ballard. greg ballard was elected the 48th mayor of indianapolis on november 6, 2007, and the city reelected mayor ballard to a second term on november 8, 2011. in 2010 mayor ballard launched an initiative to rebuild residential streets, sidewalks and this is on a successful pathway. mayor ballard also helped lead a team that very successfully hosted this year's super bowl, congratulations to the city of indianapolis. and based on that success, will be competing and winning -- we hope -- the super bowl in 2018. welcome, mayor ballard. >> thank you. thank the gentleman from indiana. i now recognize representative harris to introduce our final witness, final for this hearing. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. it's my pleasure to introduce mrs. patrick langenfelder to the committee, the president of the maryland farm bureau. in addition, she's commissioner of the kent county planning commission and a member of the agricultural fair board. she and her husband and family operate a large grain f

strong, mayor ballard, and ms.langenfelder, does this provide the drought information that y'all think we need, and what improvements do you suggest for it? remember, we just have five minutes. >> i can, mr. chairman, i can speak generally to it, not all the details, but our security system and eocs rely on it, water utility relies on it also. it's a big part of planning, getting ahead of it. anything that can be added to that that would allow us to look more in the future after accuracy is beneficial, but we use it at the city level which may be, i'm not sure that was the original intent, could have. agriculture agricultural in nature, but we use it, and the folks appreciate it. >> good. anyone else want to tie in? >> i would ecowhat the mayor said. nidis improved in integ gritting the data and information in one place that we can use to make decisions going forward. the holy grail, though, will be more accurate, longer term predictions of drought into the future so we can actually make some mitigation measures, h

she gave us something to talk about and the ultimate breakup ballard, "i can't make you love me." >>> and good evening. i'm juju chang. today, the man suspected of mass murder in the horrific colorado movie rampage made his first public appearance in court. with new details on who he is, his bizarre demeemer today adds another piece to the puzzle. how could a quiet young man end up on a path that led to the carnage of last friday night. >> good morning, please be seated. >> reporter: he may think of his himself as the joker, but today, james holmes wasn't smiling and he didn't smeek a word. >> you are hold on a no bond hold. >> what is happening? oh, my god. >> reporter: a diabolical plan of mass murder. a shooting rampage. a crowded movie theater. ripped from the pages of a dark knight comic book. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. >> the death penalty has to be made within 60 days of the arraignment. >> reporter: the quest for justice boils down to a conflict between good and efl. but good almost always prevails. hard to imagine the joker being tried by a jur of his peer

the arrest saturday in union city. 27-year-old anthony path of union city and 21-year-old tremilion ballard face charges. >>> livermore police are investigating the discovery of a body inside a hotel room. a worker at the double tree hotel found the body yesterday. it's that of a man in his 40s but we don't know his name. police are calling the death suspicious until they can determine a cause. >>> sal has been looking at the traffic. there hasn't been much out there recently but has anything changed? >> no, we are off to a good start. if you will get on the road any time soon, you should have a pretty good drive all over the place. let's go to the golden gate bridge. there is a little bit of fog. northbound 101 traffic looks good through southern marin heading down to the san francisco area. also this morning we are looking at interstate 880 in oakland that traffic is moving well in both directions here. if you are driving through antioch to bay point, that traffic looks good also from the benicia bridge to walnut creek we are off to a decent start. we mentioned it's nice and clear. and on

buildings now are being bomb-proofed essentially for security reasons and putting up big huge concrete ballards and walls. i think one of the worst is the federal building and the civic center. this is by ken kay's work and i think it's more inviting homeland security project than i have seen in a long time, because these little planners, but it's designed to stop trucks from coming into the building. >> this is our age's version of the mill's building entrance. >> that is all that is left of it? just an arch. >> yeah. >> and then the arch flips on its edge and poking out here. >> you got it. >> that is it. we have got the arch. >> dark too. foreboding. >> this is at the corner of 3rd and howard. i think a successful attemptin the hotel design to make an understandable entrance that completes the street wall at the corner. it's nice. >> there are no cars involved? where did the cars go? >> the cars are around the other side of the building. >> on howard. >> it's really lovely how the whole thing comes out. the entrance way is really two-stories high and it's just beautiful. the cornice and cap

she gave us something to talk about and the ultimate breakup ballard, "i can't make you love me."

