gordon is my only brother.urvived by his wife and two sons, stafford is two and max was born three weeks ago. gordon is survived by a mother, sister, in-laws and other family members and friends who miss him very much. words cannot describe what gordon meant to this family. i appear before you as a representative of only one family affected by this accident. unfortunately, there are many more. i stood with those other family members at a recent memorial event, a service no one should ever have to experience. although we never met before this disaster, i want those other family members to know that we grieve for them and are committed to telling our story so we can try and correct the inequities in the law and so no one else will find themselves in that situation in the future. of course, you aware that gordon died aboard the transition deep water horizon oil drilling rig, he was employed by ms swabbing co-a contractor aboard the rig. he worked aboard that rig for the past two years and was excelling in his prof

notably absent is gordon. his presence in the delivery room was limited to a single family photograph. lastly, i show you possibly the last picture taken of gordon before his death. it is taken just after -- just after gordon gave stafford his first golf lesson an experience gordon thoroughly enjoy. i'm saddened that neither will experience this joy again. i want to take this opportunity to address a recent -- address recent remarks made by tony hayward, c.e.o. of b.p. in particular, he publicly stated he wants his life back. mr. hayward, i want my brother's life back. i know the families of the other 10 men want their lives back. we will never get gordon's life back, and his wife will live life without a husband and her two children a life without a father. at the top of the united states supreme court building is the phrase equal justice under law. as a united states citizen, and as a lawyer, i agree with that principle. unfortunately, it does not exist in the cases of death os curring in federal waters. thi

host: what do you think, deborah gordon?guest: i think the call ther -- caller is exactly right, it's all about the price of oil. when only is $35 a barrel, very little economicically competitive against it. that's where we were for a very long time. i think if the price of oil were higher, we could use a whole range of alternatives, definitely using solar. host: what are your thoughts on solar? that's another area where critics say you're picking a winner, solar and wind, tax subiedies with very little result. guest: oil has wind and tax subsidies. we picked that for a century. and megainvested in oil so it would be great to think we could be so honest to strip away and make the level playing field. but there are investments that you have to somehow keep supporting. but i think, again, the price of oil. have everything to do with the alternatives. i think that people will get much more innovative in themselves as many did in 2008. we had a whole different range of options it wasn't an easy time, but it was a creative time.

his youngest child, of course, is born a couple of weeks after gordon died and that was the ultimateersweet experience, when maxwell gordon came into the world without his dad, but he is a perfectly healthy, happy, big boy and just like his older brother, sleeps through the night, from night one. i don't know how it is. michelle has such good babies all the time. but they are that. and so they've got a lot of family support, a lot of it. and we're making sure that that is going to stay that way. >> thanks, keith. ed, we have about 45 seconds. t. boone pickens says it will take till september maybe longer. what do you think? >> it's not an easy thing to be able to drill and to find such a small target. i think we have to hope. we have to pray that they get it right the first time. because if they don't and a hurricane hits the gulf, we could have a katrina-hit exxon valdez and the consequences could be catastrophic. let's hope they are successful and also understand the logistical difficulties they face. >> larry: is congress doing everything they can? >> we are on bp every day. we ar

wendy gordon -- wendy gordon gunter --when the board and gunter was out they took in samples.yes, there is oil in the water column. that is confirmed at the sites where we have done those analyses. it is in low concentrations. we will continue to release that data as soon as a bed is available. we will continue to do more mri slices to construct this three- dimensional puzzle so we can have a better sense of what is where and in what amounts and won the impact it is having. >> -- and what the impact it is having. >> [unintelligible] >> we look at the weather every day. the winds are coming out of the south right now which will push the edge of the oil spill up toward alabama. there is a counter current which may balance that out. there may be some migration westward. >> let me jump in here and add to that. the national weather service is part of noa. they provide twice daily weather reports to inform all of the actions. the trajectories of where the surface oil will go and the shoreline impact maps where we think there are areas of the coast at risk are all provided as part of

. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" -- deborah gordon, a former engineer for chevron u.s.a. talks about her reccnt article on oil companies and renewable energy sources. arthur

there has been a ship out doing some testing on the patches of oil, the gordon gunter, which is from noaa. can you tell whaus ty found or what the tests on the samples they've taken have shown? >> the noaa ship has been out at the well site doing a variety of sampling to identify previously things characterized previously as anomalies to try to understand exactly what they are and where they are. obviously, it's more than -- more likely than not that there is oil in the water column in the general vicinity of the well. the "gunter" is identifying where that might be and getting good images of that. clear identification of what those anomalys are, though, will require sampling of the water and whatever is in it, and then analyses of those in the laboratory. i was just on another noaa ship today, the "thomas jefferson," that is leaving port tonight from new orleans going out and is going to be doing complementary sampling to the "gunther" and it, too, will be deploying a variety of instruments to image anomalys and to take samples. >> ifill: but none of the samps, none of the testing h

. >> sreenivasan: we talked to politico white house editor craig gordon about the fallout from general mcchrystal's remarks. on newshour extra, our site for teachers, find a lesson plan on off shore oil drilling that asks students to explore all sides of the debate. plus as south carolinaians choose a republican candidate for governor, patchwork nation looks at what the state's politics say about this midterm election year. all that and more is on our website, the newshour .pbs.org. >> lehrer: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here in silence are 11 more. >> ifill: that's the newshour for tonight. i'm gwen ifill. >> lehrer: i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bank of america , continuing to help fuel our nation's economic growth. chevron. this is the power of human energy. bnsf railway. and by the alfred p. sloan foundati

host: new york, o last phone call for deborah gordon. caller: hi there. i'm a little frustrated, too, about where we go with our alternative fuels. the one thing nobody ever looks at is hemp. it can be used for a number of different reasons, especially as a biofuel. they made a mercedes i think in 1980's that could drive -- around 50 cities in north america, powered solely by 600 gallons of hemp biodiesel. why aren't we ever talking about hemp as a alternative fuel. it's not marijuana, so i don't understand why we never go there. guest: i think biofuels, there are so many options for biofuels. i don't think it's a silver bullet, but i think it's a great transition fume because it's liquid. and that's the system that we're on now so we should look at all different otions for biofuels. but we really also need to look at the consequences of biofuels. there were issues about corn ethanol with land. you don't want to remove food production to get fuel production. so i would say that host: thank you for being here. we appreciate the conversation. >> we will go

. -- deborah gordon. and we will talk about the midterm elections. michael kinsely will join us. "washington journal," live it 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. and now, a debate between south carolina republican congressman -- nikki haley and gresham barrett. this is about 50 minutes. >> this is a wis special presentation, the race for governor. >> and good evening and welcome to the gubernatorial runoff debate. >> glad to have you with us this evening. participating in this debate is congressman gresham barrett and nikki haley. there is complete editorial control. unless otherwise stated, there will be one minute. rebuttal will be 30 seconds and at our discretion. we welcome you to take part in our live interactive blog. >> we're going to get right into the question and begin with congressman barrett. the first question is for you. we received a question from a registered republican and a retired infantry officer. he is upset by one of your commercials the identified you as u.s. army retired and referred to you as a military man when you served on active duty 4.5 years and resign yo

major gordon granger landed on the shores of texas to announce that those who had been enslaved are free. two years later past the emancipation proclamation of abraham lincoln. today we have the same challenges of restoring and being ersevering and determination to improve education, to restore summer jobs that have not been voted on yet, to ass a remedies bill that i'm introducing thaa is going to take a new look at the gulf oil spill and restore some new processes tt not have this happen again. and restore some dignity as it relates to the commander in chief, who should always be respected. let us restooe dignity and freedom to ttis nation and include the united states military he brats that ave to be more respectful of our president than i've seen in the last 48 hours. i ield bacc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? without objection, thee gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to encourage participation in the national marrow donor program. there are many terrible diseases, as we know, especiall

lynn woolsey has taken the lead on it and was presented by chairman gordon. some of this has been written. some of this house to be upgraded, updated. the transportation committee has a piece of this in terms of liability and the rest. we will just take a look and see what we can do. of course, the spill act, as i mentioned, mr. conyers is bringing back. we will see how that decision has been made. it will probably be taken how it is already -- for example, the spill act and insisting that these people be made whole. they testified at the hearing on monday, -- a man testified at the hearing on monday. his man is in the fishing business. they have documented that last may, $27,000 was what they made. bp file the claim. they had all the documentation and all of the rest, and they send him a check for $5,000. this man is 63 years old. he has four sons -- five sons in the business, and five families depending on that -- he has four sons, five families dependent on that. the law requires that it should happen before they pay any dividends. i did not know it does s

