in southern illinois for a reason.and i didn't want to talk about southern illinois cold river mountain. 10,000 years of habitation. now this big coal company from richmond, virginia had its eyes on this last range. the already devastated so much of the area but there is a largest coal plant in the hemisphere nearly $8 billion of toxic waste sitting in a pond in the earth and the dan up in the hills and down slope in the little valley or villages and elementary school that if the earth and the dam broke like what happened with buffalo creek or montanan county kentucky in the year 2000 or what happened to the neighbors of the pond, about 1,000 people in the valley would have four minutes to flee the 72-foot tidal wave of the coal sludge and they are blasting within a few hundred feet of this honeycomb sludge to get the last mountain. and i said i don't want to talk about that stuff. i'm tired of talking about the dark legacy of coal to read my book is the triumph, the resiliency of these amazing people who worked with t

grower in bond county, illinois says he finished and in our crop watch a grower in illinois said he finished planting his corn on monday. he said the first 300-acres are up and out of the ground. and a grower from washington says spring wheat seeding is about half completed. some of the early seeded winter wheat was too big for herb iicides so the planes will be used. >>> round table guests this week john, our host. illinois farmer. he is a speaker and also a top producer down there. give us an update on what the market done just this last week. >> we had a very volatile week. we came into the week on monday and corn was down 12 to 18- cents. we are down 12 for the week. for the week we are down around 12 for corn. beans vervolatile. the wheat market managed to gain about a nickel for the week. >> didn't the beans closing up for the week surprise you? >> i think it is but if you look at some of the stuff going on in china. >> they bought a lot of beans this week. >> my read on it is their corn market has been rising as we have been coming up since last fall and so corn was around 717 today.

the gentlewoman from illinois. mrs. biggert: i believe there are no further speakers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from illinois yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from the mariana islands. mr. sablan: i again urge my colleagues to support the -- h.res. 118 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1182. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from mariana islands seek recognition? mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1239. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the re

gutierrez of illinois. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1305, the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. gutierrez: here we go again. they say this is a bill, chairman of natural resources says this is a bill to make sure that the people of puerto rico are able to define their fewer you to -- future and do it in a free, objective manner. really? well, last time they had a plebiscite in puerto rico, guess which option won? none of the above. guess which option they exclude? the winning option in the last plebiscite. so who's kidding who in this place? they had this thing rigged from the beginning to the end. if there were so faithful to the wishes, to the will, to the passion of the self-determination of the people of puerto rico, why aren't they including the very option that won? they say they respect the decision of american citizens on the island of puerto rico and we should give them an opp

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the gentleman from illinois. mr. quigley: mr. chairman, i yield one minute to my friend and colleague, the gentlelady from arizona, ms. giffords. the chair: the gentlelady from arizona, ms. giffords, is recognized for one minute. ms. giffords: thank you, mr. speaker. as one of the sponsors of this amendment and a strong advocate for defense acquisition reform, i rise today in support of the amendment and urge its passage. the amendment requires the department of defense to make energy efficiency a consideration in buying and developing new weapons systems and new equipment for the military. this is a smart amendment from a green technology standpoint, but let me also stress that this is not about just being green. first and foremost, platform efficiency is a national security issue. our military's use of fuel and electricity has intertwining impacts on our greater national security. a 2007 army report cites 170 service members killed transporting fuel or guarding fuel convoys. requiring the department to examine how

right now the active warnings are to the forth through illinois. we had a warning around the nashville area that expired but we are still looking at fasty cells that are moving through carrying a lot of rain and large hail. look at the tornado watch boxes. they extend east as the line continues to push off to the east as well. so 10:00, 11:00, the system will start to wind down. unfortunately, the severe threat tomorrow will push further down the coast from maryland to car carolinas. it doesn't look like it's as severe as today but continues to sunday. >> that can't come soon enough for those people. they had a heck of a day. thank yoyou. >>> fox news is america's election quarterbac headquarter. one of the most vulnerable senators up for re-election is arkansas senator blanche lincoln fac face faces challen from halter and also morrison. last night, the three squared off in a televised debate at the university of arkansas. our own james rosen has the story from little rock. hey, james! >> reporter: no knock-out punches scored or even attempted bet

