collins promised the video would prove his innocence.arassed him and sprayed him with mace. >> i can watch the video and we can probably try to do this friday or something like that. >> okay. whenever you want. >> so i will watch the video and try to get you back in here this week. >> okay. thank you. >> he did request a video. we can look and see. only thing we're going to see is the officer's reaction because it's so dark on the range those times of the morning that you won't see the spit and you wouldn't see the spit even if it was daytime probably. so we'll see. look at it and take a look at it. >> they're not trying to hear you carry on about a situation where there's an argument or something like that. they want to know, did you spit? that's all they want to know. >> you're saying? >> no, i didn't spit. it's obvious on the tape. >> less than a week later, collins was back in the disciplinary office for the completion of his hearing. >> okay. you asked me to watch the video. this is what i saw on the video. this is a photo. as you c

senator collins played a really important part. interestingly, the administration through the department of labor actually thought the proposal that we made was moving in so much the right direction to reduce unnecessary cost without compromising reasonable expectations for employees of workers' compensation that this particular provision of this legislation relates to all federal employees. not just to employees of the postal service. this is numerically justified because the u.s. -- and this is again, senator moran, one of the ways in which it's quasi independent and is interconnected to the postal service because we're part of the -- as the postal service is part of the federal workers' compensation program, it happens to be the largest participant in the federal government workers' compensation program responsible for about 40% of the caseload. and as i know senator collins will note for the record, we just feel that the program is now -- it needs tightening. it's more generous than we can afford and i think we have done it in

senator collins? >> thank you, mr. chairman. as the chairman and the other negotiators know, this was an issue of concern to me when it was first brought to us by the postal service. it was a far more general -- generous proposal that was originally proposed to us. that's why we capped it at one year service credit for the csrs program and two years for the first program and capped at the buyout amount at 25,000 dollars. keep in mind that the postmaster general is going to determine what is offered within the confines of a set amount of money. the postmaster general has told us that he believes that it will be approximately $1.7 billion that would be used for the buyout program to reduce the total work force by almost 20%. he's talking about 100,000 to 110,000 employees. so i felt giving him this limited flexibility makes sense. because we've got essentially a cap on the program as a whole. i would also note that crs ran the numbers and had a different result than you have come up with. i know your opm and take a worst case scen

with thanks to senator carper and senator collins. i'll call on senator carper who kins continues to be the co- chair. >> thank you. thank you for the leadership you provided and for the encouraging the way the rest of us used to work. the democrats and republicans set aside differences and we try to fix things. the results are what the american people are looking for right now. they want to make sure we can still govern.

numbers but on raw data simply wanted to find and collins yeah find g.d.p. is a you know really have some problems with it it's almost an obsession with a with the american academics. but in reality does anybody really look out the window as they fly over the cities in the united states look at detroit cleveland buffalo and now the empty suburbs near vegas where is the economic growth you know i just don't see it i take a look at the numbers you know the u.s. of the fifteen trillion dollar g.d.p. and china has a seven trillion dollar g.d.p. which means united states roughly you know more than twice as large as china but china makes ten times the amount of steel three times as many vehicles they purchase they consume twice as much beer they export three times as much as many high tech exports as the united states does. three times as much cotton five times as much coal other lists go on and on the so the cell phone markets three times as large so i just wondered how you know if we get duct printed my. any government transfer payments what would the g.d.p. of

senator collins. >> mr. chairman, let me first applaud you for your leadership in this very important issue as well as the leadership of our two witnesses, said her rockefeller and senator feinstein who contributed so much to this issue and this bill, and i personally think you for holding this important hearing today. after the 9/11 attacks, we have learned of many early warnings that went unheeded, including an fbi agent who warned that one day people would die because of the wall that kept law enforcement and intelligence agencies apart. when a major cyberattack occurs, the ignored warnings would be even more glaring because our nation's vulnerability had already been demonstrated by the daily attempt by nation states, terrorist groups, cyber criminals and hackers to penetrate our system. the warning of our vulnerability to a major cyberattack comes from all directions and countless experts, and they are underscored by the intrusion that has already occurred. earlier this month the fbi director warned tha

