on this day in 1990, professional tennis player xena garrison % there was xena garrison, a perennialn player. the highlight came in 1990. that's when the houston native became the first african-american woman to reach a grand slam final since all thea gibson. >> then it all hit me and when althia gibson walked in the locker and4=s it:"ug me where(s done this since aalthea and it took me a moment to get over my nerves. >> reporter: while garrison's star was rising, jackie joiner cursi was dominating the world stage in track and field. she won an incredible six olympic medals, including three golds in the hitathalon and long jump. she was named the greatest of the century. andcompan beyond called her the greatest multievent athlete ever, man or woman. now jackie joiner and xena have joined forces, starting their own company, called beyond the gold, aimed at helping other athletes. >> we have always had a very special bond, and we also have always had people that would come up to us and ask us questions about being a professional, and like experiences, and what would you do and, you kno

they captured the harpers ferry garrison of 12,000 men. the campaign as a whole, they inflicted twice as many casualties as the union suffered. so it only became -- we only know now, i guess, we only know now how are important it was. once the emancipation proclamation can now this had a ripple effect including overseas with simpson talk about better than i can. there is all kinds of police, i think, that mcclellan really needed to follow this up. even when he got his man, his sources rashad and his new shoes for his men and all this other stuff and he was waiting. all he had to do is cross the potomac. of course he was exceedingly reluctant. he had to be ordered again and again and again. >> would you have written what makes antietam important and fascinating, the point that antietam may be more important looking back from now than it was on september 18th, 1862. but as you have written, antietam is a chance formative because it changes the rationale for the war. >> not only that, but i think it was recognized at the time by a lot of peop

. >>> we begin, 6:00 in the morning home owners were sound asleep in their garrison avenue home when men barged in claiming to be police officers. >> reporter: the robberies are random but the suspects have a familiar mo. bust in, say they're police and rob the plaissments the latest happened just before sunrise in the 2800 block of west garrison avenue. police said three men busted down a door while the people inside were still asleep. they screamed they were the police. >> they went to the home, identified themselves as baltimore police officers, bound and tide up their victims, took undisclosed amounts of crash, looks like a wii system. this occurred about 5:30 a.m. >> reporter: police say this was a robbery and nothing more. the fact that the suspects are identifying themselves as police officers is more distressing. on june 27th on medford avenue three men identifying themselves as police officers bust into a home, tied up the people and robbedhe

this one happened in the 2800 block of west garrison ave. the victims said three men marked with badges marched into their home. no one was injured. and then in festination accident -- an investigation of an accident on miller wrote. the man was taken to the hospital, where he died. the problem and was taken to the hospital in serious condition. no word on how the accident happened. and crews are searching for the body of the missing boater. they believe is the vote of 24 -- the boat of 25-year-old robert james. his friends that he fell off -- fell off, but was not rescued. and a fire at the 6000 block of everwood road. because of the fire is still under investigation. >> republicans want huge tax cut, but democrats want to raise money by cutting tax breaks. president obama is looking to bring both sides together to avoid a crisis. >> the senate cut its vacation to try to break the stalemate on the debt ceiling. with time and the nation's credit limit running out, democrats are predicting the economy may unravel if this fight does not get so

thursday morning, three men dressed in police clothing broken to the 2800 block of garrison avenue, tied the two people up inside and dropped -- and then robbed them of electronics and cash. >> what is different about this one than the last two is that the individuals involved had badges around their necks. they had shirts that indicated they were police officers. >> police are also looking into two others. last friday, a man and woman were bound and gagged in the 1600 block of elkton slane by suspects who said they were police. in 1927, a man was shot when suspects dressed as police broke into a home in the northeast of baltimore. >> this is an egregious action. braxton neighbors who did not want to go on camera said they were surprised -- >> neighbors who did not want to go on camera said they were surprised by the crime. raiding a house is a very severe step for investigators. the >> it is very rare that a warrant unit will do a forced entry on your home. you ought to be a violent person or someone who has been wanted for a long time. new >> all three of these are still under investig