let me give another -- in illinois, throughout the state, there were four primaries for congress at that point. the more conservative candidate won, and in one particular, superb and chicago, the one but a strong appeal to minority voters for charter schools. >> against local communities wanting -- gave a 13-year-old example of nebraska and the fact that most of the -- for all the hypocrisy about the special funds available for boosting the economy, most of these localities have grabbed them, and happily so. so there is a lot of -- you can make very bold statement of the fact is the government is large and if you are going to cut the government you will cut it by cutting whole departments, not just programs, departments, but some of which were created by conservatives like the department of education. >> what conservative critic the department of education? >> william bennett was the education secretary. >> the very first education secretary was shirley hostetler, a judge in ninth sector -- ninth as a appeals appointed by jimmy carter. >> the point is education secretary -- >> he was one

so he realized in the long run he really would not have been able to prevail with illinois. but rather than make an issue out of that and all that polling and searching he'd done in down-state, he just let it pass and took the high road. i think to his benefit in doing so. >> host: let's go to tim who's joining us from hancock, michigan. good morning. tim, are you with us? >> caller: hello. yes, i am. i've got a question to john about the car that he used to drive. it was a porsche. >> guest: 911. >> caller: i'm curious what he did with it. if he still had it or sold it? >> guest: it was a porsche 911. a little maroon one. great shape. i loved the car. in fact, every time i drive on the dulles road, i think about that car. and in coming from the airportist a few days ago, i thought about it because when i used to drive the dulles road when i had that car 30-some years ago, there were no police on it. and it was a good time to get the carbon out of the -- out of the cylinders out of the car. i sold it back to the dealer so i never did find out what happened to it when i left

sanders: maps madam president, i would just say my friend from illinois -- i illinois is exactly right you've got the 57 members of the senate who want to go forward, you've got the president of the united states who want to go forward. you've got 57 senators here who want to go forward. now is the time to go forward. i would add to what my friend from illinois just said. let's be -- let's be very clear about this. last year in 2009, as i understand it. our friends on wall street who are doing everything they can to make sure that congress does nothing to reform the way they do business -- that's what they want; let's be clear about it -- dwheun the doyou know what theyt year? i would tell my friend from illinois that my understanding is they spent $300 million on lobbying and campaign contributions. and i know my friend from illinois knows that you can't walk around the capitol without bumping into one or another lobbyist representing wall street. and why are they here? why are they representing hedge fund managers who make billions of dollars in a year? they want to continue to be ab

here's illinois congressman louis gutierrez. luis gutierrez reacting to the bill yesterday in washington. let's listen. >> the governor of arizona should veto the bill and if she doesn't, the president of the united states barack obama should assert federal government's preeminent role in regulating and enforcing our nation's immigration laws. the lunacy of rounding up people because they look a certain way are suspected of being in violation of immigration statutes can only lead to one thing, violations of people's basic fundamental civil rights. >> democratic congresswoman loretta sanchez from california sits on the homeland security committee. and republican congressman brian bilbray of california is a member of the house immigration reform caucus. i want to get to this issue of birthing, or birthers because there's part of this legislation out there that are basically going to say future presidential candidates, they have to have birth certificates. let's start with this general issue. congresswoman sanchez, what's wrong wit

we heard that in illinois it took 8 hours before all the money was gone. that was allotted by the department of energy and i think we're hearing yesterday somebody also ran out early. here to tell us more about appliance we have dean landers. good morning. >> exciting times but busy time. >> no doubt. >> reporter: what was state that ran out quickly. >> massachusetts, two hours. >> reporter: two hours because there's only certain ants of money. >> certain amounts of money and they allot different amounts for the energy star projects. >> in maryland if you apply with a refrigerator that is 55% over the rating. and on washers, if you hit a tier 3 washer which is all the front load washers, you qualify for an extra $100 over and above

we are talking with publisher of northern illinois university press rep.oerdeman when we learned as a nation in bad john paul stevens will step down at the and of the term. and you again. >> in queue. dave: professor laura broderick uncover of when jd comes marching home, who is that? >> that is sergeant joycelyn from a marine who went over to iraq leaving her one-year-old daughter behind and should only that she had a lot of new anxiety about going. chew on to say with her daughter at home but as soon as she got on the bus to go to cherry point and fly out she said the my mentality left me an corrine mentality hit me and i was ready to go to war. she really wants to redeploying and her mother is not crazy about that ids a your daughter has only one childhood, but as she told me you can always be but you will always get the opportunities as a marine. >> in your subtitle portraits of women in combat veterans, combat veterans? women have been allowed? >> everyone in the military knows women are in combat and two civilians now that. of course, we have men on,

