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tough economy and ultimately it will indeed improve traffic in the long-term, interior secretary ken salazar actually made this official. he signed off on the plan outside the jefferson memorial. a plan years in the making. it's described as being a blueprint for improving the mall for pedestrians. it's about protecting our nation's history and monuments. >> america cannot standby and let the national mall continue to be a national disgrace. with the national mall plan as our guide, the trust is committed to raising the private sector's path of the required funds to restore and improve this space to make it something that we all can be proud of. >> those improvement would include adding more paved areas for pedestrians. widening walkways at the title basin. here's my favorite one. building more bathrooms. who hasn't been stuck in the national mall and thought that at least once? finally renovating spaces such as union square and reflection pools outside the capital building. another improvement would be rebuilding goods you -- guess you can't rebuild grass, but redoing the grass. >> they're

interior secretary ken salazar signed off on this plan yesterday afternoon, right outside the jefferson memorial. it's been a plan that's been years in the making. it's described as a blueprint for improving our nation's front yard. the focus is on improving the national mall for pedestrians. it's about protecting our nation's history and monuments. take a listen. >> cannot stand by and let the national mall continue to be a national disgrace. with the national mall plan as our guide, the trust is committed to raising the private sector's half of the required funds to restore and improve this space to make it something that we all can be proud of. >> reporter: those improvements would include adding more paved areas for pedestrians, rebuilding sea walls and widening walkways, which would be a huge improvement during very busy times like the annual cherry blossom festival. here's my favorite one. building more restrooms. who wouldn't love to see that? finally renovating spaces like union square and the reflection pool outside the u.s. capital and one more thing this national mall plan wo

secrary of the interior ken salazar signed an agreement yesterday to fix up the national mall.an expect better maintenance and family-friendly facilities. the project will cost hundreds of millions of dollars but a private group for the trust for national mall is raising money to help pay for the work. >> we are going to get this done. it's not just me. the outpouring of support we have had from the american people, not st here in washington but across the country has been amazing. the ma thing that people don't realize is there's a problem here. once anybody sees the pictures the first question they ask is what can i do help? >> the interior department says to help protect the mall it plans to deny permits to some events that use avy trucks and other equipment that can tear up the grounds. >>> it seems more and more people in washington are taking advantage of a new program that pays you to car pool. poolf awards program pays people $2 a day to car pool in the d.c. region. it started with just 100 peope. now it's used by more than 700. the program's director says commuters are

secretarof the interior ken salazar signed an agreement to fix up the national mall. expect better maintenance and family-friendly facilities. the mall will also have an improved recycling program. it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. a private group, the trust for the national mall, is raising money to help pay for the work. >> we're going to get this done. and it's not just me. the outpouringof support we have had from the american people, not just here in ameca but across the country, has just been amazing. the main thing that people don't realize is there's a problem here. once anybody sees the picture that we have that shows the current conditions, the first question they ask is, what can i do to help? >> the interior department says to help protect the mall it plans to deny permits to some events that use heavy trucks and equipment that can tear up the ground. >> it is such a treasure but beginning to look a little seedy. so much use over so many years. every day thousands and thousands of people are tromping over the grass. >> much needed makeover. >>

this week, ken salazar signed off on a plan to restore america's front yard.lls for a dedicated area for offense. it is also calls for new restrooms, a containment facility, and restaurants. it -- entertainment facilities, and restaurants. >>> a plan to sell liquor on sundays in montgomery county has small business owners concerned. starting in two weeks, all two dozen county run at liquor stores will be open sundays for the first time. customers are glad for the increase in options, but owners of small shops are worried about losing business. small stores are allowed to sell beer and wine on sundays. >> if you take away what is probably in some stores their best day of sales, i think some will be forced to close. >> county authorities estimate sunday sales could generate $2 million per year to help fight the county's $1 billion budget shortfall. >>> residents are burning in the big bucks. seven of the 10 richest counties in the nation are in our region. loudoun county topped the list with a median household income of $114,000 per year. fairfax county is secon

