mr. johnson: on issues that are false issues. mr. ellison: yep. mr. johnson: you create controversy where there is none. mr. ellison: right. mr. johnson: and this is a game that certainly many people see is being played but i wish far more people saw and understood what is actually taking place in their house of representatives. i believe that there's one reason why we have two groups of 99ers, they occupy wall street and the tea party movement, who are dissatisfied with how things are going in america. mr. ellison: well, you know, i do hope that we could help the people understand that their interests lie with each other, right? so whether or not you're a muslim, christian, jewish, buddhist, hindu, a person who doesn't practice any faith, just spiritual, eighth yaft, whatever you may happen -- atheist, whatever you may happen to be, the fact is we all breathe the same air, we all occupy the same small planet and we have to find a way to live here. whether you are black, white, latino, asian, no matter whether you're from the south or north, no matter

mrs. johnson. you have a chapter -- let me just ask you, first, why did you devote a chapter called lady bird? >> guest: well, i think that the story of lady bird johnson's transformation, which in this book, "means of ascent, is what the lady bird chapter is about, is one of the most wonderful stories that i ever heard. you know, she was so shy as a girl, she had this really painful public shyness, where she couldn't bear to speak in public. when she was in high school, she told me, she prayed that if she finished first or second in the class and would have to give a speech as valedictorian or salutatorian at her graduation, she prayed that she would get smallpox, and i wrote, "she would rather risk the scars than speak in public." now, she marries lyndon johnson. she, of course, cannot campaign for him, make speeches for him. more than that, she doesn't participate in the political part of his life at all, and i asked her why not and she said, "well, i didn't want to be part of absolutely everythi

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i rise to give myself as much time as i may consume. i rise to support my amendment to this dangerous bill, the reins act. my amendment is simple. it would exempt any rule that the office of management and budget determines would promote job growth from the bill's congressional approval requirement which is very cumbersome. the republican majority claims that job growth is its top priority, and if that's the case, then my republican friends should support this amendment. in reality we all know this bill will not create a single job and it's part of the majority's anti-regulatory agenda to make it virtually impossible to implement rules for our health and safety. this bill does not fine tune the regulatory process as the republicans say. it will do nothing but make the regulatory process more bureaucratic and impose unnecessary hurdles for the agencies seeking to inact rules to protect our health and -- enact rules to protect health and safety. the majority has a scare tactic

mrs. johnson told the judge she didn't know about her husband's criminal activity. chris gordon has the report. >> reporter: leslie johnson came to court seeking probation rather than a prison sentence. she told the judge i am sorry and ashamed of my conduct on november 12, 2010. i take full responsibility for my actions that day and sincerely regret the impact it's had on my family and the community. >> there's a little box and in the box there's a check. tear it up or chew it up. >> reporter: she panicked trying to help her husband without thinking. destroying a check for $100,000 and trying to conceal $79,600 in her underwear. she called it a single act asking for probation saying i did not know anything about the criminal conduct that my husband engaged in prior to november 12, 2010. the federal judge believes mrs. johnson knew that she was dealing with tainted money and that she tried to conceal it. with that, he sentenced her to 12 months and a day, making her eligible for release in ten months. mrs. johnson had many supporters at the courthouse. >> there was n

mrs. johnson said she panicked for trying to help her husband without thinking. destroying a check for $100,000 and trying to conceal $79,000 in her underwear. she called it a single aberrant act asking for probation calling it -- saying she did not know anything about the criminal conduct my husband engaged in prior to 2010. had i known, i would have hoped would have had the courage to do something about it to avoid this like changing ordeal. he believes mrs. johnson knew that she was dealing with tainted money. she tried to conceal it. clearly she knew the judge said, i cannot accept the explanation that she did not. she sentenced leslie johnson to 12 months in a day. he ordered her to perform 240 hours of community service and forfeit the $79,600 in her possession when she was arrested. mrs. johnson had many supporters at the courthouse. >> i was disappointed that she got time. i felt she should not have received any jail time. >> she was sentenced to 12 months and a day. you think that is fair? >> know. it should be less. it should be probation. >> the judge

