. >> john glenn is our primary boat. >> reporter: at age 50 the john glenn is still patrolling the potomac, but the biggest boat in the d.c. fire department's three-boat rescue neat isn't what it used to be -- rescue fleet isn't what it used to be. >> when it's running properly, it breaks up the ice and keeps the river open. >> reporter: lots of people are questioning whether john glenn is up to the job given the new threats to homeland security. d.c. fire officials confirmed the communication system is broken. the boat's radio cannot transit an automated distress call. >> part of the communication system doesn't work. they're using a much older system to communicate with one another. >> reporter: the coastguard documentation for the glenn has expired and that has the fire chief especially upset. >> it appears that the certification for the boat that should have been applied for back in august, the date was missed. >> reporter: built in 1962 this was already a used boat when the fire department got it. right now they estimate the cost of repairs about $700,000. where is that funding? >> we

. >> john glenn is our primary. >> reporter: the john glenn is still patrolling the potomac but the biggeste-boat eschew fleet isn't what it used -- -- rescue fleet isn't what it used to be. lots of people are questioning whether the john glenn is still up to the job given the new threats to homeland security. d.c. fire officials confirm the communication is system is broken. the boat's radio cannot transmit an automated distress call. >> part of the communication system doesn't work. they're using a much

this is the john glenn. it is the biggest boat in that fleet and is still used to patrol but given all the potential threats to homeland security, there are questions about how effective the boat could be. that's because it's out there on the water but its communication system is broken and the radio can't even transmit a distress call. and the documentation has also expired. >> part of the communication system doesn't work. they're using an older -- a much older system to communicate with one another. it appears the certification for the boat that should have been applied for back in august, the date was missed. >> reporter: so now the question is whether to apply for grants or repair the boat t. could cost as much as $700,000. the other option is to lobby capitol hill to see if they can get some money to potentially get a state of the art boat. those are the two options. we'll have to see which direction they take. coming up at 6:30, we talked about how there are potential cuts in other areas, essentially

the john glenn is 50 years old. a missed application deadline, its coast guard application has expired. it needs $700,000 worth of repairs, including to its communication system. 9news reporter preeti arla is outside d.c. headquarters with more on another department issue concerning emergency medical services. what is this about? >> reporter: andrea, the fire chief is proposing cutting down the number of medic units working during the overnight hours. there are a lot of questions about this move. will this result in longer wait times? will you have access to the same critical equipment if that move goes through. medic units have paramedics in them. paramedics have a higher level of training than emts. the fire chief ellerbee wants to move life support blarnses from the overnight hours and have that personnel work during the day. when we say overnight hours, we're talking about this time frame right now from around 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. the rationale behind this, there are twice as many calls an hour during the day

police boat and finally the john glenn. the 50-year-old glenn ended up with a 15-foot long gash in its hole peeling its back like a can opener. at issue today is whether to continue trying to get grants for repairs to the glenn or start lobbying capitol hill for funds to buy a new state of the art rescue boat. >> there are some challenges internally that the members have figured out how to work around but we need to get the boat in order. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9news now. >>> in other d.c. news, today the former d.c. council chair kwame brown is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court. in june brown pleaded guilty to bank fraud. he admitted to lying on two separate bank loans valued at more than 200,000. he could face a maximum of six months in jail. prosecutors have asked the judge in the case to sentence brown to six days plus three years probation. >>> president obama is trying to gain support for his plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. today he'll meet with labor leaders. tomorrow he hopes to earn the support of busi

personalities like rush, sean and glenn. >> john: they're on the air. you can listen to them. >> this show should be permanently removed. that's jay scheckter. jay, you're really encouraged to call in at 1-866-55-press. i would love to have an adult dialogue with you about the issues that matter most in your life. jay and bill are in bed together. >> john: you got them. all of these people who are never going to stop being mad that 30 years of trickle down haven't worked and they have a black guy to blame for it. taking your calls at 1-866-55-press. our question of the day is what can america do to stop the horrible horrible violence going on in the middle east this week. and bradley is calling us from sacramento california. good morning bradley. are you with us? you're on the "bill press show." >> caller: yes, i'm here. >> john: welcome. thanks for holding. >> caller: that's okay. i would love to be talking about the economy, trickle down. >> john: it is your floor. >> caller: about israel, i think the problem is that israel feels

i sent a grand total as two e-mails as president, one to our troops in the adriatic and one to john glenn when he was 77 years old in outerspace. meanwhile in other clinton news, jennifer flowers has claimed bill reached out to her as recently as 2005. said flowers, he wanted to come by my house and talk to me. he said "i will put on a hoodie and jog up there. he used to do that." well, did he used to do that? >> i have no idea. but you ran a picture of jennifer flowers in the old days. you should see the one now. i don't believe this. i think this is bogus. >> do you think somebody called her? >> i don't think anybody called her. i think she wanted to get on tv. >> bill called her. >> and the e-mails between 1993 and 1998, i might have sent less than clinton sent. you guys don't remember, some of us came to that slowly back then. >> so you are saying you are not surprised? >> i was saying do you think clinton was lying? jedediah in the 90s when e-mail was first out, that's when i first cents the first e-mail. i was e-mailing everybody, even everybody i didn't like. >> i was mad. i think

