and then when i decided to rescue cats, it had to be maine coons. >> so all of the maine coons that you have under your care they are all in foster homes right now? >> yes. we foster in our homes and go to know our kitties and we work very hard to make sure that when we do an adoption it's a fit for the family and the cat. of in a family has young children, we want to be sure that the kitty will run towards the children when they come to the house and not run under the bet if a family has young children. so we rescue our cats from shelters and from the street and private parties. >> wonderful. so a little more about elliott smith himself. how did he get his name? >> we have some fabulous photographer, diana elliott and christopher smith and they were over taking pictures and elliot smith that's how his name came about. it's a great name. >> he has a first and last name. very good. an how old? >> about 3, 3.5. >> he is available for adoption. to find out more about maine coon adoptions or mr. elliot smith go to our website, kpix.com to "links and numbers." elaine, thanks for joining us.

the extraordinary of work of jeff coons ahead. e night's even, a smarter start to your day.nings on al jazeera america >>> he makes 10s of millions of dollars turning balloon animals in to art. contemporary artist jeff coons has been called provocative for transforming throwing away objects in to massive installations now a new york museum has just opened a display of his most comprehensive collection. daniel i was gus a look. >> reporter: think every day household objects, add light, glass cases and suddenly vacuum cleaners become heart. in 1980 this was one of the first big works by a man who has taken the art world by storm. >> jeff is one of the most important artists have emergeed in the post war era not just in america. he's done an a makes job of breaking boundaries in materials of art and popular culture, the market, celebrity. he's really pushed the limit and the envelope of what an artist can do today. >> reporter: now 35 years in to a remarkable career a retrospective of his work takes overall four floors of the top contemporary art venue in the united states. nev

coons coops mr. president, i hav--mr. coons: mr. chairman, i have never been more opt miss 12eubg about africa and for the united states' partnership with africa than i am today. every year i host a conference in my home state of delaware called opportunity africa that brings together delawareans and for instance, leaders from across our country and from the continent interested in building and strengthening new ties. every year it's grown in the participation, in the scope of issues we look at, and in the number of delaware businesses interested in the opportunities in this continent of 54 countries, and at this past march's kfns, president clinton delivered the keynote. the hunger to build new relationships is undeniable. what's required of us is to think anew and dedicate ourselves to building partnerships of mutuality and that last. in this chamber, that will mean passing a reauthorized africa growth and opportunity act that does more to facilitate real two-way trade than the current law and to take up and pass the bipartisan po

before we do, his timing is perfect, senator chris coons has joined us. and yields on making an opening statement. let's go ahead to the witnesses. the first witness is leslie caldwell, the head of the criminal division at the department of justice and was confirmed on may 15th, 2014. she oversees nearly 600 attorneys who prosecute federal criminal cases across the country. she has dedicated most of her professional career to handling criminal cases having served as the director of the enron task force and as a federal prosecutor in new york and california. after her testimony, we'll hear from joseph demarest who is the assistant director for the fbi's cyber division. he joined the fbi as a special agent in 1988 and has held several leadership positions within the bureau serving as, for instance, head and assistant director of the international operations division and as the assistant director in charge of the new york division. he was appointed to his current position in 2012, and i have to say that i have had the chance to work very closely with mr. dem

did >>> jeff coons is an influential and contemporary artist. now a comprehensive collection of his work is on splay at new york whitney's museum. >> reporter: think every day household objects. add light, glass cases and vacuum cleaners becomar. in 1980, this was one of the first big works by a man who has taken the art world by storm. >> jeff coons, i think, is one of the most important artists to emerge in the post war era. he has done an amazing job of breaking boundaries in terms of art and culture. market, celebrity. he's pushed the limit and number of of what an artist can bep. 35 years into a remarkable career, a retrospective of his work takes over all four floors of the top contemporary art venue in the united states. never before has the museum done this for a single artist. there's few as influential as jeff coons, who mixes the mundane with the extraordinary. >> objects and images, they are metaphors for this, for self acceptance, and the acceptance of others. and so just to accept things as they are, perfect in their own being, for

