branson's passenger spacecraft had its first rocket-powered test flight in april. >> pam: the goal ispaceship two" as it's called. to reach full space flight by the end of this year. . >> pam: gary is with his lovely wife alecia and + days ran hot afternoon in chicago gary with pilots and e-mail's with alecia next look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. >> jacqueline: 90 in livermore with a new record high today. definitely more comfortable as 64 degrees and 68 in oakland as to look and tomorrow with the new ho

branson, will you wave in front of the camera? [ laughter ] >> he is out there. it's 77 in concord right now, gorgeous shot. 77 at concord. 68 at oakland. 61 sfo. san jose has 71. still warm in santa rosa at 79 contract. tonight we are expecting things to be cloudy and chilly along the coast for the reasons we just saw the fog pouring through the golden gate. and it's already packed into the sunset district in san francisco. on the other hand, if you are in the south bay, east bay and much of the north bay sunshine through sunset. cooling trend for the bay, low 70s inland. tuesday back to the 90s. by next weekend reasserts itself in the eastern pacific. a southerly flow along the coast, then as it gets inland, it's really being pulled through the carquinez straight. they are getting dust up to 40 miles per hour with the strong high pressure. the battle means that we have gusty winds. coolest day tomorrow for the bay area and in the futurecast, you can see what's happening now. it's a model of what the atmosphere is supposed to do in the next 24 hours. look at the

a party with richard branson. >> imagine that. a day with richard branson. cheryl: i can imagine.be great, actually. how do you get big-named celebrities to get involved with charity buzz? you have an amazing roster. >> thank you. the celebrities like to come to charity buzz we put together a network of folks. we have 100,000 people come to the site, top households in the world and we're full service. celebrities have a social conscience. we put together unique experiences. we auction it off and charities of their choice get the money. cheeyl: your slogan is profit for a purpose. what does that mean? >> we truly feel it is good business to do good. these experiences we put together that provide access, fulfilling your dreams, you're able to fulfill your dreams and know the money you spend will go to support a worthy charity. cheryl: one of the things we saw surprised many, the lunch with warren buffett, amount of money that was bid was actually down substantially from a year ago. did that surprise you? >> that was surprising. so many people want to fulfill these dreams that they h

that was branson in a tweet. congratulations, see you up there. bieber tweeted back.pace ship two, rocket powered space vehicle, fly to 62 miles. generally kidded the -- considered the cusp of outer space. cusp, leo dicaprio, ashton kutcher. signed on. >> to be, young, rich. >> i don't have a desire. not that it wouldn't be cool. >> i wonder if they're selling tickets. >> be late for the show. >> bobbi kristina, being evicted, making to much noise. her neighbors asked her to get going from her georgia apartment. well, she is lashing out. saying, that is not true. she felt her neighbors were always in her business. they were looking to get some kind of media attention. so they left looking for bigger, better things, not because they were kicked out of their apartment. >> couldn't have been they were making too much noise. the neighbors. couldn't have been? >> no, not at all. there she is with nick gordon, >> they're just jealous! >> her boyfriend, really weird adopted brother turned boyfriend, stranger, beyond belief. anyway, remember she left this really nasty letter

. >>> hundreds of people have signed up for barbiturate ard branson's trip to space.may have famous company. yeah -- yeah, i know, i know. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] moving object detection. ♪ blind spot warning. ♪ lane departure warning. safety, down to an art. the nissan altima with safety shield technologies. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ [ whirring ] [ dog barks ] i want to treat mo dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help selling art. [ male announcer ] from broadband to web hosting to mobile apps, small business solutions from at&t have the security you need to get you there. call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ >>. >> shep: if you are hoping justin beiber will leave the planet. you may get your wish. virgin galactic owner richard branson that the pop star has signed up for a space flight. great to hear. justin beiber, congratulations, see you up there. beib responded suggesting a music video in space. tickets start at $250,000. no word on

