jason, you've been following this closely, are delaware and tennessee the most deserving?> well, to hear the administration tell it, delaware and tennessee are planning to put in place these data systems that will allow teachers to be evaluated based on student achievement and the administration said they looked like and work on turning around bad schools in rural areas and across their states. and the administration said they liked that, too. the problem is that-- >> do you think that that is useful, those are useful moves, is that right? >> sure, sure, less on the turn around efforts of bad schools, i'd rather see those schools closed and replaced. using student data to evaluate futures, absolutely, i'm glad the administration is encouraging that. the problem is that lots of those on the list had those applications up to snuff and the difference, the administration was quite upfront about this, when you listened to arney duncan say, what they like about delaware and tennessee, they got the union buy-in. the establishment, the public education establishment was behind the

only rain we see down on the eastern shore n fact down to dover delaware. caroline county maybe with just a little bit of rain. well east of baltimore. skies clearing off from west to east. should set the stain stage for a nice day. we will talk about very nice dry days. days you will want to enjoy. behind that good pocket of weather it's a lot more april rain. all the details coming up. >> survivors of last night's oil rig explosion in the gulf of mexico are returning to shore. rescuers and helicopters in both continue to search for 11 missing workers. 17 were injured, four critical. >> may day. may day. may day. this is the northern bell. >> the dramatic call for help from a fishing boat that sank yesterday in the gulf of alaska. the crew of the 7 5'' northern bell sent their radio message for help at about 5:30 alaska time tuesday night. the coast guard carried out a rescue of three crew members but weren't able to save a man who was dead by the time they arrived. the three who lived suffered hypothermia but were in stable condition earlier today. >>> it

>> guest: he was a self-employed small-business man in delaware city, delaware, where i grew up, little town on the delaware river south of wilmington. and when he came out of the service, his father had a gas station, atlantic gas station, and he gave my father a piece of property right down the street, which was pretty brave thing to do knowing what my father was going to do and did. he built -- with his own hands, built his own service station. and he ran and operated a gas station, service station, for the rest of his life. i mean, well, he's still alive, but, i mean, until -- until he sold it. c-span: how about your mom? >> guest: she was a housewife and raised us kids and helped my father run the business. she took care of all the books. but, you know, she didn't have any job outside of that, and she wasn't paid for that. she just made sure the business succeeded by getting the bills out at the end of the month, you know, so the people would pay their bills, so we could pay our bills. c-span: were they surprised when you became a seminarian? >> guest: oh, yeah. yeah. they had no i

it is just now crossing the maryland-delaware line. it might produce peace sized hail as it moves to the -- pea- sized hail as it moves to the south and east. this little line that is coming down out of parts of carol and baltimore county, and some additional lights burn goals. -- a light sprinkles. this is the lowest pollen count that we have seen in a long time. one is the pollen count on the trees thanks to all that rain yesterday. no grass, no weeds. yesterday did result in some fog. you can see the patchy areas of the -- around the bay, it is pretty thick. the warmer air is what is triggering scattered showers. i do not think it will be as thick as it was this morning. temperature-wise, all around the area, 60's to load 70's over it most of the eastern shore. it will be cool once the skies clear out, 41-48 and a northwest breeze 5-10. here comes the next front a sliding through maryland as we speak. high-pressure settles in for one day. we will see some sunshine for the first half of the day, then that store is making steady progr

stakeholders including the delaware school boards association established the he'd just a bit p. vincent healthy school awards to recognize the work of public schools championing children's health including nutrition. nsba's health programs department maintains many examples of school district efforts to improve student health and nutrition on its promising district practices database. healthy nutrition success stories include a district in kentucky that increased breakfast participation rates to 95%. a district in new jersey that holds monthly coordinated health team meetings with an increase fruits and vegetables and coordinating services and the pta there's a pennsylvania district that created a new wellness culture to promote health and there's a new arkansas district that implemented a water-only sale for the district vending machines. there are many other examples of local initiatives. because the commitment to student access is unique. what is unique are the circumstances of each school district. what is successful at one won't necessarily work at another. the geography, e

somewhere joe biden is smiling about that electric car in delaware. well, there's no rest for the weary in washington. next in the policy on-deck circle an energy reform. legislation that would require agreement among environmentalists, the nuclear and coal industries and the union. strange bed fellows united in the common goal, they say, of improving the environment and creating jobs, which sounds tough. jeanne's been talking to those bedfellows. who are they and why are they in bed together, jeanne? >> i'm not going to go there, ok. it's a family show. the bedfellows are senator kerry and senator lieberman and senator lindsey graham of south carolina giving the only bill with tripartisan sponsors. and they -- they are united for very different reasns, which is kind of interesting when you see the way that they have managed to cover an enormous amount of ground. they -- and they have cobbled together an agreement that's expected to be released early next week in which both sides make serious compromises to accommodate the other. but senator kerry, lo

