on behalf of transportation secretarys÷ [l$eÑ lahood, i am d to be here today to announce quality publicansportation in the san francisco bayyya home region, about to take another step forward. for the third year in a row, we are announcing funds to help transit agencies across the country modernize and repair their bosses and related facilities, bringing these systems into a state of repair, a commitment the san francisco bay area has had for many years. .9 transit providers together are receiving over $45 million collectively to make traveling by transit faster, more efficient, more comfortable, and safer than ever. congratulations to all of you for your commitment. the projects here in this region range from replacing old diesel buses in san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, and our neighbors to the south in monterey. these buses have logged thousands of miles over the years, and importantly, being replaced with clean, fuel- efficient hybrid!Ø vehicles but also improve the environment that we all love and respect here. as well, we will be upgrading bus service as part in the muni rap

today'svfçmcÃannouncement by secretary lahood and deputy transit administrator mcmillan of nearly $25illion for bart and the municipal transit agency will mean cleaner, faster muni buses and real time bus and train information at key bart stations. in@z@z demand, with less than one in five applications or did, san francisco succeeded because it was prepared to pioneer with innovative ideas, and japan real spirit, and a commitment to serve each and every citizen. thank you for being here today. [applause] >> thank you. i love the sound of cleaner, faster muni buses. as recently as a couple of months ago, it was not clear that the reauthorization of the transportation bill was going to happen. part in the last couple of months of bringing at home and getting that bill done. we are grateful for her leadership. the balance of san francisco not represented by the leader is represented by congresswoman jackie speer, who also represents other parts of the bay area. she has been a great voice in washington for us as well. speaking on behalf of her, i want to welcome brian perkins. [applause]

but that logjam did not free up until secretary lahood and administrator babbitt came into office. and then we started involving stakeholders. we started talking about near-term benefits, and we actually came up with a blueprint which chairman micah mentioned, many of the things that are in the bill that was signed into law in fact came from the task force, came from secretary lahood, randy babbitt and the acting administrator here today. so i think it's worth noting that much progress has been made since that day. i remember secretary lahood was nominated, he came to see me and he said, what are the challenges, aviation? and i said you have to do two things and you have to do it quickly. and one of the things is you've got to free up this mentality at the faa that we don't want the stakeholders involved, we don't want to hear from them. so to his credit and to the credit of the former administrator, mr. babbitt, and acting administrator who is here today, we have made progress. we have a long way to go, but we've come a long way from just a few years ago. so with that, mr. chairma

individualism and, the basic principles upon which the various based and an uncertain tsk unfortunate five lahood five. in migrating westward. he is the governor of the territorial area. he was kind of the head of church and state for carlyle before ito was a great -- >> what do we learn from his political involvement? >> it's hard when the same person as both a religious head and the political head. there are certainly many concerns with some of the things that were done because of the direction mixture between the two. nothing initial it separates. he was quite outspoken in the importance of self-reliance in helping people to become independent. that was one of the core messages. the importance of responsibility . we should not in the government's did take care one another. i should be doing that to one another. predicated on responsibility. helping one another. from a seed implemented across. he was colonizing it. think we could use a little more than today. >> back to your book latter-day liberty. you're right those who don't know any better might be led to believe that the libertarian pa

many of the things in the bill signed into law came from secretary lahood so it is worth noting that much progress has been made since that day. i remember he came to see me and he said, what are the challenges of deviation? i said you have to do two things then you have to do them quickly. one of the things is you have to free up this mentality that we do not want stakeholders involved that we don't want to hear from them. so to his credit and the credit of the former administrator, mr. babbitt and the acting administrator here today, we have made progress. we have a long way to go, but we've come a long way from a few years ago. so with that, mr. chairman, thank you. >> i must say currently the internal management competence in this sort of process, due in part to people here are the fad of work is a couple years ago. this is a different type of process and takes a different type of experience. we thank you for your testimony and the first panel is adjourned. we will turn to the second panel and as they are coming forward, let me introduce them. it consists of mr. david herscher of

crustaceans secretary ray lahood and other leaders picked off child passenger safety week. the ntsb says car crashes are the number-one killer of children under the age of 12. turning to the campaign trail, mitt romney releasing a new ad today for his economic policy. >> we've got to cut the deficit. got to stop spending more money than we take in. >> includes expanding trade balancing the budget, bolstering small business, and changing the president's tax policy. he said the plan would create 12 million jobs in four years. romney is headed to los angeles today to speak at the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce. tonight telemundo airs his plan. president obama is taking on chinese trade policy in ohio. his complaint to the world trade organization will target chinese subsidies for exports of cars and auto parts. the white house says the subsidies are putting u.s. automakers at a competitive disadvantage. both camps are fighting for the swing state of ohio which has been hit hard by lost manufacturing jobs. coming up, renewed frustration in chicago with the teachers' strike e

transportation secretary ray lahood will join child safety experts at garrison elementary school in northwest d.c. to release that survey. they'll also show the most common mistakes that parents make when putting in car seats. today marks the beginning of child passenger safety week. >>> if you filled up your gas tank, you probably noticed the price of gas went up again. the price of regular unleaded jumped 5 cents over the past week. the national average $3.87. that's up 16 cents from a month ago. in d.c., your average is $3.99. in maryland, it's $3.80. in virginia, you're paying $3.72 on average. in west virginia, it's $3.92. prices usually drop on labor day, but prices in the middle east and refineries going offline with hurricane isaac are causing prices to go up. >>> chicago mayor rahm emanuel is telling city attorneys to seek a court order to force striking teachers back to the classroom. the teachers unions decided to delay their decision on whether to end the strike until tomorrow. they want more time to review their current proposed contract. the new proposal includes a 7% cost of li

jimmy duncan, young, lahood, all the people who can see beyond partisanship. thank you. mr. lipinski: next i recognize the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. altmire. . . >> we've spent a lot of time talking about what a great person jerry costello is, which is true. he's a kind and decent man, he's a friend to nearly everybody in this institution. we can continue and take the entire hour just talking about what a fine person jerry costello is. but when you look at the legislative record over the decades of service he has offered to his constituency and to the country, there's a few things that stand out. jerry costello, on the transportation committee, has a long and lasting record of many achievements. mr. altmire: but he also has a lot of things he's done back home that those of us in washington maybe don't see every day. for example, when the base closing and realignment coalition slated for closing new york jerry's dict, he did what is nearly impossible. he got the realignment commission to review the facts, he had that decision overturned, and he saved that military base

. >> the secretary of transportation ray lahood as well as the c.e.o. and chairman of at&t randall stevenson will be there. they'll have the simulator there where we can actually have people get in the simulator and simulate the fecks of driving while texting -- effects of driving while texting. hopefully that will be incentive for them to see what can happen while driving. >> as part of national preparedness, every family is encouraged to have a plan. what are the top three things that you would recommend in having in a safety kit? >> well, if i could take a little professional license, i'll give you four things i think shoe have. i think shoe have a flashlight, extra batteries. typically the power goes out so you want to be able to see and get around. don't use candles. have a flashlight. have extra batteries. if you have any medications, make sure you have the medications intact, water and also an am radio. typical a.m. radios where we'll get information out to you and believe it or not it's probably the oldest technology but it's the best technology

transportation secretary ray lahood will join child safety experts to release the survey. they'll show the common mistakes that parents make when putting car seats in their cars. today marks the beginning of child passenger safety week. one of the biggest mistakes, parents taking their kids out of the car seats too soon. you have to wait a certain weight and height. >> you do have to know what you're doing. i put my god son in the car seat. denise, his mother, pushed me out of the way, no, that's not right. you have to learn how to do it. >> let's check the forecast. time for weather and traffic op the ones. tom kierein is here. >>> another delightful morning under way if you like cool, fresh weather. we've got to again this morning under a clear sky. but as we look at storm team 4 radar, we are getting a few sprinkles here in south western virginia and areas south of richmond. those are going to be staying south of the metro area. right now a clear sky. farther south, heavy downpours in the carolinas and even heavier rain in kentucky, tennessee, arkansas, down to louisian

transportation secretary ray lahood will join child safety experts at garrison elementary school in northwest washington. they'll also show the most common mistakes that they make. if you filled up the gas tank, you probably notice the price of gas went up again. there has been a slight relief overnight. aaa reports the price of regular unleaded jumped five cents over the past week. the national average is $3.86, down a cent from yesterday. in d.c. the average dropped 2 cents. in maryland it's $3.80. in west virginia, it's $3.92. prices usually drop after labor day, but experts say the unrest in the middle east and refineries going offline during hurricane isaac are causing pump prices to go up. >>> police are looking for a kid who stole a man's cell phone. d.c. police sent out this tweet, and it got our attention. police are apparently looking for a 6 to 7-year-old described as 4 feet tall, weighing about 100 pounds. police say the boy ran up to a man and snatched his phone yesterday on nanny helen burroughs avenue northeast. police say this type of crime is common, but they rarely look for

