they won't blame you ask you where the herald herald i asked you on first and then you can answer ok johann please go ahead i think i think their western powers are getting increasingly irrelevant but they he had to talk about the burden nato has been mentioned according to an extended leave guys in on the fly zone and that is of course the possibility that the us failed have to stay on their its obligation from nineteen forty five to come to the protection of the royal house in saudi arabia if it is that taken by its own people ok. you want to jump in go ahead the idea of american involvement again america is a political nation we are many people's living in this country what we have in common our democracy freedom and human rights a loyalty to these principles it is the only type of sustainable foreign policy that america can ever have because that's what our people are interested in as long as all of these revolutions are inclusive and that people can express themselves and you don't they're not taken over by new tyrannical forces then america will support them the american people if onl

an independent consultant recommends cops training after officer grant was shot and killed by johannes mehserle, he was unarmed and face down at the time of the shooting. it prompted similar experiences in oakland, convicted of involuntary manslaughter. improve relationships not only with riders but the community in general. that community could use the mending. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. alameda county prosecutors have decided not to file charges against two oakland police officers that killed a son and last year. derrick jones was shot and killed december 8th. police were responding to a domestic dispute call. he repeatedly reached into his waistband. it turned out he was reaching for of a small silver scale. >> the mayor in oakland taking a 25% pay cut. giving back $46,000 in salary. that will reduce her annual pay to $137,000 a year. quan says with oakland facing a $40 million deficit and more painful layoffs and furloughs ahead, she wants to lead by example. quan is not the first mayor to take a pay cut. governor jerry brown kept his salary at $115,000 when

an independent consultant recommends cops training after officer grant was shot and killed by johannes mehserle, he was unarmed and face down at the time of the shooting. it prompted similar experiences in oakland, convicted of involuntary manslaughter. improve relationships not only with riders but the community in general. that community could use the mending. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. alameda county prosecutors have decided not to file charges against two oakland police officers that killed a son and last year. derrick jones was shot and killed december 8th. police were responding to a domestic dispute call. he repeatedly reached into his waistband. it turned out he was reaching for of a small silver scale. >> the mayor in oakland taking a 25% pay cut. giving back $46,000 in salary. that will reduce her annual pay to $137,000 a year. quan says with oakland facing a $40 million deficit and more painful layoffs and furloughs ahead, she wants to lead by example. quan is not the first mayor to take a pay cut. governor jerry brown kept his salary at $115,000 when

here because a new a new middle east we're democratic governments eastern here on herald i'm sorry johann how do we the israeli question come into play as you mentioned in the beginning of the program too can a democratic arab middle east have peace with israel. absolutely you know i'm can you answer for. you when you say you understand that i have i have the floor i think it's very difficult think it's three this definitely against a very expansionist the zionist israel and they have expressed seven times again and again they would be content and could believe read a fortune one hundred sixty seven israel with somebody visions that's their yard agreement their legal agreement it's the one that iran has signed the idea that god has done that so i would say the side head israel or if he wants the ability the basic point would be for the west the u.s. european union and israel to stop interfering to stop building their political systems propping up their autocrats and the enormous inequality economy really you see these people are fighting against that then they are perfectly cognizant that

it you're not being fair and when you go to our other guest says i must and these young literate johanne and the thing country every so many people in the world were very very happy to see the uprising against these tyrants in the middle east should the palestinians now have the right to show the same kind of free expression. again. yeah they're broke and they can not leave with an expansionist. we'd ever expanding settlements importing russians to do it where they could easily accommodate people in northern israel they can live with their way into each egypt has cooperated with israel on starving god they kind of leave that all that has to change and they expect this middle east thing you're call it north africa that's very much in the neighborhood might get had much luck expected to come through like it came today you to madison wisconsin and suddenly you're. both in madison wisconsin how hard it goes i don't know but it is about inequality and one instrument that can settle some inequality namely collective bargaining it's a human right and it is enshrined in the human rights so you s

