your first book was about the lee gramm -- billy gramm. >> that grew out of interested in the role religion had played in the election and whether it was fundamentally different than past elections, and we came to discover how peculiar it was that this one religious figure had had close relationships with president after president, and as a global celebrity himself they did see him as a pier, and they would talk to him and rely on him and trust him as someone who understands the pressure and celebrity. >> their differences, -- >> it lead differences where bush and nixon were not getting along in 1992. there were times when bill was the interloper. that is what holds them together. they are both aspects of this private president. a private aspect, which is not very big, there are these private spaces we thought were under excavated, and that is what the two have in common. >> we have some video of the reagan library dedication, and it is silent. how often did presidents use these kinds of occasions to try to get everybody together? >> they worked very hard to get to each other's library dedi

i was going to tell you what you were going to say with gramm here gramm something was mentioned earlier program and i want to i want to change gears here a little bit the advent of new political parties is that a good thing for europe's democracy because we started out by the program sort of the program out by looking at the political center and how it's changing and maybe dissolving in some ways but then there are some new trends and you see that as a positive thing we have to remember there are some on both extremes but maybe can the center reinvent itself. i think it is important because it shows that democracy is capable of dealing with people's frustrations and you have new parties emerge they will perhaps in turn be faced with the responsibility of governing or having a share in governing through coalition and they will have to deal with the real world that may change their policies but it's a healthy sign that democracy is able to respond to the frustrations people feel and of course it will mean that the established parties if they want to maintain their position of dominance wi

. >> senator gramm does, too. i wonder if you see any analysis on relying more on the active component will save money or provide the air force with more capability? >> no, sir. i am not seeing that. >> had been asked to see that analysis? -- have you asked to see that analysis? >> ps. >> that bothers me. you are the director. you should see it before the air force presented the budget proposal that substantially cut your force base on the claims that they have and they have not shown you. >> i agree, sir. as we have gone through this process, the thing that i have come to the conclusion is that the analysis that i have been able to see, the answer is sometimes important. the conclusion is important. as important are the initial going in assumptions and the methodologies used in the metric of what you're trying to measure. i do not think that is sufficient. you need to go back and look at the process of the methodology and assumptions. that is the thing that concerns me. how we got to some of that. >> i agree with

tonight's result comes as same- sex marriage supporters and opponents like billy gramm have lobbied hard on this issue. >> republican front-runner mitt romney is one step closer to becoming the gop nominee. he picked up three more states tonight. mitt romney's victories come one day after his chief rival rick santorum officially endorsed his candidacy. voters have ousted a long time center richard lugar. he is 80 years old and has never faced a primary challenge. he served for 35 years. he is considered by some to be too moderate and a stay becoming more conservative. >> an emotional reunion for dozens who were prisoners of war. one of them is sharing their horrifying ordeal while in captivity. >> for years these men including john mccain and toward barbaric conditions during the vietnam war. to make these men share their stories of struggle and triumph. john mccain and hundreds of servicemen survived during the vietnam war through remarkable perseverance and leadership. >> those i know and love most are those i had the honor of serving with long ago and far away. >> like retired command

tonight they expect david crosby and gramm-perform and then the president is on to a bigger fund raiser. the price is more manageable and we understand that ben harper will be there to perform as well. they just moved a small fund- raiser from palo alto to san jose in the morning and it will be a round table of asian- american business leaders who will be bending the president's here, each of them giving $45,000 for access because the president seems to be targeting different ethnic groups and we may see a big difference in swing states like virginia or nevada come election day >> we need to cut you off. thanks very much for the update. one of the president's top opponents on capitol hill is also campaigning in the bay area this evening. house speaker john bainer will hold a fund-raiser at the woodside home of billionaire businessman tom siegel. tickets for that start at $1,000 >> the safeway clerk considered a hero for stopping a violent attack only to be suspended will go back to work. he protected a pregnant customer from her boyfriend a month ago. safeway suspended him without pay a

gramm behalf " >>justine: at least two confirmed tornadoes hit the thomas i know. " we have not heard of any injuries that have been reported but we can see there have been lightning strikes fear, that is what is happening rain elf fell in the kron4 newsroom. fog as you can see from this situation has really degenerated as organizers said small groups split away, at one point those out demonstrators did gather in front of the police station damage in san francisco fox off fa it looks like the vandals may have filled eggs with paint a very unfair you can see the shell of an egg and the wax they used to seal it before throwing it. over here we can show you a number of police officers in riot gear standing guard outside of the police station. police have made one arrest and there are also security cameras on the building but we do not know if they captured the vandals or vandalism on monday evening. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. been been my fifth bemba- ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. tha

