>> darrell moses: yeah.of the reasons why you see me here-- not just my wife, but you see me here also-- is because i vowed that i would walk this walk with them. they can turn around years from now and say, "my father was right there." >> ♪ how can anyone ever tell you... >> stahl: gospel for teens has a theme song, and vy says she chose it for a reason. >> higginsen: i actually weeped when i heard it. ♪ ♪ "don't let anybody ever tell you that you're anything less than beautiful." ( sighs ) >> rodriguez: ♪ ...that you're less than whole... >> stahl: what did it mean to you? >> rodriguez: it means, to me, that i feel actually kind of special, in a way. >> higginsen: that song is designed to empower you and to think about yourself differently than you think somebody else may have thought about you, to change your mind. >> stahl: it certainly seemed to change something in gabby francois. ♪ ♪ >> stahl: gabby, of all people, gets up and starts singing this song. >> higginsen: surprised. i was surprised, touched.

mike and darrel arthur led a balanced attack. grizzlies won it, 104-86 and now just a win away from shocking everybody and winning the series. >>> mavericks took a lead in their series and like the grizzlies, they pulled away in the third. nowitzki with his 25 in the quarter. from downtown, and dallas won it, 93-82. game six is thursday. >>> the nuggets finally got into the win column. ty lawson scored the career high 47. russell westbrook couldn't hit that long three. denver avoided the sweep with a 104-101 win. >>> big win for nfl players yesterday. u.s. district court susan nelson ordered an immediate end to the lockout. owners are expected to appeal the ruling. this is the first of many steps to get the players back on the field for the season. >>> lightning forced the win over the penguins. steve downing gave tampa the leaderly in the third. moments later, ryan malone, some insurance. a slapshot on the break away, unorthodox, but it worked. lightning won it, 4-2. game seven is tomorrow. >>> finally, the sharks eliminated the

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. >>> state senate leader darrell steinberg says he's considering a proposal to cut state services to districts represented by republicans. steinberg said "if you don't want to pay for government, well, then you are gonna get less." he was referring to the call from republican lawmakers for a cuts-only solution to the state budget deficit. he made the comments during an appearance yesterday at the sacramento press club. >>> a new poll shows 61% of californians favor governor jerry brown's plan to eliminate the state bucket deficit with a combination of spending cuts and extending taxes. but 62% say they don't want their personal income tax raised. another 61% also opposed raising the sales tax. but 6 percent said they were okay -- 68% said they were okay with raising the personal income tax on wealthy californians. >>> tomorrow oakland mayor jean quan is expected to unfail her first detailed plan for dealing with the city's $58 million budget deficit. in a preliminary budget plan, she released last month, she called for all city departments to reduce spending by 15%. er possible cuts

he is 53-year-old darrell podbornie. the sergeant's name is not released but she has been released from eden medical center. she is at home now recovering from her injuries. in dublin, juliette goodrich, cbs 5. >>> police in orinda are dealing with a rash of burglaries. this is one of two suspects in the latest break-in. a man and a woman burglarized a home on barbara way on monday. among the property taken was an atm card that police say has already been used in richmond and pinole. this is just one of 11 burglaries in the past six weeks. anybody who could identify those people should call orinda police. >>> checking some bay area headlines -- >> hearing like a wild -- send somebody -- [ inaudible ] >> the tirade prompted a frightened student to call 911. but an atherton teacher's curse- filled outburst won't cost him his job. john haynes got so frustrated at his 8th grade math class at selby lane school last month, he shouted at them and knocked over a desk. haynes can teach at another school after he takes anger manag

here now, darrell issa, chairman of the committee on oversight and government reform. congressman issa, why subpoenas for the secretary of state's office? >> we haven't yet subpoenaed the secretary of state. we're hoping that secretary clinton will see the reason that we have every right to the specific, narrowly crafted documents that we've asked for. more importantly, we found it necessary to subpoena the alcohol, tobacco and firearms documents because they first told senator grassley they wouldn't give them to him because he wasn't a chairman, then they simply didn't tell us anything when the deadline came and went for delivery of, even though i am a chairman, so finally we felt we had no choice but to start getting to the bottom of what senator grassley led and now my committee is also following, which is -- it's not just a scandal. it's clearly a crime and clearly, there are u.s. agents that are dead and reportedly many, many, many more mexicans who are dead as a result of these weapons , jon: we have touched on this story many times before and i think our viewers

