i don't know the exact circumstances of this building, but the way the expedited conversion process if they can set up, if they convert this year they can take advantage of the conversion program that begins on april 15th and goes for about 9 months. i believe they can also take advantage of any of the subsequent years of the expedited conversions process as long as they remain eligible. the entire program extends for 8 or 9 years. if they didn't choose to convert this year, they can convert through this process paying the fee in subsequent years. >> thank you. >> supervisor campos. thank you, just a quick questions, just reading the memo that we have in the packet from the mayor's office of housing. so you said earlier this property was the total value of the property is about $1.9 million. it says here the property was bought in 2006 at $645,000 is that correct? >> because of the quick turn around, supervisor's analysis, we did a quick review of what was on zillow at the time that $645,000 was the last sale of the one of the units in 2006. we looked at the assessors record with the p

to tell us more, we have the lead expedition member, ben saunders. know you've been preparing for this for years. you're about to set off. are you excited? >> i am indeed. we've been so busy that i'm still waiting for the moment that it sinks in that we're off. we should go around the 22nd of this month. >> so why? >> i've led ten expeditions. >> it's never been done. >> nick said this is an unsupported trip. you don't have a sponsor or don't have a cell phone? >> we have a sponsor. we are traveling on food, wearing skis, each dragging a sled indonesia behind us with our food and fleiss for ten months. hopefully once a week we're sending back video. >> i think a lot of people would want to know what you guys eat. >> we're eating 6,000 calories a day. i've fattened up. om 25 pounds heavier. i expect to lose 30, 35 pounds clearly we're not exploring in the same way captain scott was. >> is there any doubt in your mind you'll finish? >> i wouldn't be setting out if i didn't think it was possible. >> scott has 50 really interesting videos. go to rightthi

actually was first discovered 82 '07 by a man named john coulter part of the lewis and clark expedition and he mustered out of the way home and went back with some travelers said 1870 you looking for india's trade with. it was relatively call for 20 years after but then the trappers came through in the 1820s through the 40's and prospectors in the '60s people began to wonder what was up there. and then convince the government to set it aside. with the first-person accounts one of the mountain men who kept a and the elaborate journals people to visited the parker lee and what they did. in the region of the experiences of the people in the park. with a trapping expedition shopping him some of the natural wonders in the park because they see things. said this is what he said about the geysers a. >> after surveying said natural wonder he conducted be to our spring. the first thing that attracts attention is a whole 15 inches in diameter id which water was boiling slow the about 4 inches below the surface. then they began violently and though water convince rising yen shooting upwards and ta

i mean, the fact i'm being told he'll send a shell to expedite this process suggests he will allow it to come but we've assumed he would sort of say uncle before many times and kept the process going but this time it seems like he'll try to push it even with democratic -- >> so they are still in there working. >> the house is gone. they adjourned for the night. harry reid we believe is still in the build sglg appreciate that. bring in the chief business correspondent with more on what the downgrade means. what kind of consequences could it have? >> today was a warning but a downgrade could be a next step and that means we're at death conn two here. this is fich, the rating agency says the united states doesn't have the act together. it needed to raise the debt ceiling before now. it's too late to send the rest of the world the signal that the u.s. has its priorities in tact. when you have a warning it doesn't change interest rates, credit rating but if that were to happen, a downgrade it could make it for expensive for the u.s. and companies to borrow money and more difficult and expe

but i think that to expedited the right result with staffing, there are things we can do right now. we are undermining our own efforts to grow the economy and hopefully we don't have to wait to have those conversations. >> okay. berry, did you want to say something? >> supervisor really hit on it fairly quickly as well. that is i was just going to ask chief sur if there is anything that our industry can do to expedited the staffing and the resources that might be needed to help in light of the economic study that has been done. we can show that entertainment and nightlife is a great part of our economy. how can we show that? >> given the money that is available in the city budget and a lot of cuts are now asking for things back, for me to ask for more would get me just as much ill will from other communities that would be an expense. we are hiring three classes a year for the next year starting last year. there was a more aggressive plan that was 54322 or i don't remember exactly, but it was each academy class is about $4 million addition to the police department budget. so it's a l

