in past conferences items like the tuxedos and the after hour parties were paid for by individuals, not the taxpayer. had i known since what has been revealed i would have been concerned and would have reported it. because of the regional reporting structure in our agency i did not have super advisory control or authority over how the regional budget was spent the, procurement activities or any of the employees in the western region. the regional commissioners and their staff reported directly to the regional administrators who in turn report to the administrator's office. my primary role as the deputy commissioner is dealing with omb, congress and other federal agencies on critical projects and policy issues. i am not a contracting officer and i do not have a warrant to approve expenditures. i attended two of the receptions cited in the i.g. report, one hosted by the commissioner and i understood that he would be

understanding at the time was that the commissioner was paying for the charges associated with the after-hours party on tuesday evening so i tried to use that in a humorous way and suggest the awardee would have to pay for the party in the hotel. finally i said the acting commissioner would have to answer for his proposed pay increases in the video. my intent was to point out the commissioner has a lot of responsibilities and has to answer to a lot of people in the administration and congress, not to mock the various oversight roles. my remarks were wrong and i take full responsibility for what i said. i understand the outrage about this conference, my comments, and how they have inflamed all of the issues surrounding this event. i preface the rest of my statement by saying i've only seen a draft of the ig report that appears to be the same as what has been released publicly. i have not seen any of the supporting documents and was not questioned or briefed by the ig during the investigation, so i do not know all the details. this represents my understanding based upon what i remember from almost two

in past conferences items like the tuxedos and the after hour parties were paid for by individuals, not the taxpayer. had i known what has been revealed i would have been concerned and reported it. because of the regional reporting structure in our agency, i did not have supervisory control or authority over how the regional budget was spent, procurement activities 0 or any of the employees in the western regions. the regional commissioners and staff reported directly to their regional administrators with input from the commissioner, who report in turn to the administrator's office. my primary role as the deputy commissioner is dealing with the office of management and budget, congress, and other federal agencies on critical projects and policy issues. i am not a contracting officer and i do not have a warrant to approve expenditures. i have spent the last 15 years of my career working for gsa and i believe strongly in the agency's mission and the values it provides to other agencies and our country. i am truly sorry for my comments and apologize to this committee, the administration, m

conference included everything from luxury vegas accommodations, pricey dinners, and lavish after-hours parties. employee rap videos mocked the agency's overspending ways and taxpayers picked up the $800,000 tab. >> it is not your money. >> that is the frustration steaming out of our ears. >> i am extremely aggrieved by the gall of a handful of people to misuse federal tax dollars, twist contracting rules. >> on the advice of counsel, i respectfully decline to answer. >> he received a bonus while under investigation. >> it is absolutely ridiculous the american people have to sit back and watch this. >> the inspector general says he is probing misconduct be on the biggest spending spree. >> including all sorts of improprieties, including bribes , possibly kickbacks, but i would have to check on kickbacks. >> the inspector general has referred the case to the justice department to determine whether he should be criminally charged. >> it was warm today and record- tying warm. downtown baltimore hit 91 degrees but that has not been an official measuring station for several years. all the records ar

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gsa employees stayed in luxury resort suites, charged expenses for after hour parties, purchased food for non-gsa employees, just to name a few of the examples. one of the recommendations you made in your vort that, and tangherlini became acting administrator one of our first conversations was about sending a bill to the regional commissioner, the former pbs commissioner and others responsible for these in-room parties and other expenses. and i believe that the acting administrator has sent the bill. he's on the next panel, and i believe he would say that he has already at least taken steps to send a bill. >> if they don't pay it back what happens? you have a criminal or a civil remedies to try to get it back? >> perhaps civil remedies. >> mr. miller, in several of the interviews your investigators conducted witnesses said they were scared that mr. neely would retaliate against them if they blew the whistle. this is actually shocking to the conscience. for example, one employee said if you crossed mr. neely and i quote, then you're in trouble. you know, he threatens you with poor perf

