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that's the latest from honolulu. back to you guys. >> thanks very much, lee. >>> across new england, preparations are under way for heavy snowfall today. boston could get buried by up to ten inches of snow. in portland, maine, snow removal crews plan to sold, sand and scrape their way for what is expected to be 15 to 18 inches of snow. nbc meteorologist bill karins has our forecast for us. good morning, bill. >> good saturday morning you to, chris. waking up to snow. new york city a late dusting overnight. it's still snowing in long island, connecticut, also through massachusetts. it's going to be pretty much an all-day snow event in northern new england. in boston the next two days it's going to be windy, you're going to see periods of snow, and it will be enough that you probably are going to have to do some shoveling, too. official forecast calling for 3 to 6 in boston. but areas of northern new england, at least 6 to 12 inches with this latest storm. that's the travel trouble spot on the eastern sea board. other

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we have had ed henry, our senior white house correspondent, out in honolulu covering the president who we've seen a couple of times addressing this very issue. ed, first of all, thank you very much for spending new year's eve with us. >> reporter: happy new year. >> happy new year to you. and secondly, let's talk a little bit, this was the big day. this was date that the president set as a deadline, come on and bring me some information about this, any sign he got anything we don't already have a hint of? >> reporter: got a little bit of information but you're right, it not really terribly new. bottom line from top white house aides they say that the stream of information coming into the president from the department of homeland security, fbi, cia, and others shows a company of things we probably have known since christmas day, number one, something needs to be done with the terror watch list system, clearly needs an overhaul. this event probably, the no-fly list, but didn't get on there, trying to figure out why. secondly, as well, the cia had some information about this suspect, that

. >>> now to the president's tough vacation in honolulu from an attempted terror attack to the deathses in afghanistan, president obama has had a number of issues to keep his eye on. as nbc's lee cowan reports, the president did his best to try to enjoy the homecoming. >> reporter: the mention of hawaii for those not here brings jealously especially during the winter months when most of the nation is hunkered down in layers. >> i'm from pennsylvania and i usually surf in new jersey and right now, it's about 25 degrees there. so this is -- it's beautiful here. >> reporter: the president is no different. there were plenty who argue this was no time to be on a beach, even though a good portion of his time was spent working. but unlike most of us, for him, hawaii isn't just a getaway, it's a coming home and the residents here know a local when they see one. >> a lot of people want to be outside in their yarpdss and welcome the president when he comes by and some people are going to be holding aloha signs and, you know, sitting out in their yards with some snacks and drinks. >> reporter: t

cnn senior white house correspondent ed henry has been traveling with the president in honolulu, looking like a beautiful day. big day for the president coming out officially on record saying, yes, we are linking this thwarted bomb plot to al qaeda. the president is talking tough today. >> reporter: that's right. happy new year to you. the president clearly saying for the first time in the strongest lack wage that he believes there was an al qaeda link to this terror incident on christmas day, linking it to the al qaeda group of the arabia peninsula. he made clear to americans he is fighting extremists, terrorists in yemen, particularly, where it's believed there are these ties, number one, but number two, he is also tough on u.s. officials saying if there are intelligence officials who had some information suggesting there could be an attack, suggesting this event ul suspect had ties to extremists and think didn't share that information, as they failed to do he will hold them accountable. >> it's now been more than a week since the attempted act of terrorism onboard the flight in detroi

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. >> glor: chip reid in honolulu tonight. chip, thank you. as we noted earlier, cbs news has learned u.s. forces are playing a lead role in assaults on al qaeda norsz yemen, which is on the southern-most part of the arabian peninsula. kimberly dozier in washington has more on that part of the story. story. >> reporter: this is yemeni government video of its u.s.-trained counter-terrorist teams at work. but cbs news has lshed exclusively that recent combined air and ground assaults against al qaeda in december were american-led, according to a u.s. special prayings expert who trains yemeni officers. >> that was very much something executed by the united states but with very heavy support by the yemeni government. it was cruise missile strikes, in combination with military units on the ground, but it was a very disik signal from the obama administration that they are serious in assisting yemen remove these al qaeda facilities from its soil. >> reporter: the target, al qaeda of the arabian peninsula, an affiliate of osama bin laden's group with