>> if the computer system is kicking you out or the gps system is dropping johann -- you. like i said, as of today, we have 1500 medallions. we have the company that is using the system. and basically, [unintelligible] it should be below for everybody. i think it should be pretty much accurate. >> when you drive a typical shift, how many miles to drive -- and do you drive? >> the e-100 miles. i make a lot of trips. it will be increasing the number of miles. president goh: is their public comment on this item -- is there public comment on this item? >> good evening, commissioners. you ask for the electronic printouts. we supplied them. you asked for mechanical records. the mta says these things don't happen. if you want a copy, i can give them to you. these are not -- the mta is wrong saying they don't break down. they are vans converted into heavy lifting lifts. with the the roads in san francisco, we know that they are the worst roads in the world. the hills are the worst streets to drive on. this is the worst city to drive- in. bottles everywhere -- pot- holes everywhere

>> if the computer system is kicking you out or the gps system is dropping johann -- you. like i said, as of today, we have 1500 medallions. we have the company that is using the system. and basically,

oscar grant was killed early new year's day 2009 but johannes mehserle following a fight on a train. >>> 125 troops said their farewells this afternoon as they prepared for deployment to afghanistan. the 352nd combat support hospital consistents of doctors, nurses, x-ray technicians. they leave dublin tonight and head to ft. lewis and from there they go straight to afghanistan to support operation enduring freedom. >> we were very excited to get our soldiers mobilized and out the door and we look forward to them coming back to their families and we appreciate their sacrifice. >> their tour of duty is expected to last one year. most are from the bay area. >>> chinatown has a group of volunteers to thank for making the area looking beautiful. today volunteers picked up litter and got rid of grafitti. the public works department asked them to come out and celebrate chinese new year's to make the city more clean. the san francisco mayor kicked off today's event. >> i want to make sure that everybody knows that beautifying our neighborhood is the number 1 objective of our dream team but b

johann rall. he had been warned of american plans, but is confident an attack is unlikely. man: fire! (repeated cannon blasts) narrator: then, the unlikely attack begins. man as greenwood: we got within 200 yards of about 300 or 400 hessians. orders were given to charge bayonets and rush on, and rush on we did. before they had time to reload, we were within three feet of them when they broke and ran like so many frightened devils. narrator: col. rall is shot and mortally wounded. his men lay down their weapons and surrender. there would later be rumors that the hessians had been partying. in fact, they fought nobly but were soundly defeated. fischer: the myth is that the hessians were drunk. that they were celebrating christmas. that their commander was drunk, and i think none of that was true. the hessians fought with great courage. their officers led them with great resolve. narrator: the battle of trenton is over in less than two hours. 22 hessians are dead and nearly 900 captured. washington describes american casualties as very trifling. the victors and their prisoners

. >> this animation shows what it will look like when the johannes kepler robot fighter purchase theinternational space station. the fully automated freighter will deliver much-needed supplies and push the station into a higher orbit. it carries about 5 tons of fuel, plus maintenance equipment, tools, scientific instruments, clothing, and food for the crew. in all, the cargo will weigh about 7 tons, three times more than the russian progress capsule often used to supply the station. >> the atv is a key pillar in the international space station logistics. >> three months after being filled with the space station's garbage, it will be destroyed on reentry into earth's atmosphere. >> i will be back after a short >> i will be back after a short break. >> italy has placed soldiers on alert and ask to brussels for a bid to cope with an influx of thousands of tunisian refugees. the mediterranean island is 130 kilometers of the tunisian coast. more than five dozen migrants have landed there by boat in the last week. it is a dangerous journey. by the standards of most to nations, it is very e

and overseeing all this: johann sebastian bach. [ pipe organ playing ] this music continues to fill the spiritual sails of saint sulpice as it has for centuries, and it's just another reason i consider paris the cultural capitol of europe.