the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: -- it sums it up, i think, very nicely. mr. president, one of the things that senator ensign and i and our colleagues discussed with president karzai, with the military leadership of that country, their civilian leadership of afghanistan, with our own folks over there was the nature of the economy of afghanistan. we heard a lot about corruption. we heard a lot about their agricultural economy, which is largely dependent on raising poppies, with feeds the opium trade, with provides a lot of money to the taliban and to other insurgent groups. the question that senator ensign and i have gone bac back and foh with our folks is what is the approach we should take to get the -- the addiction of the afghan farmers to raising poppies? they have the ability to raise plenty of wheat and cotton and all sorts of fruits and nuts. they make a fair amount of money on poppies but the real problem is one in which the trade -- i will list i think a bogus way to base your economy on it. but also

to the east, scattered shower activity, newark, delaware, this is the light rain. around the city now, very light rain going on. it. just around the -- it's just around the beltway. to the west this broken line of showers and heavier echoes near cascade, haggerstown, and south of brooke springs is the last of it. we will be done with the rain by morning. tomorrow, look for a pretty much nicer day. a lot, lot cooler tomorrow. temperatures up in the 80s again. 69 now. west winds at 15. drying things out slowly but surely after the rain moves out of here. things clearing out overnight. 84 today. 54 the low. 62 the average. the record is 90 and 30. right now at 69. elton down to 58. dc still warm at 71. 72. 52, cooler out in oakland. the winds are beginning to turn out to the west, northwest. eventually once the line of showers moves through, we will see the northwest wind. that should give us sunshine along with cooler air. the front across the portions of new york this afternoon, allowing the rain in northern texas by the way. west virginia,west virginia, and across

they focus solely on the exported water to the valley for the decline of this important delaware. ignoring other significant contributing factors. meanwhile, urban centers continue to pollute this delta with toxic runoff, waste discharge, refinery, city streets, power plants significantly degrading the ecosystem and putting water supply to the valley and southern california at risk. this single-minded view has resulted in the loss of jobs and endangered livelihoods of farmers, farm workers, and farm communities in the san joaquin valley who rely on that water to grow half the nation's fruits and vegetables. enough is enough. it's time for other regions of california to share in the responsibility for the decline of water quality and fisheries. playing the blame game and pointing fingers at our valley's economy and some of the hardest working people in the country will not solve our water crisis in california. however working together will. step one is reducing and preventing the long-standing pollution that is threatening the river systems and our region. passing this measure will

new revelations about a delaware pediatrician accused of being a serial child molester.story is coming. >>> heavily-armed troops try to head off political protests in thailand's main political district. >>> and here's angie goff with an update on traffic. >> a clear ride from the greenway to the beltway, traveling the dulles toll road. >>> in the news now, officials at a delaware hospital reveal they investigated a child molestation complaint against dr. bradley in 1996 but cleared him of any wrongdoing. the pediatrician now faces 471 charges for allegedly assaulting more than 15 -- 100 patients. >>> in high land, troops marched in to the central business district. they are trying to stop antigovernment protesters from disrupting commerce on what is known as thailand's wall street. yesterday the military declared the main shopping boulevard unsafe. >>> four members of the doolittle raiders marked the anniversary. they flew the first bombing run over japan in april of 1942. eight members of the unit are still alive. >>> some people have grown weary of military digging ope

. >> so far, only delaware and tennessee have been promised a share of that "race to the top" money. maryland is making a very public pitch. billions of dollars are at stake. money is set aside for schools who are in willing to show that they can break new ground with innovation. the application is 259 pages. >> it is accurate, assignment. >> $four billion in education funding is at stake. maryland is trying to get a two hundred $50 million a piece of the pie. >> we feel that everyone should have an opportunity to look at the direction of this application because it is going to shape maryland reforms of education in the future. >> school districts are promising to do a better job of tracking student progress. there must also be proposals to turn around low-achieving schools, and the design of programs that support mathematics and engineering skills. local superintendent and head of teachers' unions will be among those reviewing the application before it is turned in. >> it is a lot of money, but we do not want to just jump through hoops to get carats, and leave our students and teach

