march 8 through 12, 15 attendees back at the resort. june 30 through july 2, eight attendees. on several of these trips mr. neely not only approved all of them but on several of these trips, mr. neely went and brought his family and friends as well. many of these trips, i should verify, i don't know if all of these trips, included suites. the very large 2,200 square foot room that you and mr. neely separate hotel rooms, but you and mr. neely both enjoyed. and then october 12 through 15, 31 attendees including mr. neely. nine trips before this lavish conference. this is part of the report that you saw, that you shared with mr. neely. you gave a copy to mr. neely, showed him what he did, you knew of it, and you still went against the committee's recommendation and gave him a bonus and upgraded him from a 3 to a 4. how can you blame all of this on mr. neely when you were the one who approved this. >> mr. chairman, i'm not saying that, as i made clear, i thought that mr. neely's actions were wrong. i thought the conference went -- was clearly excessive -- >> i' not going to contin

we would like just cgiu attendees on the floor of the -- just cigu attendees.do is start circling forward, just to the stage line. everyone in the back, we need the last ten rows cleared. the last ten rows moved forward and fill in all of the chairs. fill in along the chairs. on the side over here. everyone in the back, cgiu attendees. please move forward. >>>. >>> live on book tv.org at 6:30 p.m., lisa dellpit, author of "multiplication for white people" says we have failed to engage black students in the classroom. you can see her remarks from the busboys and poets bookstore in washington, d.c. live at 6:30 p.m. on book tv.org. >>> coming up here on c-span 3, a look at trade and u.s. exports with remarks from the u.s. ambassador to the world trade organization. then a house financial services subcommittee hearing on the collapse of the financial brokerage firm, mf global. >>> tonight on c-span 3, american history tv, with a look at life for african-americans during the 18th and 19th centuries. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, loni bunch, director of the smithsonian's na

august 17 through 19, 2009, other attendees, 6000-dollar car. 65 attendees.march 8 through 12, 15 attendees back at the end resort. june 30 through july 2nd, 8 attendees. in august 17 through 19, 20 attendees. and on several of these trips, mr. neely not only approved -- approved all of them, but on several of these trips, mr. neely went and brought his family and was well. many of these trips -- i should verify if not all, include the suites, 2500 square for a firm that you and mr. neely from a separate hotel rooms both enjoyed. and then october 12 through 15, 31 attendees, including mr. neely. nine trips before this lavish conference? it was in this report to choose saw -- that she shared with mr. neely. he gave a copy to mr. neely, these official inside document, showed them what he did. you knew of it and then you still win against mrs. brita recommendation and upgraded him from a three to explore. how can you blame all this on mr. neely when you were the one who approved it? >> mr. chairman, i am not saying, as i made clear, i i.mr. neely's actions were

attendees will be able to experience live art installations and painting projects and chow down on some food and wine from some of the best restaurants and wineries in the bay area. the festival returns august 10th through the 12th. three day general admission tickets go on sale this thursday at noon. >>> police in southern california have tracked down the guitars stolen from tom petty. five guitars worth about $100,000 were taken from a studio where petty was recording thursday. he offered a reward of $7,500. instead, police caught one of the suspects when the person tried to sell the guitar for to a pawnshop for $250. >>> gary is up next with the newly released raiders and friepers schedules -- 49ers schedules. and now who is closing for the giants. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an icon and quite another to have done it generation after generation. to the long line of legendary mercedes-benz sl roadsters... ♪ the 2013 sl. 49ers schedules -- 49ers schedules. and now who is closing for the giants. >>> good evening, everybody. giants could use a win tonight. pat

he is again another long-standing attendee, stalwart supporter for the elimination of earmarks and the republican sponsor of the toomey version of the bill in the house. >> thank you, tom. thank you, citizens against government waste. obviously, we wouldn't be celebrating what we are today without their efforts. over the years it's been an interesting process. i think on the house floor i've challenged some, well, several hundred individual earmarks. and do you know how many of those votes we won actually outright on the floor? one. just one. it was a republican earmark. and the other party hated that republican more than they loved their earmarks i guess on this one. so it actually went down. but a funny thing started happening, though. members would actually find out which earmarks were being challenged, and they would rush to the floor to beat us there so they could withdraw their earmark rather than defend it. and then you had the bridge to nowhere and the corruption that came with it. and then my personal favorite where i kind of knew this process was going to come crashing down.

