the gentlewoman from hawaii. ms.olleagues to support this bill, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the remainder of her time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1145 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from hawaii rise? ms. hirono: i request the yeas and nays on this measure. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. . announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the

central command 10 years ago, i had forces in hawaii, the west coast of the united states, the east coast of the united states, all the way over to the persian gulf and pakistan. now, when i had to communicate with them we had these video teleconferencing and everything. you lost that sort of personal touch. ion which time zone they were in and if they're awake and we're trying to run a large military organization over that span of time and space. and all the electronic assistance and aids to do that, which makes everything move faster. you know, we're fighting a bunch of guys that live in caves that

hawaii is the worst state in the union. >> it is not even a state. they have their own money. >> and somebody was telling me that a high high an guy that there has never been anything signed. >> that's true. it is a complete farce. you are not even sure you landed in hawaii. that could have been catalina. i they could have just knocked you out. >> it was mr. t style. they grabbed us and all of a sudden we were there. it was great. we stayed at the four seasons which i highly recommend. >> it is a beautiful place. >> it was great. >> i have never been there. >> and they will nef allow you there. >> is it the season finale? >> it is not the season finale. it is the second to the last episode. >> does it involve a vodoo curse? >> no, but there is an home homage paid to "brady bunch." you have to wait and see. it is not thrown in your face. you have to be looking for it. >> i like it when it is thrown in my face. >> you like everything in your face. >> well, eric, a pleasure having you here. eric, you have to check out "modern family" if you haven't. it

the other one is representative from hawaii, to try to run for governor of their state. so interesting, we're seeing a lot of people make big career decisions in the past few months and we're going to follow them closely as we head into the big elections in november. bill: heck of a story come november, huh? a big story between now and then, too. >>> the jobs number is not getting any better, we can see that week to week. now there are new concerns about extending some of these unemployment benefits to more than a million americans. the house approved the measure but the senate has not been able to overcome the okays of a single lawmaker, that is kentucky republican jim bunning. kelly wright is live in d.c. on this. why is senator bunning blocking this bill from going forward? >> reporter: good morning, first of all, bill. republican senator jim bunning of kentucky is holding up the measure, the $10 billion measure, because he wants the benefits to be paid for before the legislation is actually passed. senator bunning says congress should use unspent stimulus funds to pa

hawaii wants to be the location for president obama's presidential library because that's where he wasorn and raised. but really, when you go to hawaii, the first thought that comes to your mind is "i got to hit the library," isn't it? [ laughter ] so, it's kind of perfect. have you guys been watching march madness? [ cheers and applause ] the sweet 16, the sweet 16 starts on thursday, and i can hardly wait. although just part of me wishes that there were just 13 teams so they could call it a bar mitzvah. that would be -- [ laughter ] listen to this, a girl in new york who's parents were on "wife swap" is suing the show for $100 million for making her look like a spoiled brat. note to the girl, guess what else makes you look like a brat? being 15 and suing for $100 million. and finally, casting agents for the fourth "pirates of the caribbean" movie said that they are only looking for actors without breast implants. all the actors have to have real breasts. man, if only simon cowell could act. [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show. give it up for the roots! ♪ [ cheers

a tsunami warning was eventually lifted for hawaii. the warning sent hundreds of thousands heading for higher ground. you can get the latest developments 24/7 on our website, including ways you can help. just click on the news tab right there on the home page. >>> and now to another quake- ravaged area. the clean-up work seems never- ending in haiti and with the rainy season approaching, health concerns are greg. crews are working to evacuate thousands of homeless from makeshift camps and remove debris. >>> another big story this morning, thousands of federal workers furloughed and a halt to extended unemployment benefits. >> it's part of a battle brewing on capitol hill. the impasse affects 2,000 transportation workers, puts a freeze on project payments and hauls work on some projects like the humpback project. >> reporter: if highway construction sites look deserted, you can blame congress. it this will have a big impact on unemployment insurance benefits which are on hold and the white house says it's due to kentucky republican sena