>> everyone at illinois university press is excited about this book. it is really a coincidence with ideal timing this book has been in production and being researched and written for more than a decade. so to have the publication of what was already a very good book coincide with the retirement is very timely, greatly appreciated by the press and we are thrilled to have such a terrific book coming out in a timely fashion. >> will you tell me about the authors warren hart and machine shipment? >> bill is a journalist with more than 30 years experience most at "the chicago tribune." he is a terrific writer and the book is written in a wonderful journalistic style with a lot of clarity and a lot of punch and jean jean schlickman is a legislator in illinois and he had access to a lot of the very high-profile people that were interviewed for this book and they make a great team. >> did justice stevens know about it and cooperate at all? >> yes, i wouldn't put a big sticker that says authorized biography but he did sit for interviews with authors and was aw

and it's being produced by northern illinois press.we have a author representing the publisher who's exhibiting here at the organization of american historians because we just learned today that justice stevens as anticipated has announced his retirement. what does this mean for your book? >> yes. everyone in northern illinois university press is very excited about this book. it's really a coincidence with ideal timing. this book has been in production and being researched and written for more than a decade. and so to have the publication of what was already a very good book coincide with the retirement is very timely. greatly appreciated by the press and we're thrilled to have such a terrific book coming out at such a timely fashion. >> will you tell me about the authors? >> yes. bill is a journalist with more than 30 years experience. microsoft of it with the "chicago tribune." so he's a terrific writer. and the book written in a wonderful journalistic style with a lot of clarity and a lot of punch. and jean is a former state legisla

and jean is a former state legislator and light in illinois.nd so he had access to a lot of the very high profile people that were interviewed for this book. and they make a great team. >> and the justice stevens know about it? >> yes. i wouldn't put a big stick on this is off ipod, but justice stevens to support it is interviews with the authors, was aware of the project, actually allowed us to take some photographs of interesting movies in his office. for example, he has a hole-in-one golf trophy. and he also kind of gave his blessing to the authors interviewed people who were close to you. the people who are closest our incredible loyal to him and so they would never have spoken with the authors without his say-so. and so we were able to have access to his family members, friends, or records. a lot of people with stephen's blessing. >> use a 2-wood tenures in the making, long? >> the authors have done seven s. down the amount of research. the book starts with stevens' them and his childhood growing up in chicago. and goes all the way through

and continental illinois was a pioneer of sorts in the banks industry. -- in the banking industry. continental was a pioneer in that it did not follow a business model of solely keeping long-term loans on its books, booking the process as people and companies repaid the loans. and having a very slow business model insulated for the most part from acute panics. instead, continental purchased loans that had been securitized. that meant that they were vulnerable to fluctuations in prices, day-to-day. and continental booked the profits from the fluctuations in those prices. that's one way that they made themselves and they made -- multiplied over many financial institutions in the future, they made the system of credit more vulnerable to financial excesses. the other way was that they depended on short-term financing, uninsured short-term lenders provided a good deal of their money so they made themselves vulnerable in a second way because these short-term lenders could pull their money out overnight in a crisis. now the governments in 1984 -- the market started to panic into spring on

he grew up in the cornfields and dixon, illinois -- corn fields in dixon, illinois. he participated in all the plays and competitions. the spoken word was extraordinarily

dick durbin from illinois. i know it's a busy day. i hope you heard a little bit of what dana and gloria were saying as you hooked up there. the expectation is if you talk to senator dodd and his staff, senator shelby and his staff, when the democrats and the republicans spend a few days in a room, they'll come up with the language. if that's the case and they're optimistic you can get 60, maybe 70 votes for this in three days or a week, why keep having these votes? >> i tell you why, because we face so many filibusters from the republican side. you know, chris dodd made a good faith effort. he sat down with the ranking republican dick shelby of alabama. they spent two months. he then said i'll work with bob corker, another republican on the committee. they spent a month. then dodd said, let's all come together in the room, democrats and republicans and discussion our differences, consider amendments. the republicans brought in 400 amendments that markup didn't offer a single one of them. so we believe that we have to make things righ

