broke the filibuster and we're certainly so happy to have him on the show thanks for being here mr grant. where you're entirely welcome right well ok so of course this is a big weekend for the euro zone and actually in your recent interest rate observer you quote the c.e.o. of deutsche bank saying i have to say that a lot of people have lost confidence and whether europe is going to make it i'm wondering mr grant if you fall into this camp have you lost spades that europe is going to make it. i have little faith in the institution of paper money of course the euro was a. prime example of the currencies that we currently produce in the world monetary system. i think it's important to realize that the euro is a piece of paper of no intrinsic value to those commanders that drugs from political institutions and from the confidence of the people in the institutions of the european central bank. so i think. it's not so surprising that people would lose faith in this thing called the euro what is perhaps more surprising is that they imbued it with such faith as they had at the start so you thin

mr grant first place one hundred meter the treatment. we'll see hopefully tomorrow we can have a little bit better show me a little bit better but you know it's a good first. round get me to do out here that i could be a lot more happy. and it's not succeed because not sober has become the latest russian to charge into the second round of the crowning cup in moscow this is a time grand slam winner was hardly ever troubled your interest rates that win over at least coordinate for france will be joined by local up and coming because the new part of our country the better of consequent back and that busted boy. the n.f.l. now where the new york jets ended their three game losing streak are winning twenty four six at home to miami and now lost all five of their opening games all the pressure was on the jets coach rex ryan to end his team's slide while the dolphins were just desperate to taste victory for the first time this season and even though the visitors enjoyed an early lead with a field goal it soon went horribly wrong and that most r

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, granted. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to raise awareness about the importance of juvenile diabetes research. approximately three million americans suffer from type one diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes. more than 30,000 people are diagnosed annually, including 15,000 children. mr. olson: these individuals must take insulin dailyy to stay alive and must undergo multiple injections or have insulin delivered through a pump. the juvenile diabetes research foundation is a leader in type one diabetes research worldwide. the goals of juvenile diabetes research are straightforward. to cure type one diabetes, to develop better ways to treat type one diabetes and to prevent type one diabetes from occurring in those most susceptible. this research means taking scientific developments and translating them into cures, treatments, drugs and therapies. mr. speaker, by keeping our taxpayer investment in juvenile diabetes research one day soon we'll find a cure. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what

mr. updike. i noticed that this grant agreement went into effect, and subsequent to as being there, we decided we needed additional medications to this space. were there programmatic changes that occurred midway through or is this something we had anticipated? >> as i understand, it is a case of a slight change in program and a slight change in the need for additional security issues to be addressed. these might have also been program issues beyond human services. they are responsible to other agencies. i think phil can speak more directly to that. >> good morning. we had two major changes in the way we do business at this facility. this results from moving the state fair hearings from the fox plaza to this location, which actually saved us some money because we incorporated those hearings into an existing conference room. however, in doing that, we had a great a barrier, or we feel is spreading to create a barrier between the public who come to the fair hearings and our staff that were behind the barrier. one of the improvements in this is the barrier. the second is that we have been gradually a

mr. michael white, of michael white general contractors, submitted the plans to dbi for a permit, which was granted on august 31, 2011. the appeal is aimed at assuring the safety of the supporting roof structure directly below the rooftop deck. the permit holder, mr. baristas, has responded to the appeal and has hired a civil engineer, mr. paul cox, of wje associates to take the steps in the appeal, including making copulations to determine the adequacy of the supporting work structure and it necessary to provide a strengthening scheme to ensure of the safety of the supporting work structure to allow the construction of a rooftop deck that does comply with current code and safety requirements. mr. paul cox, the civil engineer, upon investigation of the supporting were structure directly below the deck found the rooftop -- found the roof support structure inadequate. mr. cox has subsequently prepared a strengthening scheme, including drawings that the permit holder has submitted to the hoa and i understand to the board of appeals but not to the department of building inspection and planning. as agen

the right to have a referendum and they said if they want to be members or not now if mr cameron doesn't want to grant the speech probably this referendum this problem we know it go away for him he might money plates things have. to wait on monday and force all of these m.p.'s to vote against a referendum but this problem is not going to go away it's going to become worse and there are going to grow in huge. so you so you're forecasting a bit of a dim future there so you're saying it's going to get worse so you know we've had a tough year for members of the eurozone certainly a few of them in particular was struggling economy is a very big but the european union as a whole has not been a success. from my point of view i can tell you it has not been a success being a success. we wouldn't have the economic and financial crisis we have today i think today my arguments are not needed as much as they were five years ago against the european union you know the crisis is showing you that the e.u. has faith has failed to grow the economy. in the year two thousand they came out with at least one strategy to ma