and you know, there's -- the first track on it is a track i wrote with glen ballard. it's called "anthem." it's an anthem for peace and love. i'm try my best, peace and love, whenever i can. >> he had a lot of peace and love to go around. the beatles, by the way, have sold more than a billion and a half records and counting. >>> thanks for starting your morning with us. we've got much more ahead on "cnn sunday morning," which starts right now. >>> extreme heat baking half the country. more than 300,000 still without power, and at least 30 dead. a cold front is on the way, but relief may come at a dangerous price. >>> plus, a new discovery about a mystery illness. children dying from a frightening infection that kills within days. >>> and later, it might be cool temperatures at wimbledon, but it's hot on the court. for the first time in 73 years, a brit will -- 74 years, a brit will play in the men's final. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. in the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start this morning wit

welcome, mayor ballard. >> thank you. i think the gentleman from indiana. i recognize representative harris to introduce our final witness. >> thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce mrs. patricia langenfelder, president of the maryland farm bureau. she is a member of the maryland agricultural board. she and her husband and family operate a large grain farm in the first congressional district and raise livestock. she has hands-on experience that she will bring to our testimony. among her recognitions, she and her husband were inducted into the agricultural hall of fame in 2001. they were named to mid-atlantic master farmers. they were honored by the conservation district. again, a pleasure to have her join us this morning. i yield back. >> thank you. thank you for the good introductions. spoken testimony is limited to five minutes, after which members of the committee will have time to ask questions. we will be liberal with your five minutes. we'll be tighter with those of us up here. we are not here all day, but we are honored to have you. we t

the suspects 24-year-old anthony pratt of union city and 24-year-old trumillion ballard are in custodyfacing murder charges. there's no word yet on a motive for the shooting. >>> oakland police have yet to make any arrests in a pair of shootings that injured two men. the first happened at 12:30 this morning on foothill avenue. the second happened about an hour later on 98th avenue. one man was shot there and taken to the hospital. police say he was uncooperative and his condition has not been released. >>> there's word of a protest planned for tomorrow involving san francisco's muni. demonstrators plan to mark the anniversary of the death of kenneth harding who died in a shooting with police after refusing to pay his fare. the medical examiner found if bullet that killed harding came from his own gun. that's something harding's family and some witnesses dispute. tomorrow's demonstration could block rail or bus lines used by an estimated 70,000 riders a day. >>> an east bay man was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to scamming aid meant for the sur -- survivors of the san bruno

analysis the people who put pen to paper and use a dividend discount model live or i think a value to ballard you there's no accounting you can't have a value without accounting is no accounting there's complete complicity by the troika for all of the media the fund business wall street government don't talk to me about value whatever that guy's name is michael schumacher oh ok don't talk to me about values not factual to plug a hole don't don't don't talk don't you think michael by all your think you should be on the rack. all right stay sober thanks much for being on the kaiser report thank you max not going much more coming away as they were out there. if they shoot something inappropriate for public they can easily be going. to say ok. i wish she would never have but it has. you know for a t.v. camera becomes unnecessary what does their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and the spear what happens with such witnesses i got it on my site. on our. news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing fro

anthony pratt and trumillion ballard are now in custody, facing murder charges. no word on apmotive for the shooting. -- on a motive for the shooting. >>> hans reiser was found guilty of killing their mother and kiding her body. the judge -- hiding her body. the children are asking for $25 million in damages. >>> the ethic's commission may decide whether to allow a case to move forward against mayor ed lee. suspended san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi says the mayor lied when he testified before the ethic's commission. they are holding hearings after a domestic violence incident. mayor ed lee says the charges are a smoke screen and a distraction. ross mirkarimi wants to subpoena witnesses. the ethic's commission will take up the issue on thursday. >>> a fundraiser for ross mirkarimi's wife ellana lopez reached $1,800. that money is meant to buy a plane ticket to fly her back from venezuela to testify for her husband. supporters say any donations above the ticket price will pay her attorney fees. >>> the heat turns up in the presidential campaign over mitt romne

