and of course our builders, [inaudible] builders 2 very important people, frank murray who is superintend thochbt project and [inaudible] sfaubl for working with all the engineers and architects and making sure we are here today. [inaudible] builders. not to forget all the neighbors from mu drone and [inaudible] housing complex who are neighbors of the project. a big hand for them too, please. we are grateful for your atejd ance to maurk the moment in the cities history. firs up it is a pleasure to introduce someone who is the champion leadership in making sure our first responders have the tools to serve the city. when it comes to working to identify needs i garner the support for plan for capital improvements, mayor lee gets it done. pub luckwer works has the responsibility of design and construction for 24 projdwreckt jecktd. mayor lee helped shape the capital plan and knows first hand how complex and challenging it can be to deliver the projects. we thank you for your support and please welcome honorable mayor lee to say a few words. >> thaupg [inaudible] this was managed by public wo

murray. there could be indications they have enough votes to override the president's threatened veto. >> it looks like the bipartisan legislation ended up getting even more support. my colleague frankould seem to be a deal that now has been reached with republicans like senator foreign relations chairman bob corker along with democratic colleagues. some of the language has been changed regarding iran and terrorism, as well as on the review process. and the thinking is that that's actually going to create a majority that will be veto proof. this all tamron plays at some of the tensions that are going on. congress wants to be able to have a say so in this iran deal while the administration is saying please don't do anything that's going to jeopardize this deal from being finalized in june. that's the tensions that are playing. it will be interesting to see if the white house is okay with some of these changes that were made with democratic help. >> let's talk about john kerry being on capitol hill. day two of this. is he making any progress? >> i think the bigger development is this deal that was stuck by benn corker. the white house has been having a huge blitz, but the question is

frank when roosevelt and soviet leader joseph stalin and their unexpected partnership beyond the war. saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span3, on lectures in history, university of virginia college at wise professor jennifer murrayn changes from the reconstruction era to present. in some afternoon at 1:00, we are live from appomattox courthouse commemorating the 150th anniversary of the correct -- the confederate surrender. next, a conversation with freshman congressman will hurd of texas. the is the first african-american congressmen to represent texas since reconstruction, and previously served in cia. this is 25 minutes. congressman will hurd from the 23rd congressional district. it includes nearly 5000 square miles, a thousand miles of border along texas and mexico. how do you manage it? rep. hurd: i put a lot of miles on the car. 800 miles of border. it is gigantic. that is one of the reasons i love the district. we have beautiful parts of the state. this is why a pretty much no name fresh face was able to win the district. because of the amount of time we spent crisscrossing it. so i burn up my shoe leather. host: with the demographics of the district, what struck you the most as you traveled? rep. hurd: s

frank: thank you. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about the need for a safer and healthier workplace and to urge my colleagues to join me had and senator murrayin supporting the protecting america's workers act which i am proud to introduce today. today april 28, is workers memorial day a day for our nation to remember and to focus on those workers who have died or been injured on the job. today is also a day to acknowledge the significant suffering experienced by families and communities when workers die or are injured and to recommit ourselves to maintaining safe and healthy workplaces for all of our workers. april 28 is also the anniversary of the occupational safety and health act of 1970, the osha act, which created the occupational safety and health administration. when the bill was passed on a bipartisan basis and signed into law by president nixon 45 years ago, 14,000 workers were dying on the job each year. now the bureau of labor statistics estimates that there were 4,405 worker fatalities in 2013 that's a huge improvement and it wouldn't have happened without the osha act. it also means that far too many workers are still getting h