and without objection the request is granted. mr. reid: mr. president we'll consider the three free trade agreements tomorrow. we expect complete action on these bills sometime tomorrow. if everyone uses their time it's quite obvious it will be a late late day but maybe people will get tired of talking and we can finish this earlier. we have work to complete on thursday. i talked to the republican leader about the path forward and i think it would be -- we can get more done this week and have a really a good next week working on appropriation bills. if there's no further business to come before the senate i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> president obama met with his council and jobs and competitiveness in pittsburgh where he provided a meeting and opening remarks. through the president's right is the president of the jobs counsel. the com called for greater spending on infrastructure less restrictive regulations, and a more friendly business tax sys

every school in the united states. >> i and i'm just reminded this is in the competitive grant program, too? >> yes, mr. chairman, in the competitive grants program. >> any further discussion? >> i'm interested in this. don't you think high school is a little too late to identify when they are two grades behind? you know, if they have got into high school and haven't dropped out because they've been held back two years -- >> of the ranking member wishes to offer his amendment and extend it, i would be happy to support it. i don't mean to be facetious, but we are really trying to frame the amendment so that it applies to the competitive grant program which is the improving secondary schools grant program come improving secondary schools grant program if there were a way to apply it similarly to elementary school that would be a good option. >> so they will get more points if they have more kids that are behind when they are competitive grant? >> they will get more points for considering a relevant measure of whether they are likely to have dropouts, and scores dropouts are already the dropout rate alrea

resolution approving the redefinition of 22 selling spaces on grant avenue first-rate artists certified by the arts commission. >> we have mrward from the art commission. >> thank you for getting me before you at this time, because this could have been a severe crisis for the street artists. to go back a moment, in 1977, the board of supervisors designated some 30 spaces in that three-block section of grant avenue for the street artists. and the artists have used it ever since. supervisor mar: from geary to sutter. >> from o'farrell to sutter street. 30 spaces, and they have been lucrative spaces. i am grateful to be informed by one of the street artists that it seems like 20 to of this basis, the curbs have been repainted as yellow zones. according to the ordinance, you cannot have a yellow zone and there. unless the board of supervisors exams the space. you do have the authority to do that under ordinance 388-83. you can exempt a space from one more regulations so long as the exemption does not interfere with the purpose of the regulation. you have done that traditionally for the last 28 for many, many street artists' spa

mr. chairman for granting unanimous consent and i would ask a couple questions and try to be brief i appreciate you being here today. this is a third time we have had folks come and we still can't get anybody to take responsibility. we had the official and now the former doe officials with the two senior solyndra executives who took the fifth and today we hear a lot of that's not my job that's not my role so i hope you can appreciate the frustration that we are having as we try to get folks to answer questions about these important matters. mr. grippo let me start with you. i want to go back to the beginning there was an e-mail on tab one, march 19th, and the treasury review board at this point approved a condition commitment on march 19th, march 17th and u all expressed concerns on march 19th. that seems backwards to me. so you talk about your role consul to the fleet and you look at the town there was an e-mail expressing about 15 or 16 concerns the treasury department had. >> i'm looking at that, yes. >> because it meant by the federal review board happened today's earlier on march 17th. >>

mr. lautenberg: this would fund disaster relief grants at the economic development relief administration. we all know this has been a record year for natural disasters. our country has already experienced a record ten natural disasters that cost more than a billion dollars each time. hurricane irene alone caused more than $7 billion in damages along the east coast. in my home state of new jersey, 11 people lost their lives as a result of the hurricane. and while president obama came to my hometown of paterson, new jersey, to see the damage firsthand, i must point out that we are still almost across the country in the wake of huge storms that demand attention and will require substantial funding. now, in my hometown of patterson, new jersey, we witnessed unforgettable images. the streets and sidewalks were covered in mud and in some homes the second floor was also covered with mud. but new jersey's not alone. as i said, there have been extremely severe storms across the country, and flooding and tornadoes devastated the midwest and the south. as a result, fema has declared federal disaster

