feelings to express to which mr gardner replied i do not. following the statement which was placed over mr gardner's head and it. in the warrant was served. this regard no was pronounced dead at twelve seventeen this morning i'd like to take the opportunity to thank all of the staff for the department of corrections this is an onerous responsibility this is better one that is required complete dedication to spend exhausting it has been one that has been done with absolute dignity and reverence for human life and also reverence for the lives that have already been lost at the hands of history gardner. forty nine year old partner with her firing squad one tonight. gardner to kill method over the top of the lethal injection attorney said he believed in the great river by the gun die by the gardner spent the last hours of life being reading and watching the lord of the rings. i'm jennifer dr i'm with the associated press here in salt lake city. it was fast it was. a clinical and very sanitary yet the other observation would be. it wasn't like a

the idea would be we would not need to do a gardner examinee more. that is the long-term goal. we need to continue to grow it but if you successfully complete the apprenticeship program and when there is a vacancy, there is a spot for you. >> if you have more vacancies are are able to add gardner positions, would you be able to fill them with the apprenticeship program or which you have to hire outside of the program? >> we are in a bit of an awkward spot because we're waiting for the first class to complete the apprenticeship program. those that are in the program would have to have met the minimum qualifications that have been established for the position. if they do and they test because we don't have the civil service rules change that will allow us to just pick from the program in place -- so if they test well enough, we would want to select them. we just took to because we know who they are and we know the work ethic and training. one of the goals of the apprenticeship program is to create a consistent set of professional standards for our partners. they may test well but

gardner: reclaiming my time. i'm not in a position to tell constituents who may find it tough to make ends meet that it's ok if we increase your cost of gasoline by a penny here, a penny there, a couple of pennies. mr. waxman: but you claim that it's going to increase many, many dollars. mr. gavered for the: we know that a penny a gallon can p a significant burden, meaning as much as $4 million of people for every single penny in the cost of gasoline. this does not stop the e.p.a. from developing rues on the current schedule. it says look before you leap. that's why i object to the amendment. mr. waxman: will the gentleman yields on that last point? the chair: the gentleman from colorado yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. waxman: i request a recorded vote. the chair: purr superintendent to clause 6 of -- pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on the amend

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we have gardners assigned to the concourse area. in the last couple of months, we lost one of our beloved gardner's who loved this place, incredibly special. i would ask that we take a brief moment of silence for carter. thank you. ok. let's plant the tree, shall we? i will do the heavy lifting. [laughter] >> turnaround and face up. i am sorry. >> good advice. >> 1, 2, 3. mr. mayor, mr. coughlin general, if you could -- mr. counsel general, if you could -- >> yay! [applause] >> i wanted to make sure that we recognize carol. thank you for your incredible stewardship of the gift shop and teahouse. thank you all for joining us. i encourage you to patrons are beautiful gift shop why you are here. otherwise, enjoy our incredible part. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it ha

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someone associated with robyn gardner would collect from him?e withstanding to do it. a family member, sure. >>> now, let's get the weather from sam. >> hi. >> he's here with us. >> no. it's fine. we're just doing some house cleaning over here. pay no attention over here. let's get what we've got going in chicago. we'll show you pictures, by the way, of -- a tree and a house in ohio, right? is that the next thing coming up? turns out it's pretty difficult to make dinner in norwalk, ohio, when the tree comes through the middle of the house about that time. there was big storm damage in that area. everybody's okay in that zone. minneapolis, fargo, duluth, marquette, all in line for the strong storms to develop, 70-mile-per-hour winds. golf ball-sized hail likely in this again. the heat in the middle of the country does move east. it's affecting a lot of folks. boston at 93. new york city, 98 degrees. not today. but tomorrow. huge, huge difference from one temperatures are in the 60's right now and it could be a warm but you will notice the the tem

