how do you feel about what allison did? what do you think about allison?well, i love her so much and i miss her when she's gone and stuff. >> and j.b., allison was home with your son because you are a single father and you were away on business. first of all, j.b., how long has allison worked for you? >> just about two months now. just about two months. >> so you chose a very good nanny. >> yeah. my work -- i get busy and i advertised for a nanny. she was i think the sixth person she interviewed. her and aden just clicked right away and got along. i just followed my instincts. of course she had impeccable references and she moved in and just started taking over to help me out with him. god brought her into our world, that's for sure. >> so you feel -- i can't even imagine what you must be feeling when you think about what she was willing to do. the fire chief says, to make the choice to run right through flames is kind of above what are normal heroics. so how do you thank allison? what do you say to her? >> well, when i flew in from minnesota that morning,

allison. i would like to start this morning with treasury's role in overseeing the t.a.r.p. generally and overseeing citi in particular. on october 14, 2008, secretary paulson announced the creation of the capital purchase program. and the infusion of cash into nine financial institutions including citi. under the program he announced, these are the words he used, "these are healthy institutions, and they have taken this step of accepting taxpayer money for the good of the u.s. economy." as these healthy institutions increase their capital base, they will be able to increase their funding to u.s. consumers and businesses. on october 28th under that statement, citi got $25 billion, was pronounced a healthy institution, and yet on november 23rd, which i think is three weeks and four days later, the secretary of the treasury announced that citi was, citi and citi alone was in such dire straits it would need additional $20 billion and that was then followed by another $102 billion in guarantees. w

i appreciate the attendance of secretary allison and mr. pandit and look forward to hearing their views. the taxpayers repeatedly heard the phrase too big or too interconnected to fail ascribed to certain financial institutions and they have no doubt wondered what is captured by certain concept and why these merited the investment of hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer source t.a.r.p. funds? today we have the opportunity to learn why citigroup was considered too big or too interconnected to fail, why treasury allocated $45 billion of t.a.r.p. funds to the institution, and why treasury, the federal reserve and the fdic guaranteed over $300 billion of its assets and liabilities. although i doubt if citigroup's credit card branch banking or its commercial lending division created the too big or too interconnected to fail problem, it is critical the taxpayers fully understand why the failure of specific investment strategies and business operations within citigroup threaten the underlying financial stability of our country. the taxpayer

allison, back to you at the desk. i'm headed outside. >> i don't blame you tucker. so much. >>> well the person leaving the competition tonight -- >> the person in danger of leaving the competition is ... lacy brown. >> ow we're rolling. the american idol journey came to an end last night for lacy brown. this morning lacy joins us live to talk about the whole experience. good morning to you. >> good morning, allison. how are you doing? >> i'm doing okay. thank you. et's talk about en you sang ruby tuesday, while the judges lovered it but the calls didn't come in like i'm sure you hoped it would. what was that experience like for you? >> it was really weird because i woke up yesterday morning and just had this weird feeling like it wasme that was going home. so i was just kind of like, ready for that to happen. as weird as it is, i've never had that feeling before and i didn't -- there wasn't a tip- off or anything like that. and it was strange. but getting to the top 12 is not a bad deal. and i'm really proud of myself and glad i've gotten this far. >> my goodness,

allison. i would like to start this morning with treasury's role in overseeing the t.a.r.p. generally and overseeing citi in particular. on october 14, 2008, secretary paulson announced the creation of the capital purchase program. and the infusion of cash into nine financial institutions including citi. under the program he announced, these are the words he used, "these are healthy institutions, and they have taken this step of accepting taxpayer money for the good of the u.s. economy." as these healthy institutions increase their capital base, they will be able to increase their funding to u.s. consumers and businesses. on october 28th under that statement, citi got $25 billion, was pronounced a healthy institution, and yet on november 23rd, which i think is three weeks and four days later, the secretary of the treasury announced that citi was, citi and citi alone was in such dire straits it would need additional $20 billion and that was then followed by another $102 billion in guarantees. w