i want to thank senator johanns for his leadership on this. this is a budget busting bill that we are trying to work on. we were unsuccessful today but we know where everybody stands. it destroys jobs, increases health costs, raises taxes and threatens the liberty all in the name of one of the greatest expansions of federal power in our history. i'm disappointed that our friends are not ready to start over to bring down healthcare costs without putting washington bureaucrats between us and our doctors, between patients and doctors. democrats are fooling themselves if they think fixing their small business crushing 1099 reporting requirement is all that they need to do and it will satisfy the american people. it is not, even though that is a wonderful move and shows one of the major points we made through the years. this has been wrong from the start and the american people will want it repealed and expect us to sit down and not do it on a partisan basis because it is too important. it is not too late to start over. we should repeal this law an

we saw what happened with johannes. i am from massachusetts. there, he would have been put away for 20 years at least. but for the best interest of the public. we say no. [applause] >> hello, commissioners. my name is patricia ferrel. i am 59 years old. i love san francisco pd. i called and san francisco's finest. i lived 20 years in atlanta, georgia. i prefer a cattle prod. >> my name is nick pasquerello. i testified a year ago against tasers. you voted them down. i hope you will do that again. one of the major reasons you voted them down a year ago was because at that time the department admitted it was a year and a half behind in the mental health training of the officers. this is another reason why you should not go forward with any further study of tasers until you have completed training of all officers in mental health training. thank you. [applause] president mazzucco: the left side of the room is now complete. the right side. >> i don't know about that. president mazzucco: not politically. [laughter] >> i am a community organizer with

police officer johannes mehserle on new year's dave in 2009. >>> san jose rang in the year of the rabbit today with the traditional chinese new year's celebration at santana row. that doesn't look that traditional to me. the upscale shopping center partnered with the nonprofit dynasty television to put on the event. the festival included traditional chinese, korean dancing. and a fashion show and cooking demonstration. >>> still to come at 5:00, just how many people send their sweetheart flowers on valentine's day? we'll bring you a glimpse inside the fedex hub at the airport that might give you a little bit of a clue. >>> we'll show you who is likely to get props at the gramies tomorrow night and who was passed over altogether. [ male announcer ] breakfast for breakfast. breakfast for lunch. breakfast for dinner. with three new breakfast lovers dishes, who needs a break from breakfast? denny's. america's diner is always open. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i r

. >> reporter: she is referring to the shooting from new year's day 2009 where bart officer johannes mehserle shot and killed an unarmed passenger oscar grant, an issue that tainted the department in a lot of people's eyes. >> only thing that we can do is pick up the piece trying to become better. >> reporter: the chief has seen copps work with other departments. >> we definitely respect them and we want them to like us and want them to respect the job we do. >> and hopefully going on we can city that change happen and we can have that faith to believe that just because you wear a badge, just because you wear a uniform, you know, that does not mean you can step aside and do what you want to do. it. >> reporter: now, this training is going on all week. a different group of officers each day. frank? >> anne makovec live in oakland, thank you. >>> so should officers be armed with stun guns? that will be the topic of debate tonight at san francisco police commission meeting. the commission will reconsider arming officers with tasers. this comes after a string of high-profile police shoot

. >> reporter: she is referring to the shooting from new year's day 2009 where bart officer johannes mehserle shot and killed an unarmed passenger, oscar grant, an issue that tainted the department in a lot of people's eyes. >> only thing that we can do is pick up the pieces, try to become better. >> reporter: the chief has seen the copps program work with other departments working to keep civil order with its riders. >> you definitely respect them copps and want them to respect us. >> hopefully going on we can see that change happen and have the faith to believe that just because you wear a badge and uniform, that does not mean you can step aside and do what you want to do. >> reporter: anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> and now to egypt. the call for change will not be quieted. it is boiling over again as thousands of protestors took to the streets today. demonstrations are now in their third week and another massive march planned for friday. the country's economic troubles have prompted thousands of state workers to go out on strike. >> he says these protests continue because nothing has be

oscar grant was shot and killed by former bart police officer johannes mehserle on new year's day 2009>>> and in santa clara county revelers treated to the sounds of booming drum beats and crashing symbols in celebration of chinese new year. floats circled san jose's shopping center today to usher in the year of the rabbit. >>> they rarely visit but when they do, bay area boaters go home with a whale of a tale. where a group of orcaa surfaced today. >>> and his road to tomorrow's grammy's has been filled with the blues. how a girl that fell down a well helped a bay area musician crawl out of his own troubles. >>> blue skies around the bay area. that soon could change. we could use the rain and here it comes. we will tell you about it. coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, troops said their farewells this afternoon as they prep >>> in alameda county 125 troops said their farewells this afternoon as they prepared for deployment to afghanistan. most of the troops are medical workers. they leave dublin tonight for ft. lewis and then go straight to afghanistan. their tour of duty is expected to last