gardner who is presumed dead disappeared during their trip. giordano was detained for months after her disappearance but edened have any wrongdoing. for a claim like the this american express says there's at least a one year waiting periods. >>> we're getting flu information from dewey beach. delaware state police want to know if you know this plan. he play know what happened to a woman staying at the atlantic ocean side motel. police were called out shortly before 11:00 this morning when the cleaning ladies entered the room and found the woman dead on the floor. if you know anything about this call delaware crimestoppers the number 1-800. tip 3333. >>> we have one employer day of sailabration events in downtown and tomorrow the ships will leave the harbor. soda dignitaries from three nations gave speeches about the importance of remembering what happened 200 years ago and seeing how far we've come. it's called the ceremony of enemies. it included taped speeches from u. s. president barack obama, british prime minister david cameron and canadi

gardner is presumed dead. her ex-boyfriend is now reacting to news of the lawsuit. >> there has been no declaration of death. she has hot been legally declared dead. there is no evidence of her anywhere. for her just to be presumed dead, for american express to pay out on a presumption, i think would be pretty wrong. >> giordano was held in a jail for months after gardner vanished. he insists he didn't have anything to do with her disappearance. >>> time is ticking for loud occupy county to doe side whether to invest big money to bring the silver line out west. construction of the new silver line to dulles international ongoing but loudoun county officials are still bee bating on how to pay for the $270 million it will cost to get metro to the county. -- are still debating. >> do think this board will be able to decide on how to do that in the next two weeks or three weeks and so, are we going to vote to opt in before we know how we'll fund it? i'm not going to vote to opt in. >> we'll be able to pay for more

gardner: thank you, mr. chairman. this bill is trying to deal with the rising prices of gas, energy, by addressing a very important issue of supply and demand. and while i think there's nothing wrong with looking into the possibility of market manipulation, i do think this bill's trying to address another very important part of the price equation, and that is supply and demand. this issue has been studied and it will continue to be studied. i'll remind the gentlelady we are dealing with an agency that has over $2 million already in its budget and this amendment adding $128 million would be a significant, significant increase in funding for f.y. 2012, the cftc budget. so i would urge a no vote on this amendment. if you just look at what the cftc task force has said, going back in 2008, the task force's preliminary assessment is current oil prices and increase in oil prices between january of 2003 and june of 2008 are largely due to fundamental supply and demand factors. 2009, we find little evidence that hedge funds an

gardner is presumed dead. her ex-boyfriend reacted to the news tonight. >> there has been no declares of death. she has not been legally declared dead. there is no evidence of her anywhere. for her just to be presumed dead for american express to pay out on a presumption i think would be pretty wrong. >> giordano was held in an a rea jail for months after gardner vanished and -- aruba jail for months after gardner vanished and insisted he had nothing to do with it. >>> jailhouse phone calls shed new light on the perjury charges against george zimmerman's wife. prosecutors say the calls are proof of the delicate financial dance allegedly performed in hiding money. fox 5's laura evans has the developments. >> the former neighborhood watch captain who killed trayvon martin told his wife in these phone calls to buy bulletproof vests for them and his attorney. the phone can also revealed he told his wife to transfer money from various bank accounts. >> hello, you have a prepaid call from george zimmerman. >> george

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he took out the policy before he and robin gardner went to. a ruba. she disappeared. he was detained for months but has denied any wrongdoing. >>> baltimore city police are warning about scammers targeting craigslist after three family members were robbed. it was saturday afternoon and in the most recent scam, the victim thought he was going to buy a used car. when he walked up to the car he thought he was buying. they had no idea. as they walk back two people held them up and stole $4500 in cash. this is the second time in less than a month that the police are warning about people using craigslist as scam. they arrested a 6-year-old david brown. they believe he used it four times to lure his victims to an area of northwest baltimore to rob them. >>> we're working with you to stay safe. go to a well populated area. the police station. use a cashier's check. >> maybe run a check to see if they have a criminal record. >>> in the consumer alert, the tech world is buzzing about a microsoft announcement. "the new york times" cites courses that microsoft would be unveiling

