing the statistics of the minutia with you, but today, i wanted to put a face on it.aylor has been laid f of his work and he gets food stamps to help feed his adopted children, and one in high school, and you can imagine they all like to eat, and they all go shopping together and they watch every ounce, every pound of food and last night, i tagged along. >> reporter: epsilon taylor is a single father of four, and he was a teacher, and then a social worker until he got laid off two years ago, and he has been searching for work ever since. >> what first? >> reporter: and without steady income, he and his two remaining high school-aged sons get by with state assistance and food stamps which makes grocery shopping a challenge. >> we like that sign, buy one and get one free. >> yes, we need to start there. >> reporter: each trip they bring an envelope with coupons and no splurging most of the time. >> i have the menu whereby we won't look around and wonder what we are going to cook for a day, we know what we are going to buy. >> you know the second you walk in? >> exactly.

if you put aside all of the bickering, all of these minutia, sit down as we're doing right now, and negotiate you're not ready to freeze settlements again? >> i think i've already done that and i think i've responded to it but i'm willing to talk about it. i'm hoping -- are they ready to rescind these demands? what is this thing with preconditions? you know, for 18 years we've been negotiating peace. i don't remember this ever coming up as a precondition. i think when you want to avoid negotiations, you've got a free ride. the free ride, you're asking me these questions. you're not asking him. the fact there's this easy way of accusing israel that's gone for peace, it's done things for peace, has taken steps for peace, and the fact that the palestinians are refusing to negotiate peace for 2 1/2 years are getting a free ride, that's how we avoid peace. >> president obama's remarks from last may, we met at blair house afterwards, has israel come around and accepted the formula he put forward that any future palestinian state should be based on the pre-1967 lines with mutually agreed land swaps?

but as i remember, she held up very well, a we lawyers talked about all sorts of jurisprudential minutia. that sight impressed on me justice scalia's deep love for family and the sacrifice that family makes when someone like him is so devoted to public service. he's also a man of deep faith and love for our country, and the values on which it was founded. five years ago i marked justice scalia's 20th verse in a speech here on the senate floor. i put into the record letters from some of his farmer law clerks and i want to do the same today. i ask consent to place in the record after my remarks letters from some of the following former law clerks: the presiding officer: without objection. hatch edward whalen who later served as my counsel when i was rank #-g member of the judiciary committee, is now president of the ethics in public policy center. paul clement who clerked diewrpg the october 1993 term and later served as solicitor general of the united states, is now partner in the bancroft law firm. mark phillip, who also clerked during the october 1993 term and later served as a u.s. dis

who is sponsoring it, the legislative minutia and details are not particularly important. the broader principle here is what is important. i think the american people want to know when washington will take action to help the economy and create jobs through >> senator durbin is not any rank- and-file center. he is a close ally of the president and no. two. is the president going to stop saying to pass a even a fellow democrats say they cannot? >> the vote is not tomorrow or today. >> he said we do not think we do but we can work on it. >> we're working on it. we will get it. we face certain realities in the senate. you cannot name a post office without 60 votes the way the filibuster is used. that was meant to be an exaggeration. the reality is even if every democratic senator supported it, we face those obstacles. the president has made the point that these provisions have historically garnered republican support as well. we are making the case for why this report should be there this time. the american people need it. they want it. they want washington to take action. >>