. >> talks in geneva and security in the caucuses and assist secretary gordon is there and met with the assistant foreign deputy. and secretary, the secretary met with the president of american chamber of commerce in russia. presumably they discussed economics and trade. do you have something on that? >> i'm not equipped to answer either one of those. we'll take both those questions. >> iran sanctions in the security council, can you confirm on the record there is pretty much a clear shot at a vote tomorrow with no veto and that u.s. has a view on it or is on board with it? >> we expect that there will be a vote in the u.n. security council tomorrow. >> can i follow up on that? >> you may. ahmadinejad is on the record as well saying that isn't going to work. you're forcing this issue. in fact, he is specifically quoted saying that the u.s. government and its allies are mistaken if they can brandish the stick and sit down and talk with us. such a thing will not happen. is this going to work at the end of the day, even if you get this all passed, no vetoes, where is this going? >> well, n

gordon gunter took additional samples. the thomas jefferson ship that is out there in the vicinity is taking additional samples. we will report on those as soon as we can. the bottom line is, yes, there is oil in the water column. that is confirmed at the sites for we have done those analyses. it is in low concentrations and we will continue to release those data as soon as they are available. and continue to do more mri slices to construct this three- dimensional puzzle so we can have a better sense of what is where in what amounts and what impact is having. >> [inaudible] >> we look at the weather and the winds are out of the south. that tends to push the edge of the spill towards mississippi, alabama. there is a countervailing westerly current so it depends on where the oil is that and where the wind is coming from. it kind of resolve itself. we could see a slide holding of where it is that in relation to the coastline -- slate holding of where it is in reflection to the coastline. >> the national weather service is par

. >> shevonne gordon with "the wall street journal." i had a follow-up on the situational awareness question. i was wondering what your role is in developing better situational awareness inside the u.s., nationally. in addition to that, what is the government's sort of role broadly in terms of ensuring privacy protection as it tries to get a better handle on the problem. >> a couple parts. let me handle first my role with respect to the military networks and how we get situational awareness there. and in a war zone, as we said, i gave three cases. in a war zone, the commander has to have confidence in his command and control system. increasingly, our intelligence, our operations, our weapons platforms are all being brought together in cyber space. we have to have confidence that that space is secure, and whoever is running that space for that commander in that area has to know that that is secure. you can't afford to lose it. tremendous vulnerabilities. so my responsibility in that regard is to help articulate the requirements in the wa

. >> shiven gordon with "the wall street journal." thank you for doing this, sir. i had a followup on the situational awareness question. i was wondering what your role is in developing better situational awareness inside the u.s. sort of nationally? and in addition to that, what is the government's sort of role broadly in terms of ensuring privacy protection as it tries to get a better handle on the sflob >> ok, well, a couple of parts. let me handle first my role with respect to the military's networks and how we get situation awareness there. in a war zone i said we have three cases. in a war zone, commander has to have confidence in his command and control system. increasing our our intelligence, our operations, our weapons platforms are all being brought together in cyberspace. we have to have confidence that that space is secure and whoever's running that space for that commander in that area has to know that's secure. you can't afford to lose it. tremendous vulnerabilities. so my responsibility if that regard is help articulate the requirements in the wartim

. >> we made our position very convened by gordon brown on afghanistan. would like to ask anyone, not any group of persons to associate themselves from these terrorist outfit and who are willing to go along accepting the afghan constitution ann the afghan led government by president karzai. we should not have any problems in dealing with them and then bringing them to the mainstream of our society. india and afghanistaa have a very close relationship. in the morning session, there was mention that those who reside in kabul -- there were mentioning of about the movie that was centered around kabul. the vanity that we have with afghanistan makes us -- the affinity that we have with afghanistan. i know how deeply secretary clinton feels about -- the last time i had the opportunity, she was so happy mentioning to me the number of children who are back in school. that is the kind of afghanistan we all would like to think about and look forward to. anything india can do in trying to lift up afghanistan towards the frontier of children going back to school, moth

