francois.> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for having me back here. and to testify. speaking as you mentioned as the u.n. deputy special haiti and president clinton as you know is the special envoy but also as a physician and teacher from harvard who has worked for over 25 gleers rural haiti. today my hope is to do justice not by chronicling the events of the last few weeks but by attesting the possibility for the hope of the country and of the importance of meaningful investment and sustainable development in haiti. that said i will not prevent that hope is not at times difficult to muster. as i was coming here into this city, i asked my colleagues including dr. kerry what would it be like to look around you and see every federal building collapsed, the white house, the dirksen building, all of them and that's what we've seen in haiti. and as i was flying up here from port-au-prince to montreal headed to a conference on coordinating donor responses to this massive earthquake i did the p

cousins, evi, francois, stanley francois. we have no contact.oke to my brother-in-law through e-mail yesterday. we got an e-mail and he was in the car. he said it sounded like a bomb went off. it was just that loud. >> the worst is not knowing, isn't it? >> the worst is not knowing, absolutely. >> ben, you are going to tell us about another area? >> jacquesmel about 20 miles south of port-au-prince. >> that a resort? >> a resort town. >>> it is beautiful. >> it is a beautiful place and i just got e-mailed from pictures york know if we can put them up or not. >> couldn't get theme you this to washington? we will get them on tomorrow. >> coincidentally, a friend of mine has been trying to adopt two children for about two years from haiti and she was just down there at the orphanage, which i'm happy to report is doing okay. it is the village of hope orphanage. and -- but she had these pictures of jacquesmel that she was showing me a couple days ago, today, i just got emailed pictures, basically the same area and it's horrible. it is just this beaut

cousins, evi, francois, stanley francois. we have no contact.e spoke to my brother-in-law through e-mail yesterday. we got an e-mail, and he was in the car. he said it sounded like a bomb went off. it was just that loud. >> larry: the worst is not knowing, isn't it? >> the worst is not knowing, absolutely. >> larry: ben, you were going to tell us about another area? >> jacques-mel about 20 miles south of port-au-prince. >> larry: that's a resort? >> a resort town. >> it's beautiful there. >> a friend of mine has been trying to adopt two children for about two years from haiti. she was just down there at the orphanage, which i'm happy to report is doing okay. it's the village of hope orphanage. but she had these picture of jacques-mel, and today i got pictures and it's horrible. this beautiful colonial architecture. and people are as affected down there. >> larry: do you question faith in all of this? >> in a way you do. you just don't understand. especially a place like haiti. we've been hit so hard. >> larry: why? >> yeah, why would it happen?

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mark francois. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the power company e.on has just announced that it will close its call center in rayleigh with the proposed loss of over 600 jobs. given that sad news, can the prime minister personally assure me that the business department and the jobcentre plus network will do absolutely everything that they can to assist my constituents and their families, and to help them to find alternative employment if that closure goes ahead? >> mr. speaker, i can assure him that the rapid response unit of the department for work and pensions and the jobcentre plus will be available to help his constituents if they are looking for jobs. 300,000 people are leaving the unemployment register every month, partly as a result of the action that jobcentre plus is able to take. we will be able to give his constituents advice, help and careers assistance, as well as, in some cases, work experience for young people looking for jobs in the future. we will do everything we can. i have to say to him, however, and i hope th

jeanne francois, cmmb's country director for haiti.e situation from your standpoint on the ground? >> well, larry, thanks so much for having us, cmmb on your show. go to cmmb.org to understand what this amazing organization is doing. but i spent about 20 minutes today with the general over at the united states embassy and he discussed with us in detail the amazing efforts on behalf of the haitian people by the u.s. military and other militaries out there helping. they're doing a phenomenal job. i want to thank the u.s. military for always being there and for being such a strong support for the people of haiti. one thing, larry, i want to tell you. 13,000 drivers in new york city, the hispanics across america donated half a million pounds of food, water, clothing and medical supplies and it came to us in the intrepid because of our affiliation with the military. we'll be getting those items into haiti on thursday or friday. that's why we're here today to make sure that gets out to the haitian people. i want to thank all those that donat

francois. >> thank you for having me to testify. and speaking for the special envoy but also as a physician and teacher from harvard who has worked 25 years in rural haiti, my hope today is to do justice not by chronicling the events of the last two weeks, but by attesting to the possibility of hope for the country and the importance of meaningful investments and sustainable development in haiti. i will not pretend tobin is not difficult to muster. as i was coming year -- i will not pretend that hope is not difficult to muster. i would ask that my colleagues -- what would it be like to look around you and see every federal building collapse -- the white house, all of them, and that is what we have seen in haiti, and as i was flying up here from port-au-prince to montreal, heading to a conference on coordinating responses to this earthquake, i did the painful math and counted close to 60 colleagues and friends and family members who have lost their lives in the span of a minute. most of the eart

so sarah kind of plays two roles here, nick and then francois, the bad boy self.is movie feels much more original, seems like it's going to be much more original than it is. it ends up feeling like we've seen this before. i was actually fairly disappointed in this movie. i'm going to give it a c-minus. by the way, i gave c-plus there if i didn't mention it to "leap year." this is a c-minus. this is disappointing. i would like to see michael branch out a bit. not that he cares what i want him to do in any way. >> maybe he's watching and listening. >> and one tip for all of the movie characters the teenage boys who have trouble meeting girls, buy a shirt made since the carter administration. that's just a little tip. it's a suggestion. take it or leave it. but -- >> just be a little fashion conscious, okay? >>> we will talk about dvds, what's hitting the store shelves come this week and what you need to pick up. among them "the hurt locker." you'll be back, ben. and top stories. >>> no escaping a cold, even in a state known for hot temperatures. martin savidge joins