. >> from hawaii, to maine, to wisconsin, to florida, america is an idea, it's the most prohuman ideaver designed by man kind. our founders got it right when they wrote in the declaration of independence that our rights come from nature and nature's god -- not from government. should we now subscribe to an ideology where government creates rights, is solely responsible for delivering these artificial rights, and then systematically rations these rights? do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all americans to make the most of their lives? or do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of people's lives? the philosophy advanced on this floor by this majority today is so paternalistic and so arrogant, it's condescending and it tramples upon the principles that have made america so exceptional. my friends, we are fast approaching a tipping point where more americans depend upon the federal government than upon themselves for their livelihoods, a point where we, the american people, trade in our commitment and our concern for o

believe it or not, snowing in the hawaii elevations. asheville, north carolina, since about 2:00 today they have been getting snow, around roanoke and bristol. today's thunderstorms as a result of the strong march heating and the cold temperatures aloft. 55 degrees was the temperature in fredericksburg, virginia. 52 in highland lakes new jersey where two inches of rain fell. 33 in asheville, north carolina. that system is spinning through our area tomorrow morning. upper level low system so we could see showers from sun rise to noontime. if this low makes its way into southern new england. as it moves away we are going to get wind, too. could see gusts around 25 to 30 miles per hour. your morning cloudy, a few scattered showers. sun is up at 7:10. the wind will pick up tomorrow. the skies will clear about noon or 1:00. the high tomorrow near 60 degrees. the best day out of the work week looks like wednesday with lots of sunshine across the area. 63 on thursday. partly sunny. cooler for friday. 50 on friday to a weekend with highs in the

waves of about five feet developed along shores of hawaii bit no hatch. and in california, the opposite effect, as the wave receded, it drowned the harbor with boats there. >>> other news, in southern california, the search for a missing teenager has taken an ominous turn. chelsea king disappeared. now, a registered sex offendered named john gardner has been arrested in connection with the case. >> we gathered numerous pieces of physical evidence, and some of that physical evidence tied to us identify mr. gardner and that's what led to his arrest. >> gardner could be linked to other sex assaults in southern california. the sheriff says the investigation is not over. the goal is still to bring chelsea back. a facebook page dedicated to finding her already has 24,000 fans. >>> now, to washington and the battle to health care reform. it seems more likely that democrats are now ready to move legislation forward, whether republicans want to come along or not. rachel martin has more from the white house. >> reporter: democrats the time for debate is over a repu

guest: that video was created by matthew from hawaii, a seventh grader. what he did very effectively was intertwining seized and programming so well that he shot his own b-roll. we noticed that middle school documentary's this year in particular, the technical components of their documentaries and the narration of the documentary's rose to the challenge, which is why our grand prize winners overtook the winner from high school. our grand prize winner grandskype technology -- grand prize winner use thd skype technology for all of their interviews. we noticed that the technology that students are using is fascinating when it comes to putting them together, as well as teaching themselves about the issues they are facing. host: it is so great to look through these videos. where can we watch them? guest: i encourage all of videos -- all viewers to go to studentcam.org. we have a list of all 75 winners. we will be airing all of them and having a short interview starting april 1 through april 27. tune in to seize and starting on april 1, or you can watch them on

. >>> president obama's birth certificate is forcing change in hawaii's state laws. >>> and getting paid to shop. no doubt a dream job for some.  >>> show down over health care. this time it may be coming to a head. for the first time, president obama has publicly backed house speaker nancy pelosi's proposal to pass the bill without a direct vote. one local lawmaker reports she is being left on the sidelines when every vote counts. >> reporter: the body language spoke volumes at the capitol st. petersburg police department. president and speaker of the house nodding heads in agreement with reassuring handshakes as the democrats move to unleashing a "titanic" tactic to get health care passed. >> so, washington gets very concerned about these procedural issues in congress. >> reporter: in an interview with fox news wednesday, the president defended speaker pelosi's plan called deem and pass which would have the house pass a rule deeming the senate's bill pass without ever voting on the bill itself. >> if people vote yes, whatever form that takes, that will be a vote for health care reform

i believe he was born in hawaii. i made certain statements on the air to provoke conversation. that's what happens in broadcasting. >> whoa. so j.d. played to the birthers to provoke conversation? he challenged the legitimacy of an american president for that reason? is that just food for thought? hay, look, if somebody questioned j.d. hayworth's americanism, i wonder if he would just do it as provoking a little conversation out there. j.d., it's just what's happening in broadcasting. fat chance you would like it that way. >>> next, live from, no it's david paterson. here is saturday night live's take on the soon to be ex-governor of new york. >> do you have any comment or your unethical activity? >> congratulations, "new york times." you snared the elusive david paterson. finding something wrong with my administration is like finding a needle in a needle store. you found out i was a bad governor? who tipped you off? everyone? >> so tell us, will you be supporting andrew cuomo now? >> i haven't figured out who is going to get the kiss of death yet. but if andrew cuomo wants alb