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gramm? >> no. >> it has been reported in relation to mr. cameron that you receive the message of support along the lines, "keep your head up." >> i do not think it was those exact words, but along those lines. >> did you also receive a message along the lines, "sorry i could not have been as loyal to you as i have been, but mr. millard and had me on the run." or words to that effect. >> similar, but not directly. >> she denied that she and mr. cameron texting each other up to a dozen times a day, which would have been a relief to downing street, but not this. >> occasionally he would sign them off lol, lots of love, intel i told him it meant laugh out loud, and then he did not sign off that way anymore. >> that is mildly embarrassing. this is politically troublesome. the inquiry heard how jeremy hunt and his office had asked news international to guide the government's position over phone hacking. counsel read from an e-mail mrs. brooks had received from news corp. executive. >> they are now starting to look into phone hacking practices, to

they want to hear more about in the grand chamber and only a very small portion of cases reach the gramm chamber on that basis. >> for decades he has been battling to stay in the u.k. once again it will be in europe which decides his fate. >> now look at business. you will focus on toyota. there were recalls about a year ago, a very gloomy picture. it has been a u-turn. >> it has been. all pistons firing. had soft to toyota. it was a terrible year for the japanese manufacturing giant, but fourth quarter figures -- first quarter figures, they made a net profit of $1.5 billion. because they've got fourth quarter figures, that gives us the full year picture for last year. their profits dropped 30% off the back of not so much the recalls but the disasters, the japanese tsunami, the earthquake that destroyed production plans, and the floods in thailand, and the strong yen not helping. going forward, all pistons firing. the boss of toyota says the plant makes 8.7 million cars this year. that's 1.5 million more than last year to. they will see growth in all of their regions, asia, and america i

that is where gramm carter is live with the latest from the investigation. -- brianne carter. >> police say they got as far around 11:30 last night. they were originally called to this neighborhood for a noise complaint. authorities are not saying what was occurring at the time when officers got here on the scene they found a man with an upper body gunshot wound inside of a car. the man has only been identified as of man and his 19in his 40's. a very heavy police presence including k-nine units. it just a little while ago authorities told us they are hoping that the car will help lead than to the people responsible. they did see people leaving the scene at the time of the incident. police also saying they have no motive in this case. still a lot they are looking into. very active investigation. anyone with information is asked to call the police. >> the other big story, the musical joins the district and celebrating thein mourning the loss of gogo. >> a look at live at some of the tributes to the late singer. >> good morning. here at the howard theater in northwest washington was just o

clinton, with the support of john mccain and wendy gramm who want to install secular democracies in muslim countries and insist on women's rights and installing them by force and ready to see marines die said that mrs. mahomet can vote. until that kind of nonsense stops, we are creating wars. there's no way to cut the defense budget and stop attacks on that united states. if you stopped intervening and other people's affairs, perhaps you could reduce the size of the threat. but until then, the only option we have is to kill them and we're not doing that with efficiency or speed. host: last week, in his speech, the president said it america does not want to have a country, a mirror image, referring to afghanistan. we want the afghan people to determine their own destiny. >> that is what he said. he has to say that because we don't intend to win the war there. mr. bush did not intend to do that. we are cutting and running and we're getting the muslims the idea that that we can be beat on the battlefield are rare. it's a very political speech at all last week seemed to be a very tawdry use of

gramm doesber jim not like the idea. >> it is another hour for antisocial noise, crime, you know, congestion, all the things bothering our going to have hour to occur. >> this solution is to keep the hours but impose a higher tax on the drinks. he suggests a 6 cent per drink on liquor at the wholesale level. >> that would produce $20 million. least one bar owner in his board is not buying into the proposal. the councilman keeps coming business owners looking for solve shortcomings hether it is policing or financial and of some point we cannot keep giving more. >> critics also say that another thing is a lot of people who come down to the prostate metro plans to extend its hours. the council is expected to vote on the measure around noon today. the people who come to the area take metro. >> it does not look like d.c. be paid for for they had to take last year. andsands of workers took 4 ease thedays to help budget shortfall. some council members want to use shore upfall to housing, health care, and assistance for needy families. it is wednesday morning. still ahead, there's still time to ente