i'm sure i speak for senator collins. we are open for any ideas that anybody has. >> this is just really important to get right. to me the most important thing is to get it right but also to get it done as quickly as, as quickly as we possibly can get it right we should get it enacted. because the crisis, the threat is out there. >> senator collins. >> mr. mr. chairman if i could just add one thing. and that is, this legislation has gone through a lot of the iterations which was recorded first and 2010 and a bill that was not part of the committee at that point. but our staff has shared with the senate staff draft after draft after draft by briefings. i know the senators come to some of the classified the things that we have had as well. so we have invited the input from you. >> i'm sincere in my appreciation of the work you are doing and in the desire to get this right to move some legislation so with that in mind i know the house has worked on a bipartisan bill h.r. 3523 which is a slimmed down version. an important fir

>> senator collins. >> mr. chairman, could i suggest, since we're, i believe your plan is to come back at 2:30. >> yes. >> that maybe we could try to work on this amendment? i'm sympathetic to the argument that both of you are making in that this is a huge enterprise. but on the other hand, i'm troubled that bonuses are being given at a time when the postal service is losing billions of dollars a year. and i also wonder if maybe we could cut down the number of people who can be paid at the level of the vice president. but this is one of the largest enterprises in the united states, so i find i have sympathy with both of your points, and i wonder if we could try to work, since we're going to break, to see if we could come to a meeting of the minds. >> i think that's a constructive idea. the idea, what i'd like to see us do is to align, to the extent that we're paying money say above the capital secretary level, money above that, that should be tied to results. it should be tied to, you know, better performance,

i don't mind said michael collins from apollo 11's command module. his attention focused on making sure that pioneers would get home. two years ago mike said this, "a heroes abound but don't count astronauts among them. we work very hard. we did our jobs to near perfection. but that's what we've been hired to do." when americans take on our work with humility and dedication, there truly is nothing that we can't accomplish. we can do anything if we humble ourselves and if we've got the right stuff. gentlemen, heroes or not, your acts were heroic. and today we add you to the many honors, two of your many honors with respect and gratitude, the congressional gold medal. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated for the unveiling and presentation of the gold medals by the united states congress. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the first person to land a spacecraft upon the moon and set foot upon the surface, mr. neil armstrong. >> thank you. thank you so much. mr. speaker, mr. reid, mr. mcconnell, ms. pelosi, members, distinguished

senator collins. >> mr. chairman, let me first applaud you for your leadership in this very important issue as well as the leadership of our two witnesses, said her rockefeller and senator feinstein who contributed so much to this issue and this bill, and i personally think you for holding this important hearing today. after the 9/11 attacks, we have learned of many early warnings that went unheeded, including an fbi agent who warned that one day people would die because of the wall that kept law enforcement and intelligence agencies apart. when a major cyberattack occurs, the ignored warnings would be even more glaring because our nation's vulnerability had already been demonstrated by the daily attempt by nation states, terrorist groups, cyber criminals and hackers to penetrate our system. the warning of our vulnerability to a major cyberattack comes from all directions and countless experts, and they are underscored by the intrusion that has already occurred. earlier this month the fbi director warned tha

centre collins? >> i too, want to thank the secretary for her excellent testimony and its technical assistance of the department. for the record, i would like to submit what is a very clear statement from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff at a hearing before the armed services committee earlier this week. general dempsey said that i want to mention for the record that we strongly support the lieberman-collins-or rockefeller legislation dealing with cyber security. the secretary's comments in response to the question as to where the department stand where she said wholeheartedly is exactly right. the department testified to that effect and i would submit that to the record. >> without objection, thank you. have a good rest of the day. we will call the rest of the panel and i know secretary ridge is next. we had hoped secretary ridge -- then the hon. stewart baker and dr. james lewis and scottchanrney. >> gentlemen, thank you for your willingness to be here. to testify and for your patience. it

