so thank you to the washington hilton hotel.ause] >> and tonight, also marks the first time in the 96-year history of this association that the two presidents at this head table are guys who challenged all ways of doing things in washington and shattered some glass ceilings to get here. so thank you. [applause] and finally, i think we are on the road to making history by having the shortest dinner program ever here. [cheers and applause] >> so i would just close by thanking the other seven members of the white house correspondents association board. each one of them over the past year took on very difficult assignments always with good cheer and they all had results to show. thank you very much. it's been a privilege to serve with you all. [applause] >> finally, this dinner would be unimaginable without the tireless efforts of a woman who spent the last year introducing me to people as her boss. i will tell you a little secret. she's the boss. and she's the brains and the bra wn behind this dinner and i have learned endless ways

tonight, almost 3000 journalists, politicians, and celebrities will gather at the washington hilton board the press corps at an annual dinner. c-span will cover the black-tie event, including remarks by it pregnant -- remarks by president barack obama and jay leno. >> sunday, pat buchanan talks about conservatives ideology and to depose a political climate. that is alive at noon eastern, sunday, on c-span2. >> sunday, at 7:00 p.m. eastern, we show you the only televised debate between the candidates for the pennsylvania senate seat. next, a reporter gives an update of the race. >> mr. fitzgerald, talk a little bit about the risks for both of these it gentleman going into tonight's debate. with senator arlen specter because he is the incumbent. because he is the incumbent. in fact, other debates. this is a one-shot debate. it will be going on during a phillies-mets game. he has nothing to lose in this case because he has to get the numbers moving. arlen specter has a lead, by all accounts. different polls suggest that it might be shrinking. despite the fact that he is a 30-year incumbent w

] >> tonight, almost 3000 journalists, politicians, and celebrities will gather at the washington hiltonor the national correspondent association dinner. this includes remarks by president obama and jay leno. that is what started it 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. president obama says the gdp growth in the first quarter is evidence that his administration's efforts to shore up the economy are working. he talks about the gulf of mexico oil spill. this is about 10 minutes. >> i am ensuring that we do everything necessary to respond to this event. i expect reports from the ground today. bp is ultimately responsible under the law to pay the cost of response and cleanup. we are fully prepared to meet our responsibilities to and the and all communities. we have been working closely with state and local authorities since the day of the explosion. there are now five staging areas to protect the shoreline spread ines. we also laid approximately 217,000 feet of protective barriers. i have asked secretary salazar to report on any progress and what should be provided to prevent anything like this from

we took cooper back to the spot where he made that first call-- sixth avenue, outside the new york hiltonrival at at&t. >> cooper: i said "joel, this is marty cooper." he says, "hi." "i'm calling you from a cellular phone, but a real cellular phone, a hand-held portable cellular phone." and there was silence on the end of the line. >> safer: you could not resist rubbing it in? >> cooper: oh, no question about it. >> wait for a dial tone, which i hope you'll be able to hear, too... there it is. >> safer: at a news conference inside the hilton, cooper introduced his gadget and encouraged reporters to try it out. >> cooper: the first reporter i talked to actually called her mother in australia. and she was astounded when her mother answered. she couldn't understand how this little phone could talk halfway across the earth. >> safer: little phone? what are you talking about, little phone? >> cooper: well, relatively small. i mean, after all, it only weighed two and a half pounds. >> now i'll hang it up. and the only thing i can say is, "what will they think of next?" >> safer: it's still a go

a company held a job fair at the hilton at bwi. hundreds of job hunters came face to face with dozens of employers looking for help. from automotive to the tsa, there were several opportunities for everyone. >> you're thinking outside that box a little bit. just because you've never done it doesn't mean you can't do it or wouldn't like it. >> i think a lot of companies are not looking for younger people who are fresh out of college. they are looking for experience. and with as many unemployed people as there are they've not a great opportunity here. >> for information on baltimore hires and its future career fairs head to abc2news.com. you'll find it in the "links mentioned on air" section on the bottom right side of the home page. while there check out our get back to work section. filled with all kinds of tips on how to land a brand new job. >>> spring has sprung, so have the crooks. coming up, how scammers use your fantasies, fears and financial concerns to their advantage. if you're all grown up and still sporting art from the

so thank you to the washington hilton hotel. [applause] hotel.[applause] >> and tonight, also marks the first time in the 96-year history tonight also marks the first time that the two presidents at this head table are guys who have the challenge of doing things in washington and shattered some glass ceilings to get here. is thank you. and finally, i think we are on the road to making history by having the shortest dinner program ever here. [cheers and applause] >> so i would just close by thanking the other seven members of the white house correspondents association board. each one of them over the past year took on very difficult assignments always with good cheer and they all had results to show. thank you very much. it's been a privilege to serve with you all. [applause] >> finally, this dinner would be unimaginable without the tireless efforts of a woman who spent the last year introducing me to people as her boss. i will tell you a little secret. she's the boss. and she's the brains and the bra wn behind this dinner and i have learned endle