cash strapped states considering similar delays include alabama, north carolina, oklahoma, idaho and hawaiiwhat may be the most valuable internet domain name in history is up for sale. sex.com goes on the auction block today in new york. and the bidding starts at a million dollars. last time it changed hands, it went for a cool 14 million bucks. michelle? >> wow. i wish i had registered that right when i got the chance. if only. emily, thanks. >>> we have some frightening pictures this morning from security cameras aboard a bus that crashed into a commuter train in houston on monday. look and then listen. transit officials say the driver ran a red light and the bus was going 29 miles an hour when it struck the light rail train. 19 people were hurt. mostly with back and neck injuries. luckily none-threatening. >>> and another outbreak of foot in mouth disease for vice president joe biden. he was introducing ireland's prime minister at a white house st. patrick's day celebration. >> his mom lived in long island for ten years or so, god rest her soul, and although she's -- wait, your mom's sti

has already signed deals with those nationalments with the province of ontario, with the state of hawaii, and with municipalities in the bay area of california. and better place boldly claims that if the u.s. government were to fund the project and if u.s. car manufacturers produced enough electric cars, an electric car system could be up and running across the united states by 2012. >> being successful also means that you understand what's coming. >> reporter: shipping magnate and business tycoon. edon ofer is convinced better place will succeed. so convinced that though he owns the largest oil refinery it sunk $130 million in seed money into bitter place, an investment he says into the future. >> we're reducing our dependency on oil and we are reducing co2 emissions. this is a great thing. >> sounds good. but the doubters ask if that's really the case. >> at least in the u.s. certain parts of the country are very coal intensive like the northeast and mid-atlantic states. if you convert the entire fleet to electric-powered cars charging off the grid, off of coal you're going to end up w

we the the largest telescopes, two in hawaii and 4 in chile. and there are many others around the world. and in addition, we have great radio telescopes which although they are getting radio signals, they allow us to make detailed images using radio waves and by cross comparing the data from these different telescopes, we can learn more than we could from any one telescope. >> what do you think about the size of the universe? >> we know nows sight of the visible universe. i can tell what you it is. 46 billion light years from here to as far as we can see. >> that's beyond the power of the human imagination to conceive, though, correct? >> the imagination has to be trained. it would have been hard even for a professional astronomer to understand without a certain amount of theory, coupled with these observations. >> the other problem is that it's expanding is it not? >> it is. >> the rate of expansion increased over the past 4-5 billion years? >> exactly. increasing just about during that period. it was slowing down and now it's speeding up. >>

. >> do you feel like you're the weatherman in hawaii. >> this is better, no humidity. >> that's right. >>> now, julie and the world of traffic this morning. >>> julie, thanks. our big story this morninging is the search to find two robbers. their target was a medical school training center. they left with cash. >> students waited hours for police to let them out. and police say that the two men rushed in the front office and robbed two women. one student explained what happened before they locked themselves in the classroom. >> they came in and put guns to the receptionest head and the student's head and said give up the money. they took her purse and dumped it out. they took the receptions purse and keys and stuff. they have her address. >> reporter: one student believes it may have been an understand job, because tuswigs was do yesterday. >>> a man who was on death row has been executed. 31-year-old paul powell died in the electric chair. his death sentence carried out south of richmond. he was pronounced dead after 9:00 last night. he was twice convicted for killing stacey reed and

it's not just a massive land from hawaii to maine from wisconsin to florida. america is an idea. it's the most pro-human idea ever designed by mankind. our founders got it right when they wrote in the declaration of independence that our rights come from nation and nature's god, not from government. should we now subscribe to an ideology where government creates rights and solely responsible for delivering these artificial rights and then rations these rights? do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all americans to make the most of their lives or do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of people's lives? the philosophy advanced on this floor by this majority today is some arrogant, it's condescending and it tramples upon the principles that have made america so exceptional. my friends, we are fast approaching a tipping point where more americans depend upon the federal government than upon themselves for their livelihood, a point where we, the american people, trade in our commitment and our concern for our indivi

it triggered feared of sue nominees in hawaii and this morning, the scientists are criticized for overstating the threat and they said they would rather be safe than sorry. >>> eight familys are hoping for closier after last year's illegal street racing crash. we're live on the story. >>> good morning, everyone. and the jury may agree today on whether or not taylor was a driver every in the deadly street race that killed eight people. he insists he wasn't involved. >>> it was the crash that stunned the state. he was racing another man in february of 2008. his car plowed into the back of a crowd of 50 spectators, gathered to watch a different race. the other driver was a 21-year- old. >> and they're hit like bowling pins. and her son survived the accident. like dozens of other victims, he's pressing for answers as to what happened. i'm having nightmares. and at first, he said he was racing and then later took that back. his lawyer says he forced the confession. >> he was targeted because of his immaturity. >> reporter: the jurors were handed the case friday afternoon. today, they're meeting to

