. >> hi, i'm erica i'm an owner thank you business on 2 henry alexander's i wasn't prepared to talk but i fell expelled i moved to the building in january south of market on third street between mission and market i specifically moved to the building to be part of the design community knowing i'll be having 4 floors of businesses i was primarily a retail location and wanted to maintain my retail and this allowed me to do that. i don't think that converting the building to office space cutting off the main entrance from the first floor is going to be beneficial at all i'm worried about remaining in the building i think it's going to turn into a ghost town. the retail public will not be visiting penn truce i have nothing no disagreement with penn truce but there are other buildings they could go to you looked other things there's no space to be had so to allotment tenants that's an combokt in the community. and certainly not in the rents we're paying so helping us find space won't help us with the years of increased rents we inner incur and it would be difficult for those businesses to re

alexander live in austin. peter you cover the white house. you are in austin. you interviewed rick perry. they didn't see this coming? we had henry it that the white house sent someone to see him later on the hill. he said he should be going to the border. why have they got their feet in cement? >> andrea, i think you raise a really good point. it's clear this white house, as you know watching them as closely as i do, can be stubborn about things like this and didn't want to pressed into the situation by politics. they say the focus, obviously, should be on problem solving. i was reaching out to white house aides this morning. they said there would be no surprise last-minute visit today even as governor perry as we speak right now is on the rio grande getting a boat tour to really try to draw yet more attention to this in the final hours of the president's visit here. but as the president himself said, it's not about theater. it is about problem solving. and they reiterate that people who need to be there, people like jeh johnson, secretary of homeland security, will be there later this very week for the sixth time since december

and i want to thank senator alexander for helping us remember why his friend and mentor meant so much to this country and this institution. may the memory of howard henry baker inspire us to be our best selves and even better senators. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each, with the majority controlling the first 30 and the republicans controlling the second 30. the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. i believe it's correct that senator corker and i, before morning business begins, have a few minutes to reflect on senator baker. the presiding officer: that understanding is correct. mr. alexander: that is correct? the presiding officer: the senate is under morning business right now, but the senator from tennessee is recognized. mr. alexander: mr. president, i ask consent that before morning business begins, that senator corker and i be permitted to reflect on senator baker. well, i don't see why it sho