what happened to robyn gardner who vanished last august. her travel companion says they went snorkeling together. she never made it out. police never bought his story. he took out this travel insurance on her life. still, authorities didn't have enough to charge him. giordano was released and went home to maryland. now, he's filed this lawsuit against american express to collect on that insurance policy, demanding $3.5 million saying gardner is presumed to be deceased. amex has a duty to pay it. >> it infuriates me that he would have the nerve to do something like that. >> reporter: they haven't paid giordano saying it's too soon. when someone is presumed dead, it's not validated until 365 days after the incident. it's only been ten months. he says they owe him millions. >> if you take out insurance and something happens to your loved ones, you are a murderer. i think it's ridiculous. >> he's not commenting on the suit saying it speaks for itself. >> police say he remains the prime suspect and they are working with the fbi, analyzing his la

he has maintained that gardner likely drowned while they were snorkeling. >>> 4:36. now, this morning police need your help finding the family of a man who was critically injured in a hit and run crash. they are also looking for the driver who left the scene. 33-year-old mohammed shabor and 17-year-old friend was walking on the sidewalk of fairfax boulevard in fairfax city friday night. someone in an suv struck him from behind. he landed partially underneath a parked car. the driver did not stop. a witness saw a light colored suv similar to this one. >> he saw a white suzuki leaving the scene and the main thing about the suv, the rear tire mounted on the back and says the word suzuki over the tire cover. >> investigators are looking at surveillance video. he remains unconscious. police have not been able to contact his family. >>> i head on news 4 today, remembering the man whose beating sparked racial tensions in los angeles. >>> plus, losing control the. the latest challenge facing firefighters as they try to contain a massive fire f. fire. >>> how long will the ra

another wonderful mentor, john gardner. when this process ended i said, what am i going to do with my life? he said, well, go reinvent yourself. constantly reinvent yourself. he was just this wonderful man. i decided i wanted to do something that was completely not -- this was it. i said i love -- great respect for government. i just don't want to do it again. it was such a traumatic undertaking. i said, so i spent a year -- john gardner was very wise. he guided me through this year, all kinds of people. ibm in new york where they all wore black. i'd fit in today actually. you'd interview with people and they would say, well, what have you done? what have you done? i'm thinking, wow, gist did something, but it didn't count. i didn't have an accountinging degree or a law degree. but then i got attracted to the movie business. barry diller recruited me because they don't care who you are. sort of you could -- they didn't care where you came from. that's what i loved about the business. it's true, you could work in the mail ro

he is the person of interest in gardner's disappearance. she has not been seen since last august. giordano is suing american express for the benefit that was part of the travel insurance policy he took out before that trip. annex argues there is a waiting period. >> the wild fires in colorado are now 45% contained. still people living in the hardest hit areas are being told, don't get comply cant. the dry, hot, windy conditions continue to be a major challenge. air tankers are being used to fight the fire from above, but the u.s. forest service says it couldn't fly them yesterday because it was too windy. >>> we're going to get some really hot stuff coming this way. >> we are. it will work out nicely. summer arrives on wednesday and it's going to be hot by wednesday. but enjoy today. it was rainy this morning and had to drive in it. temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70 this time of day, it's nice. you are all going to forget about this by wednesday. was monday cool? yeah, monday was cool. it will be a dry commute home brought to you by michael and son. i don't see any real p

it's been ten months since gardner disappeared.policy is one factor that made police suspicious in the first place. he said gardner likely drowned while snorkeling. more developments during the 8:00 hour of the show. >>> a key figure in the los angeles race riots back in the early '90s has died. rodney king died in his california home yesterday morning at the age of 47. back in 1991 a videotape showed four police officers beating and kicking king after a high speed chase if officers were charge with assault. they were later acquitted. that verdict set off the riot in los angeles which caused deadly riots in san diego and destroyed parts of the city. police are still investigating the cause of king's death that say it does appear to be an accident. >>> greeks apparently aren't ready to ditch the euro. they won greece's second national election in six weeks. they haven't been able to agree on how to handle the nation's spiraling debt. they've been offered a multibillion dollar bailout by attached strict austerity measures to the loan