in this case he said he was going to expedite this within a four-month timeframe. was also surprised by the critical nature of the ruling. the justice department tried to dismiss this, the judge literally called their argument silly and expedited the case. this is a big development turning on a dime. in the oklahoma district court, which is the same, but the d.c. court can take the lead. it could blow everything up within just a couple of months. gerri: are going to have to help keep an eye on it. thank you. during our last segment we spoke with republican congressman of kansas about health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. the secretary originally refused to testify. she had a big party to go to. many of you said she should be fired for that, but that is not the only thing she does not want to talk about. the question she just will not answer. number five, where is the backup plan? the white house promised contingency plans for the rollout did not go as planned but so far the only thing they have done is hired text here is to look at the problem. num

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it also expands the ability of nonfederal interest to contribute funds to expedite the evaluation and processing of permits. and it establishes a public-private partnership program in water infrastructure, with the leadership of rodney davis, that's in this wrda legislation. this bill improves our ability to compete by authorizing needed investment in america's ports. as i mentioned, this is a jobs bill. not just construction jobs, improving our ports, but helping our manufacturers and helping americans be able to keep more of their hard-earned dollars. our bill supports our underserved and emerging ports to also help them become more competitive. it reforms and preserves the harbor maintenance trust fund, and the inland waterways trust fund to better ensure those fees collected from users for these systems are utilized for their intended purposes. these are all important and necessary reforms, but at its heart wrda ensures we don't lose sight of the importance of strong infrastructure, keeping us competitive in the world. our bill supports our water transportation network to make sur

the president came to the area and said the red tape was going to be thrown away and expedited. why are you working so hard to get things done. >> for some it's verification to make sure there is no fraud and you want to make sure that the dollars are utilized in a certain way. we wante want verification to te place so the money is not going where it was not intended to. we want to get it where it's supposed to. some good folks that are needing the money are delayed in getting it. we have to streamline that process. >> we have to do it in a more efficient manner. >> we have seen a lot of fraud after natural disas a disasters in other parts of the country. >> you lost your home and the pictures of what happened are devastating. rutgerss says new jersey state has 3-pn billions of dollars needed. >> we have a lot more work to do and people that are frustrated and not back in their homes. it took 92 days for congress to act on aid for sandy victims. it was ten days for katrina and 17 days for gustov. you are in a new home and new mortgage why ar why are you notg the aid you needed.

because it's just procedurally, it will expedite the process. at this point, it does look like all of the road blocks with reregard to the vote counting are not there. the road block is now really the block and calendar. that is what we're going to see how it plays out and how quickly they can get this done. and there are hurdles for them to potentially cross. >> but at least when you say the road blocks that were there yesterday would not be there today because of course there would be the democrats on board in the house for that kind of vote. >>> i want to zip over to the white house. jim acosta. has been been any reaction at this point to this notion -- and my guess is, we're not the first ones to know that there's a deal in the works. but are they saying anything publicly? >> reporter: no public official grand statement out of the white house yet into what they're seeing. one thing we can point out and talk to, an official this morning said, we'll see. as to what will develop after the senate deal. they feel like they've seen this movie befo

coulter was a member of the lewis and clarke expedition and he mustered out of the expedition on the way home. he went back with some trappers in the 1870. he went looking for indians to trade with in the park. the park was relatively calm for about 20 years after coulter and then the trappers came through in the 1820s to about 1840. then prospectors in the 1860s and people really began to wonder what was up there. so it was more formally explored in the early 1870. and they convince the government to set it aside as a pleasuring ground for the people in 1872. what my book is a collection of first-person accounts in its first 100 years. the early story in there is one of the mountain man, a guy named osborne russell who killed an elaborate journal so it's one of few documents where we really understand what people who visited the park early did. i tried to collect stories that represented the range of experiences of people in the park. osborne russell is in the park with a trapping expedition and these then are taking the day off. he has a friend who is going to show him some of the

