people versus james hodges jr.cord, we have all four defendants with their respective counsel. mr. becker. >> your honor, these kids are ready for sentencing at this point in time. i know we have a victim that wishes to speak and address the court all at once. >> i'll hear from the victim first, please. >> you do not need to state your name. go ahead, please. >> this whole crime has honestly been the worst struggle i've been through. i've dreaded this whole process, dreaded it for the fact i have to look in these faces. i've lost countless hours of sleep trying to avoid the nightmares of that night replaying in my head over and over again. i dread it so much i thought i couldn't do any more, that i couldn't bear to get up out of bed in the morning. but i did, and i will keep doing it. i hope during your sentence you will reflect on your terrible decisions and actions of wrongdoing and in your punishment you can become a better person. >> thank you very much. >> one by one, they stand before the judge. >> i would ju

progs cuter kris hodge. >> he had to clock in and clock out. the time he was there, and that he had not left, and stayed until his shift was over. so he had an airtight alibi. >> then there was the handyman, gene moss, who'd had an argument with melvin shortly before the murder. when detective billy mumaw questioned moss, he said he was at home with his wife. that could be a shaky alibi, your wife? >> yeah. but there was a phone call that was made to him by another fella that i interviewed. and he said that he had heard his wife in the background. >> on the home line? >> correct. and that was just after the murder. >> moss was crossed off the list. detectives were running in to nothing but dead ends. they'd spent a lot of time delving into melvin's life. now detectives wanted to look for clues in julia's background. they took a ride 40 minutes west to gaffney to check out her business. and as they poked around her store, things weren't exactly what they seemed. >> it started out as a big, fancy store. and then basically it had just declined int

he said this about the sources in the story, those that claim the pointing by the man and hodges werehis is a case. we said they said it. we didn't say it. we reported what they said. we stand by the story. i'm very sorry you didn't like it. >> the same day, kstp aired a followup to the report focusing not on the mayor but the man she took the photo with. >> our story has provoked a wave of criticism with allegations ranging from sloppy journalism to racism. >> we respond to the demand for answer and uncover details on this man. >> the original story was about the mayor. pointing. pointing. yet the followup report dug into gordon's arrest record and his instagram page. >> and as for the hand gesture that sparked all the outrage he is shown displaying it repeatedly, the same sign as being associated with a local gang. >> the mayor kept silent until last thursday, the same day hubbard defended the station and the same day they aired the followup story. on the blog hodges released an incredible statement, long, spirited, at times sarcastic defense that criticized the president of the pol

well done mayor hodges.ht now, as the country awaits a decision from the grand jury, considering whether to indict officer darren wilson for the shooting death of unarmed teenager michael brown in ferguson, missouri. that decision is expected any day now and police are preparing to respond to any protest that follow that decision. the activists are also mobilizing including those who will help tend the emotional health of the community. for more now on how ferguson residents are preparing emotionally, for whatever comes next, we're joined by dr. marva robinson president of the st. louis association of black psychologists. since the beginning of this conflict you've been focusing on issues of pain and hurt and trauma in this community. can you tell us what people are feeling in advance of the potential indictment announcement? >> well, one of the things that we have to definitely keep in mind is that the holidays are upon us. and so thanksgiving and christmas holidays are not always cheerful for everyone. in

or to put that another way. >> this is a photo of minneapolis mayor betsy hodges arm in arm with a man flashing what law enforcement agencies tell sus a known gang side for a north side gang. (laughter) >> jon: that's a gang sign. all this time i've been the lead in for a in the oruous gang member. (laughter) incredible. you know what, that's it i don't want that gang member, i want that guy gone by the end of the year. (laughter) anyway, eye witness news 5 is faking this story very seriously. >> tonight law enforcement sources alerted to us a photo that has them fuming over the actions of minneapolis mayor. >> they want to know item mayor would take a picture with a convicted criminal while he and the mayor flash gang signs. (laughter) >> jon: i think it's obvious. to warn clown ass bitches, not to snitch. (laughter) just not a sentence i say a lot. how on earth can the mayor's office explain this blatt ept endorsement of criminal activity? >> a spokesperson concludes by saying quote she and the man in the photo are just pointing at one another to which the head of the police union sa

