[ cheers ] higgins?ome quality time in bed with sebastian. [ cheers and applause ] he's a scorpio. he's a three-time convicted felon and master of the ancient art of spooning. it's the dude spoon, and it's worth 15 points. jimmy! >> jimmy: all right, this is it. you can be tonight's big winner right here. all you have to do is let sebastian here spoon you for 20 seconds. [ laughter ] you ready for the challenge? >> i think i can do it. >> jimmy: sebastian, you ready? >> do i look like i'm not ready? >> jimmy: all right, all right. [ laughter ] sebastian, do you have any memorial day plans or anything? >> smoke some sausage. >> jimmy: okay, that's -- [ laughter ] >> it's my birthday. pull some pork. >> jimmy: you pull your own pork, don't you? >> normally i do, but this weekend -- well, maybe i'll have some help. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are you going to have a barbecue? i have no idea. look -- now, listen. jump into bed with sebastian, assume the position and just let him have his way with you and get it o

patcia: presint michael higgins has made his strongest criticism yet of how e.u. handling europe's economic crisis in an out spoken interview with the "financial times "newspaper he says the european union faced a morale crisis as much as an economic one and called on the european central bank to do more to promote growth. ♪ >> when michael higgins was inaugurated no one expected a timid presidency with the report of a public intellectual present higgins wouldn't be muzzled by office. he credittesed the dominance of market economic and warned if itunt tackled the e.u. could face what he called a crisis of leth macy. in today's comments in the "financial time "the president higgins warned of the problem of relining on one dominnic economic model and claiming a more varied approach was needed he also criticized the e.c. b. claiming its policies had driven unemployment and seen investment and demand fall. haidz remarks from president higgins strasberg speech, but does it go beyondiot constitutional line. >> differenting views from academics. >> he may have crossed it

go, mar higgins clark. her daughter and an occasional author is carol higgins clark.'re both publishers of simon & schuster, a vee diggs of cbs. we sould say is it fair to say like mother like daughter like daughter like mother. how does this happen mary higgs ins clark? >> well like mother like daughter, like daughter like mother works very well. she got her own contract with a different publisher and she told me i had ave a contract to type a buick. >> i started by retyping her books. she was working full-time. my father had died when i was young. she had to get her second book in. i typed it for her. >> may,ry, i love your family's story. you had five young children and you were widowed, you had to find a job and you had to find a job and you had to write. >> i sold short stories. they were like the young monikers. you're too young to know. they asked me if i would tape my own. so day one died. if there's a show available, aisle take it because i know i'll never go back to work. well it was much sooner than i expected so the next week i started writing radio shows.

but mark higgins takes a different approach. >> my crime is -- is a serial rapist.onvicted of several different charges of rape, attempted rape, nine assorted counts in all for a total of 35 years. >> we met higgins at riverbend maximum security institution in tennessee. on the outside, he had a professional career and lived in a wealthy nashville suburb with his wife and four children. but he lived a secretive double life, and as he carried out his string of attacks against women between 1990 and 1995, the media dubbed him the gentleman rapist. >> the feeling we had on the crew was, wow, that guy is really scary. he certainly is not, you know, didn't appear dangerous or, your stereotypical inmate, but, you know, i think that's what made him really scary was that he was like your neighbor. the president of your city council or your best friend. i think that made it all the more creepy. >> rapists such as myself, pedophiles, people that murder children or women, they're at the bottom of that pecking order, okay? and there's a lot of men that will take advantage of yo

higgins corresponded with bolivar.they didn't really have too much in common, but i think bolivar new that he owed people like san martin and all higgins that part, that liberation, that part of the continent. and was very respected very, very much. >> final question if i may. the united states had a number of agents in latin america while this is going on and there was correspondence between those agents and our secretary of state and our president. could you comment on the extent to which that correspondence contributed to misconceptions on the part of north american? >> absolutely. bolivar was in the middle of a very rough campaign. he was not only, i mean, he was if i may say, suffering from amber rudd, come carbuncles, from any number of things while he was doing the 75,000 miles on horseback. and into this moment when he is trying to tame the plains, and the plains of venezuela, the tremendous force, huge expeditionary force under the spaniards who were fighting to keep their grip on the colony, in calm the ameri

