i mean, our land values tend to be higher than, say, other places, lafayette maybe. i mean, i don't know. >> right. >> supervisor maxwell: it seems they could have the same taxes that we do, but because the base is different it would be lower. >> that's certainly true. the way things are right now some businesses elect to be in lafayette for those reasons. some businesses elect to be in san francisco despite the higher costs. but when you're analyzing the effect of a change in cost, you would expect 32 be some change in behavior on the margins. businesses that said -- and again i don't -- as you'll see from the magnitude of the impact we're talking about, it certainly isn't most businesses or many businesses, but some businesses will say with the additional rent that i'm getting that decision of san francisco versus another place tips the other direction. supervisor maxwell: all right. but it's a modest group that would do that, because they're probably on the margin anyway? >> that's correct. supervisor maxwell: okay. thank you. supervisor avalos: let's take a build

fog as far inland as lafayette.e're going to warm up a little bit as we go through the next couple of days. all the way to the delta, vacaville, freemont, livermore. lots of fog tomorrow. it'll burn off while quickly, daytime highs tomorrow will be a few degrees warmer than the highs we had today. these are the forecast highs for tomorrow, i'll have your five day forecast, we'll see you in a bit. >> an abundance of food is making this a banner year for whales off the southern california coast. but it's also creating a navigation hazard. boaters have had to steer clear of whales. so many whales in the water puts them at risk of being hit by boaters. one hump back whale was found dead possibly struck by a ship. >> one of the researchers from conversation science said they saw 62 animals. >> a bumper crop of small crustaceans known as crills providing plenty of food for a lot of whales. boaters are now being urged to watch out for the whales, including gray whales that have come into the bay. >>> opponents say genetica

fog as far inland as lafayette.e're going to warm up a little bit as we go through the next couple of days. all the way to the delta, vacaville, freemont, livermore. lots of fog tomorrow. it'll burn off while quickly, daytime highs tomorrow will be a few degrees warmer than the highs we had today. these are the forecast highs for tomorrow, i'll have your five day forecast, we'll see you in a bit. >> an abundance of food is making this a banner year for whales off the southern california coast. but it's also creating a navigation hazard. boaters have had to steer clear of whales. so many whales in the water puts them at risk of being hit by boaters. one hump back whale was found dead possibly struck by a ship. >> one of the researchers from conversation science said they saw 62 animals. >> a bumper crop of small crustaceans known as crills providing plenty of food for a lot of whales. boaters are now being urged to watch out for the whales, including gray whales that have come into the bay. >>> opponents say genetica

lafayette confrontation all started saturday evening at around midnight. one officer saw him driving he radically in weavings road traffic. officers attempted to pull him over several times. and when he finally did pull over he pulled a gun and started to shoot. listen how you can hear fire erupted from this www.youtube.com video. officers say that the hill of gunfire lasted for about 10 minutes was more than 10 chp officers involved. they say that he finally surrendered after serb fighting many wounds. police say that he survives due to wearing heavy body armor. after going through his car they found three guns. a mechanical warm robot and bomb squad was called in. a suspicious package was found in the track. they also found this binder which said california. officer sal kron 4 news that they believe williams was heavily armed because he was heading to some unknown location. the believe that the traffic stop prevented the someone dead these situations from occurring. >> fog is going to be the big stories throughout the week. trees along the coast and thro

they're from lafayette, becoming used to meeting with dignitaries.and they're trying to raise awareness about what they see are health risk was cell phones. keep in mind, studies are still open to debate. the industry says all cell phones are safe. >> two years ago, alan marks was diagnosed with brain cancer, he and his wife believe it was caused by two decades of cell phone use. he says a new law is and would have made a difference back then. >> i would have used it in a different way. i won't have held to it my head. i would have used speaker phone and a head said set. blue tooth in the car. and could have not had problem was my head. >> the law will require stores in the city to display the amount of radiation and the cell phone industry saying there are government safety standards and that applies to cell phones is designed to be sufficiently protective of human health or safety. there are guidelines. >> and this small print says it should be held five ages of an inch away from the body to meet standards. and. >> this is like buying a loaf of bre

