cummings has responded to that. clearly what they said is there is a disparity, and those on the lower end of the scale are doing better. those on the upper end of the scale aren't doing so well. none of them are getting paid as much as the gentleman is who made this speech or that i'm getting. none of them are making as much as we are. now, what we have here is a very clever political effort to have members vote either for their pay or against their pay being adjusted by cost-of-living adjustment. i am going to vote against this bill. but i am for putting on and i would hope the unanimous consent request to do so would not be objected to on your side of the aisle. i am for bringing a bill to this bill which would freeze our salaries. i've been for that for the last two years and i have worked in a bipartisan way over the years not to demagogue members and have members get cost-of-living adjustments. the sponsor of this bill, as a matter of fact, is quoted saying how much difficulty he's having supporting his family

here what elijah cummings has to say. >>> new information on the sexual abuse allegation tied to jerry sandusky. >>> oscar buzz in the air now the news in your hands. the app for the billingest -- biggest night of entertainment and how to get it on this friday february 24th. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. happy friday i think you will be happy after hearing from meteor outologist lynette charles. >> -- meteorologist lynette charles. >> we have a high wind warning in effect wind advisory in effect temperatures will be 15 to 20 degrees above average once again. we have more showers and storms out there. and then we will have falling temperatures so put your hand in the bag and what will you pick out? the wind advoicery that's in effect until at 3 p.m. until midnight. and that's where all the areas here shaded in the gray. then look back off to the west in carroll and frederick county under a high wind warning that goes in effect at 3 p.m. todayuntil midnight. so we will talk about when the showers and storms move back in and how windy it is going to get. let's

cummings, it's a pleasure to be before you. i'm speaking on my own behalf and not on behalf of my law firm or clients. let me briefly walk through what i consider to be some of the most unfortunate implications of what i consider to be a number of other individuals unconstitutional use of recess appointments by the president. first is the case with most, separation of power disputes, they trans trans dend immediate circumstances. they are either agencies involved. i'm not going to predict the prediction that you heard that the courts will not so much, with respect to professor ggerhardt would not nullify them that would have been put out by the two agencies and during the ten-year ones with individuals. i'm not going to talk about mass regulatory uncertainty. when we talk about the constitutional implications which to me is somebody who cares passionately about the institution, most important problem here is that the president's actions put at risk congress' own rights and prerogatives. the most important one, of course, and we

. >> she does all these great scenes with alan cumming and the two of them together. her thing that she does, and it's just the crew just gets picked up, because we work, you know, long days and it's nice to have someone come in and make you laugh. >> jimmy: gosh. >> so, she'll do a scene, you

religious groups are opossession the measure and women deserve to be heard on the issue says elijah cummings. >> madam leader i am obviously not a woman so i can never fully understand how central this issue is to the lives of millions of women across the country. but i am here today to support their right to exercise control over their lives and their bodies. and to make sure that they are never, ever, never, ever denied a voice in this debate. >> republicans say the obama policy is stomping on religious freedoms but democrats say it's not about religion and it's about women's health. >>> 6:46. a a -- and a recall. 3,000 siege and double jogging strollers have been recalled megan. >> the safety commission says the front wheel can come loose during the use causing the stroller to tip over. this have been three incidents of injuries and children with the recalled strollers say if you have one of the strollers sold in the store or online between january 2010 and february of this year, contact the maker. >>> sears official say that it has plans to sell 11 profit making stores to raise extra mon

this morning elijah cummings will present a check to the baltimore housing it's program. money is from the neighbor works america, a organization established to create affordable housing and community development across the u.s. >>> dutch ruppeersberger will welcome a germany based shipping giant to the port of baltimore that's expected to bring about 255 new jobs to baltimore. the ceremony is 10:30 this morning. >>> john edwards rielle hunter settled a lawsuit between her and edwards former aid and the judge order the sex tape be destroyed within a month. >>> a trial of a former rutgers student used to use -- used a webcam to spy on his roommate is set to start. >>> attorneys for dr. conrad murray will ask for his release while his appeal in the death of michael jackson will be decided. news time 4:46. and there may be no such thing as a free lunch but there's a thing like a free breakfast. megan is standing by with more with the freebie friday. >> we are talking about pancakes. you can get free pancakes. it's one of the deals you can find on the website. so this is what

