chairman, john barry. in the past there have been times when fiscal policy has tightened and the federal reserve has chosen to ease its policy and response partly to the extent of the economy at the time. congress appears intent at this point in cutting spending significantly, might restrain the economy as it appears to be doing in britain where they are following a similar path. is there anything the fed can or should do if indeed there are large budget cuts sometime in the next 18 months? >> first, let me say that addressing the fiscal deficit, particularly the long run unsustainable deficit, is a top priority, and nothing i would want to say would be construed as saying that anything other than a temporary. it is very important that our leaders address this issue. i would say that the cuts that have been made so far don't seem to have had very significant consequences for short-term economic activity. my preference in terms of addressing the long-term deficit is to take a long-term perspective. it's a l

barry bonds. guilty. baseball's home run king was convicted yesterday of obstructing justice. but the perjury charges against him were thrown out. more, now, from john donvan. >> and it's a high, fly ball. right, center field. back it goes. racing back. that ball is gone. >> reporter: the thing you can say about barry bonds on this day that a jury declared him a felon, he was a ballplayer who wanted it. who wanted it badly. the fame. the money. the glory. to right to call himself, not just great. barry bonds wanted to be the best. >> there it is.

chairman, john barry. in the past there have been times when fiscal policy has tightened and the federal reserve has chosen to ease its policy and response partly to the extent of the economy at the time. congress appears intent at this point in cutting spending significantly, might restrain the economy as it appears to be doing in britain where they are following a similar path. is there anything the fed can or should do if indeed there are large budget cuts sometime in the next 18 months? >> first, let me say that addressing the fiscal deficit, particularly the long run unsustainable deficit, is a top priority, and nothing i would want to say would be construed as saying that anything other than a temporary. it is very important that our leaders address this issue. i would say that the cuts that have been made so far don't seem to have had very significant consequences for short-term economic activity. my preference in terms of addressing the long-term deficit is to take a long-term perspective. it's a l

chairman, john barry. in the past there have been times when fiscal policy has tightened and the federal reserve has chosen to ease its policy and response partly to the extent of the economy at the time. congress appears intent at this point in cutting spending significantly, might restrain the economy as it appears to be doing in britain where they are following a similar path. is there anything the fed can or should do if indeed there are large budget cuts sometime in the next 18 months? >> first, let me say that addressing the fiscal deficit, particularly the long run unsustainable deficit, is a top priority, and nothing i would want to say would be construed as saying that anything other than a temporary. it is very important that our leaders address this issue. i would say that the cuts that have been made so far don't seem to have had very significant consequences for short-term economic activity. my preference in terms of addressing the long-term deficit is to take a long-term perspective. it's a l

i hope i don't get him in trouble but that is john boehner's chief of staff, barry jackson. he is a real professional. it has been very difficult to work through this stuff but i admire his professionalism. and of course the white house staff has been indispensable. i hope we can have the consent agreement approved at this time. >> is there objection to the request? without objection, so ordered. is there further debate on the became as amended? >> if not. all those in favor of the bill as amended say aye. aye. those opposed to say no. >> no. >> the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill is amended as passed. >> good evening. behind me through the window you can see the washington monument. visited each year by hundreds of thousands from around the world. the people who travel her come to learn about our history and to be inspired by the example of our democracy. a place where citizens of different backgrounds and beliefs can come together as one nation. tomorrow i'm pleased to announce the washington monument and entire federal government will be open for bus

barry bonds. guilty. baseball's home run king was convicted yesterday of obstructing justice. but the perjury charges against him were thrown out. more, now, from john donvan. >> and it's a high, fly ball. right, center field. back it goes. racing back. that ball is gone. >> reporter: the thing you can say about barry bonds on this day that a jury declared him a felon, he was a ballplayer who wanted it. who wanted it badly. the fame. the money. the glory. to right to call himself, not just great. barry bonds wanted to be the best. >> there it is. >> he was a thin, fast young man. and many have said, and i agree with this, that barry bonds would have made the hall of fame on his own right. >> reporter: and he maintains to this day that he was not doping with steroids. >> this one high. >> reporter: the change we all saw, a guy that looked like this in the later years, having once looked like this in the early days. were we just imagining it? but what we did not imagine was in those early days with or without chemical help, he was good. he was suburb. >> he had all the tools to be one of the best in the game. >> reporter: bonds, not the friendliest ma