, was put in the middle of a corn field in iowa or down the street from hillary truman's home in delaware or on franklin roosevelt estate in hyde park. the fact that these grew out of the surroundings that produced the president and their character and world outlook. hyde park is part of the exhibit. independence is part of the exhibit. i think we need to align these institutions with universities. >> what is the george w. bush library or to look like? >> i have to tell you, i am impressed. the got a great architect. i thought they were going to try to out-clinton clinton. but they have done is exactly the opposite. that they created a building that absolutely fits into the existing smu campus. it does not call attention to itself. it is not monumental. my sense is that that carries on inside. it is a museum about the presidency and what it is like to be president and the decision making process that goes on as opposed to a very * pacific personalized tom -- time a specific scene. but i like all of the library's print in austin, we have the lyndon johnson library. that is right in the mid

cape may, where delaware bay meets the atlantic, is the epicenter of bird migration on the entire east coast, and one of new jersey's most significant seaside resort communities, the fourth-most lucrative fishing port in the entire nation. the fourth-most lucrative fishing port in the entire nation, rich with scallop beds. it's less than 10 miles from delaware waters, waters that the administration announced they are studying for possible future drilling. so i'm concerned that if the lease sales go forward, the coastlines of maryland, delaware, and new jersey will be under threat, not just an environmental threat but an economic one as well. approximately 60% -- 60% -- of new jersey's $38 billion tourism industry comes from the jersey shore, and the state's multibillion-dollar fishing industry would also be threatened by the specter of a potential oil spill. now, we had an unfortunate incident in new jersey's history. yearly in 1987 when the shore was polluted with medical waste in that year and -- medical waste that ended up on the beaches of new jersey, syringes on the beach of new j

senator in delaware. he is the son of chinese immigrants and teaches immigration law, he is also well suited to today's topic. judith kay, another dear friend, as was her late husband stephen. stephen was a frequently luncheon companion of mind. he loved the new york yankees and metropolitan opera. as a mets fan, that was hard for me to say. a great american who revered the constitution, steve is missed, because he would have so enjoyed being here today. the first woman to hold the highest judicial office is now counsel to a new york city firm. judith and stephen new peter well. they lived in the same building, and i know her dedication to appearing here in her fourth year as chief judge also has a lot to do it honoring her friendship with peter. judith, we are deeply grateful. the list of those who have argued before the new record is impressive, and the pri kathleen sullivan, miguel estrada, and others have all competed for the attention of this panel. i am pleased to announce the today arguing this sid

we're seeing the showers spread your way and eventually they're make it to baltimore, maryland, and delaware. relatively calm in texas, around amarillo and texas, strong storms later on this afternoon. looking good in the northern plains. the rockies look pretty nice. the southeast wet weather early today but you should clear out this afternoon. >>> if you're watching us on kark tv 4 little rock ark, leave your bags at home when you travel around the globe at the passport to the world exhibit at the arkansas museum of discovery. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >>> all right, bill. thanks so much. >>> well, now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. a lot of actors would actually want to be on the other side of the cameras directing and eventually jennifer aniston is one of them. inspired by drew barrymore's recent debut as a director, aniston has her own in the works, telling the "national enquirer", quote, it's getting to a time where creatively i want to turn in a different direction. >>> and kate gosselin who got booted off dancing of the

guffawing but he got the health care through and now talk about drilling on shores from the tip of delaware down, you know, pass 167 miles. the reality is he's trying to balance it out. he doesn't want to give to the tea party but he sees legitimate points and anger and has to govern according to a vision for which he was called to office which is to say reform health care and student loans and he had a heck of a week when you look at it in real terms. the guy had a great week and suffering polle polls declining it's a give and take and some of us leaning to the left wish he might make more grand overtures but he's trying to govern through the middle. >> schieffer: david sanger, the president made a surprise trip to afghanistan and seen with the president karzai and then he basically kicked him in the teeth and blamed all the problems in his country on what he called foreigner and the western immediat media and the times. >> karzai demonstrated in public what everyone has said in private and these ally that isn't sure he isn't sure he's in alliance and to put the troops in for 18 months and

. >> mountain top mining is estimated to have destroyed land the size of delaware. many experts believe it affects water ways in the country. >>> no one realliments any unscheduled face time with the irs, but if you are concerned about an audit and not sure about how long to keep your documents, here is a brief guide. most of us should keep our tax records for three years. some documents like records to purchase a home or sale, any stock transactions or business transactions should be kept longer. if you have employers working for you, you need to keep those documents for at least four years. and organized supporting documents ahead of time, so you won't have to scamable. >>> up next, two alleged rapes occur at a metro station, but the public doesn't find out until two months later. what's going on? >>> and here's a preview of tonight's cbs evening news. >>> new economic numbers show more than 160,000 jobs were created last month, but a lot of people are still hurting. we'll tell you who tonight. only on the cbs evening news. >>> a convicted sex offender be forbidde

new information about a delaware pediatrician accused of molesting more than 100 patients.ospital visuals are now revealing their investigated a complaint in 1996, that dr. earl bradley touched young female patients inappropriately. a nurse complained to the medical center about the way that bradley obtained urine samples from young girls. bradley faces 471 charges including rape and sexual abuse. police say that he video taped the assault. and the hospital says that initially they withheld facts about bradley because they didn't want to jeopardize the criminal case. >>> pope benedict is back in rome after an emotional meeting with the sex abuse victims. the pope met for more than half an hour with eight men who say that they were abused by four priests when they were living at a catholic orphanage. one of the men said that they had tears in their eyes. and everybody was crying. pope benedict promised that they will do all in their powers to bring the guilty to justice and protect the young. an iranian hosted conference. anded today with the demand that israel joined the nu

