and other times also in idaho. jim mcclure was very dedicateed to a couple of important issues. the first one being fiscal issues. jim mcclure would come back to idaho and warn about the spending habits that this united states congress had. in fact, i think -- i've known jim mcclure since i was a young prosecutor back in the 1960's. i think jim mcclure was the first one i ever heard speak of directly about the danger that this congress was leading this congress into with its spending habits. had his advice been followed back then, had been followed back then, we would not be as a country in the difficulties we are today. secondly, jim's issue was energy. jim spent time as a chairman of the senate committee on energy and natural resources. indeed, we -- i sit on that committee today. senator craig sat on it before me, senator mcclure before him and senator jordan before jim mcclure. indeed, we can't recall that anyone serving from idaho that we didn't have a person on that committee. indeed, it was the shoop seat th

the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia -- idaho, idaho seek recognition? >> i reserve a point of order against the gentleman's amendment. the chair: point of order is reserved. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. hall: mr. chairman, i rise today in support of my amendment directing the united states environmental protection agency to enter into an agreement with the national academy of sciences to perform a comprehensive review of nonmercury hazardous air pollutants emitted by electric generating units and industrial boilers. recognizing the boiler maximum achievable control technology called m.a.c., is moving toward the end of the rule making process while the utility m.a.c. will debut soon. my amendment requires that the review provide for health and economic data including impacts on job creation, energy supply and reliability, associated with the potential regulation of nonmercury has -- hazard out air pollutants. the clean air act regulates two kinds of air emissions. criteria pollutants which are high in volume and hazardous air pollutants wh

simpson, the gentleman from idaho. the chair: the gentleman from idaho is recognized for 15 seconds. mr. simpson: how much? the chair: 15 seconds. mr. simpson: it's a dang good amendment and should pass. the e.p.a. continually claims they want certainty in what they're creating is uncertainty and i can tell you every rancher and farmer in idaho and across this nation is concerned about what the e.p.a. is trying to do with dust regulations and the impact it will have on food production. pass this amendment regardless of what they say. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia. mr. moran: thank you, mr. chairman. boy, that simpson is good at this. i would yield at this point the remaining 1 1/2 minute to the very distinguished ranking member of the energy and commerce committee, mr. waxman of california. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. waxman: you would think the e.p.a. is about to regulate these fine particulate matter for the very first time. but that's not accurate. pm-10 has

idaho, oregon y montana.ís en gran parte de esta semana. condiciones invernales, una historia totalmente diferente para otras partes del país. mañana ustedes en los Ángeles lluvia, hasta un 90 y 100% posibilidades de tener chubascos y lluvias in termino nententss o gran parte del centro y nordeste del país ascenso de las temperaturas. la primavera parece haberse adelantado. y esta noche un poco de frío, 22 new york, 26 detroit, 50 en nueva orleans. y lo que pasará los próximos días, ya mañana new york sube temperatura a 46. tuvimos hielo los último días, nieve pero ya se fue y no habrá los últimos días. cálido la dirección de aquí al noroeste temperaturas frías. y de texas a new york ascenso de temperaturas condiciones primaverales que pueden romper récord de temperatura alta en 100 años. lo más calidad para estas fechas, pudiera ocurrir en los próximos días. siga con más de primer impacto. >>> vamos a hablar de salud. un nuevo estudio aporta evidencias sobre los beneficios de consumir fibra, la investigación

for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho, a member of the committee, rise? >> move to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> we agree there's a major problem with wild horses and burrow policy. it's introduce expensive and problematic for uses on public lands. i'd like to work with mr. burton and mr. hastings and mr. bishop on this problem. the true problem is the law, not the funding of the law. in recognition of the problems that mr. burton raises, we will accept this amendment but first i'd like to make some important points about the program. the wild horse population is not native to north america and can double every four years. if horses aren't removed from the range it can cause degradation and reduce foliage for wildlife and livestock. if this program isn't appropriately funded and horse aren't removed from the range, wild horses will continue to reproduce, overgraze and eventually have a population crash which means starving horses. mr. simpson: i would also point out that it is already illegal to slaughte