they say you canceled because to insisted on seeing a list of the attendees. they put this out in a public e-mail. why did you insist on getting solicited attendees? >> this is a miscommunication. in the past few weeks, the invitation is by the carnegie endowment for peace conference. since then, we have received so many requests to meet their out this week -- throughout this week. social things got pushed out. it is unfortunate that impact decided to announce it before confirming with us. it was good to talk to everybody but then the american society. >> we are asked not to submit any names. we have submitted them to dhs on the other hand. if you're going to travel, good luck. [laughter] >> i am a business consultant. it is an offshoot of the muslim brotherhood. why do they change the position all the time? is that he would not have a presidential candidates. when one of your members said that you would like to run for presidency, a you fired him from the party. at the same time, i do not think this is democratic. are you going to adhere to the policy that yo

all attendees are welcome from 4530 to 6:00. get your mug and trouble to the different floors of the expo. tonight, starting at 6:00, the totally awesome 1980's party featuring tainted love. later, over the course of these high-speed remarks, i talk about technology, talked about innovation, the industry. there is one man who embodies the commitment to those three things in san francisco, the man we are about to bring to the stage. we are very lucky to have the mayor of san francisco, the honorable edwin lee. big welcome. mr. mayor, please join us. mayor lee: good morning, everyone. welcome to san francisco. thank you for being here. wonderful place to be. as i just was listening to brad, you have an awful lot on your agenda today, but it is exciting to be here. exciting to be the mayor of san francisco when we are on the verge of working so well with our technology companies. it is very appropriate for you to be here in san francisco, evil and digital media and blending that with marketing and advertising. i think you have the

. >> but most attendees were eager to hear the president's punchline. >> that he can laugh at himself. >> these after parties are packed with celebrities. we have mary j. blige, steven spielberg, lindsay lohan, and many others. proceeds from tonight's dinner benefit scholarships for aspiring journalists. they also recognize excellence in journalism. tonight, they honored our colleagues from politico. >> and their prom is still going on. we will turn to the breaking news story and get serious. a deadly storm moved through san louis tonight. one man is dead. 100 other people are injured including four critically. they're still trying to figure out what caused the man's death. >> they got hit with the metal pipes, the wires -- we have electricity in said the stand. we had a mix of about everything that could happen. there were live wires lean on the ground. it was handled very quickly very well by the fire department, but we have some severe injuries to quiet people. >> at least 17 people remained hospitalized tiepin the crowd gathered at busch stadium after the cardinals game. and we ha

it was transparent to the attendees and the television viewers that there was a third team out there. that was the recreation and parks department. it is extremely proud of my team. add to this one of the most beautiful park systems in the world. i am extremely lucky. lastly, i want to thank my parents and my wife, vivian, and my two daughters, jennifer and some of the, for their love and support. thank you. [applause] >> steve castile. [applause] >> i started working for the public works department 15 years ago. we are like a family. it is a very close-knit group. i think, because of that, we get the best out of people. one of the problems we encountered in the city was we were not able to pay our vendors and contractors. people were entering data inconsistently. documents were always getting lost. payments were not going out. the numbers do not add up. everything has to flow horizontal and vertical leap. we created several modules to make it easier for contractors to attach the documents in a standardized format. we do not have to go deeper anymore. i don't have a formal education i

for his part george zimmerman faces a bail hearing next week on his 2nd degree murder charges but attendees here say, it is not for them enough that the legal system just hand down charges they want it the deliver justice. howard university, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> now to the big story in sports, the cavs looking to rebound from that devastating overtime loss to the bruins game 2 first round of the playoffs, thomas hit a brick wall second period, caps finally solve him. chip one in for the goal double overtime now, and caps win the draw, deep in the bruins and puck comes free to back stroll he just buries it, 2-1. coach hunter said the win is a team effort. >> you know, they are going out, from everybody, goal tending, that is the way you have to play to do well in the playoffs, to battle and i thought tonight was definitely playoff hockey. >> well t series is now even 1 game a piece, shifts back to dc for game 3 at the verizon center. >>> two surprises out of north korea sunday, new leader makes an unexpected public speech as the military unvails a new missile, to celebrate the 100

