senator baker, senator byrd. they would run this senate in the way the republican leader suggested, in the way most majority leaders have suggested. they would come to the floor, they would put a bill on the floor that a republican and a democratic senator agreed on, let's say senator mccain, senator levin, senator inhofe, senator levin, they would ask for amendments. they might get 300 amendments. they would then ask for unanimous consent to cut off all the amendments and, of course, they would get it because everyone had a chance to have his or her amendment, and then within that unanimous consent agreement would be a procedure for how to vote on them and they say we're here on monday, and we're going to finish this week. just as the republican leader has said. and it didn't work perfectly. there was a senator from alabama, and then a senator from ohio and they did all they could to put glue in the works but the majority leader had all the tools he needed to run the senate in that way. everybody got a say. ever

. >> it turns out the passenger is sidney byrd, a career criminal who escaped prison while out on work release. >> had nothing to lose. he wasn't going back to alabama penitentiary. he wasn't going back to jail. >> backup is now on the scene, the manhunt for byrd is on. >> the county calls the team out there and dog team, and pretty quick, within an hour, an hour 15 minutes, hour and a half tops the smith county deputies have already caught him hidden underneath some leaves in a pasture less than a hundred yards away. >> years after the ordeal, troopers goins and andreesen recall the dramatic events of that fateful night. >> i get that one round off right here. >> we had 30 minutes left of the shift when all this happened. >> i had gotten the camera put in the day before. it was one of those fluky things. three holes in his jacket. >> byrd is found guilty of aggravated assault on a public servant with a deadly weapon and sentenced to life in prison. >> i started that day as a rookie, but i went home that night as a veteran. >>> coming up -- with a gun in each hand, a man opens fire on

. >> i guess you can put byrd gang down. >> byrd gang. is that what you are? didn't you tell us in the first place? >> little bit of cooperation is better than none. >> during the search, knight and demerey also found a lighter hidden in the mattress of sandier's cell mate, alfredo roca moreno. knowing he has a lengthy history, correctional officers now want to take a closer look at the mattress. >> what have we got here? >> i need this mattress checked for contraband, please. >> we have to break this whole mattress down. regulations require that security check mattresses when they're brought in like this. lieutenant? this was the area that was concerned, right? >> yes. >> roca moreno is a known member of a puerto rican prison gang called the nietas. he joined during an earlier prison sentence he served in puerto rico, but he insists the nietas are not a gang. but a fellowship of sorts. >> it was a word from the warriors. they used to send it to the gods three times. that's why it means the birth of a new warrior. >> roca moreno says puerto rico inmates simply

byrd, one who oversees the programs of the cia, and then there's organized crime. their motive? they gave $1 million to john kennedy. they stole votes for kennedy, intimidated voters for him in chicago and in west virginia and in texas and in other states, and in return, ambassador joseph kennedy, kennedy's father, a gangster himself, who is a partner of frank costello, notorious new york mobster, essentially importing scotch by boat into cape cod, trucking it down to new york and selling it, which i think is called bootlegging, he promises the mob boys for a $1 million contribution to help on election day that the two gangsters who run the mob here in missouri and carlos who runs it in texas and louisiana will not be deported. there are slow moving deportation processes that begun under eisenhower that the mobsters are concernedded about. well, you know the story. robert kennedy becomes the attorney general. he double crosses the mob, puts wiretaps on them, harasses them. actually kidnapped carlos, the notorious gangster, flies him to guatemala where he has a phony passport, du

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hair and the maids and but lers who werbutlerswho were so involr >> wait to enter the historic 1920s byrd theater, somewhat an appropriate venue and somewhat a history lesson itself. now downton abbey, season 4 begins, it's show time! there were oohs, and there were ahs. and if you are a downton abbey fan, we know just where you'll be on a sunday night. pass the popcorn and finger sandwiches, you won't be disappointed. well, we can't tell you any more, because that just isn't downton. >> we couldn't resist airing this report without the british voice of our reporter mark orchard. meet our team, get a sneak peek on some of the stories we're working on. good flight. good night. are you prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice? >> you can do anything except for politics. >> when you kind of imagine what a nuclear disaster would look like, it's something like this. so how long have you been coming and getting pedicures for? >> you gotta take care of these bad boys. >> don't worry mum, everything's cool.

