. >> the company is called "george perry and sons", named after art's father.nd today it's handling thousands of pounds of crops that are packed, stacked and delivered across california. four generations of family members manage every aspect of the business, from new sales to processing orders, managing drivers, and, of course, the warehouse, a nonstop hub of activity. every now and then, 91-year-old george and his wife violet come out of retiremt and visit the company they nourished. >> well, i think i got a beautiful thing here because i, you know, at my age, i was able to have my family all around me and watch all the business and see my sons run the business. this is my life. >> he says the first few years in the business, the family barely made a profit. but fast forward to today and the company bearing his name is now one of the largest shippers, growers and handlers of pumpkins in california. george perry and sons delivers produce to almost every grocery chain you can think of. >> you know, the biggest enjoyment to it is, we have a lot of people that wor

. >> georges back from perry s the rest of us dead in the rain we continue the coverage to give you more news faster jackie sizzle in san rafael words coming down. >> what is this us stuck in the rain? i'm stuck in the rain. you can see a cell blowing through here it is actually clear for most of the morning. but for last hour did has been clear but now you start to see out here in central san rafael their remit starting to come down and come down even harder. the roadways are what we are seeing puddling going on. obviously this is the first significant rain we have seen in the last week or two. obviously be aware antiques the roadways will be slight crack your umbrella this morning you will definitely >>. thank you jackie we appreciate the update. >> new this morning governor let jerry brown will host legislators to talk about the budget deficit that meeting is being held in sacramento california is facing a $6 million budget hold for this year. brown will be sworn in january 3rd and he will have to deal with california's budget gap this year a >>. 36 year-old man accused of sexually as

. >> think he's a much george perry where filings mother news right now in addition to the weather and traffic and a founder of the helixes now saying there is plenty more it secret documents posted on his or a page at a faster pace than he is at a jail on bail. his organization is resilience and designed to withstand what he calls decapitation attacks. he is saying at a mansion where he is confined where sweden it is charged have been excavated in the rape investigation. a massive tax burden is looking at a tax hike for and millions of american it is now on its way to present our obama. he is extending tax cuts for every family and renewing jobless benefits for long-term unemployed and after i knew your kind with social security taxes it will amount to about 2 percent pay hike for every american. the measure is just passing for midnight today. >> watching wall street the dow jones industrial and they're down 23 points and 24 points on friday to 11,004. >> if you still have some holiday shopping to get done today might be the best date to do it. it is not-free shipping day and about 15

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but it's no accident that george schulze, bill perry, sam nunn, just to mention a few others, both of the 2008 presidential nominees, senator mccain and president obama, have all agreed that this is a principle worth trying to move towards. and one thing is for certain, the road to a reduced number of nuclear weapons in the world, which would reduce the amount of fissionable material potentially available to terrorists certainly doesn't pass through a nuclear tehran. and so, if we're going to have our bona fides to be able to leverage north korea and leverage iran, we need to at least prove that we can put together a bilateral agreement between the two countries that have 90% of the world's nuclear weapons. so i would hope my colleague would not view this, given all of the sign-offs that have accompanied it from our national security establishment, from our joint chiefs of staff, the military leaders, the national intelligence community, from our laboratory directors, our strategic commanders, all of them have agreed, 1,550, the current number of launchers we have, et cetera, this is

george h.w. bush, secretaries brown, car liewchy, cohen, perry, and schlesinger support this treaty without this language. it was true that former secretary schlesinger said, for instance, he has a concern about this imbalance. i think we all do. he stated that concern. he still supports the treaty without this language, without this expression of concern. secretaries albright -- former secretaries of state albright, baker, christopher, eagleburger, kissinger, powell, rice, schultz support the treaty without this language. they have the same concerns. as a matter of fact, i believe that it was senator sessions -- it may have been someone else -- who said that former secretary kissinger has expressed this concern. in fact, quoted, i believe, from secretary -- former secretary kissinger's writing on this issue. he has that same concern which senator risch and all of us have about this imbalance. but without the language, former secretary kissinger still supports this treaty. so all i can say is, i think there's a legitimate concern which is expressed in this amendment, it's a concern which has exi

