mok execution is one of the force forms of torture. >> conroy obtained anonymous letters from someonechicago p.d. he broke the story wide open. >> conroy uncovered a widespread pattern of violence and racism within the department. man. >> a huge white man. cotton top of a desk, and literally kicked my areas out of a care. i had my hands behind my back, in a hoop in the wall. i found out he was john burge. >> reporter: john burge is a former commanding police department commander and a dark face in this history. burge was accused of using torture tactics that he learnt during his time in vietnam. by 1993, in a swirl of headlines a review board determined burge used torture and fired him. conroy says burge is not the only one to blame. >> so many systems failed here that blaming it on him is really a mistake. he didn't need the torture, he joined the police force anywhere to brutality. >> reporter: why were you so tenacious with this though? >> people were going to die. nobody was doing anything. there were a dozen men on death row there on the basis of suspect confessions. >> ronald ki

sean conroy pitches a-0 shut out against the admirals. he is openly gay a first for professional baseball. >> if you can play you can play it does not matter your sexual orientation, whatever...if you want something, do it. >> his teammates idea to wear something special to honor ride and they could not be more proud. goal let pitcher hopes the message reaches beyond the bay area. >> anyone can play this game does not discriminate. it is a fair game. >> the fans love the game and the message. >> i am out pitcher starting it is phenomenal. it does not happen. it is cool to see it. i am limited it is if my community and i could be part of it. >> the game may have served as a platform for gay rights but conroy served up a big win. >> he is here because he can pitch and he deserved a chance to pitch proxly. he can get guys out. >> winning team making history. >> happening today madam treassue will unveil the star of "orange is the new black," is honored to be part of the legacy and no word who will be on hand for the celebration. >> less chan

the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. in this chamber, where the people's house gathers, we pause to offer you gratitude for gift of this good lapped on which we live and for this great nation which you have inspired in developing over so many years. continue to inspire the american people, that through the ebb and flow of our shared history we might keep liberty and justice alive in our nation and in the world. give to us and all people a vivid sense of your presence, that we may learn to understand each other respect each other, work with each other, live with each other and do good to each other. so, shall we make our nation great in goodness and good in its greatness. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands appr

but conroy is the only active one to do so.e exstatic about that win tonight. >> it was so great out there and so great to see all that support. deb, thanks. >>> a warm night for baseball all over the bay area. some in the temperatures in the inland bay valleys still in the upper 70s and low 80s. these were the highs we had today. 89 in napa. 90 in santa rosa. these are the big numbers, 102 in antioch. 103 in livermore. a really hot day inland. look at the bay area. 79 in oakland not so bad. 86 in hayward. it was kind of the impression against this heat that was trying to come this way and they met right there. that's about where the line got drawn. the inland bay temperatures stayed hot. tomorrow is going to be the same deal. in san francisco everything is lit up for san francisco pride weekend. it's going to be a beautiful day for that a beautiful weekened for that as well. we're tracking the fog which is the first mechanism for the cooling. you can see it trying to get in. it will come in patchy tonight and it will come in p

. >> reporter: we met sharon conroy at the memorial garden for the families of victims of violence, her brother is memorialized as a big eagles fan and fisherman and truck driver. she wanted people to know what kind of of person her brother was. >> he would stick up for anybody he met on the street. he was gunned down during a robbery as he was loading up his delivery truck on baltimore avenue 3:48 a.m. a description was provide to the police, but he has not been captured. >> i don't want this guy to get away with this deed. i don't want this guy out on the street hurting somebody else else. sharon conroy lost her only son to violence back in 2008 the starbucks manager at the marriott was randomly attacked and killed by five simon gratts high school students. >> this is my way of honoring my brother. and hopefully catching his killer. through the citizens crime commission, the family is offering a ten thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, if you know anything anything at all call the crime commission at 215-546-tips. in upper chichester, i'm dann cu