. >> that delaware pediatrician charged with sexually abusing more than 100 kids will go on trial next year. court documents show jury selection will begin in february for dr. earl bradley. bradley pled not guilty to these charges, but then just this past monday, he was charged with an additional 44 counts of sexual abuse involving two dozen more children. >>> ben roethlisberger will miss the first six games of the 2010 season. that is the punishment the nfl handed out for the steelers quarterback today. that suspension comes after multiple women accused lott lis bergerned roethlisberger of assault. is that fair? roethlisberger was accused, but never even charged with the crime. and now he is suffering some serious consequences at his job. they may even trade him. what do you think about that? suppose we were all held to this higher standard. share your thoughts with mcginty's mailbag. >>> the search is on for 11 people missing after an oil rig explosion off the coast of louisiana. the rig deep water horizon was still burning late today. hours after being rocked by the blast late last

north jersey and basically westchester and putnam counties counties passed the british, across the delaware river and eventually down to your down to hook up with lafayette down there and cornwallis. washington uses what is called the deception battle plan. the deception battle plan is also used in world war ii for the landing at normandy. it is also used endeavored storm by general schwarzkopf to do an end around of the republican guard. they use washington's plan. the first thing you need is a clear objective in the clear objective was he needed to steal a march across new jersey himself without being attacked by the british who were located in new york and staten island. you have to know the enemies assumptions. and, the washington originally was planning to attack new york with the french. the british in new york believe that and so what do you have to do is, once you know what the enemy believes, you then have to reinforce their believe that that is what you are going to do. so, the next thing would be method selection. the options they used, one of the things that he did was since the

you can see where some of it is left in delaware and southern new jersey. right now dover and east of oxford. so when we picked up nearly a quarter of an inch of rain here, just over that in quantico a half an inch of rain you folks in frederick, maryland, and culpepper as well. light rain today. scattered showers. nothing too heavy. things will change by the beginning of the weekend. the skies are clearing. even though we'll start the day with fog, i think we'll clear out quickly as the wind starts to pick you. meanwhile, there's a big storm moving through the west. that storm will be leaded this way. a severe weather outbreak is likely on friday as the storm system moves to the east. it starts feeding on moisture coming out of the gulf of mexico. right now, severe weather looks as though it will be from texas up toward nebraska over to southern illinois and down to mississippi. then we could see some thunderstorms here on friday. i don't think we'll have any severe weather. but thunderstorms are something we haven't seen much of. the reason is because the

charged with raping or sexually abusing more than 100 children who went to his pediatric office in delaware. jury selection will begin on february 14. the trial will start on february 21. >>> tonight, the search continues for 11 people still missing after an oil rig explosion off the coast of louisiana. that rig was still burning this morning after being rocked by the blast late last night. most of the workers either escaped or were rescued by the coast guard. seven were taken to the hospital. now there is concern that rig could topple into the sea. >> it will be a huge salvage project, the size of this rig is incredible. so, it is going to be a massive recovery. >> once the fire is completely out, coast guard teams will begin cleaning off the wreckage. >> air travel is slowly returning to normal. they reopened air space, after the amount of ash in the air dropped to safer levels. the volcano is still active, but it is no longer sending ash miles into the air. >>> a cartoon is sparking outrage. one group says the creators of south park had gone too far, they are calling for a protest. we'll

from dallas to delaware, the pollen is thick. in jackson, mississippi, they're watching it blow from the trees. kelly mill, john and danielle rhodes went running to their doctor. >> excuse me. >> you're exhausted. the congestion. you can't breathe very well. >> i can really hear it in your voice. >> i could pull a sled right now. >> reporter: early every morning, scientists in georgia pull this white box down from the top of the building and count the pollen inside. >> looks pretty bad. >> reporter: anything more than 120 particles is considered extremely high. they found more than 5,000. it seems like every ye they say the pollen is high. but scientists say this year is truly special. there were heavy rains in the north and the southeast over the past three months. and those same areas are deep in pollen. >> it's a reproduction explosion with the pollen everywhere. >> reporter: we reached out to 60 experts across the country. most say allergy suffererers should avoid being out between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. when most of the po