i had another wonderful mentor named john gardner who was the founder of common cause, and i met him through this process and he was just a wise human being. and when this process ended i said what do i do with my life? you know, i said, you know, do i stay in -- and he's the one who says go reinvent yourself. he's constantly reinvent yourself. just this wonderful man and i decided i wanted to do something that was completely not -- this was it. i said, i love -- i mean, great respect for government, great respect. i just don't want to do it again. it was such a traumatic undertaking. and i said, so, i spent a year, john again john gardner was very wise, and he guided me through this year and i talked to all kinds of people. i went to ibm. up in new york. they all wore black and shoes and -- i fit in today, actually. but you know, and you try to interview with people and they'd say, what have you done? you know? go to a business what have you done? wow, i just did something. but it didn't count. you know, i didn't have an accounting degree or a law degree, but then i got attracted to

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what happened to robyn gardner who simply vanished in aruba last august.ravel companion said they went snorkeling together, the water got rough and she never made it out. he did nothing wrong. police never bought his story. he took out this travel insurance on robin's life, but still aruban authorities didn't have enough to charge him. giordano was released and wentz home to maryland. now giordano has filed this lawsuit against american express to collect on that insurance policy, demanding $3.5 million, saying robin lynn gardner is presumed to be deceased and that amex has the duty to pay the full death benefit. robin's friends are furious. >> it infuriates me that dpair would have the nerve to do something like that. >> reporter: they're telling nbc news it's too soon. when someone's dead the claim would not be evaluated until 365 days after the incident. it's only been ten months but giordano says they owe him millions and defended the policy. >> if you take out insurance against your loved one and something happens to them, you're a murderer. i think t

starting july 1st gardners with commercial greg leave blowers can only use them one day a week. each neighborhood assigned a day. the leaf blowers cannot exceed a certain noise level. homeowners can use their own a leaf blowers on two additional days during the week. angry protest over the bailout in spain, a dire prediction by the country's prime minister despite a $100 billion loan. >>> the weekend shooting least two former auburn university football players dead. i'm dru levenson in auburn that story coming up. >>> it started as a pool party but ended in tragedy. man hunt underway in montgomery, alabama. three people killed near auburn university including two former football stars. the shooter is on the run and authorities know who he is. >>> yellow police tape surrounds the complex for man opened fire killing three people. two of the dead our former auburn football players. police say the incident began with a fight at a party. >>> a trying time and six young people shot, you can tell the community is shaken >>> authorities are searching for is wanted leonard 22 years old h

gardner: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 4480. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. and pursuant to house resolution 691 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4480. will the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, kindly take the chair? mr. poe: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4480 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development and production under oil and gas leases of federal lands under the jurisdiction of the secretary of the agriculture, the secretary of energy, the secretary of the interior and the secretary of defense in response to a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the strategic

he says gardner likely drowned while they were snorkeling. the "today" show will be more developments. >>> this morning the international olympic committee is investigating allegations that officials representing more than 50 countries sold olympic tickets on the black-market. "the sunday times" newspaper in the uk released undercover video showing authorized olympic officials selling at this times to the london games for a higher price. the top organizer for the 2004 athens olympics a i monkst the officials accused. the paper reports that members sold tickets to popular events like the men's 100 meter final. the ioc says it will consider changing how it distributes tickets to member countries. >>> strong winds are not the only property battling massive wildfire. they say luters are rummaging through homes, stealing what they can before the homeowners return to their homes that they evacuated. the fire scorched more than 56,000 acres and destroyed more than 181 home is. the fire is now 45% contained. lightning sparked the fire more than a wee

they do not have enough money for the gardners. it is ridiculous. they cannot fire me because i am gone. a lot of kids do not understand because they are young and inexperienced. background is part -- that ground is part. -- hard. if we do not get rid of this stupid turf, a lot of people will get poisoned by this garbage. phoenix, ariz., has been their nfl stadium natural grass. why did they have it? maybe all the injuries the football players half. i coached a soccer team when i was out of high school. none of those kids got hurt, but i could recall, playing on grass. i was a gardener for 14 years for the city. that ground is like rock. i encourage you not to listen to people who do not understand the reality of turf because i know what it is to work on grass. thank you very much. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. i am the founder of the parks council and former commission member on the commission for the environment. a member of the golden gate park master plan task force. i am a soccer proponent and i support the renovation of the beach