mrs. johnson was in on it. nonetheless, more inclined to have mercy on the johnsons.for them. wouldn't wish that on anybody. hopefully they learned a valuable lesson. i'm sure we all have, at least they didn't do worse than that. you know, that is without question the minority viewpoint out there. most of you were furious with the johnsons, but robert said don't be surprised if there's a political comeback. >>> marion barry has a felony conviction and look where he is. you can bet that she will run for office again and the sad part is, the voters in maryland will vote for her. she should receive the same sentence as her crooked husband. for the record, marion barry's convictions are misdemeanors. could there be a political comeback for either johnson? i'm going to pass the buck on that one. what do you think? don't forget, include your name and where you are writing us from. that is our report. we'll be right back here at 11:00 along with anita brikman and you can log on any time to wusa9.com. you have a great evening. we'll talk to you later. bye bye. >>> now, "enter

mr. johnson. and i saw ms. jackson lee here. i would invite her to the table if she is planning to testify. >> ok. well, please proceed. and your remarks will appear in the record and we welcome your summary. >> ranking member slaughter for allowing me to speak today on h.r. 3630. in my amendment to this legislation. i oppose this misguided bill, and am shocked that the republicans would tie the extension of the payroll tax cut, a tax cut that is desperately needed by our nation's struggling middle class to big oil interests. and i also object to the misnomer in the title of this bill. it should be instead of the middle class tax relief and job creation act, it should be the middle class reduction act. >> h.r. 3630. is still called db with mandate that the president accelerate the approval of the keystone x.l. puppy line. this pipeline will increase pollution in areas that are already suffering devastating outcomes from dirty air. the state department has submitted two failed environmental stateme

mr. lazard to read the spirits of officer suguitan. >> on saturday generate 23, 2010 at 1721 hours, ms. johnson phoned the police to report that her roommate, mr. smith, was suffering from psychological problems, had been drinking, and was taking medication. in her request for the police, this johnson indicated mr. smith was not known to carry weapons and that she wanted vice from officers on how to deal with mr. smith. she needed assistance based on his behavior. officers brodericks suguitan and samuel fung arrived at the scene within four minutes. officer suguitan and fung were met by the woman outside of her porch. officer suguitan observed at the front door of the residence was open and stepped inside. officer suguitan noticed mr. smith and mr. rios, an additional roommate, were standing face to face having a conversation. both men were approximately 7 feet in front of officer suguitan. officer suguitan looked at both men and stated, how are you doing, we are here to help. mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind

mrs. johnson knew she was dealing with tainted money and that she tried to conceal it. "clearly she knew, the judge said. i cannot accept the explanation that she did not." he sentenced her to 12 months in jail and ordered her to perform 240 hours of community service and forfeit the $76,000 in her possession when she was arrested. mrs. johnson had many supporters at the court house. >> i was disappointed she got time. i felt as though she should not have received jail time. >> she got 12 months and a day. do you think that is fair? >> no, it should be less. >> the judge ordered her to turn herself in on march 9 a month after her husband begins serving his federal sentence. her attorney asked she be able to serve her time in west virginia. wbal-tv 11 news. >> a fire in annapolis forces dozens of people from an apartment complex. firefighters respond the to the clareborne place apartments. we're told a ceiling fan fell and the fire started burning. >> meanwhile, skyteam 11 was over the scene of the fire. it started friday afternoon along the 2500 block of fairmont avenue

mrs. johnson knew she was dealing with tainted money and tried to conceal it. clearly, she knew. i cannot accept the explanation she did not. he sentenced her to 12 months and a day. she's eligible for release in ten months. 240 hours of community service and forfeit the $79,600 in her possession when arrested. she had many supporters at the courthouse. >> i was disappointed she got time. i felt adds though she should not have received any jail time. >> she got sentenced to 12 months and a day. do you think it's fair? >> no. should be less. >> reporter: should be probation? >> should be probation. >> reporter: the judge acknowledged the supporters who came to court this week. the judge had to weigh that against the disgust and outrage of others. in news coverage, editorials and letters to the editor. that's the latest from the news room. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, chris. >>> it was another awful day on the campus of virginia tech. a gunman opened fire and opened a wound on a campus scarred from violence four years ago. we are learning about the final moments of a ma

mrs. johnson's term. the same judge will be presiding that sentenced her husband, jack johnson to seven years in prison. lesli johnson faces 12 to 18 months, a lot shorter time for her role in the pay to play scheme. she is charged with conspiring for witness and evidence tampering so she does face a year and a half in jail for her episode as the fbi came knocking. >> er you hear them banging? >> tear it up. >> it is the fbi, jack. >> i know. that's what i'm telling you. >> you want me to put it down the toilet? >> yes. >> you want me to flush it? >> yeah, flush that. >> reporter: and then she stuffed $80,000 in cash in her bra and underwear as she was instructed to do by her husband. the wiretaps clearly show she was aware of what was going on. her husband's misdeeds and taking kickbacks. the judge is known to be fair but tough on sentencing. we'll see what he will do today. he told jack johnson earlier this week on tuesday he was involved in pure cronyism and that political corruption, that he will pay