. >> reporter: so state senate president darrell steinberg came to silicon valley to put those advocatest ease, even though the solution won't come easy. they include finding a permanent source of funding to replace development funds. a tall order in a still floundering economy. she will let the experts worry about the economy while she plays her favorite melody, "a maiden's prayer." and that might be one what housing advocates need right now. the governor hasn't said when he'll drop the ax on redevelopment agencies. now steinberg, who was here for an affordable housing summit says one option is to give more power to the cities by allowing them to pass bond measures by majority vote and not 2/3. but that might also prove to be an uphill battle. live in san jose, i'm damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. >>> now a biotech breakthrough to tell you about tonight. as a silicon valley company comes up with a cure for the symptoms of a widespread problem. our business and tech reporter scott budman visited the lab today. scott, this is going to let a lot of people breathe a sigh of relief. good

. >> as you know to switch topics a little bit, commissioner, house government oversight chairman darrell isi search has been holding some field hearings and he was out in silicon valley and this week google complained essentially that the f.c.c. is too slow in its decision-making and it hurts business overall for a lot of the silicon valley companies. what would your response to that someone >> i will say that on the outside, before i got to the agency, i was probably a member of that chorus that complained of it, but when you get inside of the agency and you recognize all of the noticing requirements, all of the things that you have to do because it's mandated. you can't just make a decision quickly without getting input from the public, without getting filings from other persons who might feel a different way. all of those things, for better and for worse and reviews take time. i know persons in their transactions, whatever the thing that they have before us, it is the most significant thing to them. and yes, it is significant. we have thousands and thousands of applications and review

gary holis and darrell lacey are key officials in nye county, nevada.ey want the waste at yucca mountain for the jobs and money it would bring. >> the people in this area are all fairly comfortable with yucca mountain. many of them have worked at yucca mountain. >> reporter: four previous presidents funded safety reviews of the project, but last year the obama administration kept its campaign promise... >> president obama opposes opening yucca. >> reporter: ...and shut down yucca mountain. now the nuclear regulatory commission must decide if it wants to restart what is already a 25-year, $14 billion project in the face of tough opposition, like that from harry reid, the democratic senate majority leader from nevada. >> if the u.s. government wanted to do yucca mountain, it would have had to shove it down harry reid's throat. >> reporter: a former staffer for senator reed, greg jaczko, now chairs the n.r.c. jaczko recently came under fire after shutting down the agency's safety review of yucca mountain and after key safety recommendations were redacted,

. >> host: well, as you noted, to switch topics, house government oversight dale issa's -- darrell issa's been holding hearings, and this week google companied that the fcc is too slow in its decision making, and can it hurts business overall for a lot of the silicon valley companies. what would your response to that be? >> guest: well, i will say that on the outside before i got to the agency i was probably a member of that chorus that complained a bit. but when you get inside of the agency and you recognize all of the noticing requirements, all of the things that you have to do because it's mandated, you can't just make a decision quickly without getting input from the public, without getting filings from other persons who might feel a different way. all of those things, for better or worse, in review take time. and, you know, i know persons in their transactions whatever their, the thing that they have before us, it is the most significant thing to them. and, yes, it is significant. we've got thousands and thousands of applications and reviews and all of these other things that, to be

a bad republican congressman darrell issa yesterday on the one year anniversary of the b.p. oil spill the small time crook turned richest man in congress took to his twitter page and said this. not exactly. the miss in the quote. ok not exactly the gulf coast is still reeling from two hundred million barrels of oil washing on the shores thanks to failed government oversight of oil corporations. and as chairman of the oversight committee instead of pushing for more regulations you're doing the exact opposite as from corporations like b.p. what regulations you go after. and the very very ugly gary johnson the former governor of new mexico announced he's running for president today to kick off a campaign he's stealing some really radical stuff i guess he's just trying to fit in with the feel in an interview with think progress johnson had this insight about the nullification. of peace initiatives are getting lunch no education is good for the shit is he getting people to become more aware as a result of the notification and the rates that state students have in the ability to.

first we want to check in with darrell, who's joining us via skype from texas.lem with a canceled connecting flight on your way back from vacation. what happened? >> we were returning from cancun to san antonio, when we landed in sunny houston, we were advised our flight was canceled because the crew was not available, and we were booked on a flight the next morning. we chose a rental car, and i submitted the continental for reimbursement and then i learned that it was weather-related and they had no responsibility. my question, what are the passenger rights in this situation? >> well, you know, weather is the big, i hate to use this, a gray area. because airlines will use weather as an excuse not just where you are, but where the plane is coming from. the plane could be coming from nebraska and you're in new york and it's a beautiful, sunny day in new york. oh, we have a weather problem. in this case that wasn't the issue. the issue was crew availability. and tlemp he should have been reimbursed. we contacted continental airlines. continental gave them a refund