not happening on friday indeed we see we saw the biggest jump in three years in the oil price and ballard there's just a technical correction. now let's also take a look at how the russian markets react as a drop in the oil price and it seems that basically since this is not based on fundamental factors the markets continued their rally after friday's big rally also on the back of a very productive e.u. summit over in europe which basically facilitated access to bailout money without. going through bailout procedures and on the russian stock exchange financials were making the biggest moves up three percent of our also was up in line with the market after a reported a net profit last year more than double and gazprom as the book has been a bit weaker than the markets and that's as b.p. has given up basically its idea to tie up with the russian gas giants in the north stream project last week gazprom said the british company is interested in extending the pipeline to britain and russian shareholders of basically insisted this move should be done through the russian joint venture and that's

strong, mayor ballard and mrs. langenfelder, does nidis really, does it really provide the necessary drought information that you all think we need, and what improvements do you suggest for it? and, remember, we just have five minutes, so -- >> i can, mr. chairman, i can speak generally to it. i can't speak about all the details. i would tell you our homeland security system and our eocs rely on it, certainly our water utility relies on it, also, so it's been a big part of planning, getting ahead of it. i think anything that could be added to that that would allow us to look even more into the future with some sort of accuracy, i think, would be beneficial also. but we certainly use it at the city level which maybe -- i'm not sure that was the original intent, it might have been more agricultural in nature, but we've used it quite a bit, and our folks appreciate it. >> good. anyone else want to tie into that one? >> and i would just echo what the mayor said as well. i think that nidis has definitely improved in int

stan ballard. he has pastored numerous congregations and today he serves as pastor to my family church. he's a native mississippian. earned his undergraduate degree in mississippi state university. after graduating, he earned a bachelor's degree from new orleans brantist theological seminary in new orleans. and a doctorate degree in atlanta. he has pastored churches in louisiana, mississippi, ohio, and arkansas. the pride and joy of his life are his wife and children and grandchildren. during their 42 years of marriage, they have been blessed with three sons and more recently four grandchildren. on a personal level i can say he's been a constant source of guidance for the entire congregation. any time a member of our congregation is in need we can rely on him. it's an honor to introduce pastor ballard and welcome him to the u.s. house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentlem

baqouba and ballard northeast of the capital and others. mosul in the north and five towns around kirkuk including the city itself were also head. today's were just the latest in what has been a steady increase in attacks since u.s. forces left in december. and the shiite-dominated government of prime minister nouri al-maliki has been nearly particle liesed by sectarian divisions, but in washington state department spokesperson victoria newland argued iraqis are more than capable of securing their country >> we have seen terrorist exploit the holy mounts, exploit the peaceful efforts by iraqis to worship, to commit acts of terror. but we continue to believe that iraqi security forces are up to the task, that the security situation over the last couple of years has improved in iraq as has the capability of iraqi forces. >> warner: al qaeda and iraq played a major role in fomenting brutal sectarian warfare in 2006 and 2007. for more on all of this i spoke to a reporter in baghdad. welcome, jane. what do today's attacks, the targets the locati

and you know, there's -- the first track on it is a track i wrote with glen ballard.anthem for peace and love. i'm try my best, peace and love, whenever i can. >> he had a lot of peace and love to go around. the beatles, by the way, have sold more than a billion and a half records and counting. >>> thanks for starting your morning with us. we've got much more ahead on "cnn sunday morning," which starts right now. >>> extreme heat baking half the country. more than 300,000 still without power, and at least 30 dead. a cold front is on the way, but relief may come at a dangerous price. >>> plus, a new discovery about a mystery illness. children dying from a frightening infection that kills within days. >>> and later, it might be cool temperatures at wimbledon, but it's hot on the court. for the first time in 73 years, a brit will -- 74 years, a brit will play in the men's final. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. in the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start this morning with extreme weather. record tempe

and you know, there's the first track on it is a track i wrote with glen ballard, and it's called "anthems an anthem for peace and love. so, i'm trying my best, peace and love, peace and love, you know, whenever i can. >> i'm just curious, none of us are as young as we used to be, so where do you get the energy now on your 72nd birthday, to tour night after night, year after year? i mean, do you have a secret? >> well, you know, i think you've got to keep fit and watch what you eat and that's all you can do. i work out quite a lot, and you know, broccoli is my main course, stuff like that. so, you know, that's how i do it. just keep yourself fit. when you're fit, you stay fit on the stage, anyway. you know, i'm dancing around on stage, i'm playing the drums. so as long as you do something physical, you know, keep moving. >> so, you live the vegetarian lifestyle, is that right? >> i do, yeah. >> all right. well, that explains some of it. >> this time i've been a vegetarian for, well, since '92, 20 years now. >> hmm. well, listen, if it's okay with you, we'd love for you to stick around. i

eminem f priority or should have been greater sense of urgency and greater priority given, and mayor ballard we will start with you. >> that's a great question. i'm not familiar with all that goes on but i would suggest to you, sir anybody that can mitigate the cost and the losses if you will in the last few months across the nation and as you mentioned last year also needs to be upgraded because it saves all of us not only keeps people working but also increases the base for the powers and states and the government eventually. so this could be why is in this instance. >> do you feel what it's the high purity in the budget proposal? >> i don't know specific budget proposal but specifically, i would say that given the billions of dollars and number of lives at stake but it's certainly deserves heightened importance both in the budget and just in terms of attention. i know drug doctor can talk more about the shortfalls and gaps in the testimony so additional funds and resources would help but get in the billions of taxpayers' dollars that are going to go out to address this issue being able to

american ocean explorer robert ballard actually helped with the recovery.amous for discovering the wreckage of the titanic back in the 1980s. a spokesman for the turkish foreign ministry says he reached out to ballard because his crew and his vessels specialize in deep-water missions. that same foreign minister said they were lucky, wolf, that the nautlist was docked in istanbul at the very same time. >> lucky is one thing but also solid professional work. >> being good is also important. >> thanks very much, kate. >>> if the syrian regime is about to splinter, it may begin like this. a key general with very close family ties with president bashar al assad has fled to turkey. his father served as the defense minister to bashar al assad's father over three decades. just recently the deputy prime minister told me here in the situation room if bashar al assad starts losing his officer corps, he can't hold on for long. a top general says when the military starts to desert in large numbers it will be, and i'm quoting the israeli deputy prime minister, quote, the

marine explorer bob ballard who is famous for the discovering the "titanic" in 1980s and this ship happenedo be docked here in istanbul when this incident happen and the turkish government told me that they reached out to this vessel which has a lot of the submersibles, and remote operated vehicles that can dive to depths and levels that no turkish ship has, and they have been brought in by the turkish military in syrian territorial waters to do this emergency search and recovery operation and it was a rescue operation and now a recovery operation. >> eye varngs very interesting connection there. >>> here is more of what we are working on this hour from the "newsroom international." they are calling them the syria files, and this is is a massive dump of secret documents on the internet that could paint a darker picture of the country's violent civil war. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old a

that is a ship led by marine explorer bob ballard, famous for finding the "titanic" deep underneath thehe 1980s. and that ship had been brought into syrian waters to help find the wreckage of this plane and the two bodies and bring them up today. push irk government sources telling me that there are pushipush i turkish diplomats, navy officers on board the "nautilus," which had to change its itinerary. it was supposed to be broadcasting live from the black sea with national geographic on saturday, and now it is part of this rather high-security search and recovery operation. the members of the crew are not talking right now, probably because of the extreme sensitivity of this mission. >> ivan watson live for us in istanbul, thanks very much for that. >>> we have a difficult story to tell you about next. one that you really should hear, though. this is law and justice run amok. oregon police say this man allegedly yanked a 10-year-old boy inside a wendy's bathroom last weekend, tried to sexually assault the child, and then stab the child. it's bad enough, but there is a twist to this sto

welcome, mayor ballard. >> thank you. i thank the gentleman from indiana. i recognize representative harris to introduce our final witness. >> thank you very much. it is my pleasure to introduce mrs. patricia langenfelder, president of the maryland farm bureau. she is a member of the maryland agricultural board. she and her husband and family operate a large grain farm in the first congressional district and raise livestock. she has hands-on experience that she will bring to our testimony. among her recognitions, she and her husband were inducted into the agricultural hall of fame in 2001. they were named mid-atlantic master farmers. they were honored by the conservation district. again, a pleasure to have her join us this morning. i yield back. >> thank you. thank you for the good introductions. spoken testimony is limited to five minutes, after which members of the committee will have time to ask questions. we will be liberal with your five minutes. we will be tighter with those of us up here. we are not here all day, but we are honored to have you. we th