cummings has responded to that. clearly what they said is there is a disparity, and those on the lower end of the scale are doing better. those on the upper end of the scale aren't doing so well. none of them are getting paid as much as the gentleman is who made this speech or that i'm getting. none of them are making as much as we are. now, what we have here is a very clever political effort to have members vote either for their pay or against their pay being adjusted by cost-of-living adjustment. i am going to vote against this bill. but i am for putting on and i would hope the unanimous consent request to do so would not be objected to on your side of the aisle. i am for bringing a bill to this bill which would freeze our salaries. i've been for that for the last two years and i have worked in a bipartisan way over the years not to demagogue members and have members get cost-of-living adjustments. the sponsor of this bill, as a matter of fact, is quoted saying how much difficulty he's having supporting his family

and it's not. >> but even cummings agrees there are problems, partly because of fog that often envelopes the tower. most of this looks pretty good. but right up there you've got this real problem. >> right, we have this area of moisture damage or evidence of moisture damage where moisture has penetrated the back of the mural and is evaporating through the space and leaving behind what we call efflurescence, basically salt crystals. >> in addition, visitors, about 200,000 a year, occasionally touch the works and damage or chip them, either accidentally or maliciously. in a second floor section maintenance workers damaged frescos with their equipment. those problems are solvable given enough money. >> there is no climate control in here at all. where in the very early planning stages of this, working on a treatment assessment and coming up with how much it's going to cost. >> but a whole new approach is needed, says attorney john gallenger, who heads the hill directliers association. >> walk in the front door, there's no one to greet you and to say, here's what these murals are all about,

. >> joining me now is congressman elijah cummings, democrat from maryland and ranking member of the government reform which has been investigating the fast and furious program. thank you for joining me, congressman. >> it's good to be with you, reverend. >> now let me ask you, are the republicans interested in a fair and balanced investigation here? >> absolutely not. chairman issa over the past ten months, actually before that was accusing eric holder of approving gun walking and nothing could be further from the truth. and he has constantly made allegations, and they were allegations, reverend, where he was searching for facts to go with them, but he could not find the facts to go with them. and i think he's treated eric holder, our attorney general, very unfairly. >> now the thing that really got my attention is even the tone of the hearings have become somewhat disrespectful. >> no doubt about it. >> and hostile. let me show you one encounter with the attorney general. >> how many more border patrol agents would have had to die as a part of "operation fast and furious" for you t

elijah cummings presented a check of more than $250,000 for neighborhood housing services of baltimore and $150,000 for st. ambrose housing center. the money comes from congress to create affordable housing. >> the best expertise in housing. people find their ways to handle their payments properly, things of that nature. >> representative cummings is the ranking democratic on the house oversite and government reform committee. consumer protection on the internet is getting a big boost as well, just like the do not call laws that prevent telemarketters from calling you, now there is a "do not track" feature. in the f.c.c. bill of rights consumers will have a right to know what information is collected about them online. the concern is hundreds of businesses tracking movements over the injuries -- years. >> if you had a guarantee that prempses would be honored. >> respecting consumers privacy encourages trust in internet commerce. there are no federal internet privacy laws on the book. >> please don't go away. we have much more news coming up. first a look at events going on around town

cummings. ms. maloney? congresswoman maloney? >> i would just like to add what's wrong with this picture. a woman should have been at that table, and i would add all the tables in america. thank you for you courage, thank you for speaking out and for your testimony today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> if we had gone to central casting to find a representative to speak for american women, we could not have done better than you here today. and you have performed another service that is an unintended consequence of this hearing. for the first time, those who have paid attention to this issue now know that the affordable health care act covers contraceptives so that women no longer have to pay extra for pills, devices or other means of contraception. thank you for helping us to get that word out, ms. fluke. >> well, thank you for -- >> i do believe that the visibility -- we almost ought to thank the chairman for the shall we say lack of judgment that he had to arouse the, to raise the awareness because it's been very hard over the y