s emergency services plus -- >> reporter: this is bruce johnson at john glenn, the main boat in d.c. fire department's harbor arsenal, in need of $700,000 of repairs, that story coming up. >> reporter: i'm matt jablow, helping veterans, that story straight ahead. >> if you'd like to help provide a holiday basket to local military personnel, please call our turkeys for troops phone bank happening now, the number 202-895-5560 and you can also donate online at www.wusa9.com. click on the uso button on the homepage. >>> veterans giving to veterans, that's the idea behind an innovative program in maryland. >> as matt jablow tells us, the two month old initiative is designed to help thousands of vets seriously wounded in iraq and afghanistan. >> trooper, stay. >> reporter: carey dorsey says of all the difficult things about raising young dogs -- >> you never know what they'll get into. >> reporter: -- one of the most difficult for him is putting them in their crates at night. >> being locked up, i know that feeling and they haven't even done anything. you know what i mean? >> reporter: tha

i believe the committee should've acted swiftly to decide a case against john glenn and me. i think warren thought it should have to. politics made impossible for the committee to reach a just result. warren was intent on achieving a just result. he was my friend. he wish i could've been released from the committee sooner, but he could not and would not value our friendship more than he valued justice. that was a lesson of integrity i did not enjoy learning, but i am glad i learned it. i'm glad i learned it from the example of warren rudman. the night before the 2000 new hampshire are married, warren graciously hosted a dinner for me at his home. it was very -- before the 2000 new hampshire primary, warren graciously hosted a dinner for me at his home. he gave a toast and said we would win. he said he was proud to be art of a campaign. i remember thinking, win or lose, i had been part of something that warren rudman is proud of. i was a very orchard man indeed. besides being gruff -- i was a very proud man indeed. besides being gruff, he was first and last, a man of integrit

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john stossel investigating whether the hundreds of millions of dollars americans are donating to hurricane sandy victims will do any good. then glennn how the presidential election turned out and why his prediction was wrong. beck will be here and we hope you'll stay tuned for those repopopopopo >> bill: so far, $240 million have been donated by generous americans to help the victims of hurricane sandy here on the east coast. american red cross received more than half of that money. as usual, there are problems. here now, john stossel. those problems are? >> they were slow. they're a big bureaucracy. it took them several days to get there and one harrisburg, pennsylvania branch held on to it for local use for three days. but by and large, i couldn't find any scandal. >> bill: no, they're not stealing the money. but three days is a long time and people need relief right away. they don't have food or electricity or hot water. it's three days seems to me to be ridiculous. >> it was too long. other groups were more nimble. but compared to the government and -- >> bill: chris christie and obama were there right away. were they not? >> w

our guest this morning is john zandi and we have a big line-up leading to the october report. diane swonk and austan goolsbee. we'll get reaction from glennonomic adviser to the romney campaign and we're going to look at all the market moving things with the employment report trying to figure that out. we're also talking about the northeast and sandy and we have decided why do not gas stations have backup gasoline-powered generators? it's $1,000. why not require a gasoline station, for a gasoline generator. you might ask where can the gas station get the gas to put in the gasoline generator? from the pump! which is operating because they have the generator. >> it's not operating because there's a hole in the bucket there, henry. >> is that where it is? >> i didn't realize, they are gas stations they to get a gas powered generator because they have gas. >> but they can't get the gas out of the pump. they can't get the gas out of the pump because there's no electricit to get it out of the pump. you could get it from the generator if you turn the generator on. >> they could have a gas supply to put in the generator. all of the gas stations a

glenn beck submerged a flag in urine. >> stephanie: you know, we were saying to what degree is just out and out racism against this president. did you hear what grover norquist said, johne's good. weekly if he isn't. >> wow. how can you tell when they're being racist or tribalist. it's hard to tell. >> stephanie: put a leash on the president of the united states. if he's good--that's not too condescending or racist, we're vomitous. >> what authority does he have to tell the president to do anything. >> the second most powerful guy who runs the republican party after limbaugh. >> stephanie: andrew. >> caller: i want to make a comment about republicans blocking obama's progress. everybody needs to go to www. www.saundersdotsenate.gov and overturn the united petition. republicans will always block obama's progress because they want to protect their sugar daddy campaign donors from higher taxes. >> stephanie: yes. when i asked earlier who they were representing, that was it. joy in jersey, you're on the stephanie miller hi, joe. >> caller: hi, thank you for giving a voice to the insanity of politics. bear with me. i just started listening to you a couple of weeks ago to be

john walsh and a look at christopher hichens. our live coverage starts saturday morning at 10 eastern on the c-span 2's book tv. now look of the congressional agenda for the last of the glenn beck session and for next year. this monthly meeting of conservative members of congress read by tim of kansas. it is a little less than one hour. >> thank you. i appreciate my colleagues joining me. we are not in the senate. i appreciate folks trying to keep answers to 30 seconds or less so we can move around. this is live on the internet, on c-span. this is on scripted. open to all questions. look forward to getting started. >> we will turn it right over to questions. >> yes. [inaudible] >> talk about the fiscal cliff and where you draw the line of. >> for many years the republicans have been very clear. we think with a spending and revenue problem in washington, d.c. the president has proposed his same bill proposals but had failed to receive any votes in the house and senate. but at the end of the day the principles that republicans have, especially conservatives, the idea that we do not need a tax increase to solve our spending problems. that is certainly my first driving princip