i'm steve chenevey. >> and i'm allison seymour. we'll get to weather and traffic. but looking ahead. >>> federal transportation workers are off the job for a second day and furloughed because of an impasse in congress. thousands of workers are affected here in our area. we'll talk with virginia congressman jim moran. >>> and are you tired of the cold? ways to get away to a warmer climate without breaking your budget. >> love that. >>> and then in the 9:00 hour, tackling one of the biggest health concerns facing our children. what you can do to fight childhood obesity when we are joined by a trainer who has worked with the biggest names. >>> and garret county shut down again. this is the 14th snow day out of the past 17 school days for the students, staff, and everybody out of garret county. so it's been a rough spell. >> you might just ask how bad it is? this is a picture near deep creek lake. they had gotten two feet of snow along with the crazy winds. well county officials say tere are 7-8-foot piles of snow in every intersection

allison. i would like to start this morning with treasury's role in overseeing the t.a.r.p. generally and overseeing citi in particular. on october 14, 2008, secretary paulson announced the creation of the capital purchase program. and the infusion of cash into nine financial institutions including citi. under the program he announced, these are the words he used, "these are healthy institutions, and they have taken this step of accepting taxpayer money for the good of the u.s. economy." as these healthy institutions increase their capital base, they will be able to increase their funding to u.s. consumers and businesses. on october 28th under that statement, citi got $25 billion, was pronounced a healthy institution, and yet on november 23rd, which i think is three weeks and four days later, the secretary of the treasury announced that citi was, citi and citi alone was in such dire straits it would need additional $20 billion and that was then followed by another $102 billion in guarantees. w

i'm steve chevey i can't i'm allison seymour. we'll check weather and traffic in just a moment. first, a look at what else is ahead this morning for you. washington wizards star gilbert arenas will be sentenced friday after pleading guilty to felony gun charges, this stemming from an incident in the wizards locker room. ahead, how long prosecutors want arenas to go to jail for plus a closer look at what he faces next when we talk with the former federal prosecutor. >>> also ahead, idol's top 11 will become the top 10 tonight. first, our panel of judges will weigh in with their thoughts on who should head home in idol chatter. >> i'm sorry? >> paige. >> we'll hear allison's pick coming up. >>> new rules about gift cards designed to protect you. and scheme at the atm that could cost you thousands. >>> it is now one minute after 7:00. let's check in with tony perkins and get a look at the forecast. it will warm up today. >> yeah, it will. it's cool start toot day. temperature in the 40s and low 50s across the region. that is not bad. we will see the temperatures warm up. yesterday,

i asked this of assistant secretary allison last time. but so i want to explore it with you and this has to do with the offering back in december. it seems that the timing and experience that particular offering is something we'd like not to repeat and obviously the taxpayer now is the largest single shareholder of city bank. so as an executive with a background in equity markets and experience with the capital markets i was wondering if you could share with us your reflections on how the treasury department should think about monetizing its position in city bank common stock. going forward here. >> mr. atkins, of course, that's the treasury's decision in terms of how they want to do it. we do know that they'll be able to sell stock after march 16th, and they've announced publicly they do want to sell stock over the next 12 months or so. and there are lots of different methodologists of doing it right from selling it in the market everyday but also we believe there's substantial demand for this stock. it is not a secret that the governmen

. >> i'm allison seymour and that's gurvir dhindsa in for steve. and first a look at what is coming up. in a few minutes we'll be joined by d.c. mayor adrian fenty and talking about d.c. schools under fire for the budget. >>> plus the heated words that the head of soccer had to say about the stadium at d.c. united. >>> a also star mario joins us as he takes on a special school today. that's coming up in the 8:00 hour. >>> the person who is going home tonight unless the judges save them after the nationwide vote is ... paige miles. >> so it was paige who was sent home last night. she'll join us live in the 9:00 hour. >> i think she was ready to go home. >> you do? >> uh-huh. >> we'll see. we'll talk to her in the 9:00 hour. >>> and now we want to talk with -- i believe tucker is in. >> forgive me for not knowing who is doing weather right now. there you go. >> good morning, ladies. temperatures are cool. highs in the upper 60s to about 70 and the rain should hold off until tonight. so this is another good news forecast until thursday. 49 at reagan n

