i am cathy fleming, of the public and returned fund. i have folks here with me today who will introduce themselves to you. >> this falls within my office. >> my name is tan linen. -- tim linen. i am a parent. >> i am steve onkuk. i am an alumni of thurgood marshall. i was proud to see marcus get the award today. president mendoza: terrific. thank you. i have no public speaker signed up for this item. i would like to go to comments from the board or superintendent. commissioner maufas: i would like to propose an amendment. be it resolved down at the last part -- there are members representing each of the three divisions. president mendoza: i see consensus on that. nobody is good to argue about that. other comments from commissioners? commissioner norton: i actually wanted to ask our members with the you think this resolution does as it is titled. you have gotten mixed messages from board members. i think this is going to clarify the committee's role and allow you to move forward in your work. >> i would like to address that briefly. this

pleasure to introduce two members of the best broadcast team in all of baseball -- please welcome dave fleming and john miller. [applause] >> thank you for that. i always thought that this must be what it is like to be code, to go out to st. peter's on the balcony, and go out and there's hundreds of thousands of people, so i would like to bless you all -- i always thought that this must be what it is like should be pope. amen. i would also like to introduce the man who is now the new lieutenant governor and the great mayor of the great city of san francisco, the honorable gavin newsom. [applause] what is next, dave? >> i think it is time to meet your 2010 world series champion san francisco giants. let's meet them. first off, former giant first baseman, still in the ball club as instructor and broadcaster, jg snow. former giants shortstop also now an instructor, sean dustin. catching instructor, bill hayes. the giants great third base coach, tim flannery. the bench coach, ron waters. giants' hitting coach, hensley euless. first base coach, ronesto kelley. giants' bullpen coach mark gardner. th

tenderloin station, homicide, gangs task force, and the district attorney's office, particularly eric fleming, and others. there was a lot of cooperation. that is what happens -- you love it when a plan comes together. well, it did. again, the message is if you do a crime in san francisco, and we can pull it together and get witnesses and cooperation, we make these cases, and it's got may. also, the crime report, the last 28-day cycle, crime was down about 70%. overall property crime was down 20%. this includes automotive press and burglaries. but the message has been received. it seems to carry over. the chief, the department is in good shape as it moves forward, and now we are in the middle of this budget staffing situation, but we will get through that, too. president mazzucco: thank you, chief. before we move on, there have been some changes. u.l. year roughly eight hours after being sworn in. can you tell the commission the changes you have made during the course of this week? >> phinnaeus comebacker -- yes, all three assistant chiefs were very gracious in realizing that we were in times

still colonel fleming says it was the right decision. he says they're opening the gates gradually to give people time to get out and allow wildlife to react. >> from a human environment standpoint, we want to make sure folks acknowledge that water is coming, although we've been talking about it for a long time, the water is coming. they get some time to evacuate. number two from an engineering perspective we don't want to open up the spill way very quickly and scour out the facility and the structure itself and then have problems with the stability of the structure. and then third from an environmental standpoint, there are concerns that there's a lot of wildlife in there. when they see water coming they're going to be tired and running away from it. they're going to try to get to higher ground. if we can have a slow rise, that also takes into account the bears, the deer and the other wildlife that are in the flood way that need to get out and get to higher ground. >> reporter: the highest river level, the crest, hasn't reached this stre

colonel edward fleming, he's the new orleans district commander for the army corps of engineers. colonel, you've got an incredibly tough job. you see the raw emotions of those people. you're essentially going community to community in louisiana and telling these people, i'm sorry, but your home, your town is beginning to disappear. >> yeah, that's right, john. and look, that's something that i take very seriously. i'm not going to delegate that to somebody else, but we operate this as a system. there are lots of on-ramps for water coming into the mississippi, the ohio river and the missouri river, and there are just a couple of off-ramps. and this morganza floodway is one of them and we've got to take some excess water off the top of the river, because of the historic levels that are coming down. >> and we are told that this opening, the beginning of it, it's a long process, but the beginning of it, the first opening could come as early as 2:00 local time tomorrow afternoon. is that correct? >> well, yeah. i've been g to operate that floodway, and when we reach the trigger of 1.5