of the illinois national guard today. on saturday, i visited the polish consulate in chicago to pay my respects and leave my regards in the condolence book. the people were starting to flock to this site. people in chicago driving with polish flags proudly displayed over their vehicles to come to this consulate and express their own sorrow for this loss, to join in the long line signing the condolence book and to leave flowers at the flagpole bearing the polish flag right outside of the consulate. i have such admiration for the people of poland who have endured so many trials and struggles. what has brought them through time and again are faith and family, and those two enduring qualities will help them as they try to cope with this massive crisis that is facing their country. as the ambassador said to me this morning, there is no doubt that poland will emerge strong, that this government is going to be stable, that it's going to move forward, and he can count as well that we will be at his side and the side of the people

so he realize in the long run he really would not have been able to prevail with illinois. but rather than make an issue out of that and all that polling and searching had done in downstate, he just let it pass and took the high road. and i think to his benefit for doing so. >> host: let's go to tim from hancock, michigan. good morning. tim, are you with us? >> caller: i am. thank you. i have a question for john about the car he used to drive. it was a porsche. and i was just curious -- >> guest: 9/11. >> caller: did he sell it? it was a porsche 9/11, old maroon one. great shape. i loved the car. in fact, every time i drive on the dulles road, i think about that car and coming in from the airport, just a few days ago i thought about it because when i used to drive the dulles road and i had that car, 30 some years ago, there were no police on it and it was a good time to get the carbon out of the cylinders of the car. i sold it back to the dealer, so i never did find out what happened to it when i left and went to california. >> host: allentown, pennsylvania, which most memo

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>> everybody at northern illinois university press is very excited about this book. it is a coincidence with ideal timing is this book has been in research for more than a decade some of to have the publication of what was already a good book coincide with the retirement is timely and appreciated by the press and we're thrilled to have such a terrific book coming out in a timely fashion. >> tell me about the authors. >> day generalist with more than 30 years experience most with "the chicago tribune." and the book is written in a wonderful journalistic style with clarity and plunge and gene is a former state legislator from illinois and have access to high-profile people interviewed for the book. they make a great team the. >> does just sends -- justice stevens know about it? >> guy would not put to a big sticker authorized but he did sit down for interviews and allowed us to take some photographs of trophies in his office he does have a hole in one trophy and also gave his blessing to the authors and interviewing people at were close to him those people are incredib

tornado watches up from southern illinois south to alabama. >>> our ireporters are sending us pictures of the storm that is moving across the southeast. this video by ireporter kathy just south of memphis, tennessee. she says the hail that fell in her town of southhaven, mississippi, a bit bigger than a golf ball and noisy and didn't feel threatening. >>> rescuers have suspended their search for 11 oil rig workers missing in the gulf of mexico. the coast guard says it is unreasonable at this point to expect that any of them survived. the search covered 5,200 square miles over 3 days. even though the search is suspended, the case is not closed. >> we have not 100% certainty accounted for all the lifeboats and we don't know what was launched from the rig and might still be the rig and that's going to be something that will continue to do as part of the casualty investigation and as captain trosson mentioned, we can also resurrect the search efforts if we feel there's a possibility that they're out there somewhere in a lifeboat but everything, all of the information we have this week lead

. >>> democrats are in real danger of losing president obama's old senate seat in illinois.rns joins us now. thanks so much. no one would have imagined this, but they've got a lot of problems over that senate seat. >> they do. republicans landed a huge recruiting coo when they brought mark kirk into the race. the democrats have ended up with their second choice, the state treasurer. the president seems reluctant to get involved in the race. my colleagues report today that senator durbin went to the white house to ask for more support and he is taking a hands-off attitude at the moment. >> why is that? that illinois politics are just so toxic especially with the blago trial out and now we hear he may be subpoenaing dick durbin? this is throwing up a lot of dust because some won't take place especially with the president, but the president and white house just want to stay as far away from illinois politics as they can. >> that doesn't help. the democratic candidate in question, he has problems of his own that are leaving some democrats to speculate that he may not stay in the

