so now at ellison house it begins the plot, the plot. on saturday, march 8th, 1783, there arrives a messenger from philadelphia to general gates, colonel walter stewart. walter stewart, by the way, known as the handsomest man in the american army. colonel stewart held a high rank, inspector general of the northern army. washington was very unhappy with colonel stewart he spent to much time in philadelphia he didn't seem to be attracted to newburgh, new york. when he arrived he went to the commander in chief to pay respects and then immediately to general gates. general gates later wrote that colonel stewart has arrived with information from some of our friends in philadelphia. those friends could only have been, of course, morris and morris, hamilton and madison and some others. perhaps making overtures to general gates. that was saturday. the next day, sunday, was a very busy time at ellison house because the staff was busy writing, in particular, colonel john armstrong. armstrong was writing an address to the army at newburgh. we know

congressman keyes keith ellison joins me in just a moment. if we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old and to tell the truth. i'm a confession i am a total get of friends that i love driving hip hop music and for. that he was kind of a yesterday. i'm very proud of the world without you it's a place. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. as promised congressman keith ellison joins me now to talk about how we can get corporate money out of politics congressman ellison represents the fifth this district of minnesota and is co-chair of the house progressive caucus congressman welcome good to be thank you thanks for joining us what's your reaction to this latest study that shows that just ten entities nearly half of them billionaires not all of them even human beings are responsible for fully a third of the over two hundr

are and what congress can do to stop the billionaire takeover of our american democracy from keith ellison joins me in just a moment also the federal reserve came out with his new forecast for the american economy showing that a full recovery is still years away but could there be another way to fast track economic recovery even if it means a fundamental transformation of the federal reserve itself and later earlier this week a cow in california tested positive for mad cow disease meaning that after several years u.s. beef supply could be in danger again should washington be doing more to protect americans from a fatal outbreak of that disease. you know this the oligarchy making their voices for this election a new analysis of super pac donations by the center for public integrity finds the just ten donors are responsible for fully one third of the two hundred two million dollars in super pac money raised so far this election all of those ten dollars seven are individuals and four of those are billionaires leading the way as casino mogul sheldon adelson dished out twenty six point five mil

imagine if he had done that how much ellison would be worth.be the richest man in the world by five-fold. >> he could have three carlo slims. >>> president obama taking on the oil market today launching a sweeping plan to rein in speculation. >> we can't afford a situation where speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil, creating the perception of a shortage and driving prices higher. and i call on congress to pass a package of measures to crack down on illegal activity and hold accountable those who manipulate the market for private gain at the expense of millions of working families. >> there you fgo. does the government need to crack down on speculators? bruce vincent, former chairman of the independent petroleum association of america. i have a feeling i know what your answer is going to be. you have to admit there's a role that speculators do play in this market to the upside. and maybe like we're learning from nat gas, to the downside. >> yes. speculators are simply investors. they do definitely add to the amplitude of

thank you. >> thanks, congressman ellison. i could have added in my opening statement comments made by president george w. bush after 9/11, which i thought were solid statements of constitutional principle, particularly when it came to those adherence of the muslim faith that our war is not against this islamic religion but against those who would corrupt it, distort it and ms. use it in the name of terrorism. i thank you for your testimony. congresswoman judy chu represents the 32nd district in california. since 2009. she was the first chinese american woman elected to congress. she chairs the congressional asian pacific american caucus, formerly served in the california state assembly. we're honored that you're here today. please proceed. >> thank you, senator. as chair of the congressional asian pacific american caucus, i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak here today about ending racial profiling in america. asian-americans and pacific islanders like other minority communities have felt the significant effects of racia

thank you. >> thanks, congressman ellison.y opening statement comments made by president george w. bush after 9/11, which i thought were solid statements of

but at the same time, our administration felt very comfortable giving larry ellison pledges of a huge amount of money for the america's cup regatta race for the billionaires, when in fact, there are a whole lot of people that will not show up for that. most of the money would be a trickle-down money that would come in from taxes and so on. the reality is, there is a perception that i certainly share, which is that we, as a city, feel comfortable giving money to wealth, and are really cheap when it comes to things like parks and the poor, as several speakers here have already said, to the people who are residents of the city who are in great need. i would urge that you look at that value system and reevaluate it. the money needs to go where the residents of san francisco need it to go, not just to those -- like twitter and larry ellison -- who are really not in need of our money. [applause] >> we are going to do two more speakers. then i'm going to have to rush you, mayor lee, because i have another meeting at 7:30. what can i say? it is the teacher in me. i cannot help it. pam lee fro