at one point, ian fleming happened to be visiting washington. he had dinner at the home of jack kennedy and jacqueline kennedy, and somebody asked him tongue in cheek if he had any ideas for offing fidel castro. he said he would drop leaflets advertising that radiation was in the air. it tended to cling to the beard beards. therefore, all of his minions would shave and lose their power. he tried to track down fleming while he was in washington. too late. he had flown back to london. one idea was not assassinate not just fidel, but his brother raÚl. the plan was approved in 1960, the central intelligence agency's famously brilliant director of plans was to use some of the cuban who's had been flees castro, mainly to florida to return to cuba and over throw him. originally, it was to infiltrate in small groups. it seemed like an invasion. the plan was never the 1400 were supposed to over run cuba and defeat the army of 25 or 30,000. rather, it was to land the brigade on a significant piece of cuban real estate and hold it for a length of time. may

tenderloin station, homicide, gangs task force, and the district attorney's office, particularly eric fleming, and others. there was a lot of cooperation. that is what happens -- you love it when a plan comes together. well, it did.

fleming: i thank the gentleman. we have lost 12 rigs so far to such countries as nigeria, egypt, the congo and brazil. and guess who we just gave $2 billion to drill oil in brazil of all places? so we gave them the rig, we gave them the money, so they can drill oil to sell back to us and to put tax money into their coughers. for heaven's sakes, this is crazy. so, in conclusion, i'd like to say today, let's get our louisiana and texas and other people back to work, let's invest in our energy across this country and let's get the gas prices down. thank you and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. holt: i thank the chair. the gentleman used the term trifecta. it's a curious selection of words because indeed you could see the oil companies right now lining up at the ticket window to cash in their trifecta winnings if this goes forward. the oil companies are currently sitting on $6 -- 60 million acres of public land, onshore and offshore, in which they are not prod

holly fleming had no choice. >> i had to get a roof over their heads. >> reporter: she packed all ten of her children and grandchildren off to her mother's house and scrambled to find a rental, competing with other bidders. >> i said, i'll pay you a year in advance. >> reporter: and there went her nest egg. the tornado flattened 30% of the city. destroying an estimated 8,000 buildings. leaving up to 20,000 people homeless. most are with friends and family. others in hotels or shelters. rebuilding joplin could take years. but these people need a home now. one of joplin's biggest real estate offices is inundated. callers are begging. >> they're desperate. they say "we have to have this house. we have to. there's nowhere else to go." >> reporter: it's so bad, fema is considering housing over 50 miles away. >> this, in my experience, is the most intensely devastating disaster that i've ever seen. >> reporter: and hotels, fully booked. wondering if you have any rooms available? >> no. >> reporter: how long you booked for? >> until at least june 12. >> we probably turned away i would say be

fleming from louisiana, said. it far exceeds what they have in saudi arabia. in fact, in other opec nations. now, this rhetoric of trying to blame somebody when the issue really is something as basic as having a supply and -- out there that consumers can utilize. what we are saying here is two-fold. actually throw-fold. one relates directly to american jobs. energy sector jobs are good-paying jobs, so let's encourage the energy sector in this country to expand so we can have those good-paying jobs. that's gd to get -- good to get the funk out of our economy. secondly, we become less dependent on foreign sources because energy is an important part of our growing economy. and if we have a stable source of that in the future, our economy can grow with the assurity we will have a stable source of energy. but probably more important long term, mr. chairman, the reason why we should pass these bills, to send the signal to the market is the national security issue. we all know that -- in fact, i mentioned opec. there are some countries in opec that are outwardly host