sean conroy said it has nothing to do with what goes open between the white line. >> sexual orientation. if you want something do it. >> cop provide pitched a shut out and the impressive performance came on pride night at ball part and team members came up with the idea, look, they wore rainbow socks to honor conroy. >> yes they d. >> imagine getting paid to relax. >> for some employees it is a reality with an >> coming up, continuing coverage of the historic marriage ruling from the united states supreme court we go to san francisco to the south bay as celebrations are underway to talk about the landmark ruling at 4:00 and 5:00. >> denver technical c.e.o. wants emmy hes to take vacation son he is give them $7,50020 do it on top of the standard 15 days paid vacation. >> there are three rules: no checking work e-mail, text or calls. no working, period. and you actually have to go on vacation. if you done go on vacation and try to use the money for home improvement or whatever you have to give it back. >> according to the "san francisco chronicle" the company introduced paid-paid vacation

acknowledging starting pitcher shawn conroy as the first openly gay pro baseball player.as the story. >>reporter: beautiful evening sonoma stomach perfect baseball sonoma stomach perfect baseball. blue sky. warm sun. rainbow. >> having all the fans here. having parade nature just amazing. >>reporter: shawn first professional start pitches a shut out against the admirals. openly game. first for professional baseball. >> if you can play you can play >> if you can play you can play. so it doesn't matter your sexual orientation. whatever. just the if you love something, do it. >>reporter: it was his teammate idea to wear something special to honor pride night and they couldn't be more proud of him. fellow pitcher john hopes the message reaches beyond the bay area. >> anybody can play. davis. female baseball player. this game doesn't discriminate against nichbility it's a fair game. >> good eye. >>reporter: the fans love the game. and the message. >> out pitcher starting is phenomenal. just doesn't happen so it's really cool to see it and thrilled that it is in my community an

acknowledging starting pitcher shawn conroy as the first openly gay pro basell player. katie has the story. >>reporter: beautiful evening noma stomach perfect baseball sonoma stomach perfect baseball. blue sky. warm sun. rainbow. >> having althe fans here. having parade nature just amazg. >>reporter: shawn first professional start pitches a shut out against the admirals. openly game. first for professional basall. >> if you can play you can play >> iyou can play you can play. so it doesn't matter your sexual orientation. whatever. just the if you love something, do it. >>reporter: it was his teammate idea to wear something special to honor pride night and they couldn't be more proud of him. fellow pitcher john hopes the message reaches beyond the bay area. >> anybody can play. davis. female baseball player. this game doesn't discriminate against nichbility 's a fair game. >> good eye. >>reporter: the fans lovehe game. and the message. >> out pitcher starting is phenomenal. just doesn't happen so it's really cool to see it and thrilled that it is in my community and i ca

acknowledging starting pitcher shawn conroy as the first openly gay pro baseball player.autiful evening sonoma stomach perfect baseball sonoma stomach perfect baseball. blue sky. warm sun. rainbow. >> having all the fans here. having parade nature just amazing. >>reporter: shawn first professional start pitches a shut out against the admirals. openly game. first for professional baseball. >> if you can play you can play >> if you can play you can play. so it doesn't matter your sexual orientation. whatever. just the if you love something, do it. >>reporter: it was his teammate idea to wear something special to honor pride night and they couldn't be more proud of him. fellow pitcher john hopes the message reaches beyond the bay area. >> anybody can play. davis. female baseball player. this game doesn't discriminate against nichbility it's a fair game. >> good eye. >>reporter: the fans love the game. and the message. >> out pitcher starting is phenomenal. just doesn't happen so it's really cool to see it and thrilled that it is in my community and i can be a part of it. >>r

conroy pitched a shut out. night and team members had this idea wearing rainbow socks to honor conroy. >> they had to play in the heat yesterday, too. >> not so bad if you are going to either game i will show you the forecast and both teams are in town this weekend. good morning everyone, we will look at the winds 18 miles per hour at fairly and 12 at sfo and the clouds though are bringing in, with the winds picking up this afternoon from 2:00 until 8:00 this evening north of the bay bridge through the delta and it will be brick for the ferry ride or if you take the boat on the bay it could be choppy the beautiful weather is going to develop to me, thunderstorms are beautiful but it will be potentially dangerous, too. with lightning possibly sparking some fires so there is a red flag warning tomorrow and tomorrow and spilling into sunday the this is how it looks from sutro tower, the clouds are encroaching on van and -- on san francisco. look at this from the east bay hills, the moisture is coming at you there