keith ellison from the great state of minnesota is here. >> good to be here. you for having us. >> absolutely. first tell me what hand at the hearing today. >> what happened was that new york attorney general made a presentation, talked about the settlement, talked about the -- what is going to happen next, outlined his goals, said that what he wanted to see is more accountability, as you know given all of the fraud and corruption, lying, tricky no one has been held accountable, so he focused on that. then he mentioned we have got to help homeowners more. because homeowners have not been given the help they need or anything approaching the numbers that are needed. and he wanted to make sure and enlist our assistance in making sure the story is told right. so the republicans are saying that the community reinvestment act is to blame, saying that homeownership goals are to blame. really what is to blame is their massive deregulation of financial markets which caused the massive crash. after the financial regulation of the great depression, we went a number of de

esq. >> congressman keith ellison from minnesota.ess. you don't have to be from minnesota. >> no. >> to call. >> we can be from alabama, mississippi, maine, mepeoria illinois. anywhere. >> anywhere. alaska. >> constituents from minnesota. >> yeah. i love to hear from those guys. >> 866-5577377. what's -- you talked about the progressive caucus budget. so for two years in a row now the republicans have come up with their plan. >> yeah. >> the paul ryan plan. >> americans don't like it. >> yeah. didn't they discover that last year when they tried to get rid of medicaid, medicare as we know it? >> yeah. >> really was. >> the koch brothers don't care. they don't care whether the ryan budget, they don't care whether you like it or not. 78% of the american people want the buffett rule and the senate killed it the other day. what does that tell you? they don't care what the average person wants. their attitude is so what. in the democratic society, i think we should all find that somewhat shocking. but the reality is this game is about powe

ellison: i yold back. mr. -- mr. ellison: i yield back. mr. johnson: the next statement was released by the gentleman and the statement was to the effect that the entire membership of the congressional progressive caucus, members of the card carrying members of the communist party and i just think that it's important that we say that first of all that's not true. and secondly that it has no place in the rational dialogue and the honest dialogue that we seek to have here amongst us, both sides of the aisle. ms. woolsey: if the gentleman will yield. mr. ellison: one thing i don't want to do, and i'm just speaking for me. he calls us names. i am not going to call him names. i am mott -- i am not going to call him ugly names like that. you could call someone who has a right-wing perspective on the extreme. we don't exchange in tid for tat because we're adults. we are here to discharge our responsibility on behalf of the american people. we swore to uphold the constitution. that's what we're going to do. i am not going to be distracted by subwho is

ellison, on the other hand, doesn't admit it was a mistake. forget ducks.what i did wasn't a mistake. a retweet doesn't constitute an agreement with the original tweet. you and i have spent a lot of time on twitter. sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. andrew breitbart -- god rest his soul, good friend of ours, used to retweet all the hateful things that were said about him. he wasn't saying-- >>> that was to make a point. >> ellison should have owned up-- >>> i don't believe what -- i don't believe the excuse, i think it's flimsy. like president obama blames everybody. >> makes him look even worse. >> sean: nancy pelosi, town hall, health care protesters -- i'll let you decide. watch this. >> you be the judge and symbols like that alta town meeting on health care. >> sean: who is carrying swastikas. >> that's the problem. you wonder why people are so dissatisfied. they don't have any confidence in people in elected office because this is the type of rhetoric. they don't want one nation united. they want class warfare and strive and anger and hate and f

it is between oracle founder ceo larry ellison and google c. o'leary page. oracle says google by lated copyright's when it developed its android system using copyrighted java programming according to oracle. but google says " we are confident in our defenses ". oracle's plans not only go beyond copyright and patent law but also threaten the entire job a community, software developers and the goal of making systems work together smoothly ". cnet says it could be right but the battle could end badly for the entire valley regardless >> it will be such a flurry of litigation that it will stifle innovation to some degree and slowdown products in things that you expect to come out of silicon valley and other technology centers. >> the case is expected to unfold over the next eight to 10 weeks and the trial will start again in just a few hours. we hear that the oracle ceo could be taking the stand and that google could be doing their opening statements today. both companies have a lot at stake. in the next half-hour we will break down for you what a win would mean

