conrad: could we have order. madam president, this budget plan, the house republican plan, ends medicare as we know it. all the while it is providing $1 trillion of additional tax cuts to the wealthiest among us, giving millionaires on average an additional tax cut of $150,000 a year. in addition, it cuts health care $3 trillion, and increases the number of uninsured in our country by 30 million people. i urge my colleagues to reject this budget proposal. a senator: would the senator yield just for a question? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: does this budget permit the interest rates on student loans to double on july 1? the presiding officer: mr. conrad: it does. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. a senator: i ask the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senator who wish to vote or to change their vote? on this vote, th

senator conrad? >> well, thank the chairmanwoman very much. thank you for your extraordinary effort on this bill. you have been fully engaged, fully committed and very effective, and all of us oh you a debt of gratitude. i don't think i've of seen anybody dig in as completely as you did at a very difficult time with the special committee looming. you seized the reins of responsibility and all of us are in your debt. i also want to thank our ranking member. senator roberts, who, surprise to me, has actually didn't some pretty good work on this as well. okay. it really has been good work. and i -- i enjoy his sense of humor as i hope he enjoys mine. look, this bill is a win for taxpayers clearly. this is a win for reformers. this is a win for farm and ranch families all across the country. this is a win for the economy of america. so this is important business. farm policy has many critics, and one of the things that's amazed me in my 26 years is how often ill-informed some of the critics are. we hear all of the time that a farm bill benefits ju

i want to asuppress my appreciation to senator conrad, senator baucus. i think it's very form that we have a fair level option and that it's a fair farm level official. and that's what we provide here is that the producer can select the kind level option or the farm level option and that was vietly important, certainly in our part of the country, but i think to have that option there for all producers is truly responsive to their needs and ensures that in a year where they have a loss, then they have help. and in a year where they don't, then they don't need help so they don't have help. so i think it was -- it's well structured, it's very important to providing the kind of farm bill that we want with the kind of safety net protection and help for our producers that we want. so i thank them. and i also thank both you and the ranking member, again, for your help and support with it. >> any other comments? yes? senator nelson. >> yes. madam chair and ranking member, i support this effort, the baucus amendment, appreciate their working on this to find a sol

i concur with your comments, senator roberts and conrad. this is second in line. the energy dollars, we were told by staff that with no absolute specificity there was about a billion dollars as of last night scored extra above the $23 billion. the first 800 roughly goes to energy title, that's fine. i'm not disputing that. this would go after that. so if there's -- if there's $120 million, if there's $20 million left, we would go after that and then go after this. >> senator conrad? >> one other point that i think we have to remind ourselves of is with respect to rural development mandatory money, our appropriators often take the money and c.h.i.m.p. it, changes in mandatory programs, so we provide money we never get. i think we want to keep in mind what our friends in the appropriations do, especially in rural development funding. >> whoa -- [ laughter ]. >> not that there's anything wrong with what you appropriators do. [ laughter ] >> not that there's anything wrong with it. [ inaudible ] >> senator cochran -- >> i'm not sure it's worth amplifying. what i was g

i'm very pleased we've been able to get to this point and thank senator conrad and all the cosponsors of the amendment. we have accepted the cham bliss secretary degree. those say aye. those opposed, nay. the ayes have it. thank you very much. are there any other amendments to the energy title? senator hoeven? >> i do have an amendment i'd like to offer to the energy title. through the reap program, the secretary of agriculture, and often this as hoeven one, but through the reap title, the secretary can provide funding for blender pumps. blender pumps are an important way for americans to have choice at the gas station where they can choose anywhere from an e-10 blend, all the way up to an e 85 blend which is 85 percent ethanol or anything in between. so it truly is a way that seeks to move us to a market-based approach to provide an expanded market for ethanol. now, my understanding is that in this energy title, and within the reap program, the secretary can already provide this funding. the so my language simply reinforces that. and i guess what i would offer at this point is i woul

conrad: we'll allocate it all. ms. stabenow: first of all, let me thank the chairman of the budget committee who i have to say is going to be sorely missed. in fact, i'm not sure we're going to let him go at the end of the year. i think we're going to put up some doors, lock the doors in his office and not let him leave. he has been such an incredible valued member of the senate and a leader for our country on these issues. it's absolutely true that what we're really debating is whether we go back to policies that put us in the huge deficit ditch that we find ourselves in or whether we continued to go forward as a country. we need to keep going forward and going forward even more quickly, certainly, but in my state we are seeing us begin to move forward, with manufacturing coming back, innovation, opportunities, and we need to continue to push for that. but let me stress as well what the chairman has said. we passed a budget control act by 74 votes in the united states senate. 74 votes, bipartisan vote. on august 2 of