thanks for calling all the way from hawaii. what do you think of this?> caller: well, i hope our state fights it. number one, you've got a bunch of politicians who have really no medical experience have passed a law that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. and if, you know, since it's now passed, now we're going to have to compromise to try to make it better, and it will never be whathould it be. >> do you believe in health care? do you think there should be a health care overhaul of some kind? >> caller: oh, i don't believe there is any question about that. but we need people with medical experience making those decisions. i don't want a politician making decision on health care on my behalf. >> in terms of making some of these decisions. bob, thank you so much. carol in florida, i hopyou weigh in on this. do you support the idea of this health care and the states challenging it? >> caller: i support the idea of the health care bill. i think it's one of the best things that has ever happened in this country. and i absolutely oppose my state suing the

and features will be private telegrams and elvis's american eagle jumpsuit from his hawaii concert and the gold belt, it was given to him in 1969 for breaking las vegas's attendance records. and there is a video about elvis featuring vintage footage. the exhibits open at noon today at the museum. >>> a lot of people are talking this morning not about the signing of the health bill, but about biden's latest slip of the tongue. that was the vice president telling president obama that this was a big deal. he added an adjective that we cannot repeat on television, and you can probably guess what it is, and the microphone caught the whole thing. robert gibbs responded via twitter saying yes, mr. vice president, you are right. >>> 11:27 is the time right now. and road rage on i-95. a woodridge man is accused of firing shots at another driver as his ye2-year-old sits next t him. >>> and then gilbert arenas, we explain why some want him to go to jail. >>> and then tom kierein is back with an update on the weather. the sun is out out there, you can see it here in the live picture. >>> here is a

residents in hawaii braced for a possible tsunami to hit on saturday afternoon, but the waves much minimal. president obama says that unitee united states is ready to assist chile if they ask for help. >>> police say joseph kelly was phpiloting the single engine airplane when it went down at edge water. kelly was reportedly trying to get back to the airport at the time but something went wrong and the annapolis resident crashed into someone's yard. he was the only person on board at the time. >>> it is the last day on the job for president david ramsey. joel d smith is live at the school this morning with more on what happened, good morning, joel. >> reporter: -- >> well we lost joel but we will get back to him as soon as we can. >>> rising costs and declining enrollment could force several catholic schools to close for good. over the last decade several schools have lost half of their enrollment for kidde kinder kind 8th grade. on wednesday the archdiocese plans to tell the teachers, parents and students about the plans on how to reorganize the school system and how their school will be a

a number of -- >> they're actually very popular. >> but the democrats are leading in hawaii right nown all the polls. arizona and nevada are both trailing to democratic challengers in those races. >> guys, we have to -- >> both sides are fighting hard. >> it's going to be an interesting november. we'll see if anything else gets done. thank you both very much. >>> nearly six months after a 7-year-old florida girl vanished on her way home from school, a suspect has been charged with her murder. and he could face the can death penalty. cbs news correspondent kelly wallace reports. >> i'd like to take this opportunity to say to jared harrell, we got you and you ain't getting away. >> reporter: somer's mother, dina, sends a message to skrar read harrell, the unprovided restaurant worker charged with sexually assaulting and killing her 7-year-old daughter and then dumping her body in a florida dumpster. two days later, it was discovered in a georgia landfill about 50 miles away. >> a monster. that's all this person is a monster. >> reporter: harrell's name first surfaced short will he aftof

in hawaii he is a choking hazard. and he is damn smart for a bleeding heart. next to me is john devore. if he were trashcans, grame me men -- grime me men would bang him in the driveway. and our new york times correspondent. good to see you! >> check out our science section. thanks for allowing us to report on a fake disease, tiger woods. he's just being a man, greg. >> i know. go away. >>> it looks like charlie went too far-ly and wrangle is in a tangle. in a report released friday. congressman charles wrangle violated congressional gift rules by accepting trips to the caribbean in 2007 and 2008. but wrangle is playing dumb saying he had no knowledge of the sponsorships and blames the whole thing on a giant rainbow-stealing peg success. -- pegasus. no, he is blaming his staff. >> i don't want to be critical, but common sense dictates that members of congress should not beheld responsible for what could be the wrongdoing of mistakes of errors of staff unless there is reason to believe that the member knew or should have known. >> that's the sound of about 20 p