. >> reporter: what makes this all the more painful sharon conroy lost her only son to violence, sean the starbucks manager was randomly attacked and killed in a subway concourse by five simon gratz high school students. >> this is my way of honoring my brother and hopefully catching his killer. >> reporter: through the citizens crime commission, the family is offering a ten thousand dollar reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. if you know anything, anything at all call the crime commission 215-546-tips. the in upper chichester, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the phillies are in the market for a new manager ryan sandberg abruptly resign yesterday camping nearly everyone off guard including the front office, annie mccormick has reaction from fans. >> reporter: this is a shock to so many people, ryan sandberg said he's been thinking about this for several weeks and came to the decision on his own. >> this afternoon i was shocked. >> i said i'm going to the phillies game, they said he they will be playing without a manager. i said is he sick. >> reporter:

sean conroy came out to his parents when he was 16. he's been open ever since, but not with his team until recently. last night, he had his first start since that moment for the sonoma stompers. the team celebrated pride night, the players wore rainbow socks to support them. >> if you can play you can play. it doesn't matter the sexual orientation. if you love something, do it. >> we carry more about your batting average. >> and mlb has confirmed that conroy is the first openly gale active pro baseball player. >> teammates just going, just win. >>> kari hall has been watching the forecast. we know there are a lot of -- including the pride celebration in san francisco. a little more comfortable than we've seen the last couple days. >> especially this weekend, but it's already starting to heat up as we go into the afternoon. right now it's 85 degrees in the east bay peninsula 74 degrees, san francisco at 69. 81 in the north bay, and expect it to top out at 90 for the north bay, while san francisco makes it up to 72. you can see that suns

. >> conroy pitched a shut out with the impressive performance on pride night at the ballpark.d what the idea and you can see that, they wore rainbow socks to honor conroy. >> today, madame tussauds will have the first ever transgender model day bug at the museum in time for the pride celebration, the star of "orange is the new black," and cox is honored she say, and no word if cot will be on hand. >> didn't the players look hot and sweaty at the softball game? >> absolutely not that way tonight. much calmer but the heat is moving to the east and we could secret a record high for the third day in a row if lake tahoe and throw thunderstorms into had and that is why we have a red flag warning with high fire danger starting at 2:00 this afternoon influence sunday so be careful if you are in the high country this weekend. at home, look at the fog quarter-mile visibility at half moon bay and it is encroaching pop the golden gate bridge is watch out as you cross that, it will be more difficult to get an san francisco and the coast because of the cloud cover. you can see it is moving

the stompers general manager said conroy was very eager to be identified as the first openly gay player 6:40. california firefighters are encountering a new kind of danger on the front lines. the close call that almost ended in disaster. >> i'm kiet do live in mountain view where google's latest fleet of self-driving cars hit the streets this week. we have a live >>> time for a look at what's coming up on cbs this morning. norah o'donnell joins us from new york. >> reporter: good morning. we are following some major breaking news. there appear to be at least different terrorist attacks in tunisia and france this morning so we are going to bring in our terrorism analyst. plus also john blackstone flies on a training mission to find out how the california drought is making firefighting more difficult. dr. holly phillips on increase in illness from contaminated fool water. and 1999 world cup winner brandy chastain is in studio 57. we want to talk to her about the big match tonight for team usa. >> taking on china tonight. >> thank you. >>> stocks in tesla motors jumped after an influential