." >> reporter: i'm david murphy and this whyatt, a coon hound puppy who who as broken leg, bun the mend. we'll have more on his story on "action news." >> in pennsylvania there's leadership at a very special school. lisa thomas-laurey explains why the job has special meaning. >>> plus a check of the accuweather forecast have you seen tom corbett's negative ad with this actress. it's just not true. and more of the same from corbett. tom wolf's company is headquartered and files taxes right here in pennsylvania. and it's tom wolf who'll be the governor we need. he'll make the gas companies pay up to fund our schools. build a 21st century infrastructure. and restore manufacturing for the jobs we need today. take a look at his plan for yourself. tom wolf. a fresh start for pennsylvania. >> right now on "action news," storm tracker 6 live double scan live shows heavy showers push you go through parts of the area. let's head outside to chris sowers where the rain has started on our city avenue location. >> reporter: actually it's pouring. i think this puts an end to the weekend winning streak

the extraordinary work of jeff coons. the night's events, a smarter start to your day.ngs on al jazeera america >>> you are looking at live pictures of the correct cruise ship costa concordia making its final voyage in italy. it's been two and a half years since it rana ground with more than 4200 passengers aboard, 32032people died in that disast, tug boats are taking it to its final resting place. >>> finally tonight contemporary artist jeff coons has been called provocative for transporting throw away objects in to massive art. now a new york museum has a competence i ever look at his collection. daniel gives us a look. >> reporter: take every day household objects, add light, glass cases and suddenly vacuum cleaners become art. in 1980 this was one of the very first big works by a man who has taken the art world by storm. >> jeff koons is one of the most important artist is breaking down art and popular culture, market, celebrity. he's really pushed the limits and the envelope of what an artist can be today. >> reporter: now 35 years in to a remarkable career, a retr

hate about coon for july. take a look for these numbers thursday eight 46789 friday the same. saturday only 81. cloud cover. yesterday not much better. today 86 with still below average high, of 87, so the the question is where is all of the warmth. it is out west, where 90's and 100's are and all that will be moving east ward a little bit later this week. it will in the last that long but we will feel impact of the heat and humidity over next couple of days. storm scan three showing a few cloud lifting our way from the disturbance to the south which will stay to the south, right now in philadelphia 83. seventy-nine in wilmington. clouds in millville at 77. eighty-three in allentown. eighty-two in reading. for your tuesday high pressure will be moving off the new england sea board, and we will see temperatures in the 80's. the system to the south bringing some humidity north ward and we will have a cold front from the west squeezing all that warmth towards us, so 80's for your tuesday, 90's for your wednesday. this will be the peak of the heat and humidity with showers and sto

delaware senator chris coons also attended, and told "action news" of his hope for a negotiated cease-fire. the as a member of the senate appropriations committee he will vote tomorrow on an emergency bill to provide more than 200 million-dollar more in u.s. aid to israel, for so-called iron dome missle defense system. >>> the rest of the world is worried about possible israeli war crimes in gaza. united nations human rights council voted 29-one to i been investigate alleged abuses. only no vote the united states. the u.n. says three in four palestinians killed have been civilian, among most shocking was death of four children on a gaza beach. but israel also blamed hamas for using civilians as human shields, which is itself a war crime, if true. >>> in other news tonight nazi guard accused of war crimes died in custody before he could be sent from philadelphia to germany to stand trial. johann briar admitted serving in the sf in auschwitz but denied he helped in the killing of the 216,000 holocaust victims. after the war he moved to northeast philadelphia where he lived for more than 60 y