but it's no accident that george schulze, bill perry, sam nunn, just to mention a few others, both of the 2008 presidential nominees, senator mccain and president obama, have all agreed that this is a principle worth trying to move towards. and one thing is for certain, the road to a reduced number of nuclear weapons in the world, which would reduce the amount of fissionable material potentially available to terrorists certainly doesn't pass through a nuclear tehran. and so, if we're going to have our bona fides to be able to leverage north korea and leverage iran, we need to at least prove that we can put together a bilateral agreement between the two countries that have 90% of the world's nuclear weapons. so i would hope my colleague would not view this, given all of the sign-offs that have accompanied it from our national security establishment, from our joint chiefs of staff, the military leaders, the national intelligence community, from our laboratory directors, our strategic commanders, all of them have agreed, 1,550, the current number of launchers we have, et cetera, this is

george h.w. bush, secretaries brown, car liewchy, cohen, perry, and schlesinger support this treaty without this language. it was true that former secretary schlesinger said, for instance, he has a concern about this imbalance. i think we all do. he stated that concern. he still supports the treaty without this language, without this expression of concern. secretaries albright -- former secretaries of state albright, baker, christopher, eagleburger, kissinger, powell, rice, schultz support the treaty without this language. they have the same concerns. as a matter of fact, i believe that it was senator sessions -- it may have been someone else -- who said that former secretary kissinger has expressed this concern. in fact, quoted, i believe, from secretary -- former secretary kissinger's writing on this issue. he has that same concern which senator risch and all of us have about this imbalance. but without the language, former secretary kissinger still supports this treaty. so all i can say is, i think there's a legitimate concern which is expressed in this amendment, it's a concern which has exi

george h.w. bush, secretaries brown, car liewchy, cohen, perry, and schlesinger support this treaty without this language. it was true that former secretary schlesinger said, for instance, he has a concern about this imbalance. i think we all do. he stated that concern. he still supports the treaty without this language, without this expression of concern. secretaries albright -- former secretaries of state albright, baker, christopher, eagleburger, kissinger, powell, rice, schultz support the treaty without this language. they have the same concerns. as a matter of fact, i believe that it was senator sessions -- it may have been someone else who said that former secretary kissinger has expressed this concern. in fact, quoted, i believe, from secretary -- former secretary kissinger's writing on this issue. he has that same concern which senator risch and all of us have about this imbalance. but without the language, former secretary kissinger still supports this treaty. so all i can say is, i think there's a legitimate concern which is expressed in this amendment, it's a concern which has existe

perry, being very strong on th this. secretary of state henry kissinger, and so on and so on. we have in "the washington post" this comment as signed by henry kissinger, george schultz, james baker, lawrence eager berger, e, they say the leaders made clear that the treaty does not limit u.s. missile defense plans. i think the biggest danger to our country is not acting on this, mr. president. if we don't act, that's a danger to the national security of this nation. and i am very pleased to see the incredible bipartisan support outside this chamber, and i hope inside this chamber. i'm hopeful, i'm very hopeful. but we will find out in the next coming days. i wanted to also talk about the two very critical votes that we cast here moments ago that's so important to large segments of our community. on the dream act, which would give a path of legality to students who are outstanding in their community, who want to join the military or go to college. this was an important bill. because of a filibuster, we needed 60 votes. we got a hefty majority, 55 votes, but the republican filibuster stopped us from passing it. so today, the dreams of young, talented students w

former secretaries of state george shultz and henry kissinger have joined forces with former senator sam nunn and former secretary of defense bill perry to make this case. in a january 4, 2007, op-ed in the "wall street journal," they called for united states leadership in building a -- quote -- "solid consensus for reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally as a vital contribution to preventing the proliferation into potentially dangerous hands and ultimately ending them as a threat to the world." we can now do our part to build that consensus and help ensure that we never again see the destruction caused by nuclear weapons. and once again i return you to these charts. i was 12 years old when i saw these pictures. i was 12 years old when i realized what a 21-kiloton and a 15-kiloton bomb can do. ladies and gentlemen of the senate, these bombs are well in excess of 100 kilotons today. the number is classified, but trust me, they are well in excess. we can destroy the planet earth with these weapons. and they are deployed and they are targeted, and they are on some time-release schedule. this treaty gives us the unique opportunity