leaders of a small town in illinois are trying to figure out why somebody would murder their mayor.lice say somebody shot washington park mayor john thornton yesterday morning. investigators arrested two people but so far, they say no charges have been filed. washington park is in northwestern illinois a few miles from the border with missouri and right next to east st. louis. it's a poor area with a long history of crime and corruption and not an easy place to be mayor. but the town's police say mayor thornton was dogged, even cruising the town in the early morning hours to make sure that no -- all the officers were doing their jobs. he was a tough leader. investigators say when he was murdered he is he was on the way home from being a shift for man for the sanitation district. nick is with us for context and perspective. how long has he been mayor? >> mayor thornton has been mayor since 2005, he's been in local politics about 20 years. he was known to almost everyone in town. it's a shock, he was a unlikely candidate to wind up dead on his own town streets. >> shepard: is he the k

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. >>> after illinois governor rod blagojevich has asked a federal judge to subpoena the president to testify at his upcoming corruption trial, the 11-page motion was filed in court today in chicago. his attorney says president obama has direct knowledge of allegations made in the indictment. blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to charges that accused him scheming to trade or sell the senate seats left vacant when obama was elected president. it would be extremely unusual for a sitting president to testify at a corruption trial. >>> president obama today went to wall street to ask for support in his effort to impose tough new financial regulations. he said that the criticism of his plan is flatly not true. steve handelsman on capitol hill now with more on this. steve? >> reporter: here is how bad it got today on the hill. top democrats went further than the president accused top republicans of lying, of lying about wall street reform. what they call up here thin reg. in northbound today, near where the nation's banking system nearly failed, president obama demanded new financial regula

but then he goes on to illinois., has a lot of political pitfalls for him right now. >> you know, his home state, andrea, you would think it would be a wonderful homecoming and he would look forward to going back to illinois. yes, very problematic. the state treasurer, he's the democratic nominee for senate and a basketball playing friend of the president. the family bank that he once worked as a senior loan officer for failed last friday. there's already chatter should he stay in the race, can he keep that seat. remember, that's barack obama's seat, barack obama left. roland burris was appointed by rod blagojevich. roland burris is not running again. that's an open seat. a very important factor in that, how strong of support or lack thereof does he get from the white house. the optics of that event tomorrow are going to be fascinating. what the president said or doesn't say about him. >> he's been absolute lly silen on this so far. >> essentially the white house said we support all democrats running for the senate a

heavy rain in the south central illinois area. a warm flow of air and high pressure will remain stubborn. a lot of this moisture will be held to the self, dissipate, or be pushed toward the great lakes. we think a lot of it will dry out before it comes in. unseasonably warm temperatures. the range up to 81 degrees. the futurecast shows the front coming in the mountains tonight. overnight hours, maybe a sprinkle or a quick shower. it is moving off to the eastern shore to the east of us. some sunshine for the bulk of the day and also on easter sunday. overnight, mostly cloudy and maybe a sprinkle. during the day on easter sunday, the sunshine comes back with mild temperatures. monday a shower goingnto tuesday. dreier wednesday and then thursday, another chance for rain. >> a 3:00 good friday service was held guest today. >> the archdiocese of baltimore says it will welcome new members on easter mass sunday. that is the largest membership increase it has seen in at least one decade. local catholics recognize good friday with a proces

the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. mrs.iggert: i'd like to rise to express my strong support for h.r. 4178 and commend the sponsor of this legislation, mr. cleaver, for his thoughtful efforts encouraging americans to plan for their children's college education. given recent market volatility, some families are understandably hesitant to save in these -- to save in the security-based plans. therefore, for the first time, h.r. 4178 provides an option for states to expand their 529 programs. the bill allows community banks, which are fdic-insured institutions, to directly offer consumers a college savings plan. at the same time, savers in these new deposit-based plans will be able to benefit from all of the traditional tax incentives of existing security based 529's. as an added benefit, this legislation will fund the insurance fund up to $250,000 per account. for the families seeking lower risk alternatives, the fdic insured college savings plan would provide a guaranteed return. by expanding the options available to those sa