. >> that inmate, convicted killer henry hodges requires a team of five correctional officers to escort row inmate was a harsh reality check for me. >> officer robert mosley was one of hodges' victims. >> got medical on unit. >> i went to apply his handcuffs. and i got distracted. as i'm applying the handcuffs he grabbed my arm and pulled it in and drew a razor blade down my arm. >> mosley's sliced arm required 59 stitches and the scar isn't only physical. >> the psychological effects never goes away. i think you learn to adjust to it, but you can't take this job for granted. these guys are not here for the right reasons and the reality of it every day is there. keep your eyes on the inmates at all times. don't ever take your eye off them especially on death row because these guys got nothing to lose if they were to injure you. >> hodges declined to talk to our producers on camera. ironically, the prison videotapes his every move. >> we film him everywhere he goes when he comes out of that cell just like you're filming me so we can maintain some kind of discipline. >> but when we travel

hodges, what's going on? i could use a little help as to context. doc robbins found a foreign substance in your victim's lungs, sent me a sample for analysis. okay, what did he find? it's all organic. primarily a combination of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and carbon. some of the nitrogen had converted into ammonia. how can i help? well, it's just that what's suggested by the chemicals and their particular proportions is waste. specifically, fish or bird waste. now, i don't know how that could have gotten into your victim's lungs. fish waste. but that doesn't make any sense. actually, hodges, it makes perfect sense. ah. look at this. tubing. looks like it would be the right size to put down someone's throat. yeah. now, all you would need is a... pump... (pump whistles) to pump with. the same set of prints shows up on everything. they come back to the house therapist, twyla owens. oh, you said that she took care of the fish tank, so it makes sense that her prints would be everywhere. well, everywhere except for the plastic tubing. there were no pr

. >> that inmate, convicted killer henry hodges requires a team of five correctional officers to escortinmate was a harsh reality check for me. >> officer robert mosley was one of hodges' victims. >> got medical on unit. >> i went to apply his handcuffs. and i got distracted. as i'm applying the handcuffs he grabbed my arm and pulled it in and drew a razor blade down my arm. i didn't know what happened until i pulled my arm out and saw the severity of the injury. >> mosley's sliced arm required 59 stitches and the scar isn't only physical. >> the psychological effects never goes away. i think you learn to adjust to it, but you can't take this job for granted. these guys are not here for the right reasons and the reality of it every day is there. keep your eyes on the inmates at all times. don't ever take your eye off them especially on death row because these guys got nothing to lose if they were to injure you. >> hodges declined to talk to our producers on camera. ironically, the prison videotapes his every move. >> we film him everywhere he goes when he comes out of that cell just lik

hodges, what's going on? i could use a little help as to context. doc robbins found a foreign substance in your victim's lungs, sent me a sample for analysis. okay, what did he find? it's all organic. primarily a combination of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and carbon. some of the nitrogen had converted into ammonia. how can i help? well, it's just that what's suggested by the chemicals and their particular proportions is waste. specifically, fish or bird waste. now, i don't know how that could have gotten into your victim's lungs. fish waste. but that doesn't make any sense. actually, hodges, it makes perfect sense. ah. look at this. tubing. looks like it would be the right size to put down someone's throat. yeah. now, all you would need is a... pump... (pump whistles) to pump with. the same set of prints shows up on everything. they come back to the house therapist, twyla owens. oh, you said that she took care of the fish tank, so it makes sense that her prints would be everywhere. well, everywhere except for the plastic tubing. there were no pr

i think that mayor hodges was doing that. that is not to say there will be no resistance.in the city and try to get them to buy into what we're trying to achieve as a overall organization. >> i wonder, also, about two aspects of accountability going on here. one is the mayor beginning to ask for accountability with a new, you know, a doj report, a new chief, a body cameras potentially. and gordon and knox being about removing felon disenfranchisement so formally incarcerated people can vote and hold their elected officials responsible. >> i think that's right, i think there is no question that when people come out of jails or prisons or when people have made bad decisions we want them to act differently. we want them to make different choices. we want them to engage in a healthy and respectful way. there is nothing healthier and more sensible than engaging with the community and voting. that is the only way you insulate and protect yourselves from the fear, anger, and ignorance that demonizes entire communities. there are so many people that feel like the rest of what's go