so thank you to the washington hilton hotel. and tonight also marks the first time in the 96-year heft of this association that the two presidents at this head table are going to challenge the old ways of doing things in washington and shatter some feelings. so thank you. and finally, i think we're on the road to making history by having the shortest dinner program ever here. so i would close by thanking the seven other members of the white house correspondents board. each one of them over the past year has very difficult assignments, always a switch here, and great verve, and they all have results to show, so thank you all very much. it's been a privilege to serve with you all. >> finally, this dinner would be unimaginable without the tireless efforts of a woman who spent the last year introducing me to other people as her boss. i'll tell you a little secret. she's the boss, and she's the brains and the braun behind this determine, and i have learned so many ways of saying no. please welcome julie we areman, our executive direc

tonight, many will gather at the washington hilton for an annual dinner. we are covering this event which will include remarks by president obama. and jay leno will also speak. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> sunday on book tv, pat buchanan on conservative ideology and today's political climate. he will take your calls, emails, and tweets. that is sunday, live at noon eastern on c-span2. >> now a discussion on job creation with mayor bloomberg. this is hosted by the center for american progress. >> today there is director of the economic council for president obama. he served as treasury secretary for former president clinton. he has served with several other accomplishments. he did all those things before he turned 30. [laughter] im reminded about a line used, which was that he was the youngest american ever to turn 40. [laughter] i have had the pleasure of knowing him and being his friend for quite a long time. i consider him not only brilliant as everyone else does, but fascinating and very wise. i have learned something and something

they're everywhere even in the paris hilton book. [laughter] but of course, international finance was there because they were there. the money was flowing through into rome word various offices. there were taking this without the use of interest but they had various things that were considered croquet much like sharia banking today. there are ways around it. but the world is changing with the intellectual explosion the world has never seen before that is what is called the ku source of embarrassment i don't think richard rubenstein is a christian follower my guess is not but he said muslims to turn their back on this therefore took the fateful step that islamic leaders have rejected and i italians are the first grade banking instigators they invented double entry bookkeeping which was critical late also introduced the arabic numerals of course, they took them from the indians but they have the number zero. and doing debit and credit calculating in roman numerals. ever tried it? don't. it is impossible. one of the key people they took

the green innovation expo is at the washington hilton this week. ups brought in vehicles demonstrating its past and present efforts. one truck is a 2010 hybrid vehicle. companies are also showing off their efforts to create clean energy jobs. >>> our job shop is always open for business. our job of the day at v alsatech. for more on what that job is and how to go after it go to our website myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop tab. >>> a crowded campus is pull the were you. changes are coming to where you can and can't drive. we will help you navigate the new rules of the road at 5:30. >>> also, a sweet treat is more than a craving. it's actually good for your brain. doctors say you it could help you survive a stroke. coming up next. the kincaids live here. acrosshe street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experiencecertainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets e and the

this good news and also a push to fight gang violence is prince george county police chief robert to hiltonou decided to stop by today. >> thank you. good morning. >> good morning to you. let's start out with the good news. crime is down significantly in you county. why do you think. >> we have a new mind-set on how we address crime. we have reengineered our philosophy and i think it's working in prince george county. >> what else can you credit. that is significant jump -- decrease. >> community policing. we are working with the community members to affect crime. we are very transparent, open. have a new philosophy on how we address crimes. we are addressing auto theft. i think our officers are working hard. >> just to save numbers here, auto theft, which was a real problem in the county is down 30 -- 40%. that is a real statistic there. also 27 fewer killings in 2008 than 2009 as well. violent crime as well as the other crimes, not against a person but property is down as well. >> exactly. we continue in 2010, homicides and murders are down 13%. homicide unit, closure rate at 79%. a lot o

lena horn was her friend and mentor and, by the way, she opens with connie francise at the las vegas hiltonso joining us is the singer and entertainer natalie cole. she's on the phone. let me start with you, dionne. talk about lena horn a little bit. what she meant not only to you but to all of us. >> oh, my goodness. well, i met her when i was 16 years old. my dad took me to the waldorf astoria on my 16th birthday to see lena horn. and what an impression she made on me at that point in time. i later got to see her again in london. and that's when she basically took me under her wing and treated me like i was her daughter. and, by the way, she was one of the few women that my mother allowed me to also refer to as momma. and that's the way she treated me. i am going to miss her an awful lot. >> so you attribute a lot of your own personal success to what you learned from lena? >> no doubt. no doubt at all. >> natalie cole is on the phone with us. natalie, what did she mean to you? >> hi. you know, lena was an extraordinary woman an an extraordinary performer. my mother and father, of course,