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they do not have enough money for the gardners. it is ridiculous. they cannot fire me because i am gone. a lot of kids do not understand because they are young and inexperienced. background is part -- that ground is part. -- hard. if we do not get rid of this stupid turf, a lot of people will get poisoned by this garbage. phoenix, ariz., has been their nfl stadium natural grass. why did they have it? maybe all

with me here, patricia gardner, head of the silicon valley count civil nonprofits and larry, the headgo kids. welcome to the show. we'll start with you, patricia. how worried are you? >> well, we've had too many series of budget cuts to get to us this place, so i think that most people will say that they know someone out of work. many of us know hahnfuls of people out of work. many of us seeing an increase in homelessness. we can't ignore it anymore. they are at our stop lights, see them wannering our streets. see them living in in a variety of encampments. >> families even. >> families with children. not just in cars, but out in lots of different encampments throughout the city. foreclosures have hit. we all -- we're no longer serving this silent other, we are the other. we're at the place where someone you know will be affected. we're not longer tweaking the edges, we're at the core. those who want to continue to live in the home. what will happen to child care and what will happen to people who live next door to you, that shop with you, right here in the community. >> we have video

madison bum gardner had never hit a pitch in his career. but there it goes.en they all came and jumped on him who took it from there. 7 and 2/3. only one run. and the giants brandon belt's first home run of the season. 6-3, giants. astros have lost 12 of 16. nice week for the giants to get back with houston, and then seattle. >>> the as in colorado, brandon moss a 2-run homer. a couple of home runs on the night. gave up six runs in the 3rd and the 8th. >>> you want to see tiger woods practice, you better get up early. yesterday, 7:00, today, 7:15. he played the first eight holes before going in to hold a press conference. his playing partnership was casey martin. everybody wanted a picture of the two fellas together. >> even if i do win a major championship, it'll be oh, you're not to 18 yet. when are you getting to 19? it's always something with you guys. and i've dealt with that my entire career. >> take a look at this guy. tiger is a little annoyed, but andy zhang is not. the youngest player by nearly a year to play at the united states open, born in china

but the state is extremely fortunate to have him for what he has done, for booth gardner.and is in the process, i can say because he sends me breeze, that's a fascinating story. and books when it comes out. he did mention the 9/11 commission. you know, i reflected, i've reflected afterwards to that very close loss in the year 2000, i still feel today, you know, it was a loss for the state and a loss for the kanji, but it was an amazing day for me, of things i've been able to do, not only with family but in other opportunities as well. more than made up for another six years in the senate. and the 9/11 commission of course is unique lifetime experience of 10 people, five republicans and five democrats, all point in the most partisan possible fashion. designed i think by some of the drafters not to succeed. nevertheless over a period of a year and a half, a gain not only knowledge but a degree of respect for one another, that made it absolutely imperative to all of them that we come out unanimously down to the last footnote. and we did. of course, it was that the cost the re

he is a person of interest in robyn gardner's 2011 disappearance. he filed a lawsuit against american express last week for the $3.5 million death benefit. he claims it was part of a travel insurance policy that he took out before his trip to aruba. has been missing since last august and is presumed dead. >> former d.c. council member harry thomas will report to a federal prison this week. if he will serve his 38-month sentence in montgomery, alabama. he pleaded guilty to embezzling $350,000 in city funds. the washington post reports thomas cole -- told a church gathering in northeast washington that he had been humbled by the prosecution. coming up, a meeting of the world's economic leaders in mexico. we will take you to the g-20 summit, where the talk today is all about agreed. >> and a big crackdown under way at a local parking lot. what police are handing out tickets. >> poor sportsmanship during a tennis match. see what happens when you kick the man. >> it ready to heat things up. when we will reach the 90's on the thermometer. it will not be c

