now he has the attention of lance armstrong. how he responded.  >>> the search for a missing washington state woman continues. the search for her son is over. he was found. >>> the police chief of ham might california says someone is trying to kill his officers. several bobby traps are aimed at police. a hole was drilled in the roof of a gang enforcement unit and a naural gas line was pushed in. no one was hurt. police suspect a motorcycle gang. >>> flooding waters in the middle part of the country. it's from the recent melting snow and heavy rain. the worst is in the upper midwest. people in delano minnesota are seeing the worst flooding and facing more rain this weekend. >> it's necessary at this point to prevent the flooding to the businesses and residents. the water will be right up to the tip of that temporary berm. >> reporter: the crow river is hitting a bridge in delano. it's supposed to rise above the concrete tomorrow. >>> more small businesses are taking legal action against yelp.com. you can post opinio

lance corporal lance hicks. lance sergeant david green holm. from sixth battalion the rifles, attached to third battalion theÑi rifles, mark marshal. from sixth battalion, the lancaster regiment, kings man shawn dawson the guy millers. from first battalion and guards, lieutenant douglas dalsel. lance sergeant david walker. these were men of exceptional braverry, of great courage and great skill whose loss is deeply felt. each and every one of them say hero dedicated to their colleagues and to their mission. we send profound condolences to their loved ones. >> jamie reed. i'm sure everyone in the house will want to associate themselves with the prime minister's comments. my constituents never shared in the bankers' bonuses. what assurances with -- can the prime minister give that we will get the money back and that we will not ever squander this investment on a half-baked public share holding? >> first of all, we have imposed a 50% national insurance tax on bank bonuses which has to be paid by everybody paying cash bonuses over the course of the

lance corporal deron hicks from first battalion, lance sergeant david greenhorn. from six battalion attached to third battalion of their rifles. riflemen mark marshall. from the second battalion the duke of lancaster regiment, sean dorsey. from 36 engineer regiment royal engineers, first battalion guards, lt. douglas. from first battalion scots guards, and sergeant david walker. these men of exceptional bravery are great courage and skill whose loss is deeply felt. we send our profound condolences to their families and loved ones. meeting with others in addition to my duties in the house i thought of such duties today. >> i am sure everyone will want to associate themselves with the prime minister's comments. my prime ministers never shared -- they paid for the bailout. what will my friend give me when they give their money back that threatens our services and we will not ever squander this investment on a halfback public share offer. >> we have imposed a 50% national insurance tax on bank bonuses which has to be paid by everybody paying cash bonuses over the next

lance corporal tom keogh from fourth battalion the rifles attached to third battalion the rifles, corporal stephen thompson from first battalion the rifles. these men have made the greatest of sacrifices in the service of their country and their comrades. their heroism and bravery cannot and will not be forgotten. their legacy will be in the future that is being won for the people of afghanistan and the protection they are securing for the british people. they will be remembered with great pride by the british people and by their families. as we honor their memory, we send our sincere condolences to the families and loved ones who feel their loss the most. the debt that we owe them can never be repaid. mr. speaker, the whole house i think we'll want to pay tribute also to the life of michael. you'll be member as a man of the principles was in the views of many the greatest parliamentary debater of his generation. mr. speaker, this point i had meetings with others in addition to my duties in house. i will have further such meetings today. >> the whole house will want to concur with the word

lance thomas. and applause] >> jim: and a foul. >> clark: scott drew talked about it at the top of our telecast, "we have to rebound." the last four possessions they have not and it has cost them mightily. the missed shot, no box-out and there's lance thomas. >> jim: and what he has done just to keep the ball alive on the offensive end of this half. and this time he makes the 3-point play of his own. and just like that, duke is in front by 8. >> clark: and the story of your ball game. >> jim: singler with the steal. >> clark: 23-11, in second chance points and a vast majority in the last five or six minutes for duke. >> jim: time-out. scheyer called it when he was double up and watch out. acy and smith exchange words and the duke players wanted to lend support were rushed back to their bench as are the baylor players. coach k. wants to make sure, talking to the officials. you don't want to call a fighting, you know, situation here because there are some stiff penalties that come with that. >> clark