police officer johannes mehserle on new year's day in 2009. mehserle, by the way, is serving a two-year sentence for the shooting. >>> a taxi cab driven into a crowd outside a nightclub early this morning injuring more than two dozen people. san diego police say at least 25 people were hurt. six are listed in critical condition tonight. one young woman was reportedly pinned against the wall by the cab, and had her legs severed. investigators say the driver either fell asleep or passed out, but they do not believe alcohol was involved in the accident. the cab hit the crowd at a speed of about 15 miles an hour. after the collision, an angry crowd attacked the cab driver. >> initially it was a melee. because when the taxi cab went into the building, there were some people that were obviously upset. probably intoxicated. and they took it out on the taxi cab driver. >> the cab driver was taken to the hospital with a broken nose. at this point police say there are no plans to arrest that driver. >>> coming up next at 6:00, from the football field to

r t sitting down with professor johann an internationally recognized founder of peace studies and author of more than one hundred fifty books his most recent book is titled the fall of the us empire and then what. professor galton thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. today my pleasure in two thousand you had predicted in forecasts that that the united states would.

i do want to welcome our new member, senator johanns, we welcome you. we are delighted you are with us. and also senator sessions and senator boozman are also new members. i wanted to welcome them, even though they are not here, but they will be strongly welcomed by all of us. >> thank you, madam chairman. for taking time to continue our discussions on the federal drinking water program, i know that i don't in this room agrees that we all need safe, clean drinking water. to carry out this priorty effectively we need resource but we also need sound policy based on the best of able of science. and madam chairwoman, i countered in your opening statement you said the same thing three times. the best available science. i feel confident that the recent drinking water report by the environment a working group which we are focusing on today does not fall into that category. simply put, the report is biased and, therefore, the conclusions are skewed to fit a particular viewpoint or i should say agenda perhaps. what's more the firemen working group has rejected t

oscar grant was killed by b.a.r.t police officer johannes mehserle on august 9, 2009. >>> we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." the feds dropped some of the murder charges against the suspect in the arizona shooting spree. we'll tell you why. >>> plus palin in 2012? we'll tell you a new article out that has the internet all abuzz. >>> good morning to you, staking a live look at tahrir square in cairo where it is a very peaceful demonstration -- it is a new day of politics after weeks of protests that were at times violent in cairo. this scene is different from how it looked last night. it was jubilant as tens of thousands of people crowded into tahrir square celebrating hoe i end of hosni mubarak's regime. the country will now be ruled again by a military council. as more mubarak, he is now in the red sea resort of sharm el-sheik. the immediate campaign to get mubarak to step down began on social net working sites where people were able to organize on places like facebook and twitter. although the roots of course go much deeper than that. a plan was posted on facebook to prote

. >> this animation shows what it will look like when the johannes kepler robot fighter purchase the international space station. the fully automated freighter will deliver much-needed supplies and push the station into a higher orbit. it carries about 5 tons of fuel, plus maintenance equipment, tools, scientific instruments, clothing, and food for the crew. in all, the cargo will weigh about 7 tons, three times more than the russian progress capsule often used to supply the station. >> the atv is a key pillar in the international space station logistics. >> three months after being filled with the space station's garbage, it will be destroyed on reentry into earth's atmosphere. >> i will be back after a short break. >> italy has placed soldiers on alert and ask to brussels for a bid to cope with an influx of thousands of tunisian refugees. the mediterranean island is 130 kilometers of the tunisian coast. more than five dozen migrants have landed there by boat in the last week. it is a dangerous journey. by the standards of most to nations, it is very expensive. we spoke to one man p

spee-2 senator johanns. >> mr. secretary, good to see you again. one observation and then a couple of questions. one of the frustrations for me, and i know for you, i think for every person who has served as a tag secretary in recent years has been market conditions relative to u.s. beef. i just wanted to put on the record again today that the situation specifically with japan is not get solved. these folks are impossible. from my vantage point. this has been going on now for years and years. we are still dealing with the standard of 20 months, and i'm not blame you because i worked on this, too. we just don't seem to be making progress with them. i hope you can convince me otherwise, but it just seems like we are just getting anywhere. offer your thoughts on that. >> senator, i would certainly agree with you that it is a free frustrating process. when you're dealing with issues involving dse and the host country japan, basically has the greater number of dse for their own domestic livestock that we have ever had. it is an interesting conversation.