higgins, who is tonight's winner? oh, wow! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] congratulations, buddy! higgins, what did he win? >> steve: well, jimmy, he won a carpet sample. this sample of carpet is 14 inches long, five inches wide, and is a carpet sample. jimmy? >> jimmy: amazing, amazing. guys, unfortunately, you did not win tonight. >> all right. >> jimmy: i'm going to need those carpet samples back. so sorry, but here on wheel of carpet samples, no one goes home empty-handed. higgins, tell him about tonight's consolation prize. >> steve: tonight's consolation prize is a $300 gift certificate to the apple store. this$300 gift certificate valued at $300, and can be exchanged for $300 worth of merchandise at any apple store. jimmy? [ applause ] >> jimmy: so sorry, you guys. but thank you for playing. but you're the big winner right there. how do you feel, man? >> so excited. >> jimmy: you feel good? yeah, where you going to put that? >> i've got a nice little corner picked out at home. >> jimmy: you're a good man. we're just

can you comment on what was going on in chile and the role of higgins and his role? >> of course, he was the illegitimate son of the voice roy higgins of chile was one of the closest collaborators, and the story is fantastic. somebody should write that in a romantic fashion. he corresponded with boliva. they didn't have too much in common, but i think boliva knew that he owed people, and higgins that part, that liberation of that part of the continent and republicked him very, very much. >> the united states had a number of agents in latin america going on, correspondence -- >> yes, yes. >> between the agents, and our secretary of state and our president. could you comment on the extent to which that correspondence contributed to misconceptions on the part of north americans? >> absolutely, absolutely. boliva was in the middle of a very riff campaign. he was not only -- i mean, he was, if i may say, suffering from hemorrhoids, from any number of things while he was doing these 75,000 miles on horse back, and into this moment of trying to tame the plains, in the plain

higgins, you want to explain how this works?ll raw. [ laughter ] you and tom will take turns selecting one egg at a time and smashing it on the top of your head. >> i don't have a good feeling about this. >> jimmy: come on, man. it's not rigged. >> steve: you will not know which are r-r-raw and which are hard boiled. once you choose an egg, you must smack that egg upon your head. no take backs. the first one to smash two raw eggs on their head loses. tom, as guest of this show, you will choose the first egg. >> yeah! >> jimmy: that is so nice. [ cheers and applause ] i wouldn't do that one. i wouldn't do that one. how's it feel? how's it feel? [ drum roll ] >> jimmy: oh! [ laughter and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: this never happened! oh, my lord, it's never happened, first one. >> i told you, i didn't have a good feeling about this, man. >> jimmy: don't you want to come back and do our show over? >> yeah, i love it. i love it. >> steve: james? >> jimmy: thank you hig-bone. which one -- >> i thought for sure that was -- >> jimmy: here

whatever, higgins! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: that's a ringer! son of a bee sting!ight laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, stop it! wait, are you throwing it weird? >> no. well, i'm not holding it like that. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: is it weird to hold it like that? >> yeah, kind of -- >> jimmy: like that? >> just hold it like that. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no. ♪ [ audience ohs ] i should get some points for that! that was hard to do. >> that was awful. >> jimmy: oh, come on. i don't need to hear that. here we go. ringer, unbelievable. i'm so mad. ♪ [ audience oohs ] >> steve: hold on! >> jimmy: higgins -- >> you took a guy with a cowboy hat and -- >> steve: almost a point. >> jimmy: all right. almost a point. here we go. no, come on. here we go. need a little more arc to it. i don't look like a guy who plays horseshoes, do i? >> no. [ light laughter ] ♪ that was better. >> jimmy: better. >> that was better! >> steve: that was one point. >> jimmy: is it? >> steve: yeah. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ i'm on the board, baby! >> steve: you won! you won. >> best out of three? [ ligh

later we'll hear from brian higgins. back.l be right >> in every society, the major buildings like trees reflect the crowd out of which they grow. major buildings reflect political situation of their culture at the time. this building does that. this is an eloquent building. it reflects the movement towards secession. it reflects the use of slave labor. it reflects the social turmoil of post civil war era. it reflects optimism of the new south in the 20th-century and continues to reflect south carolina today. the building was designed to be symmetrical. the instead of a dome, the original architect envisioned a square tower. the construction was stopped during the civil war and the state was not able to afford to build the foundations for that massive stone tower. what we see on the outside of the building is a pressed metal dome. on the inside of the building will look up into what we think is that dome put is an architectural solution that two dome's inside the original dome. the exterior of the building and the interi