. >>> the fbi is joining in the search for david byrd, who's been missing. he vanished last saturday after going for a walk. his family said he left without his cell phone or the medication he takes twice a day following a liver transplant nine years ago. byrd's sister-in-law says the family is baffled by unconfirmed reports this his credit card may have been used in mexico. >>> and new developments in the case of an autistic teenager who disappeared in new york city back in october. a lawyer for the teen's family told cnn that body parts were found next to the east river in queens. police believe it could be the teen. he went missing from his school in october and cannot communicate verbally. his mother will provide investigators with her dna so they can determine whether the remains are those of her child. >>> and a group of passengers who were aboard an asiana flight that crashed last summer are now suing the aircraft maker, boeing. the suit claims that pilots got inadequate low speed warnings due to the equipment insulation error and defects that boeing

of the other guests include carlos arredondo, a survivor of the boston marathon bombings, and gary byrd, fire chief of moore, oklahoma, who led the search and rescue effort after a huge tornado hit the town. you can watch the state of the union tomorrow night on wusa9 at 9 p.m. following the address the president will take off wednesday morning for a two day tour to promote his proposal and kick it off at a costco in lanham, maryland, where he'll talk about the economy and then he'll head to a steel plant near pittsburgh and make stops in wisconsin and tennessee. >>> there's a case of cuteness overload at the national zoo. if you think bao bao the panda is adorable, wait until you see the two newest cubs. >> who would not want to get on a plane and leave this cold weather? >> and dozens of local grad students planning to get the heck out of dodge, why they aren't letting sochi security concerns stop them >>> the fears over security are still the big story coming out of sochi, russia, the site of this year's winter olympics, but despite the fact of possible terror attacks 26 grad student

also joining the first lady, fire chief gary byrd who managed the team looking for survivors after a tornado hit moore, oklahoma. the night byrd promised to comb through every piece of property at least three times before calling it quits. the tornado killed 25 people and damaged more than 1,000 homes and businesses. we of course will have full coverage of the state of the union address starting at 6:00 tonight. we'll also stream the speech on line at nbcbayarea.com. >>> the come accused of using a job at pet snoort commit a crime spree will be in court. they will attend a preliminary hearing this morning. kirk worked at the pets hotel in san carlos. police say she used her knowledge of when people were on vacation to plan at least eight burglaries. they have pleaded not guilty. >> police have released a sketch of a man accused of exposing himself to a group of cheerleaders in a high school locker room. a person looking like this reportedly walked through the girls locker room at south san francisco high, naked. police say the man made eye contact with several of the girls and then l

his family is particularly concerned, because byrd has a liver condition that requires medication twice was used two times last week in mexico, but the family is not confirming that. he is a market reporter for the "wall street journal." >>> it has been a painful vacation for dozens of passengers at the "imamajesty o the seas ooh" cruise line. they say that 66 pas sep, jr.s were suffering from the various gastrointestinal problems, and more than 429 people were aboard the cruise ship and they say that norovirus is the reason for that problem. >> and "saturday night live" welcomes the first female black member in six years. she will make her highly anticipated debut in a few hours. she is joining us now after it was planned for the cast's lack of diversity, and she had a following from the web series and appearances in a few commercials. in 20 minutes' time, we will speak with former "snl" actor chris parnell about what it is like to step into that "snl" spotlight. >>> all right. let's reset. you are in the "cnn newsroom" and i'm martin savidge. on the left is the screen actor's gild and

