jared huffman is a dad. he is a father of two children and he is married to a wonderful woman who is a public school teacher. public education is a paramount jared.nce to he values it personally for his children and their future success. was sworntive hoffman in as a member of the 113th 2013.ss on january 3, he represents our second district. the district spans from the golden gate bridge to the oregon border. cover six counties, including all of marin. congressman huffman is a member of the house budget committee. he has distinguished himself as a legislator who tackles complex public policy challenges. he works tirelessly and he gets results, often by forging bipartisan consensus on very difficult issues. you will read the news, right? bipartisanship is hard to come by. father, a husband, a member of our community and the leader in congress. i am very honored to call him my friend and your friend. and we welcome him now to the podium. [applause] thank you for that great introduction. thanks for everything

representative jared huffman. [applause] and our very empathetic and compassionate leader nancy pelosi. thank you so much. [applause] >> and our moderator dana king. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> an update on a story about a suspected shooter at fort lee. fort lee has given the all clear. a female soldier apparently turning the gun on herself, firing only one shot. the shooter injured herself, but none others. the shooter has been taken to vcu medical center. her condition at this time is unknown. we will be keeping you updated on the c-span networks. and president obama has sent three emissaries to the funeral of michael brown, the african-american killed by a police officer two weeks ago. "thismccaskill said morning i will attend mike brown 's memorial service as a mother, not an elected official representative steven horsford said "solemn, somber mood. our country must do some soul-searching, live up to the american

represented jared huffman. [applause] and our very empathetic and compassionate leader, nancy pelosi, thank you so much. [applause] and our moderator dana king. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> on the next "washington attorney former deputy general william youmans talks about the role history of the justice department's civil rights division, how civil rights investigations are determined, and the division's role in the ferguson, missouri case. we begin our series on modern clinical campaign with a look at fundraising. our guests are the senior political strategist for the sheraton group, and joanna burgos, is strategist with ourmessage.inc. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. c-span, a look at how the health care law has been implemented in seven father -- southern states. speakers will include alice rivlin, as well as the heritage --ndati

we are truly honored to be hosting today's town hall meeting with representative jared huffman along with democratic house leader, nancy pelosi. [applause] absolutely. joined today by our esteemed board of trustees, names]bevis -- [reads please give around the applause for the board of trustees. [applause] i also know that we are joined today by a variety of other leaders in education, both superintendents and various school board members. if you are in the audience, please stand so that we can acknowledge you as well. thank you. [applause] tois now my pleasure introduce you to the moderator of our town hall meeting. dana king was a familiar face in the bay area for 15 years as a five-time emmy me -- emmy award-winning broadcast journalist on the cbs five eyewitness news. and she has a familiar face in the rain county, where she lived for 17 years before her recent move to oakland. she has spent years volunteering on behalf of children and youths, working to make early childhood education accessible to all students. here's she is the founding government leadership chair of marin kids

[applause] and our very own congressman .ared huffman [applause] we will hear from the congressman in the moment. he is going to give us a thumbnail sketch of the action plan. then we will hear from students who will share their personal stories. we will follow with work on the andd of college access affordability. and the importance of preschool and the need for childcare, without which many families cannot afford to send their children to preschool. take youre going to questions. i know it is rare to have a power base at the table in front of you. i am sure there are many things you want to discuss, but we want to stay on topic so we will go through the questions and make sure we do that. so, we will be passing -- staff has taper and pencils if you have questions. they will be passed up to me and when you are done writing raise your hand and we will pick them up. all right? so, shall we get started? all right. i want to introduce congressman hoffman. you know him, you see him all the time. an incredibly hard worker. first and foremost, he is a dad. a father of two children married t

charlotte huffman tells us a nine month investigation, now has three suspects behind bars. these four are who investigators believe are at the center of the scam. spencer compass and wins exton laviolette from philadelphia, joanne west from abington and her brother ken west from brooklyn whom authorities are still looking for. today attorney general cain issued this warning. >> today's rest should be loud and clear that if you try to victimized our senior citizens you are going to pay a steep price. >> reporter: all four faced multiple charges including conspiracy and theft, by deception. the victims, seniors from across the country. scam out of more than $160,000. grandparents scam is a common one were losses totaling 42 million since 2012, according to federal trade commission estimates. last year two seniors said they were targets of a similar grandparent scam. laura may wired 2700 to a scammer claiming to be her grandson stuck in a mexican prison. while marilyn naply didn't fall for it she said many others in her senior living facility did. >> almost everybody in the bu

