i'm an engineer operator in the houston, texas, fire department, and i'm the current president of the houston professional firefighters association. i'm pleased to appear before you on behalf of iff and our general president and the nearly 300,000 professional firefighters and emergency medical personnel of internal association of firefighters. most fundamental purpose of government is to protect the public safety. and despite rising deficits, federal government cannot afford to cut spending on homeland security funds to state and local governments. as the first line of defense in protecting our homeland, federal government has an inherent responsibility to help insure the local departments can effectively protect the public. among the most infective federal programs to assist local communities and protecting the homeland are safer and fire grant programs. studied by the nfpa recently found that fire department capabilities improved a variety of areas funded by safe air and fire. there have been significant increases in the number of fire departments that are able to provide their fir

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. >> i grew up in new york city triet >> houston, texas.s right outside manhattan. >> i am a native she said. >> my father was a sicilian man. >> my mother was and italian catholics. >> my mother was from japan. i was a bit of a tomboy. >> things got very awkward and strange for me. i had to start trying to act like one and look like one. >> i would always dress in jeans and converse tennis shoes. my girlfriends would be checking out the guys and i would be checking out the girls. >> i had these close friendships with my best girlfriend and i was hiding from my senior prom date. >> there was never someone i could talk to because i thought i was different. >> by the age of five or six i already knew that i should keep it on the down low. >> i knew, absolutely, that i was not supposed to talk about it. >> i was not honest with myself or my family and. >> you are raised with the idea that you're supposed to grow up and have a family. >> find the man of your dreams to would support you. >> grow up and get married and have a husband. >> a wife,

que está un poco atrasado, porque el niño ya tiene 8 años, y nunca ha ido a la escuela desde houston, texasfirmada por z40, el segun en mando del grupo de los z, en la que se lanzan amenazas. las autoridades dijeron que un grupo del crimen organizado se atribuyó el asesinato múltiple en este momento,es cruza el océano atlántico, el avión pastor 1 el avión que traslada al papa nuestra extensa cobertura termina esta noche con un recuento de lo mas importante buenas noches, edgar >>> hola, ¿qué tal?, buenas noches, en efecto, se despidió el papa de la isla de cuba condenando el embargo estadounidense sobre la isla, pero también le pidió al gobierno de cuba que respete las libertades fundamentales el avión del papa se fue a roma luego de una intensa lluvia, que cambió los protocolos, obligó las despedidas. >>> por su parte, raúl castro, señaló. aclaró, no pensamos igual en todos los temas, y qué pasó con esta misa multitudinaria? primero, como se fue, no fue multitudinaria, fueron pocas personas, esto también influyó en el ánimo de la celebrión, aparte, había un intenso sol, y por destacar 2 co

>>reporter: the disappearance of the eight-month-old took place in the city of houston, texas, a shorte ago and we talked to the houston police department and they say they will not comment but to say the investigators are now looking into what they describe as "possible kidnapping." the accused kidnapper, the former babysitter, crystal tanner, on the screen, she was arrested 160 miles away by the sheriff when she account boy had been living. the chief deputy there says he has seen her police file and houston closed the case after the prosecution there say they could not prosecute the matter because the date of the child's abduction was not clear. the missing child's mother says authorities this houston didn't investigate properly. >> cops didn't do much, i didn't get amber alert or nothing, they kept high baby's picture on national missing thing for two years and then took it off. and i didn't hear anything until last week. they say they have found him. >>reporter: if someone did not call child protective services at this hour, we would not know the whereabouts of her 8-year-old migue

if you're watching local 2 in houston, texas see art inspired by comic book, super heroes, hip-hop athis rejection of the conquerer at the art museum of southeast texas. that's your "early today" event of the day. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. charlize theron is a mom. she has adopted an african-american boy named jackson. elsewhere, tmz reports new orleans police issued an arrest warrant for russell brand, accused of grabbing a photographer's phone monday and throwing it through the window of a nearby law firm. lindsay lohan tweeted yesterday allegations she was in a hit and run the night before were, quote, a complete lie. however, reports say witnesses saw lohan in a black porsche doing a u turn to avoid photographers, grazing a man and his car. the man is said to be considering charges. bad news for matthew mcconnaughey. "killer joe" will definitely have an nc-17 rating, considered a box office killer for violence and sexual content this summer. finally, the bodyguard starring whitney houston and kevin costner will be in theaters for its 20th

in fact, president obama went from talking about jobs to going down to houston, texas. he has two fund-raisers scheduled. he will raise at least $2.8 million tonight, a lot of money but he's up against mitt romney whose campaign razeed $11.5 million in february. what this tells you, both parties are expecting a long expensive race. >> all right thank you so much for that report. >>> and the much anticipated hbo movie "game change" based on sarah palin's role in john mccain's failed presidency had its dpk pre-- d.c. premier. critics claim it only focused on two chapters. >> hello, i'm roosevelt leftwich. coming up all brand-new at 6 new details as second dog shows signs of being in a dogfight. police hope a nice reward will get people to speak up. and what the mild winter here means for your wallet. john matarese takes a look at the extra money we should have in our pockets. now a preview of what's coming up at 6:30. >>> she hecheed -- helped shape women around the world but she had tough times. what was the secret word that turned her into a billionaire, our person of t