allison has serious burns on her hands and feet from her desperate dash to receive aiden from the flameslfing the shelbyville home. >> i was calling for him. he said i'm here under my covers. i went in there and grabbed him and ran out. it was the only thing i thought about. i didn't think about me getting burned. right after i ran off the carpet, my feet were just -- it was like i was walking on goo, because all this skin, my feet were burned off. >> still barefoot, with her feet badly burned, allison ran with aiden out of the house. aiden escaped without a scratch but the house burned to the ground. a malfunctioning bathroom fan apparently started the fire. >>> some new information about another incident this morning in terms of acts of violence posted to health care reform violence. three bricks thrown through the republican county headquarters in abermarle county, virginia, about a half mile from charlottesville near the virginia city line. targeting apparently a republican county office. we'll have more details as the information comes in. >>> a $600 gps, $100 digital camera, weathe

so why just allison myers? don't get it. >> why are they firing her for approval to the bondage club, while clarm steele, 20 grand for private jets to go like six miles in six days. >> that seems a bigger story here. >> rented cars, limousines, hotel bills over the top and they fire a bookkeeper? >> yeah. when pressed by msnbc david schuster tim kaine didn't sound so sure his party hasn't used the same indiscretions. >> for the record, as any member of your staff in any official capacity been to a strip club or the voyeur club in hollywood? >> well, i tell you, we have -- i cannot say for sure, but let me tell you what our practices are. we have very tough practices on what people charge to the dnc. we have very tight review practices when charges are made and they come back if. we look at them carefully to make sure nothing is wrong. when we're preparing fec reports you can be darn sure no one is going to write down the name of a strip club and make a question about it before they send it to the dnc. >> i woul

i fully agree with that. >> reporter: allison also announced new protections by the government to make sure lenders do not foreclose on borrowers while they were still in the process of being evaluated for help. and he said a new program by bank of america to reduce the size of some borrowers' principal is in the lender's best interest. for the record, bank of america is an underwriter of the "newshour." >> there's nothing that prevents a bank right now from writing down the value of a mortgage that's on its books and helping that person stay in their home because in most cases we're finding there's a higher present value for keeping that person in the home than foreclosing which is just painful for everybody, not just the homeowner, but the bank. but in some cases, they have been slow to do that. i applaud what bank of america is doing, it's time for other banks to recognize reality and >> reporter: the treasury department is reported to be working on similar efforts with other lenders. those may be announced next >> lehrer: now, margaret warner continues her reports from yemen. today

. >>> we're going to turn things over to allison and steve for the next few hours. >> straight ahead5 morning news, a recall of high chairs, how they could hurt your kids. >>> plus no luck of the irish in settling the health care battle. even as celebrations were taking place at the white house and capitol hill. and the plan to force health care to the president's desk still looms. we're live on capitol hill. >>> the number of hiv and aids cases in d.c. are epidemic. d.c. mayor adrian fenty will join us in minutes. >>> and a new game show will urge contestants to electric out a man until he dies. it is a social expertment and a look behind the show. fox 5 morning news starts right now.

allison says he doesn't know if you were healthy or not. but by the time we come out four weeks, it's clear that citi needed another $20 billion and shortly after that more than $300 billion in guarantees. what happened between healthy and $20 billion and $300 billion in such a short span of time? >> you're absolutely right. on any fundamental basis we had 10.7% tier one capital. when you looked at the entire portfolio of the assets we were carrying, the earnings power, this was not a rational or fund. issue. but we were in very dysfunctional markets at that point. this was post lehman brothers -- >> i'm sorry, though, mr. pandit, everyone was in a sis functional market. it was only citi that needed an additional $20 billion after having been pronounced healthy. >> madam chair, the capital markets looked at every financial insitution and for a period of time went after the stock prices of every financial institution. that happened to us, too. our stock price started dropping. on that friday when it hit $3.37, the issue was not the fundament