attendees had to get a special passport to get the passes and featured 50 exhibitors and musicians. >> and coming up, starbucks makes a change with vegetarians in mind. >> live now to future home of the san francisco 49ers where an evening of ground breaking celebration is just taking off. >> and there is how lawmakers are keeping efforts to keep your pass word out of reach of employer autos mother nature is turning up the heat. when 90s will show up on the seven-day forecast. abc 7 news continues in one minute. >>> a scare for dozens of passengers today on a delta airlines flight. minutes after takeoff the pilot declared an emergency and turned the plane around. cnn business correspondent was on the flight and tweeted this. back on tarmac after bird strike and we're safe, thank you. the crew and god helped us. and no injuries reported. >> there is going to be less protein in strawberry frapuccinos. starbucks say they will stop using insects from crushed bugs a petition was started and starbucks says it will start using a tomato based extract and expects it to be done by the end of ju

employees organized a conference to the spot and casino in 2010 at a cost of more than $820,000 for 300 attendees ha. this is according to a scathing report from the inspector general. agencies have stepped down. two other high-ranking employees have been fired according to the washington post. officials found many conference expenditures excessive with full, and not permissible. expenses just to plan the trip cost more than $100,000, catering $150,000. a team building exercise involving building bicycles cost $75,000. coins that came in velvet-lined boxes and the addition of more than $3,000 for a mind reader and a clown. taxpayers can't believe these revelations. >> wasting money while a lot of people are in need. it is just a shot and a bit of a disappointment. >> said the agency is appalled by these findings and a number of changes are put into place to make sure that this never happens again. additional employees involved in planning the conference have been placed on leave. >> and anne arundel county, the deputy chief faces tough questions about the indictment of the county executive john l

attendees of the meeting were told that the board of estimate really has the power. >> i just encourage you all to use our power, and if it is not in the budget, vote against the budget and make sure this is in it. this is positive change. >> we will have an update on this story later tonight at 11:00. shelton dutes, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 3 secret service employees are already out, but will others also be shown the door? >> that is the question tonight as the investigation continues into that colombian prostitution scandal. nikole killion has more in washington. >> several members of congress believe moorehead should roll from the secret service, but the white house is reserving judgment until the investigation is complete. up to three secret service employees were fired in connection with a prostitution scandal in colombia. war could soon be dismissed. >> it would not surprise the if more were to leave. >> maryland congressman elijah cummings sits on the house oversight committee. he sent a letter to the director of the secret service and talk to him for over an hour this week, demanding

on board a few years ago we had 800 people attending our gala event, and last year we have 1400 attendees. we had six teeteen workshops, se are trying to grow the opportunities we are trying to present. this year our theme is saluting the heroes of our economy. we are excited about this. we are going to have a number of ads throughout the city as well as in "across mccall -- "the chronicle,"the spanish paper, "the business times," showing a campaign illustrating some of the small businesses in our community and talking about small business week, so that is where we try to reach out to regard we try to let people know that small business week -- where we try to reach out. we try to let people know that small business week is happening. we go directly through all of our partners of the economic development organizations and our host organizations, so we host slavers of san francisco, which is our main the -- the host flavors of san francisco. this year we are hoping to take the awards program out and hold a separate event tuesday evening. we are still hoping to secure the sponsorship to cre

attendees are also working on a strategy for world support of afghanistan struggling military after 2014. >> secret service agents suspected of firing prostitutes in colombia may be given polygraph tests. ahead of the secret service says the scandal will be headed over to an independent government investigator. >> it is very hard for me to believe that this is the only time that this has ever happened. i'm worried that this is the only time that they were caught >> lawmakers want to know if there was any threat to u.s. security or to the president. the agents were in colombia preparing for the arrival of the summit of the americas. a u.s. senate committee will begin questioning leaders about allegations of wasteful spending. a house committee has been holding hearings on the topic the past couple of days. the agency's troubles recently came to light after reports of team building conference in las vegas at a cost more than $800,000 to taxpayers. >> last night's city council vote was unanimous, 5-0, to ban the sales of guns or ammunition from residential property. there was a ban a few ye

