as the son of a world war ii veteran, a b-17 bombardier who bombed the nazis, was part of the d-day air campaign, it saddens me that we are still struggling here today with the same issues that the greatest generation defeated. i urge my colleagues to support this motion and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i rise in strong opposition to this motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. speaker, i rise today with solemn responsibility. i carry the legacy of the history of the jewish people, a history of persecution, of discrimination, of scapegoating, but also a history of perseverance and survival and the embodyment of that perseverance is the establishment of the state of israel, the home of the jewish people. mr. speaker, i strongly condemn boycott divestment an sanctions movement against the state of israel and there is no one in this chamber, no one, who would question my commitment to opposing b.d.s. or fighting anti-semitism or supporting

airline which has been defunct for two decades today it took delivery of two new canadian built bombardier see our j. nine hundred jets the new uganda. regional aircraft landed and entered airport after being flown there from canada ugandan government says restarting the national carrier will help the countries take a slice off those regions growing aviation business and also invigorate the service sector of the economy. but critics especially in uganda opposition disagree does uganda really need its own airline or is it just a prestige project for president yoweri museveni questions i want to discuss with our correspondent. in kampala julius. the critics say that uganda doesn't really need its own allies and does it. i think it's better off i start from the formal position where governments say the critics have all only go to the awards to see it sees that you're going to really needs an airline to boost tourism to attract foreign investors but a critic said the government is not ready to move a commercially viable entity and they find the business really fragile and that because you've g

bombardier there. forecasting a billion dollars sales miss. that stock is a huge weight on our market today. you were talking about the u.s. economy, all eyes on those first quarter gdp numbers, as we see weakness around the world. we are now looking at the argentinian peso, which is at the weakest level on record against the u.s. dollar. that is a concern of potential default. some doubts about their reelection of that president there. slumpede korean won after we got those first quarter gdp numbers overnight, disappointing, the economy grew only 1.8% year on year, the slowest in a decade. south korea tends to be a bellwether for the entire asian region, so concerns are there that the economy may not be recovering. emerging-market stocks also losing for a second consecutive session. all eyes on what is happening with the u.s. economy. first-quarter numbers out on friday. the economy is expected to have expanded 2.3% quarter on quarter. amanda: we have seen some gloomier forecast than that but we will be watching closely. although it's a first

at the outer edge, the allies placed a role of what were called bombardier ons. seen here, these are floats linked together like the kind you might put across a swimming pool to denote the deep end, only much, much larger. in shore of that was to be a row of block ships. these are essentially sunken hulks here on the right side of this image that the allies would purposely sink offshore as a kind of breakwater. but that was only the beginning. even further ensuring the allies directed a line of what were called -- erected a line of what were called phoenix units. these are giant concrete structures, each the size of a six story office building, and reinforced with steel. collectively they absorbed more than half a million cubic yards of concrete, half a million cubic yards of concrete, or than -- more than 15 million tons of steel and 50 miles of steel wire. and we are not done yet. hort the phoenix units were steel peers stretching out into the water so the transport ships and the lst's could roll out on a pier and roll ashore on a floating dock. in all, it was

as the son of a world war ii veteran, a b-17 bombardier who bombed the nazis, was part of the d-day air campaign, it saddens me that we are still struggling here today with the same issues that the greatest generation defeated. i urge my colleagues to support this motion and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i rise in strong opposition to this motion. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. speaker, i rise today with solemn responsibility. i carry the legacy of the history of the jewish people, a history of persecution, of discrimination, of scapegoating, but also a history of perseverance and survival and the embodyment of that perseverance is the establishment of the state of israel, the home of the jewish people. mr. speaker, i strongly condemn boycott divestment an sanctions movement against the state of israel and there is no one in this chamber, no one, who would question my commitment to opposing b.d.s. or fighting anti-semitism or supporting