mr. lloyd oversees epa's efforts to review applications, issue brownfield grants to communities, states and nonprofit organizations so. mr. lloyd, we welcome you and you may begin your testimony now please. >> thank you, good morning, mr. chairman and members of the committee. my name is david lloyd, as was said, i'm the director of epa's office of brownfields and land revitalization in the office of solid waste and emergency response. i'm here to talk about the brownfield program and i would like to thank members of this committee and the subcommittee for their long term bipartisan support of the epa brownfields program. as you know and has been said, brownfields are all around us really in the smallest towns and in the largest cities. empty warehouses, abandoned deteriorating factories, vacant gas stations and junk filled lots, often in town and city center locations. both in small and large cities. and they are visible. but they are and have the efficiency and benefit of often being located near existing infrastructure such as road access, power and other utilities. epa's brownfields pro

again, i'm just reminded this is in the competitive grant program too. >> yes, mr. chairman, in the competitive grants program. >> any further discussion? >> so, you know, i'm interested in this. don't you any high school is too late to identify when they are two grades behind? if they get to high school and have not dropped out already -- >> if the ranking member wishes to offer his amendment to extend it, i'd be happy to support it. i don't mean to be facetious, but we're really trying to frame the amendment so it complies to the grant program which is the improving secondary schools grant program and if there were a way to apply it similarly to elementary school, that would be a good option. >> they'll get more points if there's more kids that are behind on their competitive grant -- >> they'll get more points for considering a relevant measure of whether they are likely to have dropouts, and, of course, dropout rate already is part of the needs assessment, but they just consider it at an earlier point when it may lead to dropouts. >> so this might reduce actually

mr. reid: be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's session of the senate. presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: following lead refresh remarks the it? will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 today. at 4:30 the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of stephen higginson to be united states district judge for the fifth circuit. at 5:30 there will be a roll call vote on the von firmation of stephen higginson. today i join millions of nevadans in commemoratingthe day 147 years ago that nevada joined the union. granted statehood during the bitter years of the civil war in 1864 our mettle was tested from the very beginning. today our state is once again tested. too many nevadans are out of work, upped water in their homes and this is during these rough times, it's all over the state of nevada. but i know by facing our challenges together, we'll once again demonstrate the collective strength that comes from our state's motto, "battle born." mr. president, this chart here appeared in last week's "new york

mr. poe of texas after 1:00 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? without objection, the request is granted. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, there is something about having a heart and a philosophy that americans who are not working want to work, americans who are not rich simply want an opportunity to provide for their families. i want to congratulate the president today for acknowledging that this economic downfall is not attributable to his actions as a president that happens to be a democrat. i thank him for mentioning the calamity in china, dealing with the manipulation of currency. it is something we have to address, it is something that has not benefited the united states. and i believe as individuals run for the presidency they have every right to do so. but every time they make a statement of insult to the american people i'm going to address it. mr. cain seems to want to continue rather than to talk constructively how we can bring people together. today he announced that those who are on ralies around this country, some in my district, as we speak, he callsed them that if you did no

mr. chairman and granting me consent to ask a couple questions. i will try to be brief. i appreciate you are gentlemen being here today. this is third time we've had folks to come. we can't have folks take responsibility. doe former official. two senior solyndra executives took the fifth and today we hear a lot of that's not my job, that's not my role. i hope you can appreciate the frustration that we're having as we try to get folks to answer questions about these very important matters. mr. grippo, let me start with you, i want to go back to almost the very beginning. there was e-mail to tab 1, march 19th. and, the treasury review board at this point approved a conditional commitment on march 19th. excuse me on march 17th. and you all expressed concerns on march 19th. that seems backwards to me. so you talk about your role consultatively. are you with me? looking at tab 1? there is e-mail expressing 15 or 16 concerns the treasury department had? >> i'm looking at that tab, yes. >> the conditional commitment by the credit review board happened two days earlier on march

