costello: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous material on h.res. 1366. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. costello: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. costello: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.res. 1366, as amended, introduced by the gentleman from illinois, mr. hare, which honors the freight railroad industry and its employees and the important contributions they have made to our nation and the national transportation system. freight raurleds have a long important -- railroads have a long, important history in the united states, beginning in the early 1800's during the industrial revolution. freight railroads played a critical role in the expansion and economic development of the nation. since may 24, 1830, when the baltimore-ohio railroad, now part of the c.f.x., the nation's first common

as our own tom costello reports, it will usher in some big changes. >> reporter: with the stroke of a presidential pen, the new financial regulatory reform law is aimed at curbing the excesses on wall street while protecting average americans who live and work on main street. >> all told, these reforms represent the strongest consumer financial protections in history. [ applause ] >> in history. >> reporter: that will largely come from a new consumer financial protection bureau charged with stopping scams and overseeing nearly every type of loan including mortgages. the bureau will ensure home buyers are qualified for the loans they are getting. lenders will be required to provide credit scores for free. merchants will be allowed to set a $10 minimum for credit card charges and offer discounts for cash, while bank overdraft fees and interest rates will also be regulated. >> consumers should understand what they are getting and not have to worry after they buy something or sign on the dotted line that they didn't understand what they got. >> reporter: for wall street the law establishe

i'm told it would be $925 by costello's tree service. president peterson: to remove the tree? >> right, to remove the tree. and the larger, you know, imprint in the sidewalk, the larger sort of dirt square area, it's really a huge four by nine feet is tremendous, like having a dirt lawn in front of your house. i realize it is a relatively wide sidewalk but it just -- i immediately was -- you know, it also has the water cap on the sidewalk there within that four by nine feet that was, you know, marked off by the white paint that the u.f. representative put on the sidewalk. so it's just -- i really felt that this would -- would just create a very large kind of dirt lawn in front of the house but it would be unfortunate and i'm hoping to keep the square around the tree a bit smaller. again, the meterociderus is aggressive and at this point fair i had -- it seems widely known to be quite damaging to infrastructure. the only thing i found online was information from the -- it's interesting because this is called a new zealand christmas tree, and the only root advice regarding the d

tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> and that's our broadcast for this thursday night. being here with us. i'm brian williams. and we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

be keeping our is to the ground for more developments on this story political analyst christoph costello from berlin thank you. well robert fisk the middle east correspondent for the british daily the independent says the internet stepping on the toes of newspaper and television journalism we've got all these expensive newspapers with huge investigative staffs watching the new york times in london in france and yet we didn't get this story it was the internet that got it this is the most important proof so far that in many ways newspaper journalism is retreating and going along with authority please can i be embedded i mean i'm not imbedded but please can i be embedded can i go with the tenth mountain division can i be with the british army and these reporters are not getting the story and these people this weekend leaks organisation which i have some serious concerns they have managed to do it on a mass bulk scale that we've never seen recently in modern newspaper journalism or television journalism this i think is one of the lessons for us journalists. still to come for you this hour h

costello website an impressive forces gathering in ukraine seaside resort are so vast openings bikers around the world gear up to show off their mettle steves for more head to our team dot com. the russian president has ordered security stepped up at all critical facilities in the north caucuses on wednesday a group of gunmen stormed the hydroelectric station uncovered in about korea leaving two cards dead and destroying two power generators can be to prevent have promised anyone responsible for failing to ensure safety at key infrastructure sites will be dealt with. this isn't a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity and blatant negligence law enforcement bodies and companies should do everything in their power to avert any repetition of events like this in the future and if this does happen again none of the law enforcement or company executives will remain in the job since we've seen nothing similar to this before so we must draw the most serious conclusions from. artie's not is a has the latest now on the hunt for the militants behind the power station attack . it's be

and i've learned this from ann arborist i spoke to and also a fellow named lars costello, a uc-davis consultant to san francisco county on street trees and probably is known to ms. short. i quoted, you know, basically our communication in our email that he really feels -- he wished me good luck. i invited him here tonight in terms of participating in this appeal. i'm so sorry that the bureau of urban forestry isn't on my side and isn't helping me in terms of giving me information about those trees and this tree which, you know, in fact shouldn't have been planted. i wish that they could help advise citizens of san francisco about the safest, best trees to plant and warn us of those trees that are likely to disrupt our systems, even if they've been in there for some number of years, because maybe there is something i could have done years ago to, you know, walled off these roots from growing into the sewer pipe. it is far enough away in terms of feet down below the street, i guess, to meet the city's requirements, but for a 35-foot tree, the roots are growing at least 35 feet away fro

states and nato are doing effectively dirty work for them to enable them to bomb themselves into costello and take control of the region let's be quite clear the largest military base of the united states in europe has been built in kosovo since then so mr howard i deny clearly enjoyed protection at the hague and i don't regard the hague simply as a un impartial tribunal on the mic many people regarded as in washington tribunal there are now questions as to why this is this retrial is taking place well some of it he's. really. was if you like absolved of any guilt because as you say and no evidence but the reason is essentially intimidation numerous people have been killed and costs a lot as a result of that i think they now want to show that some kind of justice in this and that is why we haven't got a trial i've seen nineteen nato countries developing the equivalent to a free hiroshima bombs in a seventy eight days war of aggression against the then federal republic of yugoslavia this is twisting things around and it is coming essentially from nato countries i don't think that serbia se