"the biggest loser" post, allison sweeney, is a co-star.sidents are concerned over contaminated wells. they get a surprising response. that story is coming up. >> on capitol hill, work in the senate brines to a halt thanks to senator who says he is making a point. >> guilty on all counts, we have the verdict and the reaction to the murder trial of three alleged adult members. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> residents are appealing the ruling. the state says that their water wells do not need further monitoring. back in 2006 a pipe burst, of in jacksonville. >> thousands of gallons of gasoline leaked into the ground water. exxon mobil has been monitoring the groundswells. the department of the environment asked if they could stop those efforts and the state said yes, now the residents are not happy. >> exxon mobil has ended the free bottled water delivery to the homes here in jacksonville. some of the contaminated -- some of the families still no

allison was so unable to answer those questions? >> you would have to ask mr.allison. >> clarity is one thing, and credibility is something entirely different. i think you have given clear answers, but i do not think you have given credible once, frankly. i think it is easy to give those answers, having weathered the storm with the public's money. that me ask you this. did you speak with anyone in the treasury department during the week from november 18 to november 25? >> let me first say -- >> please enter the question. did you speak to anyone in the treasury department during that week? >> i do not recall. >> did anyone in citigroup speak to anyone in the treasury during that week? you stated that "we" agreed that it would be a good idea to back up citigroup during that week. >> that was over the weekend, the federal reserve and the regulators talked to us. we also had conversations with the treasury and other regulators. >> what human beings but to what human being? >> at that point time, there were numerous conversations between the people at the new york f

he managed to escape to italy and in scotland where allison and robert took her and cared for her andafter her as their own daughter. she is now 17. she is facing deportation back to italy where she first sought asylum and we are doing all that we can to raise her case to appeal to all those that can help her if she requires to remain in the loving care of allison and robert. her case is raised by civil society human rights organizations and churches across scotland. it was even mentioned on the fall for

allison schwartz is in the house. [cheers and applause] someone new rendered outstanding service to our nation before he was in the congress is in the house. [is and applause] technically not his state, but he is right next door at the new jersey. we got some jersey folks here. rob andrews is in the house. [applause] and the the great mayor of philadelphia -- [cheers and applause] i am a little warm here, so -- [cheers and applause] all right. it is a little hot up here. and the two arcadia university -- and too murky university -- and to arcadia university -- [cheers and applause] i thought the white house was pretty nice, but that campus -- [cheers and applause] it is great to be back here in the keystone state. it is even better to be out of washington, d.c. [laughter] first of all, the people of b.c. are wonderful. they are nice people. they are good people. i love the city, the monuments, and everything. but when you are in washington, folks responded to every issue, every decision, every debate, no matter how im

he managed to escape to italy and in scotland where allison and robert took her and cared for her and looked after her as their own daughter. she is now 17. she is facing deportation back to italy where she first sought asylum and we are doing all that we can to raise her case to appeal to all those that can help her if she requires to remain in the loving care of allison and robert. her case is raised by civil society human rights organizations and churches across scotland. it was even mentioned on the fall for the day radio scotland yesterday. what can the commission to to protect her fundamental rights? thank you. .. >> translator: thank you president. the fifth of march, the president of italy signed a decree into law, and interpretation, which allows for the ground rules to be changed in the election campaign and on his own site, the presidential palace site, it says in a meeting on thursday, the text produced by the internal ministry was endorsed by me. in article lvii the italian constitution it says the president shell promulgate laws and legal acts and they cannot themselves

. >> allison you know that is not right, actually -- >> excuse me, that is really creating an economic can't be as competitive with these kinds of health care costs, and, you know, you mentioned the recovery act. and this fact is that as much as we hear from the republican leadership and republican members, that this -- in their opinion has not work, every economist really -- right wing, left wing, middle of the road said it would have been an economic disaster, financial disaster in this country, if we hadn't taken action and we have seen a turn around, at least a stabilization, we're beginning to see renewed confidence in the marketplace and seeing those kinds of investments -- >> julie, the truth is -- >> go ahead. >> the truth is the same people who said if the stimulus package was passed unemployment would not go above 8%, and the same people are telling us that the deficit is going to go down over the next ten years, by $100 billion and it's not true and i asked the american people, i asked allison, do you really believe this is going to happen? it is just not going to happen. >>