grant from hud. in the wake of governor brown's signing of legislation to dissolve the redevelopment agency, mr. blackwell has been a vocal supporter. a commitment to ensuring that products that revitalize some of our most challenged communities can continue. you're so eager to publicly acknowledge you and thank you for your steadfast commitment to improving the living conditions for thousands of san franciscans. congratulations to you and thank you for all the you have done for us. ladies and dillon, he is going to be transitioning on to a new position to serve oakland. i have here just a simple token of my appreciation that i am presenting to you on behalf of my colleagues. it is a proclamation with about five or six snazzy whereas clauses. i will not bore the public with what they say, but i would like to bring you to the podium. you might like to share a couple of words and reflections. >> thank you very much for those kind words. i do not want to take up too much time. i see the gallery is full, which means there is a long afternoon and night ahead, but i did want to say a few things. i wan

mr. beresford, anything further? >> no, thank you. director goldstein: then i believe the matter is submitted. commissioners? commissioner fung: i would move to grant the appeal, with a condition that the permit holder apply and procure a permit for the structural upgrade of the roof structure. vice president garcia: can we request that it be expedited? we are moving into hopefully a rainy season. director goldstein: commissioner fung, would that be on the basis if the permit is co-compliant? commissioner fung: yes. director goldstein: mr. pacheco, would you call the world? it does not look like there is any additionthis. is this correct? secretary pacheco: again, we have a motion from commissioner fung, that he applied for and procure a new building permit for structural upgrade of the roof structure and on the basis that this permit is code compliance. on that motion, president goh, vice president garcia, commissioner peterson, commissioner hwang is absent, the boat is four-zero. the appeal is upheld with that condition and on that basis. director goldstein: ok, thank you. we will move into the last item on our calendar, which is item number eigh

thing that really struck me that everything is quiet again mr least in the capital on the way back to moscow for a couple i took it for granted that we would be the going the very rigorous and probably the most severe search in the world and the reason is obvious because of ghana still is the main supplier of akio canopies for the whole world well to my surprise i didn't see a big customs dogs neither in kabul airport nor in dubai when we landed there the only consolation that i got when we finally landed on the last flak back to moscow. finally i got what i was looking for. this through russia saluting german shepherd looking for travelers who came from kabul by dubai. after all it is russia we just then main target of afghan narco aggression deliberately are not supported and promoted by the you as administration in the contrary. i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a moment stay with us. on the money with the business of russian business. from the days of the manhattan project in one thousand forty two the university of california has been involved through the science that said probation and scientists and

the speaker pro tempore: without objection, permission granted. mrs. christensen: thank you. at this time i'm joined by two of my colleagues and i'd like to yield to the gentlelady from ohio who had the responsibility in the last congress and who led us in these special orders for two years religiously and with a lot of conviction and great information to share with the american people, congresswoman marcia fudge of ohio. ms. fudge: thank you so much. mr. speaker, i'd like to thank representative christensen for anchoring today's timely c.b.c. special order on unemployment in the african-american community and job creation. it is no secret that the unemployment rate for african-americans is almost twice that of the national unemployment rate. studies show that 16.7% of all african-americans are unemployed. it's probably closer to 20% when you take into consideration those who have given up looking for jobs or who are severely underemployed. in some cities it is nearly three times the national unemployment rate. and, mr. speaker, the people i represent, i'm not talking about b

grants? >> yes, that's correct. >> so it doesn't apply to all of them. anyone else seek -- >> mr. chairman. >> senator isakson. >> there is currently not a mechanism to track from middle school to high school, so this would -- anybody -- in is going to require anybody applying for these grants to figure out some way to track and figure out what happened to somebody because mr. bennet may know but i don't think there's any existing way you can. you have to create a mechanism to do that which probably means you have to create a person to carry out that tracking. that would be my guess. >> any other -- >> mr. chairman? >> senator murkowski. >> so just to clarify then from senator isakson, if you do receive the competitive grants and you cannot establish it, i guess it becomes a requirement you must establish this tracking mechanism for kids moving up from middle school in order to receive these competitive grants, is that correct? >> yes, i think that's right. in order to receive a competitive grant, as i understand it, yes. i'll let the senator describe it. >> it's a question, senato

mr. president, i also strongly believe in the importance of the community development block grant program. this is such a popular program in communities throughout our country. it supports economic growth strategies of communities and enables key investments and their long-term economic growth. it is programs like the cdbg that laid the foundation for future prosperity. we were not able to provide as much funding, frankly, for this program as i would have liked and as senator murray would have liked. i hope we can continue to work on it once we get to conference. mr. president, as we head into fiscal year 2012, our economy continues to struggle with high rates of unemployment, with stagnant incomes, and with prices that in some areas are starting to rise. this, unfortunately, makes it very difficult for us to fund these programs that are meeting an ever-growing need. for this reason, it has been all that much more challenging to achieve lowered budget targets. to address this challenge, therefore, our bill includes several measures that are designed to improve the efficiency and effective

