john larson with "chasing the devil." here is stone phillips. >>> good evening. it all started with one body found floating in a lonely stretch of river. it became a desperate hunt for the man believed to be the deadliest serial killer in u.s. history. tonight, a story that stretched over two decades. there were dozens of victims, hundreds of shattered loved ones left behind and one determined law man. he had to be dedicated, because along with vital clues came serious setbacks. along with reasons for hope came orders to give up. one thing that's never wavered, his commitment to those he has only known in death. here's john larson. >> he was on top of me, weight's on top of me. >> the sea-tac strip. >> i just was begging him to let me go. >> a gritty river of traffic, cheap motels, and neon. >> his hands are on my neck. >> a river that draws the troubled. >> i'm still fighting. i was trying to live. >> the hitchhikers and the hookers, into the darkness along its shores. and for a time in the early 1980s, those tragically unlucky, desperate, sometimes naive young

john larson is a caucus chairman in the house. to watch the self destruction of a friend and witness the breaking apart over what we can categorize as reprehensible behavior and bad judgment. he made the decision with the best interest in mind of not just himself, but family and constituents and the nation. it's important to note and underscore that he resisted calls from his leadership starting the middle of last week to say you know what, enough. you have to go. call after call, he dug in saying that he simply thought he could stay the course and he might have done things immoral, but not illegal and not in violation of house rules and laws. he was insisting that his wife wanted him to stay and citing polls showing the majority wanted him to stay, but it was too much for fellow leaders and for the president of the united states. too much of a distraction and he ultimately realized that was the case >> the office is shut down i take it on the hill? >> it is. what is going to happen when the ez nation is made formal, his office wi

john larson chairman of the federal democrats in the house said it's difficult to watch the self-destructionend and watch the witness of the breaking of hearts over what can be categorized as reprehensible behavior and bad judgment. larson is someone who did not publicly say that weiner should resign. he said it was up to constituents but many of the other democratic leaders and rank and file did say so. steve israel is a friend and a colleague of anthony weiner's from new york. he is also in charge of getting democrats elected in 2012. he was i think a bit more pointed in his statement. he said that it's right for him and his family because there's a lot of work to do in congress, and it talked about medicare and social security and some of the issues that democrats really felt that they were getting some traction on, wolf, and getting back on their feet politically until this anthony weiner scandal broke, and so that is a big reason and big indication, an illustration of why democrats were so ultimately eager for him to just go so that they could move on and talk about what was politically

john larson of connecticut for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. . under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from texas, mr. flores, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. flores: mr. speaker, most americans remember one year ago tomorrow president obama and vice president biden launched what the white house enthusiastically called the recovery summer. this was supposed to be a six-week long push to highlight what the obama administration said would be jobs created last summer by a surge in federal stimulus spending across the country. senior advisor to the president, david axlerod, said, and i quote, this summer will be the most active recovery act season yet with thousands of highly visible road, bridge, water, and other infrastructure projects breaking ground across the country. giving the american people a firsthand look at the recovery act in their own back yards and making it crystal clear what the cost would have