dr. harris. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. as i indicated in my opening statement, the status quo with respect to whether satellite prams may simply not be a sustainable option. and a question we should be asking is to what alternative options we have. to that i'd like to enter into the record a piece by the university of washington atmospheric sciencist cliff mass entitled "weather x." >> without objection. >> thank you very much. dr. mass makes the argument that noaa should consider pursuing a model similar to that which nasa pursued with spacex. mass argues that the weather data necessary for forecasts could be provided by a private company that could build, launch and maintain the satellites. dr. sullivan, what's is noaa's philosophy toward the type of alternative private model that dr. mass has suggested? >> well, i would say -- i have not read the blog post in detail, dr. harris, so i can't comment on the particulars that are cited there. in general, my posture would be that innovative ideas deserve careful exploration.

dr. harris, the administration has convened a task force to look across all of o the civilian agencies and get a better handle and greater coordination across those assets and their capabilities. i'm not aware of an active group. it may be my ignorance that's looking at the white house levels, specifically at the dwss and noaa constellations. i would say our program managers are active with both air force weather and command in los angeles. so we are interacting closely with them. we have a very long history of collaboration and mutual support with the defense department. i believe both parties recognize and appreciate the other's equities well and try to maintain awareness so we can do what we can do with the resources and latitude available to us to compliment and support each other. >> but does -- do you know how they are going to mitigate the risk? not noaa's afternoon orbit, but the other orbits, which informs you for your forecasts and m models? >> i know of no specific plan for those mitigations at this time. >> now the gao's testimony said they will have to shed capability to live

dr. harris. the chair now recognizes my good friend from north carolina, mr. miller. for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman brown. i want to thank both chairs of the subcommittees for holding the hearing today on two satellite programs, jpss and goes-r that have unfortunately been a central part of this committee's oversight responsibility for years. i say unfortunately because attention of oversight does not gravitate to programs that are running smoothly. it gravitates to programs that are a problem, and these programs have been a problem. but they need to work, though seldom the headline grabber, it is hard to overstate the importance of satellite programs for the lives of americans. the daily life. satellite-based weather and climate forecasts tell us whether to carry an umbrella on any given day, where to fly planes, what crops to plant, whether to run our power plants, how to plan military missions, when to take cover from deadly storms. when they work, when we get timely and accurate information we are safer and more prosperous. but when satellite programs fa

dr. harris, the gentleman from maryland. an open government, with that in mind, as the president's science adviser, do you think it's a matter of principal that the government should make regulatory actions public? specifically if you have an issue with the epa and some of their regulatory actions. as a matter of principal, do you think we should expect that? >> yes. would you work with the committee to see that we get -- >> be appear to do that, if there's a problem with that, i would be happy to work with you, i think the principal is absolutely the data on which regulatory decision and other decisions are based, should be available to the committee and should be made public, unless there's a classification reason. unlikely in this case. >> let me ask you, when you talk about -- he actually included natural gas as clean energy. you left it out of your testimony, do you consider natural gas a clean energy source in? >> yes. >> is there a reason you left it out of your testimony? >> natural gas is the cleanest of the fossil

dr. harris. the chair recognizes my good friend from north carolina, mr. miller for five minutes. >> thank you. i want to thank both chairs of the subcommittees for holding the hearing today on two satellite programs, jpss and gozar that have been part of the responsibility for years. i say fortunately because the attention of oversight does not gravitate to programs that are running smoothly. it gravitates to programs that are a problem and these programs have been a problem. although -- but they need to work. though seldom a headline grabber, it's important to reinstate the importance of the satellite programs for the lives of americans, the daily life. satellite-based weather, they tell us whether to carry an umbrella on any given day. we're going fly planes, what crops to plant, how to plan military missions and when to take cover from deadly storms. when they work and when we get timely and accurate information we are safer and more prosperous, but when satellite programs falter, we find that lives, property infrastructure on economic health are at ri

dr. harris. we interrogate and interact with the private sector. there's a vibrant enterprise portion of the enterprise. it used to be government as well. we engage with the potential providers of launch services and instruments quite frequently. we put an rfq out in 2008 prior to letting instrument contracts for gpps and overlook ed. we are more active than your question suggests. i just don't know if anyone yet has seen the weather x blog. it had not been brought to my attention. >> it will be in the record. i would hope someone would be watching something by university scientists being published. even if it's in a blog. at a prior hearing, a panel of experts recommended that noaa undertake an observing system. which i hope you're familiar with the concept. which would evaluate different capabilities and options to determine the best mix of systems that noaa should pursue. absent noaa is basing planning on subjective mediciopinions. >> we agree with the characterization of ossi has a highly rigorous and good way to observing systems. we do use th