why some business owners in hawaii are none to happy with president obama. >>> an important report before you heat and eat the truth behind dangers of microwaving plastic. >> ready to help. how some local rescuers are getting with the resurgence of h1n1... ...it's important to follow the cdc's guidelines to help protect your family. remember to wash your hands. and, to prevent the spread of influenza virus... ...it's important to keep surfaces clean by wiping them down with a household disinfectant according to directions on the product label. you can trust lysol, because products like lysol disinfecting wipes and lysol disinfectant spray... ...are proven to kill the h1n1 virus. for more tips, visit lysol.com >>> coming up at 6:00 a.m. >>> the controversial gun case in front of the supreme court today. how the decision will impact your rights to own firearm. >>> plus now that she's out of office, former white house social secretary diree rogers talks for the first time about thparty crashers and what really happened at that state dinner. >> relief is pouring into chile. an 8.8 magnitude e

the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. inouye: the amendment offered by the senator from south carolina -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. inouye: i ask that the quorum call be rescinded. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inouye: i thank you very much, madam president. madam president, the amendment offered by the senator from south carolina is a misguided attempt which would turn over the power of the purse to the executive branch. and, madam president, it won't save a penny for the deficit. it will allow unelected bureaucrats who have no accountability to voters to determine how federal tax dollars are expended instead of the congress. despite the protestations of a few senators and an active media campaign spurred on by well financed so-called watchdogs, this amendment is a solution to a problem that does not exist. madam president, for the sake of my colleagues who may still want to support a moratorium on earmarks, let me point out where we are at this moment. it says retaking th

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he still didn't have any money so he went to hawaii for several months when he turned luxury is vagrancythis is more like it. during his visit he became one of the first to try the native sport of surfing. it didn't go too well. the board struck the shore without any cargo. hi struck the bottom about the same time with a couple barrels of water in the. he spent the rest of his time observing native dancers for the sake of research. this is the site of captain cook's death in 1779. and hiked across an active volcano where the smallest sulfur is strong but not unpleasant. he returned to san francisco dead broke and someone suggested he give a lecture on his present trend. he could charge people to have him talk which is something he had been doing for free nonstop all his life. he agreed and he made his performing debut in san francisco. doors open at 7:00. the trouble will begin at 8:00. at the appointed hour he strolled casually on stage with his hands stuck to his pockets, wandered around vaguely for several moments and noticed the audience for the first time. he peered out at the crowd

claimed that the president was in fact born in the state of, say it with me, hawaii. [laughter] david? >> this is not as important as that, but about nuclear weapons -- >> colorado "does not have nuclear weapons. -- hawaii does not have nuclear weapons. >> the nuclear conference is under way. can you tell me why the president does not support increased use of nuclear weapons? >> i know there were a series of stories about decisions that the president and his team are in the process of making as it relates to the nuclear posture. i think each of those stories said that those decisions and that review have not been concluded. the president met with secretary gates about this earlier in the week and will be prepared to discuss decisions at their conclusion, not at the halfway point. >> do you have a timeline on that? >> i can check and get back to you. >> i have two questions, probably unrelated to each other. >> that seems to be the order of the day. >> the first is -- a couple of days ago, you offered an endorsement of blanche lincoln for senate. she took out an ad tha

central command 10 years ago, i have forces in hawaii and the west coast and east coast of the unitedstates from the persian gulf and pakistan. i had two communicate we would go on the video teleconferencing you lost the personal touch i don't know which time zone they were in if they were awake and we tried to run a large military organization over that span of time and space and of the electronic assistance to do that which makes everything move faster. we're fighting of bunch of guys that live in caves and have throwaway cellphones and operate off of the internet and can maximize their use of these things. the speed of which to make decisions and analyze problems is greater. the environment we are in as i said at the beginning has changed. i was talking to a group of people, food distributors from the midwest about how the environment has changed and everybody's world has expanded. you don't do anything now with your private life or business or occupation in a small contained piece of geography and after i describe this i had an individual come up to be he inherited from his grandf

when you speak on that behalf, the state of hawaii has had state-run health care for over 40 years and it works fantastic there. in fact, rush limbaugh even got treated there and said how great it was before he found out that it was state-run health care. to follow that up, larry, if government-run health care is so bad, then why do we give it to our veterans and have given to them since world war i? are we screwing the veterans over? it should be good enough for us. >> larry: think we'll get a health care bill soon? >> i don't know. with the polarization of these two parties, i doubt if anything can be accomplished there, because like i said, they put their parties in front of the country. by the way, larry, i need to do something right now. i need -- my wife is still down in the baja, she's at a neighbor five miles away watching television. so hi,teri. i love you. be home in two weeks when i'm done battling the media. thank you, larry. >> larry: you don't have to say thanks. i didn't know you were doing it. from our facebook page james wants to know what is our most important issue t