the stompers general manager said conroy was eveninger to be identified as the first onlily gay playerorning. the warriors need help like google and if you did a search at their top pick in this morning,'s draft this is what you find. >> the golden state warriors select devon looney. >> reporter: they selected the 6-time power forward to was on the pac-12 all freshman team averaging over 11 points and nine rebounds a game. he was expected to go higher so he had to wait before hearing his name called. >> it was nerve-racking. i got a little stiff and sore sit there is a long time a long wait. you don't know what he is going to happen. you have one of the opportunities to learn from the best organization in the league. >> the giants had a run scoring appetite yesterday. good thing because the padres were hungry, too. bottom of the 7th giants 7-2. crawford off the bricks in right field buster posey scores. crawford into third with one of the giants' four triples in the game. san diego cut the deficit to nine 9-8 with a 6-18th but the giants counter back. posey drives in two runs. giants w

last night in sonoma becoming the first pro baseball player to come out as gay. 23-year-old sean conroy pitched a three hit complete game shutout for the sonoma stompers. and his teammates congratulated him after that victory. what's more the right-hander was making his first start for that team. >>> kpix 5 is hosting a call to action telethon to benefit bay area domestic violence groups right now. here's a live look at the phone bank. in a bit we'll check in with roberta gonzales on today's fundraising. female announcer: time is running out to get the hottest deal on a new mattress. sleep train's 4th of july sale is ending soon! right now at sleep train save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and serta icomfort. big savings and interest-free financing? these deals aren't just hot, they're explosive! sleep train's 4th of july sale is ending soon! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> all day kpix 5 has been hosting a telethon to raise money for domestic violence groups in the bay area. >> your ge

. >>> 23-year-old pitcher scene conroy led the team to o victory. the community yet, maybe, maybe soon, i just love being out there. i hope that people can follow my example. >> the sonoma stompers is a minor league team. they were having gay pride night last night. >> i love all of the rain bows out there. >> speaking of that, we are on a supreme court watch. the landmark decision that could make same sex marriages legal in the united states. >>> and what oakland police have learned about the disappearance of an 18-year-old college student 18 years ago and how a dog may have played a major role. gÑ . >>> will the future of same-sex marriage be ruled on today. >> and a terrorist attack at an american factory in france. the grizzly discovery at the front gates and the links to islamic terrorists. mornings on 2 continues. >>> good morning and welcome to mornings on 2. the decision could just come down in time for san francisco gay pride weekend. we have more with tara moriarty on how people there are getting ready for

we met sharon conroy at a memorial garden.er is memorialized here as a phillies fan and fisherman and truck driver. she wanted people to know what kind of person her brother was. >> he would stick up for anybody he thought an injustice was happening to. >> reporter: he was gunned down while loading his truck at 3:48 a.m. a witness provided this description of the killer to police, but he has not been captured. >> i don't want this guy out on the street hurting somebody else. >> reporter: what makes this more painful sharon lost her son to violence, 36-year-old sean patrick convoy, the starbucks manager was randomly jumped and killed by five simon gratz students. >> this is my way of honoring my brother and hopefully camping his killer. >> reporter: through the citizens crime commission, the family is suffering a ten thousand dollar reward leading to an arrest and conviction, if you know anything anything at all call the crime commission at 215-546-tips. in upper chichester, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the white ho

the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray.we strive to be one nation indivisible, constant in vigilance and seeking liberty and justice for all. because we are too weak to find total accomplishment in these things, we place our trust in you. help us to be a virtueous people, responsible for upholding the sound principles that brought our country into being.