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hour. government employees gone while. lavish parties, mind readers, bests, and who is getting the bill? we tell you. and a blast from the past. >> a segment we call "what the hill," and you will know why. a senior obama administration official forced to quit after her agency improperly paid for $820,000 junket to a nevada casino. at taxpayer expense. martha johnson is head of the general services administration an agency in charge of spending oversite. she stepped down after firing two deputies and suspending two other staffers over their nevada trip. it included $95 per person dinners, $3,200 for a mind reader and $7,500 thousand in team building exercises including building bicycles and after hour parties in suites. >> i have no tan in italy so i got excited and i went tanning in jersey. tanning. tanning. tanning. >> we have all been there. >> we will help you. you may want to trying to keep up with the jersey shore group. >> there is a dramatic increase in a surprising group: young people. and hour is dermatologist. doctor, great to have you. everyone loves the such because it feels

in the past, things like tuxedo at after-hours parties were paid for by individual. because of the regional reporting structure in our agency, i did not have supervisor robert control or control over how the budget was spent or over the employees. the regional commissioners reported to regional of ministers who report to the administrator's office. my primary role is dealing with omb, congress and public officials. i'm not a contracting officer and do not have a warrant to approve expenditures. i attended two of the events. one hosted by the commissioner and one to thank everyone for their help. i did not believe any government funds were used to pay for the events that occurred after hours. i spent the last 15 years of my career working for gsa and i believe strongly in the agency's mission in the value it provides to our country. i'm truly sorry for my comments and apologize to this committee, the administration, fell please, and most importantly, the american taxpayers. i'm willing to take any questions you have. >> mr. neely, you have not provided us with any tes

forces should be the first to hold fighting with the rebels to full suit within forty eight hours the parties had reached an agreement but recently stepped back demanding region guarantees from each other diplomats are down for them the plan will ever work out but believe russia can become a mediator the kremlin continues to staunchly opposed any kind of outside intervention in syria but is ready to put more pressure on damascus and. thank you very much for that. well let's start talking about about the peaceful syria and the down the coffee and now. well the violence according to the coffin is supposed to stop on the. paper so what will be russia's reaction if bashar assad's regime will fail to withdraw. by the eight. thank you very much earlier than a live news story from the maybe major point. as you know yesterday the security council it. can do because eventually the so on syria as you rightly mentioned one of the provision of the mistreatment. is about stopping or fighting. suggested the syrian authorities stop the violence stop fighting with the road the heavy arms by the fans of peopl

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in addition, there would promulgate regulations to insure third-party verify hours that are part of thebenefit court industry will be required -- better corporation will be required to give third-party for vacation. this is comparable to what other states have required of the benefit corporation. finally, we have included amendments to track the impact of this legislation. for the next two years, every six months, hrc, in coordination with the comptroller, will provide an evaluation of the impact of the program, and after the first two years, every year, there will be a similar evaluation done. unless there are any questions, i want to bring of the director theresa sparks to talk about the legislation from her perspective. i want to thank her and her staff for all the work she had done with this. >> good morning, supervisors. i want to thank supervisor chiu's office for the work they have put on this. with limited staff, we have made some contributions, along with the budget analyst, which makes this a cleaner and easier ordinance to implement. the things we were worried about where the

the party started about an hour ago and there are 3500 fans here, and there is a full draft experiencefu experienceful -- experience. fans couldn't wait to get inside. they lined up hours ago. this is sort of like a fan festival. people with k.play games, meet cheerleaders eat, drink and watch the first round of the nfl draft on two big screens. fans can also get autographs from the 49er alums. >> there are autographs have a beer. watch the draft. >> have fun. >> seeing them in person is so exciting ask i'm a cheerleader so it will be nice seeing professional cheerleaders. >> and this is supposed to be a family experience so a lot of children are here this, is the fifth annual draft party put on by the 49ers and this should take place in three hours, this is going to be taking place just across the street. we went to ground breaking last week, opening in 2014. in santa clara abc 7 news. >> thank you. very much and there is a world war ii veteran who had memorabilia stolen got some good news today. he didn't get back what was stolen but the response has been remarkable and heart warming.

today he spoke for well over an hour at the wyoming republican party convention in cheyenne. people say cheney seemed strong and walked on stage without any assistance. >>> an anne arundel county police officer is being questioned after fatally shooting a man during a domestic dispute call. it happened last night in the 800 block of cross valley lane. when police arrived they heard a woman screaming. authorities say one of the officers, a four-year veteran of the department web with the inside and was confronted by gary pettry. pettry was eventually shot in the upper body. a female was taken to the hospital. she's expected to be okay. >>> fire destroyed a home in herndon today. the flames broke out around 3:00 p.m. one person was home at the time. he got out safely, but his three cats are still missing. the cause the fire still under investigation. red cross will help the two people who lived in the home. >>> another turn in the battle to redevelop alexandria's waterfront. the city council called on the city attorney to leave its legal fight to rezone the waterfront as recent