. >> we are at the hilton hotel in washington, d.c., for the organization of american historians are meeting in the early april months here in washington. and let me introduce you to one of the authors who we are speaking here. robert mcelvaine. want to start, mr. mcelvaine with the 25th anniversary edition of a book called "down and out in the great depression." why is this book coming out on its quarter-century anniversary? >> well, actually for me it's never gone out of print. it's a book that is to have a great deal of interest are longtime. it's letters people wrote mostly to franklin at a lower roosevelt during the depression. when i first came across these in the roosevelt library in hyde park new york, and long time ago now, i think i must've been in a negative number of age at time. i was struck by how easy me a feeling for what life was like in the depression, such as nothing else had. this was sometime after studds turf interviews and oral history of people that survived the depressidepression and that was good. this was people remember decades later these letters were wri

the rehearsal dinner had been held the night before in a windowless basement ballroom of the new hiltonotel. barring george bush had hosted it in the menu was chicken and rice. when dinner was served, my mother blanched, our wedding reception was to be a post-ceremony lunch and at the midland racquet club the next day and mother in the caterer had settled on chicken and rice. [laughter] mother and bart had never thought to compare menus. the next morning mother called the caterer at the crack of dawn to see if something could be changed. austin said of rice, anything. but the meal was already in motion, so our guests eat chicken and rice all over again. last night the morning after my 31st birthday, i stepped into the chapel and my father's arms. george was waiting for me at the altar. the night before, when george stood up to give his toast, he had wept. george and his father are deeply sentimental men. in years to come, to others, the court removed the television would frequently obscure the depth of their caring, how much and how deeply their own hearts open. george herbert walker bu

host: in years past they have had a section where civilians can stand in the washington hilton towardelebrities as they walked on the red carpet. they did not do it that this year? guest: no, but part of it is they are still undergoing construction. on top of that, it is part of an effort to make it slightly less chaotic. part of the chaos is the typical throng of screaming teenagers whenever a new celebrity heartthrob comes through. they think the throng of teenagers is one of the cool things about the event, and that is the fact that many of these parties were possible to crash. it was one of the rear democratic moments in a the d.c. party life. some people like it, some do not. host: tummy which after party she went to, and have you gotten any sleep? guest: i did manage to get a little sleep. the big three last night was one held jointly by vanity fair in bloomberg, one held by msnbc, and one by capital file magazine. one of the order tickets to get -- it getan a-list crowd -- you saw michael douglas and others -- it is a very ritzy location -- usually held in some ballroom or audi

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. >> clayton hil hilton is a vett the birmingham zoo and is already clearing his calendar anticipatingom the coast. >> this is a young species of bird. there are lot of young bird if their parents die they won't a.e it, let alone, what it >> the need will be greatest down the road. right now there is nothing to do bystand by and offer our good wishes but the need will go on for some time so it is good to make plans now if you can on how you may be able to help down the road. >> that was john hardeson reporting. new projects arising to help our wounded vets. shannon bream is standing by with more on that. hello, shannon. >> i'm out fishing instead of being in d.c. but i'm not exactly playing hooky. we will introduce you to project healing using fly fishing to help wounded vets. we will be right back after this break. before rogaine, my solution to the problem was to go ahead and wear hats. i was always the hat guy. i can't even tell you how much it's changed my life. [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. no more hats. [ male announcer ] stop losing. st

you know, thanks to the bailouts, taxpayers now own stakes in bankrupt hilton hotels in malaysia, russia and singapore. i'm not sure that's what the congress had in mind when they started the federal reserve. the federal reserve owned parts of civic opera buildings in chicago at crossroads mall in oklahoma city. i thought it was bad when the fed was printing money to keep up the government shopping spree, but i never expected they would buy the mall to go shopping in. they say it's over when the fat lady sings. well, now the fed has an opera house ready for her to sing in. americans deserve to know if the federal reserve is being honest with the congress and with the american people. we know what they say behind closed doors doesn't square with what they say publicly. recently, released transcripts show that in 2004, members of the federal reserve publicly down played specific concerns they discussed internally about the coming housing crisis. they knew we had a problem. at that time, chairman alan greenspan said if they were to encourage the public to talk about it, and i quote -- "it's