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collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the snr from maine. ms. collins: mr. president, first of all, let me make the point to the senator from california, i'm a cosponsor of the stock act. i cosponsored senator brown's bill, so it is not as if i don't think that legislation is needed in this area. i am a cosponsor of this bill and have commended him for his work on this. but the fact remains that in our committee markup, the bill was changed. i know the senator was distracted when i answered that question. the bill was changed to extend to the executive branch in committee. it's in the bill that's before us now. so the senator was misinformed in that regard. the bill was changed to make very clear that the insider trader -- insider trading prohibition applied to the executive branch and that executive branch members have a duty to their agencies, the government. we make that explicit. that was changed in committee. so the senator is not correct that the bill that was brought to the floor only applied to congress. it does not. it applies to the executive branc

michael collins, piloted the command module colombia as part of apollo 11.vement, he recalled how he peered out the ship's windows at the surface of the moon and saw the potential for students interested in science, math, and engineering. as neil armstrong took a leap for mankind, he knew we could overcome any obstacle and prevail over any challenge. as buzz aldrin walked on the moon, an entire nation saw a promise fulfilled and a challenge met. these men personified president kennedy's call to the students of rice university and the address that launched the moon shot when he said the vows of this nation can only be fulfilled if we are first. and, therefore, we intend to be first. our leadership and science and in industry, our hopes for peace and security, our obligation to ourselves as well as others all require us to make this effort. those of us who remember the president's statement thought it was unimaginable that we could send a man to the moon and back safely within ten years. but this -- these astronauts knew it was possible. they insured that we w

collins could be right. the charts indicate that long-term treasuries could be about to become the biggest loser in 2012. and i have to agree with him on the fundamentals. time to ring the register on the bonds. you want yield, don't look at bonds, look to stocks, many have good yield, and at this point, they have got a lot less risk then owning the tlt. next up i'll try you to save you more money. >> announcer: coming up at your request, jim is checking his inbox, voicemail and twitter to the air, tonight, ready to ride answer your best questions on the air, tonight, ready to ride the rails some all board, conductor cramer decides which stocks with take your portfolio full steam ahead. and this company makes the world's smallest heart pump, giving patients another option, do not miss exclusive ahead coming up on "mad money". >>> welcome to request week here on "mad money," this is the single most interactive show on earth. tonight's tweet is from bovey23, he asks, jim, union pacific or norfolk souther? give

[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> john collins is here. do we expect a warm-up? >> less cold, less windy. that is the best way to put it. the cold temperature is 10 degrees colder, but the wind made it feel worse. wind is up in the 20's. it is not as strong. the effect is not as severe. it seems the air temperatures are wamrer but it feels like 16 at bwi, 21 at starsbury. so the wind is having an effect by bringing the temperatures down. the wind will not be as strong tomorrow. we will show you what will happen in the coming week. stick around. ♪ and i will always love you >> and the big story of the day. whitney houston, found dead in her hollywood hotel room. the cause is unknown. it comes as the music industry will have the grammy awards, which will undoubtably be a memorial. >> as the music industry prepares for its greatest night, it mourns one of its greatest talents >> nobody has come clsoe to that ose to that voice. >> there will be a musical tribute from jennifer hudson. >> she had a true gift. >> her body was taken from the bever

thank you, senator collins.ut an exclamation point, now, by dropping a section, frankly, that people thought included a kill switch. it just wasn't worth it because of the urgent need for this bill. there's also nothing in this bill that touches on the balance between intellectual property and free speech that so aroused public opinion over the proposed stop online privacy act and the protect ip act and has left many members of congress with scars or at least a kind of posttraumatic tress syndrome. stress syndrome since that happened. in fact, this is not the ultimate verification of my assertion that there's nothing here anywhere like what concerned people in sopa and pipa, but i note with gratitude that one of our witnesses, mr. stewart baker, was a leading opponent of sopa but is testifying today in favor of our bill. after the cybersecurity act of 2012 becomes law, the average internet user will go about using the internet just as they do today. but hopefully, as a result of the law and outreach pursuant to