unlike other cabinet secretaries, the transportation secretary, ray lahood didn't see the president after he was sworn in when his son was kidnapped. so this was for several years. he is from illinois. there is a chicago connection there, too. you can say transportations number one agenda is to get the third runway for o'hare. and yet they didn't see each other for years. they have dispersed personal relationship, more important to eric holder has a deep relationship with leaders of the black community, that the president simply doesn't have. he knows all sharpton speaks at this event, she knows jesse jackson senior and junior the longtime personal relationship with them and then enter once a black leaders. so the political calculation here is if president obama fire is eric holder, he just fired the first african-american attorney general of the united states. how does that play with the key voting bloc? another matter is heard as he replaced eric tiny shore. it's hard to confirm some of the book the senate going into election mode. so it's a difficult problem, but the key test of leader

print this in perspective the traditions of the 33 lahood didn't see the president after he was sworn in until his son was kidnapped. so this was for several years and he is from illinois. the chicago connection, too. the one agenda yet they didn't see each other for six years. eric holder has a close personal relationship. but more importantly, eric colder has a deep relationship with leaders of the black community the president simply does not have. he knows that al sharpton and jesse jackson sr. and jr. and longtime personal relationship and many other influential black leaders and so, the political calculation here is if president obama friars miracle your, he just fired the first african-american of trade general in the united states. how does that play with the key voting bloc to read another matter is to see replace eric holder with? time is short and hard to come from somebody with the senate going into the reelection so it is a difficult problem with the test of leadership as usual ways who's lost trust of those he works with and remove the statistics more than 200 some membe

to put this in perspective transportation secretary ray lahood didn't see the president after he was sworn in until his son was kidnapped. so this was several years and he is from illinois. in fact, you could say the number one agenda is to get the third runway for o'hare. they didn't see each other for years. eric holder had this close personal relationship and they watch espn together is more important eric holder had a deep relationship with leaders of the black community that the president simply doesn't have. he knows al sharpton and he speaks of his events and he knows jesse jackson senior and jr. and has as a long-time relationship with them and many influential black leaders so the political calculation here is if you fire, president obama fires eric holder, he just fired the first african-american attorney general of the united states. how does that play into the key voting bloc was another matter is who does he replace eric holder with? time is short and it's very hard to confirm somebody you know what the senate going into re-election. so it's a difficult problem but the k

transportation secretary ray lahood. >> these really pointed out to us that we needed to focus like a bus companies to make sure the buses are safe, mechanical lea okay, the bus drivers are well rested and properly licensed. >> reporter: in may, the d.o.t. shut down 26 bus companies for everything from bad drivers to bald tires. and the hunt for rule breakers is ongoing. >> where are you coming from? reporter: last month the federal motor carrier administration allowed our cameras along while they carried out random inspections at boston's south station bus terminal. this bus was starting to load passengers when d.o.t. inspector patty lavoie stepped in. >> patty lavoie, we're going to do an inspection on your bus. get back up on the bus, please. >> reporter: they looked at the engine, checked treads and tire pressure and to see if the windows would actually open in an emergency. so you were off duty at noontime. they also go through the driver's logbook to make sure he's not driving longer than the legal limit. they found nothing wrong with this carrier. but in general, safety officia

senator not only wants new rules he wants the department of transportation he sent a letter to ray lahoodestigate this matter. he also recommend nationwide standards to address the problem, meaning force gps makers to accommodate truckers and have them in their navigation device makers for truckers and all gps systems. will this work or should you just ticket them? connell: i wonder how the new apple software would work. liz: we got dagen fired up; right? connell: apparently. great to see you. dagen: thank you, liz. >>> call it the dark side of success. thefts of apple products in new york city skyrocketing. 11,447 apple products were stolen so far this year according to the n.y.p.d. that's a 40% jump from the same period last year. overseas apple's iphone 5 found itself the target of thieves this past weekend. in japan and the u.k. connell: just a quick sports headline for you before i go back to the markets and the replacement refs -- the replacement officials in the nfl, again the center of controversy. you have probably seen this but if you haven't, check this out, last night's game.