hour. everything from tea party and what it is doing or not doing these days, we have updates on the ross mirkarimi situation >> and we're talking about a new bill that would prevent employers for asking for prospective employees passwords to facebook and twitter. >> on an even know what legal right they had to ask us for that but apparently they do but first, big news this week >> class as are set to resume tomorrow at oikos university. it will be three weeks to the day after seven people were killed at the were shooting rampage at a california university. ♪ ♪ >> yesterday i korean church from santa clara held a service outside the school. people remember the victims who died at the school, six students and a receptionist >> i saw it on television but coming here it comes to me more deeply >> a 44 year-old former nursing student awaits trial for the seven murders. most classes will resume tomorrow in the same building where the shootings happened but nursing class is will meet at unit at college in fremont. the attorney for george zimmerman says he hopes to have him out on bail by the middle of th

hours. gets the party going. >> okay, okay. >> and then here we have our lovely oranges that we've taken outly -- >> oh. >> can you do that later? >> this is just orange sauce -- orange juice, sugar, a little butter, and then we take that marinade, again, and put it in. >> ooh. >> and it's very refreshing. adults only. and a little chopped walnuts that are roasted. >> love it. >> and you have a nice light and refreshing dessert. >> that's amour. >> wait, wait. >> five seconds. >> this is italian quiche on steroids. you have to have this. >> unbelievable. >> prosciutto, eggs -- >> grab it. >> scottos. >> really too busy? >> what can i tell you. >> scottos, thank you so much. happy easter. the recipe is on our website. >> up next billy ray cyrus live in concert. >>> the toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. >> musician, actor and father billy ray cyrus can now add the title of morning show co-host to his repertoire -- i'm country. i can't say it. he's filling in for hoda kotb this morning. >> but first he's going to perform a new song for us from his upcoming album. thank

completed with police that includes how to positively interact during after-school hours and possibly security so both parties feel secure as to what their job is. >> we have already heard how you are going to help us out. >> what is the timeline for implementing regulations, and thank you for your time. >> the one to give a timeline on how long before we get the training -- do you want to give a timeline before we give training? apraxias. -- >> yes, we want you to be recorded. >> our time line is we want to have the class we are proposing start with a brand new classes, so we are going to have of brand new basic recruit class start on june 25, so we want to roll this out going into the massive hiring stage. we want the training imbedded in the academy so we make sure we have time for that training, and i imagine we will use the basic class as our guinea pig class. we will work withi them and to scenarios. this is how i envisioned it. i want to work not only with a brand new recruits class but to get things rolling, to have the captain empower certain officers on their beats, to have officers of the academy l

and the rest of the opposition party flee. >> we managed to get out of the theater and run away, literally run away. >> jose runs home and remains there for several hoursling phone call, warning him that angry members of roman loiza's party are after him. >> so i decided to move to another place and then take us immediately at night and move to another city to stay safe. >> the lives of jose and other members of his party depend on roman's full recovery. they remain in hiding waiting for news of his condition. >> he was in a coma for quite a few days. we were all concerned about his health, no doubt about it. we would have ended up being lynched if mr. loisa had not recovered. >> two months later, he recovers and returns to the assembly. >> he came back as a different person. he was not man of confrontation anymore. he summoned us for a reconciliation, and he provoked one of the most touchy, sensitive moments of the constitutional assembly. we applauded him, we thanked him, and we held each other, members of the opposition and members of the government. some people even cried. >> the incident with mr. loisa gave them a chance to talk, it gave them a ch

this come hours after his party turns student loans and an affordable college education into a cynical himming health care and on a day the president spoke to troops in georgia addressing what he called the 9/11 generation. >> those of you who want to pursue a higher education and earn new skills, you deserve that opportunity as well. because higher education is the clearest path to the middle class. >> it is the president's popularity with younger voters that still vexes republicans to this day. even an old hand like karl rove. his super pac's new ad, hitting the president for being a celebrity, is getting considerable blow-back. not because it is evil or mean but because it's so bad. take a look. >> oh, yeah! >> joining us now, richard ç wolffe. >> the blowback is such that donald trump in february of mitt romney was a delight. he called it one of the worst he's ever seen. what was your response? >> donald trump does know a thing about celebrity and he is overstepping the mark and i think it is quite clear frg you're going after someone, then why go after that popularity? if i under