. >> we are doing terk we can to minimize couldn't -- coon sumsings. >> the vandals had scattered backs of chalk and they believe this was answer attack and the damage is estimated to be up to $12,000. >>> and base report showed up to $12.25 per hour and that one is backed by nonprofit groups which won an exemptings from the increase. higher minimum wage would have to reduce the number of jobs to needy workers workers to none -- none county deals. today's vote is expected to end more than a year after heated political dates and it raises doubts on whether it will stay in oakland and it comes just a week after the new owner agreed to change last minute changes to the original lease contract. >>> it is 5:11 an elderly woman robbed at an "a" tm, the information family police had to go on. >> one woman's actions return it to the ocean. >>> and they have just cleared an accident at the bay bridge stole plaza and dark bridge toll plaza and we will tell you what happened. >>> most of it missed us by this much and it will not be missing up in the sierra nevada, most of it is up in the high plai

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. >>> i'm david murmur, this is whyatt a coon hound puppy who is recovering from a busted leg. we'll have more on white and his story coming up on "action news." >> now, for chris sowers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm eva pilgrim. we'll see you back here at 9:00 a.m. >>> good morning, america. terror in the cabin. a s.w.a.t. team storming a plane after one of the passengers threatens to blow it up. >> hands up of the get your hands up! >> it's a crisis involving american fighter jets, panicked passengers and then a cruel twist at the end. breaking details this morning. >>> weekend wipeout. 100 million people in the crosshairs of severe summer storms from high winds to dangerous lightning. it's going to be a weekend of wicked weather, so are you in the danger zone? >>> crime and punishment. the nfl under fire this morning for its response for the case of baltimore ravens star ray rice who assaulted his wife. critics say the league does not take domestic violence seriously enough. >>> and we go inside comic-con, the biggest geek fest on the

family rapidly makes adjustments, a tent like cocoa coon on the bed, light hurts henry's eyes so he wears hats and sunglasses outdoors. he has found thanks to coke tree area implants, but that was tough choice. >> wasn't until we got the definitive that there was something one his eyes that we had to go forward with the coke lee air implants. that will in itself is controversial, because there is plenty of successful folks that don't have any challenge, it is just not a route we wanted to go for henry. we wanted him to have more. >> him -- henry has all kind of energy as he bounces off to school. ' toss grab a cane these days, but the way he bound out the door, not too much is falling this kid down. >> i just want him to be happy and do something awesome with his life. a deaf and blind kid doing anything he wants? that's awesome. >> that was fox 29's karen hepp reporting. now the family holding big family fundraiser for research into usher syndrome. help henry see and hear is this sunday in medford. for more information, just go to our website myfoxphilly.com. >>> 5:18 right now, in your

it was a hazardous time for defending champion coons who went down but was able to connect patching himthe fly. just edging out alexander christoph. third win in four stages for kittle that wasn't enough to give him the over all lead that still belongs to italy's novali. tomorrow they go on an up and down 27-mile. >>> the america's cup isn't coming back to san francisco but it won't be in chicago either. chicago eliminated today as san diego and bermuda are the last two choices. >>> and thank you for joining us tonight. >> our next newscast starts at 4:30 in the morning. >> good night. >> good night. yello? house of the future. phil, you have two whole days to yourself. please tell me you're not gonna spend them trying to wire the house to your ipad. nope, 'cause i've already done it. (man) showers and thunder-- great. now go out and see some friends. i'm headed out now. i have a third showing at that colonial. cam gave me a free pass to his gym. i am-- not too bright. - hmm. - i am-- - dim! - (manny laughs) honey, if you could hear yourself. promise me you'll go outside and play. miss

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. >> likely it will get worse, making changes, tent like co-can coon on the bed, light hurts henry's eyes, so he wears hats, sunglasses outdoors. henry does have sounds now, thanks to coke lee air implants. even that was tough choice. >> it wasn't until we got the definitive that there was something up with his eyes that we had to go forward with the implants. that in itself is controversial. because there is plenty of successful folks who don't have the calling inning, not a route we wanted to go for henry. we wanted him to have more. >> henry has all kind of energy, as he bounces off to school. he's got to grab a cane these days, but the way he bound out the door, not too much is falling this -- slowing this kid down. >> i just want him to be happy and do something awesome with his life. a deaf/blind kid doing anything he wants? that's awesome. >> karen hepp reporting there. a family is holding a fundraiser for research into usher syndrome help hendley see and hear. it happens tomorrow in medford, new jersey, for more information, head to our website myfoxphilly.com. >>> and still

