abbey, please, begin. >> thank you, mr. chairman and members of the committee.'s always a pleasure to appear before you and today to discuss the president's fiscal year 2013 energy and minerals budget request for the bureau of land management. in the interest of time, i will keep my opening remarks quite brief. the blm is responsible for managing over 245 million acres of public lands, primarily in the 12 western states as well as approximately 700 million acres of onshore subsurface -- [inaudible] nationwide. the unique multiple use management of public lands includes livestock grazing, outdoor recreation and conservation of that muchal, his -- natural, historical, cultural and other important resources. america's public lands provide resources that are critical to the nation's energy security and will continue to play an important role in domestic energy production and mineral development for decades to come. our management of public land resources and protection of public land value results in extraordinary economic benefits to local communities and this nati

it's great to support great british success stories like downton abbey. but it's also important it's also important, mr. deputy speaker, to support downton abbey, a tale of a group of out of touch millionaires who act like they're born to rule, but turn out to be not very good at it. mr. deputy speaker, mr. deputy speaker, it sounds familiar, doesn't it? we all know it's a costume drama. they think it's a fly on the wall documentary. mr. deputy speaker, this budget will be remembered for his failure on growth and jobs, and the top rate tax cut. this isn't just a bad policy or a misjudgment. it destroys the claim the prime minister made. it destroys the claim the prime minister made about who he was and what he believed. what did he personally say in his aims and values document sent out to every conservative party member? the right test for our policies is how they help the most disadvantaged in society, not the rich. it was called built to last. that was his test. a test this budget failed spectacularly. it's the death knell of his project, his compassio

this year's observance at westminster abbey will mark the start of the commonwealth celebration of the queen's diamond jubilee. but it also comes just a week after jamaica's prime minister, who received prince harry on a jubilee tour, pledged to drop the queen as head of state and make the caribbean island a fully-fledged republic. >> this is "bbc world news." i'm geeta guru-murthy. the headlines -- opposition activists in syria say they have evidence of massacres of adults and children in the city of homs. and villagers in afghanistan demand to know how an american soldier was able to shoot dead 16 people in their own homes. now, just more on our news today. we're joined by the british shadow foreign secretary, douglas alexander, who's in studio for us. i just wanted to tell you something that we're just getting in from kabul, which is the afghan parliament has passed a resolution today in protest of the killings in afghanistan, and the trial of the american soldier concerned in an afghan court. do you think that is something that should now happen? because what has happened is hugely

director abbey is moving forward with new resource management plans to deal with sage grouse i think in 62 areas, but important to that effort we or working very closely with the states including your governor, governor sandoval, governor hickel from colorado, governor meade, governor otter in trying to move forward in a program, hopefully able to develop a western states conservation program that will protect the species and at the same time allow development to go forward. based on successes we've had with other species in other parts of the country, i'm very hopeful. i do believe we can get it done. >> here is the concern, with this new memorandum that, as i just mentioned, was milt gags. if you have an application for a new mining site, without mitigation do you think you could maintain or enhance sage grouse habitat? if you had an application for a solar farm, do you think you could put up a solar farm without mitigation and would maintain and enhance the sage grouse habitat? can you do the same thing with agriculture if you have some kind of application to push agriculture, can

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and elizabeth mcgovern who plays lady grantham in "downton abbey." >>> a new national campaign to fight smoking. is it too much where shock value is concerned? >>> later, in a winter that hasn't had much snow in the east, a unique run down a mountain. ta >>> the federal government today launched a new ad campaign designed to get people, especially teenagers to stop smoking or avoid starting. the cdc says tobacco-related diseases kill under half a million americans each year. there's been a disturbing uptick in the rate of teenage smoking. they say these ads are graphics and disturbing because they need to be. our report from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: for anyone who hasn't gotten the message about the dangers of smoking, the government's new ad campaign is designed to shock and horrify. >> reporter: gruesome testimonials from former stoking living with cancer, heart disease and vascular disease. >> first it was my left leg. after my left leg it was my right leg. >> reporter: 31-year-old brandon carmichael started smoking when he was 15. >> if you're going to start smoking, it can

this star-studded affair was also attended by actor george clooney and douton abbey. >>> now here's aook at other stories making news early today in america. a surprise end to a freeway chase in california. after highway patrol officers bumped the back of a pickup truck to stop a suspected drunk driver, they found a baby inside. the infant was in a car seat and was not hurt. officers say they didn't know the child was in the truck until the pursuit was over. >>> in south carolina, police officers arrived just in time to save one of their own. a state trooper had to be pulled from the fiery wreckage after his patrol car crashed while chasing a motorcyclist who was doing more than 100 miles an hour. the officer broke both of his legs. the suspect got away. >>> surveillance video from oregon shows a thief attacking the owner of a deli with pepper spray during a robbery. but the victim managed to fight back, grabbing a baseball bat and hitting the robber over and over again. both men eventually ran out of the store. the thief is still on the loose. >>> and finally a ski resort as has post