what you will get is the only thing additive would be you're going to get that marine expedition brigade headquarters that's going to go on short notice which na kika the capability to plug-in very quickly at the black level, the department of state structures, ngo structures. so that gives you at another level of flexibility as you go forward. our units are capable of doing that today but what we have now is the capability join a flat global headquarters out there in a matter of hours debating on location so you could have the ability to plug in and conduct a lateral coordination. we think our capabilities robust today and it will get better as we go forward. [inaudible] >> you reduce the footprint that others can attack the there are variety of compelling tactical reasons to seek energy efficiency and as the department of the navy is doing it, we are pursuing the same thing. we're working on a variety of tactical initiatives which have been used in rc south was, one example. we will continue to do that because it's useful for all variety of global reasons but it has tactical advantage

we'll send it to the house, assume some expedited procedures in the house and senate. we'll have to wait and see. >> how concerned are you about what fitch put out today about the credit rating, about the possibilities of defaulting? are you one of the people who says it's not as bad as it's being made out to be? >> two sides of that. one is default is serious. but i don't believe it's the 17th. the treasury has been specific to say 17th we're down to 30 million. that may mean we have four or five days left. obviously we're close. you're tipping the 18th. treasury has been good about not trying to panic everyone. saying 17th at midnight not everyone falls apart. fitch did not downgrade us two years ago because of the agreement we made around the debt ceiling. there was all the threats about the debt ceiling when we did the budget control act that started bringing spending down. people forget we've gone from $1.4 trillion in overspending three years ago to $700 billion in overspending now. the president likes to talk about he's cut the deficit in half in his presidency.

we'll send it to the house, assume some expedited procedures in the house and senate. we'll have to wait and see. >> how concerned are you about what fitch put out today about the credit rating, about the possibilities of defaulting? are you one of the people who says it's not as bad as it's being made out to be? >> two sides of that. one is default is serious. but i don't believe it's the 17th. the treasury has been specific to say 17th we're down to 30 million. that may mean we have four or five days left. obviously we're close. you're tipping the 18th. treasury has been good about not trying to panic everyone. saying 17th at midnight not everyone falls apart. fitch did not downgrade us two years ago because of the agreement we made around the debt ceiling. there was all the threats about the debt ceiling when we did the budget control act that started bringing spending down. people forget we've gone from $1.4 trillion in overspending three years ago to $700 billion in overspending now. the president likes to talk about he's cut the deficit in half in his presidency.

the process. >> they are working on expediting the process. we'll see how long these fixes will take. some republicans now calling on the resignation of health and human services secretary catholic lien, but the administration says they have complete confidence in her ability. i can't so who designed this flawed website? and how much did it cost us? i'll let you know coming up in half an hour. >>> we are now just two weeks away from virginia's election. it seems neither candidate for governor is sitting well with one major newspaper. the richmond times dispatch will not throw support behind either candidate. the paper published a nonendorsement editorial yesterday. this marks we believe the first time in modern virginia the times dispatch has not endorsed the nominee. we find it impossible to endorse any of the 2013 candidates even with minimum enthusiasm it says. >>> thanks for waking up with us here. time for your money segment. jessica is off but we have the financial headlines this morning. jp morgan chase agreed to pay the government $13

in the polar bear expedition a big new pool with an enhanced underwater availability.three of the bears had salmonella poisoning and were confined to what the guide rightly termed their bedrooms. this meant compulsory overtime for 18 -month-old chinook who was putting in 13 hour days for it i thought chinook looked afraid and angry when i saw him but the guide insisted the cub was doing a quote real good job in exhibiting polar bears to the audience. chinook to do the same way the elephant had done when it was discovered she was being savagely eaten for disciplinary infractions. don't snarl, organized. every now and again orangutans organize the need to fodder. when the apes carefully built-up reserves of rocks and costs $570,000 worth of damage to the one and a half inch glass. alexander is going to be reported by andrew colvin who is not only alexander's brother but washington editor of "harper's" magazine and the author of rumsfeld his rise following catastrophic -- and a contributor to many besides. daisy coburn wrote follow-up and we will take a few questions but