ken salazar stopped by the jefferson memorial to sign a plan to refurbish the entire mall and restore the monuments karen was there today. how did it go? >> you know where the cranes and the heavy equipment are, well, we got a chance to see the work they're doing there and the sea wall has been sinking, it was desperately in need of repair and we went along with the service and manager to see the exterior 60 on a hard-hat tour the jefferson memorial is one of five presidential memorials on the mall. interior secretary ken salazar got a close look at a popular piece of real estate and detailed explanations about what has gone into giving it a much-needed facelift. the seawall surrounding the title basin at the jefferson memorial sunk more than 8 inches over recent years and crews invested heavy-duty work trying to fix it. the interior secretary said some personal thank yous, includeing to a crane operator with 35 years of experience. >> this is about jobs in america. >> reporter: construction on shoring up the sea wall started a year ago. the park service hopes it will be wrapped up in

. >> next, ken salazar discusses plans for the national mall.hen come a discussion on the impact of the midterm elections on governors' seats around the country. epithet, a look at the influence of the tea parties on the next session of congress. >> "booktv" this weekend, in one of his first tv appearances since the publication, george w. bush discusses the critical moments of his presidency and his personal life. live sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> monday, a hearing will be held to determine whether any of the 13 counts against congressman charles rangel have been proven. the hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. we will have live coverage on c- span3. interior secretary ken salazar on tuesday signed a national mall plan and announced the next steps to revitalizing and restoring the mall in downtown washington, d.c. work on the plan began four years ago and this half-hour of that began with jon jarvis, the head of the national park service. this is just over 30 minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of the national park service. thank y

ken salazar signed an agreement to fix up the national mall.you can expect better maintenance and family-friendly facilities. the mall will also have an improved recycng program. it will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. the trust for the national mall is raising money to help pay for the work. >> america cannot stand by and let the national mall continue to be a national disgrace. the national mall is our guide. trust is committed to raising the path of the required funds to restore and improve this space to make it something that we all can be proud of. >> the interior department says to help protect the mall plans to deny permits to some events that use heavy trucks and other equipment that can tear up the mall grounds. >>> today hundreds of disabled amican vetans will gather for the ground breaking of a new memorial dedicated to them the day before veterans day. the disabled for life memorial will be located associate of washington avenue southwest. the memorial located on a 2.4 acre site will recognize the sacrifice disabled veterans h

. >> reporter: interior secretary ken salazar got a look at a popular piece of real estate and detailed explanations about what has gone into giving it a face-lift. the seawall here as sunk more than eight inches over recent years. crews have invested heavy duty work in trying to fix it. the interior secretary said some personal thank yous including to a crane operator with 35 years of experience. >> is this about jobs in america. >> reporter: construction on shoring up the seawall started about a year ago. the park service is hoping it will be wrapped up in time for the cherry blossom festival next year. it is easy to seat jefferson and treasures on the mall need restoration. even the walkways leading up to it are chipping way. >> the last time i was here was in 2004. it looks about the same. you thought it was beautiful then. >> we went to the mall and it was not that bad. it was pretty nice. >> reporter: but the neglect has not escaped the attention of the interior department, the national park service and the trust for the national mall. they have inked what is being called the fina

. >> reporter: tuesday's secretary of the interior ken salazar signed an agreement on plans to remp andrenew the mall with better maintenance, family facilities and preservation. >> so there is a lot that i exciting and a lot that is happening right now today in the nation's front yard here at the national mall. >> reporter: the signing ceremony was held at the jefferson memorial. its tidal basin seawall under massive reconstruction. a private group the 4-year-old trust for the national mall is helping to ise millions of dollars in private funds to support the work. >> america cannot stand by and let the national mall continue to be a national disgrace with the national mall plan is, the trust is committed to raising the half the required funds to restore and improve this space. >> reporter: as part of the rest oration, the mall for the first time now has an aggssive recycling program in part funded by the coca-cola company. tom sherwood, news4, washington. >> the interior department says to help protect the mall, it plans to deny permits to some events that use heavy trucks and other equipm

secretary babbitt had a fabulous run as secretary and like him, ken salazar was very well-suited for the job, having been governor of arizona. secretary salazar is a former senator from colorado. just for the record, i am not from a west. i am from upstate new york, and i am proud of it actually. so the interior department is not just the west, and i've been talking to ken about that. he gets it, particularly with atlantic wind on our doorstep. it is a different time. the fact that renewable energy has become such an imperative is a very different thing. climate change in the late '90s was really just sort of on the upswing in terms of appreciation of it, and ken salazar came in after his senate experience committed to the clean energy economy and dealing with climate change. so that makes it very exciting. it is also very exciting to be part of this administration and this president who is very committed to these issues. >> you have a lot of good things going on with the interior and we have the bp oil spill or the blowout. lots of attention has been focused on the management of our

secretary ken salazar was actually going to speak with us today, but he was called away on urgent governmentusiness. here to represent the park service is maria burks, the acting superintendent of the national mall memorial parks. she has done everything in her career, including running ellis island and the statue of liberty -- very large complicated parts with a lot of moving parts and outside organizations. the taxpayers are lucky to have people like her. at this time, maria, which would like to have you say a few words. -- we would like to have you say a few words. [applause] >> thank you, jan scruggs, for that generous introduction. good afternoon, everyone. distinguished guests, distinguished speakers, vietnam veterans, ladies and gentlemen, i am a real bricks, the acting superintendent, and i am representing secretary ken salazar. he very much wanted to be here today. not being able to come was a real disappointment to him. it has been a real gift for me. i remember vividly the first time i saw this memorial, and i remember walking down the wall, looking at the names, thinking about th

we'll also hear from interior secretary ken salazar. this is a half hour. >> good afternoon, i'm john jarvis. i'm the director of the national park service. and i want to thank you all for joining us here today for this milestone. an incredibly important milestone in the life of the national mall. joining me here today are the secretary of interior, ken salazar, the assistant secretary of fish wildlife and parks, my boss, tom strickland and two of our partners, coca-cola who has been helping us on the mall with our recycling program and the trust for the national mall who has been an incredibly important partner that will be with us for the mall's future. the national park service is in the pepper -- business to make sure we share all the stories of the visitors of all americans and those who come from around the world. this century and into the next century is well. in order to do that and to do it well, we have to do planning. and this particular plan has been long way coming and is quite thick there to express really the vision of th

interior secretary ken salazar got a close look at a popular piece of real estate and detailed explanationshat has gone into giving it a much-needed face-lift. the seawall surrounding the tidal basin here at the jefferson memorial has sunk more than eight inches over recent years. crews have invested some heavy duty work in trying to fix it. the interior secretary said some personal thank yous including to a crane operator with 35 years of experience. >> this is about jobs in america. >> reporter: construction on shoring up the seawall started about a year ago. the park service is hoping it will be wrapped up in time for the cherry blossom festival next year. aside from the seawall, it is easy to see the jefferson, like other memorials and treasures on the mall need restoration. even the walkways leading up to it are chipping away. some tourists who get to the nation's capital infrequently hardly seem to notice. >> the last time i was here was in like 2004. it looks about the same. i thought it was beautiful then. >> we went to the mall and it looks not that bad. looks pretty nice. >> repor

he's defeated the person who ken salazar now the interior secretary. ken buck the tea party candidate who surprised everybody by beating the establishment candidaten the primary in colodo. they are now 50% for michael bennett, the democrat. 45% for ken buck. with 22% of the precincts reporting. >> we saw a lot of votes. going into tonight several sources said that this might be the most likely candidate for a recount. they thought it would be that razor thin. >> ifill: the law are already on the ground. >> the lawyers are already definitely on the ground. although some democrats were heartened by the early vote that they were looking at going in here. colorado along with nevada in that harry reid race are the two places that the democrats felt strongest about their ground game, about their efforts. >> i think the race is going to tighten as david. just 22% of the vote in. i think it will be much closer. >> ifill: let's move on to ohio governor's race. a couple governor's races where we still don't know the outcome even though polls closed some hours ago

ken salazar was at the jefferson memorial yesterday to restore what he calls the front yard of americall has a lot of areas with dead grass and some of the seawalls are sinking. >>> we have a health alert for you and your children. a new report shows that stress is becoming a serious threat to american families he familiar -- especially to children i'm third of american parents say their stress levels are extreme and children who think their parents are stressed out are more likely to be stressed out too. we have a lot more to this story. for more information and advice on managing stress, can you go to myfoxdc.com, click on web links. >>> san francisco is going to become the first major u.s. city to ban toys in mcdonald's happy meals or any meal with more than 600 calories or 5% of a child's daily recommended calories from fat. a new ordinance also requires meals to include fruit or vegetables in order to meet the toy requirements. fast food representatives say this is no proof that new law will actually help children eat healthier. >>> before a consumer alert about your cash register

. >> tuesday, second of the interior ken salazar signed a far rehing multimillion dollar agreement on plans to revamp and renew the national mall with better maintenance, family facilities and preservation. >> theres a lot that is exciting and a lot that is happening right now today in the nation's front yard. >> the signing cerony was held at the jefferson memorial. a private group, the 4-year-old trust for the national mall is helping raise millions of dollars in private funds to support the work. >> america cannot stand by and let the national mall continue to be a national disgrace. >> this restoration of the national mall will include a lot more recycling for the millions of bottles and cans that are left down here every year. we'll have more on that coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you in the studio. >>e'll see you then. thank you, tom. >> when betty white was a girl, her dream job was to be a forrest ranger. e forrest service did not hire a lot of women in those days. her wish came true. the forrest service made white an honorary forrest ranger at the kennedycenter. the 88-year-

ken salazar apologized, telling them it was an editing mistake. experts said they accepted mr. salazar's explanation. we reached out to the white house and they tell us, quote, following the review that included interviews, the peer review experts, the inspector general found no intentional misrepresentation of their views. to the extent there was any misunderstanding, the interior acted quickly to correct it. the decision to implement a six-month moratorium on deep water drilling in the gulf of mexico was correctly based on the need for adequate spill response, well contamement and safety measures and we stand behind that. we have no way of know whag the motivation was for making that edit. was it just an innocent mistake? that's entirely possible. it's also possible that whoever made the edit wanted people to believe that scientists backed the moratorium. this isn't the first time the white house has been accused of over selling the position on the spill, and changing facts n august, carol browner was discussing a government report on the spill a

interior secretary ken salazar got a close look at a popular piece of real estate and detailed explanationse into giving it a much-needed face lift. the sea wall surrounding the title basin here at the jefferson memorial has sunk more than 8 inches over recent years. crews have done heavy duty work trying to fix it and the interior secretary said some personal thank yous, including to a crane operator with 35 years of experience. >> this is about jobs in america. >> reporter: constructions on the sea wall started about a year ago and they're hoping it will be wrapped up in time for the cherry blossom festival next year. inside the sea wall it's easy

>> narrator: at interior, secretary ken salazar's chief deputy is david hayes. but here, too, bp's track record failed to alarm anyone. >> would an application from bp receive any special attention, given bp's troubled track record? >> i don't believe so. the track record for bp as a company, in terms of deepwater performance, i'm not aware that bp would be singled out for special attention. >> the thunder horse rig-- almost completely destroyed. they had the texas city disaster, they had the problems on the north slope of alaska. at what point does the company performance start to raise red flags? >> well, we are absolutely committed to having safe offshore drilling, i'll leave it at that. i mean, if there's an issue with a company that is systemic and that is appropriate for special enforcement, i have to defer to our enforcement experts on that one. >> narrator: that would mean lawyers at either the epa or the justice department, but former chief of the environmental crimes section at justice, david ulhmann, says that the laws have no teeth. >> how do you exp

the republican candidate and the democratic candidate who replaced ken salazar as the interior secretarysk you about the influx of outside money. colorado has seen a huge amount, almost $30 million in this midterm election. guest: it has been something to behold. anybody in color of watches television has had a front-row seat. it started back in our primary campaign. once the general election season kicked in, supporters for both candidates began to pour lots of money into both races. host: the voting takes place on tuesday, there is early voting in colorado. the governor's race is not -- has not generate as much inrest as expected, why? guest: it generated quite a bit of interest early on when the governor decided not to seek reelection and the denr mayor gavin and a tea party candidate upset the former congressman scott mcinnis at the republican assembly. that was over the summer but there were a number of missteps which prompted tom tancredo to get into the race as an american constitution party candidate. initially, people looked at the race and thought it was not going to be competi

join me in welcoming the secretary of interior, ken salazar. [applause] [applause] >> hey, so we're going to sign the record of decision. i'll make some comments. i'll be happy to make some questions. if all of you could join me, if i could have peggy odell, the great leader, maria bergs, i want everyone who's a park ranger, park officials, come stand behind us as we sign the record of decision, and those partners who are going to make this a reality. come on. sally lead the gang up here. come on all of you. stand right here. come on on both sides. tom, i think your -- tom, you and i are standing over here. then i'll make a few comments. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [applause] [applause] >> let me make just a few comments and take questions from the press. hey, you parks guys, you work for me. come over here. don't go anywhere. if we could get the horses, we'd have you in here too. [laughter] >> let me just make a few comments. first and foremost, when we look at what's

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the republican candidate and the democratic candidate who replaced ken salazar as the interior secretary. let me ask you about the influx of outside money. colorado has seen a huge amount, almost $30 million in this midterm election. guest: it has been something to behold. anybody in color of watches television has had a front-row seat. it started back in our primary campaign. once the general election season kicked in, supporters for both candidates began to pour lots of money into both races. host: the voting takes place on tuesday, there is early voting in colorado. the governor's race is not -- has not generate as much interest as expected, why? guest: it generated quite a bit of interest early on when the governor decided not to seek reelection and the denver mayor gavin and a tea party candidate upset the former congressman scott mcinnis at the republican assembly. that was over the summer but there were a number of missteps which prompted tom tancredo to get into the race as an american constitution party candidate. initially, people looked at the race and thought it was not going

the speakers include ken salazar. and the head of the austrian the fed staff. -- australian vet staff,'. >> this weekend, c-span3 is american history tv visits the eleanor roosevelt papers project. to learn how the longest serving first lady use the media to communicate her ideas. and we will see how very- different thinking american and british leadership work together to defeat the nazis. then the history of the civil war. live saturday november 20, a day-long symposium on the civil war from the national archives. and american history to be all weekend every weekend on c- span3. >> now a group of former major- league baseball players talk about their service to the country in world war ii. among them are yogi berra, jerry coleman. we are showing a portion of the seabed and then we will go live to the national veterans day ceremony at 11:00 eastern. >> i thank you for coming. i would like to thank the lerner family and a wonderful staff at the national ballpark for being our coast in this beautiful facility. it is a

signatories include interior secretary ken salazar. live coverage on c-span and c- span.org. >> in an ideal world, the fact that there were people shorten the mortgage market -- what does that signal? everybody is saying there are the smart investors who think things are going to crash and burn. but the market is opaque enough that you could not see that the way you can see it in the stock market. because of the way these instruments work, you are basically not betting on real mortgages. rather, you are betting on the casino version of a mortgage. >> in 2003, bethany mclean wrote enron in "the smartest guys in the room." she will talk about the economy. >> the former pakistan president, pervez mharraf, criticized u.s. foreign policy in southern asia at this event hosted by the atlantic council in washington, d.c. he talked about support for the comet karzai government in afghanistan and obama's decision not to visit pakistan during his current trip. pervez musharraf announced he intends to form a new political party in pakistan and run

ken salazar and retired general war -- barry mccaffrey will be speakers. >> this weekend, c-span3's american history tv learns how the longest-serving first lady used the media to communicate her idea. we'll see how very different thinking american and british leadership worked together to defeat the nazis. then a conference marking the 150th anniversary of the civil war, on the the experience of slaved and freed african-americans during the war. and then a daylong symposium on the civil war as prominent historians discuss the impacts of the war. american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> this year's student cram video documentary competition is in full swing. make a 5-8 minute video on this year's theme, washington, d.c. through my lens. upload your video to c-span before the deadline of january 20th for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. for all the rules and how to upload your video, go online to student cram.org. -- student cam.org. >> the national council on u.s./arab relations' recent conference included a discussion of the role of energy in foreign policy