nile gardner.heritage foundation margaret thatcher center for freedom and from london sarah baxter editor of the sunday times magazine. ms. baxter, i know i'm a commoner. i am a commoner. >> yes, you are. >> bill: well, thank you. thank you very much. but when i see england in the same dire financial straits as the u.s.a. i say is this really necessary? i mean, can't you just have it one day? no? yes? it was going to be a holiday anyway. actually it was one just one x-ray extra day's vacation and that's today. yesterday was a public holiday anyway. we haven't done too badly. you know, she is good value. the queen cost the british taxpayer about 30 million pounds a year. that's about $1 per person in the u.k. i think that's money pretty well spent. she has done us proud for 60 years. >> bill: here is what our research shows. the queen cost british subjects $128 million a year. all right? 128. but not just the queen. the husband, prince charles, the camilla woman. the crown. 128 million because 71 mi

please welcome maine who -- please join me in welcoming sarah gardner from j.p. morgan chase. welcome, susan. >> i got to put on my glasses. good morning. california is a state with many opportunities for growth. the people, facilities needed to serve to businesses as well. we are creating many jobs, including construction to build a brand shows, vendors to provide services, and employees to help our customers with financial needs. we are honored to sponsor today's event, and it is my pleasure to introduce him. jim is the managing director and chief economist for j.p. morgan chase and works closely with our investment banking and government relations groups. in addition to publishing independent research on the economy and financial markets, his views are widely cited in the media. he is a frequent commentator on economic policy issues. he received his undergraduate degree from the university of illinois and holds a ph.d. in economics from northwestern university. today he will provide a national overview and update us on what to expect as we go forward in 2012. goo[applause]

your sunday gardner. stay with us. >> i have been busy this morning. i have been pruning and trimming and making absolutely -- oh, i missed something right there. >> all right. you are quite the master pruner. be careful. let's not get everything right now. we'll talk about which shrubs you should and shouldn't prune right now. >> do's and don'ts with the little pruner coming up on your sunday gardner.nd@@ >> good morning. welcome to your sunday gardner. along with carrie angle from valley view farms. you'll put me to work a little bit. only a demonstration. >> that's right. >> we want to talk about controlling the garden. we're going to be control freaks today. >> there you go. i know in my yard i have a couple of ones that are trying to take over one side of my house and you can't see the windows in some areas. we are seeing things that you should prune now and maybe a few things that you shouldn't prune. things like lilacs and a lot of these things have been pruned right after they finish blooming. you don't want to affect buds that may be setting f

lawsuit to collect on the death benefit following the 2011 disappearance of his travel partner, robin gardner. her body has never been found. she disappeared in aruba. the chicago sun times reports giordanno is suing the insurance company for $3.5 million as part of a travel insurance policy he took out before the trip. >>> the defense is presenting its case in the jerry sandusky child sexual abuse trial. the former penn state assistant football coach maintains he is innocent, and may even go on the witness stand to try and prove his innocence. manuel gallegos has more now, from pennsylvania. >> reporter: jerry sandusky arrived at court to hear prosecutors wrap-up their case against him. prosecutors called their last witness this morning, the mother of one of sandusky's accusers. she testified she thought it would be a good idea for her son to spend time with sandusky, since she was a single mom, working two jobs. sandusky met most of his accusers through his charity for at risk children. the former penn state football coach denies he sexually abused young boys. now his lawyers will try to co

joining me now for more front-page politics, amy gardner, national political reporter for "the washington post" and alex who is a reporter for "the national journal." good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> amy, we'll start with you, how are the white house and the obama campaign framing the new jobs numbers? is there any change of approach here? >> we haven't seen a change of approach yet. as your clips showed what president obama said yesterday is what he's been saying all along, we are making progress but we have a lot more work to do. i think that message becomes more difficult to sell with the jobs numbers. the key number there is the 69,000 new jobs. it is drastically lower than what economists were expecting and drastically lower than the priest months. over the winter where we saw a couple months where jobs were added, over 200,000 in each month for two months in a row, it was a moment for obama to get more confident. we saw the confidence out in the country while he was speaking. and now this moment makes it much more difficult to say, we are making progress and i'm taking