last day of vacation, the president and first lady and two first daughters spent some time at the honolulu zoo. they visited the limas, the monkeys, among other exhibits. >>> coming up, a new movie hits the $1 billion mark at the box office. >>> plus, behind fares, a popular tv show helps to capture a fugitive. >>> and the world's new tallest building. it is the pride of a city but is have you gotten your seasonal flu vaccination? great - but your work's not done yet. we still need to get the h1n1 flu vaccination. you, me -- we should all get one. the vaccine is safe and proven effective against this highly contagious new strain of flu virus. we can help prevent the spread of this virus if we all just roll up our sleeves. to learn more about the h1n1 flu vaccination visit h1n1get1.com or call your local health department it's up to you to fight the flu. >>> welcome back. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says stronger regulation is the best way to prevent another financial crisis. in a speech on sunday, bernanke said weak regulation, no low-interest rates, was responsible for the housi

the first family also paid a visit to the honolulu zoo. >> the tsa has a new policy that went into effect at midnight. international air travellers will face tougher security screenings. passengers flying in from 14 nations mostly in the middle east and africa will be patted down and have their luggage searched. all international travellers will see an increase in random screenings. >>> wizards star, gilbert arenas says he'll meet today with police about his decision to bring guns into the team's locker room at the verizon center. he said he used bad judgment. he still will not discuss reports that he and his teammate drew guns on each other during an argument last month. >>> a man died when he flipped his car at rock creek park pap driver on the parkway noticed a car tire sticking out of the frozen creek yesterday. >> derrick ward tells us rescuers were hampered by the frigid waters. >> reporter: rock creek runs deep here. deep enough to locate a submerge a car. >> the vehicle was hard to find because there'snly one wheel sticking up out of the water. >> we put people into wet suits and

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the first family wrapped up their vacation with a visit to the honolulu zoo on sunday. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch," shares in asia had a mixed start to the new year this morning and emily smith is here in morning with that and more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, most asian markets kicked off 2010 with moderate gains. japan's nikkei climbed 1% while the hang seng lost a fraction. wall street begins the new year after ending 2009 on a down note. thursday the dow dropped 120 points, the nasdaq gave pack 22. today investors will get reports on manufacturing and construction spending. fed chairman ben bernanke won't rule out raising interest rate this is year to prevent another housing bubble. at a conference in atlanta sunday, bernanke pushed for stronger regulation to avoid higher mortgage mess. critics blame the fed for feeding the housing bub foel holding rates too low too long. >>> jen pot tors said sales road 67% in china for a record 1.8 million vehicles. detroit based gm and other global automatic mow makers are looking to china's fast growing market to drive sales

secretary clinton met in honolulu yesterday and celebrated the 50th anniversary of the u.s.apan security treaty. they recommitted to strengthening the alliance. i think it was good news. pars>parse> >> secretary greg? >> penning is the continuation of the realignment with the build up of u.s. forces in guam. the guam program also includes near continuous presence of japanese aviation and ground forces in guam and training. we look forward to rapid implementation size a way to adapt and transform the military and security aspects of our alliance for the new century. >> back to the missile test and this may be for admiral willard or secretary gregson. given the arms sales going through and the context of the missile test, do we see this as a tit for tat or anticipate something else happening and most of us said china suspended the military discussions with the talks and those started up again last month, i think. are we anticipating another a tit for tat and arms sales. . >> they reacted vocally and the military to military engagement has been suspended. whether or not that's

