my name is christine west. i'm from the u.s. senate subcommittee on the federal work force and oversight of government management. my question is about reframing the discussion around -- the federal work force. as you have heard even today at an event meant to celebrate -- public servants, a lot of the questions are from the media. a lot of them are about headlines. while important. we are here to celebrate workers. how do we reframe the discussion so that we talk about headlines in terms of what the federal work force has done to uncover terror plots. or the igs office to uncover ways to save taxpayer money. how do we reframe the focus so it is sustained on the federal work force and all the good things the federal government is doing. >> that sound like our initial question. and the problem is, equivalent of saying. 500 planes took off today. and landed safely. you know? that's your -- expectation. >> that is the news. >> should we throw up our hand. as long as nothing is going wrong. let's assume the federal government is fun

my name is christine west, i'm from the u.s. senate subcommittee on the federal work force and oversight of government management. my question is about reframing the discussion around the federal work force. as you've heard even today at an event that was meant to celebrate publicer is vents, a lot of the questions are from the media and about headlines. while important we're here to celebrate workers. how do we reframe the question so we talk about headlines in terms of what the federal work force has done to uncover terrorist plots or uncover ways to save tax money. how do we reframe it? >> that sounds a little bit like our initial question. >> yeah, i mean you know, the problem is it's the equivilent of saying 500 planes took off today and landed safely. you know, that's your expectation. so it's the plane that crashes that is the news. >> so should we just throw up our hands and say as long as there's nothing going wrong let's assume the federal government is functioning great and the minute it doesn't, let's pounce on every

christine, you know? >> did that persuade you one way or another, mr. pilpel? >> no, not yet, but i am waiting. >> this would be west of twin peaks. >> and can we highlight again what was suggested? >> would you please repeat what that was? >> it was the campus which would be there between clarendon, christopher drive, claremont, all of the way to parnassus. >> thank you. >> can i just ask them? >> yes, mr. pilpel? >> to john stone, what is the other corner there? the southeast corner of the highlighted area, clarendon and johnstone? the northwest corner is judah? south of there, , is that correct? can you just walk me through getting from their along the south? what are those named streets, or how do you describe that, is what i'm trying to figure out. >> and then christopher. >> uh-huh. >> that is on the other side. >> that is crest mont. that is the cabinet. >> ok. and i guess my problem with this is not in describing it, crestmont and some point there, and it is to a point north, at fourth, it becomes very difficult to describe. >> difficult for whom? >> to the consultants, the lawyers, you know? rather than spe

christine has a look at those. good morning. >> good morning, soledad. wildfires out west, burning out of control. up to 70 miles an hour, threatening to push a fire in nevada to new extremes later today. the fire is already consumed, destroyed two homes, consumed more than 7,000 acres. more than 500 firefighters are on the scene. this fire is just 15% contained that the hour. another fire in arizona has scorched nearly 16,000 acres. much of the damage has been on rural federal lands but the town of crown king has been evacuated as a precaution. arizona governor jan brewer has declared a state of emergency in arizona. >>> a hearing will be held in ohio later today to decide whether accused school shooter t.j. lane, can be tried as an adult. the 17-year-old is charged with killing three students in the cafeteria at chardon high school back in february. two others who were shot survived their injuries. lane was at chardon high, waiting to take a bus to an alternative high school he normally attended. >>> do you take calcium supplements? turns out they might be dangerous. researchers studied 24,000 p

here's christine romans. >> one day after his stunning announcement supporting same-sex marriage, president obama heads west taking a big political risk by become the first sitting american president to back same-sex marriage. the president will be fund-raising in seattle and los angeles today wrapping things up tonight with a reception at actor george clooney's home reception expected from that $15 million. >>> two fullerton, california, police officers are standing trial for the beating death of a homeless man last year. the officers face charges ranging from second degree murder to felony use of excessive force. >>> two men rob a florida home being fumigated for pests and the whole thing is captured live on surveillance camera. the owner says he turned on the live feed he was worried someone would break in during the fumigation. footage shows two men stealing jewelry. one accidentally trips the alarm. police say they arrested the burglar and driver of a getaway car. >>> brad pitt blazing a trail. he is the man, the first male face of chanel number 5 perfume. a woman's perfume following in the footsteps o

christine. >>> 14 minutes past the hour. dangerous fire conditions persist out west. marciano has the latest. arizona wildfires? >> a state getting burned up quite a bit with four fires but also one burning in colorado outside ft. collins. this is the video of that particular fire, over 600 acres burned here. they're having a tough time of it. breezy conditions. 5% contained. and they're battling that one. two fronts. arizona and colorado. yesterday, the winds were light in arizona, even though that fire grew. but it was still very, very hot. now, the winds are going to pick up as we get a little system coming in. the next two to three days will be particularly worrisome. they'll have to deal with winds on top of the heat and dry conditions. gusty winds, 30 to 40 miles per hour. a number of advisories and watches up. florida, you're starting to pile up some rainfall. you need it a little farther north. nonetheless, south florida, including the keys and miami getting some rainfall this morning. kind of the tail end of a front that has finally pushed across the northeas

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