volunteers, the woman you see here in a purple hoodie sweatshirt is the minneapolis mayor, betsy hodgesat its finest, or to put it another away. >> this is a photo of minneapolis mayor betsy hodges, flashing a sign with a known gang member. >> that is a gang sign. >> all this time it has been a lead-in. notorious gang member. >> i always knew that colbert was a troublemaker. following the mid-term election republican wave, he raised concerns as to who the democrats will tap on the future of the party, let's watch. >> it is a huge party. not just the farm team is being depleted. >> now who will they turn to when hillary blows out her knee. she will be on the dl. farm teams are crucial to developing the leaders. just two years before he ran for president barack obama was an illinois state senator. who could have imagined today he would be in the white house wishing he was an illinois state senator. >> i bet there are times barack obama misses the old days in springfield. anyway, finally, former president george w. bush released the new book this week about his father, titled simply "41."

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third and goal brewer to hodges and the 6'6" freshman comes down with it and he is not done. they take a 24-23 lead. it would not last long. three minutes to go, boston college up two. it is going to be more. tyler murphy calling his own number rushing 57 yards for the score. boston college wins it 33-31. >>> uva hoping georgia tech would off. you know that has to hurt. don't know what that mascot was thinking there. virginia, they weren't going away quietly. second and eight at the tech 13. he gets the cavs on the board. they are down 14-7 at this point. the yellow jackets strike quickly. ensuing drive just three plays in. thomas up top to waller. he hauls in the 11-yard touchdown. right now georgia tech is on top 35-10. this game is in the fourth quarter. before we get out of here we want to gi you a few more scores. west virginia on top of tcu 30-21. that game is in the fourth quarter. also howard defeated delaware state 17-10. that was a great game. na >>> on this saturday night, what went wrong? new images of the space plane that exploded mid flight just months before it

now, we are somewhere in between, a hodge-podge. if you are a candidate running for office, you are handicapped by tough contribution limit. 2,600 per person per-election. how do you keep up with entities raising $500,000 a day. >> what is your sense on the return on investment, on all the money coming in. when you look at the pie chart, there's a lot of money, it's stagnant or shringsing and the outside -- shrinking and the outside money is getting deeper. is there a return on investment for the people making the donations? >> that's an important issue. money that a candidate can control is valuable. the candidate nose the issues he or -- knows the issues he or she is running on. same with a political party. they can work with candidates on get out to vote efforts. party wide. that money is valuable. on the independent spending side, sometimes it's valuable, sometimes it's counterproductive. outside groups may run advertising that the candidate does not preferred aired or they are airing it at the wrong time, in the wrong market. t

monsignor william hodge calls the situation desperate. >> for the most part, the working poor, they have a little job, but it just isn't enough to get them through the month without some assistance. >> reporter: and that assistance, bags of groceries handed out each morning. the problem that's spiking here is affecting other communities in new jersey. coming up in the next 30 minutes, i'll tell you which communities. live in atlantic city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >> and you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com to follow all developments in the expanding casino crisis in atlantic city. >>> it is 5:06 and 64 degrees outside. happening today, a former montgomery county political leader will go on trial. former county republican chairman robert kerns will face a judge on charges of aggravated indecent assault. an employee at his law firm accused kerns of giving her drinks and sexually assaulting her after she passed out in october of 2013. kerns has chosen not to have a jury hear his case, so a judge will decide his fate. >>> police still have not determined exactly what happened to a woman wh

. >> reporter: monsignor william hodge of st. nicholas of tolentine roman catholic church says those who are helping are now in need of help themselves. i checked in with another food bank here to see if this is an isolated ka ed case or a common occurrence. i'll have that story coming up in 30 minutes. live on the boardwalk in atlantic city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >> and you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10.com to follow any new developments on the expanding casino crisis in atlantic city. >>> at 5:37, we are on price patrol for you this morning as you get ready for black friday. we are watching out for the best deals. and still ahead on "nbc 10 news today," we'll tell you the two items you're almost guaranteed to save on and why you might not want to wait until friday to get started. >>> and getting ready to evacuate. another weather threat for people in the buffalo area after being buried under feet of snow. >>> we're watching a warm and windy and a wet start this morning. that's a rainy, windy view from center city. the winds