you're not addressing my issue well i'm asking i'm grammes you're upset i'm saying i only wives because jobs are going to give me any rationale other than that they're rare and any possibility for why they wear them things are going outside of their own all sociopaths come on but the idea here is listen what we're doing we're not well ok some of them maybe they are but well the american banker magazine actually your forbes had that article it's ok that one of the one we're talking about here we're talking about and that means that we're talking about problem that we're talking about the top hundred companies in the people that leave them there's a reason they're the top hundred companies because these people sometimes lead them right on there we're going to destroy people's lives for profit and no they might i don't i don't want to outsource everything you want to country i mean how many generalizations can we throw around here but i think i have every right to court for ok i have time for a last question quick fire professional treasure hunter bill warren claims he has found the body o

interesting now that some of those seniors will be hanging out at graduation abraham lincoln high, phil grammivic forum partly cloudy and 56 going to be one of the nicer mornings around san francisco, right now 53. you can see hazy out there as we look northwest from san francisco -- from sutro tower this morning. you can see everybody else is also in the mid to upper 50s monterey bay mostly clear 49 santa cruz low to mid 50s for rest of us. highlights, mostly sunny, cooler inland everybody for thursday and friday will culminate with a slight chance of shower friday once that system moves out, warmer weather for our holiday, especially in the afternoon. winds could gust up to around 30 miles per hour along the coast as we head into the lunch hour, 15 to 25 miles per hour around the bay and inland. san francisco and half moon bay gusts could be up to 45 miles per hour, 40 around san rafael, 20 to 35 inland definitely going to be a breezy day. what does it do to temperatures? fremont warms up a little three degrees warmer oakland and san francisco, one degree warmer. san jose 73, concord and sa

then i said what he's doing gramm but charlie he says i'm a gray at graduating from college.ty: begin see that his personality makes him one of the most popular students on campus. we wanted see how mark zuckerberg or is it willing investors. >>henry: sucker burke is not have to rule investors apparently they are flocking to his cause. there is a contemporary art exhibition from asia. who will tell you about a coming up. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4glte network and motorola, whatever you want to do... droid does. >> >>henry: un here is a brand- new site in the bay area. it's a lotus flower the senate as the. this is in the exhibition of contemporary asian art. she's also the curator for the exhibition allison party. contemporary art has not been a huge part of the asian art museum in the past. >> load -- low this is really the symbol for new in spiritual

. >> chairman tim gramm raised his proposal to get more revenue by raising a tax of 6 cents per drink is within councilmember jack evan's district but he is against any attacks. >> it would be dead if it comes to my committee. >> both of these could be taken to the full council and likely will be. the mayor still wants to extend the hours without absolutely rejecting a new tax. >> i do not want to introduce a new tax when i said i would not do that. more importantly i do not see anything flawed about the proposal we present. >> we need some money, who do we stick it to? let's stick it to the small business people. >> this could all change of brought before the full council. they did a vote to extend alcohol hours for supermarkets and retailers allowing them to start selling alcohol as early as 7:00. right now is 9:00. that proposal will be voted on in the future. >> thank you. a columbia man has been charged in two as are robberies. howard county police say benjamin blessing held up a cvs pharmacy -- pharmacy and he did it with a blood filled syringe. he was also charged with an armed

after phil gramm, kay graham's husband died, she heard that bradley might be leaving or thinking of leaving. she wanted to keep him, so she had them out to lunch. she said she would give her left arm to have them at the paper. the first thing he wanted to do was remove the agendas from the post's reporting. he wrote a memo to a reporter. i have to read it and sends word because it's so much better than mine. he wrote a memo to a former correspondent. in it he laid out what he was trying to do. >> we're not trying to make this paper platter. we're trying to make it fairer. what you interpret as an effort to remove flavor and individuality and allusion is an effort to remove the veiled stand, the editorial phrases that make your position clear while they cloud the news. the "washington post" and the loser. we want player, audacity and a flashing quality. you have those qualities. they are valued. we are talking about something entirely different. individuality at well-being above all. prayer. that was ben's mission when he came in 1965. after he became editor in 1968, most of you read the "wa