mr. johnson will not be statement at this time. >> and jack johnson in march courtroom,ral to seven years behind bars. where there is smoke, there is fire. >> just prayed that it will teach him a lesson about the grade. >> prosecutors uncovered a corruption under his leadership. a million dollars by bribing business owners and developers in an extortion scheme. >> jack johnson could have been for integrity. instead, he chose to be a poster corruption. >> his efforts to avoid capture are part of record. the infamous taped conversation wife, with his encouraging her to conceal nearly $80,000 in cash before fbi agents arrived at his home. attorney pleaded for leniency, claiming he suffers from parkinson's disease and depression. the judge did not take johnson's account.elped into >> i did not see that it would be an issue for anybody else. >> at one point, the judge you were not elected to pockets, to corrupt way you did.e >> jack johnson must surrender federal authorities to start prison term on february 3. >> on our facebook page, we thought jack prison sentence was fair. of you thought it

mr. johnson since there are some pending issue still for sentencing that have not been worked out, not to make any statement at this time. >> following his lawyer's statement, 62-year-old jack johnson left federal court without comment. during his sentencing, the former prince george's county executive focused on his political court. critics focused on his political career. he said i have lost everything, my reputation, all the things i have worked for. >> the judge told him he was not allowed to line his pockets or corrupt the system. prosecutors did not dismiss his good deeds. >> jack johnson could have been a role model for integrity. instead, he chose to be a poster child for corruption. >> jack johnson pleaded guilty in may to extortion, witness and evidence tampering. he was arrested in november of last year as part of a corruption probe. >> he just laughed it off and put the cash in his pocket. >> a phone tab revealed him talking to his wife, leslie, telling him to flush a check for $100,000 down the toilet. the check was from a developer. he also told her to stop her underwear wit

mr. johnson had been doing at -- knowledge about what mr. johnson had been doing at least with respect to the cash in the house at the time of the fbi raid. i think the sentence was probably based more on the view by the judge that she knew as opposed to not knowing. >> let me get your reaction, also to, jack johnson's sentence. i know you know the johnsons very well, seven years, three months. >> i think the interesting point out of that was he was facing 11 to 14 and he got the reduction based on two things, acceptance of responsibility, but most significantly, ongoing cooperation with the u.s. attorney and federal investigators. so that might mean there are other shoes that will drop out there soon. >>> now to the fox 5 storm force, a live look outside. temperatures are falling. we're in for a cold start to the weekend. fox 5's gary mcgrady tracking the tumble from the weather center. >> it's interesting because some are falling, but some temperatures have come up a little bit in the last couple hours simply because we have a little cover

mr. johnson: mr. chairman -- mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman asks for a recorded vote. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from georgia will be postponed. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part a of house report 112-296 on which further proceedings were postponed in the following order -- amendment number 2 by ms. jackson lee of texas, amendment number 3 by mr. cohen of tennessee, amendment number 4 by mr. peters of michigan, amendment number 5 by ms. jackson lee of texas, amendment number 6 by mr. johnson of georgia. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic vote after the first series of votes. so the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in part a of house report 112-296 by the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by a voice vote. the clerk will redes

mr. johnson you were elected to do good, not to line your pockets. he called the bribery and obstruction of justice scheme that johnson pled guilty to a severe crime. so, again, it's seven years and three months for jack johnson along with a $100,000 fine and three years of probation. he'll be going to jail sometime in january. we do expect to hear from johnson or his defense team and the prosecutors as well as courtroom observers and friends of johnson as they leave the courtroom. so we'll have that for you as soon as we get it. for now, reporting live at the greenbelt federal court house, scott broom, 9news now. >> scott, before you leave, do we know whether jack johnson will have to serve the full seven years and three months or can he get out earlier? >>> under the federal system, you serve what you're given. they have already determined the probation as three years after he's released. >> okay. thank you very much. scott broom reporting live from greenbelt. >>> we're going to take a break and we'll be right back. >>> all right. we want to update