. >> do made mow go to indy go go, type in expedition kony, go to expedition kony.com and we'll be onalk bat good cause. >>> google raise something eyebrows. heard about the mysteryious barge floating in the bay in san francisco. we have video of a four-story barge. executive director of the bay conservation and development commission, which gives put permits, says the vessel belongs to google. beyond that we don't know much of anything. sources say it could be a floating google glass store, or an offshore data center. but google has yet to confirm any of this, and now there is word of similar barges popping up off the coast of new england. >> trace gallagher is in the west coast news hub. what's google doing? >> reporter: well, google filed a patent in 2008. they were granted this patent in 2009, that talked about these floating data centers, and apparently that is what the belief is these things are. now, keep in mind, google has massive amounts of data and one of the biggest costs is actually cooling them down. these would be powered by ocean currents and then cooled by sea water.

osborne russell is in the park with a trapping expedition, and these men are taking the day off. is a friend who's going to show him some of the natural wonders in the park. because there's dashing they're seeing things. so russell is in surprise when he sees this but this is what he says about. after serving these natural wonders for some time, my comrade conducted me to what he called our spring. at the spring the first thing that attract -- attract her attention was a hole in which water was boiling slowly about four inches below the surface. at length they begin to boil and bubble, violently, and the water commenced rising and shooting upwards until the column rose to a height of 60 feet from whence it fell into the ground and dropped into a circle of about 30 feet in diameter. perfectly cold when it hits the ground. so that's one of the very early descriptions of geysers. it's about 1839. it's remarkable i think, you know, russell doesn't have the word geyser. he doesn't have its named boiling foundry but he's a great writer. he knows how to describe it. we can picture a gey

when earlier expeditions came to copan, they found the hieroglyphic stairway fallen into a jumble. one expedition rebuilt the stairway, but their effort resulted in an assembly of hieroglyphs that were out of sequence and made no sense. artist barbara fash has been drawing each glyph on the stairway in an effort to reassemble them in correct order. fash: we've been doing this now for over the past 10 years, recording what's left of the hieroglyphic stairway. as you can see, it's deteriorating very rapidly, and we're losing very important information. what we're hoping to do is be able to put it in order, and that way we'll be able to have a better idea of what the hieroglyphic stairway actually said. keach: fash's work is already paying off. it is now clear that this is a kind of ancient media blitz -- a stone billboard recalling all the great deeds of copan's kings, including eighteen rabbit. it was propaganda, and it was probably effective. the royal dynasty continued, and the king who built the stairway lived a long and prosperous life. but to william fash, the king is trying to

superstar aldon smith receives an expedited jail stay following a dui arrest and invitation to a fundraiser, the shooting range and a helicopter ride all while under investigation for felony crimes. aldon smith remains in rehab. he's expected to turn himself in on the criminal charges later this month and has a november 4th court date on the dui charges. sheriff smith, again, saying she did nothing wrong. >> okay. i'm sure you're going to be staying on top of this case for us. >> we will. >> thank you, tony. if you have a tip for tony or anyone in our investigative unit, call 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> in other news, troubling new details in the investigation of a san francisco general hospital patient who was found dead in a stairwell. recent reports say a nurse may have come across lynn spauldings' body twice in the stairwell. she notified the sheriffs department about what she thought was an unconscious woman. yet spaldings' body was not discovered for another week. another report says a woman told authorities she was locked in a similar stairwell at th

when this expedition begins, theitheorders are not to liberae than a handful of men who could be useful as guides and pilots. but the british don't want to distribute what they had done during the revolution when they had liberated or held to liberate thousands of enslaved people, men, women and children. and then were saddled with expenses of dealing with a great number of refugees. in this new war, the war in 1812, the british wanted it to be over with as quickly as possible and they want to be left with as few responsibilities from this war as possible. so hence, the orders to enable commanders, only free of human who can be helpful to -- only free a few men who can be helpful. but what happened instead, about 600, then women and children take it upon themselves to steal canoes and go to the british. now, the prime british purpose for being an chesapeake bay at the start, not to liberate slaves but it's to inflict as much damage on the american economy as possible and to punish virginia, which was perceived to be quite correctly to be the political heart of the united states, the hom