guest: i think of the words of gordon gecko -- i don't know if greed is good.eople shorting in speculating, these are people who are not your common people. i think we will find after all this is said and done that there were not a whole lot of laws broken. [unintelligible] there's a lot in the bill that had nothing to do with this crisis. there are small-town the stoma lenders, committee bank credit cards. you have russell simmons on the hill llbbying because he has a store card for poor people that will be taken away or severely limited. many people had nothing to do with this crisis, and to call them greedy is a misrepresentation. there are people on the upper end of the scale and made a lot of money that certainly did -- they certainly were greedy, and of this would last forever. the too big to fail mantra is not dealt with correctly in the bill. there is nothing in here to stop the treasury or fed or president from coming in, bailing out these companies again. what is great about an economy where gritty people can live is when you get greedy, you pay a pri

let's go to sarasota, florida, gordon, independent line. what do you think?aller: i do not vote in primaries because i do not think there is any difference between a democrat and republican. i think they are all subject to the same economic councils, the same banking, the same behind- the-scenes people. i do not think it makes a difference to you get. host: the vote in general elections? caller: yes, i will vote in the general election. the general election. last time i did not because my candidate was a republican, ron paul, but he did not get nominated. i did not see a difference between obama or mccain. i think they both supported the war, which i am against. both supported the federal reserve and keeping that a secret. i did not see any reason to vote for him. they both voted for the stimulus package. they both voted for bailing out banks. so i did not see any reason to vote. host: are you worried your voice will not be heard? caller: i think not voting is a protest vote. i am willing to get up and go? absolutely. do i'd participate in rallies -- particip

he's survived, also, by his brother, gordon eche, his sister, emily of big fort, montana, son tom and his wife, charlene, and by grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews. we all remember him as a kind man who loved to tell stories and he cherished lifelong friendships. his relationship with his life as well as his relationship with his colleagues and his hope for the country can best be summed up in the phrase, "and the best is yet to be." i now yield to my dear friend from michigan. we will have order. members, the house will be in order. the gentleman from michigan. mr. upton: i'd echo the remarks. i knew marv esche as a staffer. he was a wonderful man dedicated to this house. we will all miss him and it is sometimes tough to be a wolverine and he was a great wolverine. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. dingell: mr. speaker, i ask that the house have a moment of silence in honor of our former colleague and friend, marvin esche. the speaker pro tempore: members rise in a moment of silence. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the unfin

just this week, assistant secretary bill gordon met wiih russian officials. we reviewed the status of the situation between russia and georgia. we remain concerned about the situation there. we continue to seek assurances from russia regarding its future behavior. we want to be sure russia is living up to the agreement that was reached with the significant cooperation of france back in 2008. we are not satisfied with the current situation. we remain concerned about georgia. we remain committed to georges territorial integrity. this -- we remain committed to georgia's territorial integrity. >> would you agree you have made no progress on this objective in foreign policy? >> on the one hand, the situation -- i mean -- we are not satisfied with this current situation. i will come back to you. >> the justice department drug scheme. do you have anything on that? he is an american alleged drug kingpin who has been indicted with a number of other people in mexico. >> i will see what we have about that. >> the weapons in afghanistan -- the taliban are killing more pe

juneteenth or the 19th of june recognizes june 19, 1865, when in galveston, texas, union general gordon granger announced freedom for all slaves in the southwest. this was the last major vestige of slavery in the united states following the end of the civil war. this event occurree more than 2 1/2 years after the emancipation proclamation was issued by president abraham lincoln. . upon reading the order general number 3 by general granger, the former slaves celebrated jew baatly, establishing america's second independence day celebration and the oldest african-amerrcan holiday observance. since that time, over 145 years ago, the desendants of slaves have observed this anniversary of emancipation as a remembering of one of the most tragic periods in our nation's history. the suffering, degradation, and brutality of slavery cannot be repaired. but it can serve to ensure that no such inhumanity is ever perpetrated again on american soil. and so today juneteenth sell brates african-american freedom while encouraging self-development and respect for all cultures. this celebration of the end