mr. johnson. >> it's not funny. >> it's ironic. actually, we have been asking our facebook friends to tell us if they think we'll have a white christmas and what the percentage is of having a white christmas. out in the west, some microclimate out in l.a. this is a place called grapevine up interstate 5. it's about 80 miles from downtown l.a. and they had a pretty good snowfall. some areas had up to 14 inches. that is kind of cool. not that far. it's about 80 miles north, northwest of downtown l.a. all right, let's talk about sat lit picture and radar combined. there is some snow in the mountains that we showed you early at 5:00. they got hammered in the mountains. some areas had up to 26 inches. there is a fair amount of moisture here. it is training off to the north and east and we'll move into the plain states tonight and tomorrow. eventually, this will get to us. the good news is, it won't get to us until late thursday. it's not going to have much punch. and even though we are in mid december, it's still green. not any cold air

mr. johnson has much of a case. he was caught red handed on fbi videotape saying and doing things that are clearly against the law. the judge could have sentenced him to 14 years in prison, but the sentence is actually relatively lenient. he gets seven years and $100,000 fine. that doesn't sound like racial discrimination. >> reporter: johnson's wife lesli is scheduld for sentencing on friday. she faces up to 18 months in prison. >> so do you think the judge came down too hard on jack johnson because of his race or did he make a fair ruling considering he could have sentenced him up to 14 years. you can be clear in your thoughts. >>> still to come, 70 years after the attack on pearl harbor, americans take a pause to remember those who lost their lives that fateful day. >>> but first the alec baldwin american airlines saga goes on and on. why they kicked the star off the flight and what he had to say about it. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right

mrs. johnson was largely based on this wiretap made has the fbi raided her home. >> what do you want me to do with this money? they are banging? what do you want me to do? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> johnson told the judge i am extremely sorry and ashamed of my conduct. i take full responsibility for my actions on that day. dy not know anything about the -- i did not know anything about the criminal conduct my husband engaged in. the judge did not buy that saying are you not an innocent spouse. are you a complicity spouse. you helped him conceal it. >> i felt as though she should not have received any jail time. they have lost so much. >> one day at a time, it will be over, and we will all be better for it. >> reporter: she stayed on the county council after leading guilty. prosecutors say she only ran for office to continue her husband's culture of corruption and that he funded her campaign with his dirty money. >> in government there are many opportunities for corruption. if the wrong people wind up in positions where they are able to exercise discretion. >> r

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. at a time when americans are not really deeply concerned about investors in european markets and what will happen to them upon greece or italy or somewhere like that, going belly up, most americans are fixated on one problem, ladies and gentlemen. it's a very personal problem. that problem is unemployment right here in america. now, while we are pondering the difficulties that investors may face because of efforts to prop up central banks in europe, people are hurting out here. people including wives or husbands of unemployed spouses suffering. they are suffering as we close in to the holiday season when they see so many out doing for their families. and they themselves having been unemployed most of whom been unemployed for the last -- for at least six months. many for two years. they are looking and they are feeling this holiday spirit, but in a bad way. they are regretful of the fact that they are not able to fully participate in this part of the american dream. doing for others. b

mr. johnson, and mr. skip mason. president and mrs. obama, vice president and dr.y salazar, distinguished guests, friends -- secretary salazar, distinguished guests, friends, it is with great pride that i stand here as the 33rd president of alpha phi alpha fraternity, dr. king's fraternity. the idea of a memorial for dr. king was conceived in 1983, where so many ideas are conceived, at the kitchen table, with the group of our fraternity brothers led by dr. george c. lee. many began embracing a single vision led by a group of dynamic past general presidents that are here. i would ask that you stand and be recognized. all brothers of alpha phi alpha stand so that he might be recognized and so that we can link the world for their -- you might be recognized and so that we can thank the world for their support of this great moment. thank you. you may be seated. alpha phi alpha joined with fraternities across the country, federal and local government, people all around the world, all around a common goal, to build a monument celebrating our borther as -- our brother as a

mrs. johnson flushed a check given as a bribe down the toilet. she tried to smuggle money out of her house in her underwear. a woman faces assault charges after pointed a loaded shotgun at two people, including a girl. police say she kicked in the bedroom door of her boyfriend's home, grabbed a shotgun, and pointed it at the men and his daughter. >> protesters at the occupy boston encampment are ignoring the mayor's deadline to clear out of the financial district. this was the scene as hundreds of demonstrators remained in the park. no word as to any arrests. students gathered on thursday at virginia tech for an impromptu vigil. 39-year-old deriek crouse was shot on campus. the comment ran into a nearby building and shot and killed himself. another vigil will be held tonight on the blacksburg campus. >> a haskell teacher remains behind bars and charged with having sex -- a high school teacher remains behind bars and charged with having sex with two students. police say jeffrey sears had numerous sexual encounters with high school students both on