mr. harkin: i ask unanimous consent that julianna richard and katherine burr be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's proceedings. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: mr. president, the so-called supercommittee created by the budget control act has begun their work. its mandate is to produce plan by november 23 that will reduce future deficits by at lethe 1.5 trillion. -- by at least $1.5 trillion. as the chair of the "help" committee, i've been invited to submit recommendations to the supercomeergts and i will do so in the days ahead. certainly, i wish this group well. however, mr. president, it is critically important that we define "success" in terms that really matter to working americans. frankly, aim deeply disturbed about thbythe washington group-. i've come to the floor to urge members of the supercommittee embrace a broader and more powerful definition of success. success must include boosting the economy and creating jobs. after all, the most effective way to reduce the deficit is to help 25 million unemployed and underemployed americans to find

mr. president, congratulations for being granted the partner for democracy status by the parliamentary counsel of europe. what do you think of the future of relations with hamas? some hamas representatives have expressed reservations regarding the application of palestine for recognition in the united nations. >> mr. president, please. >> as to the future of our relationships with the council, these should be all that we should with -- these should evolve and we should be able to upgrade our democracy development in light of your rich experience. this is why i said in the context of the arab spring, many arab countries will also have the opportunity to join you as well. as for hamas, it has not given an official opinion saying it supports the step that there are those among them who say they are gas to them those who say they are for it. we heard the speech made by that had of their political bureau, of the hamas political bureau, in a speech and they run and he said he supports the speech made by me at the united nations. he raised the issue of consultation. of course, consultation is an impo

mr. president, that's pretty lofty language, i grant you, but i think that it is suited. i think it is suited to this conversation this evening, just at ernest gruening had to have this same fright this same chamber -- same fight from this same chamber over 50 years ago, i feel compelled to remind this body that the greatness of this nation, the ultimate and true greatness of this experiment depends on the greatness of the individual states which kpraoeupls it. as we look at our states and what they are capable of achieving, i would bet alaska's potential against any other. so today on the 144th anniversary of alaska day, i would ask the senate to just think to consider the promises that were made to the state of alaska, to realize that those promises have not been kept but broken to the detriment of both alaska and our nation as a whole. and this must be changed with the realization that partnership, not abject denial, is truly the best path forward. if the federal government keeps its promises, alaska will realize its potential, grow as a state and secure its future. an

offender grants, the cybercrime economic crime program, the coverdale forensic improvement grants, adam walsh act. oh, mr president we shouldn't be cutting the accounts that administer those programs. that would not be my choice if i had had the ability to work with the senator from virginia to accommodate his needs as an authorization committee would. this should not be in this bill. we -- if we're going to have a 14-member commission, seven republicans and seven democrats, let's have a fair appointment of those seven members on each side. to say that the president of the united states would appoint two of the republicans and that that is an even distribution, mr. president, it just doesn't pass the test of what appears to be the fairness in the appointment of the commission. so i oppose this amendment, and i would like to work with senator webb to have a national criminal justice commission that would focus on the national criminal justice system. we don't need the overreach into state and local governments. we don't need to set the priority for the budgets of state and local governments. we don't have

grant itself. so as that expenditure shrinks the amount of money we can spend on the ground in the small communities shrinks as well. >> okay. and i appreciate that. mr. chairman, i -- i have nothing against the profession am grant writers but when you go into one of my small communities in oklahoma and talk about how do you do this and put this together, yes, they do have access to the state -- we are going to be working with them to get more help for them. but they will -- they will say we are paying and they will -- to them it is an astronomical amount of money. you pay to someone to do this and they don't have it. so i'm -- i -- what i would like to have you do, for the record, is to put -- write down recommendations that you can make in this program that would allow easier access to the small communities. why don't you do that for the record for us. the rest of my time, i would like the mayor to -- i just wish, mr. chairman, that you could come to oklahoma and stay in the hotel and now -- new jersey's not like oklahoma. oklahoma that is 100 years old is ancient. and in new jersey it is new. so -- it is totally -- i remember when i was a state le