for instance because he does not read the way john kennedy read he never tells "life" magazine ian fleming is his favorite author and there is no james bond phenomenon. [laughter] which that helped to trigger and this stuff happens a lot but johnson by every indication is bored by far at -- for policy and does not like it's. he doesn't have a curiosity about the wider world and does not see the power of nationalism. kennedy as a senator can offer the independence of algeria in 1957 that infuriated the democratic establishment because they thought the trade our allies. he does not have a skeptical mind and accept things as they are. when khrushchev decides to put offensive nuclear missiles in cuba and the instincts and the fear of being labeled soft on communism means the men in the room are much more inclined to believe a surgical strike will work in fact, the majority in 1962 favored the strike it was the 11th 13 data-processing to work their way through the there was no john kennedy and robert kennedy has taken the senate seat in massachusetts teddy was too young and then in that era the

the colonel of the army corps of engineers, ed fleming, the man who will be opening up the flood gates talked about what this day means. >> this is a historic day, a historic day not only for the entire mississippi river, but for the state of louisiana. at 1500 this afternoon we will open up the morganza floodway, we'll start with one bay and that will bring about 10,000 cubic feet per second down this floodway. >> reporter: if number you really need to pay close attention to is 1.5 million cubic feet of water per second. that is the threshold, the trigger point along the mississippi river. and once it's reached that point, that's when officials here will need to start taking water off the top. that means there's too much pressure on the levee system near baton rouge and new orleans. right now they're at more than 1.6 million cubic feet per second. clearly it's now time to engage in this plan here and start letting the water flow out. that will happen within the hour. fredicka. >> ed lavandera, thanks so much. meantime, let's go north about 200 miles and take a look at these homes righ

i'll have colonel fleming talk to you about that in just a moment. >> we're going to continue to monitorat the u.s. ear corps of engineers is saying, that they will be opening up the morganza spillway later on today. that's to try to prevent severe flooding in baton rouge or new orleans, but that doesn't mean that there won't be other communities that may bear the brunt of flooding as a result of the swelling mississippi river. we'll continue to monitor the developments there. ed lavandera is there as well. he'll be joining us later on. >>> meantime it is graduation season. hundreds of thousands of students are actually getting their diplomas. can you guess how much they paid for their cap and gown? just a quick quiz. the answer when we come back. your advertising mail campaign is paying off! business is good! it must be if you're doing all that overnight shipping. that must cost a fortune. it sure does. well, if it doesn't have to get there overnight, you can save a lot with priority mail flat rate envelopes. one flat rate to any state, just $4.95. that's cool and all... but it ain't my

>> reporter: colonel ed fleming offers a little comfort. >> in 22 years i've moved 14 times. you might have a box. you might have some important documents. you might have some pictures. some keepsake things. because those are things we're going to put in the car when you're standing in your driveway with your family and a couple of suitcases and a box. that's when you found out what's important to you. >> reporter: and the sadness of the moment brings kelly trimm to tears. >> it is really worse than we thought. we thought we might have water in our yard. this is going to come into our homes. it is going to take everything we've got. >> reporter: pierre knows it is time to pack up the dance floor and put butte larose in his rear-view mirror. but he'll be back. >> it's not going to be the last dance. >> you don't think so? >> no. no. we'll dance again around here. >> reporter: and the sign will be the last thing he grabs on the way out of town. ed lavendera, cnn, butte, larose, louisiana. >> general russel honore joins me by phone from baton rouge. general, we've just been talk

instance because he does not read the way john kennedy read he never tells life magazine that ian fleming is one of his favorite authors and there is no james bond, which john kennedy interview in life magazine in 1961 helped trigger. you will see this stuff happens a lot both for relief and because i believe it but johnson by every indication is bored by foreign policy. he doesn't like it. he doesn't have curiosity, doesn't see as john kennedy did the power of nationalism. john kennedy as a senator came after the independence of algeria in 1957 infuriated the democratic establishment because they thought it was betraying our allies. he doesn't have a skeptical mind. he accept things as they are. so when khrushchev decides to do what he did, put a fence of nuclear missiles in cuba johnson's instincts and fear of communism means the men in the room at the white house are much more inclined to believe a surgical strike on those missiles will work. the majority in 1962 favored that strike and it was 11 or 13 day process where they work for. robert kennedy in my alternate history has taken jo