. >> my name is gramm. three years in the military and deploy to afghanistan. >> burke when were you in afghanistan? >> 2005, 2006. >> where were you in afghanistan? >> abbottabad and the july bond area. >> where is your family from? >> my family is from four different provinces. i was born in kabul. i left afghanistan in 1988 as a refugee of the soviet war. >> and you are standing next to an american soldier. >> i am honored to be able to stand next to the veteran. in my opinion, they are now doing the right thing and speaking out against the occupation and war, alongside us today. we will be marching with them at the rally. we will be with them during the reconciliation event towards the end as well. >> as we speak here near the nato summit, amnesty international is holding what they are calling an alternative summit. madeleine albright is addressing them. they have these adds up that basically congratulate nato, talking about continuing the progress with women in afghanistan. what is your response to tha

gramm >> this is into the kron4 newsroom, just moments ago the golden state warriors were awarded the seventh pick in the nba draft curious for ask costs since >>pam: we will be right back with more news after this of all it really. hall can't run wallet alone where damage is estimated at $200,000 or more. starting today, drivers merging onto southbound to 80 will face on ramp metering lights. commuters in san jose small have to get accustomed to the new-line experience is all part of a $5.5 million project to improve the safety of reduce congestion. caltrans says it will be monitoring the rams and making any adjustments. we will be right back. the >>pam: of a dangerous situation at the bay area apartment building live south police are investigating an apparent suicide. deadly violence at a busy cafe. apple intensely focused on television. rob fladeboe explain why the news is a winner. costs announcer: this is the bay area's news station. the kron4 news starts now. >>pam: school officials in the east bay planned to announce a plan to investigate a sex abuse scandal and a possible role

as part of the reason when it bought instant gramm. this will be on all major platforms.it it is still a separate company owned by facebook and you can see the dna. if you have used it will start to feel more like it but it is a real difference. >> we have a before and after shot. >> it is a very small photo on left. a little bit of text. look at how much more the photograph takes up? it would look trivial if the photos were just bigger but when you have a small device, you have to to give the edge of the real estate for its to be ... for a to even work well. we're all about photos and visual and mobile. those are the things that are growing right now and facebook was weak on that in terms of visuals, as well on as in advertisements. but they're trying to get better. >> i know that apple wants a piece of that high? >> yes, we believe on june 11th a big developers conference, they will roll out a new version of the cloud that will sink not just personal videos but also let you share photos between people using the iphone application. it will be apple's first foray into pho

gramm >> the study involved 1000 americans over the age of 18. i believe this poll but i am unsure how relevant it is. the was the study would have involved more people. i caught up with what it had blocked writer. she knows facebook inside the about it keeps a close eye on the tax idea seat. i asked her thoughts and if the stock is overvalued. >> we have busted a financial of them like this since the google ipo. at that time, google went on the market with a starting price in excess of $80 per share. that seemed crazy, but facebook is starting way below that. 34-$38 per share. that is far away from thinking that is overvalued, it is only going to go up at least tenfold in the next couple of years. if you look as they get into groupon, those are companies that gather flashes in the pan. i never thought that anyone should buy that stock. facebook of the other hand you have almost 1 billion users. they know your relationships, your photos in your histories. they know everything you like and are interested in in that they are getting better and bett

. >> senator gramm does, too. i wonder if you see any analysis on relying more on the active component will save money or provide the air force with more capability? >> no, sir. i am not seeing that. >> had been asked to see that analysis? have you asked to see that analysis? >> ps. >> that bothers me. you are the director. you should see it before the air force presented the budget proposal that substantially cut your force base on the claims that they have and they have not shown you. >> i agree, sir. as we have gone through this process, the thing that i have come to the conclusion is that the analysis that i have been able to see, the answer is sometimes important. the conclusion is important. as important are the initial going in assumptions and the methods methodologies used in te metric of what you're trying to measure. i do not think that is sufficient. you need to go back and look at the process of the methodology and assumptions. that is the thing that concerns me. how we got to some of that. >> i agree

gramm sham said it was fulfilled on this campus. don't forget this place, don't forget regent, don't forget cbn university. this is an extremely important part of god's history. i come to you with a warning on this happy morning. do not forget your first love. do not forget the eternal truths to learn here -- you learned here. my heart is broken over the current spiritual condition of america. i ran for president of the united states because of what i saw happening to our great country. i knew the sacrifices on the prairies and all that gone on to build up this -- sacrifices and the prayers and all that had gone on to build up the statistician, and i knew we cannot stand idly by and see it torn down. we needed to stand for it and build it up and pray for it. and so i ran. and yes, we do have political problems, and i'm involved in that process, and i actually thought i had a lot of good answers to those political problems. and we have more problems as well. -- moral problems as well. as believers, we cannot shy away from the politic