and he's got this little garrison there. literally, it's 60 men and a brass. that's the sort of military force that he ends up being the bane of the entire confederate states of america. 60 guys and a brass brand and some workmen. and they quickly realize they're at the center of this unfolding secession crisis. south carolina is sort of the center of this white hot secession fever and charleston is the center of that. and southern militia begins in circling this little fort. and anderson's men realize that this fort is about as defensible should it come to that as a public park. and they're looking out at these troops that are massing all around them. they feel as anderson writes in a letter, he feels like a sheep tied up watching the butcher sharpen his knife not a very pleasant image. and so he does something very bold. he ignores his orders from the war department or more sort of his lack of definitive orders and by night, under cover of darkness, he and his men cross their boats into fort sumter and were a defensible position in charleston harbor and this

. >> reporter: the latest incident happened on garrison avenue and the robber follow as familiar pattern. the three men forced their way intoed home just after 5:30. when they got inside, they tied the people up and ransacked the house. it happened at two other homes, one on medford and one in federal hill. >> it has unclear if this is copycats or a group of individuals. it's all across the city, so there's no correlation on geography but we want to make the public aware. the city police say the people were not gurred. we'll have more coming up at 6. >> abc 2 news is working on what to do if a police officer does knock on your door or pull you over. you call 911 and ask the dispatcher to confirm the officer's information. zoo get out of your -- don't get out of your vehicle. stay on the line until it's confirmed the person is legit. if ask questions like which department are you with and what is your badge number, which should not be difficult for a legitimate officer to answer. >>> police in carroll county are looking for a fugitive who abducted an 8-year-old on the 4th of july. the man

there are no walled compounds as we presume there was a garrisoned town. not at all. so therefore... and then since he was not using any telephones it was only human intelligence that you... one was banking on. human intelligence is if the people around know... >> jon: . >> they said they didn't have suspicions about one weird house where they burned their trash and don't have a phone. let me put it this way, would you be suspicious of us if this is reversed and we are harboring john... i don't know what... who the corresponding figure would be and he lived a half... you know, a half mile away from west point or a half mile away from langley air force base and we went to you and said la nina. wouldn't you think we were being disingenuous? because you trust us? >> there are intelligence failures, this is not a case of complicity. it's certainly a case of negligence. after all, if you go back to 9/11, wasn't c.i.a. the most powerful organization? thigh didn't know 18 people were training to attack your world trade center. >> no, they did, they just didn't tell anybody e

. >> union bank has put its >> garrison keillor: martín espada was born in brooklyn, new york.e moved to massachusetts; worked as a tenement lawyer in boston, teaches at the university of massachusetts, amherst-- creative writing, latino poetry, and the work of pablo neruda. he's published 16 books, and his collection of poems, the republic of poetry, was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. >> at 16, i worked after high school hours at a printing plant that manufactured legal pads-- yellow paper stacked seven feet high and leaning as i slipped cardboard between the pages, then brushed red glue up and down the stack. no gloves-- fingertips required for the perfection of paper, smoothing the exact rectangle. sluggish by 9:00 p.m., the hands would slide along suddenly sharp paper, and gather slits thinner than the crevices of the skin; hidden. then the glue would sting, hands oozing till both palms burned at the punch clock. ten years later, in law school, i knew that every legal pad was glued with the sting of hidden cuts; that every open law book was a pair of hands upturned and

around 5:30 in the morning when home owners were sonde asleep inside the west baltimore home on garrisonnue. three men with police badges barged in and robbed their home and when the fake officers got inside the home they tied up the people inside and ransacked the house. authorities say this same thing happened at 2 other homes. one on medford and northeast baltimore and the other in federal hill. now city police say the people in this most recent incident were not hurt. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a crackdown is underway on scam artist swindling a staggering 17 billion intaxpayer dollar. almost two years ago the president signed an executive order calling for a crackdown on the illegal payments. however, in some ways, it is now far easier than ever to cheat because people can apply for unemployment benefits online and on the phone. >>> a fore scene in texas tuesday. using a back hoe construction workers hit a gas line. the result a massive explosion you see the flames therefrom the video overhead. one of the back hoes caught fire but the operator was not hurt. no on