oracle ceo ellison inquired about moving them, but the team's attorney said "moving the grizzlies out of memphis is not an option." ellison tried and failed to bite golden state warriors back in 2010. >>> the rain and wind, take a look, not going to stop the historic event that drew first lady michelle obama to the bay area. >> the search for a missing south bay teen continues and coming up, we'll tell you how the family of sierra lamar and how search organizers plan to transition to the next phase. >>> the 10:00 news continues in 90 seconds. [ male announcer ] at green giant we know nature gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking in nutrients ...for you to unwrap. ♪ ho, ho, ho. green giant this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- llhat's easy [ male announcer ]

keith ellison of minnesota is joining us right now.the congressional progressive caucus as it's called. how many members, by the way, of that caucus are there? >> we have about 72 members and i'm the co-chair along with -- very proud to be that. >> alan west suggests that the members of the progressive caucus like you are really members of the communist party. want to give you a chance to respond to congressman west. >> well, this is a lie. it's not true. it's a massive distraction from the real issues and that's really why the gentleman from florida makes these kinds of allegations because he doesn't want to talk about the fact that he stood against medicare social security, things the progressive caucus stands for. in our budget that we just had pulled together, we brought in those jobs, which is what america, where he wants to cut taxes to cut the highest earning corporations and high income earning individuals, so we have a very different way of looking at the world. when we put money into jobs, dealing with foreclosure, he believe

oracle ceo ellison inquired about moving them, but the team's attorney said "moving the grizzlies out of memphis is not an option." ellison tried and failed to bite golden state warriors back in 2010. >>> the rain and wind, take a look, not going to stop the historic event that drew first lady michelle obama to the bay area. >> the search for a missing south bay teen continues and coming up, we'll tell you how the family ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. . >>> wow take a look at that, some drivers in oakland navigates through a big, wet mess after a car hit a fire hydrant. you can see the water shot up so high it even reached interstate 880. firefighter were able to s

next eight to 10 weeks the trial will start up again just momentarily and we're hearing that larry ellison could take the stand as google also will present their opening arguments today the companies have a lot at stake in the next half-hour will tell you a win could be for both companies. >>> it is time to get at the short pants. i have shorts does that count? around the bay area today look house to move on shore and a looking more like spring all the time. today probably the coolest of the weekend to see the low clouds and fog stand in the day with a drizzle of for the coastline temperatures running in the '40's and 50's outside cell: spots but not too bad. was the hype was charging ahead by the afternoon in the '60s and '70s were this about spot on as we head into the afternoon and not to say we had warmer temperatures expected to get into thursday and by friday and saturday in his shorts were temperatures moving well into the 80s and lindsey even near 70 degrees in some spots out for the coastline how about that. >>> lawrence's buzzing and shorts. thank you lawrence that's got to the s

we have larry ellison from oracle, larry page from google, back-and-forth going one-on-one with each other but this case could have serious implications for the entire silicon valley. the claim is that oracle says the school used were violated copyright laws when they develop its android system using java programming and then cool came back saying know these are not false claims, they didn't have copyright laws over that period this will have serious implications across silicon valley when the case unfolds. >> we lost her but we will get back to her in just a moment. the final flight for space shuttle discovery, it is taking a piggyback ride from the kennedy space center. it will go to dulles international airport just outside washington d.c.. discovery is the oldest space shuttle. >> it is so cool to watch the shuttle launch, you can actually feel it when they go up >> i was just there recently and it was canceled. i'm so sad to see the program over. >> but it is exciting for what is in the future. we will finally get some of the warmest temperatures of the season today. low clouds,

thank you. >> thanks, congressman ellison. i could have added in my opening statement comments made by president george w. bush after 9/11, which i thought were solid statements of constitutional principle, particularly when it came to those adherence of the muslim faith that our war is not against this islamic religion but against those who would corrupt it distort it misuse it in the name of terrorism. i thank you for your testimony. congresswoman judy chu represents the 32nd district in california. since 2009. she was the first chinese american woman elected to congress. she chairs the congressional asian pacific american caucus, formerly served in the california state assembly. we're honored that you're here today. proceed. >> thank you, senator. as chair of the congressional asian pacific american caucus, i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak here today about ending racial profiling in america. asian-americans and pacific islanders like other minority communities have felt the significant effects of racial profiling t