media reports said byrd's credit card had been used in mexico. to address that but say the search continues and they have several good leads. >> sure hope he's okay. >>> this morning the two victims in the roswell, new mexico, middle school shooting are both showing signs of improvement. doctors say they remain optimistic about 12-year-old nathaniel tavares. he is heavily sedated and on a breathing machine, still in critical condition. the other student shot by a classmate, 13-year-old kendall sanders, is expected to be released from the hospital soon. and we hope their recovery continues. >>> look what's coming up on "new day" right now. kate bolduan joins us now. kate's here? kate, how are you? what's coming up on "new day"? >> well, hey, guys, how are you? >> someone just went running behind you, too. >> yes, you know. >> physically getting ready for the big show. >> the chaos of the morning! >> you know, it's one of those mornings where i had someone talking in my head when you were coming to me. you know, it's just friday. okay, here's what'

byrd's credit card was used in mexico on wednesday.ave something to do with stories he was investigating. >>> a news conference is planned today with the family of an ohio man executed with a drug combination never used before. they call it unconstitutional. their lawyer says it's a failed, agonizing experiment. witnesses say it took dennis mcguire nearly 25 minutes to die, an unusually long time, and they say with a more violent reaction than in most executions. mcguire was convicted in 1994 for the rape and murder of a pregnant woman. >>> blizzard conditions making it hard to get around for people in the upper midwest, with winds topping 70 miles per hour, blowing through the dakotas yesterday afternoon. and it's really cold there again. wind chill temperatures today hovering around 20 below zero. >>> and a bit of a scare for travelers at philadelphia's airport when a baggage truck crashed through a terminal window. the driver said the brakes went out, causing him to crash. no one inside was hurt, although the driver had minor injuri

first of all, what do we know about david byrd and what is his family saying?his disappearance makes no sense to them. for a 6th day, authorities and volunteers in the search for a 55-year-old "wall street journal" energy reporter are combing the area near his new jersey home and doing a water search of the river. byrd takes medication twice a day following a liver transplant nine years ago and his family is concerned about his condition without that medication. when he left for a quick walk on saturday afternoon, he didn't have the cell phone with him and they expected he would be right back. >> as well as can be expected under the circumstances. we are staying hopeful. obviously it's tense and stressful, but we are desperate to find david. we keep hoping, but we appreciate getting the word out to anyone with information. we are all heartbroken that this is going on for so long. >> you can hear the heart break in her voice. the "wall street journal" released a statement from managing editor who writes mr. bird is a long time member of the dow jones newsroom. o

we're speaking to stephen byrd. the hong kong convention and exhibition center. -- stay with us. ♪ >> welcome back. live at the asian financial forum. will continue our conversation. we're speaking exclusively with the chief executive officer for the asia-pacific at citigroup. thank you again for joining us. let the talk about your various lines of business. as i prepared for conversation, i was stunned to learn you had 34 million retail customers in asia. you have a growing commercial business. you are delving into insurance now. tell me about how you put this together. >> when you understand the business, first of all, it is half institutional and have to retail. we manage that violence. we think it is important to have the sustainable growth. expect us to have a long-term commitment to the region. the right to expect that. standpoint, weic have a countries that are over a billion dollars of revenue. it creates a sustainable reinvestment cycle. kong, in china, india, singapore, you see it as investing in technology. you are right. you mentioned insurance. world

a hammer and i got a bell ♪ ♪ to everything >> reporter: or "turn, turn, turn," a huge hit for the byrdshe goal was to get everybody else up and singing. so, it was a natural, that he delivered to the civil rights movement, a song he collected from the labor movement and reworked, "we shall overcome." ♪ we shall overcome >> reporter: he saw music as a way to motivate social change. by ripe old age, he had achieved full-on icon status. a hero to springsteen, who brought him on to inaugurate a president. that was five years ago. and still, he song, until he stopped. once again, mid-chorus, but for good. though the words, of course, will still get sung by everybody else. john donvan, abc news, washington. >>> and we thank you for watching tonight. we're always here at abcnews.com. join us tonight for our coverage of the president's state of the union address. and "world news," we'll see you again tomorrow night. ♪ if i had a hammer i would hammer in the morning ♪ ♪ i'd hammer in the evening all over this land ♪ from sony pictures studios, it's america's game. wheel... of... fortune! ladies