. >> b >> garrison keillor: toi derricotte grew up outside detroit.poet cornelius eady, she cofounded cave canem, an organization committed to cultivating and supporting the work of african american poets. she says, "truth telling in my art is also a way to separate myself from what i have been taught to believe about myself-- the degrading stereotypes about black women." >> blackbottom. when relatives came from out of town, we would drive down to blackbottom. drive slowly down the congested main streets-- beaubien and hastings-- trapped in the mesh of saturday night. we were freshly escaped, black middle class. we snickered and were proud; the louder the streets, the prouder. we laughed at the bright clothes of a prostitute; a man sitting on a curb with a bottle in his hand. we smelled barbecue cooking in dented washtubs and our mouths watered. as much as we wanted it, we couldn't take the chance. rhythm and blues came from the windows, the throaty voice of a woman lost in the bass, in the drums, in the dirty down and out-- the grind. ♪"i love to see

army garrison. who's going to watch? these 8 and 9-year-olds all have a parent who has done multiple tours in iraq or afghanistan. so guess what they like best about the women's team? >> they don't give up. >> reporter: it's their hallmark says espn analyst judy fuady, a member of the 1999 team. >> to show courage and the will to persevere when everything is against you will be their legacy if they can win this game on sunday. >> reporter: but the americans have already achieved one big victory. they're regarded not just as world class women's players, but world class soccer players, period. >> the women are now being appreciated for their skill as athletes. >> reporter: skills they hope will bring home the cup. nbc news, frankfurt. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. see you tomorrow morning on "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. "today" and right back here tomorrow evening. good night. captions paid for by nbc-universal television

july 1st, federal hill, three men pretending to be police and then this morning on the west garrison avenue. >>> last flight they heard screams in front of this home where they saw a man beating up his girlfriend. a neighbor said he saw her run down the yard when the boyfriend grabbed her and put her in a head lock where she dropped her 2-year-old daughter and that's what a 31-year-old kidnapped the 8-year-old and took off. he drove to a nursing home, dropped off the boy but a bulletin is still out to find him. if you have information on this you better call police right away. >> still a warm night after a hot day. temperatures well up in the low 90s earlier this afternoon and now we have 80 still at pwi, 70's on the eastern shore as well as in frederick. the big concern for bad air quality. code orange in effect tomorrow for most of the baltimore metro area, all the way up through cecil into philadelphia and delaware. sensitive groups, allergies, asthma sufferers, be aware of that, especially in the afternoon. the afternoon is when the air quality gets the worst on that heat and hum

the latest incident happened in the 2800 block of garrison avenue. it seems to follow a familiar pattern. three men force their way into the home about 5:30 in the morning. when they got inside, they tied up the people and ransacked thehousech the same thing happened at two other homes. one and june 27th in northeast baltimore on medford and the other on july 1st in federal hill. police say it's robbery and disturbing they call themselves police officers. >> they went to the home and identified they selves as baltimore police officers and bound and tied up their victims, took-disclosed amounts of cash -- took an-disclosed amount of cash and a wii game system and electronics from the house and this was at 5:30 a.m. >> reporter: the latest incident they say thank goodness no one was hurt. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> thanks. >>> abc2 working for you this morning with tips should someone identifying themselves as a police officer should they knock on your door. first call 911 ask the dispatcher to confirm the officer's identification.

.  >> garrison keillor: martín espada was born in brooklyn, new york.he moved to massachusetts; worked as a tenement lawyer in boston, teaches at the university of massachusetts, amherst-- creative writing, latino poetry, and the work of pablo neruda. he's published 16 books, and his collection of poems, the republic of poetry, was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. >> at 16, i worked after high school hours at a printing plant that manufactured legal pads-- yellow paper stacked seven feet high and leaning as i slipped cardboard between the pages, then brushed red glue up and down the stack. no gloves-- fingertips required for the perfection of paper, smoothing the exact rectangle. sluggish by 9:00 p.m., the hands would slide along suddenly sharp paper, and gather slits thinner than the crevices of the skin; hidden. then the glue would sting, hands oozing till both palms burned at the punch clock. ten years later, in law school, i knew that every legal pad was glued with the sting of hidden cuts; that every open law book was a pair of hands upturned and