kids have been discussed right now as a city we suspended 32 kids the ball into skipping and not attendees: all then stealing passwords of thousands instead to raise their absences. did we first heard several people on the football team by that is because i was on the football team the quarterback says the academic * date back to the start of the school year because yet to have a certain amount of attendance to play the games the principal says the irregularities were detected in december but independent clearance that were basically been put on the market so no one will reveal how much it paid for passwords. >>> of the tenants and berkeley high you could just kill site because of 20 percent of their grade is attendant base. >>> would be better this is someone they your school for the entire year the school has security cameras but made attendants less secure web based in fact so stages could be made for smart phones or home computers. >>> and red not comment specifically but they're mobile terminals involved. 32 berkeley high school students already started their suspension been while the

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there were 45 attendees where this was discussed, representing 31 local businesses and there were no [unintelligible] opposed to the petition for the year -- a d.r. we do not want to see the district loses its vitality. it is integral to the health and vibrancy of the 20th street district. in the same way that mayor lee sees twitter as anchoring the revitalization of mid market, we see this to revitalized -- revitalizing a commercial district. 501 connecticut street was an iconic locations. we saw people come from all over the city to sample the famous images that were named by feminist icon and bask in the views of the city outside the building. the place was often packed. i would not go there to stand in line for sandwiches. that led them to patronize the other businesses on the street. there was a community hub. we need another hub at that location and child care does not provide that. the proposed 28 families would be the same 28 families visiting delegation. twice a day, five days a week, pulling up a white zone outside. children would be delivered to their cars and they will ta

pretty good chance that attendee will not attend college. greenberg spent nine seasons running the basketball program. his former boss said that greenberg never saw this coming. >> i would say it is very safe to say that he was shocked. >> that man handles himself rather oddly at a press conference. the school introduced larry brown. brown has coached in the olympics, the n.c.a.a. and the nba. his coaching resume reads like a zoo keeper. he has coached for the bruins, nuts, and jayhawks, 76 years, and the bobcats. now at mustang -- add the mustangs. >> i am always nervous about a game because maybe we did not prepare our teams for everything that might happen. i love to practice. i love practice. i'm telling you about, i love practice. >> president obama makes a lot of white house appearances with championship sports teams. the president honored the air force football team. winner of the commander-in-chief trophy. he pointed out what separates their force and army and navy from every team that pays him a visit. >> they understand that shut o

jim fishkin polled the conference attendees. >> there was a concern for governability the two-thirds vote threshold was paralyzing action. so taxes are the hardest issue but people were finding new ways of thinking about how to make the system work. >> another hot topic? california's initiative process a form of democracy where citizens or special interests propose initiatives to the voters. >> i think the initiative process is important because the people need to have a say in what's going on. >> what's gone wrong with the process that we are now at a point of saying we have to create initiatives to finally go get a vote on this because the legislators are not voting on it or bringing up what's gone wrong there. >> others say it promotes spending without raising revenues and is controlled by special interests. nicholas berggruen ironically plans to finance his own ballot measures so californians can vote on the reforms his group reposes. >> the goal is to go beyond special interests and parties and come up with a compromise that benefits all. and because the initiative process you c

organizers were encouraging attendees to register to vote while they were here. kerry cavanaugh, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police are still on the lookout for man who reportedly sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel room near the airport this weekend. authorities say the victim plan to beat the man in her room at the bwi sheridan and linthicum saturday night. she told police that around 11:00, the man attacked her and then took off. he is described as a white male having read or blond hair and a southern accent. anyone with the permission should contact metro crime stoppers. baltimore county police continue to search for the driver involved in a deadly hit and run. 20-year-old towson university student brian bailey was killed early saturday morning. he was a long island native and member of a fraternity. police say they was traveling in the same direction as the vehicle that struck him and then left the scene. >> at this point, crash investigators are still assessing exactly what happened. we cannot comment about what damage may be present on the vehicle. >> just a hap

and during the course of those prayer meetings, he taught the attendees to actually read the words in the bible. i think tabby probably was one of those slaves who would have gone to one of those prayer meetings. i was very surprised by the autonomy the slaves were given, how they were not just permitted, but required to come and go without constant permission from the slave master. there were things that they were expected to take care of during the day and in the course of that, you were required to go to the market. you were required to go to the river to meet a shipment. you were expected to do that and you didn't have to have a pass to do so. as the slaves on plantations did. slaves on plantations had to