and grim building and this is where --, to ory party headquarters would be and steve hilton and others have been planning the election for many months. and he goes in with his wife sam. and -- at half past 4:00 this the morning, he kind of expected this, it is not at all clear what the conservatives have achieved in this election. they have certainly beaten labor but not clear whether they'll have an overall imagine ordinary or go into negotiation. as he was traveling, and now seats and they're not on his target list were gained. . . >> did he do that by saying i can do that with a minority, or does he have the baldness -- controversial areas where it will end up. >> normally on election nights, we have an exit poll and then a prediction based on exit polls. tonight, it is so complicated and model that we can't come up with a prediction the number of seats the conservatives, labor, and liberal democrats will have at the end of the night. we can only say that it can be a hung parliament. and that does not get you very far, does it? some much for the exit polls. jeremy? >> we have had th

. >> let's talk about what was going on at the hilton down in washington on saturday night.he united states. it's one of the few times during the year where he is comedian-in-chief. here are some of mr. obama's jokes. >> the jonas brothers are here. they're somewhere. sasha and melia are huge fans. but boys, don't get any ideas. i have two words for you. predator drones. speaking of tween heartthrobs, scott brown is here. unfortunately, john mccain couldn't make it recently claimed that he had never identified himself as a maverick. and we all know what happens in arizona when you don't have i.d. adios, amigos! >> apparently, the guys from "the daily show" at comedy central helped write the jokes. isn't that cozy? >> isn't that convenient? that's good. what i heard was that a lot of people thought that president obama was even funnier than jay leno. >> he was. >> that often happens. comedians that come to that dinner in washington it's a tough crowd. >> there was a fox rep as usual but cnn actually took it even harder if you look at -- it was a weird attempt at a joke and th

a hilton head island res. department has organized treats for troops, a baking prom to send delicious cookies to troops in harm's way. she doesn't act alone in this endeavor. her friends, also known as crumbs, help her prepare the packages and batter, baking over two million cookies for our troops, janet -- jeanette and her crumbs started this process in 1990 during the gulf war. america is in a new era in which our soldiers work around the world protecting american families at home by preventing additional acts of terrorism. it is uplifting to know that individuals like jeanette and her crumbs are doing her part to help our troops and sweeten their days. in conclusion, god bless our troops, we'll never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. congratulations on the success of the national day of prayer. welcome, franklin graham, to capitol hill. the speaker pro tempore: the the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman fro

i ok forward to being at the veterans memorial park in hilton head, south carolina, next monday. and i was inspired to be with members of the american legion. we stand here today because good men and women from the revolutionary war to present day have put support of america and the ideals for which he stands above personal desires and preferences. while estimates vary, it's certain that more than one million americans have died in defense of this nation. we may have known some of them. and if you did you should count yourself among the privileged. i hope you were touch by their sacrifice as i have been by those i have known. people like marine lieutenant colonel joseph mccloud, a fellow, a military fellow in the congressional office i represent killed in iraq on december 3, 2006. to lieutenant colonel mccloud and so many others like him over the years we owe so much. it is a debt that we can never repay to extraordinary military families and widows such as maggie mccloud. the only way i can begin to express our thanks is to continue to support those who now serve to the fullest

corp. 2010] >> tonight, almost 3000 journalists, politicians, and celebrities will gather at the hilton for the white house correspondents association annual dinner. our coverage of the event includes remarks by president obama and tonight show host jay leno. that is live, starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span. >> what i think is vital now is that americans agree to talk to the taliban leadership. >> in 2000, ahmed rashid wrote about the rise of osama bin london. the 10th anniversary edition of his book looks at what is next. >> no, a senate hearing on the commodity futures trading commission and the securities and exchange commission. witnesses include mary schapiro. the committee is chaired by illinois senator durvin. -- durbin. this is about 50 minutes. >> the budget request would allow us to better pursue our mission of facilitating capital formation and regulating markets. when i joined the commission, we were emerging from an economic crisis. markets were trying to regain a firm footing. confidence in government generally and the sec specifically was badly shaken. thanks to the

i look forward in october, the mental health walk by the nomi, will be on the beaches of hilton head island. i look forward to participating , again, raising awareness of mental health and how individuals can help person with mental health issues. at this time, then, i'd reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from california. ms. matsui: madam speaker, i'm prepared to close and will reserve my time at had point. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. mr. wilson: there being no further speakers, i at this time turn the issue back over. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman yield back his time? mr. wilson: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california. ms. matsui: i want to thank representative napolitano and representative murphy on mental health issues. i want to thank congressman wilson from south carolina. this resolution represents one small step toward a future where the serious burden of mental illness is but a thing of the past. i urge my colagues to support this resolution an