. >> that is mike higgins in his ford raptor at the silver lake sand dunes.st launched that thing 180 feet. >> what? >> i thought it was going to take off. i swear, i thought this was like an edited video where the truck would start going to outer space. >> it does look like a rocket. >> yeah, that's what went wrong. they catch a little air, and the front just smashes to the ground. there was a lot of people in the dunes this day. >> that looks even more terrifying. like okay, he might come in for a nice landing. >> this is kind of a success. he is hoping to get into off road racing. he wasn't injured. the truck suffered some damage. he got out okay. somebody shows him a video of what just happened. they talk to him after the accident and here is what he said. >> as soon as i left the ground, i knew i sat up wrong. >> storms lit up the sky ooefr new zealand, and we have video of the lightning strikes. look at the bolts of lightning. >> i don't know who those people are, they were evidently tourists. the storms also created waterspouts over the harbor. and you

. >> jimmy: what is it, higgins?he late night's watch -- his jokes have been exceptionally bad as of late. here. read this, your grace. >> jimmy: did you guys hear this? i read that anthony weiner is running for mayor of new york city. the big apple? more like the big banana. what is this rubbish?! >> steve: as i said, his jokes, they are weak. >> who are you calling weak? you're the one without any balls. >> jimmy: silence! >> steve: no, no, no. he's right, your grace. i literally have no balls. [ laughter ] i lost them in a boar hunting accident years ago. but i keep them in this sack around my neck. [ laughter ] [ coughs ] >> jimmy: he must be punished. take him to the woods and have his pants blown off. >> pardon the interruption, your grace. but there's been a pigeon from the floor of six. >> jimmy: thank you, woman. now back to your fornicating. >> right away, your grace. >> jimmy: i'm afraid of dark tidings, higgins. studio 6b is under siege. an enemy has laid claim to the iron desk. sweeps are coming. >> stev

higgins?becue sauce -- tostito's cheese dip -- condensed milk -- baked beans -- ben & jerry's "late night" snack ice cream -- or $100! jimmy! ♪ [ cheers ] >> jimmy: very nice. all right, contestant number one, you are up first. audience, help him out. what number should he pick?! [ audience shouting ] >> number six. >> jimmy: number six is audrey! ♪ audrey that looks like a very heavy bucket, audrey. so maybe the $100 is in coins tonight. why don't you just take a seat. why don't you just sit down on the chair there. it's better to catch those hundies when you're sitting down. why don't you let him have it. just give him the $100. [ audience ohs ] [ sad tuba ] oh, sorry, buddy. thank you, audrey. so sorry. that was chocolate syrup. sorry, that was not $100. i'm sorry. it was chocolate syrup. all right, contestant number two, what number? what number do you want to pick? [ drum roll ] [ audience shouting ] >> i'm going to go with 11. >> jimmy: number 11. sydney! ♪ sydney sydney, right there. al

>> mike higgins in his ford raptor at the silver lake sand dunes in michigan.a popular place for offroad trucks, motorcycles, dune buggies. he launched that 180 feet. >> oh! >> i thought it was going to take off. >> i swear, i thought this was an edited video. >> it did look like a rocket. the back end, perpendicular to the side of the hill. >> that's kind of what went wrong. mike has the front end of the truck. and it catches a little bit of air, got out of shape, back end slams to the ground and it just smashes to the ground. really busting this truck in half. a lot of people at the dunes this day. check it out. >> oh! oh. >> that looks even more terrifying. see it come up flat face. you think he might come in for a nice landing, but the bottom drops out. >> kind of a success. mike is hoping get into offroad racing and practices this kind of stuff. he was not injured, the truck suffered some damage -- well, a lot of damage, got out okay. and he is in pretty good spirits. >> oh! >> somebody shows him a video of what just happens, he gets a kick out of it. this

>>reporter: privacy advocate higgins says both free paid app collecting the at that time a.it's legal as long as the app disclose those practices. but few users read privacy policy. once a develop every collects the information he says it's nearly impossible to know how it is used. >> when they have millions of addresses it makes them tempting target for hackers. >>reporter: developer say they need to collect data for several reasons. they might access the facebook page or address book to connect you with friends for games or they might change your calendar to remind you of an event and largely ad network use the data to target advertising to you. industry spokesperson reid says ads are necessary when apps are free but it means giving up your cat a. >> i'm giving you the 43 app. i'm going to show you some ads and to do so i'm going to collect a little bit of information than you. >> learn how to spell something right. >>reporter: brings us back to simmons and her word app dictionary.com. the company tells us dictionary.com never collects stores or says your at that time a.the app does