mr. [unintelligible] is a good sign. if we can take that motion, without objection? thank you very much. please call item no. 5. >> item #5. recommend approval of san francisco's one bay area block grant advocacy principles. this is an action item. >> good morning. i will be presenting this item, which begins on page 59 of your packet. we will present a general update on the regional transportation plan and, also, seek your action on recommending bay area advocacy principles. we have been to the committee at least twice so far in the planning cycle. once at the beginning of the presentation, which was the region being trapped in this planning process. the second time was when san francisco submitted our integrity project -- the entire the project -- and tientirity project. the result of senate bill 375, transportation and housing planning, which were linked together through the funding process. in the past there was a regional transportation plan created by the metropolitan commission. is an important plan, guiding the investments of the discretionary revenue coming into the region. there are about $68 billion expected to come into the region over the next 28 years. on the housing sid

it does not apply to everybody, only to those schools will apply for this grant. >> that is correct. >> anyone else seek to -- mr. chairman? >> there is currently not a mechanism to track from middle school to high school. if this is going to require anyone applying for these grants to figure out some way to track, figure out what happens. mr. bennett may know if there is. i do not think there is any existing way in which you can know that, so you will have to create a mechanism to do that, which means you will create a person to carry that out. that would be my guess. any other comments on this? >> just to clarify, if you do receive the competitive grant and cannot establish -- i guess it then becomes a requirement that you must establish this tracking mechanism for kids moving up from middle school in order to receive this competitive grant? is that correct? >> yes, i think that is right. in order to receive a competitive grant, as i understand it. >> it is a question of tracking the kids that go from the eighth grade to the high school. i think it is -- senator alexander made a good point. this is complicated

let's in essence sort of bloch grant that money back, and let it be spent at the lower level. >> mr. chairman, senator paul's argument sounds familiar to me. 30 years ago, as a young governor, i went to see president reagan, and i asked him to swap all of elementary and secondary education for medicaid. in other words, the federal government would get completely out of elementary and secondary education, i thought that was the state's responsibility, and federal government would take over all of medicaid. i still think that would be a good idea. that's not going to happen. president reagan and i were the only people who were for that at that time. we moved on down the road. i think the better course for our children and our schools is to try to fix no child left behind, not end no child left behind. while i respect his argument, the course i prefer to take is to fix it. and this bill, and we're beginning a process here that i have high hopes for, because we might actually legislate on this bill, that is to amend it in committee some, amend it a lot on the floor, take it to conference

the jewish community, which i said he was taking for granted was upset because he thought he was pleasing them with his statements. i said, you know, mresident, when you said israel should go back to the pre-'67 lines, i wouldn't have gotten angry as i did, even though i disagree with that because it makes israel indefensible, no defensible lines, but you didn't at the same time demand that hamas give up terrorism, that it recognize the state of israel, and that if there were successful negotiations, recognize it as a jewish state, and also end its charter, which sell that every jew who came to palestine after 1917 must be expelled. you didn't say that. he said it was really interesting -- he said, i thought i did. but the fact is that i have concluded based on the speech that he made at the u.n., before i met with him that he's very supportive of the state of israel, wants to see justice done, recognizes that they were there for 3,000 years. it's not just simply the holocaust that brought them there. so i'm back on board the bus, as i said. >> when you say you're back on board the bus, you're going to support him? >> well, i'm going

mr. sinatra and the house band and lucky pounce and all those guys. so we took them down. we played with frank at the sporting club for grace kelly and cary grant all those people. after six words, he said, good job, kid, cuckoo. four years later, i get a call from his wife. the first guy that called me "q." i am directing a film and i just heard the record you did with basecy with clark howard. it is a waltz. he said, i like the way you did it. i put it in 4/4. he said, that's the way i want to do it. he said, would you consider doing a record with my and bacey? i said, man, are you crazy? is the pope a catholic? i was in hawaii two days later and worked with him the rest of his life. >> let me run one more past you. i can't not talk about michael jackson. >> what else is there to say? it is in the music, man. we worked on the wiz. he said to me, i'm going to do an album on epic. could you help me find a producer? i said, i don't want to talk about it. you don't have the song and the movie yet. he was on down the road with diana. i was working to get him a song. we finally got the song, you can't win, with the crows and all, the scarecrow. i s