. >> what do you feel, tito about conrad murray?earts doesn't mean i have to forget. >> do you forgive him? >> sure. i am supposed to. >> no. >> you don't? >> i don't feel that way at all. >> what do you feel? >> i feel like it's just negligence and it's on his part plus others and we're yet to know what really, really happened. but i'm not -- i'm a forgiving person but not when it comes to that. >> tito, how can you forgive him? >> i'm not saying i'm not upset about what happened. but i can't go around angry and upset and want to get revenge and all these things like that. you know, things happen and i'm made to forgive. so i have to forgive. it doesn't mean i have to forget. i haven't forgot what happened. it hurts me dearly. there are terrible things done, absolutely. but i have to forgive. i can't be angry. >> you know, that's interesting. i interviewed a number of conrad murray's patients who all defended him to the hilt. the impression i got is that he got off on a massive payday and it may have clouded his judgment, a judgmen

joining us is north dakota senator kent conrad chairman of the senate budget committee.ou for joining us. great to see you. >> good to be with you. >> senator, so it sounds like we're not even on the eve of the debt limit and yet each side is going into the trenches. do you think compromise is even possible and i say this to you as someone who as a moderate is retiring from the senate this year. >> i am retiring, but you know, i've been part for the last five years, efforts to bring both sides together. senator judd gregg who is a ranking republican on the senate budget committee and i came up with the idea for a commission, we pitched to the our colleagues, we got 53 votes but we needed 60. then the president went forward on an executive order basis and created the commission called the bowles-simpson commission, and that commission i was part of, 18 of us, 11 of us agreed to a plan, five democrats, five republican, one independent. i still remain hopeful that provides the best blueprint to deal with our deficits and debt. that's what i presented to the senate budget co

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. >> and his explosive theory about conrad murray. >> he did a terrible thing. there might have been others involved. i don't know that but i feel that. >> an extraordinary hour. the piers morgan interview starts now. >>> tonight an extraordinary look at michael jackson's private life through his artwork. the pictures are new revelations about the iconic singer. much kept in an airport hangar in los angeles. some of it is in the studio with me. joining me now is his mother katherine jackson and his mentor livings ton. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> most of this has never been seen. i love this picture, which is -- how old is he there, michael? >> he's about nine or ten there. >> and he's clutching his own work of art. >> yes. >> i don't know what's more impressive the art or the hat he's wearing. very stylish. clearly from an early age he loved art. tell me about that side of michael. >> michael loved art a lot. he loved paintings, he loved water colors. he loved even the crayons. he would always draw. and when he was even in school, he would draw picture

senator conrad is a democrat fro from north dakota. >> our friends on the other side like to refer to one part of the equation. they like to talk about spending. deficits are created by the gap between the revenue and the spending. you can see in this chart that we are at or near a 60-year high on spending. we have come off a little bit off of the 60-year high. we are at or near a 60-year low on revenue. we got to work both sides of the equation. we are at or near a 60-year high on spending. we are at or near a 60-year low on revenue. so what is to be done about it? the public says we ought to have a balanced plan. they say the best way to reduce the federal budget deficit is a combination of additional revenue and spending cuts. 62% say that's what we ought to do. 8% say just increase taxes. 17% say just cut programs. madam president, i was part of the so-call ed bowles-simpson commission. supported the conclusions that called for that kind of an approach. additional revenue but also additional spending cuts. and madam president, that's what the american people says we ought to do. b