>>reporter: privacy advocate higgins says both free paid app collecting the at that time a.it's legal as long as the app disclose those practices. but few users read privacy policy. once a develop every collects the information he says it's nearly impossible to know how it is used. >> when they have millions of addresses it makes them tempting target for hackers. >>reporter: developer say they need to collect data for several reasons. they might access the facebook page or address book to connect you with friends for games or they might change your calendar to remind you of an event and largely ad network use the data to target advertising to you. industry spokesperson reid says ads are necessary when apps are free but it means giving up your cat a. >> i'm giving you the 43 app. i'm going to show you some ads and to do so i'm going to collect a little bit of information than you. >> learn how to spell something right. >>reporter: brings us back to simmons and her word app dictionary.com. the company tells us dictionary.com never collects stores or says your at that time a.the app does

>>reporter: privacy advocate higgins says both free paid app collecting the at that time a.it's legal as long as the app disclose those practices. but few users read privacy policy. once a develop every collects the information he says it's nearly impossible to know how it is used. >> when they have millions of addresses it makes them tempting target for hackers. >>reporter: developer say they need to collect data for several reasons. they might access the facebook page or address book to connect you with friends for games or they might change your calendar to remind you of an event and largely ad network use the data to target advertising to you. industry spokesperson reid says ads are necessary when apps are free but it means giving up your cat a. >> i'm giving you the 43 app. i'm going to show you some ads and i'm going to collect a little bit of information than you. >> learn how to spell something right. >>reporter: brings us back to simmons and her word app dictionary.com. the company tells us dictionary.com never collects stores or says your at that time a.the app does allow ad

. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs morning news," best-selling author mary higgins clark. this is the "cbs morning news." ok so i've been having an affair of sorts with greek nonfat yogurt, loaded with protein 0% fat that thick creamy texture, i was in trouble. look i'm in a committed relationship with activia and i've been happy and so has my digestive system. now i'm even happier since activia greek showed up because now i get to have my first love and my greek passion together, what i call a healthy marriage. activia greek. the feel good greek. ♪ dannon >> announcer: introducing the great weekend sale at hotwire. for a limited time, get up to 70% off any weekend hotel stay anywhere when you book a hotwire hot rate. the great weekend sale won't last-- book today. >> chorus: ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e, hotwire.com. ♪ ,,,,,,,, >>> a veteran of the war in >>> a veteran of the war in afghanistan has found a way to pursue a passion despite his severe injuries. as david martin reports, the marine is able to flex his muscles again. >> reporter: josh hyman pumping iron. he's done it since

charles higgins is the director of the richmond district neighborhood center. we also have preschool programs. i think jerry yang from cai ming head start is here. we have self-help for elderly, jackie chan, april chan and linda merli [speaker not understood]. so why don't we start from district 1. this is richard charles from the district neighborhood center. >> good morning. (applause) >> >> good morning. [speaker not understood]. >> you want me to take the public officials or the public? thank you all for being here. thank you all for being here, welcome, rich, to washington high school. we run the washington -- the richmond village beacon center at washington high school. we're very much engaged and have been for more than 10 years in building a healthy community fabric and helping young people connect with their community socially and physically and emotionally healthy ways so that when they grow up and they're working in this community, that they're contributing. we're very appreciative of the support we get from the city and the school district. we run a

"ziggy" has chosen fellow unit six inmate mark higgins. >> i did this for a reason.use i'm coming up for parole here in less than three months. i'm not ready to get out. i don't have anybody out there to help me find a home. i don't have anybody out there to help me find a job. i don't have emotional or any kind of support. >> what we want to try to do then is minimize the punishment that might be involved on tampering with a drug screen. we're going to offer proof that you weren't afraid of the drug screening per se by having you tested immediately. >> the next morning, "ziggy" faces the disciplinary board. discipline board chairman lieutenant tommy vance sits in the position of judge. >> how do you plead to the charge? guilty or not guilty? >> mr. hall pleads not guilty. >> any questions? >> yeah, richie, how many times have you been up for parole in the last 18 years? >> twice. >> what's happened each of those times? >> they continued me because of something i've done. >> why would you purposely try to ditch your parole? >> because i'm scared of getting out. >> yo

