joining me is john nichols, who is out and about among those strikers today. john, is this the tip of the iceberg? what did you see? what did you hear? >> there's no question, ed, it is the tip of the iceberg, what is striking is that these demonstrations started small this morning, and you actually saw that almost cinematic phenomenon, something like from a great old movies from the '40s, where people inside restaurants saw folks out front and took their hats off and walked out and joined the picket line. these are low-wage workers who don't always have as many options as they should. they decided to join the fight. >> the fast-foot industry, highly profitable, corporate profits are very solid one in four in the private sector make less than $10 an hour. we're hearing a lot about moral obligations as of late. what's the corporate. >> it's been quite negative. they put out a statement that this is a publicity stunt. >> there certainly will be a pushback, but what we know from previous fast-foot strikes and actions last year and earlier this year, is that the c

but let's find out from a guy who knows what he is talking, john nichols, washington correspondent forthe nation" and co-author of "dollarocracy", and john joins us this evening from madson, wisconsin. welcome back mr. nichols. >> it is a pleasure to be with you, john. >> john: thank you. i want to ask you about the larger gop strategy here. but please bring us up to date on the judge's ruling. he didn't over turn the law just extended a block on a portion of it, right? >> that's right. almost immediately upon getting the case he issued an injunction saying you can't implement this law because it looked so likely that it was going to run into trouble as the case went forward, and so the initial injunction was for a couple of weeks. he has now extended the injunction into november, after which a trial will occur in relation to this law. the judge has made it quite clear that the state is going to have to make a very convincing case for why you would set a different set of laws for doctors who perform abortion than doctors who perform other procedures. the injunctions are simply put in p

he also recently co-authored with john nichols, "dollarocracy: how the money and media election complex is destroying america." us, theen is with director for park center media at ithaca college, where he is also professor of media. here in new york city, dennis johnson is with us, " publisher of melvillender house. he recently wrote a book about amazon. your response to the news that has rocked the industry, that jeff bezos is the new owner of the washington post? >> what is important is to have a structural understanding and content -- contact for this purchase. the value of the washington post, like all other news media in the country, has plummeted in the past couple of years to of what they were. at this point, they are not wise commercial investments. earlier,owed commercial journalism is no longer profitable, but they still have great political value. it might not be a commercially viable undertaking, but it still has tremendous political power. if we understand it that way, that is the appeal of these legacy for many newspapers like the washington post, chicago tribune, boston g

. >> joining me now, john nichols. let me get this straight.s congress goes on break, we have paul ryan and eric canner hopping a maybe and going to take orders and meeting with the big boys in new mexico? is that the way it came down? >> that's the way it came down. somehow paul ryan found a route back to wisconsin that led through albuquerque, new mexico. and he and eric cantor who are arguably the two most powerful republicans in the u.s. house, john boehner's often the spectator, they got on this plane. they flew down to new mexico as soon as the house went out of sex. they checked in to one of the most elite resorts in the southwest which had been rented top to bottom by the koch brothers. here they are two of the most powerful people in congress sitting with two of the wealthiest men in america. a lot of the allies and other folks. and nobody who wasn't part of this behind closed doors meeting was allowed in. so when reporters came, they were block by security a mile away from the hotel. no one would acknowledge who was there. so it is re

else besides tim mcveigh, terry nichols, and michael fortier that were involved because they were most assuredly others. >> most of it centered on the man -- known as johntwo, the description did not fit either terry nichols or michael fortier. investigators concluded that john doe number two never existed. >> we found a gentleman that had been in there that generally fit the description of john doe number two, but it turned out it had been on a different day. he had been in there with a friend that had rented a ryder truck, so we now realized that it was a misidentification of people transposing two different events and putting two different occurrences together. >> they swore to us over and over again that there was no john doe number two. no one was with him on the day of the bombing. the biggest misconception out there about the oklahoma city bombing in my view is this was something that sprang from the brain of timothy mcveigh, was masterminded by timothy mcveigh and substantially carried out by timothy mcveigh with a little bit of help from terry nichols. >> if there were other people involved with the bombing, who were they? some believe there ma

else besides tim mcveigh, terry nichols, and michael fortier that were involved because they were most assuredly others. >> most of it centered on the man -- known as johnmber two, the description did not fit either terry nichols or michael fortier. investigators concluded that john doe number two never existed. >> we found a gentleman that had been in there that generally fit the description of john doe number two, but it turned out it had been on a different day. he had been in there with a friend that had rented a ryder truck, so we now realized that it was a misidentification of people transposing two different events and putting two different occurrences together. >> they swore to us over and over again that there was no john doe number two. no one was with him on the day of the bombing. the biggest misconception out there about the oklahoma city bombing in my view is this was something that sprang from the brain of timothy mcveigh, was masterminded by timothy mcveigh and substantially carried out by timothy mcveigh with a little bit of help from terry nichols. >> if there were other people involved with the bombing, who were they? some believe the

johns hopkins medical center. happy to have you here, doctor. >> thank you for having me. >> we just met tara de nichols in this piece, and she did not find relief with the two-week regimen of antibiotics. she's not alone, about 1 in 5 patients don't seem to get better with standard treatment. first of all, what do you think is happening with those patients? >> well, i think there's two possibilities. one is that for a number of my patients, i tell them, they do have to expect if you're in that 20%, that you may need three to six months of recuperation to feel improvement. it looks like there might be a delayed immune response keeping them ill. the second possibility that is true for many patients that come to my office for evaluation for lyme disease is they actually have an alternative problem, and lyme is not the correct diagnosis. >> i want to talk about that in a second, but in terms of recuperation, what do you tell them? i mean, three to six months of just taking it easy, not going to work? what does that mean? >> well, it obviously has to be individualized for the patient, and some people are really greatly t

. >> reporter: the man that john interviewed tim elfrink joining us now on the phone and, tim, rachel nichols will pop a question to you, as well. did you foresee this fallout for baseball and a-rod when your paper first got hold of the biogenesis story? >> well, thanks for having me on. you know, we knew when we published this story first in january that it could be a pretty amazing story. i don't think anyone quite anticipated the full impact it would end up having. you know, we knew from the records we saw and the investigation we did into tony bosh and his background that these records were what they looked like and he had these links to a number of players. it is an incredible fallout and we'll see the full extent of it today at noon today when baseball announces its suspensions. >> you pulled the thread and the whole thing unraveled. your newspaper profiled the man seen as the whistleblower in this scandal. porter fisher, a name that more people are becoming familiar with. his story seems like something out of a hollywood movie. tell us about him. >> yeah, porter is a classic whistleblo

john t. tomilson. aaron c. vaughn. jason r. workman. jesse d. pittman. nicholas p. spear. five soldiers killed that day. david r. carter. brian j. nichols. patrick d. hamburg. alexander j. bennett. spencer c. duncan. airmen killed that day, john w. brown, andrew serb. ell, and daniel l. mr. speaker, as these families continue to struggle with their loss, we continue to pray for them asking that god will give them a special measure of grace and peace on this day and the days ahead. i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. and i rise today to speak on behalf of support for funding for the community development block grant, commonly known here as cdbg funding. you know, public-private partnerships are a great investment for our communities. and on the central coast of california as well as in communities all across our country, this community development block grant has long been a critical source of funding for local initiatives. cdbg funding gives nonprofits opportunity to provide locally ta