francois is a pretty big guy. did you get ady ay >>gr world obly t th beey so >> sou i am i am gs d, spiroem. epor lm'stitle us rto aem t mandela used as a sou inspn anngthg near i because the country didn't fall into civil waby l e tionhould have and it's a decision that every single person in that country made. >>> still to come he's a big and bad offensive lineman in the nfl but what are his keys to success off the field? >>> take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the ba

francois. >> thank you for having me to testify. and speaking for the special envoy but also as a physician and teacher from harvard who has worked 25 years in rural haiti, my hope today is to do justice not by chronicling the events of the last two weeks, but by attesting to the possibility of hope for the country and the importance of meaningful investments and sustainable development in haiti. i will not pretend tobin is not difficult to muster. as i was coming year -- i will not pretend that hope is not difficult to muster. i would ask that my colleagues -- what would it be like to look around you and see every federal building collapse -- the white house, all of them, and that is what we have seen in haiti, and as i was flying up here from port-au-prince to montreal, heading to a conference on coordinating responses to this earthquake, i did the painful math and counted close to 60 colleagues and friends and family members who have lost their lives in the span of a minute. most of the eart

francois. thank you, all of you, for helping lay out the magnitude of the challenge here and put a lot of ideas on the table about things we need to think about. we in the time frame that we have i think if we do seven-minute rounds, then every senator ought to have an opportunity to be able to ask questions. and if we could ask you to sort of keep the answers tight. obviously encompass everything that you want to but we want to here, if we can. on a personal note, let me just say, dr. farmer, speaking as a dad, i want to thank you for the example and the opportunity that you have shown my daughter who i know just values enormously the relation shipp which she has learned working with you. i want to thank you for that. let me begin by asking -- i want to come back to the framework that you raised, dr. farmer, about the sort of rules of the road. i think it's very important to look at that. let me just ask you very quickly any view -- an immediate challenge. there's a lot of concern about the ac

francois.out the magnitude of the challenge and putting a lot of ideas on the table of things we need to think about. in the timeframe we have, if we do seven-minute rounds, it every senator should have an opportunity to ask a question. we would ask you to keep the dancers tight. -- to achieve the answers tight. -- to keep the answers tight. on a personal note, dr. former, up -- dr. forarmer, i want to thank you. my daughter appreciates you with the magnetmagnitude with which e has been able to work with you. let me ask you very quickly, any of you, about an immediate challenge. there's a lot of concern of food access in haiti and whether adequate levels are being appropriately administrative . wfp has requested flooding food into the arena. i like to ask you about the adequacy of food. >> in the short term, it is difficult to think of an ultra be -- of an alternative to wfp. remittances, cash transfers to household, that will also help people to buy their own food. at the same time, the rules

francois. >> thank you for having me to testify. and speaking for the special envoy but also as a physician and teacher from harvard who has worked 25 years in rural haiti, my hope today is to do justice not by chronicling the events of the last two weeks, but by attesting to the possibility of hope for the country and the importance of meaningful investments and sustainable development in haiti. i will not pretend tobin is not difficult to muster. as i was coming year -- i will not pretend that hope is not difficult to muster. i would ask that my colleagues -- what would it be like to look around you and see every federal building collapse -- the white house, all of them, and that is what we have seen in haiti, and as i was flying up here from port-au-prince to montreal, heading to a conference on coordinating responses to this earthquake, i did the painful math and counted close to 60 colleagues and friends and family members who have lost their lives in the span of a minute. most of the eart

francois is a pretty big guy. how did you get ady ay >>gr world obly t th beey so >> sou i am i am gs d, spiroem. epor lm'stitle us rto aem t mandela used as a sou inspn anngthg near i because the country didn't fall into civil waby l e tionhould have and it's a decision that every single person in that country made. >>> still to come he's a big and bad offensive lineman in the nfl but what are his keys to success off the field? íí >>> take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on

francois rivasseau which is 30 been spent as a limited research in 2009 and had to withstand household consumption. thanks to the timely measures for increasing most small-business and low-income households and automated industry also france managed to limit the effects of a downturn agreement which has been much worse. and while some of our big neighbors experience between 2008 in the middle of 2009, for example they will be contracting by 512 and german gdp contracting by 4.8. france gdp relates to now a bit better with a 2.8. and respect therefor 2010 is a bit better than 2009 because it issued to continue on its path to recovery or unemployment is not to decrease before the end of the year. the french government does he know was expecting the very modest gdp growth of 2010 for less than 1% and we have been happy to be able to have 1.5%. but all of that will be much more wisely commented by your guess at today. so let's turn myself to mr. dominique strauss-kahn. welcome them warmly. it's a great honor for all of us. mr. strauss-kahn is a well respected director of monetary fund. mr.

francois is a pretty big guy. how did you get ady ay >>gr world obly t th beey so >> sou i i am gs d, spiroem. epor lm'stitle us rto aem t mandela used as a sou inspn anngthg near i because the country didn't fall into civil waby l e tionhould have and it's a decision that every single person in that country made. >>> still to come he's a big and bad offensive lineman in the nfl but what are his keys to success off the field? >>> take a look at san francisco 49er eric heitmann and you'd never know that off the field he's a pianoman. here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the b