brian higgins of new york, the top democrats on the homeland security committee on the libya investigation and the boston marathon bombings. a spotlight on magazine series continues with week magazine that senior editor on the piece about the effects of the $833 billion stimulus. host: good morning and welcome to "washington journal" on this wednesday, may 15, 2013. the house judiciary committee takes testimony today from the u.s. attorney general. eric holder addressed controversial topics at a press briefing yesterday, including accusations the i.r.s. unfairly targeted conservative groups and the justice department's seizure of associated press reporters' phone records. we'd like to hear from enthuse morning, what you think of how the obama administration is handling civil liberties. here are the numbers to call to share your thoughts. democrats, 202-585-3

higgins, this is a great one. [ light laughter ] all right, let's see what's on my "do not play list.his is roger "bass man" kirk. the album's calmed called "mister bass man swings low." [ laughter ] let's hope he's talking about his voice. [ laughter ] i have no idea. that's also one of the longest faces i've ever seen in my storied career. whole lot of face length. [ laughter ] take a look. let's take a look at the first song here. "mister bass man's back." [ light laughter ] here. ♪ get down mister bass man get down mister bass man ♪ ♪ man oh man oh man that man gets down ♪ >> jimmy: all right. [ light laughter ] what he's doing is he's telling himself to get down. he's encouraging himself. get lower. >> steve: right. [ impersonating bass man ] >> jimmy: "get down, mister bass man." so, he starts, like, with a higher voice. starts with like, an urkel. [ impersonating urkel ] >> both: "did i do that?" >> jimmy: yeah, and at the end of the song -- [ impersonating low voice ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: let's hear a little bit more. >> steve: he's the bass man! >> jimmy: let's hear it. ♪ [

higgins, what will they be taking home? zeppelin t-shirts where the "l" fell off as well as these 24 pack of nabs hair removal strips to finish the job. go, nabs! jimmy! >> jimmy: you know what, you didn't answer any of the questions correctly, but we're still going to give you each $100 for playing. there you go! that's all the time we have on wax on, wax off. we'll be right back with winona ryder! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ children shouting ] [ blows ] [ poof! ] wooo! hey there! i'm your rav4 genie. got any wishes? i wish my son was safer. well, this rav4 has a blind spot monitor and 8 airbags. whoa! how about when he's not in the car? right. [ snaps fingers ] [ laughter ] oh, no. oh, yeah. wooo! use your knees. [ male announcer ] the all-new rav4. toyota. let's go places. [ male announcer ] the all-new rav4. savings event at sears and for a limited time only get amazing deals, like 20% off all dyson vacuums. plus, get an extra 5% off all vacuums with your sears card. this is where members always get more. this is sears

henry higgins. it ain't going to work. thank you, jonathan alter.l be right back. [ musick ] i knew there were a lot of tech jobs available out there. i knew devry university would give me the skills that i needed to make one of those tech jobs mine. we teach cutting-edge engineering technology, computer information systems, networking and communications management -- the things that our students need to know in the world today. our country needs more college grads to help fill all the open technology jobs. to help meet that need, here at devry university, we're offering $4 million dollars in tech scholarships for qualified new students. learn more at devry.edu. for qualified new students. meet the 5-passenger ford c-mc-max one. c-max two. that's a super fuel- efficient hybrid for me. and a long range plug-in hybrid for you. now, let's review. introducing the ford c-max hybrid and the ford c-max energi plug-in hybrid. say hi to the c-max hybrids. [ male announcer ] book ahead and save up to 20 percent at doubletree.com, so you can sit back, relax an

henry higgins. it doesn't work. thank you, jonathan alter. be right back. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ♪ [ agent smith ] ge software connects patients to nurses to the right machines while dramatically reducing waiting time. [ telephone ringing ] now a waiting room is just a room. [ static warbles ] [ telephone ringing ] help the gulf recover, andnt tom learn from what happenedg goals: so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all our drilling activity, twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. safety is a vital part of bp's commitment to america - and to the nearly 250,000 people who work with us he