mr. johnson of ohio. >> thank you, mr. chairman.'d be happy to yield back a minute of my time to the chairman. >> i appreciate the gentleman yielding. the difficulty here is that china has dirty invested 10 billion in canada's oil sands. canada's prime minister as a result of this decision by our president has already said the necessity of making sure that we are able to access asian markets for our energy products is underscored by this delay. the question is not if we bring these products to refineries here in the united states -- i mean, not complex by such and i will quote from department of energy, the department of energy says that gasoline prices in all markets served by these refineries as we talk about the keystone pipeline project would decrease gasoline prices would decrease in the gold coast gasoline prices would decrease in the east coast and gasoline prices would decrease here in the united states in the midwest. and everybody agrees having a falling price for gasoline is necessarily -- depends upon your perspective on

mr. johnson, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i'm reminded of a commercial that's been in heavy rotation lately. it's a christmas commercial, santa claus with a back ache and a pain remedy being offered to him after he climbs down the chimney. y'all are probably familiar with that. santa is -- first shot is santa kind of trying to work in his headquarters up in the north pole, putting gifts together and he's just got a bad back ache. probably got a headache, too. and his ills are kind of -- elves are kind of looking at him concerns as he works dutifully on a job that only he can do and then they show him as he trudges across a roof, about to go down the chimney and he's holding his back and then when he gets down the chimney they show him standing over by the christmas tree and he's distribute homeowner is kind of watching from a different room and he cease santa struggling with this back ache and so he then goes to get some pain medicine and while santa is presumably unpacking the gif

mr. johnson: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. johnson: mr. president, two months ago, the senate banking committee voted along party lines to send to the full senate the nomination of richard cordray to be the first director of the consumer financial protection bureau. due to an unprecedented and irresponsible display of political gamesmanship, mr. cordray's nomination and strong protections for the american consumers are being held hostage. before any candidate was put forth, senate republicans pledged to block the nomination, and their objections had nothing to do with mr. cordray's qualifications as politics -- his politics or his character. republican senators have admitted as much. with a public pledge to block any nominee for the new consumer agency until a list of legislative demands which would greatly weaken the agency are met. that those demands were debated and rejected by a partisan congress last year is beside the point. the minority party is distorting the senate confirmation process mandated by the constitution to rewrite a law

mr. johnson of ohio. >> thank you mr.inute of my time to to the chair. >> i appreciate the gentleman yielding. the difficulty here is that china has already invested $10 billion in canada's oil sands. canada's prime minister as a result of this decision by our president has already said the necessity of making sure we are able to access asian markets for our energy products is underscored by this delay. the question is not if we bring these products to refiners here in the united states, i mean the economics are such that i'm just going to quote from the department of energy. the department of energy says that gasoline prices in all markets served by these refineries, as we are talking about the keystone pipeline project, would decrease gasoline prices would decrease in the gulf coast. coast. gasoline prices would decrease in the east coast and gasoline prices would decrease here in the united states and the midwest. not everybody agrees that having falling price for gasoline is necessarily you know, it depends upon your

mr. johnson. and i saw ms. jackson lee here. i would invite her to the table if she is planning to testify. >> [inaudible] >> okay. please proceed and without objection, your prepared remarks, mr. johnson, will be in the record and we welcome your summary. >> [inaudible] and ranking member for allowing me to speak today on h.r. 3630. my amendment to this legislation on the oppose this misguided bill and jim shocked that the republicans would tie the extension of the payroll tax cut that is desperately needed by the nation's struggling middle class to the big oil interest, and i also object to the misnomer in the title of this bill should be instead of the middle class tax relief and job creation act, it should be the middle class reduction act. h.r. 3630, the so-called middle class tax relief and job creation act, would mandate that the president exarate the approval of the keystone xl pipeline. this pipeline will increase pollution and low-income and minority communities that are already suffering devastating health outcomes fr