he has a large gare son town there called -- garrison town there called haryan but they believe they have moved in the right direction perhaps of trying to control that road. though the rebels claim this as a major victory i would say it is a potentially significant development in terms of the ultimate aim of trying to control that road. across the country it's been really a similar picture with the rebels trying to make small advances but doing -- resisted strongly by colonel gaddafi's forces despite the fact that nato has destroyed some of his heavy weapons. this attack on the village about 60 miles, 90 kilometers from tripoli, followed nato attacks in certain parts of this area. near the western mountains. and that's what allowed the rebels to go forward. >> the bbc's mark doyle in western libya. and you're watching newsday on the bbc live from singapore and london. still to come on the program, with public doubts growing about japan's nuclear industry, could thermal energy solve the country's energy problems? >> and as nasa prepares for its last-ever shuttle mission we meet one o

happened at around 5:30 while the homeowners were sound asleep inside the west baltimore home on garrison avenue. suddenly three men with police badges barge in and rob the home and when the fake officers got inside, they tied up the people and ransacked the house. authorities say this same thing happened at two other homes, one on june 27th on medford avenue in northeast baltimore and the other in federal hill on july 1st. the city says they are not sure what they are dealing with here. >> it's unclear if they are copy cats or a group of individuals. they are all across the city the three incidents that we have so far. there's no correlation based on geography we can point to as of yet. >> reporter: now city police officers say that this latest home invasion no one was hurt in that home invasion. reporting live at city police head quart e. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a look at news around the nation. the story out of atlanta raising your eyebrows. we can relate in baltimore. widespread cheating found in public schools and it's not the kids doing it. investigators found that principal

creativity of the time this grand pieces called stella and bush are in crime and painted by alexander garrison off in life in thirty eight he was one of the few mostest which to officially work and commission off each cell and remember that all work had to celebrate the leader of the state a place in the midst of a happy country and sold us to any artist of the time and so the pieces like these have been gaining much more popularity in the world's ocean houses. was now arrived at red square as burial sites by the kremlin moules many serbia leaders military personnel and influential figures were laid to rest here when stalin died in one hundred fifty three many openly wept for the man they called father teacher or god he was all the enough still generally loved by the masses although lenin has a grandiose lame on red square not many people know that stalin is in fact here located right behind it next to the kremlin walls or is the embalmed inmates of rest next to lenin face years. after his death it was decided in the late night and fifty's shooting his controversial reign his body should be re

the with his western allies seen short little opponents fourteen well it's not far from garrison for sarkozy and for all nato. paris even admits libya's rebels those weapons are going to terrorists. will return some somalia. wench to libya for training within the last two or three years plus documentary we have the fly record and everything else. so it seems strange in many ways the whole western supports of some of the i will groups in libya must be questioned because in some cases of it we are effectively arming al qaida. it's all making a mockery of the un votes on foreign intervention because. they are breaking it in their good person. none of. this nature witnesses they too will be go of libya's causing widespread atrocities for every one military person that was supposedly a casualty there were ten civilians frauds categorically ruled out cindy grilled troops but expressed predict is the only way they'll to break the libyan deadlock the moves the splitting the two coalition silvio berlusconi head of keep italy admits invading libya was of mistake and did a study due to the frid

under siege by 25,000 confederates under the overall command of jackson to come to the aid of the garrison "harper's" ferry by driving away the procedures. but he did not get started until 6:00 the next morning which was 18 hours after mclellan had the information in hand. so right away or maybe it was franklin who was the closest confidants and supporters did not take advantage as they could have a of the lost order of the intelligence windfall that they had first go the other question is why were these orders wraparound and who forgot the cigar's? [laughter] nobody knows. >> they thought they were at headquarters. probably one of the generals. >> why was it you have those orders initially? that makes no sense at all. >> not if it was an envelope marked secret orders. >> but with this information in hand the cat is out of the bag the knowledge gained by the union commander forcing the bloodiest single day of the war and it is portrayed in different ways and certainly lincoln needs to declare a trial. but did lee lose sordid mclellan barely win? how did you concludes responsibility and bla