homegrown folk songs while writing some giants of his own, like "where have all the flowers gone" and the byrds, turn." the son of musicians, seeger would drop out of harvard to ride the freight trains with folk legend woody guthrie, who inspired him to write the words on his banjo. "this machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender." >> he had a sign on his guitar saying, "this machine kills fascists." i wanted to have something a little more peaceful. >> reporter: but he carried that banjo into many battles. in his support for workers' rights, seeger, for a time, embraced communism. >> ♪ good night, irene good night" >> reporter: after "good night irene," his song with the weavers, hit number one, seeger was blacklisted and later convicted of contempt of court when he refused to testify before the house un-american activities committee. how did you feel in the midst of all this when you were being blacklisted? >> oh, it was a joke. >> reporter: his conviction was later overturned. in an interview for cbs "sunday morning," seeger was still defiant. >> all it did was give me free publicity

[laughter] >> david crosby was in the byrds, also a great harmony band. stephen and neil were in the buffalo springfield, also great harmony bands. but when david and stephen and i put our voices together for that first time in joni's living room, it changed all of our lives instantly. whatever sound crosby, stills & nash has vocally was born in less than a minute. we didn't have to rehearse it. we just had to start singing. and it was unbelievably good to us as musicians. we had to stop and start laughing in the middle of the song 'cause it was silly. it was silly how these three voices came together instantly to create something much bigger than themselves. tavis: you tell this story in the book and, of course, you could not have written a book without talking about the role that joni mitchell, one of the greatest songwriters ever, has played in your life, the relationship that you all had. but what was the occasion that brought you all together in joni's living room? >> i had met joni a couple of months earlier in ottawa, in canada. we had made a vow t

robert byrd of new york see mosca region. moving on to i saw he and alexander ovechkin backed fellow n.h.l. star pavel datsyuk to become the russian captain of the boats were named on the twenty five man allen pick squad you have get him out in goaltender some young valon off also made the cut after the first choice keeper assault charges of domestic violence against him dropped last month last time russia won an olympic gold was back in one nine hundred ninety two as part of the unified team but says he must first focus on his washington capitals told before giving his all for his country. i don't think about sochi a lot because if i'm going to show it in for a treat i'm going to be kind of short on my game and here. you know i give a hundred percent of what i can to help her win you know some of. the point i was game before i began going to come straight into such a game. well it's been a big blow for the american team after star skier lindsey vonn pulled out of sorts because of a nagging me injury the twenty nine year old

. >>> and the fbi joined in the search for wall street journal recorder david byrd.year-old father of two vanished last saturday after going for a walk. joining us now from outside the "wall street journal" offices in manhattan. what's the latest alexandra? >> reporter: well, fredricka, another search party has gone out today to try and find david byrd. certainly no swun giving up any hope here but his family is becoming increasingly desperate to find him. he was last seen before he headed out of his long hill, new jersey, home last week. said he was going for a walk but never returned. the family says he is without his cell phone. also without med dhags he needs to take daily following a liver transplant nine years ago. we spoke to his sister-in-law. she says the family is worried about his health and his condition now. >> he's a strong man. he has been through -- been through a lot before, and he's got -- we just think he's holding on, and we just want him back. >> reporter: bird is a married father of two. he has been an energy reporter here at the "wall street jo

this is everything but you don't mean it's as against since you're telling me that because margaret byrd was around him are you trying to tell me that what a governor says to the people you figure out if your water is safe or not but he's not taking a position that's consistent with a rand paul libertarians not he is not advising anybody to stay are you telling me that any something of any government evidence and it's position that has already issued recommendations lots of lots of agencies have already put out. recommendations state and federal so he doesn't need to add anything he's just the governor he's not a scientist he's not out there telling people to take your chances with it i'm not going to talk ok so what he's saying is he's actually acting on data that he's had he's been told by his administration officials again aren't who aren't libertarians who are democrats that he brought in with him they're telling him well the water recording the studies that the government has done the water should be safe to drink if that's libertarianism. i'm completely wrong in my philosophy so yo