the drama showcase is enjoying its best success with "downtown abbey." stars turned out for the u.k. premiere of wract of the titan, the sequel to clash of the titans. >> he's very intelligent. he's not about violence. he's about just positioning himself for power. >> reporter: wrath of the titans opens in u.s. theaters today. that's your eye on entertainment. cbs news, los angeles. >> we love

you're listening to abbey's play list.oes on the auction block. we'll talk about that as soon as christine gives us our headlines. good morning, christine. >> good morning, soledad. a controversial immigration bill to tell you about. it's on the verge of passing in mississippi. this would require police to check the immigration status of people arrested. it would ban them from obtaining their licenses. the bill was approved by the statehouse and it's headed to the senate where it is expected to pass. >>> a rare march tornado caught on video forcing 200 people from their homes. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. >> amateur video of the funnel cloud just outside of ann arbor. tornado ripping through that community. there were reports of three funnel clouds in the area. the storm damaging or demolishing many homes. also downing trees and power lines sparking some fires. >>> twisters were part of a nasty storm system that stretched down through the south. heavy rains caved in the roof of a commercial building in kentucky. seven people

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the cast of the hit british tv series downton abbey. with a choice seat next to the first lady, george clooney. also there more than three dozen of president obama's top campaign fund-raisers. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >> and george clooney was alone. i don't know where stacey keebler was. but i was available. real quick, there's something pretty controversial out there as well. the super pac that is trying to get obama re-elected. priorities usa took a $1 million donation from bill maher, who's of course the comedian, and used some disparaging language against sarah palin. starts with a c. rhymes with punt. okay? the obama senior adviser, it was in response to this. and asked should they ask for that money to be returned, should they distance themselves. because of course they went on the defense with rush limbaugh and said we're pro women, you know, with the sandra fluke thing. and i just want to know what your -- how do you think they should handle this? >> well, i think overall that, you know, the first amendment needs

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in that vein governor mead from wyoming and the governor from colorado are working with bob abbey, the director of the blm to see how we can move forward with the template that was developed in wyoming so we can allow development to move forward and at the same time have a western state strategy that is protective of the habitat and that is protective of the sage grouse. it seems to me that in dealing with all of these esa issues, that being pro active, as we are now doing in southern new mexico and in texas with the dunes lizard, working with oil and gas industry to set up conservation programs that will allow oil and gas development, that that's the way to go. my hope is that we're going to be able do that with respect to the sage grouse. >> okay. >> and utah and your governor obviously are very involved with us. >> so you could potentially be supportive of that, such a plan in utah, especially given that the state would bear the primary burden of the regulations and enforcing them, implementing them and so forth. that's a possibility? >> it is. >> great. i next wanted to talk to you

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attendance, businessmen richard branson and warren buffett, the cast of the hit british tv series "downton abbey," and with a choice seat next to the first lady, george clooney. also there, more than three dozen of president obama's top campaign fund-raisers. prime minister cameron joked that his wife looked at the guest list and was excited to meet the star of her favorite movie, chevy chase in "caddyshack." but, david, we looked at the guest list. and the only chevy chase mentioned was in maryland. >> thanks so much. >>> the president, of course, following new details out of afghanistan. it was last night here we told you about that afghan man, the interpreter, who barreled down the runway in a pickup truck, heading for a plane carrying defense secretary leon panetta. tonight, martha raddatz has learned more about those events and what a close call. >> reporter: tonight, we know just how close defense secretary leon panetta's visit to afghanistan came to tragedy, as a trusted afghan interpreter, barreled toward the runway in a stolen pickup truck. after the truck hit a ditch, witnesses describ

world war two destruction world war two the battle for casino leveled the italian town and its hilltop abbey now the thirty three thousand residents are digging out from the rubble left by wall street six decades after u.s. led forces ousted the nazis from casino a new generation is grappling with the fallout from the debts of post-war rebuilding borrowings that grew because of a derivative that backfired soaring costs forced casino eighty miles south east of room to settle an interest rate swap with j.p. morgan chase in two thousand and nine leaving the town unable to pay for daycare for sixty incense and services for the poor or so the story repeating itself under the the nazis we know j.p. morgan with better active and funding the nazis along with coca-cola and i.b.m. were they doing now oh they're funding a genocide in italy again it's clear to the reporting's of type they're homeless sidle genocidal holy cause provoking bloops you can bomb the hell out of people and the world will look at that and they see it and they think oh my god this is a violent act and we must stop these people o