. >> catherine: home in marriage is the foundation and billy gramm is running print ads. >> this is thehip by have the woman i am sharing with that is what i'm asking. >> catherine: if this passes the daughter could lose their health insurance. president: clinton is suspicious of robosigning. if this sppasses critics will invalidate all civil unions and domestic partnerships gay or straight. >> it is a bad law because it will hurt the heterosexual families because it does not recognize any domestic union. >> catherine: president obama that supports their right says that it stops in in half his personal feelings are still evolving. the latest polls show that mitt romney and barely leaves over president obama. at that point president obama had a 9 percent advantage over romney. >> washington is reacting to you as a desperate plea and pakistan but it is not what a man wanted to hear. unless they meet the demands he will be killed. a single yellow ribbon outside of a rock roll, maryland home it tells a story of desperation and rockville this man has been kidnapped for pleading for his life.

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captain john gramm was his name. he was a big part of the reason i went to west point.71, he was returned from his second tour of duty, having been killed in action as an adviser to the vietnamese army. i attended the ceremony on a very cold day in the winter of 1971. his son is now on the faculty at west point. officer roy thomas was a gunship pilot with the 24th infantry division. he died in battle when his son was 4 months old. his son is an air force colonel on my staff today. john and roy are just two examples representatives of thousands more who share a bond with their forbearers. whether they served in vietnam, iraq, afghanistan, whether they return home are are still awaiting their homecoming, there is no difference in their courage or sense of duty. there is no difference when it comes to fear or suffering on the front lines and on the home front. there is no difference in the love and the longing of families. there is no difference in the wounds that remain both seen and unseen. however, let us resolve that there will be one essential difference that we will

gramm bodies to keep up on the shelf and a special place. >> last year they gave her son and grandsona had run. >> sealy was just a teenager when her grandfather passed away in 1959. she still remembers and talking about the race. >> he is to talk about how fun it was a run and how gratified me it was. he talked about how much you love to run these this say if you get when he you what you want if you work really hard and train. and that's when he used the talents. >>mark: >>james: here is the weather predicted for the day of the race. it'll start off in the '50s and when you get to the haze streak hell with expected to be 5762. it will continue to warm up. cut -- 57 degrees to 62 degrees. when you get to the finish line look for a temperature between 61 degrees and 67 degrees. >>darya: we was so it all here on kron 4. will be here sunday at 8:00 a.m.. and we will have the special highlights put together at 7:00 sunday night. >>mark: we will talk more about one of our big stories coming come back. let's take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. the bridge looks like the tempe

see is missing the love of her gramme sons. sort traffic on the golden gate. we will have traffic women come back. we will have traffic when we come back. scion and and and and a >>mark: here's george. >>george: eastbound and westbound 680 southbound >> 680 southbound is backed up on the right to walnut creek. the southbound ride is still sluggish but it is still trying to get past the scene of earlier occurring accident. the heaviest traffic is still in northern marin north of highway 37. highway 37 itself, the westbound ride is back up. >>mark: a large percentage of americans are not saving for retirement the highest percentage is from 18 to 34. a manager from scut financial trade association said that he thought that the trend was disturbing. it is critical that more people are putting away money since they are born to have to rely more on the on savings. >>darya: medicare paid $5.6 million to pharmacies with question about billings. one had 1000 killings each for two patients in one year. -- 1000 killings -- 1000 billings [

that we have -- >> we are going to head back out to chicago for the chicago council where lindsey grammsenator nancy grant is just taking the stage. you can find the rest of our conversation with congressman duffy in its entirety on line. >> the year in washington. this is a worthy cause. the lady i am about to introduce, a little pressure on me here because i don't want to run a promising political career [laughter] 2016 will be here before you know it. [laughter] she is going like this. yes. [laughter] anyway, at the risk of running a career i'm going to say nice things about her. people out there listening, don't hold that against me either. [laughter] the reason i'm here, africa will bite you, once you go and you see things up close and personal , from of role model perspective as a republican i do appreciate the kind introduction . the former secretary of agriculture. george w. bush is a good role model for any republican that was to be involved in africa. president bush, his legacy when it comes to africa is a good one, something republicans and democrats should try to follow, and