. >> senator byrd, 48 million people are uninsured which is one of the reasons president obama wantede. under your plan, would those 48 million who wouldn't have coverage under obama care get cover raj? >> everybody estimates that under the president's plan, there's 36 million, when it's fully implemented uninsured. and the fact is we address the cost of health care, we go in and start a process through reforms where we provide all the assurances, we make sure that individuals 26-year-olds can stay on their parents insurance. we guarantee the renewability of insurance and we mandate that insurers can't create a lifetime limit. but we also go underneath and we begin to reform the health care system that we had in this country. the three of us agree, going back to what we had was unsustainable. what we have tried to do is look and say how can we make health care coverage more affordable for every american regardless of whether they receive a tax credit or just going into the individual market. >> the white house is dismissive of it and i agree senator reid is not too agreeable. how do y

kenya generates billions of dollars of wildlife tourism and for byrd trophy hunting of these majestic animals. what is the motivation of a person who wants to shoot a black rhino? a several-ton animal, the equivalent of shooting a parked bus. >> i completely am with you on that point. >> look at the situation. from what i have read, kenya, you know, they only have two and a half million people. some sort of conservancy and that costs money and they have been successful. from 1,000 to 27,000. their elephant population has more than doubled since 1995 and they have the only growing population of free-roaming lions, if they need the money where should they get it. there are all sorts of places action antonio. the humane society is trying to attack demands. in vietnam remember reaching chin and adults, urging them not to consume rhino products because the demand is driving the poaching. should we be selling permits from the world's most endangered animals because somebody wants to shoot one of them? what happens when they say they want to shoot a mountain gorilla or an aidsian elephant? >

then, senator byrd came along with additional money. process -- a a t tengo process.ortunately, we do not have your marks today. republicans have made them illegal, therefore it is much more difficult, and with our overall budget climate, it is much more difficult to procure more earmarked dollars, and i king when it isar fully scrutinized. the main blockage is those familiar words in west virginia that have come to stymie so much that we want to do, especially in the coal industry called the epa. that is where our roadblock is right now, but i am not giving up. i am not giving up on the epa. we are working with them, and you can asked any official in mingo county how hard i've been working on this. to the university of west virginia. brian. go and with your question. >> you said you supported a regulations.en vote to theain your constituents? super-the vote affected fund sites. the situation we're facing now with this around us ordeal, the chemical spill, release two clean water act issues. jurisdictioner the of the transportation and infrastructure committee, where

jordan matthews starts things here and byrd finishes. the bears finish by two.more. he was one of five bruins in double figures. the bears go back 72-64 getting swept in l.a. now 5-2 in the pac12. >>> stanford on the road today at usc. balance scoring by six players back to back with the cardinals. anthony brown goes to the hoop and draws the foul with four minutes to go. makes the free throw to put standard up front by three. howard with the three that cuts stanford's lead to two. the extra period all stanford. first it was randall hitting three of his 17 points. stanford up by four. then john gauge with three of his 12. stanford wins 79-71. the all important pac12 win on the road. the cardinals 13-6 over all and in the middle of conference. >>> one player emerged from a very crowded field to win farmers insurance open at tori pines. heavy fog on the coast delayed today's start. 10 players had a piece of the lead at some point today. horshel not one of them but he makes the highlights because of this. hitting his third shot from some 110 yards out. he finds the

agary byrd, from the fire department of moore, ohio, and jason collins the first openly gay pro-athlete in a major sport, those will be in the presidential box. >> mike viqueria, thank you. >>> the white house is asking folk to engage on the issues the president will lay out on the state of the union address. is maria is on the story. maria. >> what do they want to ask the warehouse and the president, this wednesday white house officials will be answer being questions using the hashtag, #ask the warehouse. asking the president questions directly to him. obamacare and the way to the future of the internet. take a listen. >> mr. president, my question for you is about net neutrality. >> mr. president, our family is the victim of rushed obamacare rollouts. >> what are your plans to make a four year college educational affordable for our grandchildren. >> transition this economy to a green, renewable and sustainable economy. >> how will you stem the rising tide of poverty in america. >> al jazeera america wants to know what are your questions? use the #dear podus. the thank you tony. >> the