garrison, the teacher, is just a total racist and--and says this word. and so we argued and argued and argued, they never let us say it. not the "n" word on our network. you'll never have it on a network. last week, matt's in new york watching comedy central at 1:00 in the afternoon. 1:00, and they're playing blazing saddles. and the "n" word is all over it, not bleeped, not-- you know, whatever. and we're just, like-- i'm sorry. [laughter] that was really bizarre, though. i want to emphasize to the audience at home that before we sat down, we said you can say what you want. so the reference to the "f" word, the "s" word, and the "n" word, not imposed by us. no stretch on free expression. they're just being classy, so we appreciate that. well, you know, we've got parents. we know how to talk around mom and dad, you know-- how to talk when grandma's in the house. south park got an early reaction, but, you know, looking back at the clips and the reviews, sometimes it took magazines six months to catch on and to write about it without rage. yeah. that didn'

. >> another traffic stop, this time in garrison, texas, another violent confrontation. constable darryl lunsford decides to check the trunk for drugs. it will be the final act of his life. >> what? >> how about this here? >> do what? >> the suspects stab constable lunsford as they struggle for his .357 magnum and shoot him and run. they might have gotten away with murder but a video camera in lunsford's own patrol car videotapes his own death. when the case comes to trial, the video is condemning evidence that leads to the conviction of all three defendants. not only that, but the darryl lunsford case and cases like it, convince police departments across the country to install video cameras in patrol cars. jim is a texas prosecutor who trains police on the use of mobile video systems. >> there's no one involved in the criminal justice process that does not believe in the videotaping, whether it be defense, prosecution, police officers, judges, because it gathers truth. and that's what court in the courtroom is all about. >> today, a decade after lunsford's death, hundre

. >> reporter: around 6:00 this morning, three suspects burst through the door of a home on garrison avenue. >> they identified themselves as baltimore police officers and bound and tied up their victims, took undisclosed amounts ofca. >> reporter: they snatched a wii game system and other electronics. >> i think that's crazy. i think we need to have more security. >> city police say one of two things could be happen hearing. either all three of these home invasions are linked or this latest home invasion is a copy- cat crime. >> what's different about this one than the last two is the individuals involved in this one had badges, they had badges around their necks, they had t- shirts. >> reporter: the other home invasions were in federal hill and this one in northeast baltimore, where three men impersonating police officers tied a couple up, then shot the man. >> we are enormously concerned about this. this is an egregious violation of the trust that individuals place in the police and we are working very hard to try to catch them. >> reporter: police say the suspects appear to be in

army garrison in weisbaden. these 8 and 9 year olds have parents who did multiple tours.hat they like best about the women's team? it's the hallmark, a member of the 99 team. >> to show this courage and will to persevere when everything is against you will be, i think their legacy if they can win this game. >> reporter: the americans have already achieved a big victory. they are regard as more than just world class women's soccer players, they are world class soccer players period. >> the women are now being appreciated for what they wanted to be appreciated for all along, simply their skills as athletes. >> reporter: skills they hope will bring home the cup. well, richard, the women are not only going to be playing japan but have to deal with the elements. it is cold here in frankfurt today, just 64 degrees and as you can to see we're having a rain storm. back to you. >> in a manner of two minutes you have to break out the umbrella and boy what a day. big difference yesterday. nice and sunny. thank you. >>> still ahead, inflation on college campuses across the country an

other occasions the french garrison, failing in indochina, strong pressure on weapons as necessary, when the chinese advanced on taiwan by attacking two remote islands off of the main island of taiwan and the joint chiefs looked before him of plan that should the chinese put soldiers on or even imminently threatened the island that they would use nuclear weapons during a meet suez crisis. the idea of using nuclear weapons, this occurred over and over. in the latter half of the latter years of the administration the administration became increasingly clear about whether the soviets were approaching terror in nuclear-weapons but that was a lot of conversation in early years. >> maybe you would like to talk a little bit about the article that was an amazing discovery of the way you described it. >> it is a reminder, historical research, happened to be at the eisenhower library that are lost in the early years. they are out on the loading deck, it turned out the personal papers of malcolm moose which was one of eisenhower's speechriders who unbeknownst to anyone left the administration with