he was appointed to the seat vacated when ken salazar was appointed to be the interior secretary. there are still two senate races that are too close to call, in alaska and washington state. >> it's hard was that one is making a star out of britney .pears are sharor cher americans after a while get wise that the stars and the wizards and dream teams and the best and brightest really might not be what they are cracked up to be. chaos and mayhem can come to rain. henry kissinger, robyn nightmare, donald rumsfeld, just a few of the leaders critiqued derrickleebaert. >> this weekend, we'll show some of the art created by japanese americans during their time in japanese american internment camps. we'll talk about the first televised provincial the presidential debate on its 50th anniversary. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c- span3. >> the discussion on midterm elections continues now. in this panel, we have dick armey of freedom works and former texas congressman martin frost. there recapping last month's election results. >> i major garrett. my colleague susan dav

ken salazar is one of the speakers.ne hour. >> please >> at this time, we would like you to stand and remain standing until the color guard is done with their presentation. [singing "star spangled banner"] pplause] >> give him a great hand for that. here to lead us in the pledge of allegiance is a veteran of the 1965 [unintelligible] he was appointed an -- an official we've never. he will lay a brief here today. -- wreath bearer and will lay a wreath here today. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic to rigid stance one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. a man. -- amen. >> god bless america and africa troops on the battlefield today, and all of the veterans and all of those veterans that to die. god bless america. >> thanks very much. you may be seated at this time. an army lieutenant colonel and chaplain for the military district of washington will lead us in prayer at this time. >> please join me in prayer. gracious god in whom we live, move, and have our

. >> we'll also hear from interior secretary ken salazar. this is a half an hour.

scheduled speakers include interior secretary ken salazar at 12:50 eastern. >> as the country marks veterans' day, learn more about the holiday and the men and women who have served in the military with the c-span video library. oral histories, authors on the nation's wars and veterans' day commemorations through the years. all searchable, all free on your computer anytime. >> and now older driver safety. the national transportation safety board hosted a two-day conference on in this week here in washington. the final day of the meeting the focus was on a screening and assessment of the physical and mental abilities of aging drivers as well as what measures state and local governments have in place to address such issues. speakers including transportation safety researchers as well as federal and state traffic safety officials. this portion is about two hours. >> welcome to our second day of the public forum. yesterday our three panels discussed the safety risks posed by aging drivers, and we established that with the exception of the very old, there was not really a disproportionate crash r

scheduled speakers include interior secretary ken salazar. that is at 12:50 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. congress is not in session these days but will return to work november 15th when members return, work is expected on the bush-era tax cuts as well as federal spending for the next budget year. watch the senate live here on c-span and the house on, watch the senate live on c-span2 and the house on c-span. and january will bring the opening of the 112th congress with republicans in charge of the house following last week's midterm elections. but before that, it will be party leadership elections. in the house republicans will nominate the next speaker of the house on november 17th while democrats select the minority leader the next day. in the senate, both republicans and democrats will choose their leaders on november 16th. >>> as the country marks veterans day learn more about the holiday and the men and woman who served in the military with the c-span video library. oral histories, authors on the nation's wars, and veterans day commemorations

actually, in colorado, rather -- michael bennet who was appointed to fill in secretary salazar's seat is running against keny district attorney. we'll be watching this race carefully. barack obama took colorado in 2008 and once again a microcosm of what's happening in this country, majority leader harry reid is running against tea party favorite sharron angle in a very close race and we cannot project a winner in nevada yet there as well. anthony mason is following the results of our exit polls. anthony, what's rowed the boat in this mid term election? >> reporter: we want to look at the tea party, katie. 40% of the voters in our exit poll described themselves as tea party supporters and nine out of 10 of them believed that president obama's policies have the country on the wrong track. they feel strongly that the government is doing too much. 85% said that. they feel the stimulus plan is not working. 60% said it hurt the economy. they also feel strongly that congress should repeal health care. 84% told us that. it's very interesting the make-up of the tea party. 90% are white. three quarters are over the a