the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: mr. speaker, we have no further requests for time, and i urge support of this resolution and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 264. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. costello: mr. speaker, i move to prulls and pass the bill h.r. 5147, the airport and airway extension act of 2010. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5147, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the airport and airway trust fund, to amend title 49, united states code, to extend authorizations fo

christianson counties in illinois, just east of the springfield area. this storm has a history producing some wind damage. this is a doppler indicated tornado but any could touch down at any time. northern parts of alabama, coleman county. doppler radar indicating tornado here stretching up from the north and the east, about 55 miles per hour. so when those warnings go off you need seek shelter immediately because they are coming very, very quickly. there's also a line, a very nasty weather just to the west of nashville, not much in terms of warnings on this, but you're going to see a lot of lightning, heavy downpours, and gusty winds that can cause some damage. so be aware. there you can see those live lightning strikes right through the nashville area as we speak. now, we were talking about ef scales and what kind tornados these can cause, we don't have the official word yet out of jackson, mississippi, how strong this tornado was but based on the pictures i've been seeing, don, i would say at least an ef-3 tornado, which would be considered a severe

illinois is a coal mining state.our history we've had terrible coal mining disasters and the loss of life. i hope we can not only bring them constellation, but learn from this disaster. when we find that only a small -- for safety violations have been paid, it clearly calls for a much more aggressive approach by our federal government and the agencies entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the safety of these coal miners. we can do better. one of the saddest comments, but i'm afraid true comments, that came from this came from my colleague, senator rockefeller, who said these tragedies are likely to occur again no matter how much we do. congressman nick rayhol said that when it comes to coal miner safety, it is written in the blood of dead coal miners. let us do a better job of writing the laws and enforcing the laws so the men and women who work in this perilous trade have the protection of their government. secondly, i'll be speaking at length in a later time but i wanted to join he's who expressed their s

and a gene is a former state legislature and lawyer in illinois.and so he had access to a lot of the very high profile people that were interviewed for this book. and they make a great team. >> did justice stevens know about it, cooperate in at all? >> i wouldn't put a big sticker on this is authorized biography but justice stevens did sit for interviews with the office, was aware of the project. actually allowed us to take some photographs of some interesting trophies in his office. for example, he has a hole-in-one golf trophy that will appear in injury of the book. and he also kind of gave his blessing to the authors, anything people who were close to him, the people who are close to stephen are incredibly loyal to him. and so they would never have spoken with the office without his say-so. so we are able to access to his family members, friends, former clerks, a lot of people with stephen's blessing. >> it was 10 years in the making, why so long? >> they also said that an astounding amount of research. the book starts with stephen's family and

and i was on the bus talking to big jim thompson, the governor of illinois. >> larry: governor of illinoishe fair and he would come on the bus and we'd have a bowl of chili and drink a beer and talk about things. and this particular year, we started talking about the farmers. i'd heard from my friends in texas about how the farmers weren't doing that good. and i grew up on a farm. and i knew that it didn't ever do really great. but i heard that it was worse than usual, that they weren't get anything money and they were going out of business at an alarming rate. i started checking out, and sure enough. we at one time had over 8 million small family farmers, and now we're down to less than two million. and that's not right. >> larry: it's the big companies. >> and that's not good for the food. it's not good for the land. it's not good for you and me. >> larry: how do you react -- what do you think about obama? >> i think he's a good man, yeah. i like him. i know his intentions are good, and he probably felt he was going to be able to do a lot more once he got in there than he's been able to

illinois tool works came out and eaton came out and they raised their guidance overall.n the airlines, i don't want to make too much of it, but delta in line with expectations, first airline to report. pricing was better. load factor also on the upside. and they said they'll be profitable this quarter. who would have thought? how are we looking at the nasdaq? >> higher today about .3%. but not getting a huge jump off the fact that ibm had earnings that were better than expected. now the nasdaq is up .3%. that's about 8 points. look at the big stories of the day. it is going to come after the bell. apple and yahoo! report results. apple lower by .75%. it sold off yesterday, could be because there was data out from the npd group related to mac sales, potentially they could fall below some of the very high whisper numbers or below the expectations out there. that will be a key metric to watch. the iphone and the ipad, what apple says about its computer business, that being the mac. look at yahoo! after the bell as well, .2% to the upside. intel ceo stacy smith on "squawk bo