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i want to thank senator conrad and also senator baucus for their work on that option. i want to thank you and ranking member roberts for your work on that option and making sure that we have both a county level option, election that somebody can make, and a farm level election that a producer can make and that they are fair and that they both work because they both cover vital bases. but that farm level option has to be in there. you've been willing to work with us, as has senator roberts. that's going to -- that's an absolute fundamental must in terms of providing the right kind of safety net coverage for our farmers and ranchers and doing it in truly a cost effective way. i'll mention also the livestock indem knitty program, the low-cost sugar program and as you mentioned energy, remember, it is about food, fuel and fiber. and i'm going to end on that note. our farmers and ranch remembers doing an amazing job for this country producing jobs, producing a favorable balance of trade and once again providing the highest quality, lowest cost food supply in the world. i lo

. >> and her explosive theory about conrad murray. >> he did a terrible thing, and it might have been others involved. i don't know that. but i feel that. >> katherine jackson. an extraordinary hour. the "piers morgan" interview starts now. >>> tonight, an extraordinary look at michael jackson's private life through his deeply personal artwork. he started drawing when he was a child. the pictures among new revelations about the iconic singer. much of it kept in a secret location at an airport hangar in los angeles. some of it is here in the studio with me tonight. joining me now in an exclusive interview is michael's mother, katherine jackson. and his mentor and good friend accuracyist brett livingston strong. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> we're surrounded by this incredible art, most of which has never been seen, that your son michael did. what i'm struck by, i love this picture, katherine, which is -- how old is he there, michael? >> he's about 9 or 10 there. >> and he's clutching his own work of art. he painted that. >> yes. >> i don't know what's more impressive, the art o

this guy conrad, he didn't do any favors by romney. he said the big banks, it's not their fault. >> i have to to go back to the polarization idea of social justice and individual opportunity goes back. reason why ayers is important it goes back to academics, terrorists got ten our, ayers has tenure. he should be rotting in jail. that is the message. president obama came from that toxic mindset. ago dame yeah that america is the source of everything wrong in the world. >> if you don't have tenure, you don't have to worry about anything. >> to get rich you have to take a risk. a lot of people go broke before they get rich. >> do you think the ceo should make 231 times. >> ten years ago it was 50 times. >> do you think the doctors should make the best salaries. >> who decides gets what? >> by the friends you keep. here a situation with bill ayers. bond bomb the stat on ui in chicago. bomb the pentagon. comes out, why would senator obama have anything to do with a man like that other than -- >> he didn't blow anything up. >> show me your f

conrad: mr. president, this budget proposal has the most serious mistakes i have seen in 26 years of dealing with budgets in this chamber. this budget starts with an $8 trillion mistake on the size of the deficit. mr. president, if we put up the calculation, this budget has federal revenues of $27.5 trillion. budget outlays of $37.2 trillion. for a difference of $9,750,000,000,000. but it claims deficits of $1,750,000,000,000. mr. president, that is an $8 trillion mistake. number two, it has $5.7 trillion of mistakes with respect to budget authority. if you add up the individual budget function totals, they are $5.7 trillion less than the aggregate budget authority totals in what is being offered by the senator. number three, this requires some committees to cut more spending than they have available to them in their resources. for example, the "help" committee is instructed to save $2.7 trillion, and they only have $510 billion available to them to cut. the presiding officer: the senator's time

north dakota kent conrad's rerequirement is a great opportunity to pick up a seat but a new poll showsemocrat with a slight lead over republican rob byrd in what is otherwise a reliably conservative state. karl rove's group has announced that it will spend $76,000 on ads targeting hidecamp. it is the first one that has been funded this election season. it will be a big deal. and coming up we're going to speak to the woman in the middle. of that north dakota battle. heidi is going to join us live inside "the war room." and mitt romney is taking credit for things they shouldn't, and running away from the very things they should. occupy 2.0. a new set of tactics and targets. we'll have the latest on the occupy spring. we're just getting started. screwed again. >>i think you know which one we're talking about. the overwhelming majority of the country says"tax the rich, don't go to war." >>just wanted to clarify that. i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce

. >> brooks conrad. switch hitter will bat for morgan.es no wrist bands just give me a bat. 0-2 he's only had six at-bats on the season. >> carlos beltran just homered in the bottom of the eighth 7-7 braves and cardinals in st. louis. cardinals with a chance to go up four and a half on the reds. if they could eke out a win. 1-2. >> big pitching matchup tonight. c.j. wilson returning to texas to face yu darvish. hasn't been much of a battle early on. wilson got knocked out on the first inning. got one out. texas leads 8-2 in the third. way up in the air but he got under it too much. little nervous when these pinch hitters come up. >> it's been that kind of a night. >> i guess there was a rain delay. that's why c.j. wilson had to leave. i can't imagine rain delay. the bottom of the first? >> he wasn't good but the reasons he came out was the rain. throw to second. little late. normally when they expect rain in the first hour or so they won't even start the game for that very reason. the rangers weren't concerned about the angels pitcher. da

wing and burrito bar, conrad's crabs. charred ribs, and cal and bill have formed the double play dining concession's, so the play is ripken to rosetta top giants. they're make the burger. iron birds opens up on june the 20th. >>> all right, the art scape is set for the july 0 -- 20th. brian mcknight headlines. we have music, food and drink and the award money has dwron -- gone up to $30,000. >>> spellers from across the country, including some right here in maryland took the stage today at the 2012 scripps national spelling bee. there are 270 spellers in all between the ages of 6 and 15 and today is the preliminary rip round. and those who make this past that will move on to the semis with a chance to advance to the finals. you can catch it on espn channels. 10 in the morning on espn 2 and tomorrow night at 8:00 on espn. all right. we'll come right back. wyatt will tell us the rest of the forecast and we'll tell you what's coming up tonight on the 11:00 news. guys, i'm home! sara lee one hundred percent whole wheat bread.

conrad wnuk take hii congressional internship very seriously.ongressman steve scalise's offfce is one of two the 24 ear ood goes to every friday to staple, sort the lawmaker's signnture on pocket constitutions for constituents. wnuk aas: "it's importaat foo disabled kids to haaeea job. later wnuu celebratee the last day f his semester program with the other 20 or so students taking part in this latest session of &pthe congressional internship program for individuuls with intellectual disabilities. the prroram started in 2010 with six offices participating. sincc then 52 house and senate offices have taken part.. jessica huizinga spent part of her internship in texas congressman ppte sessions' office wwere she sorted papers, stuffed envelopes and became so beloved to staff... they got hee a going away gift. huizinga says: "this is like wooking in the different offices."davis says: "many ideas here on capitol hll originate in hearingssor committee rooms but this internship prograa started with one lawmaker who has aa with this issue."harper ays: "

conrad murray. what do you feel, tito, about conrad murray?>> well, i feel that like we're supposed to have forgiving hearts. doesn't mean i have to forget. forgiving hearts. i forgive everybody. >> do you forgive him? >> yes. sure. >> do you all feel that way? >> no. >> you don't? >> no. i don't feel that way at all. >> what do you feel? >> i feel like it's just negligence and not -- it's on his part plus others. we're yet to know what really happened. i'm a forgiving person, but not when it comes to that. >> tito, how can you forgive him? he's your brother. >> i'm not saying that i'm not upset about what happened. but i can't go around angry and upset and want to get revenge and all these things like that, you know? things happen. and i'm made to forgive. so i have to forgive. doesn't mean i have to forget. i haven't forgot what happened. it hurts me dearly. there was some terrible things done? absolutely. but i have to forgive. i can't be angry. >> just about everyone else had their say about michael jackson since his death. now his mother

conrad murray. what do you feel, tito, about conrad murray?> well, i feel that like we're supposed to have forgiving hearts. it doesn't mean i have to forget, have forgiving hearts, yes. i forgive everybody. >> do you forgive him? >> do you forgive him? >> do you all feel that way? >> no. >> you don't? >> no. >> i don't feel that way at all. >> what do you feel? >> i feel like it's just negligence, not on -- it's on his part plus others, and -- and we're yet to know what really, really happened, but i'm not -- i'm -- i'm a forgiving person but not when it comes to that. >> tito, how can you forgive him? this was your brother. >> i'm not saying that i'm not upset about what happened, but i can't go around angry and upset and want to get revenge on all these things like that, you know. things happen, and i'm made to forgive, so i have to forgive. it doesn't mean i have to forget. i haven't forgotten what happened. it hurts me dearly.