>>reporter: when asked about that, prosecutor eric fleming replied this way. >> we will tray this case within the bounds of the constitution like we always do. thank you. >>reporter: the arraignment of the 5 suspects were postponed until next monday. the other 2 are juveniles. at least one will be tried as an adult as you heard. we have learned that some of the new evidence in this case are the guns that police have since recovered. vick lee, 7 news. >> well at least something good happens from terrible fire in san francisco that injured 6 people and left more than 70 homeless. firefighters going through the building found this little chihuahua alive but terrified. hiding. more tonight from wayne friedman. >>reporter: ask anyone who had been through a trauma and he or she will tell you that aftermath is exhausting. >> i think we are still in a state of shock. >>reporter: that wept for everyone in the room. they survived the flames from the park hotel ignited last night in san francisco south of market neighborhood. they watched their belongings turn to smoke. then this morning keith hi

i talked to colonel fleming who is the official going town to town essentially saying you lose so othersin. it's heartbreaking. the one advantage these people have had plenty of time, they've had days to get their belongings out of their homes. a few of the communities they're told might be be buried, he said they're hoping, hoping they might get lucky. a few of those communities might be spared. for e

control flooding on america's biggest river, but it didn't make the decision any easier for colonel ed fleming. >> none of these decisions that we make are easy. i don't take them lightly, and we remember that public safety is our number one priority. >> reporter: the water could impact as many as eight rural parishes. by midafternoon today the water is expected to reach interstate 10 and then iberia parish on monday, and morgan city on tuesday. in nearby gibson where residents expect five feet of water, phillip and elizabeth ready their home for the onslaught while trying to control their anger at what they say is an unfair decision. >> we're the outcasts? we're the black sheep? i mean, what are we? >> reporter: elizabeth worries she'll lose the house that was her parents', while phillip confronts this disaster as he deals with an even bigger challenge. >> i'm battling cancer, and having to fight really hurts me. >> reporter: further up the river in vicksburg, mississippi, neighborhoods are already flooded. three times a day david clark gets in his row boat to go and check his submerged house

i'm going to go to ed fleming. i know it's a difficult decision to open the morganza spillway after 40 years of not having to use it and the heartbreak for people who know they're going to get flooded. >> the amount of water that is coming down the mississippi river all the way from cairo, illinois, all the way through louisiana is record-setting, and we operate this as the system, this is one of those that ed mentioned, and we operated it started today, and we're thinking this is a successful operation going on right now. >> i have been telling our viewers here that this isn't an exact science. there are about 2,500 people in direct path of the spillway and about 2,000200 others who are threatened by the swollen backwaters. the governor has urged people remaining in these areas to begin evacuating. you don't know how many people this is going to affect, do you? >> we have a sense of how many people will be impacted, but there are some of those folks you mentioned that live behind the levee. and there are communiti

paid for his trip to an attack at one point he had an escort, had to escort donovan around comes ian fleming, later became the james bond novelist. the state department, however, was privately upset about the trip because he was donovan going around to embassies on foreign post a meeting with foreign leaders with no diplomatic standing, either in the united states government or the british government. at one point state department aides debated internally whether he should be prosecuted for violating the logan act, which makes it a crime for private u.s. citizen to represent the u.s. government in for negotiations. fdr, on the other hand, was delighted that donovan was out there delivering this message. and bringing back intelligence for him. because in 1940-41, he really had, really no for an intelligence is because. there were small units in the army and the navy but there was really a lot of officers there, and many of the officers was considered a dumping ground in the intelligence unit at the time. so roosevelt was making major foreign policy decisions at this time, decisions that could