. >>> darrell steinberg said he's considering a proposal to cut state services to republican districtsn came. at an appearance yesterday at the sacramento press club, steinberg said, "if you don't want to pay for government, well, then you will get less of it. steinberg was avenue referring to call from republican lawmakers for a cuts only solution to the state budget deficit. >>> a new poll shows 61% of californians favor governor jerry brown's plan to eliminate the budget difficult sit with a combination of spending cuts and taxes. but 62% say they don't want their personal income tax raised. another 61% also oppose raising the sales tax but 68% said they were okay with raising personal income tax on wealthy kale ups. >>> up-- wealthy californians. >>> residents in marin are saying no to a rate hike. the company says they need a 4% hike to help balance the budget. residents say the district should get the money some other ways, including pay cuts, before asking the public to pay more. >>> a second hearing about the proposed rate increase will be held on may 23rd. >>> the east bay mun

darrell issa chaired this meeting. i hope we will find it was not but is now. it is the policy of the committee to have our mission statement in our opening. with that, the oversight committee, we exist to secure to fundamental principles. first, americans have a right to know the money washington takes from them is well spent. second, americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government. we will work tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to deliver the facts to the american people and bring genuine reform to federal bureaucracy. this is the mission of the oversight and government reform committee. today's hearing follows an eight month investigation into what we believe were abuses of procedures of department of homeland security. this matter could have been resolved in july 2010 when dhs first was

. >> i appreciate your time this morning senate president pro tem darrell steinberg. we'll keep following the event. >> thank you. bye-bye. >>> california assembly members will not be allowed to carry con sealed weapons inside the capitol. four members were given permission to carry concealed weapons following the january shootth of a arizona congresswoman. yesterday the speaker asked that their permits be rescinded and argued the job of protecting people in the capitol should be left to the trained professionals. >>> this morning san francisco mayor ed lee's political future remains unclear. when when agreed to finish the term for governor newsom, he did so on the terms he can return to his job when the term was over but we need a vote. the ethics commission will vote on monday, and the current law states a mayor cannot be appointed to another city post until one year after their term is up. >>> oakland police chief is being credited for helping a seizure victim while in san francisco. there he is, chief and his chief of staff saw a man in an suffer crash into three

the house oversight committee is chaired by congressman darrell a set of california. >> before i begin and i don't think i have to remind the audience probably, but i will comment to quorum will be maintained your sewer to witnesses, both feet at governors are heard without any unreasonable interruption. if you agree with them, smile. if you disagree with them, smile. the fact is this is about america cheering for them to governors who have a high risk on stability to serve thursday and we have a high responsibility to you then. the chair cannot allow any disruptions and i appreciate all those who came to get the message out did so before the gavel. i appreciate if you take to remain you remain for the entire hearing. we are open to the public, but if there's any disruption, your seats will go to people waiting outside who also would like to be in attendance. this committee has a long-standing history of doing that on a bipartisan basis. i now recognize the ranking member for nms can vent. >> i ask unanimous consent -- unanimous consent that representative gwen moore of the fourth dist

. >> we were able to refer darrell to gw a few months ago. >> we still feel the loss but we know the students, faculty and staff at the george washington university are more safe as a result. >> i'm steve franco was from itt defense. i would like to ask about an international aspect of their policy. obviously, they have an avian flu breakout in asia or perhaps a release of radioactivity of some measure and some orange soil that could impact on the united states, what are the aspects of international cooperation that are embodied in this ppd? >> the at ppd largely focuses on the development of our domestic capabilities by certain events such as the h1n1 pandemic and the current situation. those capabilities can be -- internationally so we are working on our international collaboration and cooperation, and many u.s. governments -- agencies are providing technical assistance, and so again as we look to identify what resources and capabilities we need here, we are also looking to strengthen our international partnerships because again among the first incidents that the administration con

darrell issaid -- chaired this meeting. i hope we will find it was not but is now. it is the policy of the committee to have our mission statement in our opening. with that, the oversight committee, we exist to secure to fundamental principles. first, americans have a right to know the money washington takes from them is well spent. second, americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. our duty on the oversight and government reform committee is to protect these rights. our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers because taxpayers have a right to know what they get from their government. we will work tirelessly in partnership with citizen watchdogs to deliver the facts to the american people and bring genuine reform to federal bureaucracy. this is the mission of the oversight and government reform committee. today's hearing follows an eight month investigation into what we believe were abuses of procedures of department of homeland security. this matter could have been resolved in july 2010 when dhs first was