dr. harris, the gentleman from maryland, five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. xharm and thank you, doctor, for appearing in front of the committee. >> one of the issues before the subcommittee has to do with transparency. in your testimony you brag about the first day in office, the president signing the memorandum of transparency and open government. with that in mind as the president's science adviser is

harris-perry. she's a modern wonder woman. she is a -- dr.ter citizen stereotypes and black women in america. she is a regular columnist for the nation magazine and is the host of her own show on msnbc bet ears on saturday and sunday morning. she is the proud mother of a young daughter and once a month or so she gets a little sleep. it's a delight to introduce you to melissa harris peery. [applause] the start of what is going to be in an ideologically diverse date for me today. i would run off the stage when i'm done with my address because i am heading of chicago where i will join the family for a conversation about voluntarism in america. that will be fun. by the end of the day i will have no idea what is going on in the world, but i'm very happy to start the day with you and particularly because what i find to be my value added within the public sphere is not as an activist or an organizer per say. i'm married to an activist and an organizer so it is clear to me which one of us does real work and which one of a stock's about the work that

dr. harris, the gentleman from maryland. >> thank you grumet dr. holdren for appearing before the committee. let me ask, you know, one of the issues that came up on the subcommittee has to the transparency and in your testimony, you kind of bread about the first day in office the president signing an memorandum on the transparency of government. as the adviser to you think as a matter of principle that the federal government should make scientific data it uses to justify regulatory actions as public? specifically we have an issue with the epa and some of the regulatory actions they claim based on scientific data but we have had a hard time getting them to release the original data which they based the action. as a matter of principle do you think we should expect that? would you work with the committee to see the we get -- >> we would be happy to do that. if there's a problem i would be happy to work with you. i think the principle is absolutely the data on which regulatory decisions and other decisions are based and should be available to the comm

dr. joe harris and, if the retiring superintendent. he turned in his company vehicle.ading into retirement. he stepped down after 12 years. 8:57 -- severe weather and wreaks havoc throughout our state, and we have seen coverage. if >> and downed trees and power lines are making a mess around the state. i'm kerry cavanaugh with the latest. >> it is really interesting. after all of the stormy weather, the sunshine is out, the humidity is up. >> new laws are set to take effect. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking -- this is wbal-tv 11 news saturday morning. >> did you hear them last night? violence storm sweeps through maryland, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people. good morning. i am jennifer franciotti. from a heat to a stormy night, the weather is the bior

. >>> she brought us "when harry met >>> who is this? >> dr. marsha fieldstone of network america, and you are on the air. >> you called a radio station? >> the woman behind this classic romantic comedy and many others has passed away. welcome back to "news4 at 4." i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. nora ephron passed away yesterday after complications from a blood disorder. she spent decades writing hollywood hits. you know the neighboames. >> we have a look back appear her career and some of the movies she helped to make instant classics. >> are you okay? >> shop girl, don't cry. >> you should have seen the way those men looked at me. >> reporter: there's no question that nora ephron loved new york city. she covered about it as a newspaper reporters, she wrote about its sorrows and celebrated it in the film she wrote "when harry met salary." billy crystal tweeted -- >> it's the ultimate romantic comedy. even today it lives as the type of movie you watch on a rainy day. >> she came from a family of writers and penned her own way to no

harris-perry. she is a modern wonder woman. she is a -- dr. perry is a professor of political science at tulane university. she's the author of "sister citizen, shame stereotypes and black women in america." she's a regular columnist for "the nation" magazine. she's the host of her own show on msnbc that airs on saturday and sunday mornings. she's the proud mother of a young daughter and once a month be or so she gets a little sleep. it's a delight to introduce you to melissa harris-perry. [ applause ] >>> good morning. >> good morning. >> so it's the start of what is going to be an idiologically diverse day for me today. i'm going to run off the stage when i am done with my address because i am heading off to chicago where i will join the bush family for a conversation about volunteerism in america. so that'll be fun. by the end of the day i will have no idea what's going on in the world, but i am very happy to start the day with you, and particularly because what i find to be my value added within the public sphere is not as an activist or o