been i know senator johanns has been're gointo a leader republican from nebraska. we are going to pass that today. to change the idea that a we are not willing to change any part of the law is here belied by what we are doing here on the floor. we want to work together. but somehow when we get a repeal amendment, repeal the whole thing, no substitute, no answerhe to how to deal with the debt one wonders what this repeal is an f all about.ne o and furthermore what is one of am the reasons -- one is the american public becoming more favorable to the small as we go through this debate that is what the polling dataow has shown. t, well i would give two reasons. first, many of the horrors that were being cheated out as fill was all was being put together, be proving not to be true.i'll never i will never forget in the summer last summer someone came gen over to me a gentleman from long island said senatorvoted for schumer, i'm a democrat. election i voted for you in, every election but i'm not going to why ? vote for you again and i said why? sd, i hate the health care

changes recommended in an independent report after unarmed passenger oscar grant was shot by officer johannes mehserle two years ago. >> one of the recommendations coming out of the report is that we establish a rank of deputy chief and we just completed that testing process and selected three new deputy chiefs that we hope to have onboard by the beginning of march. >> reporter: rainy says the department is moving toward a cultural change along with reorganization but says it is a slow process, there is a difference between writing policy and implementing it. the attorney for oscar grant's family says bart is moving in the right direction. part of the grant case positive legacy. >> there is ongoing discussion about training officers on tasers and making sure that they choose the right weapon, if you will. that is a nationwide thing. >> bart is counting on riders to help out as well. while there are 350,000 daily passengers there are only 50 to 60 officers during a 24 hour period spread out over 100 miles of track. heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> alameda county prosecutors decided not to fil

if and enhance wind johannes when shall the other travelers to dangers like animals, children and motorcyclesers to focus on the road and some of the instrument panel. he should see this some time in the next five years. gabe slate kron 4 news. >>louisa: a look at your snowbomb.com ski report to. at sugar bowl of base depth of 94 to 186 in.. new snow over foot and more coming down. less open about 24. conditions at squaw valley of the staff of 483 in., 27 in. of snow powder and about 24 lives. we have conditions continuing to improve of this year. >>pam: kron 4 of your 7 setting in their weather pictures from around the bay area. take a look at these from clear lake. the one of the right to he could see the cars tested with snow there. the one on the left is from david waters. look of the area around the pool all covered in snow. this quite a bit of snow in late and felt. look at how much snow is on the bushes there. a picture from all the way north in redwood valley. this is north past ukiah. his pictures sent in by the, you could see the field covered in snow. stay with kron 4 for continuin

i know that senator johanns has been a leader, senator from nebraska.we're going to pass that today. the idea that we're unwilling to change any part of this law is belied by what we're doing here on the floor. we want to work together. when we get a repeal amendment, repeal the whole thing, no substitute, no answer to how to deal with the debt, one wonders what this repeal is all about, and furthermore, what is one of the reasons -- why is the american public becoming more favorable to this law as we go through this debate? that's what the polling data has shown. well, i give two reasons. first, many of the horrors that were thrown about as the law was being put together approving not -- proving not to be true. i'll never forget last summer someone came over to me, a jenman from long island. he said, i'm a democrat. i voted for you in every election, i'm not voting for you again. i said why? he said, i hate the health care law. i said why? i'll lose my health benefits on labor day. i'm a new york city firefighters. well, anyone who knows even a little