. >> reporter: we met sharon conroy at the memorial garden for the families of violence in upper chichester. her brother tom is memorialized as an eagles and phillies fan fisherman and truck driver. >> he would stick up for anybody he met on the street that he thought an injustice was happening today. >> reporter: he was gunned down during a robbery when he was loading up his delivery truck on june 9th. it happened at 3:48. a witness provided this description of the killer to police, but he he has not been captured. >> i don't want this guy to get away with this deed. i don't want this guy out on the streets hurting somebody else. >> reporter: what makes this more painful, sharon lost her only son to violence who is memorialized here, back in 2008 the starbucks manager was randomly attacked and killed in a subway concourse by five simon gratz high school students. >> you don't know what to do, you feel like you have to do something, this is my way of honoring my brother and hopefully camping his killer. >> reporter: through the citizens crime commission, the family is offering a ten thousan

. >> reporter: sean conroy became the first openly gay active pro baseball player.g pitcher but earned a starting spot and recently came out to his team. >> he was accepted immediately because he is a very good pitcher. he's a great guy. >> reporter: the stompers are not affiliated with major league baseball but are a professional independent team. tonight was gay pride night. players wore rainbow socks for sean. >> i love all the support. you have to think in this day and age that a lot of people are going to be supportive but you never know. just having all the fans here and having pride night, it was just amazing. >> reporter: in the end, a complete game shutout, 11 strikeouts on 140 pitches, he won the game and won many hearts. it may look like a small baseball game, but tonight's message was anything but small rvelgs. >> if you can play, you can play. doesn't matter your sexual or orientation orientation. if you love something do it. >> nice story. and rick welts tweeted he's proud to share this moment with several athletes. wambach wambach's team defeated chin

shawn conroy of the sonoma stompers, he's a pitcher. the 23-year-old independent league pitcher came out prior to the team's -- he proceeded to throw a three-hit shutout. he struck out 11. this story has been getting national attention. shawn was nice enough to stop by our studios in san francisco today and talked with me about it. >> how do you feel about getting all this attention? >> right now, it's overwhelming. i mean it's only been a couple of days out. just already the amount of people talking about it is just surreal. >> heck of a pitcher too. he's not given up a run all season long. good for you, shawn. >> an all-star voting update. national league catcher, buster posey with almost 8 million votes. he's pulled away from the field. second only to the nats outfielder bryce harper in total national league votes. >>> other notables brandon crawford, second among short stops. almost 3 million votes behind jhonny peralta of the cardinals. nor i eye oak i is holding steady. fourth place. bruce bochy is the skipper. >> of course, if i

prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we pray for the gift of wisdom to all with great responsibility in this house for the leadership of our nation. may all the members have the vision of our nation respect and understanding are the marks of civility and honor and integrity are the marks of one's

chaplain conroy: let us pray.

. >> reporter: shawn conroy became the first openly gay active pro baseball player. he's been the team's closing pitcher but earned a starting spot and recently came out to his team. >> he was accepted immediately because he is a very good pitcher, he's a great guy. >> the stompers are not affiliated with major league baseball but are a professional independent team. tonight was gay pride night. players wore rainbow socks for shawn. >> i love all the support. i mean you've got to think in this day in age that a lot of people are going to be supportive, but you never know. but just having all the fans here and having pride night, it was just amazing. >> reporter: in the end, a complete game shutout. 11 strikeouts on 140 pitches. he won the games and won many hearts. it may look like a small baseball game but tonight's message was anything but small. >> if you can play you can play. so it doesn't matter your sexual orientation, whatever. just, if you love something, do it. >> reporter: ian pool "nbc bay area news." >>> well the effort to reach an agreement to curb iran

sean conroy wore rainbow colored socks to mark the event. the crowd seemed more impressed with his performance over his pioneering efforts as he led the minor league team to a victory. >> it doesn't matter your sexual orientation, whatever, just if you love something, do it. >> he was recruited out of college in may. he shared his sexual orientation with teammates and management before coming out for gay pride night. >> coming up, live from doha, one person was decapitate as a gas factory in france. the suspect there is under arrest. >> there was an attack at a mosque in kuwait. 27 people were killed near capital of tunisia. the latest on all three deadly attacks just ahead. thanks for watching. a soledad o'brien special report only on al jazeera america >> on al jazeera america >> technology...it's a vital part of who we are... >>they had some dynamic fire behavior... >> and what we do... don't try this at home! >> tech know where technology meets humanity... only on al jazeera america >> hello welcome to the news hour live from doha. an at