he joined the long list of celebs who signed up for richard branson virgin atlantic space flight programlot of people would like to see him leave the planet for a while. >> a headline. is it his way not being in a negative headline. don't drive the ferrari. >>> i'm mara schiavocampo and this is "early today" just your first stop of the day today on nbc. good morning. welcome to news4 today for this friday. june 7th. tropical storm andrea is coming up the east coast. it is also carrying heavy rains and has spawned a handful of warnings. tom klerein the question is when are we going to start feeling this? >> the heaviest rain will start around noon time. the radar shows showers overnight. left us an inch of rain until now. but right now a little bit of shower activity across the metro area. including montgomery season. there is no heavy rain yet, by noon time the heaviest rains begin to move in. we have a big area of flood watch. look at the latiest track. good morning. we have flooding issues. watch for ponding on the roadway. watch for slick conditions on the roadway as well. reports of

he joined the long list of celebs who signed up for richard branson's virgin atlantic space flight program i had the money i would sign up too. >> i want to be on the flight with steve sitting next to me on the left. >> an interesting group. wouldn't be a dull flight. >>> i'm mara schiavocampo and this is "early today" just your first stop of the day today on nbc. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. teaching. happy friday. forecast asoggy andrea moves into the mid atlantic. the humidity is 100%. light at theretty airport. there is plenty more on the way. we have not gone to the center of andrea. it will be pushing up to the north. we will break down all of these impacts in the forecast. >> thank you. 4:56. >> we will have a local reaction to the collection of phone records. >> tropical storm and hear batters the florida coast. we are tracking the storm. >> it is a soggy start. what do you think? that's great. it won't take long, will it? no. okay. this, won't take long will it? no, not at all. how many of these can we do on our budg

. >> justin bieber has signed up for a flight on the space plane that richard branson wants to use to send people to the edge of outer space that goes up 68 miles and passengers can experience zero gravity, and he tweeted he wants to shoot a music video during the flight and branson wants to launch the first flight by the end of the year prices starting at $250,000, a drop in the bucket who has pulled in $55 million in just the past year. >> that is like you or i buying a bus pass. >> the abc7 morning news continues at 5:30 with the top stories including the former disgraced santa clara supervisor who will learn his fate today and how much time george shirakawa could spend in prison. >> president obama is weighing up in california but not everyone is celebrating the visit with protesters greeting the commander in chief outside a fundraiser and wha >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> friday! we like the sound of that at 5:29. >> we like the sound of the words, the song, maybe not. 5:29. mike has the forecast. >> mike can sing, that would be acoy. >> you will

richard branson's virigin group will, however, still have a 51% control stake in virgain atlantic. these are 'taxing times' at starbucks. the chain revealed this week it will pay 20 million pounds in corporate taxes in the u.k. starbucks has faced backlash for failing to pay corporate taxes in britain for several years. it had previously claimed it was unprofitable in the u.k. a game of ceo shuffle is going on in the retail industry. beauty products company ulta has just named a new ceo. mary dillon will become the new chief executive officer. dillard was the ceo of wireless company u.s. celluar. she takes the helm at ulta from former ulta ceo chuck rubin, who resigned to become ceo of michael's stores. all the while, ulta has gained popularity with consumers shopping for well-known beauty brands offered at ulta, and shares of the stock are up roughly 30% from a 52-week low in march. in ipo news, luxury department store chain neiman marcus may soon hang it up as a private company. it has filed for a $100 million ipo. the company's private equity owners have been shopping around for

to katekae winwins let, she expecting herhr third child and rock 'n' roll is the nephew of richard branson> and pair stars in the client list. the couple is looking forward to starting their family together. we want to say congratulationscl to ben as well. lots of baby news today. >>> fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> good morning, everyone, live look outside right now over washington d.c.d.c. it's nice and pleasant out ther this morning.morning. no humidity, no bugs to notice at least not right now. it's going to be nice outside. good morning, everyone. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm allison seymour, wisdom d is off. it's 5:00 in the morning. >> they're at my house.hous >> they are. >> i have already apologized, il think all bugs start at my houso and then they go out to thee area. >> mine are hiding or somethingo >> it's summertime to we'res sui going to haveme bugs here. >> i know, but they seem like le they're worse just when it's its humid out, is that true? >> i think they are

maybe partner with richard branson. >> you don't have to take your wallet when you go there? >> no thanks for watching i'm susie gharib. >> i'm tyler mathisen, thanks for watching from me as well. we hope to see you back. good night. >>> "nightly business report" is brought to you by -- >> thestreet.com interactive financial multi media tools. the dividend stock advisor guides and helps generate income during a period of low interest rates. real money helps you think through ideas for investing and trading stocks. action alerts plus is a charitable trust portfolio that provides trade by trade strategies. online, mobile, social media, wearethestreet.com. >>> flood to have you with us on "newsline." it's friday, june 28th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. the presidents of china and south korea agreed to tackle