this is video of them visiting the zoo in honolulu yesterday.he president also spent sundry viewing terror threats. >>> and digging out from a record snowstorm in new england. 33 inches in anniversary over the weekend. biggest -- in vermont. snow finally stopped falling overnight. 33 inches the biggest for burlington. >> they are a little far from the ocean to get the big ones. inland like that -- >> nice and fluffy. >> don't forget to shovel the fire hydrants. lot of winter left. having fun with it. reminder, few school delays in the western suburbs. you have the bottom of the screen, scrolling the delays. more than 2 hour delays. all the latest information down there. >> and always on the website at wusa9.com. >> making the bosses happy. >>> weather wise, talk about that. make everybody happy. won't be in the 20s. we will be in the 30s. highs only about 32 degrees. moms like me.com bus stop forecast. very cold. blustery. wind chills between 5 and 20 in most areas, below zero in garrett county, with air companies between 18 and 25 at the bus st

beautiful honolulu. thank you very much. >> the first decade of the 2000s? the book. a look at the first decade >>> when the year 2000 dawned, our biggest fear was a y2k technology meltdown. remember that? but the disasters we would face would be far greater than we could ever have known and the triumphs and resilience more powerful than we could have imagined. now we look at the world shaking events that mark the first decade of the 21st century. >> reporter: as the ball in times square took us from 1999 into the year 2000, some people anticipated y2k would crash computers around the world. but really not much happened. so americans turned their attention to the 2000 presidential race. republican george w. bush facing democrat al gore. with an election too close to call, the supreme court making the final decision. >> this is my solemn pledge, i will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity. >> reporter: months later, an unpredictable event changed our nation. >> 737 crashed into the side of the building. >> another plane just flew into the second tow

lee cohen, nbc news, honolulu. >> what we didn't get the weather angle. they should send me to hawaii to cover the weather aspect of the president's trip. >> i'll be your producer. we'll be back in 2 1/2 minutes with a look at today's top stories and theorecast and news 4 viewpoint as well. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today." it's 7:00. it's sunday, january, 2010. a look at the day's top stories in a moment. first chuck bell is here. >> the difference between 2009 and 2010 is about 15 degrees. basically. it wasn't this cold until somewhere right around new year's day when the cold air just started spilling in. the first weekend of the new year will go down as one of the colder ones we've had in a while. 17 degrees downtown right now. 15 in prince george's county. 18 in annapolis. 16 in gaithersburg and germantown. wind chills are also very, very low at this point in the morning. near zero around down and below zero across the higher terrain north and west. five the current wind chill in annapolis. minus 4 the current wind c

rush limbaugh holding a news conference from the honolulu hospital where he was rushed wednesday afternoonevere chest pain. a very vocal opponent of government healthcare reform and he thanked his doctors and well-wishers and put in a plug for the current state of u.s. medical care. >> i feel very, very fortunate. i have been treated to the best healthcare the world has to offer. that is right here in the united states of america. >> other news, chaos in northwest pakistan. 75 people now dead. 60 injured. homicide bomber blowing up his car in a crowded feel of 300 people and volleyball tournament. it caused several nearby buildings to collapse. police believe locals are targeted for opposing the taliban. i'm gregg jarrett. now back to glenn beck. >> we played a lot of games on the show. any favorites? >> jenga is my favorite. that was my favorite. that was the favorite one. >> they have just committed you to debt of $116,000 -- it goes up every minute. $116,000. that's what your family owns. now, david, what was the problem we got into? we got into the problem partly because everyone was m

staff support, direct support to you during your travels to the region, and invite you to stop in honolulu and visit u.s. pacific command on your way to or from a this area of responsibility. finally, i would like to thank this committee for the strong support you provide to the men and women of the united states military. despite being involved in two wars, our retention and recruiting rates remain very strong, which is a direct reflection of the quality of life initiative supported by you and by the american people. on behalf of more than 300,000 men and women of u.s. pacific command, please accept my sincere appreciation for the work that you do for us and for this great nation. thank you, and i look for to answer your questions. >> thank you, admiral. secretary gregson? >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you very much for this opportunity to appear today to discuss recent military and security developments in the people's republic of china. i'm pleased to be joined by old friends and colleagues, admiral willard and mr. david shear. china's rapid rise is a regional and pol