army garrison in wease baden.d, they know all the names and they can held you about hope solo or abby wanbach, i said they are girls or women and they say no, they're great soccer players. that's really the significance of the 2011 team. the '99 team, they sort of ignited a soccer movement n u.s. but these they're really looked at at what they do. they're going to go up against a scrappy japan team tomorrow night. >> people are watching team usa because they are just great athletes with a great team doing a great job right now. and as you were mentioning, getting a lot of attention, especially with social media, i think you were reporting that a lot of other sports stars are now even following hope solo. >> lebron james have tweeted about the soccer team. he has tweeted about the women's soccer team, it's really catching a lot of attention. that's why it's so great, it's a peer to peer relationship, you've got some of the best male athletes, not only in the country but in the world, who are saying, we're behind yo

army garrison. who's going to watch?e. >> reporter: these 8 and 9 year olds all have a parent that have done multiple tours in iraq or afghanistan. guess what they like best about the women's team. >> they don't give up. >> reporter: it's their hallmark says espn analyst, a member of the '99 team. >> to show this courage and this feistiness and this will to just persevere when everything is against you will be, i think, their legacy, if they can win this game on sunday. >> reporter: but the americans have already achieved a big victory. they're regarded than more just world class women soccer players, world class soccer players, period. >> the women are now being appreciated for what they wanted to be appreciated all along. simply their skill as athletes. >> reporter: skills, they hope, will bring home the cup. now, this morning the team has gotten encouragement, tweets of encouragement from justin timberlake and lance armstrong and today a white house delegation arrived here led by dr. jill biden and including chelsea c

may i say this issue of garrison towns, if anyone has seen abbottabad, it is a city of about 800,000eople. we listen to a garrison town, and it appears as if it's -- [inaudible] con stained inside that osama bin laden has come. it's an open town. the loop of the northern area is every man going through. the civil and military, about 800 pound in be people -- [inaudible] there are educational institutions. and this house, frankly, i haven't seen it physically, but i have seen it on the it's. you may -- on the television. you may find it odd. i don't find it odd at aural. what is so odd about a house? it's a normal, slightly on the large side house. it has high walls. i don't think it has such high walls. people, pashtuns of frontier province have very high walls. this is their custom. so i don't want find this house to be odd which people sitting here because you don't have walls around your houses. [laughter] it's not hard at all for a person from pakistan and in the frontier province. so i think in all fairness, i think there was no complicity. there was negligence of the highest or

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when we sit here and listen to, a garrison town, it is an open town.he route to northern india is through abbottabad. everyone is going through abbottabad. the military and civilian people are intermingled. there are many institutions. and this house, frankly, i have not seen it in person, but i have seen it on television. you might find it large or odd. i do not find it odd at all. what is so odd about the house? it is a normal, slightly on the large size house. i do not think it has very high walls. other people have very high walls. this is their custom. i do not find this house to be in. people sitting here -- because ls aroundt have wal your house. in all fairness, there was no complicity. there was allegiance of the highest order. is it possible that the army was hiding it from me? nope. 100 times, not at all, not possible. i am from the army. they are my people. if at all i thought there were some directions to protect or hide osama bin ladin and not tell me, the second or third tier would have told me because maybe i fought in wars or action wi

. >> even as a flight surgeon, expected to be a jack-of-all-trades, but really in garrison, when we'reloyed, i'm an outpatient internal medicine guy. >> reporter: before getting to afghanistan, he says this, will help him learn to prioritize multiple critical patients under battlefield conditions and sharpen his ability to make rapid decisions. >> i expect to see gunshot wounds. i expect to see traumatic brain injuries from explosive devices. that means burns as well. a lot of orthopedic injuries, and, really, some horrific stuff, and what i'm doing here is getting exposure to a lot of the things i'll be seeing over there. it's an immersion really and a high-volume trauma center. >> reporter: so we certainly hope, you know, people here don't need to go to their local emergency room for any kind of critical trauma care, but if they do or their family members do, these days there's a pretty good chance that either the emergency room doc, the nurse, the medical technician may have served in the war zone, may have been a reservist who has come back home, may have been on active duty and is

we do know that the revolutionary guard into zanzibar garrison is under siege and has not been relieved although the government is trying to find a way to do that in the very near future. it speaks to our concern about control of the central authority over various parts of the country, even the vice president himself has admitted that the government does not have control in five of the 21 governance. but we are concerned about obviously is with this focus on the political malaise with a focus on the political unrest, that the very real threat to human, to us, to the people of the region come from al qaeda and from extremists is going unaddressed. one of the reasons why we encourage president saleh and the various players to come to some type of agreement to get the political dialogue started and get a solution under way. but yes, we are quite concerned about the situation in the southwest. >> mr. benjamin, do you have anything to add to that? >> senator, it is of course a matter of great concern that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula seize this opportunity to establish a territorial hol

reflection of the amount of equipment and infrastructure we have to do the job to train with, both in garrison and forward. so the infrastructure is critical to our operators. >> as you review that, assuming you get confirmed, i'm assuming you will share your analysis on kind of where those gaps are and kind of prioritize those based on funding. sometimes around this place the funding occurs based on who yells the loudest. we want to look at, i guess, my view would be what's the most critical elements of infrastructure investment that's necessary for your operations to continue at the level you are at, plus obviously growing itself. >> no, sir. >> great. >> thank you. >> you mentioned one other piece. i maybe abbreviated this, you call it the something, something stress task force. >> sure. >> what's the timetable that you anticipate some results. the reason i say this is the readiness of our forces and the impacts on them as individuals and the families that are being impacted because of the amount of deployment and the speed. what's your timetable? >> well, sir, the pressure on the force --

reflection of the amount of equipment and infrastructure we have to do the job to train with, both in garrison and forward. so the infrastructure is critical to our operato. >> as you review that, assuming you get confirmed, i'm assuming you will share your analysis on kind of where those gaps are and kind of prioritize those based on funding. sometimes around this place the funding occurs basd on who yells the loudest. we want to look at, i guess, my view would be what's the most critical elements of infrastructure investment that's necessary for your operations to continue at the level you are at, plus obviously growing itself. >> no, sir. >> great. >> thank you. >> ou mentioned one other piece. i maybe abbreviated this, you call it the something, something stress task force. >> sure. >> what's the timetable that you anticipate some results. the reason i say this is the readiness of our forces and the impacts on them as individuals and the families that are being impacted because of he amount of deploynt and the speed. what's your imetable? >> well, sir, the pressure on the force -- task for

kirk: i ask unanimous consent that joel garrison be granted floor privileges during the consideration of h.r. 2055. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. kirk: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: york. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, it is my distinct honor to rise in support of paul oetken's confirmation to the bench of the southern district of new york. we have a very deep pool of legal talent in new york, but paul's nomination is one that everybody is talking about. paul is brilliant, well-rounded, unwavering in his dedication to public service and his commitment to rule of law. his confirmation will only improve the workings of one of the best and bussiest courts in the country. i look for three qualities in judicial candidates -- excellence, moderation, diversity. paul's excellence is provable on paper. he's a g

garrison in titleburg in the classic cheer. soccer, long an international favorite, enthralled america in what's been a miserable summer for sports. >> the nfl and the nba have been locked out. baseball is going with the roger clemens' mistrial. and this is something americans can see and feel proud of these women going out there and playing for the purity of the sport and winning. >> reporter: but the champions would be japan, a country still reeling from an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. a victory that came in the middle of the night, and gave a weary nation a reason to celebrate. even in japan, few people thought their team would make it to the finals, let alone bring home the cup by defeating the number-one team in the world. ann? >> anne thompson, thank you very much for your report. i'm glad you got all of that team usa paint off of your face. that's good. >> i was in the newsroom yesterday watching, trying to get work done. at moments no one was working. everyone was watching and cheering. we got it on the air

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