if larry ellison and his yacht is structural, i want to be structural, too. [laughter] [applause] i want our staff to be structural. i want our clients to be structural. thank you. [applause] supervisor chu: next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. my name is daniel smith. i am here to ask you to include a cost-of-living wage for nonprofit workers. we provide services to the community that most people prefer not to deal with. homelessness, drug abuse, mental issues, illnesses, and hunger. it takes a special person to work in this type of environment, as the work can be challenging, and the rate of pay is much lower. i have lived and worked in san francisco for nonprofit organizations for close to 10 years and have not received a cost-of-living raise in over four years. at the same time, by cost-of- living has increased on a daily basis. taxes have increased, and has gone up, and gasoline prices, food prices, and medical expenses have increased. i woke up this morning, i turned on the news and found out that i am probably going to be paying parking meters on sunda

ellison says at that point her own adrenalin kicked in.mbed down a ladder and held ella until firefighters got there and rescued them both. they were okay. and what makes this even more amazing, ellison says she is not even a dog person. she only got ella because her husband has been begging to get a dog. >> oh, sure. >> for the past ten years. so she did. and now look what happened. >> the dog didn't lose its brain though. the woman forgot the leash chltd. >> is that what it was? >> that's what it looked like to me. she is trying to kee

ellison and i were in conversations about an hour ago. he is as enthusiastic about getting the race started. he expects to win, i expect him to win the race. we will look at other parts of our report to see how we can do future investment and entice private investors to come in and make sure we can repair some very valuable parts of our pier. i want to again say thank you to the members of our event authority. i know lucy is here. carey is here helping us raise private dollars. again, thank you to steven barkley and you're wonderful team for working with us. this wonderful event, with the books that we are starting with, we will start and continue on that time frame and as you have seen here, even though i cannot let you into the secretive rooms that our housing the larger boats, their technology, we will continue on those posts. we will continue to announce that. the time frame that we meet. that is the immediate news. i want to reconfirm, we expect to have these races continue. we expect to draw an hour large people around the bay area

the trial that started in san francisco will feature testimony from oracle ceo larry ellison, google ceo larry page and former google ceo eric schmidt. oracle claims google violated copyrights and patents by using java software upgrade its android operating system. sun microsystems eased on that platform until oracle bought out the company. google says the programming language was free to use >> can these application programming interfaces be copyrighted? are they indeed an idea for an expression of an idea? >> oracle is seeking nearly $1 billion of damages and an injunction that would force google to change the way it uses its android software. >> riding through the streets of san francisco on board a muni train with more on the proposal that could allow a lot more people to ride for free >> a lot of commuters are heading home so people are going to the ballpark, but if the metropolitan transit agency has its way they will vote tomorrow to allow anyone under 18 to ride muni for free, that is the proposal. it is a two-year trial proposal, looking at spending about $6.5 million to pul

larry ellison and larry page testified in federal court in san francisco. oracle claim that is google's android software violates java software. google argues that parts of java it used are publicly available. new figures revealed just how much or how little many tech companies paid in income taxes last year. a nonprofit in berkeley found apple the world's most available company paid 9.8% in income taxes for 2011. yahoo paid 11% and amazon paid only 3-1/2%. the marginal tax rate for corporations is 35% but loopholes enable some companies to pay much less. >>> a new environmental report is taking aim at tech giants for creating a cloud of solution. green peace says in the race to develop cloud commuting which enables users to store information they're causing pollution. apple got a d, twitter received an f. >>> californians have until one minute after midnight to file their taxes or ask for an extension. controller chung says about 11 million californians are expected to file on time and it's not too late to get help. >> the key point to remember today is th

i spoke to larry ellison directly for a good few moments. we reiterated our excitement about the race. it is on for this year for the smaller boats, next year for the larger ones, and we do expect hundreds of thousands of people to come to our city. we have figured out, through the work of the event authority and host committees, all the different plans we have to use properly our open space, transportation lines, making sure we create positive then use. i want

he did contradict his deposition a couple times, ellison has a lot more courtroom practice. he took s.a.p. to court a few months ago. >> jon, thank you very much. internet companies taking a page from the tv networks for their version of the so-called up fronts. those are big ad sales presentations as they make a play for tv ad dollars. our julia boorstin is live with us. >> that's right. internet video giants are pitching to madison avenue and they're speaking their language with digital content new fronts coming ahead of the traditional tv upfronts in order for the video giants to showcase new content and also their measurable targeted ad formats. hulu kicks off the first of the 16 new fronts with its presentation tomorrow to an audience of 500 advertisers presenting its original content and explaining its advantages. like the fact that it only charges when viewers watch entire commercials. >> we're able to eliminate waste for advertisers and increase the precision in the marketing messages that they're trying to get across. >> google's media giant helping to increase tota