if -- now there's been government-run health care in the state of hawaii for 40 years.s to do very well. my other thing is if government-run health care is so terrible, then why do we have government-run health care for our veterans? and we've done that since world war ii. does that mean we're screwing the veterans over with bad health care? i don't think -- >> he's talking about insurance reform. i think that's a big thrust of this bill. >> larry: michelle, at a rally in minnesota over the weekend, you said people shouldn't have to pay for this. you're not saying people don't have to pay their taxes, do they? >> we all know you go to the slammer if you don't pay your taxes. you certainly have to pay your taxes. >> larry: in this case, isn't it more insurance reform than government-run? >> well, i think what we'll see happen on insurance is we'll see a lot of the little guys go away. we'll end up having a few insurance companies. they'll turn into something more akin to public utilities. government will tell insurance companies how they have to conduct themselves. and t

. >>> several aviation firms in hawaii want the federal government to compensation them for lost revenueing president obama's visit. a no-fly zone was in effect over oahu. it put a crimp on tours and other operations in the area. the oahu initiative wants $200,000 for lost business. >>> well, the snow is finally melting just in time for spring break. if you're looking to get away, experts say spring travel deals are the best in years. nbc's deborah boxer shows you the places and prices that may be too good to pass up. >> reporter: it's not too late to book your break. here's an inside look at last-minute getaways. >> i procrastinate and we wait until the last minute. >> reporter: it was three weeks ago when jim and his wife decided to try booking a trip for spring vacation. the destination, aruba. >> we weren't sure whether we could get our package put together. >> reporter: the teacher called his travel agent and discovered there were deals available. they'll stay at a resort and can't wait to get there. >> i love my students dearly but it's nice to get away and have time to yourself an

guest: that video was created by matthew from hawaii, a seventh grader. what he did very effectively was intertwining seized and programming so well that he shot his own b-roll. we noticed that middle school documentary's this year in particular, the technical components of their documentaries and the narration of the documentary's rose to the challenge, which is why our grand prize winners overtook the winner from high school. our grand prize winner grandskype technology -- grand prize winner use thd skype technology for all of their interviews. we noticed that the technology that students are using is fascinating when it comes to putting them together, as well as teaching themselves about the issues they are facing. host: it is so great to look through these videos. where can we watch them? guest: i encourage all of videos -- all viewers to go to studentcam.org. we have a list of all 75 winners. we will be airing all of them and having a short interview starting april 1 through april 27. tune in to seize and starting on april 1, or you can watch them on

that's from david in hawaii. look it up ladies and gentlemen that is it for us today. lot of action on the website. i am bill o'reilly hope to see you begin next time. the spin stops right here. because we are looking out for you. ♪ ♪ >> good wednesday morning. march 24, 2010. thank you for sharing your time with us today. let me tell you what's happening. america waking up with a new law on the books. the president's $1 trillion overhaul of the health care system. >> today, after over a year of debate, today, after all the votes have been tallied, health insurance reform becomes law in the united states of america. >> but is the fight really over for republicans and the voters? we'll break it down for you. >> and then in that same room, there's vice president. some call it the curse of joe biden! >> yeah, he's the vic

if you're flying in hawaii and other places where there are volcanos you can see them in the distanceng pictures there. beautiful, but it can be dangerous. >>> they weren't just rallying for health care today in washington. immigration reform was also a big issue outside of the capitol. >> this is a defining moment in our nation. >> tens of thousands of people filled the national mall in support of overhauling immigration laws. organizers -- it's really late -- say 150,000 people attending the event. bipartisan senate bill is being drafted. that its authors say will create a tough but fair path to legalization. tighter borders and temporary worker program. >>> moscow's fire chief died last night evacuating people from this massive blaze. russian media say the chief died when the business center's roof collapsed. luckily none of the people he was evacuating was injured. a spokesman says the alarm didn't work or never existed and by the time the crew s got ther the building was engulfed. >>> police in aruba want to know if this picture is natalee holloway's remains. aruban police are pr

the funding for hawaii hospitals is there, and i want to say a word about the louisiana purchase. the senator from louisiana comes down and forcefully and very convincingly argues that this is very needed for the state of louisiana and louisiana was hit by hurricane katrina. i would point out the state of mississippi was also hit and devastated by hurricane katrina, but we don't have anything in here for the state of mississippi, and i believe the governor of mississippi, i know, would argue that the devastation on the mississippi coast was equally as terrible as that for louisiana. instead, we have $300 million providing special medicaid funding for louisiana. there are also states, including my own, including others, that have suffered devastating acts of god, acts of nature also from time to time. so here we are at the 11th hour with a situation where there is still these back room deals done that possibly we could address with an amendment. the other deals we can't because they were like side agreements with the pharmaceutical companies which i just read from. like the deal wi