mrs. johnson was largely based on this wire tap. >> what do you want me to do with this money? they are banging? >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> reporter: johnson told the judge, i'm extremely sorry and ashamed of my conduct. i take full responsibility for my actions on that day. i did not know anything about the criminal activity my husband engaged in. the judge did not buy that, saying you are not an innocent spouse. you are complicit spouse, you helped him conceal it. you knew what he was doing. >> i feel as though she should not have received any jail time. they have lost so much. one day at a time, it will be over and we'll all be better for it. >> reporter: she stayed on the county council after pleading guilty. prosecutors said he only ran for office to continue her husband's culture of corruption and that he funded her campaign with his dirty money. >> in government, there are many, many opportunities for corruption. it's the wrong people lined up in positions where they're able to exercise discretion. >> 40 hours of hands-on community service mus

mr. johnson has much of a case. he was caught red handed on fbi videotape saying and doing things that are clearly against the law. the judge could have sentenced him 14 years in prison, but the sentence is actually relatively lenient. he gets 7 years and a hundred thousand dollars bond. that doesn't sound like discrimination. >> reporter: also notes that the federal system has hard and fast sentencing guidelines. in the end judges just don't have a lot of direction about what sentences they give. in washington, scott broom, news now. >> leslie johnson will be sentenced on friday, and she faces up to 18 months in prison. >>> today -- everyone scurrying like crazy. >> hysterical. i was thinking, what if the cold air rolled in. >> you're always thinking. >> because you want. >> yes, it is wrong. >> we have one more big slug of moisture to come in here, mostly in the form of rain. let's start with what happened in memphis today. no. that could be our version later tonight. not going to slow long. i would say, if the ra

mr. johnson had been doing, at least with respect to the cash in the house at the time the fbi invested the raid. i think the sentence probably was based more on the assumption or the view by the judge that she knew as opposed to not knowing. >> and let me get your reaction also to jack johnson's sentence. you know the johnsons very well. seven years, three months. >> yeah. the interesting point out of that was, he was facing 11 to 14 and he got the reduction based on two things. acceptance of responsibility, but most significantly, on going cooperation with the u.s. attorney and federal investigators. so that might mean there are issues that will drop out there soon. >> okay. former state's attorney glenn ivy. thanks for being with us. >>> a former assistant principal learns his fate after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. plus, did penn state make the right call on firing joe paterno? and big time boxing returns to d.c. former champ stops by fox 5 ahead of tomorrow's championship bout. gary. >>> chilly today. but lots of sunshine. will that continue through this weekend? a few

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. the census bureau recently reported that 100 million americans in or on the brink of poverty. maybe now tea party is hearing georgia and congress will realize what millions of people already know and that is americans are barely getting by and the misguided republican agenda of deregulation, higher taxes for the middle class and tax cuts for the rich would do nothing for those who are struggling. we should extend the payroll tax cut, toss a lifeline to struggling americans who can barely make ends meet and stop holding small businesses and american families hostage with the threat of higher taxes. i hope my tea party colleagues will take the moment to put the interest of the majority of americans over those of overpaid bankers and oil executives. we must extend the payroll tax cut and help renew opportunity and restore the american dream to the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> to address the

mrs. johnson was largely made by this wire tap, made on their home. >> what do you want me to do with this money? they are banging. >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> reporter: johnson told the judge, i'm extremely sorry for my conduct. i take full responsibility for my actions that day. i did not know anything about the criminal conduct my husband engaged in. the judge didn't buy that, saying it is impossible for me to believe that she would destroy a $100,000 check and hide all of that money in her underwear if she didn't know anything. she stayed on the county council until she pled guiltle. prosecutor -- guilty. prosecutors say she only ran for office to help with her united -- her husband's extortion. >> reporter: the judge also ordered she perform 240 hours of hands-on community service once she gets onut. at u.s. -- gets out. >> reporter: at u.s. district court, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> johnson has to pay a $30,000 fine. she will head to prison in march. new at 6:00, we'll tell you where she is likely to serve her time. >>> a teenage girl is hit an

mr. johnson, unfortunate for him and his family but i said then that prince george's county would focus on the future and we've done that. >> oftentimes, we hear concerns about drafting ethics legislation that it sounds good on paper but often doesn't have teeth. it is more than just the county executive that could be subject to bribes. does this have teeth in your opinion? >> i think it has enough teeth to do what we want it to do. no legislation is going to stop people from doing wrong. what has to happen is we have to be vigilant. the price of liberty is eternal vigilance. from my stand point as county executive, i made it very clear to anybody in our administration that if you go astray, we'll make sure that you're fully prosecuted and you leave prince george's county. on the other instance, i have to make sure the businesses understand there is a new culture in prince george's county and i think they're getting it. >> it sounds like it with some of the things going on. >> there is something you're excited about coming up very soon. you'll have a special guest at this big event as well