yesterday, before the house oversight committee and government reform, herb allison, assistant treasury secretary, formerly of fannie mae was asked about it and he said his big concerns were the cost and the moral hazards involved in principal write-downs. barely 12 hours later i asked him about it during a press briefing and he said, moral hazard aspects are mitigated by the structure of the program. i'm not sure what that means. but on the blogs today, realitycheck.com there is big outrage over the moral hazard. >> across the internet today. so lenders received 10 to 21 cents on the dollar as a federal subsidy. is there actually a violation of contract law? i see there is an incentive, but is the government actually forcing lenders -- >> no, absolutely not. this is fully voluntary and in the home modification program and the fha refinance program. they are incentives, but they are not forcing anyone to do it. that's why the question is investors hadn't done it before. will the incentive be enough? is the second lien incentive going to be enough? administration officials believe the se

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. >> i'm allison seymour. steve is off for the next couple of days. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> headed toward the weekend and you said yesterday would be a pretty decent day. today, maybe just as nice? >> here is the deal. our temperatures will be even warmer today, which is nice. but we will cloud up relatively early. we've already got more clouds out there than we had yesterday. eventually, we'll get rain showers making their way in here. i don't think that happens until tonight. maybe this evening, a couple of showers and then some rain tonight. let's take a look at what is going on right now. our temperatures vary from the mid-50s in town to some spots in the 30s. check out frederick. 39degrees right now. and in washington, now, this map says 47. do we believe that, tucker? >> okay. 47degrees because it has been saying 50-something. 47degrees in washington. 42 at dulles. 42 in baltimore. here is a look at the day planner -- or satellite-radar for today. you can see we have more clouds this morning than we had yesterday morning. i agree with

. >> rnc chairman michael steele has now fired allison myers, a 24-year-old staffer who headed their young eagles donor program. she initially approved the expense at the risque nightclub voyeur. but the daily caller, an online news site that broke the story now reports two top rnc officials also signed off on the expense. >> when a request for reimbursement like this gets paid out and more senior people check off on it, you get a bit i've whiff of scapegoating when the 24-year-old gets fired and the senior people who signed off on it are still there. >> the expenditures raise new questions about steele's leadership as chairman. tim pawlenty on msnbc's daily rundown". >> people want to see austerity. they don't want to give money to organizations that spend it frivolously. >> over the past decade, the rnc has vastly outraised the dnc but no longer. now the democrats have more money in the bank. >> republicans want to make the 2010 election a referee dum on presiden obama. the more negative information that exists out there about republicans, the more difficult that is. >> that was no

congressman allison-- allen grayson, we thought that was a way to help better control costs because the issue of cost containment is essential here. small businesses cannot hire more employees if their costs are rising. individual families are struggling going bankrupt as their health care costs are rising so you know a lot of us still believe a public option is the way to go but having said that, this bill is a strong foundation that we can build on in years to come and i want to commend all my colleagues for their work and they tank of the gentlewoman yielding. >> will the gentlewoman yield? i just want to have something in the record. i just want to submit to the record a list of physicians groups that have taken a stand against this bill as well as a number of state medical societies, i think 10 or 15 medical societies around the country and a number of associations including the surgeons in the pediatric surgical associations and others if i could ask unanimous consent. >> reclaiming my time and i want to say before you submit that i feel very proud that i can quite accurately gues

. >> allison, back to you. >>> figure skating is always one of the favorites during the winter olympicmes. we're in for a special treat this morning, because the 2006 olympic silver medalist and the 2010 olympians are showing off some of their moves this morning. they're headed into their next role in the smuckers stars on ice tour. holly now jones us from arlington, have a v.a. girl, you're something else. >> well, learning to tap wasn't enough for a wednesday morning, so i decide today do a little ice dancing, too. i think the theme of the day is learning from the best. i am surrounded by talent this morning, and when you're talking about ice dancing, doesn't get much better than these two, thank you both for coming in. they flew in from fort myers, florida, just for us, we appreciate that greatly. >> no problem. >> you guys were in fort myers because you were rehearsing for the smuckers stars on ice tour. i was just reading that that show is produced by scott hamilton. what's it like working for scott? >> this is the 24th year this show has been going on, it gets better and better,

