terry north is ceo of a non-profit associated with the catholic church rebuilding homes in tremaine. >> we get a lot of positive feedback. >> they have built 517 new homes there. and tremaine has an occupancy rate of 60% compared to 30% in the lower ninth ward. >> is it a fully populated neighborhood. it's not like what you saw in the ninth ward where you know small percentages of people were able to return and rebuild. >> reporter: while they have received similar amounts of money from the government during the past four years, tremaine, which borders the tourist destinations like the french quarter, has benefitted from private investment. the lower ninth ward on the edge of the city hasn't. >> is it worth finding resources to reinvest in the lower ninth ward to bring the community back like it used to be? >> no. just being honest with you. when it comes down to it when you are trying to attract business and private investment it's dollars and cents. >> do you think that the lower ninth ward will ever look like tremaine? >> i'm afraid not. i'm afraid not. i wish it would. i wish it

tremaine and administrator mccarthy for testifying today. i believe that what you're doing is important. that being said, i have a number of problems with how the epa has done its job without adequate stakeholder input or their full grasp on the negative impact on the rules on the regular americans agree i think it's important to point out how far we have come even according to your own data since the implementation of the clean air act aggregate emissions have dropped by 72% while energy consumption has increased by 47%. vehicle mile traveled has increased by 165% and more important gdp by 219%. that is why i will continue pushing your agency to base regulations on sound scientific principles and practices to make the data over the public for review and to utilize commonplace statistical measures and methods all of which the epa has seen when the facts don't necessitate what often appears to be a politically predetermined regulatory approach. as you know section 316 of the clean water act requires best technology available to minimize harm

tremain blocks and deflects it right into bowman he will go 89 yards with a spectacular play. the end zone he goes, looks like he was puttering oil there at the ends. niners clench a play off spot with the victory the record 11- 4. they can win the division shall seattle lose next sunday against st. louis. and the niners beat arizona, various play off scenarios but for now. jim harbaugh just talking about the victory and the pick. >> that was the, one of the greatest plays i've ever seen. not that i've ever been involved in a football game where something like that happened in a game. and it was a great play by t. brock and a great play by navarro bowman. looked like a pick and roll in basketball. took it to the house. but that was the best, that's the best thing that i've ever seen happen in a football game. maybe i posted -- might have been close to the catch. that was the best birthday present i've ever gotten. second only to being born. that was awesome. >> 50 years old tonight. maybe aged a couple of years just this evening. it was a jam packed bay area sports evening ton

thought of the book i had read in middle school along with many people of my generation, johnny tremaine. that just captivated me as well as the movie and what was revolutionary boston like? i began to actually look into the history of boston that year in 1984 on sundays when melissa was at home. i went go to the boston public library and begin to look into the history of the city. soon after that we would end up on nantucket and quickly my growing interest in history was directed to my new adopted home. i went on that path but it was after writing mayflower which begins with that famous voyage that ends with king philip's wae english native peoples of this region and i began to realize i wanted to continue the story so to speak. mayflower ends in 1676 and even during the midst of this terrible battle it was amazing, the governor of massachusetts insisted to an agent from the king, king charles the second that the king would be wise if anything to give more liberties to those in america. their own general court, the laws enacted i doubt which superceded anything they were going to get fr

tremain blocks and deflects it right into bowman he will go 89 yards with a spectacular play.ike he was puttering oil there at the ends. niners clench a play off spot with the victory the record 11- 4. they can win the division shall seattle lose next sunday against st. louis. and the niners beat arizona, various play off scenarios but for now. jim harbaugh just talking about the victory and the pick. >> that was the, one of the greatest plays i've ever seen. not that i've ever been involved in a football game where something like that happened in a game. and it was a great play by t. brock and a great play by navarro bowman. looked like a pick and roll in basketball. took it to the house. but that was the best, that's the best thing that i've ever seen happen in a football game. maybe i posted -- might have been close to the catch. that was the best birthday present i've ever gotten. second only to being born. that was awesome. >> 50 years old tonight. maybe aged a couple of years just this evening. it was a jam packed bay area sports evening tonight. sharks skating at the ta

tremaine. the short term effect is an aggrandizement of the president but predictable long-term effect is legislative gridlock. there is every reason to believe congress will not be able to reach the compromises if they know that these compromises can be unilaterally returned the white house. so every reason to believe congress will grind to a halt under the threat that president obama will rewrite it anywhere. >> could you argue that it's happening right now as you try to work out differences between the various perspectives on a piece of legislation those that may be asked to get something they think the president agrees with them on mike say why should i give up on that because they n get a change done unilaterally by the executive branch. >> you could imagine such a negotiation about the effective date of obamacare. after the statute is passed via decide what the congress wants. gridlock is almost quite a predictable result. >> professor turley, the constitution of the breed of power isn't