one could be imminent, that the house could move first to expedite the pros, then put it to the senate and we'll see where we go from there. that's what's happening in washington. we'll bring you anything that comes out of that room right there. let's continue to conversation on the desk. john, do you buy stocks on this news as many people are or fade wh happening? >> i bought it last week and i continued to own it through today. i have not sold very much at all. and look at the collapse in the vicks. the october expired on the opening print this morning, so a lot of folks were misredding what it was telling them when it got up to 18. it's down three points today. you take a look at the u.s. repo market, that's a $5 trillion market and how much that has collapsed. in other words, whether you want to view those as credit default sw swaps on the u.s. or whatever, the repo market is absolutely telling you that a week ago, there was fear. there is not any fear now and in fact, we're going to be cruising along into the afternoon. >> overly exuberant in the market, steve? earnings season, wh

come in dispris situations, there is a strong pull to try and help the islanders on lampa dusa to expedite the process of trying to help the people that come here in desperate conditions, has am. >> thank you, sonia gallego, in lampa dusa. >>> a woman was shot dead following a car chase in washington, d.c. kimberly howcutt has a detail. >> it was this white vehicle speeding away. who tried to gain access. >> this was an outer perimeter checkpoint of the white house. beyond that checkpoint there were multiple other checkpoints that someone would have to go through. >> no shots were fired at the white house but the car struck a secret service officer as it drove off. driving at high speeds through midafternoon city traffic with police following closely behind. witnesses say they were terrified when they saw the suspect vehicle come down the street and stop about 100 meters when those please lights were flashing. it was there the police ordered the woman driving the black sedan to stop. she didn't stop. she rammed into a police barricade and police opened fire. >> workers were told to stay in

. >> and it was a picture perfect fishing expedition in mexico.e of a tail. >> oh! oh! >> and finally tonight on a serious note, police are looking for an attempted kidnapping suspect. an 8-year-old girl grabbed by a man who cut the screen off of her window. she screamed for help and her father heard. he found his daughter in an alley behind the house. police are looking for any witnesses or help in finding the suspect. he has got blond hair, a black winter jacket. the girl was examined at the local hospital and is doing fine. the window is probably getting sealed shut forever. "good morning america" will have much more on the story tomorrow morning. thanks for watching tonight. world news now is coming up with breaking overnight news.

some money from the department and at the commissioners request we pursueed a grant to expedite the whole plan. we went with the preselected and qualified list to make it shorter and that's a list you have consultants so we'll be working with them >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. corey for staff. there was a board of appeals hearing last time but what may have been a conspiracy to make it easy on me but the 3 items were continued to future dates >> thank you, commissioners if there's nothing further we can move on to general public comment. at this point the public may address the jurisdiction of the stems but on agenda items will be addressed when their afford. you have up to 3 minutes. i have 2 speaker cards >> (calling names). >> good morning, commissioners. i'm jackie. that's j ak e e. i'm here because i wanted to raise the issue of assembly meeting information. you do not have sensitivity and it's listed with other yeah, we have transit and parking and we have accommodations but not sensitivity. i am ass medic and have allergies. it's even with the mayor's office on disabili

with expedited procedures you could have a vote in the senate in the next 24 hours, that early potentially. the question would be, does the house take it? >> thanks so much. we'll follow developments out of the nation's capital. the meeting between the president and congressional leadership, has the major market averages well off their lows of the day. nasdaq going positive. josh brown, how should one be playing this now? >> i'll answer that question, perhaps unsatisfying way. i don't think one should be playing because it's a head line by headline market. last week, no deal, all of a sudden they're going to have a meeting one day, 2% rally in the s&p. then you get follow through on friday even though we're told, hey, forget about the meeting, it's just a casual discussion amongst a handful of members. this will go on until a resolution. i'm not sure anyone has an edge on the day-to-day headlines. the market's been resilient and the only takeaway from that, that should be important to you, that is if and when there is a resolution, even if a can kick, like october 2011, market's going to w