and i kind of feel like within a limited period of time that ought to be ralph ellison's right to say that i only want people to encounter my characters, my story in the way i originally envisioned. and, certainly, judge posner is right that, you know, most authors are very happy to have their works dramatized and filmed and, you know, it broadens the audience, it's a good payday, although i would point out to him that if copyright didn't exist, there would not be any reward for authors in that, in that system. but i do think there's, you know, the french concept, the continental concept that an author has a certain interest in the integrity of his or her own work. it has a kind of intuitive appeal to me, and it's embraced in the concept of copyright. but, um, the bottom line, though, is we are entering a much, much different world, and, you know, we sit in a physical edifice that existed to create access to books. i don't think we've thought of yet a good answer for certain segments of the society. who cannot go on amazon. but, and i'm not certain yet that there's an incentive anywhe

i turned to my supervisor -- did we give some money to larry ellison i did not know about or to twitter? ok, but we are raising that money in the private sector. to cover our costs for america's cup. that is why we have recreation and park here. they know that. we have to raise $32 million in the private-sector to cover the cost in that, so they are going the public/private partnership in that way. we will go into more details about it because i know there are perceptions out there that we are giving money away to twitter. we did not give money to them. we just tried to save 2500 jobs to make sure they did not go to south san francisco because they were moving. we gave them a tax break. but something that we can cover because we are going to get it back with their investments in mid market. these kids, when they are living and staying and working there, they spend money. that is why we got revenue increases coming on in the city. maybe, but they would not be spending money at the levels they are spending now. that is why we got the recovery going on. i will not say the word trust, becau

it turns out three or four people of the 18 had heard of larry ellison. nobody heard of eric smid or larry paige or scott mckneelly. litting surprising. anyway, this android operating system particularly important to google at this point because mobile is beginning to effect earnings. we saw that last week as costs per click were down in part because mobile isn't yet driving the same kind of revenue per click that desktop search is. this is going to be a tough trial for google it looks like. the judge has already signalled in pre-trial activities because of e-mail. one of google's engineers wrote this e-mail to others in google "we need to negotiate a license for java when discussing negotiations with oracle." another e-mail from andy reuben five years earlier in 2005, he's the founder of android, the creator of android, he said we have a couple options. we can work with another language. or we can do java and make enemies. that is what they have done. now, the judge signalled this is going to be at least an eight-week trial, probably ten. in three phases

i spoke to larry ellison directly for a good few moments. we reiterated our excitement about the race. it is on for this year for the smaller boats, next year for the larger ones, and we do expect hundreds of thousands of people to come to our city. we have figured out, through the work of the event authority and host committees, all the different plans we have to use properly our open space, transportation lines, making sure we create positive then use. i want to let you know about the change in investment and topic this course is a very key reminder of how sensitive we have to be to this whole dialogue about investment. it can go different ways. the thing that i need to make sure we do at the board of supervisors, mayor's office, keep a strong foundation for economic growth in this city, keep talking to audiences like you and others who can help us, talking to neighborhoods, making sure the dialogue understands and job creation is still in the misdirection. this whole theme today, prosperity together, sharing it, is consistent with what i

ellison in 1988, carmelo anthony in this building in 2003 and now you're a part of that history, a freshmanteam to a national title. tell me about this night and this team. >> it's not me. it's these guys behind me. they've led us this whole tournament, this whole game. i was struggling offensively and i told me -- my team every time y'all score. i'm just going to zpevend rebound. jim: we've seen your parents a few times. there they are right now. >> where's grandma? grandma, where are you? she's up there somewhere. jim: tell me about your teammates and also a word about kansas's effort here at the end, never giving up. >> kansas is a great team. at halftime coach cal told us they were going to fight back and that's what they did tonight. my teammates have a great will to win. they come out and fight every possession and never give up on possessions. we got beat on a couple of plays but we came back with defense and rebounding. that's what got us there tonight. john: we talked about it thursday night, there's that one shining moment video and tonight it's going to belong to you guys. congra