lance. essentially it will strike section 1405, the excise tax on medical device manufacturers. simply strike that tax and essentially the offset would be $20 billion from an obligated stimulus funds. this is a very big issue where i live. i have many people in my district who are employed in the device manufacturing business. this is a jobs issue. plain and simple. i have companies like olympus headquartered in my district, probes and scopes, very concerned by this legislation. a small manufacturer that makes rapid hiv and aids diagnostic equipment that you find instantaneously. these are the types. finally a german company headquartered in my district. they are very concerned with their 2000 employees in effect they have gone so far as to refer to this as the death tax. that is how serious they are about this. and about how this will cost them $23 million, just as one company in bethlehem, pennsylvania. they say this tax is 100% cash flow. they will reduce employee spending. that means lay

wore blue bracelets similar to lance armstrong's given to him by vicki. live strong, rather.lance armstrong wore, given to him by vicki, but in fact, gibbs has also tweeted that joe biden was right. this is a big blank deal. >> it is. there's a tremendous amount of exuberance and relief. that has been a 14-month struggle and has been very, very hard. it was on life support several times, but the president did it. the congress did it. the american people did it. you've got to forgive those who may be a little more exuberant. we'll say and do things in that spirit that we may not otherwise do. we can all be forgiven. this is an extraordinary moment for our country and i'm as pleased as could be. >> and as gibbs tweeted, yes, mr. vice president, you are right and so be it. thanks very much. great to see you. >>> what is the republican strategy now that the bill has actually passed? politico's eamon javers will join us. and nothing can keep newt gingrich from voicing his plan. here's what he told a camera crew yesterday. >> this is a big bureaucracy, high tax, high litigation bil

cordialidad del encuentro, funcionarios estadounidenses dijeron que barack obama presionarÍa para que lancear durante los Últimos 14 meses. la que alcanzÓ su punto mÁs bajo durante una disputa de tres meses por la elecciÓn el aÑo pasado. esta visita del presidente barack obama fue muy corta. de hecho ya abandonÓ el paÍs. [♪mÚsica♪] >> en instantes: lo que ocurriÓ cuando las farc dejaron en libertad a uno de sus rehenes. >> el objetivo de las redadas que el fbi realizÓ en dos condados. >> la nueva ley de reforma de salud despierta dudas. le decimos cuÁles son al regresar. [♪mÚsica♪] [♪mÚsica♪] >> el prÓximo martes se espera que la guerrilla deje a su rehÉn mÁs antiguo a quienes mantienen desde hace mÁs de doce aÑos. ya hoy ese grupo dejÓ en libertad a un soldado. desde bogotÁ juan carlos nos dice quÉ curriÓ cuando el milatar fue liberado y cuÁles fueron las reacciones. >> el soldado bajÓ del helicÓptero con la misma gallardÍa con la que defendiÓ su uniforme hasta el dÍa del secuestro. aproyado en un bastÓn de madera, disimulÓ la herida que recibiÓ cuando fue secuestrado. en el aeropuerto rec

of all, that our thoughts must be with the families of corporal sarah bryant, corporal sean reeve, lance corporal richard larkin and private paul stout. they also died serving their country. i have read the report from the inquest. that inquest report from the corner will go to the ministry of defense. they've said they will look at every detail that is raised by the coroner. and take whatever action is necessary. there are three areas that have got to be looked at and we've got to be absolutely sure that everything possible is being done. first comma is our vehicles themselves. we have ordered 1800 new vehicles since 2006 at a cost of 1.7 billion, to make sure that we of the vehicles that are necessary for the commanders on the ground. secondly, on training, we have made sure the training is better and it will be improved for those who are going to afghanistan. and third on ied's themselves, as everybody knows that guerrilla warfare in iraq and afghanistan lead to them starting to use ied's and we had to take extra measures to deal with that. we have improved our engineering capability,

zeglinski sees an opening, gets past lance thomas.epping with his feet and that allows zeglinski to get by. andre dawkins is the only guy left and he's not a shot blocker and was not in position to take a charge. nice move by sammy zeglinski. >> rich: out of philadelphia, a sophomore. he's been a three-point shooting threat but hi offense as well as the rest of the cavaliers' offense really affected with the loss of sylven landesberg. number five duke sitting atop the acc. maryland with an incredible win last night. that double overtime win at virginia tech, 104-100. virginia tech, clemson and florida state, wake forest at 8-6. talking about the ncaa tournament. then duke and maryland right now looking good. >> dan: they're looking pretty good and it's going to be a pretty good-looking basketball game when they play one another this week up at maryland. that might be the game of the year. of course it's going to be hard to top that game maryland played against virginia tech last night, but these are two teams i think that are comforta

lance, help me. you crashed your car into my house! lance! it's 1:30 in the damn morning.ho's she? go to the fridge and get the thing with the adrenalin shot. what's wrong with her? she's o.d.ing! get her the hell out of here! get the shot! you just keep talking to her, all right? she's getting the shot. i'm gonna go get my little black medical book. what do you need a medical book for? i've never had to give an adrenalin shot before! look, i never had to, all right?! i don't go joy-poppin' with bubble-gummers! my friends can handle their highs! get the shot! i am, if you'll let me! i ain't stopping you! stop talking to me! start talking to her! get the shot! all right! what's he looking for? i don't know. some book. what are you looking for? a little black medical book. what are you looking for? my little black medical book! it's like a textbook they give to nurses. i never saw no medical book. trust me. i have one. if it's so important, why didn't you keep it with the shot? i don't know! stop bothering me! while you're looking, that girl's gonna die on our carpet. you're

lance armstrong has pulled out of the milan race saturday. team radio shack said it would not be a good idea to allow him to start in the race of almost to utter miles while he is not healthy. it is the opening single-day classic of the cycling season, and one of the longest races of the year. armstrong has never won that race. >> still ahead, folks in the midwest are still keeping a close eye on the red river tonight. >> the projected crest has dropped a half foot, but denied that threat is not over. >> what is new for the preakness this year? a live report, coming up. cracks were spectacular weather on the way to start the weekend, then changes as we head into early next week. the forecast is coming up. the forecast is coming up. how do we know how many town roads we need? the census helps us know exactly what we need, so everyone can get their fair share of funding. we can't move forward until you mail it back. 2010 census. >> the man who helped make the preakness and much -- must watch event has passed away. in annapolis, a proposal to cu

>> natisha lance, our proder on the story, what was he doing out in the wooded area? >> he actually went back into the wooded area to relieve himself, nancy, which is when he stumbled upon the bag that -- he kicked it. it was hollow. it made a noise. he went back later on, and then that's when he discovered it was caylee's remains. >> now, natisha, you have been on the story about the alleged affair from whenever it started. anthony denies it. why didn't the so-called other woman ever ask him about caylee's death? >> well, nancy, i can tell you while we were in the show river cruz did give me a call and she said that she did not want to seem like everyone else and that is why she did not ask george anthony. it seems that she was trying to be a friend to him, she didn't want to stress him out in the way in which the media and the rest of the public was. >> to psychotherapist out of new york, lauren howard, what do you make of it, lauren? >> you know, i can't speak to the legal ascts of ts, nancy, but i can speak to the human perception, what does a jury think if, in fa

he burned every lance ounce of political capital he had. he bet the entire presidency on getting health care through. fine that's your goal of the but remember, he knows you cannot govern. he told the democrats this would make or break him. now he's i got through i guess he can claim he's been saving lives because of his health care plan. but he can govern. that's bothered me. how is this going to happen? then the weekend that they're passing health care through they announce they are going to do a couple of things we'll talk about one later. they want to start pushing for convicted felons to get their voting rights back. then they also want to push through immigration reform, translation amnesty. didn't that almost push america to the edge? wasn't that wildly contentious back in 2004? a huge part of america is still recovering from the first sucker punch. we used to think the good guys won in america. we just need a minute to catch our breath. what sane administration would do this? would not wait for america to catch her breath. especiall

chris lance, chief economist from for markets and thank you so much, patricia, for helping us with that data. let's talk about our european markets and what we're looking at here one hour or so into trade in europe. we're seeing our european markets are higher across the board. basic resources, financial services as well as some of the travel stocks out there. briefly on the down side, retail, chemicals and some utilities coming off just a bit. christine, how are you and how is asia? >> asia is doing well today, creeping higher. but we are focusing as far as the currencies are concerned. dollar/yen right now hovering around 90.0. the dollar, of course, being kept on watch. a lot of data is coming out of the u.s. today. the euro continues to be weaker against the dollar. lots of concerns there about greece's fiscal situation, a lot of people are cautious about whether the euro zone can fix the position. sterling is weaker against the dollar. but of course, a lot of data coming from your neck of the woods. nicole. >> indeed, christine. we have durable goods, more housing data today. great

she fell ill lance week and missed a birthday celebration in her honor at the national council of negro women. >>> later this morning a memorial service will take place at the dc historical society for paul devrouax. if you don't recognize his name you will recognize his work. he and his partner worked on the national convention center, verizon center and he died of a heart attack last monday. he was 67 years old. >>> an investigation is underway in to the actions of rescuers who mistakingly believed a maryland man was dead. that story is coming up. >>> plus, researchers maybe a link between the success of invitro fertilization to the mother's exposure to pollution. >>> and why some student protesters at georgetown chained themselves on campus this weekend. it is nine after the hour. you are watching 9 news now. >>> in the news now, rescuers in china are trying to to save more than 150 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine. the miners have been trapped more than 24 hours. >>> the portions county fire department is investigating the death of a glen arden man. friday morning they thought

and america ferrera and my son, lance, are getting married and it's all about the conflict of the twoding, these cultural differences and us trying to get over them and finally becoming one big family. it's got a lot of heart. >> jimmy: so you don't do that many comedies? >> i don't. >> jimmy: but you're very funny? >> you know, i did a -- you know, hosted "saturday night live" -- >> jimmy: you were fantastic. >> oh, thanks. >> jimmy: it was great. absolutely. i'm a huge fan. thanks for doing that letters home thing too. i was going to ask you, because you have this movie coming out, the comedy, and then "repo men," which we'll talk about after the break, but is it confusing, pitching both -- talking about both movies. do you ever flub and go like, "yeah, regina king, i take her organs out and sell them to the government." [ laughter ] and then it's like, what? wait a second. you never confused? >> i don't, no. the first one is such a sweet, funny movie. it's so funny. the other is real dark comedy, i mean, really dark. the one i did with jude, "repo men," it's a very dark, hard-hitti

. >> i lived in new york and miami and pittsburgh and i live in lance now. know thousands of doctors and 100% of those doctors have considered leaving medicine over the last 15 years based on what is happening in medicine in this completely market driven system we are in now. >> no, i totally disagree with you. >> the best clients are medty care and medicaid. >> they are leaving medicine because they are being sued. there is no doctor fix in this bill. no, over the last ten years over my head this federal government has put a provision that says at any given time we are going to cut your reimbursement. and it was -- it was not right that now with this bill you don't get you don't put that provision so physicians know that when they wake up in the morning they are not going to lose income and they are going to be able to provide food on the table for their children. this is what i'm talking about. >> hold on. hold on. >> i work in a level one trauma center at ucla medical center. the ronald reagan ucla medical center ironically enough and every day 50% of the

level doesn't help her case, however, it doesn't help his case that they're supposed to have survey lanceclub and you can't find tapes of who he was with. the girl reportedly, that girl, the accuser, she had a friend looking for her. the friend said she was with ben roethlisberger near or inside the bathroom and he was trying to get there and he had somebody in security blocking the girl from going into the bathroom to get her friend. those kind of details and absence of a tape that should have been present does make things a bit suspicious. i think it would be inappropriate to go further than that, but you can sit there and say something smells. >> we'll watch what happens with the local investigates and the steelers. >>> that wraps up this hour for me. i'll see you back here monday at noon. you know what? i am actually back here tomorrow if you want to get up early and spend a saturday morning with me. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." we'll be right back. getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants but it'll also

one year we are very excited about the fact we have reached our one-year anniversary i do hire free-lance critics and try very, very hard to make sure they don't have conflicts when i a assign them a book i have an associate editor who is doing the signing and because she is a booktv lager to be very careful to say you cannot simply have blocker ax review something because they met the author they really like her and they went out to tea. no. i am not saying that hasn't happened but these are the things i think about, the professional issues because it is important for all of us to keep the standards going and it would be a disservice to readers and authors if we didn't. but it is taking so much time. and again we are not well compensated but we are trying. with "daily beast" it has a really good book section another piece of jargon but it is hard. >> it is difficult because it does not bring in much of the way of advertising in difficult to bring in the number of hits the website is looking for because unfortunately book coverage does not seem to attract as much attention as we wish it w

lance spiegel is the frontrunner right now. he's a huge divorce lawyer out here.'s a big, big dude out here. and so he looks like he may be the frontrunner, however we also know that jesse james people are also looking around for a lawyer, but the reason they would be looking around is in case she did file, they have someone ready to go. >> what about michele, the bombshell, isn't that her name? >> bombshell. >> mcgee. >> what's going on? >> is she cashing in? >> i've got to think she's been cashing in. she's keeping quiet right now. i think she has a gag order on her because of the magazine interview she did and so she can't talk yet, however there's been a lot of photos coming out, a lot of videos, that kind of stuff surfacing that i don't know if you get your hands on to unless the person kind of gave them over. but anyway, we actually got a photo of her with a gunshot wound in her leg she was showing off during an interview like a year ago or something, and i guess she said, look, i used to be involved with a lot of bad people and gangs and i got shot in my le

back in 2006 they did demonstrate they funeral of lance corporal matthew snyder. killed in iraq at the age of just 20. they sent out fliers and posted things on the web. his dad told me all about them and things so vile i can't repeat them on the air. al snyder said enough. no one else should have to go through this and he sued. >> i have had military families who have gone through this the same way i have. they said after the initial shock of learning that you have lost a loved one in the war, an hour later your next thought is oh my god, are these people going to show up at their funeral? no one should have to deal with that at a time when you are trying to grieve over a child or a husband or a wife. >> well, after hearing about the story of matthew snyder and the snyder family, people all across the country started donating to the family hoping to pay down their legal bills. the case does get to the supreme court this fall. it is clearly all about the first amendment. so we will see whether or not the justices think it extends as far as these protesters would l

laughter] following that he became a foreign correspondent which he left for the glamorous world of free-lance writing. his books include act of faith set in the sudan 13 seconds to look back at the state shootings and means of the escape, a war correspondent memoir of life and death in afghanistan the middle east and vietnam. with all that, i am proud to present the author of cross t's, philip caputo. [applause] >> i would like to second david's thanks to everybody that's been involved or that's attending this to psalmbook festival. i've got to say that this is really encouraging. my wife and i were at the fund-raising cocktail party last night. there were probably about close to 1,000 people in attendance and the only thing i don't like about it is that i kind of like to be gloomy and miserable most of the time and despairing of what's going to happen to writing and storytelling and the print industry in general and this kind of gathering makes me think that i am all wrong. as tom mentioned, crossers is an awful, and nonfiction pieces like probably don't belong here but i am here today i wan

lance corporal matthew snyder gave his life for his country in iraq. they bring his body back. they try to bury him the family is there these idiots interrupt the funeral. they are not charged with a crime. obviously they disturbed the peace. then they take it to civil court and they win the first case and appeals court overturns it and charges court costs. i'm not going to sit here and take that. >> on appeal, appellate courts, i clerked for the second court of appeals. sometimes when you win appeals you do get jury awards. bill, it's hard to predict what the supreme court will do in any given case. on this case, i would be stunned if the court didn't accept this case on on setter youry to reverse it. >> bill: will i get my money back. >> you will get your money back. this is a time, place and manner restriction. you have a right to speak out and these freaks have a right to say whatever they want. they don't have a right to target private citizens at moments at this and at times like this. that's very different a reasonable time, place, and manner restriction is in order here

my wrist and squeezed, he goes, "seriously, don't screw up the harmony." [ laughter ] i felt like lanceg medallions, we're dressed like -- come on, let's rock this out." and then we turned around, and luckily, i hit the harmony. [ laughter ] but i was wondering if i could, if you don't mind, could we maybe just sing the chorus of that song. >> don't screw up. [ cheers and applause ] don't screw up the harmony on this song. don't screw up the harmony. >> jimmy: i won't screw up the harmony. >> you start it, you start it. [ laughter ] >> can we have an "f"? >> jimmy: can i get an "f" please? [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ blamin' it on i blame it on on the nights on broadway ♪ ♪ blame it on the nights on broadway singin' them love songs yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ singin' them straight to the heart songs blamin' it on i blame it on ♪ ♪ on the nights on the broadway blame it on the nights on broadway ♪ ♪ singin' them sweet sounds yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ to that crazy, crazy town ♪ >> jimmy: oh, my god! >> oh, my god. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: yes! so happy! that may be the best thing -- that i think i've ever d

lance corporal matthew snyder was killed in iraq in 2006. on friday a federal appeals court in baltimore ruled albert snyder has to pay the west borough baptist church $16,500. it preaches service members' deaths are god's way of punishing the u.s. for homosexuality. snyder's lawyer says this decision adds insult to injury. >>> police are closing the case against former super bowl mvp. in the police report hoements denies it and the officer wrote after the alleged attack she pulled holmes aside to talk to him privately and was seen smiling and touching his face. >>> facebook is changing the way people can connect with their favorite celebrities or products. instead of asking people to become a fan or some user, they'll just be able to click the popular like button. facebook says it's a way to streamline the site and people use the like feature twice as much as they use the fan feature. >>> let's face it, owning a home on the ocean has its ups and downs. here's something you never want to see. your home teetering on the edge of a cliff. >>> a

earlier this evening, gwen ifill talked with free-lance reporter kathy klarreich. she's been covering the haiti story for abc news and the "christian science monitor." >> ifill: we heard today of presidents clinton and bush visiting port-au-prince. we want to know what it is they want to do and how they were received. >> for the people that knew they were coming, which i can't say was the majority of the population, i think the visit went really well. they had a press conference in the national palace. and then they went across the street and visited a few people who are living in a tent camp there. and then i think they went to a pre-fab factory that is putting together some of these transitional houses for people who are living in the tent camps. >> ifill: when we talk about things like these shelter challenges, president clinton said he would like to make sure that all the aid groups are on the same page. how is that going right now? >> the people who are in charge of the shelter cluster which is part of the united nations are very pleased to say that they've go

another couple weeks ago and we are excited about the fact we reached the anniversary and i do hire free-lance critics, and i do try very hard to make sure they don't have conflicts when i iceland in a book and i have an associate editor who is doing the assigning and i have had to because she is a book blocker be careful to say you can't simply not blonder x read you something because they met the author and they really like her and went out for team. that's not the reason. i will not saying that hasn't happened more than once. these are the things i think about, the professional issues i feel about because i think it's important for all of us to keep those standards going and would be a disservice to the readers and authors if we didn't. that's what i think -- but it takes so much time and again we are not particularly well compensated but we are trying and i sure david, the daily beast has a good book section, another piece of jargon that by using and yet it's hard like he said they are in flux right now. >> yeah, it's difficult because it doesn't bring in a much in the way of advertising a

lance, for bringing this measure before the house. military working dogs contribute essential services to our armed forces through their capacity to detect explosives, illegal narcotics and unwarranted persons beyond the capacity of any human patrol. they offer an invaluable ability for tracking missing people as well as fleeing suspects. their support with century is crucial for the protection of our soldiers and civilians, and they are vital in so many different roles. our military would not be as effective without them. military working dogs serve the four branches of the military, the secret service, the central intelligence agency and the transportation security administration. their service was -- has developed and expanded since their implementation in 1942 during world war ii and have since played important roles overseas in korea, vietnam, iraq and afghanistan. the military working dog program has also increased its role in safeguarding our homeland. since september 11, 2001, our expanded homeland and defense efforts would no

lance corporal jonathan b.rnsberry was tragically killed during combat operations in iraq back on october 25, 2006. he was 22 years old. he left behind a family and friends who love him and remember him that today, march 11, is his birthday. for his heroic service with the u.s. marines, lance corporal thornsberry received several medals, awards, and decorations, including the national defense service medal and the purple heart. the man called jon-jon by family and friends was following a family tradition when he elected to wear america's uniform. his brother, father, and grandfather all served in the military. it was just something he wanted to do, jonathan's brother jeff recalled of why jonathan signed up. it was a decision he made. jonathan's parents, jackie and judy, remember their son saying we have to go over there. if we don't go over there, they will be here. jonathan grew up in floyd county where he attended mcdowell elementary school and south floyd high school. he played catcher on his high school bas

lance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. lance: i thank the gentleman from california, the gentlelady from guam, madam speaker. i certainly rise in support of the legislation under discussion. i'd also rise today as a proud co-sponsor of h.r. 2788, the distinguished flying cross national memorial act. the creation of a memorial to honor distinguished flying cross medal recipients is long overdue. these brave men and women are being honored for their heroic and extraordinary achievements during flight. this diverse group of service men and women includes pilots from all five military branches and veterans from every u.s. military conflict from world war i to the current wars in iraq and afghanistan. i'm honored to represent several of these heroes who have received the distinguished flying cross medal. one of the awardees is james pressman of clark, new jersey. born in elizabeth and raised in raleigh, mr. pressman served as a u.s. army pilot and has been decorated with three flying crosses for his valiant efforts. in 1967 he

nancy grace and producer netisha lance joining us.hat paints quite a picture. >> here's what we're hearing. this was apparently leaked to a reporter yesterday. what this report says, there are interviews in there with different witnesses, specifically alberto alvarez, who was michael jackson's logistics director. and what he says is dr. conrad murray was administering cpr to michael jackson, but in that process he stopped, and he stopped in order to collect all these different vials of propofol. what the defense is saying is alvarez gave the statement two months after michael jackson's death, and it' inconsistent with the statement he gave the day after michael jackson's death. so they welcome the opportunity to be able to cross-examination this statement. they don't think it holds in water, and they're also saying that dr. conrad murray in his interviews with investigators, he told investigators where they could find these vials of propofol that were in a closet in michael jackson's bedroom. so if he put them there, why would he have

they want to do it because they want to help out believe in the fight and want to see the memory of lance corporal matthew schneider protected as well megyn. megyn: you can have nothing but sympathy for that man. shannon thank you so much. new worries today about getting into the see a doctor. some of the healthcare pros are now warning of a crunch as millions of new patients are about to join the insurance rolls who are the doctors who are going to see all of these people dr. marc siegel and dr. london hash that out here live next. flooding is getting so bad in parts of rhode island the orders are simply get out. get out of town. we are live on the banks of a rising river coming up. we had to shut the you tellties off there was a smoke condition in one of the houses electric being infiltrated with the water obviously and we can't shut the houses off individually at this point because the truck, the utility trucks are unable to get down there. i'm robert shapiro. over a million people have discovered how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. so start your business, pr

caution killed my son" sadly, the first sergeant, retired marine john barn ard lost his son joshua, lance corporal who was killed in afghanistan. and from that, his concern was the rules of engagement had changed to such a point where our military's restricted in certain areas of what they can use in ways of defending themselves. well, after i read the article on the floor, part of the article, it got on my mind about what are we doing to our military if we're asking them to go to afghanistan and fight, yet we tell them in certain situations, you cannot use your weapons? so i asked my staff to email a dear friend of mine, who is a retired senior military general. and i wanted him to help me understand the rules of engagement. well, the comments that he sent back really didn't speak to my question of rules of engagement, but i want to share with you part of his email back to my staff. as i wrote and mentioned, trying to win in afghanistan is a losing proposition. you're not dealing with a nation state nor are you dealing with state actors. afghanistan is a tribal country and we are involve

the court now lance to decide whether the ruling in d.c., a federal district with unique status should also apply to local and state laws. chicago's mayor says local officials need flexibility to decide how best to protect their communities. >>> in just a few hours the postal service will push for major service cuts and that might have a deep impact on how you get your mail. courtney reagan joins us on what we can expect. >> reporter: good morning. we've been talking about this for a while that something might happen but today it's looking more serious. the u.s. postal service will outline a new business plan today and reports are saying it may include cutting mail service to five days a week, that means eliminating saturday deliveries. the postal service has been losing money at a record rate thanks to the slumping economy and as more people use e-mail and pay their bills online, the senate banking committee is close to a deal on financial reform. chris dodd who chairs the panel and bob corker have agreed to a finance watchdog inside the fed. the agency would have the ability to write

lance mackey has won the iditarod dog race for the fourth year in a row.ome, alaska, wrapping up the 1,049 mile race. mackey is a throat cancer survivor and he's the only musher in the history of the iditarod to win four consecutive races. for winning, mackey gets a new dodge truck and $50,000. the truck big enough to help carry all his dogs. >>> hurricanes, red tide and a rainy winter season are just three reasons why -- >> it's been a long time since anyone's caught oysters in alabama. >> so why are you going to have to wait weeks to eat them? serve no oyster before it's time. run out of a dorm room. when we built our first hybrid, more people had landlines than cell phones, and gas was $1.75 a gallon. and now, while other luxury carmakers are building their first hybrids, lexus hybrids have traveled 5.5 billion miles. and that's quite a head start. ♪ [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft d

lance: thank you very much, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman from texas and the gentleman from washington. i rise today to recognize willard s. boyle and george e. smith from bell laboratories in mary hill, new jersey, in my congressional district. doctors boyle and smith along with charles gao of stanford telecommunications laboratories and the chinese university of hong kong were awarded the nobel prize for physics for the invention of the charge coupled device and imaging semiconductor circuit. the work of doctors boil and smith represents a breakthrough in telecommunications that may bring about revolutionary changes in the near future. their significant achievements have helped advance the united states as the world leader in scientific research and development. it should come as no surprise that their work was completed at bell laboratories. founded in 1925 by the american telephone and telegraph company, bell laboratories is an internationally renowned research organization. work at bell labs has led to the inventio

it took those principles and attached them as conditions in a merger, so i inherited a lance get aroundthis area where there were open internet rules -- 0 land around this area where there were open internet rules. i think it is important to adopt a clear rules of the road that encourage innovation and competition and that may clear what is not prevented. are -- there are certain people involved that will tell you that there are certain things that you should not be able to do. i think there is a way to do this completely consistent with and investment growth policy. >> thank you very much, mr. rogers. your time has expired. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. >> i have enjoyed this hearing so far. i have a question concerning access. do you believe that pursuing a purely engineering approach to meeting data flow challenges would make net neutrality an obsolete issue? >> one of the suggestions i made for the rulemaking that we proposed is increased transparency, increasing the information about the engineering network management r

it's occurring in places like marjah, in afghanistan, where young lance corporals put their lives on before prisoners eat. and the other concept of service is in washington, d.c., where you've got a group of people serving in the house and the senate who are afraid of the telephone and bloggers. >> if you want to see a disconnect, your basic -- i started thinking about this last week, because there was a story in "the new york times" about how the marines and the army were appalled because these afghan commanders were taking drinks away from their soldiers and laughing at the soldiers. in the u.s. military, it's impossible. a commander in the u.s. military always eats after his troops. it's so built into the leadership culture there, that leaders sacrifice so their followers will. they have to set an example. compare that ethos, which is standard in the military, to what political leaders do. they're not leaders, they're followers. and they will not take a chance. >> evan, aren't you afraid you're kind of sounding like one of these people, oh, it used to be -- america was great in th

lance corporal eric ward from redmond, washington, who was killed in afghanistan on february 21. soon he will be buried at arlington, the final resting place for those who so honorably sacrificed their lives for this country. when i talked to eric's mom the other day, she said she understood her son's dedication to his country. she was a proud marine mom. despite the sacrifice her family has made and the sense of loss and grief that they now bear. it's important that we remember today that our country, our government, the people, our way of life would not exist without those who sacrifice their life. like eric ward who honored our country and protected our freedom. to eric's family and friends, know we will never forget eric's sacrifice nor all those who've gone before him. in his memory, it will live on, and we will continue to remember eric's service to this country. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pr

got sur vile lance video from the red roof inn. the suspect stabbed the clerk then ran away and they're now looking for him. he's 5'9" in his early 20s. he left behind a baseball cap, a six-inch knife, and black leather tennis shoes. the clerk is in stable condition. former new york nets mitcher dwight "doc" gooden was arrested after a car accident in new jersey. police say he was driving under the influence of drugs with a child in the car when he crashed yesterday. this is file video actually. he has a long history of drug, alcohol and domestic abuse related charges. he faces a long list of charges now including a dui, endangering the welfare of a child and leighing the scene of an accident. we don't know if anyone was hurt in this accident. >>> pictures and video that showedsho showed a drowning death of a whale trainner sea world will not be released just yet. a judge is extending the restraining order that's keeping those sealed, but he's not made a final decision. dawn brancheau's family was in jail to keep those videos from

her for many, many years and having worked with her closely and observed how she worked so hard to lancethe needs of being an extraordinarily accomplished professional, being a terrific mom and being a great spouse. shes very openly about the challenges and she through her own career worked hard to push her employ to recognize the importance of flexibility. so many times along the campaign trail and across the year, she helped people realize, you can't do it all without support. she's had terrific support in her life. she had it before she came to the white house and she certainly has it here but she recognizes better than anybody because of her life experiences that so many women do not have the safety net and so many women are trying desperately to juggle without the support that they need. so she is a strong advocate for flexibility and without any further de, let me introduce the first lady of the united states of america, michelle obama. . . this is just a wonderful way to spend an afternoon on the important issue. i'd also like to thank all of the out damning members of this admini