fleming: i thank the gentleman and i appreciate dr. burgess allowing me to speak on this specific bill. but let's just talk about the elephant that's in the room here this afternoon. and that is the so-called afford -- affordability act, the so-called patient affordability act. we call it obamacare affectionately. folks, we've got a bill here which is now law that is at best questionably constitutional. we have a bill that's going to add another $is 1 trillion ultimately to our -- $1 trillion ultimately to our deficit. we have half a trillion dollars that's going to be taken out of medicare and then put on both medicare extension and then on subsidy of the private health plans, even if we ever save that half trillion dollars. this whole law has questionable financing and then today we're talking about construction money that may or may not exist. so, mr. speaker, i just have to say as a physician of 30 years of practice, i was here during the health care debate in 2009 where this body has come up with, the ath and the president has sig

fleming. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman on the votes be ayes were 35, the no's were 26. >> the amendment is agreed to. a roll call vote was requested by mr. turner second-degree amendment number 267 to ms. sanchez amendment. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman on that vote, the ayes were 33, the no's were 28. >> the amendment is agreed to. the questions now on ms. sanchez amendment as amended by mr. turner second-degree amendment. so many as are in favor will say i ago. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. excuse me. the no's have it. excu

fleming: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman. where we have a veritable saudi arabia of natural gas in my district. the most natural gas in north america and the fourth largest deposit in the world and we didn't even know about it four years ago. that just goes to show you how new technologies in the area of exploration and development are creating many more resources than we ever thought we had. and that will help stabilize their prices. so i ask that we pass this bill today and that we finally get this country back on the stable footing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: thank you. i yield myself 30 seconds. mr. speaker, if we defeat the previous question i'll offer an amendment to the rule to provide immediately after the house adopts this rule it will bring up h.r. 168 , the big oil welfare repeal act of 2011. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment into the record along with extraneous material immediately prior to the vote on t

fleming. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. there has been a request for a roll-call vote that will be rolled until the end of this portion of debate. we now recognize miss sanchez of california for five minutes. >> thank you. i have an amendment at the desk. >> clerk will pass out the amendment. >> 227. >> without objection the reading of the amendment will be dispensed with. the gentlelady will hold until we get it distributed. gentlelady is recognized to explain her amendment. >> thank you, mr. chairman. what this amendment would do would reallocate the increase of $100 million from the ground based midcourt defense to the national guard and reserve equipment because this funding is not needed in fiscal year 12 for d m d. .for. in..

morganza spillway open and we get the effect we need from it, and hopefully general walsh and colonel flemingon to open that morganza tomorrow. that will reduce the pressure in new orleans immediately. >> and you think those levees will hold. >> we think the levees that have done the enormous amount of work on will hold. but between new orleans and about the ton rouge, there's a lot of danger area there, suzanne. we have enormous number of communities that have been built close to the levee, as well as enormous number of chemical plants and refineries, that if they get flooded, we could have a second or third order effect from that flooding. and all of that is dependent on the levees holding. right now we've got major sand bowel on between baton rouge and new road. this is my hometown, this is where i spent my barefoot years, as we say in louisiana. and there's a lot of danger right now where morganza is. so hopefully the corps will open that floodgate and relieve that pressure on the parish in baton rouge. baton rouge should be first stage on the 22nd may, which is just a few days away. once

holly fleming had no choice. >> i had to get a roof over their heads. >> reporter: she packed all ten and children off to her mother's house and scrambled to find a rental, competing with other bidders. >> i said i will pay you a year in advance. >> reporter: there went her nest egg. the tornado flattened 30% of the city. destroying an estimated 8,000 buildings, leaving up to 20,000 people homeless. most are with friends and family. others in hotel or shelters. rebuilding joplin could take years. but these people need a home now. one of joplin's biggest real estate offices is inundated. callers are begging. >> they were desperate. they said we have to have this house. we have to, there is nowhere else to go. >> so bad, fema is considering housing 50 miles away. >> this in my experience is the most intensely devastating disaster that i have ever seen. >> reporter: hotels fully booked. then tonya made this extraordinary offer. >> we're welling to open up our home to any body who might need a place. >> reporter: that puts everything into perspective. >> people are like wow, you lost ever