baker and byrd would bring legislation to the floor. usually they had gay to a committee and say to the -- usually they'd go to a committee and say to the chair, we'll put it on the floor if you and the ranking member agree. the so you'd have two members, a republican and a rank member, standing up at the two desks. they'd put the bill on the floor that already had got an consensus in the committee. then the majority leader would ask for amendments to the bill and sometimes he would get 300. 300. then he would ask consent to cut off the offering of amendments and to consider voting on them in an orderly way, all of which was written out in the unanimous consent agreement, and of course he would get the unanimous consent to do that because everybody who wanted to offer an amendment could. and then they would go to work. they would start on mondays, and they would work into monday night and on tuesday and on wednesday. they would table many of the amendments. that doesn't take long. ten minutes of debate, table it with 51 votes. senator b

president obama's campaign guru, jeremy byrd, is down here, a wealthy personal injury trial lawyer from austin has vowed to give her $10 million to "turn texas blue," gave her $1 million last year. you know, we're likely to see the democrats try and do this not because they have a great expectation of winning, but because they hope to narrow the margin between what they traditionally do and what she does this fall so they'll give themselves some hope of trying to take the state in 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022. >> i think a lot of folks probably wish this hadn't devolved into the sort of mud-slinging thing it's become, because obviously, there's a lot of very serious issues that the people in texas -- >> let's be clear about it. >> -- should be much more concerned about. >> yeah, well, look, let's be honest. greg abbott has not been slinging mud. he's avoided this to the greatest extent possible. this is being talked about by commentators and written about in the newspapers but he's focusing on what are we going to do to education, to improve our quality of life, about our higher education sys

fact is every serious student of this institution from de tocqueville to our late colleague robert byrd has seen the senate as uniquely important to america's stability and to its flourishing in their view, this made all the difference and here is why. because whether it was the fierce early battles that set the shape and scope of the federal government or those that surrounded industrialization, or those that preceded and followed the nation rendering civil war or those surrounding the great wars of the 20 century or the expansion or franchisor decades long cold war on the war on terror we have always, always found a way forward. sometimes haltingly but always steadily. and the senate is the tool that has enabled us to find our footing, almost every time. i mention this because as we begin a new year, i think it's appropriate to step back from all the policy debates that have occupy this over the past few years and focus on another debate we have been having around here and the debate we have been having around here is the state of this institution. what have we become? it's not a deba

the byrd avenue on-ramp to northbound 280, that's where you're going to find it but it's not blockinglanes so won't hamper your commute. if you continue over towards cuperti cupertino, nothing but top speeds. here's a look at drive time traffic. 680 southbound from walnut creek to dublin, 14 minutes. 101 southbound. let's take a live look outside and it's going to be our drive coming right up to the maze. this is i-80 heading along in the westbound direction, the taillights making it up to 580. just a couple of extra taillights but everyone right now running at top speeds. kristen, eric. >> leyla, thank you. 6:53. >>> ahead, seven things to know before you go. >> the abc 7 morning news re >>> 6:54 as we get ready to hand things off for "good morning america" here are seven things to know. number one, despite yesterday's loss in the nfc championship game against the seahawks, the niners got a warm homecoming from dozens of fans who greeted the team as it arrived back here in the bay area. the team rolled in on buses from san jose mineta airport late last night. seattle beat the niners

oklahoma fire chief gary byrd is invited.after the deadly tornado leveled their city. also invited, jason collins, the groundbreaking nba player who became the first male athlete in any american team sport to come out as gay. the president remarked he couldn't be prouder of collins for coming out. and kathy hollowell who will be there. she is washington, d.c.'s teacher of the year. and she is seeing amazing results from her students. these are ordinary people doing extraordinary things. they represent president obama's year of action on equal rights on education, on fairness, and on thinking big. and that is how we hope to build, expand, and uphold the even better state of the union. when ordinary people find a way in their lives to do extraordinary things, not from an extraordinary or lofty position, but from wherever you are and whatever stage you are in this country, to do what you can to give action to a better and more fair and just nation. it's not on the president alone. it's all of us. thanks for watching. i'm al shar