johannes mehserl breaking news, firefighs have responded to a fire. it started 1.5 hours ago. residents were evacuated. at this point no one was hurt. live shot, this is the scene, ec fire trucks on the left inside, straight ahead is the holding question. yoli has been that they're trying to get some information. she might be able to chat with is yoli? >> reporter: i can hear you. i just drive down the scene, i just spoke to an officer. two structures were affected. you can see this great house, white trim, the backside of that house, the house the tree behind the wooden shingle house. those where the two structures that got affected. luckily no one was hurt. according to the officer it was one of his guests to called in this fire. there was a police officer patrolling the area, he saw the flames, he called it in to the fire department. luckily, he did spot up. everyone in the apartment or asleep. there were not aware of the fire. very lucky, this is an area that does overlook the castro. it's on the outskirts above the castro. we will try to talk to the fire department, see w

johanns: mr. president, thank you. i had an opportunity during the comments of my colleague, senator demint, to sit here and listen to those and i would like to start my comments today by complimenting senator demint. those were very, very thoughtful comments. mr. president, many of my friends on the other side of the aisle are now acknowledging the problems with the health care law. it was a fascinating process last september and october as we were leading up to the november elections to see members running, to be on the other side of the aisle and saying, well, i would have done this different and if i get there, i'll do that different. we've already seen one such provision designated for repair is my legislation to repeal the 1099 reporting mandate that is in the legislation. now, mr. president, just to be clear, i've never argued that that was the start of the unraveling of the health care bill. i don't believe that for a moment. what i would say is this, that provision should have never been in the health care law

it turns out senator johanns did such an outstanding job of raising awareness of the 1099 requirement that our friends on the other side have basically co-oped the idea are now claiming it as their own. actually, that's fine with us. it's not a bad precedent, actually. we've got a lot of other good ideas that we'd be happy to share. not replacing one 2,700 page bill with another, but passing commonsense reforms that people actually want. the case against this bill is more compelling every day. everything we learned tells us it was a bad idea. that it should be repealed and replaced. the courts say so, the american people say so, job creators say so. it's time for those who passed this bill to show that they've noticed. let's take this opportunity. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following my remarks, senator paul of kentucky will be recognized for up to 20 minutes in morning business to deliver his first speech as a member of the united states senate. following senator paul's remarks, the senate will

grant was shot and killed by bart police officer johannes mehserle on january 1, 2009. the mission of the foundation is to improve communications between the police and the communities they serve. today's event is designed to help at-risk youth with things like employment training and drug treatment programs. the event will be held today at 10 a.m. at the east oakland youth development center on international boulevard. it's geared towards men between ages 16 and 34. >>> it was a sad night in patterson as hundreds of people gathered to remember four-year- old juliani cardenas. investigators say juliani was abducted by jose rodriguez, his mother's ex-boyfriend, on january 18th. a few weeks later the boy's body was found in the canal near patterson. sheriff's deputies expect rodriguez's body will also be found in the cancel at some point. >> i've made my peace with god. and with jose. whatever -- because i believe he's dead. >> last knight the crowd filled the community stadium to hear stories and share memories of juliani. t-shirts were sold and donations were taken to p

officer grant was killed by b.a.r.t police officer johannes mehserle. >>> a teenaged girl may never walk and now her family is hoping a new sketch will help track him down. police believe this is the man who hit 18-year-old erica luna on saturday morning. police say he was driving a newer silver or gray suv or minivan with a black roof rack when he hit erica and dragged her for nearly one-third of a mile. that car may have damage to the left front bumper and the left wheel well. the girl is now at regional medical center in san jose with a crushed hip and a serious leg injury. there's a $5,000 reward in this case. >>> this morning soldiers from the bay area are gearing up for a tour of duty to afghanistan. soldiers with t soldi soldiers will have a ceremony today. >>> we have more local news coming up for you in 30 minutes. right now here's more of the "today" show. leftover desserts, boardroom, now. and hurry before the interns get here. thanks but i already have some yummy black forest cake. black forest cake? ♪ so? [ female announcer ] need a guilt free treat? try yoplait light. and i

i want to thank senator johanns for his work and my colleagues who are cosponsoring this amendment. i also want to thank the 11 business organizations supporting this, including the chamber, the farm bureau, the motor an equipment manufacturers, the national association of manufacturers, realtors, nfib, small business and entrepreneurial council. this is an amendment fully paid for without raising taxes while it protects our nation's defense, our veterans and our social security. so i would hope that we would all join together in supporting this effort to make a need change that eliminates burdensome paperwork for our small businesses. the presiding officer: senator's time has expired. who yields time in opposition? a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. inouye: mr. president, i yield back my time, but i make a point of order that the pending amendment violates section 311 of s. con. res. 70, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: mr. president, pursuant to s