. >> the next day, mayor hodges appeared on a tv statement. >> if it's really a story pabt my junctionment, it's snot tack clully a question about my judge. mented pointing. as i said, there's so many pictures of me pointing. at that point, it's a jujtszment about whether or not i should be using material e stereotypes to assess whether or not i should be standing with a youngd, after ri can american bran e man. >> all right, david. this story is really something. let's start with this. they seem to think that they could ignore the o rim e ridge nap story. but that was not what the original story was about. >> right, they made a big deal at the beginning. one of the things that they didn't show was he had a bads knock. if they would is shown that bajs, it would have been, v you know, very much let h orksz d ges off the hook. they made it sown e sound like shefrs hanging with gang signs. and they didn't show the fact that the police of chief was there in the crowd. >> i thought mayor moges went hard at the plis e haste police department and the mare e mayor that they came after her with thi

most lasting architecture legacy in america and wanted to make his position about its architecture hodge gem ni clear for posterity. in 1810, 1811, latrobe redesigned part of the capitol's exteriors to be more in accord with his greek revival interior spaces. he planned a new west entrance in the form of a greek portico based on the entrance to the athenian acropolis but altered its intercolumn nation and added features from other athenian buildings. the main purpose was to provide housing for the door keepers of the senate and the house while freeing up space for the committee rooms but also to improve the pedestrian approach to the capitol from the mall. the massiveness of his six greek doric columns 32 feet high vibed with a slightly taller corinthian capped columns in the loggia dictated by thornton's original choice. the sandstone walls of the capit capitol's wings were already painted white but latrobe's watercolor depicted his in the stone's natural light brown color. he may have intended it to remain unpainted in order to visually separate the capitol's two distinctly different h

this will be the fifth western hodge that isis has killed.sis has killed many other people, this will be the fifth western hostage. we're still awaiting confirmation. >>> the white house has responded to this latest isis claim. we're in brisbane, australia with more. >> erica, news of the beheading came just an hour after president obama had left brisbane. he was here attending the g-20 economic summit and with the president still end route to d.c., his national security counts is he we are aware of a video that claims to show the murder of u.s. zen peter kassig by isis. the intelligence community is working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity. if confirmed, we are appalled by the brutal murder. the united states started targeting isis in iraq this summer after the first american james foley was beheaded. a month later, u.s. launched air strikes in syria. during a press conference, mr. obama said they hold weekly meetings about isis. in an earlier statement, president obama said it's too soon to know if the u.s. is winning th

scott hodge, president of the tax foundation and paul howard of manhattan institute. great to have you all here. mark, start with you, those cbo reports come and go, my friend but you pulled out some very interesting numbers. i want to read something you wrote. you said top 20% of the american households finance 100% of transfer payments to bottom 60% as well as almost 100% of tax revenue used to run entire federal post. what is going on here in your view? >> well we hear all the time how the rich are not paying their fair share. so when i looked at this report which is released annually, this report is 2011 data, i dug into some of the details, what i was able to show that they break the households down by income equipment tiles. what i was able to show -- quintiles. bottom 60% of the american households by net income are net recipient and receive more in government transfer payments than pay in federal taxes. fourth income quintile, pays highest, break even. pay as much in federal taxes as they get in government transfers. it is top income quintile, households in am

we brought you the news of this first when it started when kstp reported that mayor bet sill hodges had been flashing a known gang sign of a convicted felon. >> this is a photo of minneapolis mayor arm-in-arm with a man flashing what law enforcement agencies tell us is a known gang sign for a north side gachk. as you can see, at the center of the controversy, gordon, who does have a criminal record, but has been an organizer of the group called neighborhoods organizing for change for the bast two years. the group intentionally hires people with criminal backgrounds wo have served their time. eliminates any mention of the amazing civic ep gaugement work and reduces him to an anonymous, scary black man. for the time being, kstp stands by its story. now, in other news, formally we'd just end it there. but, tonight, we have a specific example. now, over the weekend, the president officially nominated this woman to replace eric holder as the country's next attorney general. ms. lynch is an experienced prosecutor with an impressive resume and has been through the process twice before. thankfu

monsignor william hodge calls the situation desperate. >> they're the working poor.t enough to get them through the month without assistance. >> that assistance, handing out bags of groceries to the needy. 850 families signed up in over two days for thanksgiving dinners. in atlantic city, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00. >> septa safety concerns tonight. why the transit agency is accused of putting riders at risk and what it means for your commute. >>> plus, rain and snow heading our way. the timing really couldn't be worse. you may want to adjust your travel plans after you see the full forecast. >>> we're following breaking news in ferguson, missouri. a grand jury reaches a decision in the deadly shooting of an unarmed black teenager. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> first at 6:00 tonight, decision day in ferguson, missouri. it's been more than three months since the deadly shooting aven awn armed black teenager by police. the grand jury has reached a decision on whether to indict that officer. for in a minute as well as the possible