seen a guitar coup for that to happen say there is definitely a difference of opinion whether the abbey'sgoing to be able to bridge these divisions and they see that it's certainly still there today of course there is talk of the attention that they'll be hearing from casey and possibly into saying that six point peace plan is six points now very similar see the arab league initiative at the beginning of the year the removal of the forces from some of the conflict areas the release of political prisoners all the foot it's been important but of course it doesn't have that ultimatum and it doesn't call to president assad to step down other syrian government already accepted that plan formally that's been met by some of the opposition with a fair amount of understandable skepticism and i did here in istanbul we've had hundreds of the members of the opposition gathering ahead of the friends of syria conference is going to be happening on sunday and really vanessa's from the opposition and the message from the international community to the syrian government has been very much ok where you can

federal officials hope this new effort can convince abbey's to 50,000 people to stop smoking. -- at least 50,000 people to stop smoking. >> very powerful images. school districts across the country will soon be able to choose what type of ground beef they serve in their lunchrooms the usda made the announcement today as controversy grows over an ammonia treated beef filler. schools will be able to choose between hamburgers made with its work without it. >> kids are growing. we do not know what can happen with long-term effects. >> the usda it buys about one- fifth of the food served in school cafeteria. getting kids out of the classroom may be a good idea. kids pay better attention on test right after exercise. the study is in the march issue of medicine and science and sports exercise but physical activity helps kids do better by increasing the blood flow to their brain. it releases good hormones. your insta-weather-plus forecast. >> we see a few lightning strikes. especially down to our south. there were a few lightning strikes to the west of us, but they have sensed diminished. all thi

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videos of political ads this is the number one candidate obama dancing on the ellen degenres show abbey interesting information as you point out does not mean that will translate into support or both, we will see how things go on super tuesday. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> 8:37 a.m. right now monday morning up next we will reveal our job of the day that is perfect for ice cream lovers. >> all right then find out how much dc made off drivers last year in the form of parking tickets. >> stay with us we will be back it is 8:38 a.m.  >>> the district set an all time high the city made more than $92 million in parking ticket revenue in the last fiscal year. yep, $12 million more than fiscal year 2010 and the new numbers don't include the tickets people did not pay. parking meters now run later into the night than they used to which accounts for some gain. >> another thing costing drivers a whole lot of money gas these days prices at the pump continue to creep up according to triple-a the average price per gallon of regular unleaded is 3 .8 6, 87 make that sorry in d

network television is a veritable -- [inaudible] abbey compared with the internet, and, of course, newt minnow's age was a world where the three broadcast networks controlled who spoke. it wasn't lawyers at google, it was the head of abc and cbs. contrast that with the 1920s, the previous free speech era, then it was the government putting eugene debs, candidate for president, in jail l for criticizing the war. so we've moved from the government is the threat to the broadcast networks to now the lawyers at the internet service providers. and it's the isp people who have a vastly more complicated task. >> and, of course, this show is to prove that it's not entirely a vast wasteland. >> thanks to c-span. we always say that whenever we appear. [laughter] >> so, um, another thing that you've grappled with in your writing and have for a long time are the multiple ways in which we fear that technology could compromise this, on unprecedented ways reputation and also freeze our identity. many people, including you, have focused in particular on the global, instantaneous impact of the internet a

-- we love "downtown abbey." >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i just don't get it. i don't get it. i'm mike hydeck. monika santami is off. beverly farmer will have traffic. she loves the show, too. howard bernstein is off today, too and anny hong is with us. >> it's one of the few shows my guy friends and i can talk about and how we love lady mary. she's such a class act. >>> speaking of class acts, your forecast today looking pretty classy i would say. lots of sunshine to start out the friday. leave your umbrellas at home. bring out the sunglasses. we do see some clouds filtering in later this afternoon. here's a look at your day plan forethis friday. happy friday. temperature -- for this friday. happy friday. temperatures in the upper 40s by 9:00. by 50s -- in the 50s by noon. temperatures topping out low to mid-60s for today. temperatures dropping in the in order and west of town counties. we're talking frederick, washington, jefferson where this is until 9:00 this morning for a frost advisory. farther north and west of t

serious charges, that's the verdict in the trial of a rutgers university student who used a westminster abbeyam to spy on his gay roommate who eventually committed suicide. 20-year-old dharun raffi was convicted of bias, intimidation, invasion of privacy, and a number of other charge. prosecutors say ravi set up a web cam to spy on his roommates and caught him kissing another man, that was in 2012. clementi killed himself a few days later after learning that ravi tweeted about it and urged others to watch the video. clementi's parents are hoping the verdict and their son's death sends a strong message. >> here every day because we wanted to be here for our son and because we believe this trial was important because it dealt with important issues for our society and for our young today. >> ravi faces up to ten years in prison and possible deportation back to india. he is scheduled to be sentenced in may. >>> no need to print the "free george" t-shirts. actor george clooney was released after being arrested during a protest outside the sudanese embassy in washington, d.c. clooney, his father, a