he's my success story. [ laughs ] state senator annazette collins said that she is still consideringer legal options about whether or not to file a libel lawsuit against the secretary of state jesse white. jesse white told the chicago sun-times that annazette collins was the most unethical person in government almost on par with rod blagojevich ... he cited several examples of questionable actions that annazette collins has taken as a senator and he told wgn that there would be no forthcoming apology ... >>jesse white conceded that he could have used less inflammatory rhetoric ... annazette collins said that she is happy that he is reconsidering his position on the blagojevich statements. however lawsuit is not out of the question in a statement annazette collins says that she is still evaluating her legal options is spend more than a month since the last republican candidate debate tonight's debate in mesa arizona could be the most important one yet not only will arizona and michigan hold primaries next tuesday but tonight's debate is the last before super tuesday and marched in 10

is " the most unethical person in government you can almost put blagojevich beside her " collins says that white may have turned against her because she did not give out state college scholarships to some students that he was trying to help >>jesse white said that annazette collins took a homeowner's exemption on property for an outsider for district uncirculated brochures claiming that she could help people kickback their suspended driver's licenses collins said that she repaid that money she got from the exemption >>coming up next in the noon hour the power play move by i ran because of oil prices in the united states and around the world to spike and president obama calls for more bipartisanship in the wake of a payroll tax cut deal by congress and greece secure is the second bailout by the default risk remaining cuts an iranian oil exports are raising fears that gas prices could go up higher than expected will prices surged after i ran announced its cutting exports to france and britain >>it's symbolic because britain has not bought oil from iran in one year and france has bought

john collins says something is coming. we'll tell you what, don't go >> well, we've had some typical temperatures. we have a storm coming in from the west. there has been talk about applies ard conditions around denver. there is still snow back in nebraska. snow up in farther mitch hitch and ohio. south of that, it is rain activity this morning. a few sprinkles and showers beginning to move into west virginia. nothing significant. our air is still dry. it will take a while for moisture to make it to the ground here. we have high, thin clouds this morning over the area. rather nice, really. temperatures generally above freezing. at the airport, 33. 39. at the airport, 82% the humidity. at the moment, the winds are calm. later on today, the predominant wind will be to the east. that will feed into the approaching storm and double the moisture we have. yes, we have precipitation in the forecast later today. temperatures, well, yes, we had ai spike last weeks from 70, 71 degrees in the middle of the week. now on the sly to rel

david collins is in annapolis and will have a full report tonight. the house just voted to approve the payroll tax cut extension deal. that deal was reached thursday morning and would extend the 2% cut in petrol taxes through the end of this year. the bipartisan compromise would also extend unemployment benefits and stop a real -- stop our reimbursement cut for doctors who treat medicare patients. president obama's said he will sign the deal as soon as it hits his desk. same-sex marriage in maryland has come down to a few votes but with a few delays. the house attach an amendment that said if passed, it would not start until october of next year instead of january. that would give people against the bill more time for a referendum. the battle over same sex marriages spilled into the hallways of the house building thursday, where opponents lobbied hard to strike the bill down. >> they want to come up with the delegates, their stand on traditional marriage. >> another delay on the vote, supporter veronica turner is in the hospital for emergency surgery

i thank senator collins again.it's true, we get very stubborn, the two of us, when we think something is really right and necessary. [laughter] so we're going to plow forward. the record of this hearing will be held open for ten days for any additional questions or statements for the record. i thank you again very much for that. the hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> live pictures from the biltmore hotel in phoenix, arizona, this morning where we are expecting campaign remarks from republican presidential candidate mitt romney. he's speaking to the associated builders and contractors trade group today. arizona's presidential primary is this coming tuesday, and we will have live coverage of that. we are being told that governor romney is running a few minutes behind, and we'll return for his remarks in about 15 minutes or so. right now, though, your phone calls from this morning's "washington journal." [inaudible conversati