the protests included minneapolis mayor betsy hodges, even former minute men governor jesse ventura.. but that has not stopped a certain republican senate candidate from campaigning on the team's name in his re-election race. >> when wion't warner fight the redskins bill? >> i'll answer the question. i'll oppose the anti-redskins bill. let's focus on creating jobs, making our nation safer, and let the redskins handle what to call their team. >> yes, let's focus on creating jobs, making our nation safer by running ad sgi less pi will li lose the election, but perhaps there is a place for him on dan snyder's payroll. that's all for now. ed show is up next. >>> good evening, americans. welcome to the ed show live from tampa, florida. let's get to work. >> governor rick scott and charlie crist going head to head. >> there is excitement for charlie crist. >> and the best organized ground game i've ever seen. >> charlie crist is about the future. >> i was told he wasn't going to show up. >> and rick scott is just a terrible past. >> a guy who ran a company who had to pay the largest fine f

still, monsignor william hodge says he has hope others will answer their call for help. >> seeing ups downs in atlantic city before. and we shall survive. >> reporter: both the roman catholic church and the rescue mission say donations, both in supplies and monetary donations, will go a long way in helping them help the people here in the city that need it most. if you need more information, we'll put some up on our website, nbc10.com. live in atlantic city this morning, jesse gary, nbc 10 news. >>> there is a last-ditch effort under way to keep the trump taj mahal open. over the weekend, trump entertainment resorts offered to restore health insurance to its workers for at least two years in return, though, for the union dropping its appeal of a court order that canceled the health insurance and pension plan. the union president declined to comment. the taj mahal is scheduled to close on december 12st. >>> police in northampton county are trying to track down a mother of three who disappeared on friday. jessica padgett was last seen leaving her job at the duck duck goose daycare in no

. >> this is a photo of minneapolis mayor betsy hodges, arm in arm with the man flashing what law enforcement agencies tell us is a known gang sign for a north side gang. >> as you can see in the video taken just moments before the known gang sign was flashed, something was afoot. at the center of the controversy, a man named gordon. he has been an organizer of the group called neighborhoods organize for change. the group intentionally hires people with criminal backgrounds who have served their time. mr. gord took the now infamous photo with the mayor at a get out the vow event. the mayor was invited and the police chief to canvass neighborhoods and is now demanding kstp issue an apology to mr. gordon for airing a story they feel devalues him as an human being, and reduces him to an anonymous scary black man. the time being, kstp stands by the story in other bad journalism news, breitbart.com. normally we just end it there but we have an example. the president nominated this woman as attorney general help has an impressive resume and has been through the confirmation process twice before. th

general hodges says u.s.orces had rotations planned for next asr and would "be here for long as necessary to assure all our allies and to deter russian aggression." , writingtes stole berg saysthe new york times," that the well-connected wife of the longest-serving commerce men in american history, debbie dingell, as long best -- has long been her husband's fiercest protector. john dingell has announced in february that he would retire. today she is representative it left dingell, making her the first woman to succeed a living spouse in congress. she also faces a reality that she calls bittersweet. as her. takes off, her 88-year-old husband, once the most powerful -- once one of the most powerful men in washington, is leaving office because of declining health. representative john dingell is one of the honorees at the white house, where he will be awarded the medal of freedom. watch live coverage on c-span or listen to it on c-span radio. it begins at 2:15 p.m. eastern time. those are some of the latest headl

a local news outlet accused minneapolis mayor betty hodges of throwing up known gang signs.e's a former felon turned his life around and there's no evidence he's in a gang. she explained on the melissa perry harris show yesterday, in that picture he was working to increase voter turnout with the group neighborhoods organize for change. >> to be in the mayor's presence, i was pointing at the mayor. i offered to take her out and canvass. >> now, out raged by this report and the absurd idea that merely pointing is a gang sign, you're sending tweets like this. breaking news, bill clinton is throwing up gang signs with known fellow nelson mandela. they asked the tv station to apologize to gordon in tweets like this, does this mean we're thugs? sign the petition at justiceforpointergate.org. nicki minaj are outraged at this video for her new single "only" in what many of you are calling its obvious use of nazi imagery. you're comparing it to images like this one showing hitler's army at his infamous rallies. many are sending tweets like this. why the nazi video, why? if only you h