they rechristened it conroy field who was the commander who died. it took them in next to day. they did take the airfield. by the 18th, the americans have most of the southern part except for the extreme southern part. the marines pivoted north to roll up the island while the army mops up in the south. [inaudible] it was the battle officially of philippine sea but was also called the great mariana turkey shoot. for five hours, they ran roughshod. they killed 425 japanese aircraft and they killed 65 of the remaining 100 japanese planes the next day which broke the back of the japanese naval air power. they sang three carriers and damaged a fourth and sank to oil tankers. the japanese did not have the same logistic line we had our not able to replace any of that. for that reason, the navy and air was not a factor for the rest of the war. they were just tearing up the japanese navy and air force. over the next several days, now that they did not have to worry about japanese air or naval bombardment, they could breathe easier. they were rolling up north and now they were moving thr

prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we pray for the gift of wisdom to all with great responsibility in this house for the leadership of our nation. may all the members have the vision of our nation respect and understanding are the marks of civility and honor and integrity are the marks of one's character. give them the grace to see the best and those with whom they find disagreement and the courage to move together with them towards solutions that best serve our great nation. bless us this day and every day and may all that is done within these hallowed halls be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal's last day's proceedings and announces his approval thereof. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise. mr. wilson: pursuant to clause 1, rule 1 i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: the question is on agreeing to the approval of the journal. tho

they rechristened it conroy field who was the commander who died. it took them in next to day. they did take the airfield. by the 18th, the americans have most of the southern part except for the ridge in the extreme southern part. the marines pivoted north to roll up the island while the army mops up in the south. out in the ocean, a task force had met the japanese fleet. what ensued was officially called the battle of philippine sea. it was also referred to as the great mariana turkey shoot. for five hours, the americans grand roughshod over the japanese. they killed 425 japanese aircraft and they killed 65 of the remaining 100 japanese planes the neck today. this really broke the back of the japanese naval air power. they sank three carriers and damaged a fourth and sank two oil tankers. the japanese did not have the same logistic line we had our not able to replace any of that. for that reason, the navy and air was not a factor for the rest of the war. other than the kamikazes, they really did not play a part. you see this pilot here, he became an ace in one day. five plane

the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we strive to be one nation indivisible, constant in vigilance and seeking liberty and justice for all. because we are too weak to find total accomplishment in these things, we place our trust in you. help us to be a virtueous people, responsible for upholding the sound principles that brought our country into being. may law and order not only be words echoing in the halls of government and the courts of this land but words describing how all americans live out their citizenship and ownership of the commonwealth of our great nation. bless the members of this people's house who have been entrusted by their constituents to usher an ever-greater future into existence in our land. may they model for all americans class openness and honesty in the work they do. may everything done here this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to th

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the prayer will be offered today by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. loving god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. guide the members of this people's house with the spirit of understanding which might lead them to their best judgment. we live in a world of human failure and broken promises. may they be tolerant of the faults of others because they are aware of their own. -- of their own shortcomings. bless all with a quiet respect for the diversity of opinions to be found here. through honest dialogue and contemplative listening, may your servants search all the avenues open to them to meet today's challenges with integrity and justice. may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approve. for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of t

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chaplain conroy: let us pray. dear god, we give you thanks for givings us another day. there are many important issues facing our nation, concerns about immigration, our national security, our personal privacy, the economy and levels of unemployment. bless abundantly the members of this people's house. help them to see new ways to productive service fresh approaches to understanding each other, especially those across the aisle, and renewed commitment to solving the problems facing our nation. may they and may we all be transformed by your grace and better reflect the sense of wonder, even joy at the opportunities to serve that are ever before us. all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i