. >> on the next, the artist jeff coons. >> it's been nice for me to look at some of the images because i don't live with all those pieces so a lot of them are kind of just fresh to me again. >> owned by collectors. >> owned by collectors and you know i tend to live with other art, art by other artists. i'm in my studio all day long. i'm around my work so i don't live directly with my work but it shows to me that it's been fun. i think i've been doing exactly what i've been wanting to do. and it makes me feel more ambitious. i mean, i really would like to do something. i really want to put something on the table. and i think i have been having a dialogue but i want to do more. [captioning made possible by bloomberg television] >> this week on political capital, house foreign affairs committee chairman ed royce in ukraine. what's next for obamacare, congress' to do list. d debate paul ryan's poverty proposals. >> we begin the program with ed royce of california. thank you for being with us.

family rapidly makes adjust manies contrasting colors on the chair rail of the stairs a tent likable coonht hurts henry's iso he wears hats and sunglasses outdoors. he has sound thanks to cochlear implants even that was a tough choice. >> it wasn't until we got the definitive there was something up with his eyes wed to go for it. which in itself is controversial because there's plenty of successful definite blind folks that don't have any access to sun much the not route we wanted to go for henry. we wanted him to have more. >> reporter: henry has all kinds of energy as he bounces off to school. he's got to grab cane these days but the way he bounds out the door, not too much is slowing this kid down. >> i just want him to be happy don something awesome with his life. a definite blind kid doing anything he wants, that's awesome. >> awesome indeed. the family is holding a fundraiser for research into usher syndrome help hen row see and hear is this sunday in medford. for more information head to our website myfoxphilly.com. >>> a close call for a driver involved in a collision with a tract

you coon see here, and, arrival of the storm.e have an a stronger storm closer to home here zooming in on storm scan three, here we are lots of lightening in this cell right here poised to move in lancaster and chester counties, as well, we will track that live, coming up lots of lightening and heavy rain ale we will have update throughout the evening. for now, jessica, back over to you. >>> new at 5:30 police hope this stunning video of a alleged drunk driver will save lives this holiday weekend. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter has message behind this incredible crash. >> reporter: sitting at wheel of his patrol car like this one an officer stopped for the light at this busy intersection suddenly sees a car racing towards him out of the darkness. smashing into three cars, ahead, before plowing into his cruiser. >> very little braking, if anything, and he comes through and starts hitting cars. >> reporter: police chief scott benediction says philip maris drunk and under the influence of narcotics, rammed in the vehicles. v

about the rule of law when you look what is happening on our border all you have to go is back to the coon substitution article 1 section 8 it talks about the congress having authority over nationalization. he does not. look at article 4 section 4 where it talks about the federal government is supposed to protect the states from invasion. any time you have people illegally coming across your border that's what you have. now you have political football trying to make the best hay day out of this situation instead of getting control of it very early on and making sure that we backed up the united states border patrol agents, got the national guard down there, established a process and procedures to quickly identify these individuals and return them back to their homes and change that 2008 law. but now everyone is about to vacate washington, d.c. and what's going to happen here while they are on vacation, all of these illegals are going to show up in schools all across the country and hard working middle income families are going to have to pay for that. >> you know, when i hear the president

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it reflects -- senator coon and senator rubio. rubio. ors koon and three groups that you don't often find in the same line of authors. i want to thank chairman smith and many other colleagues on both sides of the aisle as well as the other side of the capitol for working with us to produce a strong bill that we can support. all three of these bills are products of strong bipartisan efforts, and i urge my colleagues to support them. i thank you and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the entlelady yields back. the gentleman from california. >> i'd reserve my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas has yielded back. sorry. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: mr. speaker, before thank back i'd like to the gentlelady from texas, ms. eddie bernice johnson. i reserve the balance of my time but i am prepared to yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to include an article from "the wall street jo