obama used to be on the other side of the counter at this baskin robbins in honolulu.d friends reluctantly admit the president used to give them free stuff. he used to hook you up. >> a little bit. . >> reporter: larry tavares has fond memories. i didn't know his name was barack. it was barry to us. >> reporter: they played together on the basketball team that won the state championship in 1979. larry was point guard, barry the power forward. >> it was real physical. not scared to mix it up. if you equate that to being the president, he is not scared to make a decision. >> reporter: many high school acquaintances like bart desilva lost touch with borsch so they were blown away with his election speech and election night left many in tears. >> i got more and more excited. i couldn't believe this moment that had months and months of leading into was becoming a reality. as everybody waited for the president-elect to make his speech after being elected it became, i use the word surreal, but it was a climactic moment. >> reporter: they are fiercely protective of their frien

my staff's support, direct support to you during travels to the region and invite to you stop in honolulu and visit u.s. pacific command on your way to or from this area of responsibility. finally, i would like to thank this committee for the strong support you provide to the men and women of our united states military. despite being involved in two wars, a retention in recruiting rates remain very strong, which is a direct reflection ever the quality of life initiative supported by you and by the american people. on behalf of more than 300,000 men and women of u.s. pacific command, please accept my sincere appreciation for the work that you do for us and for this great nation. thank you, and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you admiral. secretary gregson. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, thank you very much for this opportunity to appear today to discuss recent military and security developments in the peoples republic of china. i'm pleased to be joined by old friends and colleagues admiral willard and mr. david sheer. china's rap it rise as a regional poli

our senior white house correspondent, ed henry, has been roughing it in honolulu during the president's stay. a lot of issues await the president when he returns here to the mainland, right? >> that's right, don. we have been talking a lot about national security, but other big education that affect so many of our viewers, obviously is education. what is interesting, we decided to take a look about the fact that the obama administration has been pushing this idea of all year-round school. they think it will make the u.s. more competitive. ironically, here in the president's home state, they are actually going the other direction. they are cutting the number of days that kids are in school. that's angering a lot of parents. we sat down with one of those families that has been pretty hard hit by this move. like many 9-year-old, hunter gentry loves his scooter and is very creative. >> hunter gentry and i'm a chef and a bay. waaa! >> reporter: this young hawaiian has already started his own cooking show on youtube, hoping to make it big on "top chef" someday, but hunter also has bilateral h

glass, his firm gerring glass designed the trump international hotel and tower under construction in honoluluy notes here, this building in dubai, its observation deck is on the 124th floor. put that in some perspective for us? >> the building itself is something like two times taller, roughly two times taller than the empire state building. that observation deck is actually above -- is probably just above almost the spire of the empire state building. >> and compare it, for example, to what used to be known as the sears tower in chicago, the building itself, 50 stories taller than that building? >> incredible. you know, you can see the pictures of it. . it's an elegant building. it has a lot to remind us of the sears tower. it's just a real feat of architecture and engineering. >> as far as the engineering, how high can we go these days in engineering? >> you know, right now, this is it. this is where we're at with the technology and with the construction capabilities. but i mean, you know, there will be something that gets taller. it's obviously a matter of when, given the economic, you kno

conservative radio talk show host rush limbaugh was released from a honolulu hospital yesterday afteroing a two-day battery of tests for chest pain. he says the results show nod heart problems. the he delivered a similar diagnosis for america's health care system. >> based on what happened to me here i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. it is working just fine, just dandy, and i got nothing special, i got no special treatment. >> limbaugh says he hopes to be back behind the microphone sometime in the coming week. >>> you see someone commit a crime. why not tell police? some say it's a no-snitching code of silence as part of his "class in session" series, tony harris spoke with high school students in atlanta about this code. when it came to the beating death of a chicago honor student. >> reporter: dereon albert, honor student, chicago. he's jumped. he's beaten to death. you saw the video, didn't you? you saw the people around him. there were people recording it that they didn't call. they're recording it to put it up on -- >> youtube and laugh a