arinda, lafayette, you have strong winds coming through. we had lightning strikes along the sierra.re is a lot of moisture. the lightning strikes will be there again tomorrow. you have a lot of monsoon over the four corners, new mexico, arizona, utah and colorado. another reason we are getting the strong winds is there a spin to the west. notice the airflow from the south and southwest from that system right off here. this direction coming off. we've got the plume of moisture pulling up along the sierra. something to watch. this feature here is not moving anywhere. it is not, the fog is getting deeper and blowing in to inland. we continue to cool off next week. if you are waiting for warmer temperatures, it is not happening. tomorrow sunny, uv index up to about ten so remember the sunscreen. 67 for the high. 62 in san francisco. people running in the half marathon and marathon tomorrow. 77 for san jose to 77 in napa. look at those numbers. where are the 90s? >> where are they? >> discovery bay. >> seven-day forecast, cooler next week. >>> a lot going on with the giants. the giants s

louisiana this project been challenging you got him pictured daniel stanford is a criminal lawyer in lafayette he won the appeal for terry to show stanford dislikes a legal system that links politics and justice to the most powerful positions in any parish is the sheriff in the district attorney. they have all the power and so when you have all these people getting together statewide saying we want tougher laws we want the procedures changed in a way that favors us. it happens because that's popular in louisiana not only da's elected but also state judges are elected i think that's the best way to have a prosecutor are just be elected by the people because then you're responsive to the people and guess what people are losing don't solve prosecutors and they don't want to solve judges they don't kick you out if you're elected official and you've got elected under the premise of i'm going to be tough on crime. you commit crimes you're going to send you away as a matter of fact you will do we're going to jack up the penalties we'll put these guys away because that's what people have been told in

mid-70s hopped over the bill, out toward lafayette.ut toward evergreen and portions inland you will find upper 80s. you get the picture. the bay area microclimates in force as we look for at least a 40-degree spread from coast to inland. it has been a warming trend, it started really on thursday. and we are just going to stay there. this isn't 100, that's 90. we're going to top out at 90 saturday and sunday. that will be the height of the warming trend. things are going to start cooling down. we are looking for a cooler weather pattern. into early next week, 92 in fairfield, there's your 90 in pittsburgh and 91 in antioch. 81 in san jose. lots of cities, lots of warmth. saturday is the warmest day on the weekend. good looking weekend, really is. fire danger back up tomorrow and then it comes back down as things start to cool down a little bit. >> all right. >> thank you, bill. >>> martin gereck has released employment figures he says shows the need to cut the number of state workers. gereck says it takes 25 average taxpayers to pay the

clouds, there's already fog coming up in lafayette. 73degrees at lunchtime. 82degrees for a daytime highr friday. i'll see you back here in a bit with your five day forecast. >>> we have an update now in southern california where a wildfire has forced 2,200 people from their homes tonight. these pictures of the crown fire came into the newsroom in the last hours. it started around 3:00 this afternoon and quickly erupted burning dry brush and grass. here's a look at the area. the fire is north's of santa clarita of highway 14 near the city of palm dale. high temperatures there tomorrow are forecast to be in the mid-90s. >>> whooping cough has claimed another life. a 1-year-old baby boy. we're in concord with how one community is reaching out to get people vaccinated. debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: whooping cough is more rampant than last year. since families need to know about it. concord is coming to them. live music on a warm night brings crowds out. but tucked in with food, a booth doesn't seem to fit. >> five days a week. kin i have two teens, i don't want them to get sick

as it progresses into the midnight hour, i think we're going to get fog all the way over into the lafayette area, down to walnut creek. that's going to start further cooling. as you get a bigger fog footprint. you see stenson, something interesting, as you see how faces, that's kind of a south face. prevailing winds are north winds. as that northwest wind, you see how there's that clear holder. that's why storms in salinas tend to clear earlier. the other bay that's like that is santa cruz. you see a great example of that right there. look how that northwest wind is sheering the fog off the coast. i just know that after years of watching the coast and driving the coast. and those two places that face south tend to have nicer weather. these are the highs from today, cooler than yesterday. it will be a little cooler tomorrow but still nice. temperatures you will find your 100s in the valley. the big valley. our inland bay valleys mid-90s, maybe a couple of upper 90s. fire dangers up a little bit. just a nice weekend, downtown san jose for your saturday. 88degrees, that's still pretty warm. th

clouds, there's already fog coming up in lafayette. 73degrees at lunchtime. 82degrees for a daytime high for your friday. i'll see you back here in a bit with your five day forecast. >>> we have an update now in southern california where a wildfire has forced 2,200 people from their homes tonight. these pictures of the crown fire came into the newsroom in the last hours. it started around 3:00 this afternoon and quickly erupted burning dry brush and grass. here's a look at the area. the fire is north's of santa clarita of highway 14 near the city of palm dale. high temperatures there tomorrow are forecast to be in the mid-90s. >>> whooping cough has claimed another life. a 1-year-old baby boy. we're in concord with how one community is reaching out to get people vaccinated. debra villalon has the story. >> reporter: whooping cough is more rampant than last year. since families need to know about it. concord is coming to them. live music on a warm night brings crowds out. but tucked in with food, a booth doesn't seem to fit. >> five days a week. kin i have two teens, i don't want them to

we've got fog already is shooting over into lafayette.t starts you off cloudy and that ends you up cool. tomorrow, another cool one just like today. the cooler summer is not supposed to look like this but this is what's been happening. this low center drops in. in the winter it brought us a lot of rain. this time of year doesn't have enough to bring you enough rain, it doesn't have enough to bring you fog. that lends well to fire danger. it actually helps the firefighters quite a bit. i've said this night after night, our lead story, often our early stories in the newscast are fire danger stories. and we haven't had those issues. the fire danger is going to get right into the delta. but it was foggy all day at steinson. foggy all day in santa cruz. the heat is in the valley, redding got to 98 today. most of our area remained below average through tomorrow into wednesday. and then it'll start to warm up a little bit. but not a major warm up. the forecast highs then for cities where you live or near where you live, 78 in antioch. 77 in live

we've got fog already is shooting over into lafayette.hat starts you off cloudy and that ends you up cool. tomorrow, another cool one just like today. the cooler summer is not supposed to look like this but this is what's been happening. this low center drops in. in the winter it brought us a lot of rain. this time of year doesn't have enough to bring you enough rain, it doesn't have enough to bring you fog. that lends well to fire danger. it actually helps the firefighters quite a bit. i've said this night after night, our lead story, often our early stories in the newscast are fire danger stories. and we haven't had those issues. the fire danger is going to get right into the delta. but it was foggy all day at steinson. foggy all day in santa cruz. the heat is in the valley, redding got to 98 today. most of our area remained below average through tomorrow into wednesday. and then it'll start to warm up a little bit. but not a major warm up. the forecast highs then for cities where you live or near where you live, 78 in antioch. 77 in li

still slow through iran the coming at of lafayette and easier ride on 24 westbound. are no problems hayward slowdowns have cleared out still checking san jose live camera looking at 1 01 north the hoped-for improvement has occurred rather quickly as you can see we are no longer backed up at highway 87 a little sluggish where emerges on northbound but we will see the end by the end of our next report much better conditions for the south bay the bay bridge has been nothing short of a breeze all morning long. there's been no back up no waiting path no delays and no incidents on the upper deck. we will be interesting to see if we pick up the second wave back up at 10:00 yesterday there was no second wave. we of observe this since congestion pricing was put into place the toll dropped to $6 story from $6 to $4 at 10:00. for public transit we have been watching ac transit and has not seen any major problems there with delays because of drivers not showing up for work certainly hear the bay bridge it was not a problem. >> let's take a look at these pictures of the damage in

thomas crawford, the man who designed the statue of andrew jackson that we are all familiar with in lafayette park. it was later commissioned to test the statue of freedom that now sits atop the capitol dome. as senator lincoln pointed out, the plaster model for the statue of freedom was supposed to be displayed in the old house chamber until the time came for it to be disassembled. , cast into a statute and put over the don't. but there was a problem. there was a big problem. the italian sculptor, as blanche pointed out, who ended up stacking the plaster model in the house chamber was the only person around who knew how to take it apart. well, philip reed was apparently the sharpest guy in the capital at the time. he was the only one, literally the only one who could figure out how to take the thing apart without the sculptor's help. it is largely because of him that this great symbol of freedom now sits atop the capitol dome. he was the only guy is smart enough to figure out how to take it apart. as the historians point out in their excellent report, the story of fell reed underscores one o

after several flip-flops. [ inaudible ] ♪ [ music ] >> -- good up towards us here in walnut creek, lafayettewe will tell you more coming up. [ inaudible ] ♪ [ music ] >>> ♪ [ music ] >> good morning. very foggy and -- [ inaudible ] >> -- coast and bay, inland temperatures they will be in the 80s once the fog burns off. that will be soon. but by the coast be careful, some of that fog reducing visibility. >> all right. there is a another out of control wild fire burning in southern california this morning. obviously they are looking at weather because they are trying to get a handle on this. they are planning a very aggressive attack at sunrise but right now zero containment. it has forced the evacuation of 2000 homes near palmdale. fire officials say some homes have been lost and the flames are right now burning near electrical transmission lines. this fire started yesterday afternoon. you are taking a live look at it and you can see it is still going strong. it started around 2:30. it has charred at least 4500 acres. in the nearby county they are still working there to surround two wildfires

no problems here in lafayette. also the morning commute looks good at the toll plaza westbound as you drive up towards the pay gates. there are no problems there as you come in to the area. >>> and if you are driving in the south bay, that is a very nice looking shot of 280 getting out of the downtown area into the valley, so if you are lucky enough to get on the road and get out there early i think you should have a pretty decent drive. at 5:16 here is steve. >> all right, sal, thank you. and we do have a overcast morning. every reporting station say cloudy skies, so if that is the case already you know it is not going to be warm for many inland areas today unless you are far far removed from that sea breeze but most of us aren't in this pattern and theres also thunderstorms popping up over the sierra, low overcast and hint of mist out there. 60s, upper 60s, then inland 70s. once the fog burns off it will be sunny and breezy. 58 palo alto, livermore-concord 57 oakland berkeley one degree warmer. don't see that all

get past geary, traffic is moving fine near the 24 end change and continues to move well through lafayette towards the caldecott tunnel. so we'll continue to watch it. they may issue a traffic alert if they are not able to clear that soon. big changes for commuters through hayward near the 880-92 interchange always a problem spot for commuters. they have been doing a lot of roadwork in the area. morning there is an extra lane and off-ramps. lots of changes. hopefully it will help congestion. right now signs are up no delays towards the san mateo bridge. crossing the span, foggy, 13 minutes in all lanes between hayward and the peninsula. so it looks good. doing more bridge checks for you. at the bay bridge, so far no metering lights. and really no delay heading into san francisco. though just before i got on air i did hear about a new injury crash on city streets in san francisco near bryant and embarcadero. san francisco police department is handling that. that is your traffic. let's check your forecast with tracy. >> thank you, elizabeth. so our forecast tuesday morning, here we are looki

in lafayette, louisiana. we are hundreds of thousands and millions and tens of millions of people strong when we tell the truth to our elected officials in november. we want to take our country back. we have more energy in this gulf of mexico, we have more energy in this united states of america than this nation will ever need. let us produce it. and the jobs and the lifestyles and the network of all the companies, we will pay down the deficit that you have created. because energy is at the base, energy is at the heart of our nation's economy. it's not only the gasoline in our tanks, it's not only the diesel in our trucks, it is also the clothes we wear, the homes we live in, the toys we play with, the electronics that we use. mr. president, don't forget, energy and oil and chemicals touch us, everything in our lives. let us produce it, please. but if you persist, if you continue to play politics with people's lives in louisiana, there will be a congs. and that congress will show up and it's called pain at th

lafayette but it further to the west things, key bridge park in san jose 82 much cooler ocean beach 59ere's the fog situation as we take a look. the fog has been up in the coast all day long. yesterday not as much fault because we see more clouds today that means the cooler weather for this afternoon appeared fog tracker brings the cloudiness into the bay for tonight appeared by tomorrow morning around 6:00 a.m. we have clouds bayside perhaps as far south as fremont north to vallejo. clouds for santa rosa and petaluma all of those clear through the course the morning by late morning we have the clouds of the coast and that's were there when this day through the afternoon. i don't think will be see much clearing whatsoever the beaches for saturday afternoon. when this temperatures will stay cool in the upper 50s and low 60s. '80s for the north bay and, novato topping at 85 degrees in for napa and. lodis in fairfield san francisco about the same and '60s. ladies redwood city in palo all tow. for the short of the '70s popping up here was a clouds popping up briefly. one is place inland va

lafayette returned united states troops taste turtle again. >> i've had a turtle soup but is usuallya race to. >> what other dishes the we don't get today. >> raccoon is a bit more unusual. >> not my backyard (laughter) >> a celebration of their local >> what about that? we can still get that but it's not used >> the doctor would have been canvasback and that's when people really knew the difference between canvasback mallard, red head acts, the same way we would talk with the difference between fishes. they understood the distinction between. >> have you ever had a wild duck. >> i've had mallard having had that its startling than they thought canvasback was so much better. >> the little recipes the you have from various books of the 19th century for example one of them is a recipe for calf haead. people ate every part of an animal. >> that usually the basis for mock turtle soup. >> people 8 huge amounts for breakfast porterhouse steak was a starter for twain. >> his ideal breakfast was a poor house stayed with buckwheat cake and coffee with fresh cream that was his id. >> if you fin

heavy as you concede westbound on 24 as you head through lafayette.he bay bridge toll plaza the upper deck cleared itself so traffic is still sluggish at 80 approach and in the main toll plaza. sampras is the 1 01 northbound here it looks good central freeway headed toward the peninsula no problems under drive towards sfo. let's get a check on whether with christie. >> bay area blanketed in fog you can see the bay bridge toll plaza continuing to see low clouds through the rest of the day the fog is not burning off its staying for a few days. oakland 58 getting warm 65 by noon topping out at 68 not warm today: it to 64 by 8:00 p.m. taking a look at fog trucker you can see it through the bay area right now it is talking with bob continuing to see it hubbard into the 8:00 hour the 9:00 are tender level we see the fog lifted all those sitting over the bay and along the coast. we will see fog in the northern parts of the peninsula. temperatures rain alkyl in the '50s and 53 in san francisco 53 in redwood city 56 in livermore 53 in fremont. your highs today

caller: i live outside of lafayette, louisiana. there is a little town called scott.rawfish when i want to because of this fund. i worked for a gentleman out there. i went down when bp showed up in venice and volunteer to clean up in anyway. it is frustrating to me that they still have not given me a call back. i started to do things on my own and organize people. i am a songwriter. that was a no-brainer for me. host: what i wanted to ask you is what level of faith in the kinds of commissions that you testified before today that they will be able to do something effective of for the people in your region? guest: i think there is so much red tape and bureaucracy. i was not planning on playing the song. i went on and and i had a backpack on, so when i went outside i had a guitar in the car, so i figured i would bring that back in for my speech. i go down to grand isle and dennis and check on the people that i know down there that are still out of work. i have a friend who has cattle on the mouth of the river. and i am staying with friends in grand isle doing handyman wo

and davis lynch has work in lafayette, corpus christi. they employed over 300 people last year, had to cut 100. were starting to hire more people back. del mar systems. operations 100% directly related to the deepwater semi-submerrabbing le in the gulf of mexico, it will affect their ability to operate. marine contractors, their business feature in -- their state and uncertainty here in the united states employ people in texas and louisiana. i will go on and on here a little bit later, but the point is these are real american workers. these are real american businesses. some family owned, some mid sized, some larger. but the economic devastation, i sometimes wonder, you know, are people as important as turtles and birds, you know? we know we all love our wildlife and are fighting to protect them, but shouldn't we be fighting to protect american workers and their livelihood? mr. culberson: absolutely. mr. brady: what about american small businesses and their livelihood? what about their ability to survive, to employ workers? how about an e

she's from lafayette. her husband is out of work. he works in the oil field. and we definitely need other solutions. going green, whatever it takes. but to just cut our -- all of our people out of work right now and then also we don't have any fisheries. we just got nothing. i mean we don't want to be a welfare state. there's no point in that. these are hard-working people. the one thing i did that people have to listen to is this song i wrote. i never thought i would be the hippy that brings the guitar to the meeting. but i'll play it for you. and i appreciate the right to sing this. thank you all for letting us be here. i'll tune that next time. ♪ grew up on the southern shores louisiana now it ain't no more ♪ ♪ kicking a butt with a crawfish hole ♪ ♪ making a living with my own two hands hell it's part of being who i am ♪ ♪ i went to working in the oil field that's the only way to pay our bills ♪ ♪ and if i'm lucky i can have a son i'd take him hunting like his daddy done ♪ ♪ get him working on a shrimping boat up and down the gulf of mexico ♪ ♪ 11 dead on

thomas crawford, the man who designed the statue of andrew jackson that we are all familiar with in lafayette park. it was later commission to cast the statue of freedom that sits atop the capitol dome. as senator lincoln pointed out, the plaster model for the statue of freedom was supposed to be displayed in the old house chamber until the time came for it to be disassembled. cast into a statue and put up over the dome. but, there was a problem -- a big problem. the italian sculptor, as blanche pointed out, was the only person around who knew how to take it apart. well, philip reed was apparently the sharpest died in the capital at the time because he was the only one who could figure out how to take the thing apart without the sculptor's help. because of him, this great symbol of freedom now sits atop the capitol dome. he was the only guy smart enough to figure out how to take it apart. historians point out in its report on the slave labor of the castle -- a slave labor of the capital, reed underscores the irony of the construction of this capital. this was a terrible injustice. that is par

mention of a candidate not only print or electronic books or a news letter, even a sign held up in lafayette park. now isn't that what under that argument at that time, your office admitted that at first oral argument at the end of the day, the constitution allows congress to ban them from engaving in any political spemp in any of those forums? >> senator hat -- >> i'm not blaming you for the priority, nor am i blaming the person trying to defend this statute, i'm just saying that's what happened. >> senator hatch, the statute which applies only to corporations and unions when they make independent expenditures, not to their pacs. but the cporations and unions when they make independent expenditures within a certain period of an election. >> right. >> the statute does not distinguish betwe movies and anything else. >> well, as you can see, i'm finding a certain amount of fault with that that's why the citizens united case, i think is a correct decision. the court has been criticized including just yesterday in this hearing for not deciding the citizens united case on narrower statutory groun

carolina, he worked in a foundry owned by thomas crawford that designed the statue of entry jackson in lafayette park. he was later commission to set cast the statue of freedom that now stands atop the dome. as center lincoln pointed out, the plaster model for the statue of freedom was supposed to be displayed in the old house chamber until the time came for it to be disassembled. it was to be cast into a statute and put up over the dome. there was a problem, a big problem. the italian sculptor, as blanche pointed out, ended up stacking the model in the house chamber, and the only person around who knew how to take it apart -- filigreed was apparently the sharpest guy at the time -- philip reed. he was the only one who could figure out how to take the thing apart without destroying it. it is largely because of him that this great symbol of freedom sits atop the capitol dome. he was the only guy smart enough to figure out how to take it apart. in the excellent report on the history of slave labor and capital, the story of philip reed underscores one of the great ironies of this building's constru

there is the statue of andrew jackson in lafayette park. and as senator lenkinli -- lincoln pointed out, it was supposed to be displayed in the old house chamber. cast into a statute. it was put up over the dome, but there was a problem. a big problem. the italian sculptor, as blanche pointed out, he was the only person around who knew how to take it apart. well, philip was apparently the sharpest guy at the capitol at the time. he was literally the only one who could figure out how to take a thing apart wwthout the help of the sculptor. they got smart enough to figure of how to take it apart. as the historians point out, the underscores onep of the greatest ironies of the construction of this building. constructing this in freedom for someone who was not freed. this was a terrible injustice, but that is part of the story, and we must continue to tell it, as congressman lewis said. the history of the capital, like the history of our nation, should be complete. and so, we are grateful to the slave labor task force for heir work to, they're h

has cleared it and there are no problems down to 1 the creek and no problems west bound on 2014 lafayette or brenda, for the ride. this take a look at the bay bridge where the left bank in new has been very light and at last check them teetering lights and has still not been activated. that is highly the traffic is for the bay bridge drive. this right on the 101 for the commute has very good luck with the cameras to let us go to san francisco and show you the 101 on the chains like freeway, the inbound looks good, southbound traffic heading towards the peninsula is fine and so is the writing to this city coming there for daly city and it looks good. still at the transit commuters bart is on time and tell train is still the same. james, duh area? >> they keep george. we are following an apartment burning in oakland that revealed up pot growing operation. concede that the fire is out right now to get even more news faster return to our sole reporter. julie, with the firewater they doing now? >> at this point they are cleaning up the back in their tried to figure out whether this is a growin

lafayette. he was a member of the anti- hitler coalition, and he is being tried for war crimes because he fought against latvian collaborators who were armed. he is being tried as a war criminal because he fought against the nazi collaborators. this is dangerous, because allies could be convicted of the bombing of dresden or hiroshima. this seems to be a turning of history upside down, where the whole allied forces during world war ii are in jeopardy of being held accountable as war criminals because civilians were killed during the war, but this is a case where the man was fighting against armed civilians who were not see collaborators. >> i am not familiar with that case but will look into it. >> what is the impression about the meeting between indian and pakistan foreign ministers today? >> i do not have a readout in terms of what has been accomplished. i heard the meeting went on longer than had been anticipated. we certainly welcome this high- level meeting between the foreign secretary'ies

decent, hart working americans. 11,000 people filled the cajun dome in lafayette, louisiana, to object the moratorium. the president needs to listen to the scientists and let the workers return to work supplying our nation's energy needs. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. butterfield: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, in 1935, president roosevelt and a democratic congress envisioned and passed a safety net for senior citizens and the dess abled. we call it social security. it has worked well, and i cannot imagine what we would be as a nation without it. the cash flows of the fund will see a deficit in just a few years because of the aging of the baby boom generation. we will fix this problem and hopefully our republican colleagues will work with us for a bipartisan solution. in december i'm confident that the president's fiscal commission will p

i was one of the few, as a senator, to vote against the closing of the lafayette clinic facility in detroit and the clinton valley facility. we're playing for it in one of the most -- paying for in one of the most cost-incentive -- cost-intensive sessions. we have between eight and 13%- 8% and 13% of my population on psychotropic med. where do we best serve them and our community and our taxpayers? it is not in jail or prison. there are alternatives. they are more cost-effective and more humane, and more efficient on every level. that is what i will do as american and i fought for as senator. >> mike cox. -- that i will do as governor. i fought for it as senator. >> mike cox. >> if you look at the structure across the state, there is a mixed bag of authorities and agencies. there are 25 or 26 different melt help -- different mental health agencies. why do we not run it like we run the medicare service? we did that out to the private sector -- bid that out to the private sector and do away with some of the agencies in the middle bureaucracy. we get more dollars to the patients that need it a