tremain lee, national reporter for msnbc.com. ari berman, contributing writer to "the nation" and author of "herding donkeys." and also cherilyn ibold, director of the council of the naacp legal defense fund. nice to have you here at the end of the year. >> good morning. >> i want to start with you, kenji, because it did feel like a year of a lot of defeats but the one bright moment was these decisions around the marriage of equality. will this be seen as a watershed year in lgbt rights? >> no question about it. i was in the studio when those decisions were handled down so that was a great privilege last june. what we learned is it was kind of a split decision, the federal defense of marriage act got struck down, but the states really punted on the issue of whether the bans were constitutional or not. what's happening now and what happened most recently in utah, why that is such an important decision, the federal decision, is now precedent in order to knock out the state bans on same-sex marriage, and that's exactly what the utah

. >> reporter: tremaine gaines nearly fell out of his chair. record the reason why on his cell phone. it's a huge black bear, making itself right at home inside his screened patio, at his home in lake mary, florida. gaines says he was in the kitchen, finishing off a pizza. and he noticed something big and bad searching through his things just a few feet away. >> i looked to my right. and to my disbelief i see two eyes looking at me out of the darkness. and the bear was actually on his way back in. >> reporter: and it turns out the bear's been here before and knows its way around. here it is again poking around the place just last thursday, when it first ripped through the screen on the patio. gaines admits he had left out used cooking oil that may have attracted the bear. >> this time, there's no food. no food outside. i pulled everything in. first time, it was really funny. this time, i'm a little more concerned. >> reporter: he has good reason to worry. >> a woman's been mauled by a bear. she's bleeding. she needs immediate help. >> reporter:

thought of the book i had read in middle school along with many people of my generation, johnny tremaine. that just captivated me as well as the movie and what was revolutionary boston like? i began to actually look into the history of boston that year in 1984 on sundays when melissa was at home. i went go to the boston public library and begin to look into the history of the city. soon after that we would end up on nantucket and quickly my growing interest in history was directed to my new adopted home. i went on that path but it was after writing mayflower which begins with that famous voyage that ends with king philip's wae english native peoples of this region and i began to realize i wanted to continue the story so to speak. mayflower ends in 1676 and even during the midst of this terrible battle it was amazing, the governor of massachusetts insisted to an agent from the king, king charles the second that the king would be wise if anything to give more liberties to those in america. their own general court, the laws enacted i doubt which superceded anything they were going to get fr

tremaine and good morning. i think you all are serving on the federal registry commission at a very exciting time. i mean, this has been a remarkable time. the natural gas revolution that comes at an important time when we have got to -- when we see the natural gas supplanted coal when we know that it's vital to reduce carbon pollution. and then to add on top of that all of the innovations in the smart grid, demand management and renewables. so, why go al all of this changs occurring, your responsibilities remain very important to insure that consumers are protected and that you are charged with enforcing the law that protect consumers and ensure fair competition in the electric and natural gas markets. you've got to maintain your important relationships with state and regional partners to ensure that necessary energy infrastructure gets constructed. but, what mr. tonko is talking about it's almost outdated. the old utility model of selling as many kilowatt hours as possible instead with what we know about the

tremaine and to the panel for being here on this issue. serving the second district of north carolina, i've been hearing in since the rollout of obamacare that my constituents who are losing their medicare advantage are very concerned about this issue as you can imagine. it's showing in north carolina that the cuts to benefits for medicare advantage are over $2,000 per beneficiary. now that we are seeing this play outcome of the things i'm hearing from my constituents or that they are losing their access to care for the physicians, the cost is going up and again, as you can imagine, they are very concerned about this issue. to mr. holtz-eakin. who again is going to be the most affected by the medicare advantage cuts? which sector of the population of the seniors? because i keep hearing over and over again that it's helping chronically ill patients who have this coverage and this is a better plan for that. is that not who we are harming? >> this is a better plan for those with chronic disease in particular. they have carefully coordinated c

tremaine, representative conyers, members of the opportunity. thank you for the opportunity. mr. chairman can i representative conyers, thank you for the opportunity to express my views of the president's constitutional duty to take care that the law be faithfully executed. i quite agree -- >> check your microphone and put it closer to you. >> to speak about the clause i want to associate myself with purpose and are turley blank opening statements. i agree with his remarks. i would like to draw the attention to the text of the clause that is about to begin by parsing the actual words so noticed that the clause is not a grant of power actually that the imposition of a duty. the president shall take care. this isn't optional. it is mandatory. second, note that the duty is personal. the execution has made me double gated to other officers that the duty can take care that they would be faithfully executed. that is the president's duty alone. third, notice of th that the prt is not required to take care that the law be completely executed. that would be impossible, given the finite re