. >> a lot of these men are coming in -- >> reporter: karen higgins? s a co-president.opportunity, a lot of challenges, and it gives me what i want. benefits retirement, and a good patient. >> although men may be the minority in the hospital or doctor's office they're making majority of the money. the census study shows that male nurses on average early $60,700 per year while women earn 51,000 rkds $100. >> if it's a difference in the pay, it's different in the job. we see men more on a tract to being that, again, is a higher paying job, and if you were a bedside nurse taking care of patients. we believe in diversity, but we also believe in equal pay and equal rights and everybody gets exactly what they should be getting for doing the same job. >> a job that peter is proud of even if he's one of the only guys in the room. >> do you think in our lifetime or in the near future we're going to see the genders even out in nursing? >> not in the near future. >> the male population there is an increase. but i always think the majority will be women. >> a fascinating trend as t

tomorrow mary higgins clark and her daughter will be here and friday nancy pelosi and her daughter the go. by the way, don't worry about how mump it costs. charlie is really excited by this. that's next on "cbs this morning." >>> it's a bit of a gloomy morning here in new york but other cities are waking up to sunshine. we have the world's leading travel guide. this year it marks its 40th anniversary. it was created by tony and his wife after they went on their 00 moon. what sets it apart from other travel guides? >> back in the early days it's because we went to places nobody else went to. we started by traveling in places in asia. >> sense the name lonely planet. >> it didn't sound friendly to me lonely planet. but you were trying to say -- >> we are the lonely planet. we're the only planet with life on it. >> as far as you know. you have been to over 150 countries. where are some of the hot spots people may not know about? charlie wants to know. >> croatia, the aiddriatic coast. it's a beautiful region. nice way to do it is if you can get on a boat. >> what else? >> i've been back m

ricky schroder, joel higgins, erin gray and alfonso ribeiro.with our producer, not one scandal, not one negative word about each other. these guys really seemed to have a good time with this. >> we did. >> kind of an paul type of thing. >> you kind of describe this idyllic situation. >> it was perfect. best five years of my life, loved them at the beginning and loved them at the end. can't say that too often. >> we had her lobotomized. >> did you stay in touch after the show went off the air? >> we did. we had some breaks of time but not because any other reason that it was just life took you different directions, but, i mean, we worked hard together and joel taught us so much, and he was so funny and his comedic timing was so great. >> that's true. >> he tout so much to us, and alfonso joined us. >> taught us how to break dance. >> he became my best fence. >> it does come out also when all of these three talk about the show, they say you were the guy with the comedic acting chops. >> yes. >> and they learned an enormous amount from you. it's v

as their higgins boat troop carriers open, 18 and 19-year-old young men from cities and farms from new york do braska were asked to the impossible. dash across hundreds of yards of open beach with no cover in the face of a hail of german machine gunfire and mortars and take the high ground. somehow, some way they did this they withstood the violence and made their way to the steep hillside. mr. speaker, last winter, i stood where those soldiers landed at water's edge and looked across that beach. it is hard to get the mind around the chaos of that day, to feel what they felt as the horror unfolded before them. i made my way to that steep hillside, now so peaceful and lovely, and stood in a german machine gun bunker, a young german soldier manned the machine gun that day and in a book he wrote shortly before he died a few years ago, he said he wept as he fired his gun at the slaughter that unfolded efore him. i walked around a nearby american cemetery with its orderly rows of white crosses testifying to the price our dear soldiers paid. i stopped at the grave of a young man named billy

then representative brian higgins of new york about the benghazi hearings and homeland security after the boston marathon bombings. rs later magazine features -- our spotlight on magazine peter suderman. we will hear from attorney general eric holder at a news conference today where he answers questions about the irs probe of the justice department ap'sbpoena sap's -- of phone records. >> if you question on the subpoenas of the aps own record. did you sign off on this subpoena for two months of recrods? records? to whom did you delegate authority for the information? the ap call this a violation of the department own guidelines and asked you to return the records and destroy all copies. would you consider doing so? in june 2012d that i've been interviewed by the fbi in connection with this matter. potential conflict of interest and to make sure the investigation was seen as independent, i recused myself from the matter. we will get to exactly when that happened. it was early in the investigation. this matter has therefore or there after been conducted by u.s. attorneys here and watch

wayne higgins who is with us today.e's the gentleman who leads the world class scientific theafert is in this house. and i'd like to add recognition to dr. jerry bell the lead forecasting agent at the center. this is the work of jerry and his team that we'll be talking about today. the purpose of today is to present the 2013 atlantic hurricane season outlook and i know everyone here is eager to hear the facts and figures. i want to emphasize and i would like to ask each and every one of you to emphasize with your audience that the news today is not about percentages and ranges. the important news today is about prepeardness. now is the time to think ahead about the hurricane season that the coming to make your plans at fasmly, community and corporate level. now is time to pay attention to being prepared, not to statistics. but the statistics do matter and so on to the outlook. for the six month hurricane season which starts june 1 noah predicts an above normal and extremely active hurricane season with a range of 13 to