they report they were partying less than 48 hours before the president arrival. >> under the rules of this hotel guests had to be signed in. >> 21 people responsible for the president's security are accused of soliciting prostitutes at a hotel. those include 11 secret service agents and 10 members of the military. now republican senator susan collins of maine wants to know if what happened is isolated or a culture of behavior. >> i am worried that this is the only time that they were caught. >> wjz has learned that a former secret service agent from maryland says his brother, who is a current agent, was in south america when the scandal broke. dan bongino is a republican running for senate in maryland, he says his brother is not accused of anything. >> i have personal relationships with some of the, one of them is a family member assisting in the investigation. >> the agents are on paid leave but they have all been stripped of their top security clearance. back to you. >> thank you very much. the president has given his director a vote of confidence. >>> hearings continue today on cap

party on hyde park drive just after 11:15 last night. paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he died two hours later. police detained several people at the party but so far not made an arrest there. there has been another deadly boat accident off the coast of outhern california near the border of mexico. a yacht crashed into a much larger vessel during a race to mexico. the crash happened sometime late from night or late saturday morning and they countdown the crash near the coronadas island s in mexico. >> we're searching for the lost person near coronadas islands. >> since it goes through a shaping lane, it's possible for a large ship to hit a sailboat and not even know it two weeks after a yacht crashed in the san francisco bay. the body os of two sailors have been found and three are still missing and presumed dead tonight. the coast guard has suspended all racing pending an investigation into that accident. >>> 20 years ago today, a jury in the los angeles area delivered a controversial verdict that sparked some of the deadliest riots in u.s. history. april 29th, 1992, four l.a. officer were acqu

hour assistance. >>> oakland owes oracle arena is hosting the pop 2012 rave. the large party is being closely watched after a similar event resulted in drug related deaths two years ago. katie is live outside the arena. >> reporter: heather, there's safety precautions that are different this year than last time. the parking lot is filling up and behind us they're waiting to get tickets at the ticket window. 10,000 tickets sold for the return of pop 2012. we talked to a few people as they were going into this venue. the doors opened a half hour ago. they told us they plan to party smart, drink lots of water, and that they weren't too concerned about their safety. this is the same event that was held they palace two years ago that led to the deaths of two people from drug overdoses from the drug ecstasy. sickened eight people, and caused police to make 70 drug- related arrests. one of the medical supervisors told me this year they are using a text emergency system, so anyone needing help can get help without having to try to make a phone call in a loud venue for r. no one can h

within the last hour, north korea's ruling workers party has named its young leader as first secretary, which appears to be a new created post. meanwhile, the russian news agency is reporting that pyongyang has set a date for launch of its controversial rocket and informed, apparently, north korean sources that if the weather is clear, the rocket will be launched on april 14. pyongyang says the rocket will launch a satellite, but critics fear it's a test of long-range missile technology. our correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports from the site of the rocket inside north korea. >> this is the heart of north korea's satellite program. we're not allowed to film that way, but we've been brought about half an hour outside pyongyang this morning to mission control for the rocket launch planned for this week. and inside there, well, there is the control room. there's a giant screen with a live video feed coming of the rocket on its launch pad. it's been covered in plastic sheets at the minute because of heavy rainfall, they say, to protect the rocket. but the fueling is ongoing to get the

president is expected to sign new laws making it easier for parties to register and the competition can get a whole lot tougher for he said he's an hour or so what's become a real party rush. politics in russia may never be the same protests have become a common sight and new parties are registering left and right that's political reform starts. so former deputy prime minister in the ninety's is no stranger to the white house. you know him from was long off the political radar until his son in mass protest movement picked up after vast fraud claims against the december parliamentary vote now might be his chance to get back in the game to pressure only party other candidates that are but one proposal is for any team with five hundred members there isn't snow less than fifty percent of russia's regions should be registered at some of that you in the state only been employed once pushing for easy party registration is already seen thoughts it was of dissidents now there will be hundreds of part just registered hundreds of democratic socialist nationalist balance sheets will be kilometers long. and extend their beloved has been trying to

the sun reports this happened just hours after pippa hit a raunchy party in paris.rfs and all kinds of funness. jonathan hunt with the news. legal charges? i don't know if hanging out with drarps or strippers is illegal for semi royals. >> nothing illegal about that. but the fake gun could be deemed to be illegal. it was certainly a laps of judgment one would think for from pippa middleton especially being in a car with someone carrying and pointing a fake gun at a photographer in the very city where 15 years ago princess diana died in a car while being chased by paparazzi. that along with the raunchy party, the details dare which i not mention may find pippa being have some strong words by her sister kate, the duchess of cambridge you could imagine. >> shepard: without the details of the rawrgey party this is not an interesting party. the royals have done this before. >> yes, they have. obviously what springs to mind initial solid prince harry who has been in trouble lots of times. we don't have the pictures. >> shepard: we have them but we are not showing them. >>