it worked under robert byrd.ning up the process would be an opportunity for the president's proposals to be brought out of the democratically controlled committee, put them on the floor, see if the senators from the 50 states have better ideas and let's vote and let the sunshine on the process for a change in the united states senate. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. glad to be with you. >> it's the economy. the president will focus on opportunity and equality tonight. but will his messages be as memorable as this one? it was 1996. >> the era of big government is over. [ applause ] >> but we cannot go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves. hi, are we still on for tomorrow? tomorrow. quick look at the weather. nice day, beautiful tomorrow. tomorrow is full of promise. we can come back tomorrrow. and we promise to keep it that way. driven to preserve the environment, csx moves a ton of freight nearly 450 miles on one gallon of fuel. what a day. can't wait til tomorrow. progress-oh

sabine county is about a 45-minute drive from jasper, the town where more than 15 years ago james byrdas chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death by three white men. people who live in this area, black and white, say racial tension is always just beneath the surface and that things aren't always as they appear. which is why some alfred's watch and items of clothing turned up on a ranch near the liquor store where he was last seen, his family raced there to try to find him. his wife was the first to spot a piece of blue cloth, the same color as the medical scrubs alfred was wearing the last time she saw him. >> it was a perfectly rectangular piece of fabric hanging from the barbed wire fence, and it was as if it was just cut perfectly. >> reporter: did it look like it had been put there, that it had been ripped off there? what did it look like to you? >> it definitely didn't look like it had been ripped off. >> reporter: for more than three days, sheriff's deputies searched the property where the belongings were discovered. the family lawyer, ryan mcleod, says the sheriff's de

maybe he will lead to some change, but like robert byrd said, following each workplace safety disasterpically, people cry, get upset about it, once the outrages gone, nothing happens. >> erin brockovich, you have gone to west virginia from california with a team of people to investigate. now the state is beginning to partially lift the ban on tap water five days after the chemical spill in the elk river. how do people trust it? how do people believe they should be able to drink their water? how do they know? >> they don't. i've said several times, it's a disaster of a very large magnitude. turning the municipal system back on is not an easy process. they will be step-by-step. there will be problems, and we may see the worst of this yet. we started to see some of that last from people at the meeting. the color of the water, even after their flushing, the color of the water, the smell of the water, of people saying they are experiencing -- whether it be headaches or burning eyes are burning throws, and this is always a concern for people because we don't know what we're drinking. they do

it was my goal in taking over the committee that i wanted to continue a great tradition of senator byrd, of senator ted stevens, of senator danny inou inouye, of senator thad cochran, that we would work on a bipartisan basis in the interest of the united states of america. though we come from different places, different states and have even different priorities, we are one country. and it requires us to make sure we do our job. an appropriations committee is one of two committees that are constitutionally referenced. when our founders wrote the constitution, they said that there should be a committee that has an annual appropriations committee for public review and public vote and there should be a finance committee to raise the revenue. they didn't call it the finance committee but a revenue committee to raise the money to pay the bills. this bill meets its constitutional responsibility. this is the bill that funds the federal government for fiscal year 2014. we're a little late but we have gotten the job done and we have done that job with due diligence, starting with president obama

>> she said -- it's funny -- one reason why i said that i thought lady byrd johnson was a role models mrs. johnson is exhibit a in exactly how to do that. mrs. ford said she thought that being a good housewife and mother was a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it. so she was both a traditionalist and a trail blazer. as we've already said she had not only balanced the job but before they were in the white house she was in a sense mother and father. >> during that very brief presidency they hosted 33 state visits. >> the reason it was so concentrated is it was the by centennial year. in addition to being this hotly contested republican relation and then of course the fall campaign, it played out against the backdrop of the american by centennial. -- bicentennial. she loved entertaining. this is why i think, when steve talked about her blossoming, this is what he meant. i said earlier, this was a woman who was acaucus tomed to being on the stage. as first lady, she was back on the stage. she really enjoyed entertaining. the entertainments were really persona

robert byrd land, the commission doesn't have a recommendation yet on this policy. and i know there's some concern that it has been difficult to set up the payment changes especially for policy. which at the moment at least is only short term. and to me this further illustrates why important policy like the primary care bonus shouldn't be temporary. it should be permanent. can you comment how the short term nature of sub policy can cause a disincentive? >> well, clearly the two-year period for the bump up in primary care payment is an important test of what the increase in payments will do to access to care. that is something that it's too early to evaluate. but also they what we know from program it is takes time to change incentive. and so the short two-year period may not have given enough incentive to many of the positions to participate knowing that it may expire after two years. i think it's important to both look at what the effect of it has been. there's been some concern within the commission about rather that payment bump limited to primary care physicians

play chick within coal trucks, i got the first $50 million and then, god bless his memory, senator byrd would help and came along with additional moneys. we did a 1-2, it was a tango process we would do on these roads in west virginia when we had the earmark process open to us. unfortunately we don't have earmarkings today. republicans in congress have made earmarks illegal. therefore it's much more difficult. we know our overall budget climate as well. it's much more difficult to procure additional earmark dollars for these roads as i want to do and i believe in earmarking when they're fully scrutinized and transparent to the public. but now on the king coal highway, especially this vital section of mingo county, our main blockage is those familiar words in west virginia that have come to stymie so much we want to do, especially within the coal industry, called the e.p.a. and that's where our roadblock is right now. i've not given up. i've not given up on the e.p.a. we're going to be working with them. i believe you can ask any official in mingo county how hard i've been working on thi

senator byrd? >> thank you for what you do day in and day out. the vice chairman said that he had the opportunity to be in afghanistan. we met with many people who work for you. they are doing a great job in a very challenging and difficult area of the world. we are grateful for that. over the last several years, the committee has had some difficulty receiving timely briefings after significant event. briefings would happen within 24 hours according to you. moving forward, will you renew your commitment to the committee to read thoughts on this event in a timely fashion and art -- timely fashion? >> yes, we strive to do that. without getting into sensitive sources and methods, how would you characterize the intelligence ability -- intelligence community impossibility to provide tactical warnings? >> that is a complicated question. we want to provide that level of tactical abilities. the nature of the threat comes significantly -- has become significantly more geographically spread out. that challenges the community and collecting the information

the questions -- the invitation byrd is really where we're getting here. he may claim. average your book. in states such as georgia, idaho, mississippi, with all due respect to idaho and mississippi first, spread fear, uncertainty, and out. and you are good of there. if you're a part of this he should have a projected costs. he put it up there, that's your choice. but frankly, i believe you're being disingenuous. to throw a deep chill when you can go three steps and get it for free, the party and concerned about is really the bigger steps costs of taking part of which we all recognize the law, the statute, the silver for californians to will lead the toronto than non annotated the will to say that invitation is low when be like taking this committee memo as saying it is a part of the federal code. is just not true. written by someone else fifth. the question really comes from the, the way that it was handled and. it is already free. the issue is their first. actually was the work of someone else. >> you're right. me to make sure five the copyright laws and the issues, t

sigh byrd, cyberoperations and cyberdefense is important as we continue to move forward.orm ofe c .. maneuver. what it is it's relatively, relatively now inexpensive way to attempt to impact issues around the world and i'm not going to point fingers at china or iran or russia or anybody else but it's about a capability that people can now split in order to try to gain advantages and from a military perspective it's about how do we use that and how do we understand that to protect our networks and protect their systems and how does that impact future warfare? because it is going to impact future warfare and we have to understand that. from a national issue >> that the in ability to protect our infrastructure and it's an important issue. and this leads us to talk about what is going on in the united states. so it's part of improving our capabilities and we stood up and we are reorganizing ourselves and we are going to stand up with excellency. we are to have some significant capability that we are going to expanded as we look forward. and as you know there are some importan