he was in his early twenties, had graduated from the university of delaware. his father, linton weeks, was a long-time "washington post" writer running the web site for national public radio. he introduced me to his son. i hired him when i was working on my book "the wilderness warrior: theodore roosevelt," a book on conservation. he was my right and left hand. we became great friends. my wife, ann, and i were friends with stone. we -- our whole lives became interspersed. and then tragically, on the way to a book party of mine but also to come see his parents here in d.c., a truck hit stone and his brother and it crunched them like an accordion on a virginia highway and both stone and his brother, holt, just got burned and died, and so it was quite tragic. and we had a memorial service at washington cathedral for him and that clip you ran was part of the eulogy. i'm dedicating my book i'm working on right now, "the quiet world," about alaska, to stone. >> do you use assistants when you research? >> no, and that may be a weakness but i don't know -- i wouldn't

one more call here, lewes, delaware. karzai, a credible partner? caller: yes, he is. of course, his government wants to keep these people because they get their drugs. and this government is corrupt. how can they go somewhere else and tell them how to be? thank you. host: thanks for your comments. we turn our attention to the transportation security administration and the new airline security screening measures that went into affect for flights coming into the u.s. we will talk to clark kent ervin, but first a news update. >> republican party chairman michael steele, in remarks earlier on "good morning america" defended his record and dismissed insider criticism. saying he was "very angry" about the to thousand dollars the party spent for a night at a sex-been a hollywood party. some leading congressional republicans have criticized his style, but stopped short of calling for his ouster. he attributes his problems to " and name to republicans who don't like me. come more violence today in pakistan. the u.s. consulate in the northwest city of peshawar was hit by two su

it will be allowed from delaware down to florida. drilling off the virginia coast could begin as soon as 20 to call. bob mcdonnell move. some are seeing red. >> i am concerned about oil spills. >> you see the drilling in california. it is not good. >> president obama says this is part of a broader strategy to move the united states away from dependence on foreign oil. >>> new mileage standards are being set for cars and trucks. they will need to get at least 35 1/2 miles per gallon per it will be about we spent at the gas pump. >>> coming up, able first heard it is almost time >> and a new way to get away is coming closer to home. we will explain. >> you could not ask for a better day at >>> hello. i am the daredevil at the big apple circus. if you think your commute is bed, check this out. good morning, washington. >>> he did not see that every day. >> that catches your eye. 5:40. your traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >> it is a gorgeous day outside. >> we hit 71 yesterday. we could add five or 10 degrees on top of tha

the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. kaufman: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kaufman: i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kaufman: madam president, i rise to discuss a bill i'm introducing, he preelection -- the preelection transition act of 2010, it concerns our national security and america's democratic institutions. i'm proud to be joined by my colleague from ohio, senator voinovich, in introducing this bill. eups to -- i want to thank chairman akaka as well as chairman lieberman of the homeland security and governmental affairs committee. i appreciate their support and for input while drafting this bill. eulsd would like -- i also would like to thank the partnership for public s-frbgs a leading nonprofit organization in the area of government accountability and reform. their recent ready to govern report on the 2008-2009 transition made a number of important recommendations that ar

right now there is only one speaking clearly on this issue and that is senator ted kaufman of delaware. senator kaufman as you may know is appointed to joe biden's seat and is not running for reelection. he therefore has no fear of any consequence. you should look at his speeches believe he's given three speeches that are remarkable and you might see is just an appointed senator. i can assure you anyone who speaks truth about these issues right now gets attention. larry summers was questioned on the abc weekend show about what senator coffman said he was forced into the position were yet to say he was exactly right. i don't think larry summers is implementing the agenda that he would be comfortable with that is where we have to go and we need to bring more voices out and this debate among financial reform is very important and it's incredibly important that this be positioned so that people can speak clearly and truthfully on this issue and not get it lost in some tactical political game but we will see how that plays out. very early. i will take a question on the right and the gentlem

now there's only one whose release he can clearly on this issue and that's senator ted coffman of delaware. he was appointed to ted writing seat and is not running for reelection. he therefore has no fear or any consequence. and you should look at his speeches. he's given three speeches in the last couple weeks are remarkable. you might say he's just an appointed senator. i can assure you anyone who speaks truth about these issues right now gets attention and larry summers was questioned on the abc weekend show about one of their senator cowpland is right. i don't think we summers is implementing the agenda that senator coffman would be comfortable with. we need to bring more voices out in this debate about financial reform in the senate right now is unimportant. i think it's incredibly important that this be positioned so that people can speak clearly and truthfully on this issue and not edit all lost in some political gain. but we'll see how that plays out. i'll take a question on the right the gentleman in the back of them will go to the back. >> i'm not an economist. [inaudible] but wh