and the first lady at the white house, and then at the pentagon vice president joe biden, and ray lahoodlvania at the site of the fourth claim that crashed. up at ground zero big ceremony where they read the names of all of the victims lost in the world trade center towers and the media covered all of them except on nbc. yes, the today show yesterday morning, this is what they were showing and talking about at the time of the 9/11 attacks. >> one of the last things we saw was you getting wheeled into a breast enhancement surgery. i know you guys are all for bearing it all, but is there any time that you are like okay we can turn the cameras off. >> i had had my implants for 152 years -- >> and they are only supposed to last for 150 years. >> yeah and that was a important message for me to put out there because i made fun of myself, because at my age, you are over 50 but it was so important to remind women that check your expiration date because it is a health risk. >> bill: i would be willing to defend any media outlet for talking about the news of the day, and not necessarily focusing o

we saw that for example with secretary lahood's son when was taken hostage in egypt he was working ontical democracy type of work. some of it is military. it also just depends on what type of governments and how they are helping us. clearly for example in the libya situation we have seen a strong ey alliance with the lin government there coming to our aid and denouncing immediately what had happened and hopefully working with us to figure out what is going on there. you have to take each country on a case-by-case basis. >> shannon: congressman, same question to you. >> foreign aid is a tool that needs to be used to advance u.s. interests. so for example in libya where there are a lot of m militias t under the control of the government foreign aid to strengthen the government's own security forces can be helpful to provide some stability there. on the other hand, egypt needs to understand we are not going to just keep on shelling out money because we have for so many years. there has to be consequences if they fail to protect our embassy, our people and our interests. and i think we ha

from secretary lahood to the staff at femsa, everyone is really looking at this and ensuring that pipelinesre as safe as they should be. and as safe as the public thinks they should be. >> this -- this figures to be a long journey and what we're going to talk about that in a minute. i recall that late in the -- the clinton administration, federal regulation moved from a prescriptive based scheme to more of a risk based -- you might even call it a roll your own regulatory approach. it reminded some of us at the time and years later of the regulation that led to things like enron and the 2008 wall street meltdown. fair assessment or not? >> well, there's always the possibility for things to go wrong when you're regulating. one of the things that femsa has tried to do is really stay on top of what the companies are doing. so it's not so much roll your own. it's you know your risks. you need to be managing them and we will make sure that you are managing them. we're looking across, we're looking at what other companies are doing. we're looking at making sure you're deploying the best technology

he appointed ray lahood, a congressman to transportation and then, ambassador john hunts republican to that prove bipartisanship, brad? >> certainly does not. to quote bill clinton, let's look at his record. he put together a bipartisan commission on simpson-bowles, the deficit. came up with great alternatives for this country to get us back on track. what did he do? he rejected it. shelved it. would not take it up with a congress that he controlled. in addition to that, this president has totally ignored his leadership and the leadership of the house and senate republicans. he refuses to meet with them. jon, all i ask the press to do look at president's schedule. look how many times he met which is his own leadership and opposition? it is almost nonexistent. hasn't met with business council and jobs council in six months. this is president that talks one way but certainly does the other. >> one thing interesting i saw in the research for the segment, susan, jody cantor wrote the book, in this three plus years the obama's have not had the clintons to a private dinner at the white house

dispatchers handle those trains but we can't handle them -- >> bill: i remember talking to secretary ray lahooda project where the feds -- we were putting up most of the money the federal government. new jersey had to put up a chair and chris christie killed it. >> their unemployment is almost 10%. tens of thousands of people would have worked in new jersey on that project. >> let's say hello to lon. >> caller: good morning, bill. i like your show very very much and will be voting for our fine president come november. >> bill: appreciate that. >> caller: what i wanted to say is i have worked with the railroad company retired for 36 years and it is very difficult for amtrak to go out and purchase track. they run on a class one railroad csx primarily and bnsf and that makes it a little bit more difficult to purchase land to lay track and all of that because the class one railroads really, to be frank with you in western nebraska, north platte, nebraska has the largest yard in the world bailey yard. they want to run coal trains and freight. so it makes it a little bit difficult for them to be able

thank the center on congress at the university, which is one of our co-sponsors for this event ray lahood also, are closed here at the wilson center, our partners -- are co- sponsors for this event. also, the wilson center, our partners. programs on financial literacy for journalists. today, we are here to talk about the fiscal cliff, which is a phrase that none of us had even heard of a year ago, and now it seems like it is practically all all we hear. i know this has engendered a lot of confusion among a lot of people, and we are very fortunate to have with us today people who will help us understand exactly what it is. the fiscal cliff. this is the senior fellow on budget and policy priorities, an expert on these things, especially federal and state fiscal policy. he is also the author of a number of books, why do i feel so squeezed, and in this recession, what is the fiscal cliff? after that, we will talk about the implications of the fiscal cliff, what happens when we go over it, how we might avoid that, and in the final session, aimed directly at journalists, how do you look at this