mike crepewell from idaho, a really good guy, he doesn't publish his academic credentials in idaho when he runs but if you take a look at them, they're very impressive. coburn is a pretty good guy. tom coburn is realistic. if he gets this, he's willing to give that. you need those conservatives in the room. durbin is there from the leadership to make sure that they know what's going on but i served with dick, and he went through that commission. he's frustrated, and i hate to say this, but it's possible that a major breakthrough may actually come from the senate. [ laughter ] and when i end on the note that our hope for a major change is placed in the united states senate, you know how desperate i am. [ laughter ] thanks a lot. >> okay, thank you very much, bill. we now, i know looking around the room we've got some very knowledgeable people here so i want to give you a chance to put your questions to the panel here, to anyone, and i'm looking at you, bill. okay. where is the microphone. yes, right here, it's in the front, please. and please identify yourself and make your question as s

believed to be the only wolverine in the entire sierra, nevada and indicates he may have traveled from idaho. some fans are asking biologists to find him a meet and he could use a name as well. >>> putting a check mark in the right space on your state tax form have helped sea otters for years. it is due to expire next year but one simply man has introduced legislation to extend the deadline to 2016. they say that they face a shrinking habitat. >>> one egyptian couple named their daughter facebook. demonstrators have been using facebook, twitter, and other social media to organize protests, share information and connect with the outside world. >>> lights out in nature? when it looks increasingly likely a big wave contest will be canceled. >>> meteorologist rosemary orozco will tell us what is headed our way. >>> if there is no tv nearby, you can watch bay area news at 7:00 on your computer. we are streaming live on the web at ktvu.com. >> there is one week left for the mavericks contest. a spokesperson says that the conditions are not rights. and if waves to materialize, the 24 surfers invite

on -- panel on policy matters, and the panel con sifted of a representative from canada as well as idaho. moving to information technology, which is handled by mr. wicznewski, as i told you before, we are a data-organized system. we are strategically run by managing our caseload, and we do that by computer. mr. wicznewski has ensured our computing device is ensured and intwotive. last year he automated document management so we have a near paperless investigative review cycle. the clerical unit. processing the 854 complaints that were filed. in addition to that, we responded to 45058 pitchess motions and it cost us $9,000 in unreimbursed moneys. how did we do last year? we had no pending cases from 2009. we did have staffing challenges because of shrinking resources and unplanned leaves of absence, but the o.c.c. remains committed to our mission. and in 2011, this year we plan to continue our successful mediation program to present the police commission with our 2011 community out-reach strategic plan and continue our out-reach efforts. we will continue to evaluate san francisco police p

white sand from idaho. the top of the line sand. and it just is magnificent. i love what we have been able to do. lengthening of it. new bunkers. new surround. some of the trees being taken out. and just basically making it a better golf course, strengthening it up. grand opening has been may 6. and in northern california are in for a treat. come up to silverado. check it out. it is going to be great. >> very cool stuff. johnny taking rick lambert and out on the tour. comprehensive cuff ran overage team, every night at 10. . 30. 30 minutes of coverage. teams you carry about. go deeper, 10:30 on comcast sports net, bay area. fixed things up. >> are we invited for the grand opening. >> you took the word out of my mouth. that whole property is great. very happy, johnny miller has taken over. >> did need an upgrade. >> you always need. >> well. white sand from idaho. didn't know it was known. >> that is -- >> learned something there. >> still ahead. one sweet time for rele tailers. just how much are people plan

salt lake city is pretty cold, along with all of our friends in idaho. boise, 15.as of the eastern portion of the state are in the negative numbers. look at the cold air. it's made it to seattle and portland. 32. even vegas, some of the cold air did make it to you this morning. 28 in phoenix at 37. it's a little cooler than the last couple of days, but compared to the rest of the country, it really is nothing to complain about. we should see mostly sunny skies in much of the west, and with the cool air we have a little bit of clouds sneaking into washington state and also there around oregon. temperatures not bad. right aroundeugene. astoria, today around 50. crescent city, 50 degrees. lots of sunshine. that's a look at your wednesday forecast. >> thanks so much. >>> well, coming up, stocks rise, the dollar falls, and the world is running out of ikea. that's straight ahead. plus, she's back. just when you thought lindsay lohann was going low profile, she's being investigated for theft. >> coming up, the upsets continue in college hoops and the sights and sounds of

in idaho -- it varies tremendously from state to state. i am from oregon.ost 50% of the public school money for many years came from cutting timber. that is gone now. it has changed. if you have the resources to send your child to private school, that is great. but it is limited to people who have that in come. why? because we feel that in order to have a democracy we need to have universal education. and people, even though they are sending their children to private school, need to contribute to that body to pay for the public schools. medicaid is means tested. it is administered by each state. idaho has a different system and guidelines that oregon, california, washington and elsewhere. people who are cheating under medicaid or people who have it that you do not think should have it, there is an administration within the idaho that would deal with that. thank you for your questions. host: this week comes in -- -- tweet comes in -- guest: that is a great question. it is gridlock because of partisan gridlock. i think we have too many wedge issues. no, let m