fleming from louisiana, said. it far exceeds what they have in saudi arabia. in fact, in other opec nations. now, this rhetoric of trying to blame somebody when the issue really is something as basic as having a supply and -- out there that consumers can utilize. what we are saying here is two-fold. actually throw-fold. one relates directly to american jobs. energy sector jobs are good-paying jobs, so let's encourage the energy sector in this country to expand so we can have those good-paying jobs. that's gd to get -- good to get the funk out of our economy. secondly, we become less dependent on foreign sources because energy is an important part of our growing economy. and if we have a stable source of that in the future, our economy can grow with the assurity we will have a stable source of energy. but probably more important long term, mr. chairman, the reason why we should pass these bills, to send the signal to the market is the national security issue. we all know that -- in fact, i mentioned opec. there are some countries in opec that are outwardly host

fleming: this is after half a billion dollars has been shaved from medicare to extend the life of medicare and that money is already infamously booked twice, once for middle class insurance subsidies and the other to extend the life of medicare. the 2012 budget that passed the house with support is the beginning to the solution for this -- of this problem. it preserves medicare for those 55 and other re-- and reforms it to a market based system with lots of choices for those under 55 today. democrats simply play mediscare on this issue and insist on doing nothing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: are there further one-minute requests? the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. duncan of south carolina for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? without objection. ms. jackson lee: a lot of times our constituents are confused about the processes of this house. the one thing we're not confused about is what we all join together in u

fleming. >> thank you, mr. chairman. some of the arguments in hearing on the other side are very interesting. i, for one, believe in the constitution's separation of powers in the rule of law. but with regard to doma, the administration has decided in its infinite wisdom for some reason it's not even going to try to defend it in court it makes no sense at all because what the administration is really doing is substituting its judgment for the supreme court and number should be the cause abrasion of power that is to the supreme court, the administration. we are seeing this also in the immigration law where the administration refuses to implement and respect and move forward on immigration law is the verso important. we even had a case where the president of the united states stands in front of the justices and criticizes them directly in the citizens united case telling them that they were wrong. i just don't believe the administration has the power to substitute its wisdom for that of the supreme court. i hear with the g

fleming from louisiana, said. it far exceeds what they have in saudi arabia. in fact, in other opec nations. now, this rhetoric of trying to blame somebody when the issue really is something as basic as it is something consumers could utilize. utilize.

. >> so our first lucky lady is kathie lewis 54 years old from fleming, florida. >> that's just not niceou were so excited. tell me why you want this for your wife? >> in my opinion she doesn't need it. she is gorgeous to begin. with she deserves it. she is a recent cancer survivor. ever since then she wanted something like this and we are thrilled she is getting it. >> i love your sign, "turn this plain jane into cutie cathy." >> first we'll look over at her lovely husband len, who i am crazy about. please keep your blind fold on. here is cathy's before picture. let's see the new you. >> he is going to freak out. are you ready, len? take off your blind fold. >> you look so good. are you ready to see yourself. >> she likes what she sees. >> thank you, guys. >> you look beautiful, sweetheart. >> i'm not going to cry. >> i love it. >> tell us, luis, birthday boy. >> she is a beautiful woman. i wanted to give her glamour. her highlights were too pale, too white. i made her brown hair warmer with a golden highlight. it's all topped off with the make-up. >> what are you thinking? >> outstandi

fleming from louisiana, said. far exceeds what they have in saudi arabia.t, inther opec nations. now, this rhetoric of trying to blame somebody when the issue really is something as basic as having a supply and -- out there that consumers can utilize. what we are saying here is two-fold. actually throw-fold. one rates directly to american jobs. energy sector jobs are good-paying jobs, so let's encourage the energy sector in this country to expand so we can have those gd-paying jobs. that's gd to get -- good to get the funk out of our economy. secondly, we become less dependent on foreign sources because energy is an important part of our growing economy. and if we have a stable source of that in the future, our economy can grow with the assurity we will have a stable source of energy. but probably more important long term, mr. chairman, the reason why we should pass these bills, to send the signal to the market is the national security issue. we all know that -- in fact, i mentioned opec. there are some countries in opec that are outwardly hostile to the un