area and this is where we have all the tornado watches stretching from georgia to the south and to illinois and tennessee, kentucky and indiana and all effected here and there have been reports of tornados on the ground in some of the areas, gusty winds and rainfall. as this moves toward us, this is what we're going to watch into the next 24 hours and to our weather map. we are under a slight rack of of severe weather, from d.c. and through south of the florida panhandle and this is going to ease to the north of us and stall out right near the mason-dixon line and back to the south again and to areas of central virginia and maryland, talking thunderstorms as way move through tomorrow and future cast shows us as we move into tonight, the rain is widespread and into the early morning hours, everything is to the north of us and we see activity into the 4:00 hour and in the afternoon and to the north and we fill in again 32 into later evening hours. we're going to hope it holds off and anything could change and lingering into monday and tuesday and showers are widespread and possibly scattered

he traveled to iowa, missouri, and illinois. -- travels. >> mourning the loss of a civil rights icon. local leaders are paying tribute to the life of dorothy height. >> the traffic alert for anyone up early. we will tell you an area to watch out for starting tonight. >> keep the umbrella handy. some rain is moving this way. >> wednesday morning, welcome back to good morning washington. gray skies. we are in chevy chase. not a bad start. you don't need a jacket, just a light coat at the bus stop or raincoat. showers are beginning. i've been tracking the doppler. 53 degrees. that's a pretty good start. we will climb into the low 60's. it will only climb another 10 degrees. let's look at the current conditions. green filling in, especially the shenandoah valley, 81 corridor down towards harrisonburg and stretching east into culpeper and fauquier county. the rain will continue to push to the northeast. gentle rain off and on throughout the dead. between a quarter and a half- inch. is in the low 70's. -- high temperatures in the low 60's. >> 95 between richmond and baltimore. no problems o

these independent-minded members, people like paul douglas of illinois, who don't abide by the storms but i very much according to this conventional portrait, senators as a result that they don't amount to that much. in the institution. all right. a related aspect of this theme is the idea that the sin is dominated by conservative coalition. a bipartisan coalition of southern democrats are conservative, and midwestern and and republicans, and often some eastern republicans are conservatives. and if you look at the senate in that period, the big committee chairs most powerful committee chairs tend to be conservatives southern democrats. they often work very closely with senior republicans on legislation. it's a very different world from today where the thought of, you know, senior democrats and senior republicans having the same, very similar policy views and working as a team, which is foreign to today's senate. the final element of this conventional portrait is, i guess i would call it the johnson center. the idea of lyndon johnson is a uniquely important figure in the senate of the

to become the next senator from the state of illinois.m rahm emanuel, i don't even want to talk to blagojevich. >> well, everybody knew by that point that blagojevich was hot. you are right about that and there were calls also between other people that were associated with obama, or at least according to the government's allegation. i think that what the blagojevich people are saying here is these calls were made because nothing wrong was going on. and we're entitled to present that evidence that nothing wrong was going on. when you talk about rezko, rezko wrote a letter to the judge after he got convicted and said the government is trying to get me to say bad things about obama and bad things about blagojevich and i don't have bad things to say. then he started meeting with the government and he said bad things about blagojevich. and i think they want to show that rezko makes stuff up by showing things that he said about obama possibly are false. so, therefore, the things he said about blagojevich must be false. >> laura: well, i also th

we've got a few iowans, but we are in illinois. but over the last couple of days, we have talked to workers who are busy building wind blades for these big wind turbines, and a biofuel plant. families and small business owners trying to navigate through a tough economy. talking to farmers about what is happening to family farms in the region. and because it is folks like all of you and towns like quincy that give america its heartbeat, and that is why it is so important for me to be able the visit. it is towns like this where working men and women built the american dream with their bare hands. this is where our roots are. i just met a young man coming in -- he says he is my cousin. the areas, right there. [laughter] seriously, it is, what is it, fourth generation? four generations back? i told him he was a little better looking than me. [laughter] but all of us trace back to this experience of parents, grandparents, great-grandparents building this american dream, not having much to begin with. and that dream is shared by every il