--he cannot give a policy i possible expedition, he should step down, along with those who should have stopped him. >> i am praying for our bishop to be healed of his egomania. ,> bishop tebartz-van elst dubbed by some media as the bishop to locks, was nowhere near -- deluxe, was nowhere near the rally. he took a trip to, reportedly on a budget airline. this after he took criticism for flying first class on a trip to india last year. saving a few euros on a european flight certainly will not give back the money he spent on his new residence. one new report says the price tag could be as high as 40 million euros. original plans stock costs of 5.5 million euros. the bishop's fate is in the popes hands. francis is encouraging the church to become a more fumble institution. tebartz-van elst plans to tell vatican officials his side of the story. >> to the weekend's formula one action. german driver sebastian vettel has won the japanese grand prix. his fifth win in a row, but not enough to secure the drivers championship title. storms toan vettel victory again, to the delight of his team. it

every time i went on a trip or an expedition, we did some sort of community service. i wanted to make it bigger. we formed k-2 adventure foundations together. we go to nepal, peru, tan zan knee aand argentina. it is community service based or travel based. >> share with us an anecdote or something that stands out as cool. >> kyle was born as an con gel tall amputee. his whole life, people told him no. if you want to climb mount kill man jaro, we will help you get the right equipment. we took him to africa. he climbed mount kill ama juror roe. he came back to the united states and went on to win for disabled athlete. >> if i go on a trip, am i going to be working? >> about 20% is community service and 80% is enjoyment but people can do 100% of community service. it kind of depends on what trip you pick. >>> a few animal videos for you guys. let's face it, you could watch them all day long. >>> first, we're going to head to one of our favorite places, kruger national park in south africa. this is a pretty short video but it is mesmerizing. watch this. >> what is that? >

. >> howeopposed to shale gas expedition the people from the first nation began blocking a highway severaleeks ago. violence erupted when police moved in to enforce a court injunction. >> they pepper sprayed our people and elders and several were shot with bean bags. >> six police vehicles were society on fire. police seized firearms and ex-bloexplosives. they are hoping the protests continue. at the end of the day people have to stand up for what is important for them which is the land and the water that protect their future generations and that impacts all canadians not just first nations. >> that was part of the idle know mornomore campain. concerns about land water and natural resources fueled those rallies. promises by the prime minister to meet regularly with the first nations leaders have been yet to be ful fulfilled. just days ago they urged canada to form a new partnership with their first nations. as the situation in new brunswick indicates that is not happening soon. >>> the eu in canada have arranged a free trade deal. the agreement will make it easier for both side to invest i

two months, a joint team of archaeologists from bolivia and belgium have conducted an underwater expedition of the lake. the researchers said that they have retrieved more than 2,000 cultural objects from the bottom of the lake. they include stone statutes from the inca era. they date back 2,000 years. some of the objects seem to have brought in from chile. they had contact with neighboring regions before they were conquered by the spaniards. the legend says that indigenous sank their treasures in the lake before the spanish conquest. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. until next time, good-bye. >>> from the four winds and the scent of the earth come the color of the seasons. exploring the four seasons of japan. yokohama harbor, japan's busiest destination for passenger ships, the harbor has been in operation for more than 150 years.

months a joint team of archaeologists from bolivia and belgium have conducted an underwhat thor expedition of the lake. it's 4,000 meters above sea level above bolivia and peru. the researchers say they have retrieved more than 2,000 artifacts. they include stone statues from 600 years ago. fragments of gold plated earthen ware date back 2,000 years. and some of the objects seem to have been brought in from chile. this suggested the incas had contact with neighboring regions before they were conquered by the spaniards. indigenous people sanked their treasures in the lake before the conquest. thanks very much for watching. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with musician jimmy carter, one of the founding members of the great gospel group, the blind boys of alabama. they first came together back in 1939. that amounts to more than seven decades touring and performing, a remarkable achievement for any music group. they have just released a new cd called "i'll find a way." we are glad you have joined us. a conversation with jimmy carter of the blin

does he deploy biden some way to try to expedite this process?well, when you're in the white house, as you mentioned, there's a lot of different tools at your disposal that you can use. i think what's important right now is that once we're able to move forward on the government shutdown and on the debt ceiling, the president is able to get on to the other pressing priorities for this nation. like immigration reform, like gun legislatiolegislation, all different things we need to do to ensure the country is safe, we're making the economic progress we need to make. what's lost in this whole conversation is that there are urgent economic issues that need to be addressed for the middle class in this country. while republicans are playing these games, the middle class is out there struggling. >> what about you and your pac priorities. is there something you can do? are you planning to intervene in any way? perhaps advertisements? >> i think right now the best thing that can happen is the adults in washington get all this work done and we move on to so