well as the china money report says and i know you're interviewing daniel collins in the second half americans to become share croppers and their own country as printed money boomerangs back to the developed world to buy a company's so you know the big news this week was that sanny a chinese company has is buying putzmeister a german concrete pump maker one of those legendary metal stand companies in germany the heart the backbone of german industrial strength well dental call and says for decades asia has performed the role of the diligent worker bee without a history of adam smith of free trade they saw how easy it was to game the free trade system to this day koreans do not buy japanese goods and japanese do not buy korean goods neither one will buy us goods the stuff they do want like hollywood movies they just take the us took the brunt of the free trade economic carnage as over fifty thousand factories have closed down in only the last ten years in america no one could labor arbitrage and transfer price their taxes away like corporate america we are still number one in that gam

i think senator collins might like -- >> yeah, yeah. that's fine. >> pardon? >> you want more time. >> could we do that? >> yeah. i'm fine with that. >> come back this afternoon. maybe we can work it out by then. if not, we'll see where we are. okay, thanks. it was an important discussion. i think it did clarify intention and that'll be important. we now go -- senator pryor, i'm sorry but i've got to go to senator paul.ay. i'm not sorry to go to you, senator paul. i'm just sorry that -- >> i'll try to be succinct and to move it along. this is amendment number one. this would provide for flexibility in mail box usage. this would grant the individual who owns the house and owns the mail box what you would think would go along with the ownership of private property, the decision to decide how to use your mail box. and i would recommend we support this amendment. it's amendment number 1, and it would allow you to use your mail -- post box as you see fit. if you bought it and paid for it, you can do with it what you wish. >> so, senator paul, say a little more abou

senator collins has pushed curbside delivery. we will not mandate it for every community, but where it does, that might save some money. from six days to five days, we say if we don't of cost savings is needed, that two years from now, they are free to go from six to five. in the meantime, i urge the postal service to continue to negotiate with the labor unions to come up awage/benefit structure for saturday service to save money in doing that. the last thing i want to say is it is not enough. i like to say facing a budget deficit in the country. it is not enough just to cut or raise taxes or revenues, we have to find ways to grow the economy. the postal service has to find ways to grow their business. they have to be more entrepreneurial. partnering with u.p.s. or fed ex to deliver for them. the mail for the last mile for the packages around the country. it makes money. we allow the postal do what u.p.s. and fed ex does. deliver wine and beer. there are other ideas out there. one is virtual mailboxes. a lot of ideas that the pos

we'll have it live, obviously, wolf. >> we're going to get back to you as soon as susan collins wraps up. charlie webster, republican party chairman will go to the microphone and make the formal announcement. they've already counted the ballots? >> reporter: i spoke with charlie webster a few moments ago. he was walking around with an envelope. he said these were the results. he wasn't revealing the numbers to anyone. he wants to wait for a few moments to reveal them to everybody, wolf. >> we'll get right back to you shannon as susan senator susan collins wraps up her pep talk to the supporters, republicans who have shown up in the caucus in maine. david gergen you're in maine yourself. this is tailor made certainly for mitt romney who is from massachusetts, but it certainly is tailor made for ron paul as well. >> it is, although it seems a more natural state for mitt romney, he did win the caucuses there with 52% four years ago, and ron paul came in with only 18%. so i think it's historically been more of a romney type state, but a time and attention that ron paul has paid to maine,