mr. johnson in santa fe this afternoon announcing that he is leaving the republican race. d he's had it better than buddy roemer. gary johnson at least got into a couple republican debates so far this year. he said today his deep disappointment with the process thus far is leading him to dump the republican party and instead run for the libertarian party's presidential nomination instead. in terms of dissatisfaction, though, with the available options in the republican primary so far, there was also this news today about sarah palin, governor palin once said on an alaska radio show that it would take a lot. it would take a huge, natural disaster, in fact, to get her to jump into the race for president. remember this? >> are you sure that we're not going to hear tomorrow that sarah palin decided, you know what, i'm going to run for president of the united states?ç >> you know, that would take an earthquake the size of the '64 great quake in, you know, the personal life and local political life to change that up. so i don't anticipate it. >> all right. if, in fact, there's a

mr. johnson, please? >> thank you, mr. chairman. this week the house passed two bills on iran, house resolution 2105 and 1905. in addition the house passed the defense authorization bill, h.r. 1540, which included a provision to the sanction entities that do business with the central bank of iran. what's been the effect of sanctions imposed a bus for in the oil industry and what else can we do to prevent a nuclear weapons armed iran without disrupting oil markets? >> thank you for the question. the obama administration should be commended for the strengths against iran and putting on the oil industry including other countries to do so. as a result, iran has had to work harder to sell its oil and circumvent banks and find the go-between and give credit and we've made life a little more difficult to sell its oil. however it is doing so. it exports about 2.2 million barrels a day. in my view of the legislation the has been worked on here is still too the key and gives the president easy outs to avoid sanctions the would print the oil e

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. ranking member. mr. speaker, i rise today in opposition to passage of h.r. 2471. you know, this bill will make it easy for video producers to be able to sell to others information that consumers may feel like is private. now, i myself don't want folks to know that i have ordered up "debbie does dallas." i may not mind if they ordered up "jay edgar," but i don't want them to know that i ordered "good girls gone bad." and i certainly wouldn't want on behalf of judge robert bork, i certainly wouldn't want anyone to be able to uncover the fact that he's been ordering up relentlessly the film "bad boys of summer." we have a right to privacy, and that right should not just be given away without adequate knowledge on behalf of the consumer what they're giving away. and so this bill has proceeded to the suspension calendar without any kind of hearing before the judiciary committee on whether or not the bill should be marked up or not. and so we have not heard from experts. we don't know what kind of waiver by in

mr. johnson. >> two years ago, hud and the department of health and human services and education launched an effort and submitted a proposal to congress to try a demonstration. in particular, for all the families and the kern homeless persons. we tried to link up mainstream resources that hud has with hhs and education. it was interesting. this one on for a year in terms of really fine-tuning. when we spoke the word "kaulitz" it was used in different ways -- when we spoke the word "homeless," it was used in different ways. i think the need for a common vocabulary is incredibly valuable. when we interviewed with the jail, it was certainly supportive of that. the challenge in this country is that there are so many different needs, huge housing needs, that we have to be able to emerge very well across agencies at federal and local levels to solve this problem. >> yes, sir, mr. diamond. >> i certainly think that we should do more to invest both in people in shelters and in people who are living in precarious situations of all kinds. new york city has made a great effort. the funding that we h

mr. johnson: than you -- thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i have a unique position in congress in that i serve both on the house armed services committee and the house judiciary committee. the house armed services committee is charged with the responsibility of protecting the security of america from external threats. the judiciary committee is charged with the awesome responsibility of protecting the rights of americans to live freely and protecting that fro internal threats. i -- from internal threats. i note my service on armed services has been good and i appreciate the bipartisanship with which our chairman and the ranking member address the issues for keeping america safe from external threat. and i must commend you for a very difficult time in reaching this particular product. however, i rise in opposition to this defense authorization bill reached in conference committee because it does disturb the rights that americans have come to enjoy under our constitution. we have sworn to uphold our constitution of the united states o