host: darrell issa from california chairman of the ov oversight committee is investigating the administrat n administration. what is the extent of communication between the congressman and your office, your administration? what do they want to find out? guest: i haven't had any communication with them. there was a third somewhat also. that was the allegation of someone that he was given money during the campaign to stay in the race. and i was the one, when that story came out, i called for the investigation to look at that and that investigation is ongoing now. host: let's get our first call from our -- for our guest. ned on the democrat line. caller: i'm a very many era veteran. we are very pleased with the mayor's election. i want to ask what his thoughts are on the closure of walter reed where there is a group of both unions with an excellent project to work with veterans coming back from the various foolish wars we have gotten into. guest: the walter reed proposal is for closure and about half of the site has been turned over to the district of columbia for development. certainly we wa

darrell probably helped through this process and we recruited him to g.w. a few months ago. >> we still feel the loss, but we know that george washington is safer. >> i would like to ask about an international aspect of policy. if we have an avian flu break is in asia or they're really a release of radioactivity in some measure of foreign soil that could impact the united states, what are the aspects of international cooperation that are embodied in this ppd? >> largely focuses on the development of our domestic capabilities, but certainly events such as the h1n1, , they can be brought to bear as needed. we are working on international cooperation. many u.s. government agencies are on the ground in japan providing technical assistance. again, as we look to identify with capabilities we need here, we are also looking to strengthen our partnerships. among the first instance that the administration faced was that the pandemic, they want. our conversations about our capability to develop a vaccine and an antiviral in a quick manner was immediately a global conv

host: darrell issa from california chairman of the ov oversight committee is investigating the administratn administration. what is the extent of communication between the congressman and your office, your administration? what do they want to find out? guest: i haven't had any communication with them. there was a trd somewhat also. that was the allegation of someone that he was given money during the campaign to stay in the race. and i was the one, when that story came out, i called for the investigation to look at that and that investigation is ongoing now. host: let's get our first call from our -- for our guest. ned on the democrat line. caller: i'm a very many era veteran. we are very pleased with the mayor's election. i want to ask what his thoughts are on the closure of walter reed where there is a group of both unions with an excellent project to work with veterans coming back from the various foolish wars we have gotten into. guest: the walter reed proposal is for closure and about half of the site has been turned over to the district of columbia for development. certainly we want

darrell isa says it could violate the law. this portion is just under 40 minutes.tions] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] >> okay, there we go. when you wiggle it, the light goes off, so sorry about that. thank you for your patience as we reset. we now recognize the second panel of witnesses, mr. charles edward inspector general of the department of homeland security. welcome. mr. john verde is senior counsel and director of open government project at epic. pursuant as he saw the first charge of the committee rules, would you please raise your right hand and take the oath? do solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? at the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. since you are a patient for the first round, i won't recite anything. with that, recognize mr. edwards for his opening statement. cnet good morning, chairman issa, ranking member cummings and members of the committee. contrast k. edwards, acting inspector general for department

darrell probably helped through this process and we recruited him to g.w. a few months ago. >> we still feel the loss, but we know that george washington is safer. >> i would like to ask about an international aspect of policy. if we have an avian flu break out in asia or they're really is a release of radioactivity in some measure of foreign soil that could impact the united states, what are the aspects of international cooperation that are embodied in this ppd? >> largely focuses on the development of our domestic capabilities, but certainly events such as the h1n1, , they can be brought to bear as needed. we are working on international cooperation. many u.s. government agencies are on the ground in japan providing technical assistance. again, as we look to identify with capabilities we need here, we are also looking to strengthen our partnerships. among the first instance that the administration faced was that the pandemic, they want. our conversations about our capability to develop a vaccine and an antiviral in a quick manner was immediately a global

the house oversight committee is chaired by congressman darrell a set of california. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you. the committee will come to order. before i begin and i don't think that i have to remind the audience broadly, but i will. lukewarm will be maintained here so that our two witnesses, both seeded governors are heard without any unreasonable interaction. if you agree with them, smile. if you disagree with them, smile. the fact is that this is about america hearing from two governors who have a high response ability to serve their state and we have a hybrid of the ability to hear them. the chair cannot allow any disruption and i appreciate all those who came to get a message out to so before the gavel and i appreciate if you'd like to remain, you can remain for the entire hearing. we are open to the public, but if there's any disruption from your seats will go to people with enough i'd will also would like to be in attendance. this committee has a long-standing history of doing that on a basis. i now recognize the ranking member for unanimous conse