subsequently we've held four meetings around the world in lafayette, louisiana, aberdeen scotland and brazil. i hate to think that as i move to the future that that balance will probably be much more foreign and much less representation in the u.s. when we hold those meetings but we went through and reviewed with everybody to make sure that they were prepared to control the wells than we would not have a recurrence of this event. we would love to be able to show the rest of the world that we can doing this. i hope that as we're able to demonstrate that that people will come to the conclusion that we can safely return to work before the majority of the u.s. fleet leaves for international locations. thank you. >> thank you, mr. dickerson. we appreciate these presentations. and they prompt a number of questions. i'd like to start with you, mr. dickerson. the moratorium, which this commission had no role in designing or deciding for is now in effect. it has roughly 4 1/2 months to run. it strikes me just without knowing the details it must take a month or more to take one of these very la

florida, santa barbara, california, anchorage, alaska, biloxi, mississippi, houston, texas, and lafayette, louisiana. those will be conducted between august 4th and september 15th with them to report back to secretary salazar with the results of those forums no later than october 31st. it's a lot of work but a lot of important work and we look forward to doing it and i look forward to working with you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you for your statement. let me begin by secretary salazar. will you commit today that the reorganization process will be transparent and this committee will be provided with all the critical details? >> yes, we will absolutely be working with the committee, with members of congress relative to legislation on the reorganization as well as the keeping you up to date on the implementation of the new organization. >> now, the reorganization, i want to know how will the reorganization help to prevent further future disasters. >> well, first in terms of dealing with some of the ethical lapses which i agree have been abhorrent in the past and which this com

and now we have a video question from maggie from lafayette, louisiana. >> i am 25 years old and currentlyy my student loans and my bills monthly. a new credit card would hurt me in the end, what should i do? >> the good news is she doesn't have to have a credit card. she could buy a car, get a car loan, try to buy a home. they're going to want to see a credit record. so the truth is i would tell her, yes, get a credit card. here is the key. they aren't bad. it's how we use them. if you use it responsibly, pay it off every month. pay it on time, you'll quickly build a credit score and then the key is that first card you get, use it for a long time. the longer she uses, that helps improve the credit score. i would say go get that credit card and a lot of great websites, an example bankrate.com, lowermybills.com to look for credit cards. >> a lot of 25-year-olds can't get a credit card because they don't have that credit score. >> so it's a catch-22. >> get a secured card. this is a card you actually put cash money onto and use it responsibly and keep building cash money for about a year or

florida, santa barbara, california, anchorage, alaska, biloxi, mississippi, houston, texas, and lafayette, louisiana. those will be conducted between august 4th and september 15th with them to report back to secretary salazar with the results of those forums no later than october 31st. it's a lot of work but a lot of important work and we look forward to doing it and i look forward to working with you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you for your statement. let me begin by secretary salazar. will you commit today that the reorganization process will be transparent and this committee will be provided with all the critical details? >> yes, we will absolutely be working with the committee, with members of congress relative to legislation on the reorganization as well as the keeping you up to date on the implementation of the new organization. >> now, the reorganization, i want to know how will the reorganization help to prevent further future disasters. >> well, first in terms of dealing with some ofhe ethical lapses which i agree have been abhorrent in the past and which this commi

. >> andrew smith, i'm from lafayette, louisiana, and i'm a diesel mechanic. >> and what do you -- when did you first come down to the venice area? >> about a week ago. >> ok. and what brought you -- what brought you down? >> money. >> ok. what -- now, do you live at the responders' village here? >> yes. >> what's been the experience like so far? >> pretty good, actually. feed you very well, three times a day, it's open 24 hours. you get free time in your leisure time, you have pool tables, foosball tables. i live better here than i do at home. >> why did you decide to stay here as opposed to some -- i know that some people have stayed in hotels or motels? >> this is just my option. i'd probably rather stay in a hotel but -- >> and what kind of hours have you been working here? >> 12 hours a day, seven days a week. >> i know it's hard being away from home but it's like home away from home for them. we try to make it as comfortable and appealing as we can and as positive an experience as they can have. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national c