. >> host: so even if there's not coons traited benefit to the -- concentratedded benefit toss the libertarian cause, there's not as much effort required. >> guest: yeah. i know moms, tea party moms with facebook pages that are bigger than their county gop's, and that's, obviously, at zero marginal cost to them. the cost of using social media, the cost of hitting that button is much lower than a big tv buy or a mass mailing. so reince rebus doesn't have the same -- >> host: the rnc chairman. >> guest: yeah. >> host: but -- yeah, so that is where i was going to go next. for the leadership of both parties, this is potentially very upsetting. almost anybody who's ooh got a -- who's got a hierarchical structure whether it's corporate, political or anything has got to be nervous about some of the democratizing effects of technology and social media. >> guest: yeah. i mean, to not put too fine of a point on it, they're freaking out right now. and they're -- everybody's rick the civil war within the gop -- writing about the civil war within the gop be, but it's really a paradigm shift that's taking p

i first want to acknowledge the work of our colleague, senator coons, the chairman of the subcommittee on africa and the foreign relations committee for the work he has done on behalf of the senate to make this opportunity a real chance to strengthen the economic ties, to strengthen the strategic ties between the countries of africa and the united states. we expect that there will be robust discussions that will be encouraging economic growth, unlocking opportunities and fostering greater ties between our country and africa. one of the areas that i hope will get some debate, discussion during next week's meetings will be a key government trade initiative that makes these ties possible, and that is the africa growth in opportunity act, agoa. agoa provides qualifying sub-sahara countries duty-free access to the u.s. market for a wide variety of products. it was first signed into law in 2000 by president clinton and has been strengthened and extended by congress and both president bush and president obama. agoa enjoins bipartisan support throughout the years because it -- its advocates re

coons: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the proceedings under the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: madam president, i come to the floor today to talk about jobs, about manufacturing jobs in particular. as we here in the senate get ready to leave washington and return home to our states for august, it's become popular in the media to say our legislative work is done, that it's mostly about campaigning. from here on out, for the weeks, the months left until the election in november. after all, we hear reported this is a body so divided, so driven by gridlock and partisanship, we haven't gotten a lot done, and the prospect for getting more done is even less. but though i've certainly been frustrated by the pace of progress at times, madam president, this story not only gets a lot of things wrong, it's counterproductive and at times even self-fulfilling. let me start with the fact that we can and we have gotten important things done together for manufacturing and for our economy and for our states as a whole. last year 26 of my democ

coons: madam president, as you do now, i have just recently had the honor of presiding over this chamber and i've had the opportunity in the hour that i've just finished presiding to listen to our colleagues and to listen as they come to this floor, as you just have, madam president, and speak to the humanitarian crisis unfolding on the southern border of our country. and, sadly, i think truly sadly, i've listened to a whole series of our republican colleagues use this opportunity to line up on the floor and to wail upon our president and complain that this humanitarian crisis is his fault, that it is solely the fault of the president that there are tens of thousands of children coming to the american border unaccompanied seeking refuge in this country, that it is solely his fault. it's tough to even know where to begin, madam president, in responding to these suggestions, but let me try. let me start from my perspective as a member of the senate foreign relations committee. it's important first remember that this is no ordinary issue of border security or of immigration enforcement, thi

expanded an existing list have sanctions against key economic sectors, targeting russian business tie coonsputin's inner circle. >> for quite some time, washington has been urging the europeans to follow suit with similar sanctions, sanctions against parts of the russian economy and trade sector. there is a divide within the european 18 with trade and economic ties with russia, other countries now saying that there has to be a response and a strong one from europe. all of this taking into account the fact that it's going to be very hard for those european foreign ministers to be sitting around the table with in particular the dutch and to come out of that meeting saying well, we're just not going to do anything. we'll keep on eye on what's happening in brussels today. >> let's go to the director of the incidents tuesday for democracy and cooperation and former member of the presidential council. the united states is accusing russia of providing that surface to air missile and also the train that go brought down the jet. what is your response to that? >> yesterday, general of russia made the