ed henry, cnn, honolulu. >> just keep it on the court. >> that's right.ve it right there. >> well, we pleerkt you coming in and spending some time with us. >> thank you so much. i had a great time. >> and state of the union is coming up at the top of the hour with counterterrorism chief john brennan, but first here's a quick check of this morning's headlines. both the u.s. and british governments have closed their embassieses in yemen. both countries cite security concerns. there's no word yet on when the embassies will reopen. >>> president obama's counterterrorism adviser says

the conservative talk radio host was released from a honolulu hospital yesterday. he been admitted wednesday after suffering chest pains. limbaugh said doctors don't know what caused the pain. >> i wish i knew what it was. there's -- all people can do is make wild guesses about it. best guess was it might have been a spasm in an artery but this angiogram showed literally no heart disease or arterial disease whatsoever. >> rush limbaugh is expected to return to his radio hosting duties on wednesday. >>> now to the latest in the tiger woods drama. a british tabloid is reporting this morning that the golf star's wife elin has turned up at an exclusive french ski resort. nbc's stephanie gosk is in london with more. supposedly she's in chamonix? >> yeah, that's what the son is saying today. then have pictures in their paper. you look at him, it looks a lot like her but she's reportedly there with her twin sister as wef, a well, and josephine is a good skier. paparazzi on the ground have told nbc news they heard the rumor they believe that she's there but they have been

now more from honolulu. happy new year. doesn't appear to have been as relaxing as he was hoping. what has he been up to specifically and how much time has he had to spend on this terror scare on christmas day? >> reporter: he's had to devote a lot of time to it, but he has gotten in some time for golf and right now he and his family are at the beach at the marine base near their beach front home, the one they're renting. this whole trip has been overshadowed by the attempted bombing. the president examining the preliminary reports of the analysis he wanted. today in the radio and internet address that the president put out that was released today, he for the first time acknowledged there is a direct link between yemen and the christmas day attack and direct link between al-qaeda and the christmas day attack that al-qaeda in yemen put umar farouk abdulmutallab up to this deed. they are behind it. jamie. >> does that change anything on its face, just making that statement? >> reporter: no. but we knew that there was a yemeni

the serve radio host is out of a hospital in honolulu.checked in on wednesday complaining of chest plains but an angiogram showed nothing. he had nothing but praise for the care he received. >> based on what happened here, i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. it is working just fine, just dandy, and i got nothing special. i got no special treatment. >> doctors haven't found whatever caused limbaugh's pain. >>> so, time warner cable's 13 million subscribers a sigh of relief today. they'll be able to keep watching fox network shows. fox and time warner have ended a battle over how much the providers should pay for fox programming. >>> d.c. police are investigating an incident in which gilbert arenas allegedly had a gun. he and javaris crittendon drew guns on each other over a gambling debt. arenas denies pulling a gun. the wizards are cooperating with police and monitoring the situation. >>> new hampshire now, the fifth state to marry same-sex couples. 15 couples tied the knot on the steps of the state

"political principles verses pragmatism played out in honolulu in a sharp way. republican leaders succeeded in unveiling a resolution proposed by conservatives in indiana that would have required candidates who agree to a list of conservative physicians to get party support. jumping down further in the article, where tea party candidates were against republicans, mr. steel expects them to come together. if the republican incumbent or candidate is running and a tea party candidate is in the race, my expectation is that the tea party member would support the republican as we would support the tea party members. different perspective from dick armey, who has become a leader in the tea party movement, who says it would be unwise for the republican party to count on tea party support. this is not a situation where grass-roots activists are trying to make themselves attractive to republicans. it is -- what can we do to make them understand how they can be attractive to us." phyllis, democratic line. nashville, tennessee. caller: hello. i think we need a republican con