being mark twain he still didn't have any money, so he went to hawaii for several before he turned seriousthinkers see. this was more like it. during his visit he became one of the first mainlanders to try the native sport of surfing, but it didn't go too well. the board he said struck the shore and three quarters of the second without any cargo. i started about the same time with a couple barrels of water in it. he spent the rest of his time closely observing the native hula dancers through the sake of research said. he visited the site of captain cook's death at the hands of an enraged islanders in 1779, justifiable homicide and hiked across an active volcano were twain said that the smell of sulfur was strong, but not unpleasant for a sinner. [laughter] turned to san francisco dead broke as usual and wondering what to do next. someone suggested he run a theater and good luck sure in his recent trip. he could actually charge people to hear him talk, which was something he had in doing virtually for free nonstop all his life. agreed and on august 2, 19th 6 he made his performing debut at

the first sponsor of h.r. 562, a bill originally introduced by representative neal abercrombie of hawaii, for purposes of adding co-sponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. berkley: madam speaker, i also ask unanimous consent that i may hereafter being considered as the first sponsor of h.r. 3333, a bill originally introduced by representative neal abercrombie of hawaii, for the purposes of adding co-sponsors and reprinting, pursuant to clause 7 of rule 12. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. berkley: thank you, madam ms. berkley: thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: madam speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute for the purposes of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. i yield to the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, for the purposes of announcing next wee

he brought up an earthquake in hawaii. it happened a couple of hundred of years ago.hat being said, he also said he did not know what was in the bill. that really concerns me saying that he campaign that no piece of legislation would cross his desk without him reading it. i just saw an interview with the treasurer of massachusetts same it is on the verge of bankruptcy in massachusetts. host: 1 said he would not allow his residence to be penalized. guest: there are a lot of points. reading the bill should be imported. host: have you read it? guest: i have not seen it yet. we have understood a lot of what is in one bill. we have an understanding about big taxation. the american people also want to have their member of congress come back and talk to them. that is what we did last august. many republicans and some democrats went back to the american people and they held the pages up of the bill the they had seen. that will happen this time also. the american people will find in this bill the things they like and the things they do not like. when there are high side issues

in hawaii with it i don't sell it and don't put on my books someone else will and i'm going to lose maybe a few cents per share etc. and that's the real problem on wall street were you don't have the people that think a little differently end part of the issue is the hedge fund world because it pays so well. it draws out towns but visitors fifth, the moynihan and the bernanke, those kind of people employed by the role and this is harder. these people are very entrepreneurial and it's one reason why a enjoy writing about them. they think outside the box and there are no smarter and i think with the the people within the terms, is self selecting group, the people that take the risk in join a hedge fund or tried to run a hedge fund. they don't like running for the people and they speak about what bad can happen and often are a little more skeptical. i have found. unfortunately they get drawn out of these firms and what's left are really smart people that are worried about the quarter to often. goldman sachs does well and part is the reason of having a relationship that -- the more entreprene

, the amendment removes the following items from the legislation: additional medicaid funding for hawaii hospitals, additional medicaid funding for tennessee hospitals, provides special medicaid funding for louisiana, special medicaid funding primarily for reclassified hospitals in michigan and connecticut, $100 million for connecticut hospital, the frontier funding provision provided in new medicare money for montana, south dakota, north dakota, and wyoming, a provision allowing for certain residents in libby, montana. mr. president, i do not argue whether these are worthwhile or needed projects. i do argue the method in which they were inserted in this legislation. the one for tennessee being as recently as yesterday or the day before. it is a lg process. -- it is the wrong process. the presidgfficerthe senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr. president, i think it's important to recognize this amendment for what it is. it's basically a political stunt at the expense of lots of victimized people. one is the victims of hurricane katrina, the other victims of asbestos in libby, montana, the

i am hawaii and and people can accept or reject it. that's the way i felt when i ran my last campaign and i gave the speech i did that related to religious diversity in america. that is after all in the nature of the founding of this country where people who were seeking opportunity also seeking religious freedom and we welcome and why is the freedom that excess and would be a hollow concept if we only allow certain people to serve in public office or in other positions of responsibility based on some religious test that was particularly and specifically prohibited by the founders. i don't think that's an issue for the country. i hope it's not agree to be for anybody that runs with there were not ideal time will tell buchtel wasn't at the heart of my campaign. i found other things to do wrong and i think senator mccain did an effective job touching the american people as the primary process is proceeding. >> host: where do you stand on abortion? >> guest: i am pro-life. >> host: was it clear do you think to the base of the party that y