resignation of rosie was from district 11 and the term expiration's of chris jones from district 5 and conrad woo from district 4. i can either take questions or invite applicants. supervisor avalos: i know there is one from district 11 who is here. >> good morning. i have been a resident of district 11, the excelsior district for over 25 years. i currently sir as co-chair of the community police advisory board and i am on the steering committee of the excelsior action group which is tasked with revitalizing the commercial corridor from geneva to silver. i'm a member of the excelsior district improvement association and i have been very involved in public safety and lighting in the excelsior district. i have recently retired from the state of california where a was an administrative law judge. i continue to work for the state public utilities commission. i feel like i am well qualified to review and read legislation, to think about priorities for my district and how to bring all of these various policy issues together. [tone] i'm also very interested in building a consensus. i'm a trained med

you can have maryland crabs, conrad crabs, the gold glove gricialtion -- grill, wing and burrito grill. this is a food court and they're flipping burgers as they are calling this the ripken gourmet bur gemplet cal? >> if you're asking me about having a burger named after me. it's a rosetta bur garr -- burger. we'll bring it over to the stadium. now it's available in 30 giant stores. >> now that we're all hungry on this date 30 years ago cal's consecutive streak began. >> boy, that looks good. thanks a lot. more on the man who slipped pass security at a san diego airport. questions are being raised about security at the nation's airport. and abc2 news don harrison straps on a hard hat and steel boots as he finds out what it's like to be a bge lineman. >>> plus 200 of the nation's best sperls are in washington, d.c. we'll take you to the national spelling competition where the preliminaries are just getting underway. Ñq x[ >>> the academy prides itself on educating future leaders. now they're focusing on leadership for girls. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: these young ladies are

i worked with the organization's there for the aquatic park neighbors, and the friends of conrad square. i have a professional hat to square -- to where saying that we want professional consideration and one for you to be respectful. but the real question is not the kind of amplification test. we want for you to come to the third floor of my unit, and just sit in the living room and listen. listen to the repetitive quacking, the fact that galilleo hosted o.j. simpson's career start. i would like to suggest -- a long time ago, there were shuttles on jitney street. if we could park the tour buses in kirkland or one of the large lots, our people, they can get off anywhere for a reasonable rate. and this would help everyone. i felt that we have some consideration, and i hate to criticize this -- >> good afternoon, supervisors. i live on lumber and powell. the ordinance that was passed, they outlined the zone for the north beach. i want to say that there is huge disappointment, as part of someone who was part of the petition drive, this weekend alone, 32 buses violated the ordinance. the nei

. >> kent conrad.esterday are acting so responsibly. ron widen. i tell you what, a tip of the hat to dick durbin, who dared to vote for simpson-bowles. there are democrats that are on the honor roll, but i tell you what, the senate -- >> collectively not getting anything done. the chart that joe just showed, what does that bode for us? >> technically in three or four years, the imf would be here if that continues. and one of the things that i think that we should have been doing is have a treasury secretary, as much as i like a lot of what tim geithner has done, he should be providing some analysis to the democrats. the three democrats you mentioned are financially literate. a vast number of the senate democrats are not financially literate. kent conrad knows more about the budget than republicans or democrats. he's been very straight. every time i've spoken to him he said it's a clear path. dave cody, who is the ceo of honeywell put together a lot of the notes of what happens with simpson-bowles. he i

. >> what do you feel, tito about conrad murray?rts, and that doesn't mean i have to forget. we have forgiving hearts, and i forgive everybody. >> do you forgive him? >> yes, we are supposed to, and we are supposed to feel that way. >> i don't feel that way at all. >> how do you feel? >> i feel it is negligence and it is on his part plus others, and we are yet to know what really, really happened, but i'm a forgiving person, but not when it comes to that. >> how can you forgive him as your brother? >> i am not saying that i am not upset about what happened, but i can't go around angry and upset and want to get revenge and all of these things like that, because things happen, and i'm made to forgive. so i have to forgive. doesn't mean i have to forget. i have not forgotten what happened and it hurts me dearly. some terrible things done? absolutely. i have to forgive, and i can't be angry. >> it is interest, because i interviewed a number of conrad murray's patients who all defended him to the hilt. you know, the impression i got look