host: peter baker with the president in honolulu said in the "new york times". first of all general a try us said the u.s. would double the security sent to yemen to help fight al qaeda. great brittain announcing it and u.s. would jointly finance a counter terrorism police unit in yemen. news services and reported. further into the body of the story is to your point that mr. obama indicated he and government largely accepted the accounts offered by the alleged terrorists and on a statement on the web the national security agency had intercepted communication as among al qaeda leading months ago talking about an unnamed nigerian prepare together attack but the government never correlated. republican line. good morning your on the air. caller: wanted to comment on the first caller talking about the caller. all the people that moderate the calls do an excellent job. someone said to call and talk about the topic. i'm glad you can distinguish when someone is going off on a tangent. i think that the yemen is afroing concerned. i don't think it should be considered the

the nation's capital is roughly 31 degrees and secretaries short time and lo left washington for honoluluwhere it is 68 degrees so i suppose the operative question is why the rest of us blind to warmer climates. but the secretary has departed washington for hertling feature to the asia-pacific region. her first job is in honolulu where she will give an important speech on the asian pacific security architecture and will also meet with japanese foreign minister tomorrow. we have a number of key leaders at the department traveling this week. deputy secretary jim steinberg departs washington this afternoon for columbia and peru. he will meet i believe tomorrow with the colombian president as a first up in that trip. undersecretary bill burns will travel to moscow this week on the 13th and 14th to discuss our bilateral relationship and focus on the ongoing bilateral presidential commission work that is being done, but also will talk about arms control in iran, north korea and economic cooperation. he will then travel on and the -- he will travel from meetings on the 15th with his youth politi

the obamas spent part of their last day at the honolulu zoo.ed different exhibits and stopped to talk to a gro of photographers. earlier the obamas visited a cemetery where the president's grandfather is buried. >>> tiger woods marriage may not be over. msnbc reports his wife elin was wearing what appeared to be her wedding ring on a ski trip in the french alps. tiger and elin still love each other and would like to work things out. woods has taken an indefinite leave from professional golf since the scandal surrounding his marriage. >>> the world's tallest building opens its doors today in dubai. the burj dubai stands half mile tall. it took six years and $1.5 billion to build. that's more than $9 million a floor. the developer says he'll annoce the tower's official height at its grand opening tonight. >>> our time is 6:27. 24 degrees. prince george's county search for two missing girls ages 11 and 14. >>> also coming up we're live out of redskins pk with news overnight that jim zorn has been fired as the redskins head coach. >>> find out if t

we've got nbc's chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, joining us from honolulu. the president is actually facing a number ever big issues this week. >> reporter: he sure is, ann. when he left he delayed his start of his vacation by a day, because he with a trying to get health care through the senate. well now he left a little bit early on his way back to washington. he should get there by lunchtime today. because of all the things on his plate, including that terror agenda, tomorrow he's got the big meeting with his security and intelligence teams. i'm told no heads going to roll. there isn't going to be a single person held accountable for now. though when congress weighs in and has congressional hearings, how certain people do at those congressional hearings. whether it's dennis blair, director of national intelligence, janet napolitano or michael lighter, head of the national terrorism center. how they perform could dictate how long they're in their job. this week we'll hear from health care and by friday, new unemployment numbers. so a busy year already kick

tests show nothing wrong with his heart and yesterday he was released from a honolulu hospital. during a brief news conversation, he says he was not on pain killer, went through rehab for the drugs in 2003. doctors still don't know what caused his chest pain. >> best guess was it might have been a spasm in the artery. the angio gram showed little earl no heart disease or arterial disease whatsoever and for that i'm grateful and it's a blessing in disguise that it happened as it did with no damage whatsoever because it takes things like this in life to maybe prepare you for the eventuallity you're getting older, not assion as you were and not as invincible as you once thought you were. >> shannon: well, residents in ohio can expect more snow today and the storm passes through the reason. meteorologist domenica davis is at the fox weather center with the forecast and it's rough in a lot of spots out there, domenica, hello. >> certainly is and now, it's the cold temperatures that's keeping the lake effect snow alive because look what we have here in minneapolis, it's just a minus 8