. >> these are not attendees at a royal wedding.re participants in a jam-packed, regional f.i.r.s.t. competition. >> 3, 2, 1, go! >> you need brains, creativity, and discipline to compete here. and, oh, yeah, you also need a robot. >> f.i.r.s.t. stands for "inspiration and recognition of science and technology," and it is a robotics competition for high school students where they're encouraged to team up with either a university or an engineering firm. and they work with professional engineers and teachers to design and build a robot during a 6-week build period and compete in a game that they create. and the competition has something on the order of 4,000 teams nationwide. some of the teams are even from around the world. there are teams from england, brazil, and a few other countries, as well. >> what i love about f.i.r.s.t. is that it brings that competitive sports edge into something involving science and technology. i mean, how often do you get to see thousands of people sitting in a sports arena cheering at robots? you know wh

are three ambulances and 40 medical personnel on hand, also a new emergency texting service for attendees. >>> fairfield police are investigating an early morning homicide where a woman was found stabbed to death. the woman's body was discovered by a neighbor just before 9:00 this morning behind a house on 4th street next west texas. her name has not been released but police say she was between 18 and 20 years old. investigators are urging anyone with information to come forward. they have no suspects at this time. >>> it is a grim anniversary for brian stowe, giants fan, still recovering one year after he was beaten in the parking lot of dodgers stadium. today hundreds of people showed up in san jose for the annual walk for thought. they are raising awareness and money for traumatic brain injury research. >> we have a number of teams that came out in support of our walk this year. we had at least five of the top fund-raisers throughout the state. >> reporter: and two of the top moneymaking teams are made up of friends and family of brian stowe. the goal of the walk is $50,000, and the gr

typical similar events held at the hotel, attendees included members of the senate, congress, cabinet, supreme court, military, and official representative its of all the foreign. elegance of the hotel operations mirrored the standards of the teenest world class establishments. in fact, ever president from buchanan to roosevelt partook of the wormley hospitality. president garfield attended a dinner the night before his inauguration. even at the end of president garfield's life after the assassination attempt, wormley catered to him at the white house by preparing his meals and nursing him during his suffering. national newspaper accounts report how james prepared a concoction known as beef tea. in those accounts, the papers report on how james was always called upon to attend to our greatest leaders of the 19th century to lend aid and comfort. the hotel was the accommodation of choice for politics and wealthy elite of the world. mrs. astor stayed there at the occasion of the a party griffin at the white house. prince made polian, hamilton fish and all the aristocrats in new york enga

for black jack vests for conference leaders, and a commemorative coin and vegas book for all 300 attendeestoday, former gsa administrator martha johnson, who resigned over the scandal, took responsibility. >> i personally apologized to the american people. >> republicans question the $9,000 bonus neeley was given last year while he was under investigation. >> how can you justify a bonus for somebody that you knew at the time of his bonus was at the center of this misconduct? >> reporter: johnson said neeley had performed well in other key areas, and she didn't want to interfere with the investigation. neeley's now on administrative leave, but still getting his $179,000 salary. the inspector general, whose report triggered this spending scandal, says he is also investigating possible bribes and kickbacks at gsa, the agency supposed to save taxpayers money. lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >>> back in a moment here tonight, with the loss of a huge piece of movie history. >>> there's been a terrible fire in the catskill mountains of new york state, 85 miles away from new york city. the loss

it was transparent to the attendees and the television viewers that there was a third team out there. that was the recreation and parks department. it is extremely proud of my team. add to this one of the most beautiful park systems in the world. i am extremely lucky. lastly, i want to thank my parents and my wife, vivian, and my two daughters, jennifer and some of the, for their love and support. thank you. [applause] >> steve