larry ellison testifying in that fight over phones on tuesday.t issue whether google oracle money for using oracle's java software in its phones. >>> wall street shares in apple recovered on tuesday and doing well this morning after five straight days of decline. apple reports its profits next week. there's been some uneasiness over whether the company can keep record profits going. >>> ebay reports after the closing bell today. the dow was lower. both ibm and intel pulling the industrials down. >>> twitter getting a big thumbs up this morning from silicon valley as it made a promise to never use its patents to attack other companies. some companies use patents to sue other companies as a way to make money. twitter says this morning it will never do that. now many of silicon valley argue there shouldn't everyone be such a thing as software patents. recently, npr and "this american life" did an entire hour on software patents. you'd think it would be super boring. it's actually really interesting. so if you're interested in the subject, i posted a

i spoke to larry ellison derica a for a good few moments and we reiterated our excitement about the race. it is on. it is on for this year. for the smaller boats and next year for the larger boats. we expect hundreds of thousands of people to come to our city and we have figured out with great plants that have been worked on by the event authority and our host committees, all the different plans we have to use properly our open space, our transportation lines and make sure we create the venues that are positive. i want you to know this. the change in a little bit of the investment and the public discourse just is a very i think he reminder of how sensitive we have to be to this whole dialogue about investment. that can go different ways. the thing that i need to make sure we do at the board of supervisors and the mayor's office and all of our departments, keep a strong foundation for economic growth in the city. keep talking to audiences like you and others who can help us. keep talking to our neighborhoods, making sure that dialogue understands that job creation is about skill and direc

ellison in 1988, carmelo anthony in this building in 2003 and now you're a part of that history, a freshmanteam to a national title. tell me about this night and this team. >> it's not me. it's these guys behind me. they've led us this whole tournament, this whole game. i was struggling offensively and i told me -- my team every time y'all score. i'm just going to zpevend rebound. jim: we've seen your parents a few times. there they are right now. >> where's grandma? grandma, where are you? she's up there somewhere. jim: tell me about your teammates and also a word about kansas's effort here at the end, never giving up. >> kansas is a great team. at halftime coach cal told us they were going to fight back and that's what they did tonight. my teammates have a great will to win. they come out and fight every possession and never give up on possessions. we got beat on a couple of plays but we came back with defense and rebounding. that's what got us there tonight. john: we talked about it thursday night, there's that one shining moment video and tonight it's going to belong to you guys. congra

it's expected to last two months and feature testimony from larry ellison and larry page. >>> barry bonds could be heading back to court, but this time it's for someone else's perjury trial. the home run king might be called as a witness in the perjury case of former pitching great roger clemens. among those possibly joining bonds as witnesses is former a's star jose canseco and bud selig. their names are among the more than 100 potential witnesses read today on the fist day of jury selection. here's clemens now, he's accused of lying to congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. >>> well, it's an annual rite of spring, shark playoffs. tonight the tank is bugs. >> game three of their best of seven series with st. louis. the series is tied at one game apiece. let's bring in brody brazil who joins us from the shark tank. i'm already looking at your beard, brody. what day is this and how long will you let it go? >> this is about six or seven, raj, and this is going until the sharks are done with their playoff run. i was excited to come on and talk sharks on here on nbc

congressman ellison, congressman woman judy chu, gutierrez and congresswoman wilson were all extraordinary speakers this morning and we appreciate that they took the time to come to the senate to testify. unfortunately they couldn't come back for the press conference. but i believe that all of our other speakers are willing and available to take questions if there are any from the

ellison for five minutes. >> hello, how are you mr. secretary? thank you for being here. i have a question about the somali remittances. i know your office has been working on this and i want to thank you for it. could you just talk a little bit about what the department of treasury is doing and might be able to do to help facilitate and come up with a permanent solution for somalis in america to be able to remit money back to relatives at home. just for the record, there have been a number of banks that have refused to facilitate the remittances. perhaps you could take it from there. >> you're right. i appreciate you drawing attention to this issue. we're working on it. you're right to say it's hard and we're not having enough impact yet. the basic problem is that banks are reluctant to do business in parts of the world where they cannot satisfy their obligations under u.s. law to make sure they're not fa sit dating terrorists. it's acute in the context you site cite. we're going to keep working with you on it. we're not making enough progress. but we'll keep at it. >> i