the presiding officer: the senator from delaware is recoiz. mr. kaufman: mr. president, i rise today to express my support for chris schroeder's nomination to be assistant attorney general for the office of legal policy in the department of justice. before i go any further, i want to state for the record that chris schroeder is a longtime colleague and a great friend of mine. not only did we work together for senator biden, but for the past 20 years, we've cotaught a course on the congress at the duke law school, a course for many of those years was cosponsored by the law school and the sanford school of public policy. chris is currently the charles s. murphy professor of law and professor of public policy studies at duke as well as director of the duke's program in public law. chris was born in springfield, ohio, received his b.a. from princeton university, a master's in divinity from yale, and his j.d. from the university of california at berkeley, where he was editor in chief of the california law review. he's married to the wonderful katherine t. bartlett,

. >>> a delaware pediatrician was indicted for several allocations. nurse reported in 1996 he may have inappropriately touched girls. he's charged with 500 counts of rape now after the police say he even video taped the assaults on come of the patients. >>> the pope is back in roam after a trip to malta. he had a meeting with eight men who said they were abused. he told them he'll protect children and they said they'll help them move on. [ indiscernible ] i go to my daughter and say, i believe, you know. >> the pope also pledged to bring abusive priests to justice. >> all eyes are on the sky since the air travel isn't back to normal because of the volcano in iceland. thousands of flights are on the ground since late last week and they could get back to normal today. here's tara mergener with more. >> reporter: most of european air space will be closed for business for one more day. we have an unprecedented situation. >> for days, this ash cloud spewing has throne global travel into chaos. some are forced to make terminals their new home. we don't know

the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. kaufman: madam president, i ask unanimous consent on wednesday, the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar 699, the nomination of christopher schroeder, there will be three hours with respect to the nomination, that upon the use of the yielding back the time, the senate proceed to the vote on confirmation of the nomination. upon confirmation, the the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, further the cloture motion with respect to the nomination be withdrawn provide that the schroeder nomination, the 578 to be u.s. circuit court judge for the their circuit, there will be three hours of debate with respect to the nomination, upon the use or yielding back of time the senate proceed to vote on the confirmation of the nomination, upon confirms, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and the cloture motion with with respect to the nomination be withdrawn, provided further on thursday ape 22, following a period of morning business the senate proceed to executiv

citgo's parent company is located in venezuela, but citgo itself is organized under the laws of delaware with its principal place of business in texas. citgo passes that test. second, the federal elections commission requires that any political spending by foreign subsidiaries be drawn from profits made in america. no problem for citgo. the latest s.e.c. filings, 10-k filing we could obtain show that $625 million in annual profits here in the united states, citgo passes that test, but it can only spend spend $625 million on american elections. finally, current regulations require that all political decisionmaking for a company be made by americans, not foreign nationals. do you think that because citgo's board of directors has no americans, it's just four venezuelan citizens, that it couldn't pass this test, but believe it or not, a july, 2000, decision from the federal elections commission said that even this would not disqualify a company. as long as a board of directors forms an elections committee with only american members, that company can still spend on elections, even with 100% f

the north of the district and off to our east, a few rain showers in eastern maryland pushing into delawarerning. that will continue to push out. you might see another little blip pop up here or there during the early-morning hours. later today, we could see some showers well down to the south. i think most of our viewers will be precipitation free but in southern maryland, you might get a little bit of activity there. lets aget back to the graphics. here is a look at the satellite- radar if our region. you see the clouds that are in over us. you see the motion here. everything pushing to the east so we'll get some sunshine breaking out here later on today. it will take a while for that to happen but we will see that develop. the other thing you want to be aware of is it will be breezy today with winds gusting up to about 5 miles per hour out of the northwest. this more than, mostly cloudy becoming partly sunny later in the day. high in the low to mid-60s. then for your five-day forecast, mid-60s again tomorrow with lots of sunshine and then our temperatures slowly but surely increase thurs

maryland is part of a program, promoting offshore wind power, with delaware and virginia. >>> well, we saw some of the coldest temperatures last night that we've seen in weeks. but it has warmed up a bit outside right now. though the sun is in and out, mostly in. wjz has weather and traffic together. meteorologist bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. hi, bernadette. >> hello, kai and everybody out there. the air is unstable. that's building up to clouds this afternoon. temperature-wise, we're at 58 degrees. so still on the cold side. it was a chilly morning. and as the clouds break up tonight and the winds start to die down, it's going to be another cold one. i want to show you more frost advisories in effect through the overnight. we've got those for tonight and into tomorrow morning. and again, a freeze warning out west. in addition to the winds up, a red flag advisory on the eastern shore. a little going on. but big changes coming in our future. we'll have that shortly. >>> let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin at wjz traffic co