costello: i thank the gentlelady and, mr. chairman, i rise today in support of h.r. 5114. i have worked on this issue as representative waters has said. she chairs this committee, has provided great leadership with chairman frank and i thank them for their leadership on bringing the bill to the floor today. we authored provisions included in this bill to delay the onset of mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements in the newly remapped areas for five years and then phase in insurance rates over the next five years. this will give communities time to rebuild levees and allow our constituents to make their own decisions regarding the purchase of flood insurance. in august of 2007, fema announced that through the remapping process that the levees protecting the metro east illinois along the mississippi river which had been protected for -- protecting our area for decades included in the major flood of 1993 would be dessert find and treated for flood protection purchases as if they didn't exist. as soon as the new maps became final, any homeowner or small business with f

derek costello built a fully electric car out of a 1938 jaguar. refuelling costs him just about $1.75. of nice. he started building the machine back in january and it cost him $15,000 to create, using $900 worth of regular rv batteries. >> that is a good-looking car. >> quiet electric car. >> when you're standing at a stoplight, you wonder if the car is on. kind of scary. >> watching folks running the san francisco marathon and half marathon. good luck to our friends from the station, jody and lisa. >> nice. they're running right now, i wonder if we can see them. a lot of fog for the morning runners, which is kind of nice, you can wear extra layers and peel them off, nice way to run 26 or 13 miles. i guess they're running the half marathon? >> yes. >> can you see them? >> there they are. >> there you go. congratulations to the runners out there. all the fog continuing to blow through, and, yeah, you've got some runners going through. remember some street closures around san francisco this morning. we'll have this big day going on, and then as we g

>> chairman costello, that's not my area of expertise. but we will get you an answer as soon as possible. >> you know, when i read and i understand the business model where we have -- i think in your written testimony, mr. baldanza, you say that since 2007 when we adopted our ultra low cost carrier business model, our goal have been to provide basic quality at the lowest possible cost. i understand what that means. my concern is about safety. that's why i'm interested to know the lowest possible cost. what are we -- your airlines and other airlines paying starting first officer? the entry level. we found with a number of regional carriers that in at least one instance that we know of that the first officer was hired and paid less than $20,000 a year. i'm certain that's not the case at southwest and hopefully not at spirit. but i'd like to have that information if you would supply it to the committee staff. the chair now recognized mr. petri. >> thank you. i had one question that you might -- it probably reveals my ignorance about how the

tom costello in washington. tom, thank you very much. five after the hour, here's meredith. >> matt, thank you. president obama is expected to comment on the situation in the gulf at any moment. chief white house correspondent chuck todd is at the white house for us. good morning. >>. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. we wait for the fot talk about the good news in the gulf, he went to the heartland of michigan to try to talk about what he says is good news about the economy, despite the fact that a lot of people don't feel or see that good news, and he admits that these unemployment numbers aren't where they need to be. >> the main thing that keeps me up at night right now is we lost 8 million jobs. the month i was sworn in we lost 750,000 jobs. we've regained 600,000 this year so far, and if we stay on pace, hopefully we'll gain several hundred thousand more, but making up for that 8 million is still going to be a challenge. look, nobody in the white house is satisfied with where we are right now. what we absolutely are convinced of

here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it was february 13th, two months before 29 miners died at the upper big branch mine in west virginia when something happened at the mine that scared ricky lee campbell. what authorities say could have been criminal tampering with a methane gas detector in a mine where explosive gas has emerged as a major concern. >> witnessed an electrician bypassing a methane detector on the machines. >> the machines that cut coal. >> yes, sir. >> why would they do that? >> so we could continue to run coal. >> reporter: what's not clear is whether the gas monitor was detecting methane or was, instead, malfunctioning and shutting down the machinery. but campbell says he's told the fbi that a supervisor ordered the electrician to disable it. >> he didn't want to do it, but he knew the danger, but when somebody above you is telling you what to do, you're going to do what they say. >> reporter: the mine operator, massey energy, says it was an isolated incident, but tells nbc news the methane monitor was bypassed in order to move the miner, the machine, from the are

tom costello, thank you very much. it is 7:04. >>> now to the turbulence facing the obama administration over the resignation of an agriculture department official. was she forced to quit her job for comments that were taken completely out of context? we're going to talk to shirley sherrod in a moment, but first, nbc's savannah guthrie is at the white house with the latest. savannah, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. these developments are moving really quickly. at first there were condemnations against shirley sherrod for alleged racist remarks. now some of the very first people to rebuke her are now apologizing and over the night the white house directed the agency that fired her to reconsider. this is the video at the center of the controversy. with having to help a white farmer save his farm -- >> reporter: first posted on a conservative website, it shows shirley sherrod, a georgia-based official with the u.s. department of agriculture, and obama administration appointee, at an naacp dinner in m

jerry costello of illinois chairs the committee. coming here before theciate you- subcommittee. we would ask you to summarize your statement in five minutes. it would give an opportunnty for myself and other members of the subcommittee to s questions in a follow-up. with that, the chair recognizes mr. tilton. >> good morning, chairman. ranking members, members of the committee, we appreciate our opportunity to offer comments this morning. let me start by saying that the status uo for our industry is it is extraordinary and insightful that this industry has lost some $60,000,000,000.150001 jobs -- $60,000 and 150,000 jobs in the united states, and delivering the worst financial performance of any major industry. along with 186 bankruptcies over the last 30 years. hot ibefore and after deregulat+ this industry has been incapable of running a modest profit, let alone a easonable return on the large investment we have made on the aircraft, facilities, and technology. it is ironic that this industry, unable to cover its cost of borrowing, is expected to be -- indeed, last week, the k

costello, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1366 as amended on yi the -- which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 217, house resolution 1366, resolution recognizing and honoring the freight rail industry. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution as amended. members will record thr votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of the speakepro tempor on this vote, the yeas are 411, the nays are zero, two members recorded as present. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and withouobjection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table and without objection the title amended. the speaker pro tempore: