gary locke's to read it partner in life and this effort, mona. we are happy to have you all here. -- gary locke's terrific partner in life and his efforts, mona. this appointment -- our relationship with the people's republic of china stands as one of the most important relationship for our country -- most important relationships for our country today. much of what we accomplish with china will help shape this century. if confirmed by the senate, which i fully expect, secretary gary locke will join a unique group from george h. w. bush to winston lord, who have served in this position. it is obvious to all, but nevertheless worth pointing out yet again, that secretary lo cke's story is quintessentially american. it is the american story. a descendant of hard-working immigrants, secretary gary locke's personal integrity, integrity, strong work ethic led him from seattle to college in new haven -- in new haven at yale university and boston university law school. as governor of washington, he reached out to china to help strengthen the trade ties be

gary locke was terrific. he was a nuts and bolts governor.e understood how to push exports, and he's going to be a terrific envoy to china given his background and chinese-american descent. the commerce department really needs to, through its messaging and through it activities and through its personnel spread across the country, integrate well with businesses to push exports to the four corners of the globe. there are all sorts of barriers, nontariff barriers, regulatory barriers, taxes, difficulties we face, and the commerce department should be our ally in breaking down those barriers. >> host: go ahead. >> host: sorry. we've seen a lot of names floated, ron kirk, even former google ceo eric schmidt, the fcc chairman,çóÑvó julius genachowso you have any thoughts on whether someone from the private sector is better? >> guest: the better choice would be someone from the private sector. i think the white house gets this. perhaps a ceo that has run a multi-national company that knows the in thes and outs of how tough it is to generate revenue,

if the senate confirms him he will succeed gary locke who will be the next u.s. ambassador to china. >>> home prices have fallen to a new low and not done yet. prices in major cities have now reached the lowest level since the housing bubble burst in 2003. according to the index, prices dropped nearly 4% in march compared to a year ago. in san francisco, prize are down about 35% from a year ago. the index has a record number of foreclosures and unsold homes and lots of buyers are forcing prices down. >>> seattle and washington, d.c. were the only two major cities saw prices rise. >>> apple ceo steve jobs will take a break for a medical leave to deliver the keynote speech in san francisco. he received a standing ovation when he walked on stage back in march to unveil the new ipad. jobs went on medical earlier this year. he had a liver transplant two years ago. it will feature mac's software and the next version of iphone and ipad software. >> battles on the first day on the new rule on the golden gate bridge. pedestrians have to share the eastern sidewalk after cr

if the senate confirms him he will succeed gary locke who will be the next u.s. ambassador to china. >>> home prices have fallen to a new low and not done yet. prices in major cities have now reached the lowest level since the housing bubble burst in 2003. according to the index, prices dropped nearly 4% in march compared to a year ago. in san francisco, prize are down about 35% from a year ago. the index has a record number of foreclosures and unsold homes and lots of buyers are forcing prices down. >>> seattle and washington, d.c. were the only two major cities saw prices rise. >>> apple ceo steve jobs will take a break for a medical leave to deliver the keynote speech in san francisco. he received a standing ovation when he walked on stage back in march to unveil the new ipad. jobs went on medical earlier this year. he had a liver transplant two years ago. it will feature mac's software and the next version of iphone and ipad software. >> battles on the first day on the new rule on the golden gate bridge. pedestrians have to share the eastern sidewalk after cr

gary locke was terrific. he was a nuts and bolts governor. he understood how to push that forward and will be a terrific envoy to china given his background and chinese-american descent. the commerce department really needs to through its messaging and through the 70s and through its personnel spread across the country integrate well with businesses to push exports and to the four corners of the glow. there are all sorts of barriers, nontariff barriers, regulatory barriers, texas difficulties at at the pace entering foreign markets and the commerce department should be our ally in breaking down those barriers. >> guest: we have seen a lot of names u.s. trade representative ron kirk and former google ceo eric schmidt and julius genachowski. do you have any thoughts on any of the candidates are the type of person you think someone from the private sector is better or someone experience? >> guest: i think the white house gets this and that would hopefully be a selection. perhaps a ceo that has run multinational companies that knows the ins and o

the current commerce secretary, gary locke, has been tapped to become ambassador to china. finished the month on a high note amid talk of a new financial bailout for greece. the dow jones industrial average gained 128 points to close at 12,569. the nasdaq rose 38 points to close at 2,835. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy >> woodruff: house republicans have staged a largely symbolic vote this evening on a bill ostensibly aimed at raising the nation's debt limit by an additional $2.4 trillion. the measure has no spending cuts attached to it and is, therefore, all but certain to fail. earlier today at a white house news briefing, press secretary jay carney said that deficit reduction talks between the administration and congress are making progress, but ultimately, the ceiling will have to be raised. >> we also believe quite strongly that we have to raise the debt ceiling. there is no option to doing that. and that that will happen. because the economic impacts of not voting to raise the debt ceiling would be calamitous. >> woodruff: we now head to

commerce secretary gary locke would be the first chinese-american to serve as the top u.s. diplomat in beijing. previously, he served two terms as the governor of washington state. she testified at a senate foreign relations committee confirmation hearing for about an hour and 15 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> of a hearing will come to order. we are really delighted today to welcome our secretary of commerce, former governor state of washington and a very good friend, gary locke, who has been nominated by the president to be our ambassador to the people's republic of china and welcome mr. secretary. we are happy to have you and excited about this appointment and delighted also to welcome the secretaries family, just let madeleine who's 14-years-old sitting behind him there and dillinger is 12 and emily who is six who told me where she's going to school and that she is much happier if the hearing were over and her dad could just leave right now. gary's terrific partner in life and in this effort mona. we are happy to have you here. this nomination is a very importa

if the senate confirms him, bryceen would replace commerce secretary gary locke.e're expecting an announcement from the white house about 10:15 this morning, our time. again, the president is expected to announce john brycen, former ceo of edison international, as the new secretary of the commerce department. >>> some women in egypt say they were forced to undergo virginity tests when they were arrested by the new egyptian military government. >> translator: during the test, no one was standing except for a woman and a male doctor. six soldiers were standing behind us and watching the back side of the bed. i think they were there to be witnesses. >> amnesty international says 17 women were arrested during a demonstration in march, a general says the testing was necessary because the military wanted to protect itself against charges of rain. >>> 8:17. the rebels in libya have launched that nation's first english language online radio station. ♪ >> it's called "tribute fm." they are trying to push moammar gadhafi out of power. >> this is history. we are writing hist

and then comments from treasury secretary timothy geithner and then the confirmation hearing for gary locke to become ambassador to china. >> now available, c-span's congressional directory. signed, new and returning house and senate members with contact information, including twitter addresses, district maps and committee assignments and information on the white house, supreme court justices and governors. order online on c-span.org/shop. >> next, a discussion on the historical impact of world war ii from today's "washington journal" this is an hour. war memorial -- national world war ii memorial. it was dedicated in 2004 by president george w. bush. on this memorial day eve, we will discuss and look at the world war ii memorial and discuss as well world war ii on the last hour of "washington journal." we are joined by american historian douglas brinkley, who is one of many books is "world war ii memorial: a grateful nation remembers." thank you for being with us on a hot friday morning. what did it take us some years after world war ii to build and dedicate this monument? guest: remember,

of course john will be building on the success of outgoing commerce secretary, gary locke who has tirelyly advanced american leadership abroad. he has an agreement with china where gary will be serving as our next ambassador. we couldn't be prouder of him and confident that he is going to be doing an outstanding job there. in the years ahead a key to achieving our export goal will be promoting clean energy in america. that's how we'll reduce our dependence on foreign oil and that's how we'll encourage new businesses and jobs to come to our shores. john understands this better than virtually anybody. throughout a distinguished career in which he's led nonprofits, government agencies, and large companies he's been a fierce proponent of alternative energy. as a young man with a gree -- degree in hand from a prestigious law school, john then followed his friends to a blue chip law firm, john took a chance on an idea he cared about and co-founded the natural resources defense council, which grew into a powerful and important voice in protecting the safety of our air and water. it was then john

of course, john will be building on the success of outgoing commerce secretary gary locke, who has tirelesslyced america's economic leadership abroad, securing export deals that will mean hundreds of thousands of jobs here in america, including an agreement with china, where gary will now be serving as our next ambassador. and we couldn't be prouder of him and are confident he's going to be doing an outstanding job there. of course, in the years ahead, a key to achieving our export goal will be promoting clean energy in america. that's how we'll reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and that's how we'll encourage new businesses and jobs to take route on our shores. john understands this better than virtually anybody. throughout a distinguished career in which he has led nonprofits, government agencies and large companies, he has been a fierce proponent of alternative energy. as a young man with a degree from a prestigious law school, john didn't follow his friends to a blue chip law firm. john took a chance on an idea he cared about and co founded the natural resources defense counsel sill, w

also like to recognize secretary gary locke, the president's choice to be our next ambassador to china. gary has served with distinction in the cabinet, as well as before that serving as the governor of the state of washington. i know that once the senate confirms gary, and i expect that to be quickly, he will do an outstanding job in beijing. areas. and i'm not going to mention the trade representative sitting next to you because i told him if he was able to deliver a deal on -- with korea, i would nominate him for the nobel peace prize. [laughter] he did, and i have to. [laughter] at the rate, i hate doing knowledge this, gentlemen, but i made my first trip to china as a young man in 1979, april of 1979. i was privileged to be with a group of very senior senators at that time. i think we were the first delegation to meet after normalization, senators like jacob javits of new york and frank church, and a number of other prominent members. on that trip, when we met with then priced the mayor of -- then vice premier deng and witnessed the changes that were being initiated, beginning to

you'll remember gary locke, the current commerce secretary, is already nominated to be the u.s.dor to china. president going to make this announcement at 1:15 eastern time in the rose garden, suzanne. >> ed henry breaking that story for us. thank you, ed. >>> responding to computer sabotage with military force. a "wall street journal" report says the pentagon has concluded a cyber attack by another country could be considered an act of war. in other words, hack into our computers, and we could drop a missi missile. that story by our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. >> reporter: basically, suzanne, what it means is, if an individual, group, or country, even country, would, say, insert a virus into one of our nuclear power plants, which causes a meltdown, which then kill dozens, hundreds, if not thousands of people, well, that's the same thing as someone walking in there and setting off a bomb. the damage is the same. or if someone shuts down using a computer, an electrical grid, which then causes a pipeline to malfunction, that could have the same effect as, say, a naval bl

i would like to recognize secretary gary locke, the second -- the president's trust to be the next ambassador to china. he has served as the governor of the state of washington, and the senate confirms gary, he will do an outstanding job. [applause] their hideous. i'm not going to mention the trade representative's sitting next to you because i told him if he was able to deliver a deal all with korea, i would nominate him for the nobel peace prize. he did, and i have to. i made -- i hate to get knowledge this gentleman, but i made my first trip to china as a young man, meeting with don shopping in 1979 -- deng xiaoping in 1979. i think we would a first delegation to meet after normalization with senators like a clip -- jacob javits and frank church and other prominent members agree on that term, when we met with the vice premier and witness changes that were being initiated, beginning to spur china's remarkable transformation, even back then it was clear great things were happening, and it was also a debate here in united states and throughout most of the west, whether a rising china was in t

. >> do you want to do the gary locke sing? >> okay.mean, i can say the s&ed is a yearlong process. we try the progress where we can when senior officials come and meet but throughout the year we sit down at the staff level and carefully look of the commitment that each side has made and we take our commitment very seriously. i think china very seriously. and a recent example was china's commitment to allow foreign banks to underwrite commercial bonds in the market that was a promise they had made it the first s&ed. we continued to press them on it and a few weeks ago the issued an announcement and invited the foreign banks to underwrite the corporate bonds. so everything may not have been a week after the s&ed, but it's something that both sides paid very close attention to. >> [inaudible] estimate is reported that china considers its strategy about diversifying its foreign reserves so the u.s. and china talk about and the second one is what is your view on china's role in the u.s. anti-terrorism and on the future of the u.s.-china rel

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i also would like to recognized by the way secretary gary locke, the president's choice to be our next ambassador to china. gary has served with distinction in the cabinet as well as before that, serving as the governor of the state of washington. and i know that once the senate confirms gary, and i expect that to be quickly, he will do an outstanding job with beijing. [applause] there he is. i'm not going to mention the trade representative sitting next to you, because i told him if he was able to deliver a deal on, with korea i would nominate him for the nobel peace prize. he did, and i have to. [laughter] but any rate, i hate to acknowledge this gentlemen, but i made my first trip to china as a young man meeting with deng xiaoping in 1979, in april of 79. i was privileged to be with what i guess i am now part of a group of very senior senators at that time. i think we are the we were the first delegation to meet after normalization with senators like jacob javits of new york and frank church, and a number of other very prominent members. and on that trip when we met with then vice p

and this rhetoric is running up against a real broke lock thing gary. thinking their power thinks is a war powers act the war powers act a resolution that says sixty days marks the deadline for an american president pull u.s. forces from hostilities or get congress's approval for a formal declaration of war yet neither appear to be happening and according to the president publicly time seems to be the enemy only for someone else now time is working against gadhafi. he does not have control over his conference but it's unclear who or what has control over this one the law or the will of the president the. president did not seek a ration of war begin with. nor really has there been much discussion of the war powers act nor does it seem there will be when pressed by the majority of congress not with leaders of the senate foreign relations committee saying there are no plans for action and top lawmakers like john mccain saying quote he's never recognized the constitutionality of the war powers act nor has any president which is only sort of true according t

i would also like to recognize, by the way, secretary gary locke, the president's choice to be our next ambassador to china. he has served with distinction in the cabinet and before that as the governor of washington. once he is confirmed, and i expect that to be quickly, he will do an outstanding job in beijing. [applause] there he is. i am not going to mention the trade representative sitting next to you, because i told him if he could deliver a deal with korea, i would nominate him for the nobel peace prize. he did and i have to. at any rate, and i hate to acknowledge this gentleman, but i made my first trip to china as a young man in 1979, in april 1979. i was privileged to be with of group of very senior senators at that time. i believe we were the first delegation to meet after normalization. senators like frank church and the number of other prominent members. we met with then-vice premier and acknowledged a number of issues in china's remarkable -- absolutely remarkable transformation. even back then, there were great things happening. there was also debate. there was debate in

gary has that story and all the sports, he is next. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i lockedn a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> all right. good evening everybody. tim lincecum didn't have it tonight in colorado. 33,228, they still do the wave up in denver and torres is ready to go. boom. and the giants behind early, tied the game at two and moments later, and this is the sixth inning, schierholtz, torres and cody ross tonight, two-run blast is 4-2. bottom of the frame, though, lincecum, not a very good night. gave up seven runs, only three earned. he had an error, that was fowler's rbi, and then the big blast. carlos gonzalez to dead center. lincecum, 5 2/3, nine hits, six walks, that ties for the most walks in his

>>gary: three newspapers, two minutes, goodnight. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i lockedt. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> is "two and a half men's" newest star ashton kutcher heads here to new york city? >> and emergency room news on a "dancing" star's injury before the showdown. i'm brooke anderson. >> and i'm kevin frazier from times square. >>> "the insider" is on. >> i'm just wishing her a speedy recovery, hopefully, it's fine. >> could kym johnson's injury help kirstie snag the mirror ball? >> and is ralph macchio refusing surgery? >> and what co-star jon crier really thinks of the news. >> what do you think "two and a half men" is go doing do without charlie? >> and maria shriver's pedi. did she reunite with arnold over the weekend?

locked doors are everywhere. teresa estacio, kron 4 news. >> the sharks did not joke. gary >> good evening everybody, the sharks have lost five of the last six playoff games. going into night, a lot of pressure on patrick. with five, out of six. because of the three, consecutive to boston. the, excuse me, three consecutive losses hamas to the detroit red wings, they had a marlowe with a 4-3 lead. marlow was agreed tonight, but goals. now, the visiting vancouver scored back and back power plays it took douglas story in front of the goal late to preserve a 4-3 victory. and let us hear some commentary. >> i been to a lot of good games this was a big one for him. it is difficult to choose patricks best because he has so many good ones. >> players to the league i was able to.. back him up. >> patrick is a great player. he went through a bad streak but has turned around. >> is nice the deal is turned it around to the way that we can play. as far as the start it is something that we hope to get. the power play was short. the bus the lead and eventually, the victory. >> the sunday-