mr. johnson of ohio. >> thank you, mr. chairman. be happy to yield back a minute of my time to the chairman. >> i appreciate the gentleman yielding. the difficulty here is china has dirty invested 10 billion canada's oil sands. canada's prime minister as a result of this decision by her president desired effect the necessity of making sure we are able to access asian markets for our energy products is underscored by this delay. the question is not if we bring these products to refineries here in the united states -- i mean, the economics are such and i'm just going to quote from the department of energy. the department of energy says that gasoline prices in all markets served by these refineries because we're talking about the keystone pipeline project, which decreased gasoline prices would decrease in the gulf coast. gasoline prices with decrease in the east coast in gasoline prices would decrease here in the united states in the midwest. not everybody agrees having the following price per gasoline is necessarily, you know, depends

mr. johnson, for five minutes. mr. johnson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, today i rise to honor martina kariya who passed away recently from breast cancer. martina was a courageous and inspiring woman who proved what president obama has often said, quote, in the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it. for decades martina fought for human rights in defense of her brother who was sentenced to death based on unreliable eyewitness testimony that was later recanted. martina's brother, troy anthony davis, was on death row for 20 years until his execution this year. thanks to martina, people rallied around troy's case and began to really think about how it is that a society such as ours can execute a potentially innocent man. inspired by martina, a diverse array of men and women in the united states and from around the world people like amnesty international's laura moy, naacp president ben jellis, the pastor of the historic ebenezer baptist church where the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. once pastored. british m.p.

mr. johnson from ohio. >> think you, mr. chairman. i am happy to hear back a minute of my time. >> i appreciate the gentleman yielding. logistically year -- that just really here is that china has already invested in canada's oil canada prime minister, as a result of this decision has already said it is a necessity that we are able to access asian markets. the question is not if we bring these products here in the estate's. i mean, the economics is such that and just going to quote from the department of energy. the department of energy says that gasoline prices in all markets served by these refineries, because we're talking about the keystone pipeline project, would decrease gasoline prices would decrease. gulf coast gasoline prices would decrease, and the east coast and gasoline prices would decrease here in the united states in the midwest. not everybody agrees that a falling price for gasoline is necessarily, you know, -- it depends upon your perspective, but i will tell you this. from a competitive standpoint the standpoint of t

mr. johnson: thank you mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of this bill, i'd like to begin by thanking the leadership and the chairman for including in this bill a provision of mine that will help eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse with respect to the refundable child tax credit. this simple, common sense provision will save the american taxpayer $9.4 billion by stopping illegal immigrants from getting the refundable child tax credit. i first introduced this provision as a bill in january, 2010, and reintroduced it this past may. my legislation is based on the good work of the treasury inspector general for tax administration, which said in its report on the credit thatall though the law prohibits aliens residing without authorization in the united states from receiving most federal public benefits and in-- an increasing numb of these vims are filing tax returns claiming this refundable credit. according to the i.g., illegal immigrants bilinged $4.2 billion from the u.s. taxpayers last year. and i think it's time we fixed it.

mr. johnson? >> for both of them. >> i feel sorry for the family. ence payne is another neighbor of the johnsons. he hasn't seen them around for days. >> when you're in a position like that, sometimes it can be tempting, you know, the money. we're all human. reporter: the prosecution also released audiotapes. they want to convince the court to throw the book at jack and leslie johnson because they say his wife knew what was going on. here's a portion of the fbi wiretap on their phones the day agents showed up at their house. >> what do you want me to do with this money? they are banging. >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. reporter: jack johnson will be sentenced this morning. he could get 14 years in prison. of course his lawyers will ask for more lenient sentence. leslie will be sentenced at the end of the week. reporting live, i'm stacey cohan, back to you. >> stacey, thank you. >>> d.c. council chairman kwame brown is expected to meet with embattled councilmember harry thomas junior. 12 of the 13 member hs a closed door meeting y

mr. johnson and his family. but for us and the county it's moving forward. >> you -- for people don't know, you had tried to get this pox for awhile back. did this change? did your mind set change over the years and to the position where you are now as to what to do with the county? has this changedded anything as far as what you set out years ago when you ran for this position? >> it did. it meant that when i came in under -- it's been a year now under what happened in the previous administration it meant i wanted to take my time in putting people in positions. if you noticed this administration i took six or serven months to actually get permanent people in directors position. i wanted to look at each department and make sure that we had the best and brightest there. but also make sure there was no hint of scandal in any of those. >> which i guess is what i was trying to ask. because of that and because there would be i guess a little extra attention given to you based on what happened in the past, did you cha