. >> a bit of rain on the lower eastern shore around ocean city and on southern delaware moving off theoast. once it gets off the coast and statewide, we will be in a dry weather pattern. light showers across parts of pennsylvania. there is some snow falling over parts of new england and to new york state into new hampshire. it is still kind of chili up that way. our temperatures are running below normal as well, but we will be in for a dry, milder weather pattern as beginning to the second half of this work week. grass pollen only one, a total pollen count only 13. normal high, and for 60's, but this afternoon, low to mid 50's. slowes 60's down in the far southern part of the state. -- gloede 60's down in the far southern part of the state. -- low 60's downin of our southern part of the state. frost advisories are out for parts of the harford and northern parts of baltimore and carroll counties and howard and montgomery counties. if you have planned out, protect them or bring them in. there was actually -- if you have plants out, protect them or bring them in. there is actually freeze

there is an oil spill related to this site, the likelihood of reaching the shores of new jersey, delaware, maryland, virginia, the outerbanks are real -- are real. here's the mouth of the chesapeake bay. 50 miles away from this site. the chesapeake bay, as the presiding officer knows, we're struggling to deal with the cleanup of the bay. it's hard enough just dealing with the known pollutants that come in from farming and from development and from storm runoff. put into that a potential oil spill, and it would set us back decades in trying to restart our oyster crops and help our watermen with the blue crabs and to deal with the returning of the rockfish. it's too great of a risk. as secretary salazar said, there are certain parts of this country that are just so environmentally sensitive, they're not worth the risk. the west coast of the united states, the north atlantic, and i tell you that the coast around the chesapeake bay falls into that category. we should not permit that type of drilling. we can do something about this. we're going to have a chance. i'm a strong proponent, with --

one spill, one tiny spill off the coast of delaware or virginia could easily contaminate much of the entire seaboard. this is not something that i think most of the american public supports but clearly not something our country needs right now. >> but beneath the campaign headlines, there was some fine print in candidate obama's speeches. time and again, he said in the short term, domestic oil production would have to be stepped up and he signaled he might be willing to strike a deal with republicans on drilling to bring them on board for his broader energy plans. will it work? for his part, john mccain tweeted after the announcement, drill, baby drill, good move. >> tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> let's get an insider briefing now from david gergen. is this about politics? >> i don't think so, anderson. the national security advisor to the president, jim jones, has studied energy for a long time, is absolutely convinced this is a matter of national security, we have to become more energy independent. others are very worried as economies get back online, grow again, the price of oil

the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. kaufman: thank you, senator casey. madam president, i rise once again to speak about one of our nation's great federal employees. we have all just returned to washington. i know we have a long and busy work period ahead in the senate. all of us will be relying on our staff, he will our schedulers and personal assistants to keep us abreast of the latest votes, schedules, and meetings with constituents and colleagues. i cannot overstate how much those of us in positions of leadership depend on the hard work and expertise of those who keep us organized and ever prepared. this is not just true for me in the senate, my colleagues in the senate, but also for members of the house, the cabinet secretaries, agency heads, and other senior officials. that is why i have chosen to honor as this week's great federal employee a woman whose long career did so much to keep our nations safe during the cold war. thelma stubbs smith served for over 40 years in the defense department as a personal assistant. she worked for seven consecutiv

there are a couple of showers longerring in the eastern portions of delaware but that is pushing offies move in. high today about 64 degrees. a little bit breezy tomorrow. 65 with sunshine. thursday 70 and then off to the races. temperatures will range from the mid and upper 70s to the mid and upper 80s over the weekend. more details about all of that coming up in a little bit. >> saturday too? i'm not going to know how to behave myself. julie, we'll be running around together in way less clothes than we should have on. >> well you're not supposed to talk about that. >> where will you two be doing that. >> we'll be hanging out. >> i don't have to worry about tony p. he goes to bed at the time i go out. >> that's true. >>> and right now we have a lot to talk about. southbound 270, the crash at 118 cleared so lanes open out of germantown. however the traffic is jammed up badly leaving 121 out of clarksburg southbound toward 118. pace slowing again at 370 toward the lane divide. outer loop slows 95 to georgia. 29 at university boulevard, accident activity cleared. southbound 95, stalled