if this process is to be expedited, the house will go first. it takes away one of the motions for cloture over in the senate. kelly knows the rules more than i do over there. as we go forward, that's what the waiting game is. from conversations i've had, they said the house doesn't necessarily want to go first. they'd rather the senate go fist because it provides more cover for their members if a deal comes out of the senate with 80-plus votes and it's a big bipartisan bill. if they have to speed up the process in order to try and avoid default, they're more than happy to go ahead. >> and kelly, part of the reason we're unsure as to whether the house will vote first is because it sounds like house republican leadership doesn't know what ted cruz may do. he may want to stall this process. do you have any intel, any readings from the mind of cruz? >> well, we know he's atetendin the meeting, which is actually a change. he missed a couple gop team meetings earlier this week. i talked to a number of his colleagues, senators from the republican part

what we need to do is look at the most expedited efficient procedure.ip is talking about. but the real conversation ha has to go on here is the kind of conversation that goes on at american kitchen tables. how much money are we going to have? how are we going to pay our bills? what should we be spending our money on? the same questions american families ask of themselves, we need to ask of ourselves. and this is where we need to focus our conversation now. >> and i know you're working as quickly as you possibly can. the pressures are enormous. the treasury secretary jack lieu says at midnight tonight, they're going to stop being able to make some of those payments. i suspect he's got a little maneuverability left. every day that hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed, they're not getting paid. so the pressure is to do it today. if you can get it the done today, great if you've got to wait till tomorrow, that's still okay. obviously every day counts when so many people out there are suffering. i know you totally agree with me. >> absolut

so would your plan can be to expedite that once the furlough workers are back? and if something was delayed prior to a shutdown, that it would be expedited after a shutdown? >> we will do our best to get back on schedule. it was going slower than we would like. at this is just exacerbated the situation. our effort will be to get all of these projects back online as soon as we can. >> then my second question, i appreciate that, my second question is according to the most recent monday report, the indianapolis regional office has 11,460 claims pending him has nothing to do with the government shutdown, this is prior to the shutdown in these claims are taking an average of 402 days to complete, over a year still in the state of indiana to process these claims. so my first question is, is there an urgent plan when these furlough workers come back to deal with these hotspots in the country? number two, if the act is signed by the president, are your employees coming back to work the next morning? >> i don't know about the next morning, but as soon as they are notifie

escape to safety for other iraqis in afghanistan that we can smooth the working of the agencies to expedite the granting of these visas from a trickle of a few dozen to the steady stream for the thousands whose lives are at risk because they helped americans and they put their trust in us. i think it's important as the lives of these people and their families are in keeping our word, there's also a larger lesson. illustrating what can happen if we here in congress are willing to work together. yesterday leader bob michel harkened back to an earlier era of extraordinary cooperation and civility that he enjoyed with speaker tom foley. last night at the airport i saw an example for this one family alive and well and safe of that same civility and cooperation. who knows where that example might lead us next if we are willing to follow it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. cook, for five minutes. mr. cook: thank you, mr. speaker. monday, november 11, will be veterans day. veterans day is very, very special to

this system as quickly as possible, asking for as few pieces of personal information as possible to expedite the process. >> reporter: because bottom line healthcare.gov simply wasn't ready for prime time. ironic since the president just endured a government shutdown to avoid a one year delay. >> he should have said i'll delay it for one year and champagne bottles would be hoping right now. >>> in other health news widespread vaccinations of teenagers are starting to help infants avoid respiratory infection known as whooping cough. in 2006 the cdc recommended vaccinating all against whooping cough. researchers say babies usually get respiratory infections from their family members. >>> new concerns are emerging about breast milk purchased online. researchers at nations wide children's hospital found more than three fourths of breast millic samples bought on the web contained bacteria that can make babies sick. the studies suck the milk may not be properly collected stored or shipped. >>> question of the morning, the average >>> cold potentially frosty north and west. a chilly start so you'll

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