higgins: new york state is committing to take action on removing the robert moses parkway in niagara falls, is welcomed news for western new york. it is a national treasure, drawing millions of visitors each year. in the parkway has created a bar yor between the parkway and the waterfront. we must take a look at alternative money sources. the current owner of its infrastructure has the responsibility and the capacity to fund its removal. mr. speaker, we cannot let the new york power authority off the hook on this historic wrong. by holding them to this obligation we free up certain federal, state resources for additional products in niagara falls, maximizing the impact of our national investment. it's time that this they get what they deserve and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognize

higgins: mr.speaker, as a member of the house democrats make it in america working group, i was pleased to attend ceremony yesterday welcoming one company. in 2005, longerberger moved its production line to china. its return will create 22 american jobs. under vow tammy, this fifth business, family this story is further evidence that we're approaching what one calls the insourcing bomb. american companies are reconsidering their decisions to move operations overseas. the issues of rising transportation costs, quality control and the productivity of american workers is driving this trend. congress should be working to ensure the new trend becomes a sustainable, large-scale movement and austerity is exactly the wrong response. we should be investing in our infrastructure and education and science. we should adopt the house democrats' make it in america agenda, including legislation that replaces tax breaks for moving jobs overseas with incentives for bringing jobs home. i yield back the balance of m

i would also like to thank wayne higgins, the acting director was also with us here today. he is the jumping elites the world-class scientific effort that is destined in this house. and fun i would like recognition for doctor gerry bill, hurricane forecaster as the center. this is the handiwork of gerry and his team that will be talking about today. so the purpose of today is of course to present the 2013 atlantic hurricane season outlook and everyone here is eager to the facts and the figures, but i really want to emphasize and i would direct like to ask each and everyone of you to emphasize with your audiences that the news today really is not about percentages and rankings. the important news today for all of us is about preparedness, that now is the time to think ahead about the hurricane season that is coming, to make your plans at famine level, community level, your corporate level. now is the time to pay attention to preparedness. not to some few statistics. but the statistics do matter and so on to the outlook. for the six-month hurricane season which will start jun

higgins: boston's law enforcement agencies also have the benefit of membership in the urban area security initiative program. the security program was created to develop capabilities to prevent and respond to attacks, just like the one in our most vulnerable cities. unfortunately, funding shortfalls have cut the number of cities included in this program from 64 to 32. the buffalo-niagara region was among the eliminated regions. mr. speaker, the limited cities are still vulnerable and in fact it was recently revealed that a canadian terror plot may have targeted the area in niagara falls. a sudden exclusion from this security program threatens to render that investment wasted. the increase security and response capabilities that have been developed must be preserved and we have an obligation to restore eligibility to these excluded communities. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. th

higgins: a similar amendment was successfully included in the senate legislation last week. the consensus for blocking this tax is welcomed but not surprising. cross-border travel is essential to the economic viability of border communities, including my own in western new york. last year three million canadians visited our region, spending nearly $1 billion. canadians rely on seamless travel at one of my district's five border crossings to travel from the buffalo niagara international airport, area businesses and to attend sporting and cultural events. mr. speaker, with the bipartisan support, bicameral support for this issue, i suggested language blocking the border fees should be included in the upcoming immigration reform legislation. this is a senseless tax, it's counterproductive and we should take every action to prevent it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my

higgins: madam speaker, the great lakes restoration initiative represents our nation's commitment to protecting the health of our great lakes, the largest source of fresh water in the world, representing $7 billion in economic activity annually. in western new york, the revitalization of buffalo's inner and outer harbor depends on efforts to restore the health of lake erie and the buffalo river. the environmental protection agency will soon host a series of public meetings to gain community input, to guide the next phase of great lakes restoration and one of the meetings will be held in buffalo. madam speaker, the great lakes are unique national treasure with global significance. the brookings institute report shows for every $1 invested in great lakes restoration, a $2 return in the form of touring, fishing, homes are achieved. it's our responsibility to ensure that restoration is fully funded and be an active partner in protecting our great lakes. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas