from the fred harvey restaurant in the santa fe depot in our kansas city kansas. i was directed because i said that run in the radio yesterday. and they probably had about 8000 people call in because they pronounced it wrong. i apologize for everyone into c-span for making money correctly. but incorrect in saying the fred harvey waitresses were sitting watching these people mistreat, waiting for the call to go in and take over the land in oklahoma and it was just one of many events of the fred rb people were front and center for. all the world affairs. its enormous amount of american history to face in and around the centers of time the fred harvey restaurants were involved in. fred harvey got into the dining business. originally they were trackside restaurants because there were no dining cars in the west. but later they didn't do dining cars and this is the first dining car menu between chicago and kansas city, which is a very controversial route which led to santa fe getting into a battle with all the road railways. this has become a big part of the business of

the gentlelady from kansas. ms. jenkins: i would like to yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from minnesota, my friend and colleague, mr. paulsen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. paulsen: thank you, madam speaker. i also rise today as a strong supporter of h.r. 2546, the blue star-gold star flag act. this is a straightforward bill that will ensure those who want to honor the men and women of our armed forces can absolutely do so. specifically this bill protects the rights of an individual to display the service flag on residential property without limitation. service flags are official banners, authorized by the united states department of defense for display by families of military members serving our country during periods of war. the blue star as mentioned earlier represents a family member is currently serving and the gold star signifies that a family member has given their life in service to our nation. both of these flags are constant reminders of the honor, of the d

surrounded by such people, character and integrity, kansas values, and kansas, sens begin the bedrock of my life -- kansas commonsense became the bedrock of my life, no matter how far i travel but braque -- traveled." he has traveled very far. he has had a 27 year career and begin the director of central intelligence in 1991 until 1993. he has been commissioned as an officer in the air force, has served on the boards of nonprofits and businesses, receive medals and awards, and served as president of texas a&m. in 2006, dr. gates was selected by president bush as the 22nd secretary of defense. president obama asked him to remain in 2008, making him the only secretary of defense in u.s. history who was asked to stay in that office by a newly- elected president. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce and welcome our speaker this afternoon, who was raised with kansas' commonsen commonsense. ladies and gentleman, secretary of defense robert gates. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, congressman, for that kind introduction. thank you to the eisenhower library for the honor of bei

>> i have. >> and you've left kansas city. >> i've left kansas city? >> do you miss it. >> not so far. i just recently moved. this is a new adventure to me. >> do you plan to be in afghanistan anytime soon? >> i do. i hope to go back this summer? >> and do what? >> continuing follow up and see how the american surge is being perceived by the afghan people.

again, fort riley, kansas. army specialist jennifer howard bought a car while she was stationed there. turns out the dealership which arranged her financing charged her for features on the car that she never got, like a moon roof and alloy wheels n. her words, "the dealership knows that we're busy, we're tired, we don't take the time because we don't have a lot of time. it's like get in, get out, do what we've got to do. if we get [expletive deleted] we'll deal with it then." that's no way to treat soldiers, no way to treat consumers. this liaison will be very important. but i should say, it has to have the authority within the bill to actually act against the disruptive behavior of auto dealers, payday lenders and a whole host of individuals. the rent-to-own people, they are trying to scam our troops of, they're trying to scam consumers. and, frankly, they don't care if you're wearing a uniform or not, they're out to scam who they can. we've got to have a strong consumer financial protection agency, and we par

that there is something very special about communities in kansas. this week's events recognize the leadership of eisenhower. it was here in the homes and churches and schools of abilene that the eisenhower developed the character and lessons that served him as commander of our allied forces in europe and the lead to that victory in world war ii. today, 65 years later, our country faces a different enemy, al qaeda, with a similar goal of destroying our way of life. in his most challenging times, our country has once again turned to about a native of large state to lead the fight. it is my privilege to introduce to you our keynote speaker, secretary of the state -- secretary of thdefense robert gates. in january this year, i listen to him as he spoke and was honored as cans and of the year by our native sons and daughters. his book about growing up in wichita and he closed with a memorable statements that says a lot about his colleagues and the values we find in communities our state -- in committees in our state here in "by using kansas was rich with

