fine, bill withacomb, faa district manager andy richards, and from the san mateo trade council, bill mack. jackie perkins from jackie sears' office. our federal security director, and a couple folks with the architectural firm that led to the design and alex legadda. and vernon allen from the allen group. a round of applause for the vips, think you for being here. >> everyone is very excited with this work now proceeding. this has moved along at a very quick place. it is a unique partnership between the faa and the airport. for the first time, an airport will be leaving the building of the tower and will be following the direction of the faa and their detailed guidelines for our construction. we are using a design build approach to get six-eight months of the normal cycle and we will be using a formal part during model that we found very helpful and very successful. we are excited that the control tower project will be fully integrated into the terminal complex in both the design and the construction. the tower will fit seamlessly into our recently renovated terminal to, and are soon to b

the goal to oust senator bill nelson who is facing off against republican challenger connie mack jr. son is with us now. why would a guy named sheldon adelson who's made his money in china, apparently, he makes more money every night in his casinos in china than they make in vegas overall. why does he want to nail you? >> chris, i don't think he cares about florida. i think he is just -- of the similar topic -- symptomatic of the others because they want to influence elections and have the policy enacted by what they dictate. i think it is pretty clear. we are seeing the influence of money coming in but at the end of the day, i don't think it's going to be successful. i think the american people are going to really stand up on this one. >> well, it's this funny money. count here, $15 million. let's look at the figures. karl rove super pac announced last week they had reserved over $6 million in air time this fall to run against you, then sheldon adelson has given a million dollars to a pro connie mac super pac. the koch brothers, prosperity, their prosperity speptd $1 million. outside

bill nelson down there has doubled the amount of money that connie mack has raised.e mack who's the republican has gotten a huge multimillion dollar infusion from an outside group. now he has more money than bill nelson who has been raising this in $2,000 increments. the superpac money can absolutely sway these races and republicans are just as interested in getting republican senate as they are in getting a republican white house. absolutely crucial. i don't think i agree that superpac money won't have an effect on the presidential ration, though. i think you get into state by state race, state by state ballots, they can absolutely have an effect and i think they will and i think they'll help republicans. >> turner & hooch be damned. one persistent fear you hear from liberals is citizens united altered the balance between the parties in a permanent way, corporate money will give republicans a structural advantage that will never be overcome. more likely, the boom in outside money will prove to be cyclical with the momentum swinging toward whoever feels shut out and

bill web. associate director brian peterman. eldona. executive producer of pre-game show, done bowie, mack santini and producer ethan klineberg.irector mark dieber. our thanks as always as steve horn, editorial consultant in the broadcast booth. one out, nobody on, hairston. >> joe: strike one on hairston. tonight is 0-3. only hits belong to dee gordon, scott van slyke and tony gwynn junior. three singles. that's it. to the shortstop. tejada gets that high bounce and takes it over to first. two out. the mets pitchers working on their tenth shutout of the season. >> eric: bottom line of the mets is good. flat-out good. they are a team if they can maintain the pitching that will keep them in ballgames, because they have one of the top staffs in the national league. they can continue to get good pitching there is no reason why they won't be competitive the entire second half. >> joe: terry collins has done a great job with these guys. dan warthen has done a great job with the rotation. trying to figure out the bullpen. now it's parnell at the back end. this is a relief core with the highest group era in baseball. parnell got a pi

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bill nelson is a doable guy. he is a good guy. connie mack is smarter than he ought to be.and his father was a great senator. his grandfather was a great baseball player. and because of that, you know, he is running and maybe winning. so we have just got to look at -- here is how i take the swing states. these are the 33 that are up. if i had my distance glasses i could probably see them. i think the republicans -- i go back to this map with these things. i think the republicans are definitely going -- i think we will take the next -- nevada is surely berkeley who has not been ahead in any poll. but the state is going to go for obama and that may be enough to pull her through. my colleagues again, assure me that john tester can win. he has got a fan club here. north dakota is going to be very difficult with the recent ballot initiative. it may give her the push that she needs. i think that we will take virginia. i think it will be done only if we get strong strong turnout in northern virginia. it is doable, totally doable. and so that is important. maine is probably going t

like to thank subcommittee chairman bono mack, chairman upton and the energy and commerce committee for moving h.r. 5859. i would also like to thank congressman bill owens from new york for his hard work and leadership on this legislation, and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from north carolina. mr. butterfield: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from new york, mr. owens. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. owens: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to my colleague. i'm having a little trouble with the microphone. here we go. mr. speaker, i rise today to join mr. harper as an original co-sponsor to offer legislation to repeal an outdated mandate on auto dealerships across the country. under current rules, the national highway traffic safety administration is required to distribute a booklet on auto insurance costs to dealers. those dealers are required to keep the booklet onhand and made available to prospective customers. i had the honor to represent two dealers. worki

bill to repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, united states code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlelady from california, mrs. bono mack the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california. mrs. bono mack: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous materials into the record on h.r. 5 59. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. bono mack: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. bono mack: today we have an opportunity to slam the car door on an obsolete provision in motor vehicle cost reporting which is no longer used. i commend my colleagues on their bipartisan work in developing this legislation and moving it forward. i want to thank my good friend and colleague, mr. butterfield, for his help with our efforts to repeal this costly and outdated provision of this the law. just this morning i received word that the five leading automotive trade associations in the u.s. are all supportiv