right now, you see some of the snow up around montana and also the high elevations of idaho. just rain showers, if not as heavy of a rain as we saw yesterday but still out there. as far as the wet weather goes right now, you can see around san francisco some of those rain showers and also heading right up interstate 80 to sacramento. windshield wipers needed with the umbrella. a little cooler than it was yesterday. temperatures are in the 40s. 41 medford, 42 portland and only 44 in seattle. still cool and chilly with the on and off rarm air. tucson has only a 68. >>> lynn, there is dry weather coming up. i'll let you know when. >> thanks so much. also coming up, the s&p comeback. the housing resurgence, and borders bankruptcy. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. when it comes to that game show battle between man and machine, the outcome wasn't so trivial. >>> coming up -- chris bosh returns to toronto, a tough break for dale earnhardt jr. and the cavs pull off the unthinkable. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early tod

trying to creep through the northern rockies, so it's a lot colder this morning in areas of northern idahoalso extreme portions of eastern washington state. high pressure is protecting you, though, on the california coast. you can see minus 14 right now. this is a temperature in billings, and some of the cold air coming into boise and salt lake city. seattle, you're at 34 this morning. with sunshine, a typical winter day for you, much of southern california is cooler than last week, but you're still sunny and dry. that's a quick looktaff, cold, . wednesday forecast coming up, lynn. >> thanks so much, bill. also coming up, wall street rebounds, oil boils, and who has the most friends on facebook? the early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, oscar winner hally barry suddenly drops out of a film role to do battle in court. >>> coming up, lebron james helps the cavs reach another milestone. the super bowl teams arrive in dallas, and oneç steeler is dressed for a texas sized shoot-out. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today. "i i

especially there in oregon and idaho. some of those clouds are now creeping through northern california and in northern portions of nevada. now, as far as the rain, there's not a lot of it. we had some move on shore last night. a little bit of a break currently, but there's another batch that will come down as we go throughout the morning, so keep the umbrella out from seattle to olympia. eventually some of the rain may move into portland. look at the temperature in phoenix. that arctic blast continues this morning. 32 degrees, and the wind chill is even worse than it. today we'll warm up to 53 there. there's the rain in the ç it u significantly. by sunday it should be near 70. looks like our cold spell is over. speaking of the weekend forecast, coming up, lynn, saturday, sunday. >> love it. bill, thank you. >>> big ben speaks. the outlook on jobs and who is not paying for wi-fi. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, can a thriller about a cave starring unknown actors swamp the competition a

. >>> finally in idaho, rescuers worked 19 hours straight to free a dog stuck in an underground pipe.the jack russell terrier was with his owner when he wandered off and fell inside the pipe. the rescue crew had to remove asphalt and steel before they were able to pull the dog out and return it to the owner for a little love and a much needed bath. ah. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. you know, 19 hours in that pipe, and he looked pretty good. >> his new name should be trouble. >> seriously. >> a nice bath, i'm sure he will be doing just fine. let's talk about what's happening out there today. big storm system over the weekend brought blizzard conditions here to nebraska and south dakota, minnesota. now that snow is moving through areas of the mid-atlantic. even new york city getting a little bit of snow this morning. out west cold air has moved in through much of the rockies. some of that has moved in even down to areas of california and arizona. a little storm system is coming down south

problems in the middle of the country is now dropping down through montana bringing snow to the northern idahoarea, and this is also dragging a cold front here through the west, and behind it some instability showers are already popping up there in washington state. enjoy the mild air while it lasts. arizona, finally warmed up. we had just morning after morning of very cold temperatures. now we're finally getting on the right side of things. (qq!q polar air mass is finall exiting. so far as the rainshowers go, notice rainshowers down through i-5 and portland. in seattle mostly showers for you. the snows are back into montana. if you are traveling out on the interstate there east on 90, you will get into snow. especially at the higher elevations. as far as the temperatures go, as i mentioned, it's faebl warmer. that polar air is now back more or less towards albuquerque. phoenix at 48. we had a frogs or a freeze that was, like, four or five mornings in a row. temperatures are going to be kind of mild today, and california looking good. there's the cloudy and showery weather in the pacific nort