i will tell you that in kansas in the 1880s and the 1890's there were harvey houses in kansas city, coolidge, dodge city, florence, fort scott, hutchinson, kinsley, lions, madison, manchester, mcpherson, newton, iowa, syracuse, topeka, wellington and wichita areas but are there any of those left? >> shore. what is happening is very quote all over the country and not just kansas in the places the depot were not knocked down people are reclaiming them and there is federal money to do that to be in dodge city field harvey house is a dinner theater funded by the federal government for millions of dollars because they saved the transition. so in fact there are buildings all over kansas and some and misery. there are buildings all through texas and california, arizona, mexico that are being replaced by the communities. there are only three currently running as party restaurants and hotels that have a serious defeat a similar experience. the hotel in santa fe, the woman winslow arizona which is completely restored in the last truck size until you can literally walk off the train and sit down and ha

one economist told us today, it would be like kansas, in this country, not paying taxes, and then later asking the rest of us for a bailout. >> it's kind of like everyone in the country saying we have to ante up a few more taxes to what kansas didn't pay. everyone in kansas gets to walk away free. >> reporter: now there is a big bailout package in the works, because many economists warn, if greece is not helped, it could drag down the entire european union, bringing down the already fragile economies of portugal, spain and italy with it. >> the fear is a domino effect not only across europe but into the united states. if europe goes down, it's going to affect our economy as well. >> reporter: in fact, it already has. with greece's troubles, the dow has dropped 338 points in just the last week and a half, affecting 401(k)s in this country. a loss of about $3,000 for the average investor in the u.s. it's a big loss in a week and a half. and in a sign of how desperate greece is, it's now turning to those google earth images, we've seen them. they are looking at the wealthy suburbs. and her

surrounded by such people, characr and integrity, kansas values, and kansas, sens begin the bedrock ofcommonsense became the bedrock of my life, no matter how far i travel but braque -- traveled." he has traveled very far. he has had a 27 year career and begin the direor of central intelligence in 1991 until993. he has been commissioned as an officer in the air force, has served on the boards of nonprofits and businesses, receive medals and awards, and served as president of texas a&m. in 2006, dr. gates was selected by president bush as the 22nd secretary of defense. president obama asked him to remain in 2008, making him the only secretary of defense in u.s. history who was asked to stay in that office by a newly- elected president. ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce and welcome our speaker this afternoon, who was raised with kansas' commonsen commonsense. ladies and gentleman, secretary of defense robert gates. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, congressman, for that kind introduction. thank you to the eisenhower library for the honor of being your speaker on this oc

moran of kansas as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. moran: i rise with my colleagues to honor a group of young women from kansas who exemplify teamwork. teams in my home state of kansas and across the plains know emporia state university lady hornets all too well. under the direction of head coach brandon schneider, the lady hornets have developed into a power house of women's college basketball from the mid-america intercollegiate athletic association, the miaa. heading into the 2009-2010 season, coach schneider had led the lady hornets to 10 ncaa championship appearances, four ncaa south central regional championships and two ncaa division ii final four appearances. moreover, at the conclusion of this season, emporia state university had been ranked as the ncaa division ii top 25 for the last 13 seasons and has been ranked in the top 10 bookly polls for 125 weeks, since 1998, more than any other program in the country. so what's the secret to success with this program? ask any

minneapolis, near 90, kansas city, 87. even in the southeast we're going to be very warm. the only cooler spots along the mid-atlantic coast including new york city with a little bit of shower activity. that's a look at your monday forecast. now here's a look outside your window. oklahoma could have a chance for showers or storms later on today. overall pretty warm and dry in many areas. chicago, 88 today. cleanland, ohio, warm, 84. tampa, near 90. but the clouds will linger in philadelphia. thomas, tropical season is only about a week away and we already have something to watch off the coast. >>> thank you, bill. the u.s. talks global economy with china, the price at the pump falls, and how some diehard michael jackson fans plan to mark the anniversary of his death. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus shrek scares it up at the box office, but not as expected. >>> the lakers get cinched by solar flairs and lima time comes to an end. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm thomas roberts, and here are so

host: john, republican line, kansas city, kansas. terrorist or criminal, what you think of the process of charging the man? caller: thank you for taking the call. host: you bet. caller: the terrorist in this instance is a citizen. the idea of reading them miranda rights, collecting information that can be used against the individual at trial, this evidence seems likely to convict either way. so, we way the conviction of the particular individual against the need to weed out a large terror cell, i say we should weed out the terror cell. host: " new york times" had line to a separate peace, -- "the new york times" has a headline to a separate peace, "suspects charged, admits to roll in bomb plot." caller: i am happy that they discovered this calperson. he does not look anything like the one they have under arrest. i am changing -- i am confused. i am wondering if this was not touched up by local people. we were told that the fbi and the police department, the cia are having a fight right now right here in new york. i am wondering if th

united beats the kansas city wizards, their first victory of the season.'m sorry i had to do this. >> slow motion -- >> that was super slow motion. >> 1973, by the way, was the last time. >> yeah, right. we know better, we're back with the >>> street cars are making a comeback in the district. the city showed off cars, they in washington decades ago, city officials decided to bring them back to ease air pollution. one of the neighborhoods the street cars will service, the street car system is scheduled to begin running at 2012. >>> millions of people coast to coast bought tickets for the mega millions jackpot last night. only one person had the winner, $266 million to a woman who works in the newsroom at the nbc station in los angeles. her husband recently lost his job. no word on whether she plans to keep hers, but she did show up today. she left early because it occurred to her, wait a minute, what am i doing here? and so she left. >> they're never going to see her again. >> i hope [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was

of course, i never was on the super chief when i was a little boy in kansas.t was not how we traveled. i have been on a lost trains since but i was not on that one. what was so fun about this, charlie, i will finally say, "ok, now you can ask me another question, i'm just going on" -- but the bottom line was this. i decided i wanted to write about the super chief and i realized in order to do it i had to do enough research, meaning watch movies, d.v.d.'s, read books, think about it, talk to people to where i could actually get on that train and be on that train long enough to write the book. what movies did you watch? >> "north by northwest." >> charlie: got to watch that. >> "murder on the orient express." one of the best movies ever but certainly the best train movie. "north by northwest" is a fabulous movie. >> charlie: cary grant. >> and by the way, the ambassador west -- ambassador east hotel in chicago was where the pump room was. all kinds of things like that. but it was -- for me, the place that it took me where i wanted to go and i got into that train

. >>> and in kansas city, an embarrassing loss for one player.olorado rocky center fielder dexter fowler chases a long drive and loses his glove over the wall. the bowl bounces away for a triple and fowler had to climb the wall to get his glove back. the rockies beat kansas city 11-7. >>> when we return, we'll take another look at this morning's top stories. and fergie under fire. duchess sarah ferguson caught on tape in an embarrassing bribe scandal. e're ocean spray growers up here in maine at cousin everett's blueberry farm to talk about our blueberry juice drinks. they're made with my sweet, ripe blueberries, packed with th-those antioxidants that are good for ya. tastes real good, too! to give you an idea, let's whip up a quick sample. or you could just try this. [ chuckles ] yeah. ocean spray blueberry juice drinks. real blueberries, real good. [ slap! ] -[ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] -ow, ow! [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum

mayfair looking for his sixth career pga tour win, first since 1998. >> the indy car series in kansas. danica patrick started the race in ninth position. lap 33, scott dixon in the number 9 car passes ryan briscoe on the inside to take the lead. dixon dominated. led the final 150 of 200 laps. how dominant was he? on lap 71 he lapped danica. danica would finish 11th. the final stretch. cruise control for scott diktsen. he claims his second straight indy car series victory at kansas speedway. >> top stories straight ahead. the cavs and celtics going at it. it's a rough game. rajon rondo just went down. we will update you on his status and the status of the game. >> plus a sloppy track didn't hinder a magnificent race at churchill downs. marc savard with watery eyes. were they tears of joy or sadness? it's understood that if you get up to get a budweiser, you come back... with a round. how you carry that round is a matter of personal preference. there's the 6-pack strangler. the saint bernard. the flock of geese. the marsupial. the sherpa. the claw. even the more advanced... labrador ret

the kansas city men's match play. i ended up for variety of reasons was in against a man against bob divine, i was 14, he was 28. i ended upbeatingupbeating him four and two. after inning i guess at age 14. my life's ambition was set right then and there. i wanted to be a professional golfer. as a kid, you play pretend. you played pretend where you were jack nicklaus or arnold palmer, you were playing against them. i did this. when i turned pro, i'd already convinced myself that the only way i was going to ever get anywhere was work harder than anybody else out there. work hard, i mean you practice, try to hone my game, hone my skills down. i didn't know how to win, charlie. i had some tools, but they weren't refined. it took me several years to win, i lost some tournaments, early tournaments, the u.s. open in '74 and '75 i had great opportunity to win. that's the tournament i wanted to win most. >> charlie: more than the masters. >> more than the master or the british open. the toughest golf course. >> what a way to

in kansas, the most serious damage was west of wichita and there were widespread power outages. afghan president hamid karzai met with secretary of state hillary clinton, as part of his four-day trip to washington. clinton assured karzai the u.s. will remain committed to afghanistan long after u.s. troops withdraw. and karzai alluded to the tense relationship between the two countries of late, but insisted u.s. support is essential. >> we'll be having disagreements on issues from time to time but that is a sign of a mature relationship and a sign of a steady relationship. the steady and mature relationship is definitely going to give us the objectives in pursuit of which we have joined hands to bring security to afghanistan and by extension to the united states and the rest of the world. >> sreenivasan: in afghanistan today, a bombing in the south killed two u.s. service members. thousands of u.s., nato, and afghan forces have poured into the area in recent months to fight the taliban. across the border in pakistan, at least 24 militants were killed in suspected u.s. drone attac

the universe of kansas press without several titles every year is an booktv covers a lot of them. one of which are wholly in hand which was recently covered, "guantanamo, usa: the untold history of america's cuban outpost." this is the history of the american base in guantanamo. prior to the way we know it currently in regards to a holding area for terrorist suspects but rather a military base. and when you talk about that for a moment? >> it was part of a developing in perl and polls in american national life. the base itself was designed to be part of the projection of american identity and power in the early part of the previous century. and it was a bit of a precursor to what now is dozens and dozens of bases around the country that have and american identity or controlled by the united states. and that was designed partly in the interest of national security, and that's an ongoing concern today. >> the author stephen schwab, can you tell me a little bit about it? >> sure. steve is actually, for about 30 or more years, was an analyst in latin america for the cia. and so knows

mark stanley, kansas city, missouri. katie steinman, springfield, missouri. sukami, bloomington, minnesota, and joe walsh, overland park, kansas. [applause] >> our next recipient is from columbia university and targeted to students in the middle east studying in the united states to take the best practices of american journalism back to his home country. yohav razzam from tel aviv and recipient of a $30,000 scholarship. one of our longest partnerships has been with the university of missouri. and we fund over four years a full four-year scholarship. this year chris tordino is the recipient of a $17,000 scholarship, part of a $68,000 commitment for his four-year degree. [applause] we are, again, pleased to welcome students from howard university here in washington, d.c., each of these students receiving $7,000 scholarship to help them in the year ahead. we welcome derrick haynes, jasmine norwood and mary gotti. [applause] >> we want to recognize graham slater of norman, oklahoma, the recipient of a $38,000 scholarship. he's a student at northwestern. he could

por la mls esta noche a las siete dc united recibe a kansas city wizards, el equipo capitalino pensamos cambiar ya el estado de animo, porque hasta ayer hubo tiempo para pensar en unos partidos malos que o en los malos resultados que hemos tenido pero ahora con muchas ganas y con mucha ilusion esperando poder darle una alegria a nuestra aficion. vamos ahora con el resumen de la copa libertadores que ya tiene a los primeros dos equipos clasificados a los cuartos de final. en brasil, sao paulo tras empatar 0-0 con universitario de deportes, gano mediante en tiros libres desde el punto de penal, y en argentina velez sarsfield supero 2-0 a chivas, pero en el glonal clasifico el equipo de guadalajara. para hoy tres partidos, corinthians recibe a flamengo, nacional en montevideo a cruzeiro y en argentina, estudiantes contre san luis y les recuerdo que para estar siempre informado al momento visiten nuestra pagina web. en www.univisiondc.com el deporte al momento, las noticias, el pronostico del tiempo y mas... hasta aqui los deportes mas hoy a las once.

por la mls esta noche dc united derroto 2-1 a kansas city wizards, en el futbol espanol sigue la lucharandes esta tarde y de visita real madrid goleo 4-1 al mallorca, los merengues estaban perdiendon con gol de aritz aduriz a los 16 minutos, pero despues de les vino la noche al mallorca, aparecio cristiano ronaldo anotando tres goles a los 26, 56 y 72 minutos, pero cuando faltaba el presencia del otro goleador, gonzalo higuain cerro la goleada a los 81 minutos, gano real madrid 4-1 al mallorca y esta a un punto del barca. hoy tambien ganaron, atletico madrid, osasuna, real saragoza y sevilla. en el salvador sancion de fifa rondando el pulgarcito de centroamerica tras el desconocimiento de la comision normalizadora del futbol. en partidos amistidos, hoy argentina goleo 4-0 a la seleccion de haiti y chile derroto a trinidad & tobago. y para estar siempre informado de todo visite nuestra pagina web. en el www.univisiondc.com las noticias del momento, el pronostico del tiempo, espectaculos, deportes y mucho mas. www.univisiondc.com buenas noches a todos

paul phillips was drafted in the ninth round 12 years ago by the kansas city royals.s played more than 2500 games in the minor leagues. pardon me, 2500 at-bats in 700 games. guys like rob dibble, the next major leaguers would call cups of coffee with kansas city, the white sox and now last year and this year with the rockies. their other catcher, chris iannetta, who's been outstanding defensively for the last couple of years, just hasn't hit at all this year. >> rob: right. >> bob: and they sent him down. hitting .133. >> rob: that's a player every day. get five at-bats a day down there and in a week or a couple of months, call him back up here. he can't hit .100. >> bob: popped out of play. >> rob: you have to challenge the guy with you're atilano with the -- if you're atilano with the pitcher on-deck. i call these guys survivors, you know, been around a long time. loves the game. but he has survived for more than a decade. minors and majors. so -- >> bob: got to love the game. 3-2. >> rob: absolutely. >> bob: and a guy with nine at- bats at the big league level this

for race fans in kansas, an incredible disintegration of a car. explodes. this is incredible. the body separates and goes airborne. the 61-year-old was in the cockpit as the fire raged around him. he was ok miraculously. the good news is nobody was hurt seriously. unbelievable. ted leonsis told us last week he likes gilbert arenas and a member of the front office says he will be a wizard, but there is a report that washington is still trying to trade gilbert arenas because they don't want him in the same backcourt with john wall. what a backcourt that would be with them together. >> if there are enough balls out there for them. >> the sun came out. >> it will tomorrow also and for more than a few hours. temperatures near 80 degrees. more sunshine during the afternoon and some taste of summer. >> there will be another false for them.

. >>> topeka, kansas. super trapunto his car catches fire and explodes.arate from the chassis and goes airborne. a fan was killed by a degree in february but nobody seriously hurt in this deal. the driver is a 31 year veteran and sat in the cockpit. he was not injured. it is miraculous nobody was killed. >>> the nfl will announce the location for super bowl 58. it looks like new york city might be the spot. it cold weather superbowl. it could be the snow ball. >> if new york gets that, dan snyder will be bidding for the next one. >> i'm doing more planning before i shop. i'm looking for sales and clipping more coupons. i love to save on the brands i trust. that's where my p&g brandsaver comes in. [ male announcer ] you want smarter savings and better brands, and you'll get them with p&g brandsaver. just look in your sunday newspaper on june 6th. in it, you'll find an all-new p&g brandsaver with over $111 worth of savings. get more of what matters most to you. and for even more savings every month, go to pgeverydaysolutions.com. >>> d.c. and arlington coun

territory and there was a flat in colorado city that says it was all the house of how to kansas and i wanted to verify with of the professor if that might be the case >> host: can you tell about that mr. trinklein? >> guest: no, i'm glad the caller brought up thomas jefferson because he was really the first got a to think through the state making process in a way where i admire what jefferson did she sliced up a map what we now think of as the midwest to a bunch of different states and they were great states. they were divided better than the states now for example i live currently in wisconsin and northern wisconsin and michigan are single unit and should be a separate state and it's been off the proposed state of superior. jefferson was before anyone else and he drew his line in the perfect place and he thought about this and if we followed his map we might be better off in a lot of ways but i don't know a story in colorado. >> host: there is the reference to superior now on the map the front cover of michael trinklein's book. tayler michigan your up now. >> caller: good morning.

kansas carry pennsylvania?m some advice and he is now president of united states. i do not mean to suggest there is a connection between the advice i gave him and him becoming president, but that is a true story. you did not get many true stories out of washington. -- do not get many true stories out of washington. it was that relationship that led him to call me. i did not talk to him in advance of becoming a democrat. he called me and said, i am glad you did it. but senator, that is your time. i'm going to try -- >> senator, that is your time. i am going to try to help all the voters. on issues that are particularly important to primary voters, such as jobs, health care, education, environment, etcetera -- is there any real difference between the two of you? >> yes, there is. there is a great deal of difference. there is what i have done and what i am doing. if you take health care, for example, when i served as chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on health care, i took the lead with the concurrence o

about 1,000 miles west of here, greensberg, kansas is rising up from the rubble.see why this rebuilding process is one of a kind. >> reporter: the signs of devastation are still there, empty lots, cleared of buildings, rusted remains, trees, stripped of their leaves and life, but evidence of the f- 5 tornado that nearly leveled greensburg is getting harder to find. >> it's just amazing. it's amazing. i have a picture of what the town, of this corner looked like the day after the tornado and every now and then i have to go back and look at it to remind myself how far we have come. >> reporter: where there was rubble neighborhoods returned. a new hospital opened in march. their new school opens this fall. >> it has been a lot of work but it's been worth every single bit of it. >> reporter: before the tornado hit greenburg was best known for being the home of the largest well. the well is here but the building that housed it has blown away. the construction on a new one starts this summer. >> the big well means a lot to greensburg. we have the largest hand dug well a

this is video from kansas where five tornadoes were reported. fortunately all of them were short lived. tornadoes also reported in north dakota and nebraska. >>> a prince george's county bus driver is charged with producing child pornography. say the evidence was found on a computer data card he left at a convenience store. they say a customer looked at the contents and saw images of a man engaging in sexual conduct with a boy. >>> a drink called vodka eye balling has -- horrified. pouring shots directly into their eye. those who partake say the alcohol is absorbed quicker. counter by saying people who do this are often drunk already and they are just trying to convince themselves it's true. the british medical association calls it an insensesensible act which could cause blindness. >>> hundreds are learning they have received treatments they may not have needed. it all involves a maryland doctor. tonight for the first time they are speaking out in this investigation. >> reporter: hundreds of people are involved, patients who may have received a

they beat kansas city 2-1. danny recently returned from a hamstring injury and scored both goals.d the back of the net. d.c. united improves do one and five. tiger woods is coming off the previous discipline. it phil mickelson winds come at tiger woods finishes out of the top five. it would -- he would become the number 1 ranked player in the world. >> it is something i have been striving for, but have not achieved yet. so it would mean a lot to me. for me to accomplish that, i cannot focus on that. i have to get ready to play this golf course. >> incredible, phil mickelson has never been number one. the bruins beat the flyers 4-1 and take a lead in the semifinal series. cabstands are asking what if? -- caps fans are asking what if? >> don't do that to yourselves. he will not go to sleep until september if you do that. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small bus

i'm hopeful that my colleagues, as much as we respect our friend from kansas, and i do. sam brownback and i are very good friends. we have worked together in fact on several provisions in this bill. he and i support the same ideas. but on this one, i passionately disagree with what he is trying to do. i think it is a carveout, it is a loophole. there are a thousand lobbyists in this town doing everything they can to gut one provision after another in this bill. millions of dollars are being paid for them to walk the halls of these buildings, to do everything they can to gut this kind of a thing. what a tragedy it would be that at the cost of adopting this legislation, for the first time establish a national consumer protection bureau in our nation that we would carve out an area that affects the very young people who are sitting there in harm's way, in afghanistan, iraq, and elsewhere around the world. my hope is, mr. president, we would not let that happen. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk wil

when i went first to join the tour i went to all the pros in kansas city, herman sharlowa tommy armour disciple, he worked up in chicago down in boca and i went to all the pros with whom i played on mondays. each one i asked the question, what one thing will help me? this is all independent of anybody there. each one of them said the same thing. you play with and observe the best players out there. you'll learn from them. that's what i did. i went out watched nicklau. >> charlie: what did you learn? >> i watched -- what i watched with jack was his head position. how steady his head position. i watched him hit the ball high left or right, i copied that. i hit the ball left to right. in 1976 i made a change in my swing over in japan, i had a terrible year in '76 but i was over in japan, i hit it up in the side of the mountain in pot am. iago to the awkward position what i did i wanted it back. let's try to take the club back. closed, then open it up going through. i made that swing, perfect shot. went to the practice tee it worked in the practice tee then 1977 i had my break-out year. th

farther back to the west, the remnants of the storm that dumped numerous tornadoes in oklahoma and kansas flooding rains on wednesday with large scale hail outbreaks. this will weaken and still produce severe weather in the south still pumping in more of the heat. yes, more moisture. notice an increase in the humidity in the next couple of days. this weekend is not a washout. there may be showers popping around the bay 10:15 through 3:00 in the afternoon. that will try to develop as we head in through sunday. gorgeous day with a two degree guarantee under partly cloudy skies. as we head to this weekend, 70s. showers saturday with a little more rain and not a washout sunday. kim? >>> you know the crash i talked about earlier on the income emergency turnpike? the northbound lanes are still closed. if you head up to new york or new jersey, they don't plan to reopen that until 9:00 a.m. it was a crash involving three contracts so it's very, very serious. fortunately, we have nothing that serious around our area. traffic is building on the beltway of harford road slowing down as you make your

this low pressure that we track from southwestern kansas, oklahoma with all of the severe weather a couple of days ago has moved, mine rated into the upper midwest. now it's across portions of illinois, indiana, scattered showers and thundershowers this morning. but it's been weakening because the low pressure is moving up into southwest ontario. this area of showers across the west, moving up toward buffalo, cleveland, it's all transporting away from us. some clouds, yes. and widely scattered showers possible. tomorrow afternoon, very widely scattered, again on sunday. as the actual front approaches that region. winds coming out of the atlantic ocean so things coming together. this sunday we have a better chance of scattered shower activity. better than saturday afternoon. saturday afternoon, most of the activity to the west. widely scattered in the evening and a better chance across the state on sunday. but by monday it's all said and done. it's all gone. cooler for the weekend. but by next week another warm air mass begins to move in. by the middle of the next week we'll be back in the

two months ago kansas became the first state to ban synthetic mayor juan as. the state legislature is considering a bill to make the stuff illegal everywhere. nebraska and north dakota are also considering bans. while state lawmakers wrangle over whether it will stay that way, the drug enforcement agency said that they are already tracking these products and analyzing ingredients and safety data. >> some some cases we have seen the chemicals have -- many times more potent than marijuana. if you are playing russian roulette here. >> reporter: craig melvin, news4. >> a movie theater manager in virginia has apologized for a display that had his business painted in controversy. a mural on the side of the building depict ad union flag next to a con federal flat. it was meant to represented the unity between north and south. but some patrons called it offensive. julie carey has our story. >> reporter: it is a movie theater like no other in the metro area. just opened near fredericksburg. the join movie coast has a bowling alley, 3-d screens, premium seating, and a l

its grip from the devastating tornadoes and flooding we had seen just a couple of days ago towards kansasd oklahoma. we diminished the tornadoes to just a couple in missouri and widespread hail outbreaks. it will definitely be in a much diminished form. over this weekend, we do expect more clouds and maybe showers to dot up around the mid- portion of the day in the mid- morning and afternoon. not a heck of a lot of green in central maryland which means we're not going to get widespread rain tomorrow. it will be cloudy, humid and feel damp. most of the rain is back in the other side of the mountains. then the rain that develops on sunday morning. this is one of many models depicting it up towards our east. it shows the increased threat of rain on sunday. there may be a few hours with heavier rains and maybe a downpour or two on sunday. so plan for the wet weather, but again, it's not going to be an all-day event. we head through the day 86 degrees. a nice warm-up from the 50s earlier in the week. we'll settle from 59 to the mid- 60s. we'll drop into the 70s. again, some showers tomorrow. m