char lieutenant huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> charlotte, thank you. >>> "cbs evening news" with scott pelley will have much more on today's developments in iraq at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> new information, tonight, in the murder of a jogger near penny pack park and northeast philadelphia reward for information leading to connie maclean murray's killer is up to $50,000. the philadelphia parking authority and district council 21 added a combined $50,000 today. maclean murray's brother was a long time parking authority employees, and the group felt they needed to do something with the investigation. >> we have gotten a lot of tips, and we are running on those tips. none of and out yesterday but we will continue to work. >> reporter: maclean murray was found dead tuesday morning and police say she was strangled. so far police have no suspects, few leads and they are in need of the public's help. >>> suspect in the deadly shooting at mercy fitzgerald wellness center in darby is behind bars tonight. richard plots, was released from the hospital of the

charlotte huffman is live there now with the heart warming story, charlotte. >> gist contact police are still looking for person responsible but tonight we have a story for but how sometimes the bad in one person can bring out the good in another. meet dottie roy. >> there are good people out there. there really is. >> reporter: and meet pat patriceo. >> she deserves it, i knew nothing of her story. >> reporter: two strangers living miles apart brought together by a crime. you see, roy woke up this morning to find all four of her tires, slashed, leaving her with no car, and, no money to pay for repairs. >> that will take me like six months to a year, to fix money up for a tires. >> reporter: that is when patriceo who heard roy's story on kyw news radio step into help. >> it just touched my heart. >> reporter: she called our station and offered to pick up the tab. >> you are kidding me, really, my god, that is so great. >> reporter: "eyewitness news" cameras were rolling when roy got the good news. >> thank you so much, whoever you are. >> reporter: patriceo called pep boys who stepped u

our iteam reporter charlotte huffman has this "eyewitness news" exclusive. >> reporter: iteam cameras were allowed to video these children as long as we don't though their faces. they are immigrants from central america who have left their families behind this year and crossed the border. now in the hands of the federal government, they will attend philadelphia schools this fall. >> philadelphia. >> reporter: they say that they like it here, much better then the gang violence ridden streets many of them left behind. >> part of the challenges that they face here after lot to do with what they faced before they left their home countries. >> reporter: kathy tillman runs a philadelphia non-profit that provides counseling to undocumented child immigrants. >> often times they come with very disruptive education or no education at all. so when they come here they are coming with pretty big bags of challenges. >> reporter: these children will require extra counseling, and english as a second language programs, and not all parents are happen bye it. >> i definitely think that it should not hap

charlotte huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> in the meantime with no long term deal in place the fighting in gaza resumed, one minute after a cease-fire, ended. hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets from gaza and israel responded with air strikes, one hit near a mosque killing a ten year-old boy. israel has pulled its delegation out of cairo saying it will not negotiate while under fire. >>> hawaii is cleaning up from its first tropical storm in 22 years. iselle brought down trees and power lines and led to some flooding, some properties were also damage. now hawaii residents are keeping a close eye on hurricane julio. >>> the time right now 6:15. carol erickson is here, it is ugly in hawaii but in the the case here at home. >> no, not at all, look at this sunrise, liz. it is a beautiful day, sunnies starting to work already this morning. it doesn't expect any extra compensation and it is just working full-time both today, tomorrow and a lot on monday as well so perfect start to the day through atlantic city, you will move over to the margate area and you've got nice conditi

. >> lsd was isolated by huffman in a pharmaceutical company in switzerland. are you happy? a beautiful experience would you say? >> i would say yes. >> some people think it's when kesey discovers lsd that the counter culture in california is born, because more and more people try to experience what kesey experienced and he becomes a promoter of it. ♪ >> kesey created a drug commune an hour from san francisco. great artists love smashing traditions, and at his best kesey was doing that. everybody would have this trip together. tom wolf would write the acid test about it. >> people were constantly slipping drugs into my food. the number of times i would get up and say what happened to me? they thought they were doing me a favor. >> they were having the world's fair in new york, so the burg of us were going to go. but the bunch of us was too big to fit in his station wagon so he bought this converted school bus. ♪ . >> kesey was going to put the bus in this deglo colors and unsettling america blowing people's minds. >> the whole idea of blowing people's minds was that you have

huffman: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to simply allow a vote on h.r. 15, a bill that has the bipartisan votes to pass today that we can have on the president's desk today to properly address this crisis. the speaker pro tempore: the time will be charged to the gentleman yielding, and once again the gentleman from oklahoma has not yielded for that purpose. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, might i inquire how much time we have left? the speaker pro tempore: first, the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker, i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed h.r. 3148, cited as the improving trauma care act of 2014. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: may i inquire how much time remains on both sides? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts has 13 3/4 remaining and the gentleman from oklahoma has 14 minutes. mr. mcgovern: i'll ask nanimous co