ago and i think it's something that we have got think about is that our parties are very evenly balanced. one reason that sizen hour and johnson and nixon and john kennedy and all of these people were able to collaborate in a way is because you had an undisputed majority party in the 1950s and 1960s. they will reach out for minority support in passing the civil rights act. i think he got three quarters of the republican house supporting a bill that divided the democratic caucus 50/50 because of the size of the national majority. i think that the incentives right now we are going through the phase here. they are not to reach across the aisle but to mobilize your own people. bring your own people to the polls. we don't have an answer for that except that i think the american people over the last number of elections have really not rendered a clear cut decision in the way so many have decided back then. huge landslide in 1964. we had decisive elections. very close for an incumbent president. immediately taken aback by the popular republicans. americans just have not quite resolved the competing. >> both of your grandf

reaction to that prostitution scam involving secret service agents in colombia allegedly partying way too hard off hours in preparation for the president's visit. congressman issa says he might have to hold some new investigative hearings. greg is not impressed. seems when there is a new headline, somebody in congress is preparing for investigation. it seems like the real workers toot real job keeping the country running -- do the real job keeping the country running. the latest is the secret service. they need to be fired, not investigated. they protect the president. >> a couple things to keep in mind, it is congress' job to have oversight over the money spent and a lot of times those investigations do turn up information. and then dale on washington d.c. on george zimmerman's lawyer's request friday that the man be given bail. as much as i think zimmerman is guilty, he is declared under our legal system innocent until proven guilty. he has cooperated with the authorities and has turned himself into the authorities when charges were filed. it pains my heart to say that he deserves bail. you have to ta

party? next hour we will get our first peek at the dynamic duo on the trail together for the first time.y for a town hall in pennsylvania one day before republicans vote in that primary. rubio continues to dodge questions about the possibility of being the vp pick while romney keeps his focus on the man he wants to replace. >> on his own measure people getting good jobs to pay a mortgage he's failed. it's time to get a president who can succeed. he's out of ideas. he's out of excuses. in 2012 we got to make sure he's out of office. david axelrod, who is his political strategist, was on the sunday shows and he said roughly these words.

party? next hour we will get our first peek at the dynamic duo on the trail together for the first time.y for a town hall in pennsylvania one day before republicans vote in that primary. rubio continues to dodge questions about the possibility of being the vp pick while romney keeps his focus on the man he wants t

understanding of the time was that the commissioner was paying for the charges associated with the after-hours party on tuesday evening, so i tried to do that in a humorous way that suggested the awardee would have to pay. finally i suggested he would have to pay for his proposed pay increases. my intent was to answer to a lot of people in the administration and congress, not to mock the various overside roles. my remarks were wrong, and i take full responsibility for what i said. i understand the outrage about this conference. i preface to the rest of my statement by saying that i have only seen a report that seems to be the same as what was released publicly. i was not a question during the investigation, so i do not know all the details. i no longer have access to e- mails or files, so i am not able to review these events. this represents my findings of what i remember from almost two years ago. i want to start by apologizing. i was not directly involved in the planning for the conference or any financial contract irregularities identified. i did attend to and a half days of the conference. there

ten bay area tea party groups will spend three hours demonstrating starting at 1:00 p.m. they plan to wave around foam fingers that say no obama 2012. >>> an ordinance to give wall net creek more control over alcohol sales is one step closer to becoming law. it was drafted after a rise in violence downtown. it would set nuisance standards for businesses that serve it. >> there is a new clinic in concord to treat low income residents. it's an sierra road just after monument boulevard. it'll cater to those without health insurance. an opening ceremony was held last night. it'll offer medical, prevention and dental care and senior services. >> wells fargo reported a profit surge of 13% during the first quarter. it said much of it is due to increase in mortgages. wells fargo said it started $129 billion of mortgage loans. that is up from 120 billion in the 4th quarter and 84 billion a year earlier. a cell off on wall street sent stocks down today after weak growth in china sparked worries about the recovery. it dropped 136 points, the nasdaq fell 44. >> the brother of thomas