first we're going live to the president of the united states speaking to supporters in houston, texas. >> that saves american families about $8,000 at the pump, that what is change is, that happened because of you. change is the fight we won to stop handing over $60 billion in taxpayer subsidies to banks in the student loan program, give that money to students and millions of young people all across the country are getting help they didn't have before. that happened because of you. change -- we got tsu in the house. [ cheering ] >> change, change is the fact that for the first time in history, you don't have to hide who you love in order to serve the country you love. don't ask don't tell is over. and yes, change is health care reform that we passed after a century of trying. this is reform that makes sure that nobody in this country goes bankrupt just because they get sick. and already 2.5 million young people have health insurance today that did not have it before because this law lets them stay on their parents plan, because of this law preventative care is covered, and yes, that i

houston, texas, very warm. in minneapolis, chance of rain and snow showers. warm weather continues for some of the few lucky ones tomorrow too. >> bill, good news. thanks so much. >>> a down day on wall street. the big day for apple. and one chicken nugget sells for thousands. seriously. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, if howard stern claims to be the king of all media, she's got to be the queen. >>> coming up, a new look for kobe bryant and the end of the line for peyton manning. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back. i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> iran is giving permission for inspectors to visit nuclear sites suspected of possible secret work on a nuclear weapon. president obama says sanctions are working as world powers will restart talks with iran over nuclear programs. >>> what is called a super moon is suspected a powerful moon in january 1912 created strong tieds sending icebergs into a path. >>> prince harry jumped out to early lead against jamaican hol

something else to watch out for today. 28 degrees in oklahoma city. 28 for houston, texas, and 25 in denver keeping the heat here. however, it's going to be much cooler towards the north. 9 in vancouver and 11 in winnipeg. just 4 degrees in toronto. heading into europe, not much change here. unstable, wet, and cooler out towards the east. finally getting some welcome rain just south of the iberian peninsula, which is good news since it's been so dry for the last several weeks. i'm going to leave you know with your extended forecast. unstable, wet, and cooler out >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us.

houston, texas, signed their star running back.d have an impact on the ravens hopes of signing ray. it will become the benchmark at the ravens will use in negotiating a new deal with rice's agent. pretty similar statutes. -- stats. the vikings dave peterson a $36 million guarantee. running backs bodies do not always outlast their contracts. stick around, we have the seven- day forecast. >> almost had four seasons in one day to day. >> that is an interesting observation. it will stay chilly all day tomorrow. there is only one season tomorrow. it turns chilly again into the week ahead. clocks move forward one hour on sunday. >> i do not know why you sound so excited. >> thank you for joining us. >> announcer: it's "the tonight

. >> well, all the leaders in energy are in houston, texas, this week for a big conference.a moment we are going to speak with the ceo of dominion resources major power and natural gas company. the stock up 10% over the past year. down about 5% so far this year. sharon epperson live in houston. when we said in a minute we're going to speak, we mean right now. dominion's ceo joining sharon. >> that's right, brian. we're here to talk about the future of natural gas and his outlook on natural gas. it's one of the largest natural gas systems in north america, in fact the largest you have here with dominion resources. and one of the key things out of this conference is we have so much natural gas in this country, tom, why are we exporting more? you have terminal you plan to have an export terminal, you've gotten the permit, when can we see this happen? >> sharon, nice to be with you. we have north america's largest gas storage facilities very large pipeline network that has a terminal in maryland, chesapeake bay. right now it's an import facility under long-term contracts. we hav

the world's leading energy executives are gathering today in houston, texas.t's where we find our own sharon epperson. sharon? >> reporter: brian, a lot of the executives here at this energy conference have a lot to say about how we could lower the high prices we're seeing for energy. one of them is to use natural gas more. i'm here with the ceo of apache, steve ferris, to talk a lib about his outlook for natural gas and in fact what strong production we're seeing from apache in light of the fact that we're looking at costs that are so low. how is that attainable? >> well, today, in 2011, we grew our production about 14%. we're projecting our production to grow to 7% to 13% higher. we average about 750,000 barrels of liquids in natural gas in 2011. >> reporter: do you see natural gas with all of that production as a key to solving some of these high energy costs, $3.77 a gallon for gasoline right now? >> if you think about it, the united states uses 356 million gallons of gasoline a day. and the amount of natural gas that we have in this country certainly woul

. >> houston, texas.y father was a sicilian. >> my mother is a catholic. >> my mom is from japan. >> i was a bit of a tomboy. a full-fledged tomboy. >> it got awkward and strange because i had to start trying to act and look like one. >> my choice of dress was always in jeans and converse tennis shoes. i was always checking out of the girls. >> i had close friendships with my girlfriends. hiding from my senior prom date. >> there was never somebody i could talk to because i thought i was different. >> i already knew by five that i should keep it on the download. >> i knew, absolutely. >> i was not honest with myself for my family. >> you are ways with that idea you are supposed to have a family. >> find the man of your dreams who will support you. >> grow up and get married. >> i would have a wife, children, a picket fence. >> i did not have any positive gay role models that i thought were out there. >> all of the imagery that was associated with gays and lesbians was as a hairdresser, some when you were

i looked up on the internet and snap has to do with rescuing dogs and cats in houston texas . makes sense. and i am not sure where all of the catchy phrases come from and why they are promoting it. >> and most outrageous point. taking taxpayer mon yespending it to advertise spending it to advertise a program where they are giving away taxpayer money. i don't get it. that is the government gone bezerk. >> we are advertising when we have already got 46 million people on food stamps. >> hopefully it is destigmatizing something. in order to get food stamp benefits you are to look for work dependent child or elderly or disabled. the reason we spend more on food stamps, we had a increase in the recession and poverty. this is an efficient program. low administrative cost and the money goes to people in need and they spend mon neprivate business and that multiplies about eye 50 percent in economic activity. >> 75.3 billion program. christian mentioned cost. it is huge. >> a well documented goes to fraud and goes to people in need. that is the problem. government is not a charity. we a