we are being joined from honolulu. >>caller: well, i think it is the same old show we have been watching for the past year. does he seem like he is still campaigning? to me, it does. on just thinking that we don't need any more of that. i just want to do the right thing. we are still spending money. this thing about the freeze, that is kind of a farce. >> ok, thank you. when this network began 30 years ago, your reaction was giving us a phone call. a lot of this began to change with the advent of things like facebook and twitter. we are keeping track of some of this. >> i want to show you what is happening on facebook. if you go to our website, you can click to our facebook page and become a fan. we already have nearly 500 people who have commented in our open to read. -- in our (thread. we are aggregating tweets by senators and u.s. house members. you can follow our lists. some of them have been doing this all might including connie mack. his last plot was that obama suggesting that the people were not listening on he

the lowest is honolulu, hawaii. the highest is miami, florida with $16 and dollars treated 51 -- $16,351. [no audio] >> sorry about that. my district alone, the first congressional district, in marquette, $6,100. here's the national average. in saginaw, they get reimbursed almost $8,600. detroit is $10,000. why the difference? is health care getting better in saginaw verses marquette? i do not think so. these are inefficiencies built into the system over 40 years that we need to address. address the quality not the quantity. house of businesses be impacted? if you have less than 25 employees, how do you figure what you have to pay if your number of employees and the average wage of the employers. it allows you to pay back through the exchange from health private or public. it depends on the number of your employees. i'm not talking about -- i'm talking but the payroll tax. i cannot afford health insurance. if my payroll is a $585,000 and i'm not writing my employees with health insurance, i would have to pay for% pa

the lowest is honolulu, hawaii. the highest is miami, florida with $16 and dollars treated 51 -- $16,351. [no audio] >> sorry about that. my district alone, the first congressional district, in marquette, $6,100. here's the national average. in saginaw, they get reimbursed almost $8,600. detroit is $10,000. why the difference? is health care getting better in saginaw verses marquette? i do not think so. these are inefficiencies built into the system over 40 years that we need to address. ress the quality not the quantity. house of businesses be impacted? if you have less than 25 employees, how do you figure what you have to pay if your number of employees and the average wage of the employers. it allows you to pay back through the exchange from health private or public. it depends on the number of your employees. i'm not talking about -- i'm talking but the payroll tax. i cannot afford health insurance. if my payroll is a $585,000 and i'm not writing my employees with health insurance, i would have to pay for% payro

[applause] >> i have to a knowledge a great host for me and my family when weaver and honolulu. the weather was a lot better. i know you all met the first lady yesterday. [applause] >> you began an important national discussion on the childhood obesity epidemic. i hate following my wife. she is more charming, smarter, tougher, and better looking. but i am looking forward to a productive discussion with all of you on the urgency to crate jobs to move our metropolitan areas for work. i always enjoyed meeting with mayors because they remind me of where i got my start. working with people at the local level, doing our best to make an impact on the lives of of -- of ordinary americans. that is what each of you does every single day. the things that make our cities work, our people go, transit, public safety, sanitation, parks, recreation. it was president johnson who once said that when the purchase of the president -- burdens of the presidency seemed unusually heavy, it could be worse, i could be a mayor. [applause] >> that is why we organized this meeting today. i look at you and s

the lowest is honolulu, hawaii.district alone, the first congressional district, in marquette, $6,100. here's the national average. in saginaw, they get reimbursed almost $8,600. detroit is $10,000. why the difference? is health care getting better in saginaw verses marquette? i do not think so. these are inefficiencies built into the system over 40 years that we need to address. address the quality not the quantity. house of businesses be impacted? if you have less than 25 employees, how do you figure what you have to pay if your number of employees and the average wage of the employers. it allows you to pay back through the exchange from health private or public. it depends on the number of your employees. i'm not talking about -- i'm talking but the payroll tax. i cannot afford health insurance. if my payroll is a $585,000 and i'm not writing my employees with health insurance, i would have to pay for% payroll tax -- 4% tax. 2, 4, 6, 8. the payroll is more than seven in the $50,000 per year, the most would pay is