senator collins said you endorsed the language that would create a new post office oking at. there's -- the one thing that we don't want to do is close up a post office and walk away. many of these towns, and it depends where you're at in the united states. the farther out west you get, they're a lot farther apart. what we're looking at is, between a consolidation to a nearby post office, providing additional rural service -- our rural carriers today can actually, they're a post office on wheels and we can that service. matching up the hours with the actual workload. many cases, we're open for eight hours when we have less than two hours work, less than one hour's work in some cases. a number of those as well as -- >> sounds like a good job to have. >> no, it would be boring. think how boring it would be, seriously. >> speaker, please -- >> oh, i'm sorry. at any rate, we have those opportunities, plus we're looking at things like the village post office where you can team up with a local store and provide service. that keeps the store open, gives us the ability to provide tha

and we've talked to senator collins on this. her biggest concern is, what about rural america? what about people not being able to get medicines on the weekend? that's her issue. and we've talked through, is there some potential other changes in there? do you go with, you know, to five, or holidays and have a saturday delivery there? that's been a proposal. bottom line is, there's two things that are happening -- we've lost 24% of the mail, we're losing another 20%, and the shift from first class, which pays the bills, is relentless. and we've got to get our finances in good order. so, we'll keep working with senator collins and everyone else to work through these issues. >> speaking of giving politically correct answers, here's one that says, "assess your regulator. do they do a good job of helping the postal service remain financially solvent?" >> i think we have an excellent relationship with our regulator. i do. and ruth is here, and i think she would tell us that. i mean, we try to reach out and communicate. we have spent a lot of time over the last few years, whether it's

i'm rhonda collins, and i'm a turbotax cpa.. >>> this morning a long time school teacher faces a judge in los angeles. he's accused of abusing his students for years. we should warn you that some of the details are very disturbing. >> very disturbing is right. it took months for the sheriff and the district attorney to finish their investigation and finally tell the public as bill whittaker reports, there are charges of a major cover-up. >>> at miles an hour mont elementary school in south l.a., parents were incensed this was the first they heard of a year-long investigation into third grade teacher mark bern. the popular teacher has been charged with lewd acts against almost two dozen students. >> it's an outrage for something like this to go on in our schools undetected. >> berndt's alleged crime involved girls and boys between the ages of seven and ten and happened in his classroom in this school that night might never have come to light if it were not for an employee at a photography shop. >> he showed -- children were blin

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and i'm told at the arraignment that she has made a full confession. >> reporter: collins worked as a clerk at the archdiocese for nearly eight years. she allegedly wrote over 450 checks and plailingsed it in her son -- placed it in her son's account. each check was under $2500, which meant she didn't have to get approval from officials. joe swilling is a spokesman for the church. >> she was very careful in how she did this. as the d.a. said, this was a sophisticated fraud. >> reporter: collins lived a modest life, sharing this apartment in the bronx with her daughter. but police removed paintzings and box -- paintings and boxes, with collectible dolls. prosecutors say she spent more than $37,000 on clothing from barney's and brooks brothers. $18,000 on bloomingdale's. and $19,000 on an irish gift shop, all while earning less than $50,000 a year. >> collins remains behind bars and has been charged with grand larceny and falsifying business records. if convicted, she could go to prison for at least 25 years. >>> some money is made on wall street today. [ stock bells ringing ] all the m

let's begin with john collins. what is the latest? >> in the city, it is a mix of snowflakes and raindrops. the farther north you go, the snowflakes get bigger. they are coming down as big snow showers. in baltimore county, all of howard and frederick county, they are getting snow. some of it is accumulating in the grass. the snow is west of the interstate 95 corridor figure -- 95 quarter. as you see on the radar, past hagerstown is not doing anything right now. we will see what happens tonight and tomorrow in a few minutes. >> 80 soldiers from the national guard are back, after a deployment in iraq and afghanistan. sheldon dutes is live with more on the homecoming celebration. >> the soldiers are excited to be reunited with their families. they were honored for their hard work and sacrifice. they say they are grateful for the recognition. after spending a year away from each other, she is thrilled to have her husband brought home. >> it is wonderful. >> her husband is a member of the maryland national guard unit deployed to iraq, kuw