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the island of guam was going to spray paint it green and use it as a giants a spare gus. >> narrator: but david's audience doesn't always appreciate his on-air humor. he sets his sights on becoming a comedy writener hollywood. but in the back of his mind, david dreams of performing his material in an arena like "the tonight show." >> i came out as a writer because it's easier to tell people you're going to hollywood to become a writer than to become a comedian. >> to say to someone i'm going to hollywood and be a comedian is like saying when i grow up i'm going to be a cowboy. dave didn't want to do that. so he left us without that information. >> narrator: in the spring of 1975, david finds the courage to load his red pickup truck and together with his wife michelle, they leave everyone they know for the city of angels. still, he clings to the notion that he can come back home if things don't work out. >> i was confident that i could go back to indianapolis or some other comparable broadcasting market, you know, without a great deal of difficulty, probably get another job. >> reporte
the island of guam was going to spray paint it green and use it as a giants a spare gus. >> narrator: but david's audience doesn't always appreciate his on-air humor. he sets his sights on becoming a comedy writener hollywood. but in the back of his mind, david dreams of performing his material in an arena like "the tonight show." >> i came out as a writer because it's easier to tell people you're going to hollywood to become a writer than to become a comedian. >> to...
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the island of guam was going to spray paint it green and use it as a giant asparagus. >> narrator: but david's audience doesn't always appreciate his on-air humor. feeling discouraged, he lets his sights on becoming a comedy writer in hollywood. but in the back of his mind, david dreams of performing his material in an arena like "the tonight show." >> i came out as a writer because it's easier to tell people you're going to hollywood to become a writer as opposed to telling them you're going to become a comedian. >> to say to someone i'm going to hollywood and be a comedian is like saying when i grow up i'm going to be a cowboy. dave just didn't want to do that. so he left us without that information. >> narrator: in the spring of 1975, david finds the courage to load his red pickup truck and together with his wife michelle, they leave everything they know for the city of angels. still, he clings to the notion that he can come back home if things don't work out. >> i was confident that i could go back to indianapolis or some other comparable broadcasting market, you know, without a gr
the island of guam was going to spray paint it green and use it as a giant asparagus. >> narrator: but david's audience doesn't always appreciate his on-air humor. feeling discouraged, he lets his sights on becoming a comedy writer in hollywood. but in the back of his mind, david dreams of performing his material in an arena like "the tonight show." >> i came out as a writer because it's easier to tell people you're going to hollywood to become a writer as opposed to...
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yield one minute to my friend, the member of the committee on the armed service, the gentlelady from guam, ms. bordallo. the speaker pro tempore: one minute. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. bordallo: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my views on the final conference report on the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010. i want to thank chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon for working so closely with me on a compromise to h.r. 44, the guam world war ii loyalty recognition act. i also want to thank aaron, paul , dave, aaron, vicki, julie, and andrew. unfortunately i was disappointed that h.r. 44 was not included in the final defense authorization bill, but i'm confident that the commitments made by the house and the senate conferees to hold hearings and readdress war claims in next year's defense bill will be honored and that further debate on this important legislation will bring us closer to finally passing this bill. i again want to thank my colleagues in the house who have been supported, including h.r. 44, speaker pelosi, majority l
yield one minute to my friend, the member of the committee on the armed service, the gentlelady from guam, ms. bordallo. the speaker pro tempore: one minute. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. bordallo: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my views on the final conference report on the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010. i want to thank chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon for working so closely with me on a compromise to h.r. 44, the guam...
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of columbia obviously did not have voting representation in congress, neither does american samoa, guam, u.s. virgin islands, these other american territories are able to field the olympic games so in 2006 we decided why can't the district of columbia field its own team and we put together a curling team and lobbied for entry. >> you're an advocate and also the shadow senate for the district. we want to mention that too. we were talking earlier and you said don't look at who's the front runner. well, chicago looks good right now. talk about the process and front runner status. what does this mean when you have different rounds. >> sure. there's four cities an they all made presentations today in copenhagen. some people think chicago is a front runner, other people think it may not be. but a lot of things can happen. what happens is there's 106 members of the international olympic committee of which 99 of them get to vote. if you have a team that's -- a city that's in contention, you don't vote as an olympic committee member. so there's three rounds of voting. after the first round of vo
of columbia obviously did not have voting representation in congress, neither does american samoa, guam, u.s. virgin islands, these other american territories are able to field the olympic games so in 2006 we decided why can't the district of columbia field its own team and we put together a curling team and lobbied for entry. >> you're an advocate and also the shadow senate for the district. we want to mention that too. we were talking earlier and you said don't look at who's the front...
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yield one minute to my friend, the member of the committee on the armed service, the gentlelady from guam. the speaker pro tempore: one minute. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. bordallo: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my views on the final conference report on the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010. i want to thank chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon for working so closely with me on a compromise to h.r. 44, the guam world war ii loyalty recognition act. i also want to thank aaron, paul , dave, aaron, vicki, julie, and andrew. unfortunately i was disappointed that h.r. 44 was not included in the final defense authorization bill, but i'm confident that the commitments made by the house and the senate conferees to hold hearings and readdress war claims in next year's defense bill will be honored and that further debate on this important legislation will bring us closer to finally passing this bill. i again want to thank my colleagues in the house who have been supported, including h.r. 44, speaker pelosi, majority leader hoyer, c
yield one minute to my friend, the member of the committee on the armed service, the gentlelady from guam. the speaker pro tempore: one minute. the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. bordallo: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to express my views on the final conference report on the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2010. i want to thank chairman skelton and ranking member mckeon for working so closely with me on a compromise to h.r. 44, the guam world war ii...
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and angela in guam, i can relate to kate as a singer mother. i think that they should be the keep. >>> i thank you for your e-mails and thank you for watching. that is it for "showbiz tonight." i'm a.j. hammer. we are on 11:00 p.m. eastern and 11:00 p.m. pacific as well as at 11:00 a.m. >>> this is your hln prime news break. f-16 fighters from the indiana national guard were scrambled wednesday when the pilot of a private plane that was flying erratically was not responding to radio messages. the plane eventually crashed in a field near muncie. >>> mess cue teams are trying to reach survivors at two earthquakes thousands of miles apart. one in the samoas. wednesday, another powerful and deadly quake hit the indian ocean near indonesia. >>> and the fbi says three suspicious packages found around princeton, minnesota, wednesday were not dangerous. one was described as having wires sticking out of it was discovered at the high school. the school district closed all schools as a precaution. keep it here. i'm richelle carey. >>> joining me tonight,
and angela in guam, i can relate to kate as a singer mother. i think that they should be the keep. >>> i thank you for your e-mails and thank you for watching. that is it for "showbiz tonight." i'm a.j. hammer. we are on 11:00 p.m. eastern and 11:00 p.m. pacific as well as at 11:00 a.m. >>> this is your hln prime news break. f-16 fighters from the indiana national guard were scrambled wednesday when the pilot of a private plane that was flying erratically was not...