the south, and that moisture stream in the pacific is bringing cloudy skies to much of washington, idaho, and oregon during the day today. you're not going to see that picture perfect sunshine. you're going to see warm temperatures, but you want the sun, you got to be down in areas of arizona and california. that's a look at rain, but it w. the rain will come next weekend. lynn, we'll talk more about the extended weekend forecast coming up. >>> thanks very much. also coming up, how the markets are reacting to egypt. mixed messages on the job front, and how valentine's day spending is shaping up. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus, will bieber fever heat things up at the box office this weekend? >>> coming up, ray allen makes history against the lakers. another bigup set in the northeast, and stunning news for the utah jazz. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. the woman at the center of the congressman chris lee resignation scandal is speaking out.

from idaho northward to washington state, through oregon, down through california, nevada.ine temperatures will be typical for this time of year in your area. then as we head to thursday, we continue the great weather trend. you look at 54 in medford. 49 in seattle. sacramento is looking good through the end of the week. if you are watching us in honolulu, hawaii, learn about hawaii's volcanos and see an xwigt demonstration of rock and cinder being melted to create lava at meet me at the hotspot at the bishop museuming, and that's your pacific event of the day, lynn. >> bill, thank you. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. later today, l.a. prosecutors will charge lindsay lohan with felony grand theft. lohan stands accused of stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store last month. the most serious count against her after years of trouble with the law. last weekend, her lawyer denied the allegations, promising a fight. lohan remains on probation in another case and that judge threatened to jail her if she ran into trouble again. >>> else

. >> we were in idaho and in a school with 80% indian children and i asked the superintendent if they taught about indian history or culture and it was a famous tribe and -- he said there isn't any history to the tribe. of course that had a huge effect on the children. >> in 1984 she reported on police activities in oakland neighborhoods where people accused police of harassing black citizens. her interview was some police officers who backed up the citizen's complaints led to an immediate angry response from then oakland police chief george hart. vern hawkins. >> angry officers responded to the report in which a number of people charged police use excessive force in dealing black residents. >> . that's nonsense. the investigation was shallow, inept, biased, the station used suggestion, old history in the most obvious forms of staging and editing to try to make their point. >> the report included charges from five black officers in the department. today other black officers said those five are not really representative. >> they are ones that have grievance was the city. they are unhap

the gentleman from idaho. mr. simpson: i'm temperatured to ask the gentleman what part of contract that was signed by the clinton administration don't you understand but i would like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. lan drink. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lan di: i wish he would understand, we are not drilling right now. that's a problem. many on the other side of the aisle have been thrilled with the administration's moratorium and praise the department of interior's work or lack thereof in the deepwater drilling permit process since the deepwater oil spill. this amendment is insane. the gentleman must be confiding with the likes of george so ross who happily watched and encouraged the most advanced deepwater drilling rigs leave the gulf of mexico to travel to brazil and africa. if they're not leaving the gulf of mexico for good, they're filing bankruptcy, like seahawk drilling in my district. this week, seahawk drilling blamed its demise on the uns prekented decline in the

the stores closing here are near all me a idaho, pleasanton, union city, san ramon, los gatos, san mateo and two in san jose, two in san francisco. >>> wall street reacting to news that apple's ceo steve jobs has been spotted going to a cancer center several times. radaronline says jobs has been seen visiting a treatment center on a regular basis. the revelation rekindled the debate over how much information the public should have about mr. jobs. he does have the second most valuable company in the world. the apple co-founder is on his third medical leave from the company in seven years. he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004. he is scheduled to meet with the president tonight. by the way, jobs turns 56 next thursday. >>> every tech company in the valley is picking fights with apple. lately it has been verizon with the latest iphone. and i believe we are going to talk about technology. there's a scientist who is working on technology to turn your byfocal glasses here by just swiping your finger on the side. >>> tickets go on sale tomorrow for two big shows next monday and wednes