central command 10 years ago, i had forces in hawaii, the west coast of the united states, the east coasthe united states, all the way over to the persian gulf and pakistan. now, when i had to communicate with them we had these video teleconferencing and everything. you lost that sort of personal touch. ion which time zone they were in and if they're awake and we're trying to run a large military organization over that span of time and space. and all the electronic assistance and aids to do that, which makes everything move faster. you know, we're fighting a bunch of guys that live in caves that have throw-away cell phones and operate off the internet. and can maximize their use of these things. the speed at which then it's demanded to make decisions and analyze problems is greater. the environment we're in as i said at the beginning has changed and grown. i was talking to a group of people that were food distributors from the midwest in the united states. and i was talking about how the environment has changed. everybody's world is expanding. you don't do anything now whether it's your p

hawaii while the other 49 states pay more for that special benefit. senator bachus reportedly secured expanded medicare coverage for victims of asbestos exposure in libby, montana, in a mine in libby, montana. they're giving these things out to get their votes. at least that's the appearance. connecticut secured $100 million for a health care facility. western states secured higher federal reimbursement rates for doctors and hospitals that the other states don't get in order to get votes. cat lack plans, the unions secured a special deal with the senate bill. it was a $60 billion exemption for union workers from the quote, cadillac tax on health insurance. now, while president obama's latest proposal removes the, quote, nebraska deal that was scheduled to buy a vote from a senator there, the unions still get their cadillac plans. if president obama's so concerned about public perceptions created with backroom dealing, why didn't he propose to strike all the special agreements which he did not? and then of course we just heard that one of our colleague

some drug runners started coming through hawaii.on card made. he could get a visa card, master card, anything he needed. it took an hour. and he showed them to the camera. host: are you familiar with this? guest: i am not familiar with this specific report, but i'm sure that it was a factual report. immigration and customs is the agency at the dhs that is responsible for patrolling illegal immigration and illegal activities like that inside u.s. borders. their budget is staying pretty flat. in fact, a lot of people is are arguing -- a lot of people are arguing that illegal immigration is less of a problem. it has dropped in the last year due to the bad economy, people going on, etc. as far as new initiatives in fiscal 2011 budget, the department will be focusing more on intelligence operations in big metropolitan areas in particular where there might be the threat of illegal trafficking or illegal goods, perhaps like the ones described. the department will be working with law -- local law enforcement and other federal agencies to ta

some drug runners started coming through hawaii.went to macarthur park and in an hour we was able to have an identification card made. he could get a visa card, master card, anything he needed. it took an hour. and he showed them to the camera. host: are you familiar with this? guest: i am not familiar with this specific report, but i'm sure that it was a factual report. immigration and customs is the agency at the dhs that is responsible for patrolling illegal immigration and illegal activities like that inside u.s. borders. their budget is staying pretty flat. in fact, a lot of people is are arguing -- a lot of people are arguing that illegal immigration is less of a problem. it has dropped in the last year due to the bad economy, people going on, etc. as far as new initiatives in fiscal 2011 budget, the department will be focusing more on intelligence operations in big metropolitan areas in particular where there might be the threat of illegal trafficking or illegal goods, perhaps like the ones described. the department will be w

states that are considering a law that would ban the use of credit checks for job applicants bridge hawaii and washington already have those laws in place. what do you think of that? caller: good morning. i think that having credit checks for jobs is definitely going to hinder us from our progress. i understand that for certain high-level jobs or accounting jobs or jobs were there is some type of finance needed or a money being involved, that is one level that is okay. if we are going to have credit checks for jobs in this economy, a few weeks ago, "the new york times" said there were going to be about 2 million more foreclosures in this country. we will have 2 million more people whose credit is going to be lowered. how can we possibly have credit checks when people have already lost their house, they have lost credit because of no fault of their own. who is going to be able to get a job? in this particular time, we do not need to have credit checks for jobs. we need to do everything that we possibly can to spur new jobs to get people back into work. that is why would like to say. host: o

president obama has announced they will host a leaders meeting in honolulu, hawaii. we also plan at ustr to leverage this unique opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to play a stronger and more constructive role in the development of the asia pacific region. we are also looking to further increased market opportunities within those 10 southeast arabian economies that make up the association -- southeast arabian -- asian economies that make up the association. they are our fifth largers trading partner. within that group we are working to strengthen our trade and investment relationships. and in may i'll join my colleagues, a number of trade ministers, in a multicity tour that will permit us to exchange ideas about how government and business can work to expand trade and investment opportunities between the united states and asian. this is one part of the world. i want to make it plain while we explore these new opportunities in the southeast asia region, while we strengthen our regional enforcement, that we won't neglect some of our most significant trading part