gutierrez of illinois. the chair: those in favor of a request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this amendment, the yeas are 164, the nays are 235, the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number three printed in house report -- the chair: on amendment number two, the yeas are 164, the nays are 236, the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number three printed in house report 111-468, by the gentleman from illinois, mr. gutierrez, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. this is a fine bill and, you know, on face value there's some good elements to the bill. let me give you a kind of a behind the curtain look, though, at what could have been. there was an amendment that was offered in the ways and means committee that i thought was thoughtful. what it was trying to do is create a sense of fairness for families that find themselves being bumped up into tax brackets just sort of through inflation essentially. i offered an amendment that would have had the office of management and budget determine the spending growth rate by comparing the previous two years nonsecurity discretionary spending without regard to whether spending was offset and in a nut shell it would have insulated families and taxpayers from being boosted up into what is known as bracket creep. now, there are some folks that say, well, you know, all this would do is accelerate deficits and create more of a problem. but if the federal government simply lived

, river forest illinois, forest park, illinois, and last evening westchester. overwhelmingly all of the individuals who were present extoled the virtues of the health reform legislation that was passed. and i was vindicated because i voted for it. i want to thank the residents of my congressional district because we were on the same page. i thank you, mr. speaker. and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized without objection for one minute. mr. smith: mr. speaker, americans continue to see the national media as too biased, too liberal, and too powerful. by almost a two to one margin americans say that media bias is a bigger problem in politics today than big campaign contributions, according to a new rasmussen public opinion poll. by a three to one margin, americans describe the average reporter as more liberal than they are rather th

the reason they were so upset is because the obama campaign bussed in lots of young people from illinois with the help of a court. and they showed up at the caucuses early. they took over the caucuses and then they locked out the hillary voters. >> john heilemann? >> the caller is exactly right about what the clintons believe. that is to the letter what we report in the book is that hillary had been worried about this possibility for a while. she had been concerned the caucuses were too loose and there was some chance because obama was home state senator from illinois that this could happen. we report in the book how on the night of the iowa caucuses when hillary has come in third, she and the president of a former president clinton are in their hotel suite and they are as angry as their eight have ever seen them. she finishes in a far off third. they are incredibly upset. and the president, former president clinton starts going on about the fact that all these people, 239,000 people had shown up, no one had ever expected. that was double the amount of people who are children of and i wi

little rock has players from oklahoma, 5 from texas, 4 from a, 3 from missouri, 3 from kansas, 2 from illinois, 1 in indiana, nebraska, north dakota, north carolina, tennessee and new york. >> pretty spread out, yes? rowell is looking for his 2nd hit in the series. he had one last night. good speed and wide. last week we saw a 17-pitch at- bat late in the game, and finally keyed an fau win over the cajuns. this one hasn't approached 17 pitches yet, but unless sit a battle. this is popped up on the mound and bryant inches his way to the hill to make the catch. three up and three down. tyler ray sails through the 3rd. 3-1, troy. >>> 3-1, troy, off to a good start early. leads the arkansas - little rock by 2 as we play in the bottom of the 3rd. it is our pleasure to be joined by the coach, nor more in the arkansas - little rock dugout. how important is the series to your club as you try to establish a winning season early in the sunbelt conference this year? >> it is very important. we need to show we start playing with the guys in the top of the conference year in and year out. troy is one of th

he will travel to iowa, missouri, and illinois. he plans to meet with workers, farmers and small-business owners to talk about the economic future. >>>in light of the financial climate, the senate has voted not to take the annual pay raise. the vote was unanimous. every year, members automatically get a pay raise. the last time they got one was 2008. >>> new developments with the oil rig explosion. the deep water horizon oil rig has now sunk. it has the potential to be a major spill. the search continues for 11 missing workers. the coast guard says they may have been in the area of the explosion. three recent federal inspections turned up no violations. >>> coming up, a former governor wants to subpoena a high level washingtonian to testify. >> some foreign exchange students from belgium are stuck because of the volcanic eruption. i have details on how locals are helping them settle in. >> just a few showers out there at this hour. partly sunny skies. i will tell you what to expect. a lot of changes on the way. >>> rod blagojevich