green 21 and lasting cause and 79-71. 28 point here and san jose state wins in idaho in double over tamelady score 93 from poland arizonafá state and boyle with the wichbility cal 73-63 in tucson. new baseball season almost upon us but still agent bit of time for the jaint to save or the world series title. fan fest scheduled for this sat but today manager bruce and gm brian at the commonwealth club sharing behind the scenes story like the fact that l b o ce couldn't calm down two weeks after winning the world series. >> he was still making up line up. he will add mit after the season. in his head when he got up in the morning he was worried about a line up. >> that's true. i swear to you. i mean it was two weeks and i couldn't believe it was over. would i wake up and finally hit me no it's over. >> relax. >> imagine 6:00 o'clock in the morning. torez leads off. >> that's how intense and focused they are. >> you can see how it happen. >> pitchers and catchers report in less than two week. >> hard to believe thanks. >> "nightline"is up next. >> for larry and sandy, thanks for joins. >> we

rain and heavy mountain snow hit montana, idaho and utah. it's a soaker along the pacific coast, getting swamped from seattle to san francisco. and a warmup begins for the rest of the country. >> 47 here in new york. 41 in boston. 70s in dallas, new orleans and miami. 64 in kansas city. 44 in chicago. and just shy of 40 in the twin cities. phoenix climbs to 75. sacramento, 56. portland, 46. >>> and now, to the big upset at the westminster dog show. for the very first time in the history of the event, a scottish deerhound has been named best in show. >> 5-year-old hickory lives on a virginia farm, where she enjoys chasing rabbits and deer. she was among seven pampered pooches to make it to the final round before clinching the coveted top prize. >> hickory's owners hope she gives them a litter of puppies some time this year. to show what an underdog she was, vegas oddsmakers had her 60-1. >> really? folks made some money. >> yeah. a lot. >>> when we come back, has coca-cola's top-secret formula been revealed? >>> plus, on top of that, bernie m

was blind from the age of four, and he went on to graduate summa cum laude from the university of idaho in moscow. he became a pianist and entertainer, had a wonderful career in music, but also was a-- a sort of a bit of a philosopher and loved good poetry and wrote good songs and talked to us-- all of us-- all five of us-- talked to us about life and about commitment and about the feeling that he had that one person can make a difference and does make a difference. so i was weaned on that. it was something that i always thought was true and still do. if your political consciousness was raised when you were a child, when did you discover that you had this amazing singing voice? was that the same time? it was about the same time. freedom of speech meant freedom to sing, for me. and once i opened my mouth and started doing that, it seems that that perpetuated the whole thing. i--i think a day without singing is like a day without an apple, a day without a sunrise. and so i always had that, and i-- once, i said to my mother, "did you have to force me to practice the piano?" and she said--m

it's actually awful it's not just him you know right there are other states out there ohio indiana idaho tennessee that all have this type of legislation in the works to go after public sector unions a lot of people are saying that this is an attack happening right now more of all i mean injured cuomo in new york to do the same thing that evil democrat. well you know i think it's absolutely awful on the day that the egyptian military decided to hope the egyptian people overthrew the dictatorship we see the military in this country being used to threaten the collective bargaining rights the fundamental rights of americans in trying to an international law in the constitution we see them being right where is the constitution first amendment freedom to associate as we see this we see these being threatened by a dog i mean the gentleman i love talking about buggery i think calling out the national guard because i use are never known for being thoughtless let's get something right here today i do is on the phone earlier today we still wake up over the utility workers of america who's gotten a

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just limited to wisconsin in other states are considering similar proposals you've got ohio tennessee idaho among others and the question is are all these rallies actually making any kind of difference or falling on deaf ears are these and as you can the has more for us take a look at this. america's middle class fighting a more already historic. i where when alcohol is now people only option where it has been sound you know man for over two weeks major protests that kicked off in wisconsin and spread to other states have been raging on in the fight for workers' rights you see protest emergency small little towns that nobody organized people just showed up at city hall are you seeing that kind of spontaneous action coming i think is going to start spreading throughout the united states. to begin with the demonstrators were not asking for much in the old english it was just not to take away their collective bargaining rights to politicians who said our union was thank you stability government workers the people's outrage and stronger it's scary there needs to be oversight there needs to be a

his dna indicates he may have traveled all the way from idaho. some are pushing for the scientist to try to find him a girlfriend. >> he needs a girl friend. >>> we are off to a very nice start. it is president's day. this is to remind you the parking restrictions in san francisco do apply expect for street sweeping. you will have to pay the meters today. you should never park in a red zone. that is never okay. northbound 280 traffic looks good. there is no major problems on 880 north and southbound. that traffic is moving along pretty well here. if you are driving to san francisco it does look holiday light there. >>> cloudy and cool. mostly cloudy for more of you. light rain is coming. we will get the clouds and maybe light rain. mainly cloudy and continued to do. tuesday and pennsylvanias. transition day will be -- possibility of rain with lower snow levels than what we had on the weekend. maybe even below a thousand feet. right now we are looking at cloudy skies. you can see that system it's rotating right off of eureka. that is the main bulk