he is a summa cum laude graduate of bowdoin college and san francisco school of law. please help me welcome san francisco's mayor. [applause] >> thank you. happy new year. [applause] it is my delight to be here. i want to add my thanks to the u.s. postal service. i look forward to this every year to see the postal officials delivered the artistic beauty of these stamps. this is the fifth stamp set the we have enjoy. thank you for being here. i really enjoy the camaraderie of everybody on the stage. he represents a much of what we're proud of in the city reduced represent so much of what we're proud of in the city. -- you represent so much of what we're proud of in the city. it was in the earlier years when we started the tradition of designing the stamps. claudine, thank you very much. [applause] tommy ing, officials are here today as well from the u.s. postal service. thank you very much. to my good friend who will follow me. we were law school roommates at berkeley. he is also a dragon. we have two dragons in the house. he is now the federal judge for the ninth circ

. >>> congressman cummings is being honored with a service award.oday's award presentation will come during a program at howard community college. he's a ranking house member of the committee of government reform. >>> more testimony is expected to come today from the george huguely case. linda? >> reporter: the court resumed this morning. the prosecutors will continue to present their case. a couple things we haven't seen are autopsy photos and the interview that huguely gave the police after he was arrested. the final witness was love's former roommate. she read a letter from huguely that said, i should have killed you. also another testified to have seen huguely choking love in february. the officer who first responded thought it was an alcohol overdose case, but he found love. graphic crime scene photos requester were shown and huguely didn't look. when the prosecutors get through the witnesses, the defense will take over. abc2 news. >>> an army private accused of leaking private materials to week key -- wick -- wiki leaks back in court. he gave

cloning man elijah cummings presented a check >> i realize there are a lot of people there hop want to stay and repair their houses but don't have the money to do it. >> it comes from neighbor works of america. >>> rumors abound as retail giant sears is headed for bankruptcy. they posted a huge loss on thursday. what drastic move the company is planning to take. >>> he's called the king of mopups, the man behind those ads from teeth whiteners to everything else. >> i'm cheryl conner with an introduction into two ballet shows this weekend. >> way below what we forecast. the warm air came close. richmond, norfolk, ocean city, even salisbury. we'll talk about how much cooler things trend through the weekend coming up. [ male announcer ] today at kfc get our freshly delivered whole chicken freshly prepared by real cooks with our own secret recipes. pick up an 8 piece meal with 2 sides and 4 biscuits just $15.99. taste why fresh is better. [ man ] 4...3...2...1... mission accomplishe >>> now on to the economy. after posting huge losses on thursday, sears is banking on a new set of plans to

elijah cummings is a maryland democrat who attended today's hearing.hat mandatory ultrasound bill. it's great to have you both on. you're both very much a part of this story. here's part of the governor's statement explaining his shift somewhat mandating an invasive procedure in order to give informed consent is not a proper role for the state. no person should be directed to undergo an invasive procedure by the state without their consent as a precondition to another medical procedure. but that did not satisfy democratic lawmakers in virginia. let's listen. >> it's just still a mandate. and that's the problem. actually, mandating an unnecessary procedure -- that's the problem. until the governor is imposing a mandate and walking into doctor offices and telling a doctor what procedure he should do, it's an improper role of government. >> just to get it squared away. senator, thanks for joining us from richmond. what do you make of the fact that the governor, the republican governor of your state who may be on the ticket nationally this year, saying you

. >> maryland congressman elijah cummings received honors today for his work would civil-rights. he was given an award today at howard community college. he is the ranking member of the house committee on oversight and government reform. >> insta-weather-plus forecast -- >> we have had mostly light rain here in town would temperatures in the upper 30's. as you travel north and west, there has been some snow mixed in with the rain. especially in westminster and northern frederick county. the reports have been mostly trace amounts of snow. you see some snow showers from detroit to the cincinnati area. picking them some snow and rain showers all the white south. this system is going to take its time -- there is a western system coming at us. an arctic front is coming in here. that will not get here until tomorrow evening. in baltimore, it turned out a little warmer than normal. 46 at the airport, 49 downtown. record low for this day on the coldest day ever in the baltimore, 1899, 7 below zero. that is unheard of in baltimore. 15.5 inches of snow as the blizzard of 2010 were winding