gramm gets to them. -- this program gets to them. i remember we shot the video asking kids to give us feedback, and i remember this one real cynical 17-year-old gangbanger -- this had been a bad kid. he had the program in his lap, and he looks at the camera and said, "i did not know any of this." he points an accusing finger at the camera. know this was a glbrings tears to the -- "why didn't i know this?" it brings tears to the eyes. i appreciate your having me here. [applause] >> talk for a bit about how people find out about the curriculum and get access to it. >> get access to it, education in particular, very easily. information is on the website. i cannot remember, because my brain doesn't work properly. >> www.cmohedu.org. >> cmohedu.org, right. you have got to tell the -- >> what is the background of medal of honor? like everybody's background. sylvester herrera did not realize until the day he listed -- medal of honor recipient -- that he was not an american scitizen and his uncle had carried him as an infant. an alien from m

gramm but to highlight the failure with the obligation and designating people at the level also foreign partners to have similar actions taken to isolate the pressure. that is the dual track strategy with a meaningful substantive engagement but it will face increasing pressure as long as they don't accept the offer of a engagement. the gauge contract was not bearing in the fruit steadily and aggressively increase the pressure that authorities that congress has given us but what most recently has culminated that focuses on and iran six port of oil and transactions at the central bank. with a combined effort or working with the international community. i cannot overstate the importance of the fact we can generate when we haq of international partners. e.u., japan, south korea, switzerland, a very broad based coalition of country is not doing the same thing all pushing the same direction as the dual track strategy. the impact of that through the fault and in the spring shows a significant shows a significant deterioration in the iranian economy. of their currency has dropped like a rock. t

gramm grammr. graham: mr. presi? the presiding officer: the snoer from south carolina. mr. graham: i rise s in support of compromise offered boy senator cantwell. six years ago the congress reauthorized the export-import bank. if you're in business like boeing and g.e. and thousands of other companies out there that are making products in the united states selling them overseas, the idea that the congress would by voice vote reauthorize the bank had to make you bheeive that this model -- believe that this model of doing business would be made available to you. here we are later down the road. a lot of concern about the bank. and some people actually want to do away with it. i understand free markets pretty well, and i would love to live in a world where no country interfered in the marketplace at all and that the best products would win based on a level playing field. but why do we have the export-import bank. it is about 70 years old. there is a long record here. products made in america sold overseas sometimes, because of the volatile nature of the region in question, tra

gramm william. the truth is that whatever we have said and our reports, and however you choose to report it tomorrow, the public has made up their mind. powerful people were involved in a cover-up, and they still have not accepted responsibility. after all of this, the story is not yet over. it was reported at the weekend preparedcca brooks was to release her personal texts and e-mails to david cameron. theink she should, but as prime minister said yesterday, the context between rupert murdoch and senior leaders crossed both sides of the house. if we want to see how the u.k. operates, than the current prime minister and chancellor, including tony blair in gordon brown and former chancellors, might want to consider releasing their text and e-mails to company executives. these people corrupted our country. they brought shame on our police force and parliaments. they lied, cheated, blackmailed into kuwait. to really stop requires more than retribution. it means conclusive attribution. the very cornerst

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gramm didn't particularly want to make an en to the testimony. i want to recognize the witnesses for the purpose of making a five that statement, then we will go to the question and answer period. as i mentioned in my opening statement we are lucky and pleased to have mr. richard oliver, the kuhl offer of mobile payments of the united states mapping out the road ahead which was published by the federal reserve bank of atlanta. >> thank you very much. let me start by thanking the committee and the subcommittee for the opportunity to come and share information with you about the mobile payment and tire met while it's still very yearly in its evolution. .. in this country. the attend keys included major wireless operators, financial constitutions, industry trade groupers, retailers and many other participates. please note this effort was not directed at mobile banking, which is the use of your mobile phone to access online banking function. it was directed at exchanging value at the point of sale utilizing your phone. over the course what turned out