we have been through, and that's -- i hope i don't get him in trouble -- but that's john boehner's chief of staff, barry jackson. he is a real professional. it's been very difficult to work through all this stuff, but i admire his professionalism. and, of course, the white house staff has been indispensable. i would hope we could have the consent agreement approved at this time. the presiding officer: is there objection to the majority leader's request? without objection, so ordered. is there further debate on the bill, as amended? if not, all those in favor of the bill as amended say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill as a the saker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that it be in order at any time to take from the speaker's table the bill h.r. 1363 with a senate amendment theretond to consider in the house without intervention of any point of order a motion offered by the chairman of the committee on appropriations or his designee that the house concur in the s

we have been through, and that's -- i hope i don't get him in trouble -- but that's john boehner's chief of staff, barry jackson. he is a real professional. it's been very difficult to work through all this stuff, but i admire his professionalism. and, of course, the white house staff has been indispensable. i would hope we could have the consent agreement approved at this time. the presiding officer: is there objection to the majority leader's request? without objection, so ordered. is there further debate on the bill, as amended? if not, all those in favor of the bill as amended say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the bill as amended is passed. mr. durbin: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: ask consent the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presid

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john, david beckham and 46 royals from other lands. britain's young royals want to be known for more than just their blue blood backgrounds, as barry pedersenporter: in a tradition dating to the 15th century, queen elizabeth handed out gifts to her subjects on her birthday, her 85th. but for the new generation of royals now coming into its own, ritual doesn't seem as important as relevance. >> we don't want them to be ordinary. we want them to be extraordinary, but with a common twist. >> reporter: britain has seen prince william's charity work take him around the world. >> it's just trying to find your own way. >> reporter: his willingness to reach out to those in need echo the compassion of his mother, princess diana. >> she was just a guardian angel rocking about up there looking at them and i think they feel that. >> reporter: younger brother prince harry also works for charities, joining a fund- raising walk for wounded soldiers near the north pole, glad to be the one to test a survival suit personally. and as a soldier in afghanistan, joking about how the queen took his deployment. >> i remember saying "are you cool with this?" and he

john paul ii. >> this section has features such as the closest synagogue to you. >> reporter: barry swartz's companyrick develops primarily jewish apps including this hebrew prayer book. >> this knowledge is helping people observe their faith. it's not replacing anything. instead of using a paper prayer book it's letting them open up a digital prayer book which shows them what they have to say for that day. >> reporter: except on the sabbath and holidays like today. >> if you open it up tonight and you look at it, it will gray out the evening services and you won't be able to click on it because evening services happens to be on a holiday where you're not allowed to use technology. >> reporter: the fact is religion has always made use of technology, even before a man named gutenberg created movable type and published his revolutionary version of the bible. but today, it seems, we've become one nation under god and google. welcome to life church dot-tv. they match their internet ads to google's search words in an effort to reach folks seeking sin online. >> the concern was and the question was should

a comment after barry goldwater's losing in 1964, and in the loss in 1988, that arizona is the only state where mothers do not tell their children who is visiting. and then there is johnain. as far as tim pawlenty, his breakthrough has to be in iowa. that is where michele bachmann becomes a very important wild card. if she goes into iowa, she can take the oxygen out of the room. she is an exciting candidate and has great appeal to the cultural and moral conservative movement in that state. she could really be a wild card. >> all right, all hell is breaking loose in syria now. >> we're calling for an end to violence, calling for peaceful protests and a political process that can respond to the legitimate needs, interests, and aspirations of the people of the region. >> talking about syria, president assad said he lifted a nearly 50-year-old state of emergency. but does that mean anything? charles? >> they are calling for an end of the violence? why not say we denounce the shooting of demonstrators in the street in city after city? the administration calls it incomprehensible. sometimes you have to choose between a strategic ally, like saudi arabia and bahrain, and huma

johns and one pimp were arrested the problem of under age girls forced into prostitution was the focus of a community rally. >>> tomorrow jurors will resume deliberations in the former purgery trial of barry bonds the prosecution said bonds lied when he told a grand jury in 2003 that he never knowingly received steroids, or human growth hormone or got an injection. >>> his former personal shopper saw ander son inject bonds in the naval in 2002. >>> what does it all mean the jury wants to hear that testimony again how strong is the prosecutions case since virtually all evidence is circumstantial. joining us to talk about that is kcbs 5 legal analyst paul henderson good morning. >> thanks for joining us. >> they asked for the tape what do you think. >> they want the tape they got to listen to it. one thing i thought was interesting a lot of people asked me about why don't they get to just bring the tape back into the room. >> or written transcripts. apparently that wasn't part of the evidence please explain that. >> exactly what happens is at the end of the trial the jury is allowed to take into the room everything admitted during the trial things like the transcript have not been admitted