enforcement sources alerted us to a photo that has them fuming over the actions of minneapolis mayor betsy hodgesant to know why the mayor would take a picture with a convicted criminal while he and the mayor flash gang signs? 5 eyewitness news reporter jay coles obtains that photo and explain why they think the mayor has put the public at risk. >> it's a story you will see only on 5 because i'd argue it's not a story at all. here is part of the report's report. >> reporter: this is a photo of minneapolis mayor betsy harges arm in arm with a man flashing what law enforcement agencies tell us is a known gang sign for a north side gang. sort records show the man with the mayor has several recent convictions including two felonies for selling and possessing drugs and illegal possession of a gun. he's currently sentenced to five years in prison but won't serve that time if he stays out of trouble for the next three years. law enforcement sources tell us they found this photo on the man's facebook page while they were doing investigative work. they say there's in evidence he belongs to a gang, but the

scott hodge, president of the tax foundation and paul howard of manhattan institute.ou all here. mark, start with you, those cbo reports come and go, my friend but you pulled out some very interesting numbers. i want to read something you wrote. you said top 20% of the american

form an economic growth and on december 10 former cbo director and tax foundation president scott hodgemprove the tax process. our speaker today is representative rob woodall. he represents the seventh district of georgia and serves on the house rules committee the budget committee to committee on oversight and government reform. he also serves as chairman of the republican study committee. he is born and raised in georgia and received an undergraduate degree from furman university and his law degree from the university of georgia. i would ask that you don't hold it against him that he is a lawyer. he was congressman john linder's chief of staff elected to congress in 2010. i've known congressman for a long time and i can say with conviction that there is no better friend to the american taxpayer than congress. he is the tip of the spear in the struggle of tax reform pays a tireless articulate and effective spokesperson for tax reform and i very much look forward to hearing what he has to say today. thank you congressman. >> please joining me in welcoming congressman woodall. [applause]

we next are bringing forth michael hodges, chief medical officer from the occupational safety and health administration department of labor. welcome. >> thanks, dr. goldman, and dr. luri for the invitation to present some views here that come out of the occupational safety and health administration. the meeting comes obviously at a very timely, opportune time but much to our surprise, a failure of planning on the comprehensive emergency management of emergency preparedness and response recovery implies in the middle of response we've done adequate preparedness and mitigation and that doesn't appear to be the case. so we wonder whether there is some lesson on thinking through how we approach this given the lessons from the august '99 meeting on biological agents with henderson and dr. sladerberg. sars and h1n1 pandemic. there may be lessons about thinking about the overlap of occupational health and infectious disease and failing to think through the reality of work in the real world. in that context it's worth remembering the lessons from sharpes injury prevention, involving health care

in a letter to investors last month, ceo doug hodge said there's been a dramatic shift at pimco. reality is that our dna is fundamentally unchange. even before bill gross left, the total return fund had been posting spotty returns. so far this year, the fund has returned about 4.1%, which trails the majority of its peers. in comparison, the double line total return fund has returned nearly 6% with. the doubleline is run by jeff gunsplos. the next few months will be big for pimpco as several retirement plans are expected to decide whether or not to stick with the company. roughly $14 billion in funds are up for grabs. wilfred and carolin, back to you. >> morgan, thank you very much. >>> and these your headlines today. republicans claim a victory in the senate, taking control of the senate for the first time since 2008. >>> toyota reapes rewards from a weaker yen. >>> and more payments from pimco. outflow could left the total return fund at a record $27 billion. >>> republics have seized the senate for the first time in eight years and expanded their majority in the house. we are j

on december 10, former cbo director doug hultikan and scott hodge will discuss how we might improve thess. our speaker today is representative rob woodall. he represents the 7th district of georgia and serves on the house rules committee, the budget committee, the commit on oversight and government reform. he also serves as chairman of the republican study committee. he was born and raised in georgia. he received his undergraduate from ferman university and his law degree from the university of georgia. i ask you that you not hold it against him that he's a lawyer. he was congressman john linder's chief of staff and was elected to congress in 2010. i have known the congressman for a long time. i can say with conviction that there's no better friend to the american taxpayer in congress. he is the tip of the speer in the struggle to achieve tax reform. he is a tireless articulate spokesman for tax reform. i look forward to hearing what he has to say today. thank you, congressman. please join me in welcoming congressman woodall. [ applause ] >> david, i appreciate that. i can tell you the