now his dna indicates he may have traveled all the way from idaho. some people are now pushing for biologists to find him a mate. >> that would be interesting. >>> time now 5:46. sal has found anything that is happening in your commute this morning. even on the presidents day holiday. >> there are things going on. it's nice and quiet. if you do have to go to work, the very least you don't have to do is drive in heavy traffic. usually by now we have slow traffic but we don't on highway four. we hope it will stay this way. also this morning commute is looking good. i guess we should call it a commute. some people do have to go to work. westbound coming up into san francisco. >>> and this mornings commute on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 that looks nice. let's go to steve. >>> we have mostly cloudy skies. we'll have a cloudy cool day. light rain is possible. this is not as strong as last thursday and saturday. we'll have cold lows. by thousand night a very dynamic and cold pattern looks to be taking shape. by friday we'll have a cold rain with

rain and heavy mountain snow hit montana, idaho and utah.ker today from seattle to san francisco. the warm-up begins, thank you lord, for the rest of the country. >> 54 in baltimore and nearly 60 in atlanta. 70s from dallas to miami. 64 in kansas city. 57 in omaha. 38 in detroit. albuquerque, 66. sacramento, 56. seattle is 47 degrees. >>> well, they're an odd couple, even by hollywood standards, but the mere sight of them might just give you, well, some goose bumps. >> dominick was on his daily walk in a los angeles park when a goose named maria suddenly took a liking to him. she follows the 65-year-old retiree every day around the lake. never leaving his side. he even flies along his scooter as he leaves the park. he named maria, is that right? okay. >> does it matter at this point? he says he feeds all the birds at the park but none has ever stuck by him like a girl named maria. i don't -- i don't know what to say about that story. i hope they're happy together. it's good. >> good for them. we'll be right back. >> get that bird. ♪ 100 ways

the gentleman from idaho. mr. simpson: is the gentlewoman's time -- the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. mr. simpson: i'd be happy to yield one minute to the gentleman from arizona, mr. schweikert: the gentlelady from ohio may have stumbled on something and if she can help us for a state like arizona can own the land, great. but until that land you have to understand, only 18% of our state is privately owned, tribal lands, b.l.m. lands, are we ready to start paying the full property tax load? i was the county treasure in maricopa county and huge portions of our county, we can't even touch. if you want a sense of fairness, then we accept up and -- step up and give the land back to the states. until this time this borders on silly. thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from utah. mr. simpson: i yield time to the gentleman from colorado. >> there are over 20 million acres of federal land in colorado and i want to be clear with great respect to my colleague from o

bliss, idaho. in the 40s to the 60s, although illinois is still holding on to 30-degree temperatures there. let's take a flyover the boards here. it's a mild start in new england. a strong wind will bring in cooler temperatures tonight and for the morning tomorrow. by wednesday, you're back in the warmer air as well. most of the deep south will hold the milder temperatures this week. it's the west coast that has the problem. the jet stream will slowly slide down the west coast. that means rain today and into the northwest, and even as far south as san francisco with mountain snow. by tuesday or wednesday >> all that weather was brought to you by kay jewelers. george. >> thank you, sam. >>> these days there are so many different ways to find true love. a new survey says more than a third of americans believe in finding it on the internet. what if you don't have the talent or time to search through everyone else's profile. andrea canning has gone and looked at these and what i called virtual cyranos.

moran: i thank my very good friend from idaho. is it not the case that you only get fees on that part of the suit that you brought where you actually win? that you do have to prevail in order to get something in order to get reimbursed and it's only on where you prevail that you get any fee reimbursement. mr. simpson: that's accurate. you don't have to prefail in the overall case. can you actually lose the case for what you are trying to do. to me it is the problem that good intentions gone awry. i are tell you that there are groups all across this country who have seen this as a way to fund their organizations and we need to put a halt to it. because what we are doing is asking the people of this country to fund people to sue them. i don't know who else does that. but on the other hand i agree with the gentleman that we want those people that don't have the ability or the resources to have a say in how public lands are managed to have a say in that. but it has gone awry and we need to put an end to it and we need to reform the pr