. >>> and now let's send it to allison and gurvir, ladies. >>> coming up, breaking news about health care reform. >> the senate is now bringing the debate back to the house. >> as members of congress face violent threats in the wake of the reform. >>> and more

allison ran bare foot up the burning stairs and along a blistering hot hallway. the temperature had reached 400 degrees. myatt is facing a long recovery from severe burns on her face and hands. she spoke to the "today" show from her hospital bed with aiden at her side. >> i just saw flames all down the hallway and then the bathroom door was on fire. so there was no way to avoid the flames, but before i had even looked at the fire or anything, i was yelling for aiden. and he said he was in his room underneath the covers. i didn't even think about me getting hurt or getting burned. i really didn't even think that i was bare foot. i was just yelling for aiden. i ran and got him and all of that happened in like four minutes. it happened really quick. i didn't feel anything until i was standing on the carpet where it wasn't on fire, and my feet were in excruciating pain. >> bless her heart. myatt has no health insurance. and she says she doesn't know how she goes to pay for her treatment and she's only been aiden's nanny for two months. what a lady. wow. >>> check out

my name is allison mccain, an international human rights and i spent the better part of my career advocatingwomen's property rights. so i would like to ask about convention on all forms of discrimination against women. is the microphone present a problem? i'd like to ask you about an issue of u.s. application of the dog. and specifically, i was wondering if you could comment on the significance of this international treaty. [inaudible] >> but i likewise heard that the legal advisors office continue different levels of involvement with different processes. so would be interested in hearing anything you can share on your vision for how your office will approach this. >> well, i testified in favor of the ratification of the sea dog when i was assistant secretary for human rights in 1999. and i testified for ratification of the sea dogs as a professor the next time it came up which i think was in 2004. now that i'm a legal adviser i have not changed my view at all. it's a national disgrace that we have not ratified this treaty. my mother is born in korea. shall be entitled to the protection of t

also, to dcm improv and cross allison jaffe for her work navigating the world of hollywood entertainment. i hope you have enjoyed the outstanding sounds tonight at the right touch, who will continue to play for a while after dinner. i am winging it now. a sincere thank you to all my friends and family for their support for this past year, to my mom, virginia who gave me all the tools, my beloved sisters, my cousins who are here tonight, doug, maryland, barbara and my niece and her husband, to annie chan who talked me off the ledge more than once. a special hello to my friends marine and cynthia, best audio technicians in the world. jam and his lovely wife roberta and my friends back from japan, here from scotland, members of the folk group average white band, alan gori and-- thank you for being here. get your tickets while you still can. and last but not least, a special thank you to one of my personal heroes, jim layer and my pbs family, who always are in my corner. get those pledges end, folks. most of all, as i conclude my term as chairman, i want to thank you, our members for the opp

. >> reporter: if you dfnt know allison miott. >> i feel very blessed. >> reporter: or her story. >> just kind of goes all the way. >> reporter: you never know why the bubbles on her right hand are fresh, why her hand and both feet are wrapped in bandages. >> i'm just happy aiden is okay and wasn't on fire or anything when i came upstairs. >> reporter: lying in her hospital bed recovering from severe burns, her thoughts are on 5-year-old aiden and how he is doing. >> i care for the kid a lot, like i really do. >> reporter: this is what's left of his home. last night when they were sleeping -- >> i just heard a big boom and i thought it was aiden. >> reporter: she sprinted upstairs barefoot. when she got to the hallway, she was met by flames on the carpet. >> i was calling for him and he said, aly, i'm in here in my room underneath my covers. i'm like, okay, so i ran in there, grabbed him and ran out. that was the only thing i thought about. i didn't even think about me getting burned. he was screaming and stuff. and right after i ran off the carpet, my feet are just -- it was like i