he was ordained in the mid 1990's where he became pastor of the bread of life church in honolulu prior to becoming secretary of the ccas. to my knowledge he is the first american samoan to give the prayer to the house. i want to recognize his lovely wife, who is present in the gallery. also with her is the vice chairman of the christian church and his wife and the assistant to the general secretary and his wife, diane. it is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome to the house today my good friend, reverend samuel sr. thank you, madam speaker. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise mr. kucinich: good morning, madam speaker. i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. kucinich: yesterday i introduced h.r. 4404, a bill that will have a 50% tax that bankers are paying themselves from windfall taxes earned from massive federal government support.

the secretary had a wide-ranging bilateral discussion with the foreign minister in honolulu earlier this we look forward to continuing our joint efforts and shared interests. we will look forward to recognizing the 50th anniversary of the u.s.-japan security alliance on tuesday. but this was a decision that japan made, and obviously, we've been in consultation with them for sometime about this and other issues. >> president preval has apparently said that he feels like his national police force is adequate to control the city. and he says that 82nd airborne is welcome for support, but he believes the national police should be in the lead. has that been conveyed to you as officials, an is there any response? >> well, president preval met with the ambassador today. he had a conversation with president obama, as well as the secretary said, she'll be meeting with them tomorrow. we will continue to go through and work with the government of haiti. we've had many conversations with them since the earthquake. they have communicated to us what they think the priorities are, and we always have to

the secretary had a wide-ranging bilateral discussion with the foreign minister in honolulu earlier thisg our joint efforts and shared interests. we will look forward to recognizing the 50th anniversary of the u.s.-japan security alliance on tuesday. but this was a decision that japan made, and obviously, we've been in consultation with them for sometime about this and other issues. >> president preval has apparently said that he feels like his national police force is adequate to control the city. and he says that 82nd airborne is welcome for support, but he believes the national police should be in the lead. has that been conveyed to you as officials, an is there any response? >> well, president preval met with the ambassador today. he had a conversation with president obama, as well as the secretary said, she'll be meeting with them tomorrow. we will continue to go through and work with the government of haiti. we've had many conversations with them since the earthquake. they have communicated to us what they think the priorities are, and we always have to remember here, haiti is sove

the lowest is honolulu, hi, $5,300. the highest, miami, florida, $16,351. [no audio] >> sorry about that. my district alone, first congressional distrimmingt, marquette, you get reimbursed per medicare recipient, health care providers, $6,100. tra vs. city, $,600. there's the national average, go to saginaw, part of my district is this area, they get reimbursed, almost $8,600. if i threw detroit in there, $10,000. why the difference? is health care any better in saginaw at $,500 as opposed to marquette at $,100? are you any healthier at $6,100 than in miami at $16,000? i don't think. those are inefficiencies that bu we'll address the quality not the quantity. how will small businesses be impacted? less than 5 employees, how do you figure those, what you have to pay is your number of employees and the average wage of employers and it aallows you to purchase through a health exchange, public option, private. improved productivity, keeping your workers. when i said depends on your number of employees, and your payroll, i'm not talking about your -- i'm talking

the secretary had a wide ranging bilateral discussion with the foreign minister in honolulu earlier thisves the national police should be in the lead. is there any response? >> president obama met with the ambassador today in a conversation -- the secretary said she will be meeting with him tomorrow. we will work with the government of haiti and we have had many conversations since the earthquake. they have communicated with the permit -- what the priorities are. they are sovereign and they believe those capabilities are in their own national interest. we're there to support them. the national police force is still functioning. like other elements of haitian society, it is undoubtedly takintaken a hit based on the es of this week. they need to be augmented. you do have police there and they are doing their own augmentation of the security forces that have been for many years. the 82nd airborne is there and the humanitarian and disaster relief. they come with capabilities and to the extent they have offered this capabilities to the government, we will work with them in terms of what they