[applause] >> i'm bart gordon that senator alexander mentioned earlier. i've had the good fortune to be' on a number of panels making recommendations, and i can tell you that when you put your time in, you put a good recommendation together, and it goes on the shelf, it's very discouraging. but for all of you policy geeks -- most of you are or you wouldn't be here -- you know how much fun it is when you put something together and see it enacted in legislation or reforms. i feel even better listening to lamar alexander earlier today -- just then. bill frist and i had the opportunity to watch first hand governor alexander work with a pretty rowdy democratic legislature in tennessee, but he came furth with education reform, with infrastructure, and investments in industrial recruitment. and so i think that regular order is back in the senate, and we're going to be a better country for that. and he's fortunate he is going to have a good partner in the house, someone that it had the good fortune to set on the energy and economy committee with, diana, and when

gordon: i am very bart gordon that senator alexander mentioned earlier. have had the good fortune of being on a number of panels making recommendations. i can tell you that when you put your time in, put your recommendation together, and it goes on the shelf, it is very discouraging. for all of you policy geeks you know how much fun it is when you put something together, and then you see an active in legislation . i feel even better listening to lamar alexander just been. bill frist and i had the opportunity to watch him work with a pretty rowdy democratic legislator in tennessee, but he came forward. i think regular order is back in the senate, and we will be a better country for that. he will have a good partner in the house, someone that i had the good fortune to sit on the energy commerce committee with, and it reminds me -- when i think of her, i think of a story about the little engine that could. that is diana, plowing on having a record number of hearings, both here and across the district to come forward with a major bipartisan vote in the house.

bart delays all morning. they are still on schedule. no problems for caltrain or the altamont commuter express. >>> frank loves in the morning to do his impression of gordonrae sing o what a beautiful morning from the musical oklahoma! and today it would be apt! it's a nice start to the day. most of us have low overcast. oakland 63. san francisco 62. sun is beginning to come out in the east bay. the refs us have to wait a little bit as we have comfortable temperatures today with high pressure down to the so the and low pressure reinforcing that sea breeze. we'll go with the onshore flow. good sea breeze and low clouds along the shoreline. futurecast shows the extent of the cloudiness. you can see it hanging into the shore most of the day and then sunshine breaks out overnight tonight. you will see the low clouds once again spilling into the central valley. but the bottom line is typical summer weather and that means when the a's take on the los angeles dodgers this afternoon we'll have a few low clouds floating around. and a game time temperature of 69 degrees. forecast highs for the bay area, 68 for san francisco. 80 san jose. 86 at livermore. 81 degrees