. ♪ now golds hates this land >> reporter: i'm chris bury for "nightline" in topeka, kansas. >> a sonhanks to chris bury for that. >>> when we come back, we'll turn to food, and some latin flavor. it's a special cinco de mayo edition of the "nightline" plate list. >> announcer: "nightline" continues from new york city with terry moran. >> ah, cinco de mayo. an unofficial holiday that for americans of americans means margaritas. but there is also latin cuisine where there's spicy or mild, it's an art all its own. jose garces is tonight's "nightline" plate list. >> my mother was a great cook, as well as my grandma. she actually taught my mom and then my mom cooked four, five nights a week and usually i would be the one next to her helping her, you know, whether it was making a cake, making empanadas, i loved it. so, i have some beautiful tuna. i have a dry rub. and that's looking pretty nicely done. put the tuna down right there. so, i have some cucumber here, which i'm going to julien. i have a firm vegetable here, givens a lot of texture to this taco. a little bit of cilantro. going t

the pictures are actually a weak twister, which doesn't look very weak in the east part of kansas city passed near the state fairgrounds. it's incredible when you look at this. no injuries were reported, but there was some property damage. pretty incredible pictures this morning to show you. i know somebody like justin's eyes get wide. >> if you noticed, the jolly green giant was running away with a pile of broccoli or something. >> was that two? >> sometimes they spin around each other and come together. >> it's hard to believe that that's a weak twister. >> look on the right side of the tv screen. looks like another one's popping up there, right? >> that's pretty cool. >> there, right there. see it? man, from the ground to the sky. >> linda so said justin, it's the smoke monster. >> somebody's head is stuck in "lost." >> a "lost" fan here. that would be white smoke and the grand finale is coming up at 7:00. some of us will be red eyed and teary on monday morning. we have a weekend to get forward to. linda, i'm so proud of you for mentioning that. that made my day. 58 in baltimore, 55

united lost to kansas city on opening day. >>> it was meant to be a touching scene on capitol hill todayith the braves here in town a couple u.s. senators decide they would hold a celebration for atlanta skipper, bobby cox. it was u.s. senator, isaacson and rockefeller taking the legendary braves skipper into the house chamber and holding a party to honor his 50 years in baseball. that is cox, c-o-x. i point that out because they got a cake, which the pastry chef regrettable spelling error. i believe you know what those last two letters are and unless he is the mascot for the university of south carolina or become an adult film star, that is not the way that's supposed to be spelled. perhaps the braves will do better. today they play the nats. we'll have highlights tonight. you guys can read, can't you? >> we can read. >> can you believe? >> we can laugh and that might make it into gbu at some point. >> i suspect it will. were we okay? >> you handled it with grace, my friend. >> there's a first time for everything. >> we want to go back to breaking news we have been following out of char

the same system that brought severe weather to much of oklahoma and dallas and also up in to kansas yeterday and the day before and it's the same front that will affect us over the weekend. just not quite directly. look at the showers and storms. now east of chicago heading to detroit. we have more showers and thunderstorms. massive storms just rolled through atlanta in the last hour. they are pushing their way toward south carolina. a couple of showers tonight in the mountains. maybe garrett county, maybe preston or tucker county west virginia. that's about it. more than anything some clouds tonight but still very pleasant and almost like summer eve actually because temperatures in the 80s. temperatures won't fall too fast tonight. zone forecast, all six are on the website at wusa9.com. 70 in oakland tomorrow. good chance of showers. 70 in cumberland and a good chance of showers. the further east you go the chances decrease a bit. martinsburg 75. mid to upper 70s in warrenton, manassas and leesburg. downtown mid to upper 70s. 78 andrews. 78, 79 toward la plata and almost 80 in to south