christine johnson, congratulatetions. [speaker not understood], 70,000 to the budget for services during this period. to do that i'll briefly summarize whatth project is, give you some background on the agreements requiring security services agreement [speaker not understood] lastly give you an overview of community services solicitation upped our undertaking. before that i want to introduce mccoy services ms. [speaker not understood] coleman. please stabbed. and ms. karen bay from lennar corporation. as you know, the hunters point shipyard project is one of three major projects, major approved projects [speaker not understood] the office of community investment and infrastructure is undertaking. it spans both the shipyard proper and the [speaker not understood] bayview for a total of 7 88 acres along the southeastern water froth of san francisco. the shipyard program includes over 12,000 homes, 32% of which will be affordable, a rebill of alice griffith public housing development. 3,000 square feet of research space, 350

christine owens. at 8:30, senator ron johnson. follman of5, mark "mother jones" announced a leaders two-year budget deal that will keep federal agencies up and running. good morning, everyone on this wednesday, december 11, 2013. paul ryan and patty murphy said that this deal means that the government stops lurching from one crisis to the next. what do you think this morning?

johnson. these are our top headlines. >> the imf raising its outlook for the u.s. economy. christinede says there is more certainty there -- and then there was for 2014. she credited the budget deal in washington and the fed's plan to taper. ruling outdorkovsky a political challenge to vladimir putin. he said he will focus on freeing political visitors. he is in germany after being released from 10 years and russian prison. vladimir putin has released one of pussy riot's members. he is expected to release a second member today. they were imprisoned after a performance critical of london. >> caroline hyde has more on the markets. >> more people are dreaming of christmas rather than what is going on in the stock market. periphery is lower, spain is off by .1%. u.k. and france and germany holding onto gains. imf saying yes, the u.s. is growing. as if we needed more evidence, friday we got the third-quarter gdp revised upwards to an excess of 4% growth. many convince the u.s. will grow. credit agricole saying this sets a positive tone. stoxx 600 higher. big winners today, technology. it

johnson. today is moving pictures where the video is the story. the cleanup has begun in western australia after cyclone christine uprooted trees and caused power outages flooding. it battered the storm -- the wins.oast with it later weakened as it moved inland and traveled south. >> it is hot in argentina. record eras has set a for the warmest december. people are not happy about it. buenos aires. critics say failed energy policy has made it unprofitable to upgrade the power grid. it is bitterly cold. passengers on board the standard research ship spent the evening packing snow after it toships failed to make the stranded ship. swiss banks have until today to join a u.s. disclosure program that cracks down on untapped assets abroad. onleast 35 banks have signed to avoid prosecution. the bigger banks like credit suisse are already under investigation. if you want to know what it is like to store something important or expensive at the credit suisse headquarters, you will have to go underground. >> the groundwater of direct. 18 feet below lake level. this ball has 3500 safes. we have it in 10 different sizes. biggest looks like [inaudible] the smallest

journal a look at expiring and employment benefits our guest is christine owens of the national employment law project. after that senator ron johnson of wisconsin on the recent budget agreement. later mother jones magazine examines the number of gun accidents, suicides, and homicides of children one year after the sandy hook elementary school shooting. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this is the train depot, the oldest building. as you can imagine, 1976, the hustle and bustle of all the activities. tables and desks and phones going off and letters coming in and out of the area. here helping run the campaign. this is where she helped organize the raid. an offshoot of the high never campaign technique used during his run for governor. basically it was a way to get the word of the budget mcartor using volunteers going door-to-door shaking hands giving of literature. was a method so effective that it helped him get elected to the president. >> watch out program on first lady rosalynn carter and our website. see it saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. monday we will start our encore presentation of

christine owens, thank you very much. we will continue our conversation about the budget deal announced last night with senator ron johnson, republican of wisconsin. marco's mother jones magazine will be here to talk about gun deaths among children aged 12 and younger since the sandy hook shootings one year ago. first, a news update from c-span radio. >> a military partnership is taking place in the middle east. a summit meeting in kuwait was wrapped up by agreeing to establish a joint military command, paving the way for tight security coordination as iran pursues outreach efforts. the news agency reports the military partnership was one of several initiatives agreed to. back here on capitol hill today, the senate plans to consider president obama's choice of u.s. court join the of appeals for district columbia. the associated press says her nomination was freed for a vote after democrats changed the luster rose last month. senate approved two of the president posses nominees. patricia was confirmed on the search it -- circuit. the senate against their day today at 2:00 p.m. eastern. watch live senate coverage on c- span