. >> reporter: it was that more than hugging behavior that first caught allison couch's attention.school is a place for learning and when the hugging distracted from that she had to put an end today. not only were student arriving late to class because of the hugs, but some kids got hugs even if they didn't want one. the most extreme case, she says girls would hug boys as a game to see how long it would take to get them aroused. >> that just seems absolutely strange and shocking. >> what he said. well, when you put it that way, maybe it's not such a bad idea. >>> health care reform, proponents, detractors and promises made, we'll get into that story beginning with jill dougherty at the white house. jill? >> there's another health care signing at the white house today, but this one is being done in private and we'll have details at the top of the hour. >>> and we all know starbucks, but did you know that they give health care to a lot of their employees that aren't full timers, even the barristas behind the counter. it's costing the company $300 million, but it's critical and we'll

allison, i know this affects everyone from coast to coast.e talk about home heating bills here, what's the latest there? >> try this number on, brooke. 9 million, i'm talking about 9 million americans expected to ask for federal help this year to pay their winter energy bills. that number coming from a group that represents state energy officials. and if the number of people reaching out for this help this year reaches that 9 million mark, it would break last year's record and actually be the third record high in a row. now, the issue here isn't energy prices but it's unemployment. i mean, energy prices have been relatively stable this year, but it's unemployment. unemployment has doubled over the past two years. people are just struggling to pay their bills. so they're turning to this heating assistance that's funded by congress. this year it got $5 billion, the same amount as last year, but even with more people expected to need the help this year, the hope is there's enough money to go around because what can happen is if these people can'

for kiplinger and chairman of the national press club committee skipping over our speaker we have allison fitzgerald investigative report for bloomberg news and a committee member who organized today's event. darren samuelson senior reporter for environment and energy policy. herb jackson of the record of bergen county new jersey and depka of clean skies news. our speaker today is at the center of a lot of interesting issues of today's washington. epa administrator lisa jackson who in december declared greenhouse gas emissions a threat to the public welfare is being criticized by senators and congressmen from both parties and is being sued by at least three states. she's at the center of the debate between those who think the government should require businesses to cut global warming emissions and those who say such a move would harm an already fragile economy. senator jay rockefeller and several fellow democrats are asking her to wait two years before regulating carbon emissions they say will harm their coal-producing states. republican senators led by lisa merkowski of alaska want to go

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allison schwartz is in the house.[cheers and applause] someone new rendered outstanding service to our nation before he was in the congress is in the house. [is and applause] technically not his state, but he is right next door at the new jersey. we got some jersey folks here. rob andrews is in the house. [applause] and the the great mayor of philadelphia -- [cheers and applause] i am a little warm here, so -- [cheers and applause] all right. it is a little hot up here. and the two arcadia university -- and too murky university -- and to arcadia university -- [cheers and applause] i thought the white house was pretty nice, but that campus -- [cheers and applause] it is great to be back here in the keystone state. it is even better to be out of washington, d.c. [laughter] first of all, the people of b.c. are wonderful. they are nice people. they are good people. i love the city, the monuments, and everything. but when you are in washington, folks responded to every issue, every decision, every debate, no matter how imp

allison schwartz is in the house. [cheers and applause] someone new rendered outstanding service to our nation before he was in the congress is in the house. [is and applause] technically not his state, but he is right next door at the new jersey. we got some jersey folks here. rob andrews is in the house. [applause] and the the great mayor of philadelphia -- [cheers and applause] i am a little warm here, so -- [cheers and applause] all right. it is a little hot up here. and the two arcadia university -- and too murky university -- and to arcadia university -- [cheers and applause] i thought the white house was pretty nice, but that campus -- [cheers and applause] it is great to be back here in the keystone state. it is even better to be out of washington, d.c. [laughter] first of all, the people of b.c. are wonderful. they are nice people. they are good people. i love the city, the monuments, and everything. but when you are in washington, folks responded to every issue, every decision, every debate, no matter how im