next two events are doctor kotlekoph, and the tenth of december, the former cbo director and scott hodge the president of the tax foundation will speak here on how we can improve the tax process, wit means -- trance parngs si on how we do tax expenditures and the congressional budget tax. thanks again, have a good day. >>> tonight on cspan 3, the supreme court hears arguments on two cases involving racial jerri machbderring. the national institute on infectious diseases, anthony fauci talks about preventing ebola. and a discussion on the recall of defective air bags. last week the supreme court heard oral argument on two cases involving legislative injugeri mannedering. at issue in these cases is what -- this is just over an hour. >>> the argument in case number 13895. legislative black caucus in alabama versus alabama, the alabama democratic conference versus alabama. mr. pildes? >> mr. chief justice, if it may please to court, rigid racial targets to design all of its black districts based on mere racial statistics along and then -- meet those targets with atron initiating precision. r

general ben hodges has worked on this for years. it's his number one problem statement. we can't talk to each other. we have 13 different systems and we can't talk to one another. some were built by the same manufacturer. because of security concerns and encryption, they won't talk. we have to get beyond that. if we're going to be allies, we have to be able to share and use the same network. we don't believe, though, that any one nation is going to provide the solution and everyone else has got to fall in on that solution. that's probably not the right answer either. we have to come at this solution as an alliance. once of the steps we're taking to better define the problem and educate industry and what our capability gaps are is during the next exercise called try lance, from turkey to reach his full operational capacity, his last exercise to reach that as land comp staff, we'll hold an industry day. we've invited industries from all over the world. not just u.s. and we're not asking you to come to show us what you make. we're asking to you come to show you where our ga

hodge referred to, giving freedom to english localities by devolving to english councils, perhaps evendoing on the second chamber by bringing in elected elements from the nation's -- the four nations of the union. but probably also maybe clarifying or even clarifying the unions within the union so this could last for a hundred years. do you think, prime minister, we've missed or perhaps you and the other party leaders have missed a tremendous opportunity to bottle that enthusiasm and actually go forward with a serious program of devolution throughout the union? >> no. i don't think so. because i think we have to take this in stages. we've got the very important pledges made for the people of scotland. it must be delivered. and that will happen. we've got the process of welsh devolution which we shouldn't underestimate where in this parliament we've gone through a welsh assembly to a law making body and we're now legislating the tax raising assembly in wales. we've cdone all the things already, but we need to sort out the english votes issue with scotland and wales. then i think there i

and the 10th of december, the former cbo director and scott hodge president of the tax foundation will speak here on how we can improve the tax policy process which really means revenue estimates, distributional analysis, transparency in how we view tax expenditures, and both the congressional budget act, the jct and the cbo. thanks again. have a good day. >>> live this morning an update on the operations of the secret service. acting director joseph clancy will appear this morning before the house judiciary committee to update lawmakers after security breaches in september. the former direct of the secret service julia pearson resigned in early october after serving a year and a half. "the washington post" is reporting the acting director plans to tell lawmakers that the agency has fallen short of its high standards, and that recent public attention has detrimental effects on workforce morale and operational security. this hearing expected to start shortly. the chair is bob goodlatte of virginia and the ranking member john conyers of michigan. >>> and this hearing expected to start sh

every bit as much as russ hodges call when he shouted repeatedly, giants win the pennant, giants winit would be played back, so i'm not thinking of what it would sound like down the line. i think somebody said when those words came out, it was the 9-year-old in me saying them. and i would agree with that. because it was so amazing. and it was unbelievable to be there. >> you can't end the super bowl with anything like that because half of the audience is rooting for each team. i was able to get away with an editorial comment but i had no idea it would live and resonant as long as it has. >> this guy is such a big deal, al michaels. he's the kind of guy who says, i met you at ari's. >> i can't -- well, he lives around the block from me, right. >> oh, he lives around the block. >> just this oscar -- >> the thing is though, he goes to the party every year because -- speaking of communists, he wants to know how communists throw parties so al goes -- >> exactly. >> so let's talk about another big sports moment. 1989, a world series that nobody on the west coast will ever forget, especiall