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the biebs will travel aboard richard branson's virgin galactic spaceship responding to a congratulatoryustin bieber said let's shoot a music video in space. >>> a close call for a san diego woman after she drove her suv into a neighbor's pool. there it is. police think she stepped on the gas instead of the brake driving through her own garage, two fences before landing in the water. she's okay, just embarrassed of the that's a long way to accident al a aally to do that. >>> big comeback in the nba finals. here's espn. >>> hi, i'm hakem dermish with your "sportscenter" update. we begin with game one of the nba finals. lebron james looking to get some revenge. first in the '07 finals. under two minutes, heat down. bad mistake by green. allen makes all three free throws. lebron james to chris bosh, no. heat, 5 for 8, five turnovers. lebron did have a triple-double but tony parker outdid him in the fourth. 13 seconds left. leaner, got it. tony parker, 21 points in the game, 10 in the fourth quarter, spurs go on to win 92-88. game two is sunday in miami. >>> turning to hockey. the blackhawks

maybe partner with richard branson. >> you don't have to take your wallet when you go there? >> no thanks for watching i'm susie gharib. >> i'm tyler mathisen, thanks for watching from me as well. we hope to see you back. good night. >>> "nightly business report" is brought to you by -- >> thestreet.com interactive financial multi media tools. the dividend stock advisor guides and helps generate income during a period of low interest rates. real money helps you think through ideas for investing and trading stocks. action alerts plus is a charitable trust portfolio that provides trade by trade strategies. online, mobile, social media, wearethestreet.com. kevin: today on "ask this old house"... i'm going to show you the latest in battery-powered landscape tools. you can't argue with that. it did the job. and we're going to update this kitchen with some custom concrete countertops. so what's the technique here? man: just spread this right around, nice, thin layer, right over everything. kevin: it's a lot more hands-on than just ordering up some granite slabs, isn't it, cory? cor

owned by mogul richard branson.e'd like to do a concert up in space. >>> and how would you feel if you came this close to winning a $590 million jackpot? well, today we heard from the mom who let an older woman, 84-year-old gloria mackenzie cut in line in front of her and wake up to that winning ticket and that big jackpot. >> my daughter said, that could have been us. i said, it could have been. but things happen. she was like, sometimes it's better to be patient than rich. and i said, that's right. so i knew we were teaching our daughter the right thing. >> she added everything happens for a reason and she hopes the money is a blessing to gloria mackenzie's family. talk about grace. >>> and coming up, meet a guardian angel on a journey to help a young man become everything he can be. it's "america strong," next. be. it's "america strong," next. an. it's the most powerful thing on the planet. love holds us in the beginning. comforts us as we grow old. love is the reason you care. for all the things in your life...

. >> it reminds me of something that richard branson said recently, he said, no matter how good yourdea is when you're starting up, 99% of people will tell you it's going to fail. it's easy to think of reasons it will fail. every entrepreneur has to have that belief because it's not easy but you have to get through it by yourself. >> julie, you are in the land of the pivot, silicon valley, where everyone starts one company and a year later the company is a totally different company. what does it take? in her case, her business was actually pretty successful. she said i can't compete with the big guys. my company will only go to here. what does it take to have the guts to say i know revenue is coming in but i'm leaving it alone and going to do something else? >> i loved seeing this because she's the embodiment of an entrepreneur to me. she is a high-risk tolerance. the pivot is essentially about having i think one of the hardest things that an entrepreneur has to possess is the combination of passion and dispassion. so enough passion and belief that when people say your idea is not go

flowing into geo engineering percentage so for example richard branson the. billionaire is putting part of your money into promoting jaron generic sense and cause gates is probably the biggest financial backer of geo engineering which has provided several million dollars to a fund controlled by a couple of north american scientists to support geo engineering research and mr gates himself is an investor in several geo engineering then ships and his name is on a couple of paints in the u.s. paint an office on change makes to. regulate the world's climate in addition restylane. say some conservative political forces start to back geo engineering for example former house speaker newt gingrich camera a couple years ago strongly and geoengineering instead of reducing carbon emissions some conservative think tanks in the united states such as the american enterprise institute. once chewed said our nation. same tanks incidentally which have many years tried to undermine or attack the credibility of climate science those organizations of come out in favor of geo engin

turbulent turbulent to be ten percent faster than the average jets but also they'll be i'm going to branson involved with this venture and it is as i mean you could go into space maybe but i think we have we actually have a graphic. in a little delorean. yes i did because i just wanted to show you can go back to print money and save us from the financial crisis and like you know hyperinflationary scenario right now if that would have happened well he won't let us run out of money that's for sure never so thanks for joining me on this bob if you guys want to follow us on. facebook facebook dot com slash prime interest in follow bob on twitter at english p. i mean follow me at perry and r t thanks for joining us i do. and it was a dangerous day here at prime interest first we learned that city as heading to war torn iraq to take part in operation broken window and fed vice chair of janet yellen is facing some headwinds as she looks to take over bernanke easing the burning legacy and his rates are rising including on student loans and stone and that might just be another finger of instability

turbulent turbulence let's be ten percent faster than the average jets but also when you're going to branson involved with this venture and it is i mean you could go into space maybe but i think we have we actually have a graphic. in a little delorean. yes i did because i just wanted to show you can go back to print money. save us from the financial crisis so late so in my view no hyper inflationary scenario right now if that would have happened oh he won't let us run out of money that's for sure never so that's for joining me on this bob if you guys want to follow us on facebook facebook dot com slash prime interest in follow bob on twitter at english p.i. follow me at perry and r t thanks for joining us i do. and it was a dangerous day here at prime interest first we learned that city as heading to war torn iraq to take part in operation broken window and fed vice chair and janet yellen is facing some headwinds as she looks to take over bernanke he burning legacy and his rates are rising including on student loans and stone and that might just be another finger of instability and our path

richard branson says the teen idol has signed up to go on a suborbital space launch.tly, $250,000, and maybe they just drop him off. >>> art porn. how's that for an intro? art and porn in the same sentence. bring them into tv. >> and viewer discretion is advised on this one. wealth-x has just released the top list of billionaire art collectors, the world's 271 billionaires had an average of $31 million each of artworks. the big collectors have a lot more. here are the top three. third place is eli broeg, the l.a. billionaire and art patron. his collection is valued at $1 million and he's pledged a lot of it to museums. here's one of his pieces, the balloon dog. number two is stevie cohen of sac. of course, client withdrawals hasn't changed his appetite for fine art. he paid $155 million for picasso's "le reve." and the number one -- the formaldehyde shark. but they fixed it. they got a new shark. and the world's number one art collector is david geffen, he has a collection worth $1.1 million. he also turns out to be one of the smartest buyers and sellers. when prices

and it's all thanks to virgin founder richard branson. >>> plus predicting the future of the box office. [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ roars ] ♪ [ male announcer ] universal studios summer of survival. ♪ >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:24 is the time right now. google says it can predict which movies will be among the best. google checks movie title searches a week before the movie opens and compares comedies to comedies. action movies to action movies. >>> me channellics at -- mechanics at six flags says their labor dispute is over. they were locked out of their jobs in late april. they have reached an agreement with park operators for a new contract. it's their first union contract and they will get overtime pay which has been a major sticking point in the negotiation. >>> your time is 6:25. two whole foods employees claim they have been suspended from their jobs for speaking spanish. their manager told them they violated the grocery chain english only policy. it's not clear whether there is such a policy. a whole foods executive from the area issued a s

well, when and if richard branson's commercial space flight program gets off of the ground, bieber paid000 for his seat on board virgin galactic, and he joins ashton kutcher and leonardo dicaprio of the celebrities that would blast off. just having a quarter of a million laying around. >>> today is national doughnut day. not only big business, but they were first served by the salvation army. americans eat 10 billion doughnuts a year. dunkin' donuts has 6,000 stors s in 30 countries, and who would have even thought this this is a statistic, but this is the typical size of a hole in a doughnutk, ç4/5 of an inch. for more fun facts go to jansing@msnbc.com. and how do you top that? theres i could tell: she needed a good meal and a good family. so we gave her what our other cats love, purina cat chow complete. it's the best because it has something for all of our cats! and after a couple of weeks she was healthy, happy, and definitely part of the family. we're so lucky that lucy picked us. [ female announcer ] purina cat chow complete. always there for you. before mike could see his bankin