senator johanns. >> madam chair, thank you. let me if i might, because i mentioned this in my opening comments, just offer for the record, madam chair, action is a letter that was written to the ranking member and i was copied. it's from the present of metropolitan utilities district. i thought it was a very thoughtful record. >> we will put it in the record, absolutely. >> great. >> doctor, bear with me because not am i one of the newest committees -- idol, with the scientific scientific background that you possess or the administrator possesses, so it's going to be very important that you visit with me and easily understood terminology. okay? to start out with in response to a previous question by senator cardin, you talked about some research that had been done in relative to chromium-6 with animals. and then you talked about a factor of any factor of this. i want you to put that in language that i can understand. what are you telling me there, that they were exposed to the exceedingly high levels that we have not found in d

[applause] daniel johannes, you're here somewhere. right there. ok. my friend, the great administrator for the usaid, rag shaw. where are you, raj? the president and c.e.o. of the overseas private investment corporation, elizabeth littlefield. the director of the u.s. trade and development agency, lee zack. and the director of the peace corps, aaron williams. [applause] i think aaron wins the trip to jeopardy. in any event, this is going to be very short. i want to just say a few words about bill gates. the truth of the matter is that he's probably been introduced so many times that he tires of his own introductions. and i always thought about that scene in the movie "schindler's list." and you remember the character ben kingsley, whose firm did the work for the germans, the work on the machinery. at the end of the movie, liam neeson starts crying to him. he said, i didn't do enough. and the character -- ben kingsley said, you did plenty. he said remember, when you save one life, you saved the entire world. and in the case of bill gates, he has saved

. >> senator johanns. >> mr. chairman, thank you. chairman bernanke, let me start with you and i went to visit with you a little bit about the interchange rules that she put out. when you start out with an observation. i think you folks send everybody. i think he stunned the retailers, the bangs. i don't think anyone ever expect to something this dramatic, district attorney and. do you agree with me that 80% of the transactions interchanged transactions are actually done by 8% in the house of the merchants out there? is that inaccurate statistic? i know it's very concentrated. obviously the large national firm's that account for a lot of the transactions, but i don't know the exact number. >> i think that's the best available information i can find. not only national firms were the biggest economic players. this isn't joe's hardware somewhere in nebraska. doesn't it occur to you that really what we have done their is we've taken money from this site or the economy through congressional price-fixing and directed you to transfer that m

. >> senator johanns. >> mr. chairman, thank you. chairman bernanke, let me start with you nd i went to isit with you a little bit about the interchange rules that she put out. when you start out with an observation. i think you folks send everybody. i think he stunned the retailers, the bangs. i don't think anyone ever expect to something this dramatic, district attorney and. do you agree with me that 80% of the transactions interchanged transactions are actually done by 8% in the house of the merchants out there? is that inaccurate statistic? i know it's very concentrated. obviously the large national firm's that account for a lot of the transactions, but i don't know the exact number. >> i think that's the best available information i can find. not only national firms were the biggest economic players. this isn't joe's hardware somewhere in nebraska. doesn't it occur to you that really what we have done their is we've taken money from this site or the economy through congressional price-fixing and directed you to transfer that mon

the lead democrats to work across the aisle to cosponsor legislation with my friend, senator mike johanns, to repeal the 1099 provision from our health care reform. i was even more proud to have my -- add my voice last night to the many senators from both parties who stheed we can -- who showed that we can and will work together on compromising reform for health care legislation. it is why i will continue to work with any of my colleagues to ensure that we do everything that we can to help small business, not just by improving health care reform but also by strengthening the access to the capital and investment that small businesses so desperately need to create jobs. improving the opportunities for small business and boosting job creation will also depend on making difficult choices to rein in wasteful spending and rising debt. as we learned last week, the fiscal 2012 deficit is projected to be $1.5 trillion. the congressional budget office projects that under current law, our national debt will reach $25 trillion by 2021. madam president, what i heard from my fellow west virginians is t