. >>> elijah cummings is conducting a forum to dental health care. a 12 year old child died and unable to find a dentist willing to remove an infected tooth. the forum is from 9:30 to 12:30 at the university of maryland. >>> lawmakers is offering table games across the state. specifying the types allowed, authorized if the bill should pass. they will discuss adding a casino in pg&e county. they could have five casinos total. a third in arundel county expected to open in the summer. >>> measure to protect kids, house panel will hear a bill on sobriety checks. the bill targets people who drive under the influence with a child in the car. they will check the sobriety prior to driving. the interlock would require drivers to blow in to a tube before starting the engine. >>> brown advocating to provide access to health care. brown will testify before a state senate committee in favor of legislation that bills on the state's efforts to create a health benefit exchange. this is intended to help individuals and small businesses by health insurance. >>> baltim

she is summa cum laude from princeton. she is here with her first collection, "fighting for progress in the age of obama." i do not always agree with her personally when it comes to politics. we are here to find out from katrina how we're going to save the world with barack obama. let's start there. [laughter] >> i do not know how you learned by worked at national lampoon. saving the world. let me begin by saying how low they must be to go that low in new orleans. i would not put in the same sentence president obama and saving the world. it is very much about movements and the power in our history to bring about a fundamental change. you do need people inside, political leaders inside. it captures the imagination of the nation. through the turbulent history, it has been movement and the power of movements. franklin roosevelt was moved by later movements. lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, a

. >>> cummings host as forum to discuss pediatric dental care. it's going to begin at 9:30 at the university of maryland school of law. >>> o'malley appear on the michael angelo show talking about same-sex marriage in maryland. that's on xm radio at 3:30 this afternoon. >>> president delivering remarks at the construction site of the smithsonian museum of african american history and culture. it's slated for opening in 2015. >>> ravens coaches and 31 other franchises headed to indianapolis to evaluate the top college prospects ahead of the draft. >>> today is ash wednesday, things look different in new orleans this morning for 8 days, partiers took over the french quarter, dancing and enjoying the food, music and booze. this is a live picture, party goers lingered until the wee hours of the morning. today marks the start of lint, time for penitence and fasting in the catholic calendar. >> 16 dump trucks, 8-10 garbage trucks and pressure washers. >>> today is ash wednesday, so many parishioners will make their way to services across the area to ob

. >>> elijah cummings hosting a forum on dental health care studying the expansion of access from last year in honor of a 12-year-old boy who died after his mother was unable to finds a dentist to remove an infected tooth. >>> time for five things you need to know before heading out the door on this ash wednesday, man accused of plotting suicide bomb attack on the u.s. capitol will appear in court today. hearing will take place in virginia. agents arrested him friday after a lengthy investigation. >>> supreme court will hear oral arguments in a case of a military service member lying for honor. star jones returns to the view, appearing as a guest promoting awareness for women and heart disease. catch the view on abc2 news at 11:00. >>> president delivering remarks the construction site of smithsonian african museum. it's scheduled to open in 2015. >>> let's talk about the weather this morning. we see clouds trying to move in across the area. check out the break back in to west virginia there, we see a little bit of a break in to pennsylvania. that is what we will see through the day. w

cummings and thank you for your leadership on this issue. the stakes here are very serious. we shouldn't play politics with the tragedy occurring on the southern border. the instability because of drug cartels and unfeathered, free-flowing illicit arms crossing our border into mexico into the hands of drug cartels is very serious business. we ought to look at whole issue and not trying to simply make cheap political points at the expense of the tragedy with an atf family and at the expense of the security of the american people. you all have some questions, and we have to go vote. let's open it up for the questions. >> any questions? >> i have a question. have you guys heard vocal support from the obama administration for your gun trafficking legislation before the testimony we heard today? was it mentioned in the present state of the union address, and why do you think we're now hearing support for it 37 months into the administration? >> it was not in the state of the union, but when we had our first hearing, there were three things that the agents called for. one was to h