senator chris coons has joined us. the first witness is leslie caldwell. she's the head of the criminal division at the department of justice. she was confirmed on may 14th. 2014. she hassica dedicated most of h career on handling criminal cases. she served as a federal ausa in us attorney's offices in both new york and california. after her testimony, we will hear from joseph demaris who is the assistant director for the fbi's cyber division. joined as a special agent in 1988 and has held several liedership positions within the bureau serving as head and assistant director of the international operation's division and the assistant director of the new york division. he was appointed in 2012 to his current position and i have had the chance to work very closely with him and i appreciate, very much, the energy and determination that he has brought to this particular arena of combat against the criminal networks of the world and i look forward to his testimony. we will begin with assistant attorney general walledwell. >> thank you for the opportunity to disc

. >> thank you senator coons. senator risch and then senator rubio. >> i appreciate that.let me begin with our party for everyone here is the safety and security of our personnel including the department of defense personnel and the personnel at the embassy given recent events. there has been increased reporting that the isf is increasingly linked or intermingled with shia militia forces. some of these shia militia forces are wearing isf uniforms but it's becoming difficult to distinguish between a shia fighter and an isf personnel greatly have seen open-source reporting that the shia militia could pose a threat to our personnel including potentially our military trainers and others. can you briefly describe number one how we assess the threat of these militiamen and what are we doing to mitigate the risk they pose to our personal given the fact that they are basically embedded and anger mingled with the iraqi security force or smell that we are working side-by-side intentionally with? >> this is exactly what we were trying to assess by going over there and looking unit by

we love them. [ applause ] we've got governor jack markell, senator chris coons, congressman john carneyunty executive tom gordon, and the mayor of wilmington, dennis williams. [ applause ] we've also got two terrific members of my cabinet, transportation secretary anthony foxx is here and treasury secretary jack lew is here. [ applause ] jack lew's signature is actually on your money. although it's kind of i will legeib illegible. we teased him he was going to have to fix his signature because it looks like a caterpillar running along the bottom. the bridge behind me used to carry 90,000 cars every day, 90,000. since last month, it's been closed for repairs. once workers are done repairing it, this bridge will be safer, it will be more reliable for commuters and for commerce, and thanks to a competitive grant program called tiger, a program by the way that was part of the recovery act that we initiated when i first came into office and biden helped to manage, this port is rebuilding a whatever that wi -- wharf that will let wilmington compete with other ports for the biggest cargo ships

durbin, senator heller, senator franken, senator cruz, senator blumenthal, senator tom udall, senator coons and heinrich, markey, klobuchar and whitehouse who have joined on this. this is not a partisan bill. this is not a democratic republican bill. this is a good bill that protects america. i want to note in particular the contributions over many years of senators wyden and mark udall. they worked tirelessly. we cannot let this opportunity go by. this is a debate about americans' fundamental relationship with their government, about whether our government should have the power to create massive databases of information about its citizens or whether we are in control of our own government, not the other way around. i think we have to, i believe we have to impose stronger limits on government surveillance powers. i'm confident that most americans agree with me. i will just close with one quick story that i have used before. about the only thing i have actually saved from a newspaper written about me, i liked it so much i framed it. it's -- as the distinguished presiding officer knows, i liv

. >> thank you, senator coons? >> thank you, chairman menendez. thank you. to ensure we completely eliminate any pathway or iran to acquire nuclear weapon and that we succeed in dramatically limiting their nuclear program. but i remain deeply concerned about some critical and unresolved issues in these negotiations. the status of the iraq heavy water reactor, future of the richmond facility, iran's ongoing ability or hopefully lack thereof to enrich uranium and the military dimensions of the program including in particular those carried out at the parchin facility. that's why i joined chairman menendez and others in calling for a robust and aggressive and thorough investigations and verification regime that would include full compliance and access for inspectors that's been unprecedented. we also called for full iranian disclosure on the military dimensions of the nuclear program and enforcement mechanisms for a future deal. i'm convinced if there is success in negotiations, whether in november, or after the rei o reimpposition of sanctions. we'll be in a di