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from idaho is recognized for two minutes. mr. lab door: i want to briefly speak about the impact of an overbearing and environmental protect agency has in my district. i want to begin with an anecdote in the attempts to regulate almost everything that moves and breathes in idaho's first congressional district of the the environmental protection agency announced in the federal register a public meeting in boise where my constituents could come and provide oral comment. relying upon the e.p.a.'s notice in the federal register, my constituents attended to share their thoughts with the e.p.a. only to be told that oral comments would not be accepted. my constituents tried to do the right thing and play by the rules, but when e.p.a. writes the rule book an ericeable or invisible inc. my constituents become -- ink my constituents become jaded. they are being treated unfairly by a federal bureaucracy that no longer cares if it obeys its rules. this body must no longer tolerate such action. we must also nottle to rate the job-killing regu

. >> host: whiteford, idaho. john, you're on with r. emmett tyrrell. please, go ahead. >> caller: thank you. i would appreciate your comments on the following ideas. i'm quite concerned that an increasingly smaller percentage of our society is bearing the burden of our combat. the rapidly diminishing middle class, lower end and the upper part of the lower income people. i find it difficult supporting politicians who never served or politicians who will send others' sons and daughters to battle, but their own are too good to go. i think it was reagan that said something like when an empire is rising, the sons of our best step forward to defend her, but when an empire is declining, they sacrifice their ncos, noncommissioned officers. a particular example for me, it would be mitt romney. i very much like him as a potential chief executive, but i'm very bothered by his comment that his sons serve their country by working in daddy's campaign. could you comment on that? i'll hang up and listen to your answer. thank you, sir. >> guest: um, you know, you remin

. >>> and, finally, a dramatic rescue in boise, idaho, to tell you about. the precious little jack russell terrier eddy. somehow eddy got stuck in this ditch 30 feet under ground. he was trapped under there for 19 hours. emergency crews had to use heavy equipment, but you can see the happy reunion. we're told eddy is doing well. you should see the video. he came out and he was wiggling around, not a care in the world for the jack russell terrier. that's the news, now back to lester, jenna and janice. >> how is it this guy got into this little hole and it took this bulldozer to yank him out. >> did they get the bone he was chasing? >> or the squirrel. >> he's like, did i do that? thanks, jeff. adorable. >>> janice huff is here with a check of the weather. >> windy, windy. >> i know. it got really warm in the east over the last few days, but now the wind is whipping up a storm across the eastern u.s. and now another one over the midwest. this one as mike seidel mentioned will bring blizzard conditions to minnesota and the dakotas in the next 24 hours and plen

. >> white bird, idaho, john, you're on with r. emmett tyrrell go ahead. >> caller: i'm quite concerned that an increasingly smaller percentage of our society is bearing the burden of our combat. the rapidly diminishing middle class lower end and i have difficult politicians who never served or politicians who will send other sons and daughter to battle but their own are too good to go. i think it was bebegin said when an empire is rising the sons of our best to defend to defend her when they are declining they sacrifice their nco's their noncommissioned officers. for me it would be mitt romney. i very much like him as a potential chief executive but i'm very bothered that his sons serve their country by working in daddy's campaign. can you comment on that and i'll listen to your answer. thank you, sir. >> you know, you remind on this sentinel of ronald reagan. and every time i disagreed with ronald reagan he was right and i was wrong. and i thought the volunteer army was a mistake. and i opposed it. and he was right, and it turned

a problem in the south bay, the glaring sun could be to blame for six crashes involving 20 cars in idahoews two hours to clear the crashes near boise, yesterday. three people were injured. police actually think it was a combination of wet roads and bright sun that led to the crashes. the reflection off the pavement may have blinded drivers. >>> a manhattan restaurant did not get the best endorsement from the city's new top dog. hickory, the scottish deerhound, won best in show at the westminster club kennel at went to lunch near times square served a sirloin steak. he is not really interested and not eating that. not having it. he was eating a $37 steak. for the restaurant it was a $37 mistake. >> you probably would have is that the down and finished it off. >> he didn't like that one. >>> 6:42. florida is turning down billions in federal funding. now governor brown says if they don't want it he'll take it. a live report from washington coming up. >>> music row is going to perform in the bay area next week, so why did prince just u ysda n a' few e?ys nototice? we'll have the story coming

it happened in a bank parking lot in boise, idaho. the suv was leaving the bank. the drive put it into gear but it jumped the curb and landed on top of the other two cars. nobody was hurt. the driver of the suv was not cited. >>> california's new drivers licenses are slow to get out of the gate. find out why. >>> and more people are using their credit cards. is it a sign of recovery or people back to their old habits? >>> and a judge will tour the death chamber at san quentin today meaning death executions could return. a live report from there coming up. >>> and a live look over the bay this morning. the forecast with christina. 6:41 right now. ium thd. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ so pass on the new and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. [ female announcer ] starbucks via is planted the same... ♪ ...harvested the same...