a lot of folks are in the 50s. 51degrees. 46 in dover, delaware and 46 in winchester.e satellite-radar composite for our region. things look good. we have clear skies this morning. we'll have mostly sunny skies. not much going on. the little blips that you you see are just some anomalies in the system. either that or it is an alien invasion. here your day planner for today. lots of sunshine, warm, mild winds looking for a high ranging from the mid-70s to 08- degree. we'll call it 77 in washington. more on the weather coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you. >>> let's check some with julie wright an get a look at traffic this morning. >> good morning to all of you. it was quiet and now we have problems to report. if you normally travel along new hampshire avenue at 108, that is where we find the accident activity. the activity that wear fining here in the cameras on 108. new hampshire avenue still open for business. but fire an apparatus on the scene along with an ambulance and police. in the dark, it is difficult to see what exactly is involve in the crash but we

a line of showers across delaware and the eastern shore. locally, we've got two little sprinkles. just want to show you quickly. we got one other one though what's left of it near brians road. st. charles not sure if they get in there. one great thing about the rain last night it's cleaning out the atmosphere because the allergy update that we've been looking at the last couple of days has had the tree pollen in a high category, weather graphic, and grass pollen and weeds and mold, though. with the rain, we're going to clean it out and bring that tree pollen down. with the cooler weather moving in, we'll keep it down for a while. the next three days will be breezy, much colder today. we'll be lucky to get to 61 or so. tomorrow low, possibly mid- 60s. sunday a great looking day. sunshine back in the low 70s. you will love the weekend. and that bus stop forecast, clouds south and east, the sunshine breezy and cool. definite jacket weather with a bit of a windchill out there. mid to upper 40s and sunrise 6:41. this afternoon, sunshine, breezy cool only around 60 with a northwest wind

american army and the french army from north jersey and westchester past the british come across the delaware river and even to lay down to yorktown to hook up with lafayette to attack cornwallis. so washington uses the deception battle plan. it is also used in world war ii for the landing at normandy also in desert storm by a general schwarzkopf to do the end of around on the republican guard. they used washington's plan. the first thing you need is a clear objective to steal a march without being attacked by the british to were located in new york and the staten island did know the end of these assumptions. and washington originally was planning to attack new york with the french and british believed that so what you have to do is once you know, what the enemy believes you have to reinforce there believe that is what you will do. the next thing would be much good selection the options used. one of the things he did since they use the french army and the french army of both of them he had brick ovens being poked and they were built in chatham new jersey and order preparation of ovens and he

he spent three years battling with the city of wilmington, delaware to protect private property, private legislation passed that limits what the government can take -- how much property the government can take of yours and because of that, he's being honored today by the sam adams alliance. what made you say to yourself i'm going to fight rather than cave? >> well, it just occurred to me not to fight. i mean, i knew that i had to fight. it's what i worked for all of my life. i mean, i bought the property 15 years ago. it was supposed to belong to me. and there was never another option but to fight. i knew that as an american, i paid my taxes, i maintained the property and it belonged to me. >> right, so you received notification from the city that the businesses were on the city's property acquisition list. on this waterfront property. somehow, you were able as an activist to get 61 other business owners on your side, but it wasn't an easy side, was it? >> well, the other business owners, of course, they were all on my side because they didn't want their properties acquired either. the p

warner: i thank the senator from delaware for his perspective and experience.while many of my colleagues are talking about this related to judges, we have, as the senator from minnesota said, members of the d.o.j. are held up. we have a very qualified and talented individual, mr. brenner, who is up for the international affairs. i know my colleague from maryland whriek to speak on this issue. the presiding officer: the senator from maryland is recognized. mr. cardin: i would like to thank senator warner for taking this time to bring to the attention of our colleagues a very serious problem. one of the most fundamental responsibilities for a member of the senate is to advise and consent on the president's nominations. and there are literally hundreds of appointments that are going to require our confirmation, more than that. thousands actually, that we have to confirm. that's our responsibility is to take the appointments that the president has given us, evaluate them and then to act, either to confirm or not confirm. and the american people depend upon these in

an oil slick the size of delaware and rhode island combined is close to the gulf shore. it may well eclipse the exxon valdez disaster. a well that ruptured more than a week ago is responsible. efforts to shut it down failed. the slick covers as much as 600 square miles of square water. let's get more from weather anchor chad myers. >> it is a mess today because the winds shifted direction. they're now out of the southeast blowing this oil into the bayous of southeastern louisiana. well south of louisiana but into that little point that is the delta of new orleans. here is the map. here is the brown area where the brown oil is. the source there, obviously still coming out. yesterday, we found out about this time that there were not only 1,000 barrels coming out per day -- that's about 42,000 gallons -- but there were maybe 5,000 barls coming out -- that's almost 200,000 gallons of oil coming out per day. so here it is, right on the shore of louisiana today. farther back up towards biloxi by saturday. into mobile bay by sunday. and then maybe as far east as pensacola. the