thank you very much, appreciate it. >> ahead elijah cummings. [ leanne ] appliance park has been herele careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i come to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ golly, that is deep snow! yeah, can you get me out of it? of course. travelocity? that's how i got here! that's amazing! but i'm still stuck. come on man, dig it! [ female announcer ] travelocity. get great deals on all kinds of beach vacations. >>> i

. >>> local congressman elijah cummings is highlighting national children month.law to expand children access to dental care. he said many parents are not aware of potential poor oral health. stay with wjz maryland's >>> time for the super bowl commercial recap. hope you enjoy this. ♪ >> sex, sex, wacky dog, sex, wacky, wacky dog, wacky baby sex, six, make me think i might be gay wacky dog, wacky baby, leno likes to steal stuff from fellow comedians. >> that's your super bowl weekend. >> nobody quite says it like dave. >> no, that's for sure. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." a leading publicist says one of those super bowl commercials has a not so subtle commercial for president obama. >>> national correspondent chip reid is in washington this morning with more. chip, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and erica. you probably saw the ad sunday night. it was for chrysler and it started clint eastwood and aired during the halftime of the super bowl and now it's at the center of a lot of fingerpointing. it was supposed to be a pep talk courtesy o

. >> my name is lamanda cummings formerly amanda johnson. i am a navy veteran, and i was raped by a united states sailor. >> my name is diana kuntz, u.s. air force, and i was raped by a fellow airman. >> diana was 17 when she was raped in the military. lamanda was 18 and katie was 18, and megan was 18 when she said she was raped the first of three times. they were patriotic teenagers when they enlisted because they president whatted to instead they were assaulted by one of their own. >> sexual assault has no place in this department. >> the u.s. expect of defense says there could be as many as 19,000 sexual assaults in the military a year. but only about 3,000 actually report the crimes out of fear of retaliation. >> i was scared because he was in my lieutenant command so i felt it would aggravate it. >> these women mustered their courage to tell their stories in a meeting with congresswoman jackie spear. >> he then turned into some animal and attacked me, raped me , ripped my clothes and when i tried to get away several times he was pulling

cummings: how much time do we have? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida has three minutes remaining. the gentleman from maryland. mr. cummings: i grant two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for two minutes. mr. lynch: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, i rise in support of the -- madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to h.r. 3835, which would extend the current two-year pay freeze of federal workers for an additional year through 2013. this will be the third year of a pay freeze. similar to most of my colleagues who have spoken here today, i do support a freeze for congress. i do. i have voted six times to freeze congress' pay. but -- and while my good friend from utah does point out that there are some high-end -- high salaried federal employees, you have to remember that we have surgeons at the v.a., very competent doctors at the v.a. that serve our veterans, we have scientists at n.i.h., w

covering the week, michael duffy of "time" magazine, jeanne cummings of bloomberg news, nancy youssef of mcclatchy newspapers and yochi dreazen of "national journal." >> award-winning reporting and nalings, covering history as it happens. nation's capital -- live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with "national journal." corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- a line is a powerful thing. it connects the global economy to your living room. cleaner air to stronger markets. factory floors to less-crowded roads. today's progress to tomorrow's promise. norfolk southern. one line, infinate possibilities. corporate funding is also provided by prudential financial, boeing, additional funding is provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting and by cryptions to pbs stations from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. you can tell we're approaching another do or die moment in this republican primary contest as the criticis

if i could get the overhead here -- çum, this graph shows the effects of the economic recession andency. and it is in pretty stark terms. you can see the red line and in the middle is the redevelopment agency that next year converges on zero as it goes out of business. most sources, the bottom line, is converging on zero. and,ç not good news. this is what we have got coming for housing. it is pretty stark. here is an even more startling one that shows the effects to the city's funds for affordable housing of the economic recession. if you look at the top one, you can see the affordable housing fund balance. but the one that is really quite unusual, if you look a the bottom one, there is brown, and it actually goes into negative fora couple ofxd years. they're giving fees back for projects that crater. and this is our future. you're probably aware that mayor lee is convening a technical advisory committee on inclusionary housing. they will be meeting at 2:30 at moe. and he has thrown his support behind housing trust fund that will possibly be going to the ballot in november. the hou