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harry belafonte joins me live. it's a pleasure. thank you for joining me. >> thank you very having me. >> you have quite the textured story. you marched with dr. king.me question to you bringing this to today in 2012. do you think that celebrities are just playing it safe by comparison, attaching their names to safer causes? >> i think there's no question that they are playing it safe. i think, a certain degree of self-serving has a far outweighed the service for the greater humanity. i think there are some nice things going on. i think people do pleasant things from time to time, but from the point of view of passionate social change commitment, very few, if any. >> who do you see today as falling in your true, true activism footsteps and doing so in this country? >> i think it's unfair to talk about in way in my footsteps. i think many artists are doing things at a certain level that are quite remarkable and quite appreciated. in my footsteps, first of all, we don't live in the same history, the same time. the society is mobilized. back in the days of vietnam and the civil rights movement with dr. king and the kind of leaders we have, none of that

harris-perry. she is a modern wonder woman. she is a -- dr.er citizen, shame stereotypes and black women in america. she is regular columnist for the "nation magazine" and she is the host of her own show on "msnbc," that airs on saturday and sunday mornings. she is the proud author of a young daughter and once a month or so she gets a little sleep. [laughter] is a delight to introduce you to melissa harris-perry. [applause] >> good morning. it's the start of what is going to be an ideologically diverse day for me today. i'm going to run off the stage when i'm done with my address because i'm heading off to chicago where i will join the bush family for a conversation about volunteerism in america. [laughter] that will be fun. by the end of the day i will have no idea what is going on in the world, but i'm very happy to start the day with you and particularly because what i find to be my value-added within the public sphere is not as an activist or an organizer per se. i am married to an activist and organizer so it's very clear to me which one

harris faulkner. now, back to "justice," with judge jeanine. >> judge jeanine: the fbi has them on the top ten most wanted list but robert william fisher is still on the loose. dr and mark fuhrman join us again. dr. hua, this animal sets his house on fire after he slits the throat of his family. how does the fire effect the forensics on the bodies? >> it won't effect in terms of determining the cause of death or the manner of death in this case. probably will interfere a little bit evidence collection surrounding the body. >> judge jeanine: and when you say probably a little bit in terms of what? >> collecting all the evidence surrounding the body like the microscopic evidence collection. >> judge jeanine: is there some way if you can tell if they died of a or after the fire? >> it is easy. doing the autopsy, look at airways. in you are still alive you inhale the smoke into the airway and the young will turn black. secondly the carbon monoxide. if reality it is almost like cooking abody. if the fire was quick and strong you burn the an and tier layer. >> so the fire almost preserves the internal organ for forensic evaluation? >> yes, he. >> judge jeanine: mark,

dr. marsha yieldstone of network america and you are on the air. >> you called the radio station? >> ephron wrote and directed more than a dozen movies, including "sleepless in seattle" and "when harry met sally" she was also an author. her book "heartburn" was inspired by her failed marriage to carl bernstein. nora ephron was 71 years old. >>> eight minutes after 11:00 is our time right now. coming up on "news 4 midday" -- >> coming up, details on traffic and parking as golf lovers from all over the place head to congressional this morning for the at&t national. that story straight ahead. >>> and count down to the olympics. we check out team usa in the water. stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> one of golf's premier tournaments is about to tee off in our area. tiger woods, at&t national returns to congressional country club this week after a two-year hiatus. and the golf star is bringing some of the sports biggest names along with him. news 4 melissa mollet joins us from congressional with a preview of what's happening out there. have you caught a glimpse of the tiger yet, melissa? >> not quite yet. i think he's hiding from me. any tournament out here at congressional is about t

harry reid channelling brice harper. >> thank you for that, mike. coming up presidential candidate ron paul joins us on set and former national security adviser dr. brzezinski will be here and mike allen with the top stories in the politico playbook. here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> everyone ready for the heat to arrive and it will this afternoon in areas of the northeast. so far this spring it's been located in the middle of the country. only a little two or three-day taste of it for the east coast and this is just a fitting end to one of the hottest springs we've ever seen in this country. we'll officially welcome in summer at 7:06 this afternoon. so heat index, 100 to 105, areas in yellow under a heat advisory includes washington, d.c., baltimore, new york, hartford to boston, even providence. philadelphia, you're under an extensive heat warning that could be dangerous the next two days. already in the 70s. this afternoon, how hot will it get? how does 100 feel in hartford, connecticut, this afternoon. we'll be near 100 today from new york to boston to philly to washington, d.c. and it does look like the heat will come to an

harris and and the business department. if it was raised, it's early was not followed up. he makes the point to me that he would not have known whether dr. cable had legal device or not because he would not have had a conversation with dr. cable. as i say, if you look at the texted changes between mr. harrison and mr. machel, i would say it is obvious he is implying generally and in a polite way to brush him off with his various request for intervention. for example, mr. michaud asked that i sent a letter to dr. cable agreed that was never done, never raised with me. if you look at the general tone of the text exchanges, they tend to be, i will bring that up, or sorry, i am on paternity leave, or whatever. there is nowhere that he says big idea, i will action that point. mr. harrison, i think, was doing his job of meeting people and representing important businesses but he was very careful not to promise things that we would not have wanted to deliver. >> there is reference to ongoing dialogue in weeks to come. is that something that did not occur? >> we have done a search of the e-mail system and of correspondence with the treasury and