and she requires remain in the loving care of allison and robert. her case has been raised by human civil rights organizations and churches across a scotland that it was even mentioned on radio yesterday. what can the commission due to protect our fundamental rights? thank you. >> thank you. this specific case in scotland, and this is a general point i had to make, mr. president. this for political debates. you cannot expect the president of the commission, even if he is relatively hard-working person, to do all the cases that are extremely serious that happen in europe. so of course, i can give to you our concern, express our conciliation to any person that sees its human rights are violated. but about that specific case, i have not have elements here, but i will be more than happy to react in writing to the question that you have just posted. thank you. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: enka, president. the fifth of march the president of italy signed a decree into law, and interpretation, legal interpretation which allows for the ground

of the 12 members of the curling team, eight were from minnesota, natalie and allison were on the women's team. the men's team was an all-minnesotan affair. with john shuster and jayson smith and jeff isakson of duluth and ben, and their coach is from evelith, minnesota. tony is an olympic luger, dana was in her second olympics, wynn roberts was a competitor in the biathlon, rebecca valley, a speed skater, and katelyn compton and gary lezuzi each from minneapolis competed in cross-country skiing. and there are many other, like lindsey vawn vaughn,who have tio minnesota but who reside now in other mountain states. yesterday marked the end of the 2010 winter olympic games in vancouver. i'm so proud so see that there were more athletes in this year's olympics from minnesota than from any other state. 21 minnesotans took part in thighs games. most were in their first olympics. a few others in their second games. natalie darwitz has been to three. jenny potter has now been to four, winning a medal each time. isn't that something? four-time medal winning olympian and mother of two. 21 athletes

i believe it starts the countdown that was first described by a professor of harvard, brett allison, on it, cause such a strategy might look. and you'll realize how intensive and conclusive and concrete we should be in regard to these threats before they materialize. it is not just about hegemonic nuclear capabilities. i do not think the iranians, even if they got the bomb, they're going to drop it on israel or some neighbors, fully understand what might follow they radical. >> [laughter] >> mets technical. >> they have quite decision making process and they understand reality. but it is not just in the nuclear arena. it is also in the hegemonic intentions that they might intimidate neighbors all around the gulf. we might feel very quickly the tail winds that the radicals from all cut or islamic jihad or whatever will feel once iran has this impact, what it will have on their assertiveness, the radical players. not to mention the indirect capacity to influence the prices of oil. all of these could be part of a nuclear iran. i think with open eyes we just have to follow with deeds wha

. >> reporter: it was that more than hugging behavior that first caught principal allison couch's attention. she says school is a place for learning and when the hugging distracted from that, she had to put an end to it. she says not only were students arriving late to class because of the hugs, but some kids got hugs even if they didn't want one. the most extreme case she says girls would hug boys as a game to see how long it would take to get them aroused. >> that just seems absolutely just strange and shocking. >> reporter: michael mcdonald is now a senior in high school but he remembers the two-second rule from his days at west sylvan when students were allowed to hug but only for a brief moment. >> under these circumstances where you know there's inappropriate things going on, i think it's, yeah, it was the right thing to do. >> reporter: parents we talked with are split on their opinions. >> i think it's a little bit too much. i think the kids should be able to regulate their physical contact and learn the space around theand interact with the other kids. >> i just think they're doing

secondly, let me point out his wife allison is stationed in morocco.is is a career family that served our nation very well. it is nice to have mr. ford before the committee. >> thank you, senator cardin for those comments. we appreciate them and i know mr. ford does. mr. ambassador? >> mr. chairman, senators lugar, dodd and cardin. it is really an honor to appear before you today. i'm very grateful for the trust and the confidence placed in me by president obama and secretary clinton in nominating me to serve as u.s. ambassador to the syrian-arab republic. mr. chairman, i submitted a longer written statement for the record so if it is ok with you, i would like to make some brief remarks to the committee. >> we would appreciate it. thank you. >> the president's desire to have a sustained and principled dialogue with the syrian government at the ambassador ya'll level is in our national interest and it should move us closer to achieving our goal in syria and in the region. let me reiterate that return ang ambassador to syria would not -- an ambassador to