played a big impact on all of this in the line of fire the of clint eastwood's figure faced where jack reid was on the follow-up car and the theme of the movie was he failed and that was the theme of the movie. i'm speculating but i think this probably what impacted jack and he just said emotionally she couldn't participate. a second agent, don, assigned to do the departure we were so stripped down of agents on the trip but that will probably be another question, but don was the senior agent and you need a senior agent to handle the departure, so he was left behind. you may have seen movies that some of the theorists say he was being told to stand down. bond was getting his term to run by the car and he knew he was going to have to stay there but not being able to be with the president in dallas that they really impacted him. >> one of the things that comes out very clearly in the book is the day-to-day routine of the agents endless hours a day in and day out of just standing and watching. how do you do a job like that? >> sometimes you are looking off into the black water out there somewhe

impact were gratified by the news a few weeks ago that the senator committee chaired by senator jack reid has suggested and proposed a very strong funding for historic preservation fund this year it has a $10 increase. it exceeds the funding level and recommends more funding and that it into law. we were pleased to see the senate has proposed $8 million for save america's treasures, which has been one of the country is the most important bricks and mortar funding sources for the rehabilitation and preservation of cultural resources in the country. the national trust was proud to help establish the program to be the principal private partner of three administrations in the implementation of the program. it's had really remarkable results in us hope to protect important american icons such as the star-spangled banner, rosa parks bus, ellis island in september 11 memorial easy stairway. we are proud to be part of all of that. all of these preservation projects help to underscore the bull of historic preservation and economic and cultural than even environmental sustainability. they demonstra

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jacked up by $1,000. majority leader harry reid in the senate plans on bringing up these two things in a stand alone billngress comes back into session. >> this is a way to begin afresh. we let everybody down with the super committee. let's begin fresh by giving everybody something that we know everybody wants. they can't possibly be any controversy on this one. >> when president obama talks about the possibility of the payroll tax cut ending, he says this will be the worst possible time for that. but republicans don't plan on letting the white house paint the congress as do nothing, if nothing gets done because speaker of the house john boehner has already said in a statement "we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitfu discussion with him regarding the payroll tax extension and that invitation stands." and just for some perspective, while we're talking about how the super committee just failed because they couldn't decide on how to pay for $1.2 trillion in cuts, these extensions of the payroll tax and the jobless benefits would cost somewhere around $200 billion

jack reed, 1148, 1204, and 1294. ander amendment 1293, levin amendment, 1296, boxer amendment, 1292, a menendez amendment, and that we return to the regular order. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: reno, nevada, is a beautiful place. it's right below the great lake tahoe, the beautiful sierra nevada mountains. it's really a picturesque, beautiful place. i was very troubled this morning to wake up and find that reno, nevada, is in trouble because of a devastating fire. we have about more than 500 acres that have been burned. we have a number of homes that have been des tried. the problem we have is because of these beautiful sierra nevada mountains, we get winds that are -- mr. president, could we have order in the senate? the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. mr. reid: because of those beautiful mountains that are towering over reno, we get devastating winds, and those winds are blowing now. the winds are at 60 miles an hour, and they are trying to control this fire. it's really ravaging. it's -- my thoughts are certainly with the families who have lost their homes and the thousands of resident