now, i'd like to recognize for another five minutes of questions representative huffman of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to be at this hearing because i represent earthquake country, tsunami country, and i think it's a very important subject with some real helpful testimony, so i want to also thank the witnesses for their contributions. mr. chairman, i also wanted to be here to thank you because as a new member of congress, i think this is the first hearing i have attended of any subcommittee in the natural resources committee that wasn't a loaded partisan title full of loaded partisan content with a loaded partisan agenda. this is a really important subject where we can all be interested and engaged and we might actually get something done together that could really help the country. so we need more hearings like this and as much as anything i wanted to be here to express that and to thank you for it, and with that i'll yield the balance of my time to ranking member holt. >> iative huffman. first, following on the line of our ranking member's comments, the mentalit

congressional transparency using wikipedia followed by a joint town hall anding with nancy pelosi jared huffman. later a discussion about u.s. relations with northeast asia. the cato institute hosted a discussion about the potential for increasing congressional transparency using wikipedia. the speakers included people who post and edit wikipedia information. this is one hour. >> welcome. i'm the jerk are congressional affairs at the cato institute. he likes to point out that there are hits about bills in congress. the whole i wikipedia say that people that work with members and are largely not editing the website that a large segment of the american population used to get information about congress. what we have here is a huge manner in which government can deliver transparency. there is little history and legislation. this works and issues such as privacy, and telik indications, transparency, security. he was the jerk during of information on the -- he was the director of from racial policy. she is a legislative researcher at the cato institute. additionally, she is editing wikipedia since au

huffman? >> i would yield my time to barbara lee. >> let me think the gentleman for yielding his time. i appreciate that. wanted to ask you to respond. you have mentioned the owe tance of attaching feppers to work. in the fell wear reform bill, dempsters and republicans. this was a bipartisan fiasco if ou ask me -- president clinton signed it into law, but there snap and ime ban on ublic assistance on drug owe fins convictions. i have had legislation for years trying to lift this. fortunately, states can opt out, and my state just opted out this year. what work that you do as it relates to formerly incarcerated individuals with felony drug owe offenses, how would their transition be into the work world? would it be easier, harder, , p reduce resip vicks recidivism, and what would this do? >> let me ask mrs. reynolds one more thing with regard to the federal grant and safety nets. what would happen to your clients if there is a 30% reduction in the safety net while you are trying to help people

huffman? >> i would yield my time to barbara lee. >> let me think the gentleman for yielding his time. i appreciate that. wanted to ask you to respond. you have mentioned the owe tance of attaching feppers to work. in the fell wear reform bill, dempsters and republicans. this was a bipartisan fiasco if ou ask me -- president clinton signed it into law, but there snap and ime ban on ublic assistance on drug owe fins convictions. i have had legislation for years trying to lift this. fortunately, states can opt out, and my state just opted out this year. what work that you do as it relates to formerly incarcerated individuals with felony drug owe offenses, how would their transition be into the work world? would it be easier, harder, , p reduce resip vicks recidivism, and what would this do? >> let me ask mrs. reynolds one more thing with regard to the federal grant and safety nets. what would happen to your clients if there is a 30% reduction in the safety net while you are trying to help people

macy and felicity huffman. >> they were going crazy. he was changing her shoes on the red carpet.> wow. thank you. >> you just lost your nacho privilege. >> really? >> talk about a foul ball. hey! >> let's go to gratuitous adorable animals. it's friday. let's do it. >> ha! >> always on the adorable animal photos. but this is a ferocious tiger. that's a tiger. it's a 25-day-old tiger in china. and it's actually got a -- it's a condition which is basically the opposite of being an albino which is that it's all black. it's not a different species of tiger, it's just its stripes are so close together at the moment it appears to be black. there are more and more of these little guys coming around because we're increasingly breeding tigers in captivity which causes genetic problems. who cannot love an adorable tiger? [ jeremy ] i get to spend all day, every day, visiting with dentists, getting an understanding of what they're looking for. somebody who has sensitivity, they want relief from their sensitivity pain, but they also want the other things that are available in toothpaste. new

that is followed by house nancy pelosi and huffman taking part in a form on education issues. senate majority leader harry reid was in nevada thursday for a breakfast. some of the topics he addressed, including the veterans health care, and congressional gridlock. this is 50 minutes. >> all i did was mess up waking up up so early. i am happy to be here. i am happy that c-span is filming this. i am happy that the koch brothers -- that is all i have to say. i have become friendly with them everywhere i go. ok, everybody, i am so glad to be home. as you know, we moved our home searchlight over here. it was more important that we be with our grandchildren. we have such fond memories. [indiscernible] as some of you know, john smith was raised in henderson. his dad was a big shot in the union movement. his mom was calhoun's top assistant. they were wonderful people. i am glad he wrote to that. talk about having roots. during the war, my dad worked at the plants. my brothers all graduated high school in henderson. one of my brothers was quite famous because he shot the winning basket