this tornado warning that we have across southwestern missouri to the southwest of joplin, west of branson. and two tornado watches with these cells here to the south of interstate 40 and now moving to the east of the eufaula reservoir. and then these storms around oklahoma city are just severe. very heavy rainfall with this. we have had very heavy rainfall the last few days with the storms firing in the same spot each day. because of that flashflooding is going o. anywhere you see this maroon color, oklahoma city and north eastern oklahoma and a big swath across missouri and illinois, we have flashflooding. some areas have seen 5 inches of rain. some have seen over 12 inches in the last couple of days. tomorrow, the threat moves farther to the east, not as significant but still with us. much of texas still in towards southeastern oklahoma and the mid-mississippi river valley and ohio valley and the great lakes, a very big area. sunday, it pulls to the east, but it's all the big cities and the big population zone in the mid-atlantic for your day on sunday. >> that's a major concern. rick,

the ceo of virgin, richard branson, announced via twitter today that the biebs and his manager have signedalactic suborbital flight. virgin plans to send a test flight into space by the end of the year so passengers will experience weightlessness and go up there. by the way, you can get really, really sick if you do that. but anyway, i couldn't afford it. but some people like wealthy celebrities can. they can afford a $250,000 ticket price. are you kidding me? he's worth $110 million for him, whatever. this wouldn't just be an occasion for justin. he plans to do work while he's up there. he tweeted today let's shoot a music video in space. a music video in space. that would be cool and ground-breaking, right? no. actually, not at all. bieber wouldn't even be the first canadian to do it, never mind the first person. earlier this year, an actual canadian astronaut and commander of the international space station recorded, filmed and edited a cover of the song "space oddity." remember this, everybody? ♪ lock your soyuz hatch >> he did a good job. while justin is one of the more famous people,

now going to space as part of the billionaire sir richard branson's virgin galactic space programs tourhe is joining aston kutcher, leonardo dicaprio and tom hanks. >> i'd like to be on that flight. >>> it's 5:54. president obama is in town and isn't the only one making money off his visit. two little girls know a good opportunity when they see it. they live right by the palo alto home where the president made his first stop yesterday and as reception guests gathered if the hot sun they set up a lemonade stand. >> reporter: are you going to give that? that's so nice of yo. >> you need some money, too. >> how much do i need? >> just a donation. >> it was $1,000 a cup. [ laughter ] >> no. no word on how much the kids raised or what they plan to do with the money but i guess, give those girls about 20, 25 years they going to own the silicon valley. >> i like her style. we need some money. so give it up. >> i heard she was shopping for a tesla last night. >> or shoes. >> even better. >> 5:54. >>> in the next half hour, a great white hoax. the fake warning at a california beach. >> snooping

what is now san jose but it's a beautiful shot from the marin headlines and our ace photographer branson tarr. thank you so much. concord 75 degrees. oakland 65. sfo at 60. santa rosa 75 degrees. so it's still warm inland and up in the north bay in sonoma county. along the shoreline low clouds cool us down a bit. 56 if you are heading out in the next bit around the bay and low 60s inland tonight. weather headlines coming down tomorrow. tuesday the coolest day of the week by far. then we'll bounce back to the low 90s inland by saturday. it's all over the place this week. but high pressure is going to weaken. that's what's happening. the high that had been offshore weakens. low pressure replaces it and so we will cool down to the low 70s inland and i guess that's kind of dramatic for this year of year especially when it was near 100 about eight days ago. futurecast shows that we have low clouds along the shoreline and the peninsula. look at how much they fill in overnight. that's one of the reasons for the cooler weather. and the low clouds will hang around for the next 24 hours or so and

screaming tweens aren't enough so justin bieber is going into space as part of billionaire sir richard branson's virgin galactic space tourism program. he joins our celebrity by ashton kutcher, leonardo dicaprio and tom hanks. >> vips. >>> 6:51. it's national donut day. and for one bay area business, it comes with death threats. psycho donuts in campbell is marketing the occasion by creating what it calls the foie bombs filled with duck liver mousse. protestors said yuck and more on the web yesterday. >> here's the guy the scum guy that's doing it. we should get him. force-feed him and see how he likes it. >> well, the donut is being given away because california bans the sale of foie gras. police are on standby believe it or not this morning in case anyone decides to act on those threats. >>> favorite story of the day here. president obama wasn't the only one making money off the bay area yesterday. >> no. check it out. these little girls know an opportunity when they see it. they live right by the palo alto home where the president made his first stop and as guests gathered in the hot sun they

and a spokesman for millionaire richard branson tells cnbc that virgin has expressed interest in the market. will more competition mean lower prices? shares of hertz and avis both lower today. back to you. >> all right, josh, thanks. >>> now, we all know that rising rates are inevitable. at some point. the question is, how soon and how do you prepare your portfolio in the meantime? right? >> yeah, that is the big question. david sturmen from street authority says he has a plan. he's here to share with everybody, and also jeff cox, following how investors need to play the changing environment. you said yesterday was a dead cat bounce. >> i did. >> it feels like you were right. the term. david, let me ask you, lay it out for us. what are the three things you would be getting out of now as a way to prepare for when rates start moving higher? >> a couple of considerations. one is companies that have profited from the low rate environment. for example, the mortgage rates which have had a nice spread between the low-cost borrowing and reinvesting the proceeds in higher yielding mortgage bo

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i'm talking jodie foster, richard branson, deepak chopra. his show debuts this sunday night.slot is friday night 11:00 eastern. george stroumboulopoulos. it's funny, let me be real. it's funny looking at his name in the teleprompter because it takes up the whole line. how are you, my friend? >> i'm well. how are you today? my name's bananas, i get it. >> did i hear correctly that it took you until the fifth grade to spell your name correctly? >> yeah. i had to go to the back and i would tell the teacher, i'll pull out my driver's license and spell it from there. she said, you won't have a driver's license for a long time. i had to sit in the back of the class and figure it out. >> i've watched so many interviews with you because as you do your homework i'm trying to do mine here. i appreciate your use of the word rad. tell me, how many piercings do you have? >> i'll tell you, brooke, you can see three and that's all i'm going to say. >> we'll stay with that. three. to your show on cnn, i love this that you're doing no other cnn show does regularly and that is have a live audi

yesterday richard branson announced that he and his agent had signed up for spaceflights.will take the popstar 65 miles up to mark the boundary of outer space. at that altitude, you can feel weightlessness, get a nice view of the earth and experience a roller coaster ride back to the runway. tickets, by the way, $250,000. per person. that's not a lot for someone like justin bieber, though. >> no. you and he are buddies. >> oh, yeah. [laughter] >>> 7:52. trash piling up in one east bay neighborhood. the public health concern about what may be inside of it. >>> reports of three shark encounters at pleasure point. why state park workers are still telling people, don't worry. it's safe. you can go in the water. >>> something fishy is going on around one bay area beach area. big waves expected to roll in over the next couple of days. it looks like somebody wants to keep the waves to themselves. yesterday, these fliers were posted at pleasure point near santa cruz. they describe three different shark sites wednesday night -- shark sightings wednesday night. it says to stay out o

durbin: i ask unanimous consent that emily sharp, michael branson, theresa bloom, fellows from the senate budget committee, be granted floor privileges during the consideration of s. 744. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. durbin: ask unanimous consent that fellows in senator blumenthal's office, after ffon sis l and sean aronson be granted floor privileges during the debate of s. 744. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: this week we began tate on the comprehensive reform of america's immigration laws. i'll be the if irrelevance to -e first to admit that i come to this debate with a bias. like many americans, i am the child of an immigrant. in 1911, 102 years ago, my grandmother came to this country with three little children. one of those children was my mother. she was two years old when she arrived in baltimore. my grandmother didn't speak a word of english but somehow managed to get my mom and my aunt and uncle on a train, the baltimore and ohio railroad train, to st. louis, missouri. they were on their way actually to east st. louis, illinois,