. >> my name is lamanda cummings formerly amanda johnson. i am a navy veteran, and i was raped by a united states sailor. >> my name is diana kuntz, u.s. air force, and i was raped by a fellow airman. >> diana was 17 when she was raped in the military. lamanda was 18 and katie was 18, and megan was 18 when she said she was raped the first of three times. they were patriotic teenagers when they enlisted because they president whatted to instead they were assaulted by one of their own. >> sexual assault has no place in this department. >> the u.s. expect of defense says there could be as many as 19,000 sexual assaults in the military a year. but only about 3,000 actually report the crimes out of fear of retaliation. >> i was scared because he was in my lieutenant command so i felt it would aggravate it. >> these women mustered their courage to tell their stories in a meeting with congresswoman jackie spear. >> he then turned into some animal and attacked me, raped me , ripped my clothes and when i tried to get away several times he was pulling

finally, in back the guy with the large part with the beard is greg cumming. he has pulled records and been helpful for me. lastly i'd like to thank tim, sandy quinn, and all of the rest of the people that have worked on this project together. what you've done has been beyond the call of duty, and i praise you highly. now, my work on the volume i'm finishing now and yale university press has allowed me to say that they are publishing my volume, is that the whole story of richard nixon's vice presidency and his relationship with dwight eisenhower, has been told with a basis that they didn't like one another, they detested one another, they hated one another, as steven ambrose said they had an ambivalent relationship. none of those are true. i've looked at about 3 million pages of documents, thanks to susan helping me and others helping me. and basically, what you find out is that richard nixon and dwight eisenhower had an a-minus relationship. they got along fine together. they not only got along fine together, that dwight eisenhower used richard nixon in a sup

. >> jim cummings runs the acoustic ecology ins opportunity who studied wind farm noise. he says there are no federal guidelines. but state and local governments typically impose limits to between 40 and 45 decibels. west virginia has no restriction. >> you can go to every neighbor i got up here and they'll tell you they're very unhappy. >> they're circulating a petition asking for the machining to be turned off at night. pinnacle's parent company tells us that it can't do that because it's contractually obligated to provide power to maryland. the company says it takes issues raised by residents seriously and is currently testing technology that could reducing noise from the turbines. back on green mountain, the sun is starting to set. ashbee points to two other wind farms and says there's plans to build more nearby. before they do, he wants people to know -- just because it's clean and green doesn't mean it won't come at a cost. the company that owns the wind farm says it will keep the community advised of its progress as it looks into a buffer solution. but our wind exp

dwayne cummings owns a gum cleaning company and says a delay clean system is fast, effective, and environmentally friendly. >> other processes will use from 2,000 to 5,000 of gallons of water, i use five. when the gum is dissolved, it emulsifies and stays where it is, it dries up. >> the district spent $115 million on the renovation at the school. that includes a new four-story glass-enclosed atrium. >>> take a look. a wildlife tour in alaska went from serene to very, very scary when a grizzly bear charged tourists. this video taken in august of 2010 was just posted on youtube. the group was in the middle of a four-hour sightseeing tour when the bear came out of the woods. the group stood still as the nearly eight-foot-tall grizzly bear circled their camp. at one point the bear even sniffed the head of one of the tourists. >> goodness. >> the hood of his jacket, as he sat in his chair. look at that. the bear then eventually turned around and headed back in to the woods. no harm, no foul. oh. man. scary. >> look at my face. can you imagine if you're having a camp and that bear comes charging towar