"downton abbey." ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: oh my gosh.mmy: crap. >> commit. >> jimmy: aw man. all right. >> steve: jimmy, you the man. >> don't distract. [ laughter ] don't distract. tv show, two words. one first word, little word, the. the fish line. the fishers. the wedding. the wedding. "the bachelor"! ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: what does that mean? [ laughter ] >> steve: okay. >> tv show. four words. first word, dancing. "dancing with the stars." ♪ [ applause ] >> jimmy: so mad at this. >> are you mad? >> jimmy: no, yeah. [ talking over each other ] say what? >> steve: say what and oh snap. that's what kids say. >> jimmy: kids don't say "oh snap." >> steve: you guys, come on. do kids say that? >> jimmy: all right. guys, it's time for charades showdown. charods showdown. >> whoa. >> jimmy: aziz and ana. >> what do we do? >> jimmy: you both get up. you're both giving the same clue and it's whoever guests it first wins the whole game. >> whoa, whoa. [ applause ] >> jimmy: magic time, let's do this. >> so what happens? [ yelling ] >> okay.

. -- abbey. >> to beckham chairman. -- thank you comment chairman. thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discuss the fiscal year 2013 budget request for the bureau of ocean energy management and for the opportunity to provide these opening remarks. as we know, the deepwater horizon explosion in oil spill in the gulf of mexico spurred the administration to undertake the most aggressive and comprehensive reforms to offshore oil and gas regulation in the u.s. history. central to these reforms are the structural changes we have made to federal oversight, including the establishment of new, independent agencies with clearly defined missions to provide effective management and strong safety oversight of the development of our shared offshore energy and mineral resources. simply put, bom is responsible for overseeing the environmentally and economically responsible development of our country's abundant offshore conventional and renewable energy resources. this includes promoting responsible offshore gas development as well as renewable energy pr

. >> abbey, if the back room can put the graphic back up there. if you look at illinois alone, where you have 3.5 -- 37 million dollars that romney and his super p.a.c. have spent. that's a thumping. that's so hard to overcome. you can say it doesn't matter that much or restore our future is not really mitt romney. it's all mitt romney, same doe far gor -- donors give to that, when you're outstending somebody -1 and of i look at about 12-1 in the chicago market. >> some say 21-1 in chicago. >> is there any indication either from what we're hearing early returns on what february looks like or january that santorum can close that gap or that romney is starting to struggle cash-risewise? it seems like that could be happening or was until this week. >> santorum doesn't show signs of being able to significantly close that gap. he's raising about half of what omni is raising in his campaign. the superp.a.c. is doing much the same. i think there is a red nag out there for the superp.a.c. restore our future. shaff of the one they -- money they raise came

the cast of the hit british tv series downton abbey. and with a choice seat next to the first lady, george clooney. also there more than three dozen of president obama's top campaign fund-raisers. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >> and george clooney was alone. i don't know where stacey keebler was. but i was available. real quick, there's something pretty controversial out there as well. the super pac that is trying to get obama re-elected. priorities usa took a $1 million donation from bill maher, who's of course the comedian, and used some disparaging language against sarah palin. starts with a c. rhymes with hunt. the obama senior adviser, it was in response to this. and said should they ask for that money to be returned, should they distance themselves. because of course they went on the defense with rush limbaugh and said we're pro women, you know, with the sandra fluke thing. and i just want to know what your -- how do you think they should handle this? >> well, i think overall that, you know, the first amendment needs to

on march 14, bob abbey, the director of the bureau of land management, testified about this before the appropriations committee. he explained that there had been -- quote -- "a shift in the oil and gas production." a shift, he says, "to private lands to the east and to the south, where there is a lesser amount of federal mineral estate." that's why amendment number 1956 would accelerate permitting for oil and gas exploration on our federal public lands. and that's why i just offer that. so i take a look at the amendments, the discussion on the bill on the floor, and that's why specifically i offered an amendment that would rescind the administration's rules requiring what is called master leasing and development plans. these regulations were put into place over two years ago by the secretary of the interior. it is unclear why the secretary issued these regulations. they add more red tape. they cause more bureaucratic delay and they slow down american energy production. this amendment would also require the administration to set goals for oil and gas production on federal public lands.