told your parents, you haven't told your friends, you're living by yourself, wherever you are, boise, idaho, nashville, tennessee, tampa, florida, where i'm from, not new york city, not los angeles, but places where you don't have the kind of support in your community, all you've got is yourself, and your ability to decide whether or not you've got a life in front of you, whether there's a place for you to live where you're going to be accepted, where you can be respected, not discriminated against, safe, safe, physically and emotionally safe, you take cues from everywhere. and so these messages that you get from the media are very, very important. this is why glaad is something of a media watchdog. we want to make sure that the messages aren't exclusionary, that they embrace all of us. and so if you're sending a message about being gay or not, that it be one that is a positive one, and an inclusive one. sure, it's okay to dance in a straight couple, but there's a way to express that which doesn't say... doesn't have to say that, you know, if you're gay, you stink, right? >> hinojosa: inter

portrayed as many real people on stage as anna deveare smith whether she's playing a bull rider from idaho toughing out painful surgery. >> i had to be at a rodeo that night. i didn't really want them to put me under... however you say that word. >> woodruff: the brother of a man murdered in a new york race riot. >> my brother was starved in the streets of crown heights for no other reason than he was a jew. >> woodruff: or seven-time tour de france winner lance armstrong talking about his competitive drive. >> one guy was five times second in the tour de france. hard to beat him. >> woodruff: smith is best known as a playwright and artist who uses people's words, dialects and physical gestures to illuminate the large political and social issues of our time. like race and economic disparity. in doing so, her plays are known for incorporating a wide variety of viewpoints. some in direct conflict with each other. always portrayed with great empathy. >> now we're all one people. i think what he meant was the respect that we give each other under the banner of being the children of god. >> rep

he just came back from northern idaho where he offered a few hints. the model will be cast if bronze. schwarzenegger's statue will be put outside his home in australia. it is just not human-like. the artist is also working on a sculpture to show him during his time as governor. >> that will be interesting to see the two back-to-back there. >>> the time is 5:18. a local retailer is issuing a crib recall this morning. we'll tell you which ones were affected coming up. >>> plus, california gas prices breaking a world record this morning. we'll tell you where to fill up to skip the pain at the pump. >>> and a live look outside this morning. across the golden gate bridge, much less soggy today than yesterday. but it is cold again. we'll update your traffic and weather in just a few more minutes. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an ou

last month in idaho, more than a thousand people lined up for a state hearing to urge lawmakers to reject cuts to the disabled, including jack hansen. >> i know for a fact that if you make these cuts, i will have to go back to a group home. i made a promise to myself guys, that i would not go back, not without a fight. i want you to know, you guys are my only hope. >> reporter: there have already been cuts to programs in states like california that have affected disabled people like james nunez, who has cerebral palsy and learning difficulties. three years ago when we met nunez, he attended a state- funded program in sacramento where he was learning skills to live independently. he also had a home health worker who helped him cook and do laundry. what does it say on the instructions? >> it says 4 to 6 cups of water. >> reporter: but today, after several rounds of budget cuts, nunez has lost both his helper and the day program. and now, governor brown wants to cut another $1.7 billion from medicaid, in part by limiting doctor visits for people like nunez to ten a year. >> why do you want t

similar conflicts are brewing in florida, idaho, illinois, michigan, nebraska, tennessee, and ohio. unions say many of them are fighting for their existence. but some governors say tough changes are overdue. new jersey republican chris christie presented his annual budget today. >> today they are standing up and saying just as i did last march. the problems we have hidden for decades are evident for all to see. the day of reckoning has arrived. in california, a new democratic governor has proposed to cut the number and pay of all state employees. and in wisconsin and ohio, they have decided there can no longer be two classes of citizens, one that receives rich health and pension benefits and all the rest who are left to pay for them. >> ifill: for more, we hear from three reporters in the midst of the standoffs. michael aron, senior political correspondent for new jersey public television. eric bradner is indiana state house bureau chief for the "evansville courier and press." and karen kasler is capital bureau chief for ohio public radio and television. you in indiana because that'