the nomination of john francis teft to be ambassador to rush yachlt we'll pass the gavel to senator coons. craig allen to be the ambassador and easterly r and earl robert miller to be the ambassador to botswana. and then senator cain chair our next representatives. >> let me first welcome our first nominee, john teft. ambassador teft has been a career foreign service officer since 1972 and deserve at this critical time to be givener conversation of the committee. let me say the gee yoe politics fastly different from what we confronted during the last hearing for u.s. ambassador to russia in 2011. and in my view, we cannot afford to wait to send an ambassador to moscow as senator mccain just urged us to do. before we begin, i just want to express my concern about russia's violation of its obligations under the interimmediate range nuclear forces treaty. russia's violation is a very serious matter. it is vital that it comply with the obligations under the treaty and eliminate any prohibited items in a very fireable manner. the inf treaty is a corner stone of european security and was one of

. >> this is hank, a coon hound. play hard. they're very active, too. they're great with tracking and that type of thing. coonhound, so they can get into lots of weird stuff outside and get really smelly breath. >> so what do you use for that? >> a breath freshener called tooth detail. one lick a day. that's all it takes. completely gets rid of bad breath. he needs it, trust me. then over here we have adka, an american eskimo. she's a sweet dog. these are really devoted dogs. they really love to be with people. great for single people that want to have a buddy. but also for kids. great for kids. we do a lot of shedding, but this type of devotion is important and it's something i put in my books, called "life's a bark." it talks about not just what we can teach our dogs, but more importantly, what they can teach us about life and love. >> we can learn a lot. thank you so much for bringing these three adorable all american breeds to us right now. i'm going to toss it back inside. coming up, the feds dumping illegal imm

this bill, introduced by senators coons and blunt, re-authorizes the funding streams for child abuse advocacy centers which are the first line of providers for victims of child abuse, sexual crimes. there are over 750 child advocacy centers in all 50 states and the district of columbia and four regional centers that provide training and technical assistance to the centers. they are designed to limit additional trauma to victimized children by bringing all of the necessary law enforcement and encies and service providers to sanging, safe place. depend pending on the case they can include child protection and social services, medical care and mental health services. in addition to limiting the trauma for the children, this is an efficient and effective approach to investigating child abuse cases. in 2013 alone, mr. speaker, over 294,000 children were served at child advocacy centers and over 200,000 of those children were victims of sexual abuse. more than 1/3 of the victims seen at the center are under the age of 6 years old and 2/3 are under the age of 13. despite being unauthorized

sanders, harkin, durbin, udall of new mexico, casey, murphy, baldwin, tester, begich, whitehouse, levin, coons. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senator from california. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i'm very proud to be on the floor this evening with some colleagues who i greatly respect, and we have been working so hard across party lines to call the nation's attention to the problems that we're facing funding our transportation system. now, we all know there are many things in the world we can't control, and many that are causing tremendous frustration. i went home this weekend, and my constituents come up to me, and they said, senator, we can't even look at the television set. the tragedies that are unfolding. and they feel that, as i do -- and i know our president does -- that these tragedies that we are witnessing have been born out of historic animosities, and it's very difficult. if we could wave our wand and make things better in all these areas, we would

he was skilled in martial arts and was part of the coon hunting club. he wanted to serve his country as a military policeman and he was assigned to the 716 military police battalion, the 101st brigade, 101st airborne, air assault stationed in kentucky. and he was ultimately deployed in july of 2011. is fellow soldiers commented on him. he was tragically skilled while on patrol in afghanistan. just two weeks before he was to return home to be married. the news devastated his tight knit community of 1,500 people. his heroism gave him the badge star, the medal of valor, the global war on terrorism service medal, army good conduct medal, the nato medal. specialist scott personifies patriotism. given the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. the least we can do is to pay tribute to his bravery and dedication by naming the tyrone post office in his honor, to help preserve his legacy as one of new york's true heroes for generations to come. i urge all my colleagues to support this legislation, and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yie

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