mayor ballard: it is a matter of priorities.lking about indianapolis in those terms now, which is nice compared to 40 years ago. it is about your priorities and what you want to build out. we have the first all-electric car sharing system in america going up. bike share is out there. focusing on neighborhoods and having unique neighborhoods is very important to every city as it should be, and we have been focusing on that. it is a matter of priority and how you spend it. we are lucky we have a good nonprofit in corporate sector. erik: i want to ask about the menace about bond market. -- i want to ask about the municipal bond market. you have to be watching what is going on in puerto rico and the risk of them the unexpected. you have some maturities coming up in indianapolis. how concerned are you? mayor ballard: not that concerned for we have great bond ratings are at one survey came out recently and said of the top 30 cities upon america we had the best bond rating. i am not that concerned. you are always worried about the next

elizabeth ballard, a forensic scientist from richmond, was the first witness today, the expert who developed the dna profile of jesse matthew and that evidence matched the dna found under the fingernails of the fairfax county woman who was sexually assaulted near the county 10 years ago. at one point the mathews defense team asked the judge to drop the charges, arguing that two and a half days in the commonwealth has not been able to prove that matthew was the perpetrator that night in 2005, saying that dna evidence is all they have and it is simply not enough. the description was off, the sketch look nothing like him, no eyewitnesses. the victim in this case testified earlier this week that the attacker told her -- i will kill you if you scream again. minutes ago after hearing that argument the judge denied the west. this trial will continue this afternoon. reporting live, john gonzales, or fax county. jummy: it was also a busy morning for the manic used of jumping the white house fence. he was stopped by the secret service on april 19 after they say he hopped entrance late at night. the ma

indianapolis, a city with a republican mayor, greg ballard is starting citywide public scholarships.even more young people getting the early education. three months ago, i initiated tech hire to train for the high skilled, high wage jobs of tomorrow. we are looking to double the number, so if you're town has jobs that need filling, and people want to fill them, come join us. we are working with many of you to generate more high wage jobs for our workers to fill. 11 cities have joined a new innovation to help start of employers started business in just one day, cut the red tape. we are working with high-tech manufacturing hubs to keep america at the forefront of innovation. the first stop in youngstown ohio is doing cutting-edge research and 3-d printing and has already attracted tens of millions of investment in the region. so we are creating jobs, we are training folks for jobs, we are also working with many of you to make our streets safer and our communities stronger. more than 230 local and tribal leaders have joined the my brother's keeper initiative, and are taking meaningful s

her name is elizabeth ballard and she's a forensic scientist with the virginia department of forensic science. she analyzed a swab taken from his cheek and compared it to the d.n.a. that was found under the victim's fingernail. and she told the jury that statistically the chance the d.n.a. belonged to jesse matthew is one in 7.2 billion, the world's population. she said more precise statistic looking at the black population, it would be one in one quintillion, that's 15 zeros. she said showing that the d.n.a. is from jesse matthew. taking a look at some video this morning of jesse matthew's family members walking in this morning. his father, mother, sister and girlfriend. during court today, the sister was overheard sighing and saying, i just want this over. the public defender made a motion to strike all three charges against jesse path through saying the commonwealth had not proved the attacker was him, that the entire case rested on a fingernail scraping. she said dogs were brought out to search for the attacker. nobody could be found. most notably jesse matthew because he wasn't t

greg ballard of indianapolis, an outstanding mayor, doing great work with my brother's keeper. annise parker of houston. loving it. and my dear old friend, michael coleman of columbus, ohio. and finally, a great mayor, one of my favorite people, and i know one of the people all of you admire so much, a great mayor, joe riley of charleston. [applause] joe's back home doing one of a mayor's sadder, more important duties today. obviously, the entire country has been shocked and heartbroken by what has happened. the nature of this attack in a place of worship where congregants invite in a stranger to worship with them, only to be gunned down adds to the pain. the apparent motivations of the shooter remind us that racism remains a blight that we have to combat together. we have made great progress, but we have to be vigilant because it is still linked, and when it -- it still lingers, and when it is poisoning the minds of young people, it betrays our ideals and tears our democracy apart. but as much as we grieve this particular tragedy, i think it is important, as i mentioned at the

following jesse matthew's arrest in the abduction and murder of hannah graham ballard tested a d.n.a. sample from matthew and said in court today it was 100% match. that the d.n.a. taken from under the victim's fingernail following the attack in fairfax in 2005. not long after that testimony matthew's lawyers presented the alford plea and matthew stood in front of the judge and pleaded got attempted capital murder abduction with intent to defile and object sexual penetration, each which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. >> i think he was guilty. the d.n.a. matched with his d.n.a. jeff: juror willie mcduffy was moved by the victim in the attack. >> i almost teared up. jeff: the prosecutor spoke with the victim following court today. >> she was moved by the fact that people from so far away would work so hard for so many years to bring her justice. jeff: the prosecutor wants to explain the impact that it has had on the victim to this point. no comment today from the family of jesse matthew or the defense. matthew scheduled to be sentenced on october 2. coming up at 5:00 we loo

greg ballard of indianapolis an outstanding mayor, doing great work with my brother.arker of houston. and my dear old friend michael coleman of columbus, ohio. and finally a great mayor, one of my favorite people and i know one of the people all of you admire so much a great mayor, joe riley of charleston. joe's back home doing one of a mayor's sadder more important duties today. honestly the entire country has been shocked and heartbroken by what happened in charleston. the nature of this attack in a place of worship, where consequence gre gantcongregants invite in a stranger who then shoots them down adds to the pain. the motivations remind us that racism remains a blight that we have to combat together. we have made progress but we have to be vigilant because it still linkers. when it's poisoning the minds of young people it betrays our ideals and tears our democracy apart. but as much as we grieve this particular tragedy, i think it's important, all as i mentioned at the white house, to recognize thinks tragedies have become far too commonplace. few people underst

michael nutter of philadelphia has done outstanding work. [ applause ] greg ballard of indianapolis outstandinging great work with "my brother's keeper." thank you. and annese parker of houston. and my dear old friend michael coleman of columbus ohio. [ applause ] and finally, a great mayor, one of my favorite people. and i know one of the people all of you admire so much. a great mayor joe reilly of charleston. [ applause ] joe's back home doing one of a mayor's sadder more important duties today. obviously the entire country has been shocked and heartbroken by what happened in charleston. the nature of this attack in a place of worship, where congregates invite in a stranger to worship with them only to be gunned down adds to the pain. the apparent motivations of the shooter remind us that racism remains a blight that we have to combat together. we have made great progress, but we have to be vigilant. because it still lingers. and when it is poisoning the minds of young people it betrays our ideals and tears our ss democracy apart. but as much as we grieve this particular tragedy, i think it

bob ballard and his team and other scientists are exploring and we're investing there and i will look forward to working with you in conference. mr. fattah: mr. chairman, we'll work together on this. this is an area of important interest to me and i thank the gentlelady for offering her amendment. the chair: does the gentleman from texas wish to reserve? mr. culberson: reserve. the chair: the gentlelady from oregon is recognized. ms. bonamici: mr. chairman, i do plan to withdraw this amendment. i do want to emphasize the seriousness of this amendment. i do contend the amount in this bill is inadequate so i do look forward to working with the committee chairman, the ranking member and the committee going forward to address this very important issue. and do i request unanimous consent that my amendment be withdrawn at this time. thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: the amendment is -- without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 15, line 11, procurement. acquisition and construction including transfer of funds $1,960034,000 to remain available until