. >> for now, this extreme weather is moving across vietnam towards laos. typhoon ketsana has forced 170,000 to flee their homes. >> vietnam had been bracing itself for this. the full force of typhoon ketsana. by the time it reached vietnam's fourth largest city, it had been upgraded to the more potentially destructive typhoon status. authorities canceled flights and closed the airport. schools were also shot. tens of thousands of people were evacuated from coastal areas. world heritage status was little protection against the power of a typhoon. traveling inside the city was hard enough, leaving it was all but impossible. more than 1000 people were trapped at a main railway station. roads were cut off by floods. >> this morning, water has been rising quickly. we need help from the authorities. we have lost everything. >> at least there has been some time to prepare. world vision says people have been given sufficient warnings about the tycoon and local authorities were well placed. >> and afghan-born man has pleaded not guilty to allegations he plant a bom

. >> from cutting overtime to mulling over laos, the police commissioner showing -- issuing the bull moose he is taking to help the budget shortfall. >> the police department budget is among the city's biggest. everything is on the table except the department's core purpose. >> anything that we are doing that does not involve protection of people or investigation of crime we want to look to reduce those costs. >> he has cut out over time in some specialized units. over time for investigations will be allowed, but abuse will not be tolerated. >> we are going to be looking for abuse is very hard. >> another move no longer will sergeants and lieutenants be unable to take home police cars. the big question concerns staff. a 85% of the police department's budget goes to salaries and benefits. >> is a reduction of staff possibility? >> there are reductions we can make and we are going to have to make in terms of contractual employees that are doing some jobs here. i have heard discussions about furloughs. that might affect the command or civilian staff. it remains to be seen how it may pla

the storm weakeneds it approached neighboring laos, but rivers were still rising.outs were reported in some princes and airline ights we canceled. >>in sitzerland lawyersor film director ran polanski filed a petion in court to have him released from custody thre days afte he was arrested on an american extradition request. the case sms from his guilty plea to having se with a 13-year-old girl polanski fle the united states before he was sentced. the court will decde on the lelity of the aerican extradion request. >>> yesterday we asked what you thought of the polanski case, ether after all tis time the director should be broughtack to the united states for sentencing. weeceived many dozens responses. the majority ofhem in favor of polanskieing returned to th u.s. one of our viewers wrote about the then young girln this case. shwas a chi, not capable to consenor understand his perverted sex. he ranway like a thief with a young girl's innocence. jail him for theest of his wardly self-serving life. but another viewer said that mr. polanski should not be pursued, not b

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the storm weakened as it approached neighboring laos, but rivers were still rising and more rain was forecast for tomorrow. blackouts were reported in some provinces and airline flights were canceled. >>> in switzerland today, lawyers for film director roman polanski filed a petition in court to have him released from custody three days after he was arrested on an american extradition request. the case stems from his guilty plea three decades ago to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. polanski fled the united states before he was sentenced. the court will decide on the legality of the american extradition request. >>> yesterday we asked what you thought of the polanski case, whether after all this time the director should be brought back to the united states for sentencing. we received many dozens of responses. the majority of them in favor of polanski being returned to the u.s. one of our viewers wrote about the then young girl in this case. "she was a child, not capable to consent or understand his perverted sex. he ran away like a thief with a young girl's innocence. jail him for

it reminds me of jack kennedy saying i'm not going to fight for laos. kennedy didn't believe in the south vietnamese struggle. he was indecisive. when a president is not following his own hunch. he is making a political move and finds himself in a real situation that is hellish. should we be losing lives in afghanistan right now? >> that is the question on the table. march, barely six weeks into his presidency obama sent additional troops with a new strategy into afghanistan. he talked about the campaign that afghanistan was the good war. we took our eye off the ball. we should have nipped that in the bud. we didn't do it. things have deteriorated. we had escalating casualties, the debacle of the election in afghanistan. the president has said let's take a look, let's not send resources after a bad strategy. let's re-evaluate our strategy. on one level that is solid to the president rethink things. he is being pushed around by the generals, the secretary of state and others. >> chris, if this is not a wise war or winnable war he ought to say fe are goin

the storm was wngraded to a tropical dression as it crossed into lao but it left devastation in thehilippinesvietnaand cambodia. in vtnam, parts of two princes were cut off by floong. and across the central parof the country, nrly 180,000 homes were destroy or damaged. more than 0,000 people were evacuated from thetorm's path. the commander of u.sforces in iraq called for flexibilit today withdrawing troops over the next year army general ray odier told a u.s. houseearing that 4,000 troops will ave by the end of tober. that's earlier thaplanned. at the same time, he said u. officis should not forget about aq, even as they shift sources to afghanistan. >> the plan weave, i believe, allows us to withdraw deliberately and maiain what i believe is the appropriate level of security at the iraqi security forces ultimatelyan sustain and continueo improve. that said we work very carefully, i work ve carefully with general petraeus in oer to identify ancapabilities we have a no longer need that can used in afghanistan. >> lehr: american troops are set to withdraw completely fm iraq bthe end of 2011. t

this year we're going to the meechan river delta area in vietnam and laos and thailand and we're going to go across the border into the shandu area of china where they had the heart horrible earthquake to build a few houses and we will continue do that. and the most challenging opportunity in the future is to raise our family and we now have 11 grandchildren and two great grandsons and this year, including maybe later this week, we'll have three great-granddaughters born and these are the first girls born in our family in 22 years so we'll have our hands full as you can see in a lot of ways raising three brand-new great-granddaughters all whom i'm sure will compete with each other for the most beautiful clothes and the most attention from their grandparents, at least i hope so, so those are some of the things that we have in the future. [applause] >> well, the mental health program has a primary care initiative that we are launchi g trying to train doctors in the east how to recognize mental illness and when they recognize them who to refer them to. and we're beginning a mental health

talk about financials, one of the names people used to talk about all the time before the hull bah lao of the last year and a half or so was the dividends. mike cavanaugh today the cfo from jpmorgan talked about they might start putting that dividend back. 20 cents now, they said they might add 75 cents to a dollar overt next couple of months. keep an eye on that name that's one reason i think you saw jpmorgan start to move to the up side, the idea maybe some of these dividends are coming back from the firms that have already paid back the tarp. that could be big for these financials. >> we're going to have whitt on the show in a few minutes. >> i'd be interested to hear -- he's getting ready. >> you call him whitt these days? >> i'm sure his friends call him whitt. but i want to hear what he has to say about wells fargo. i'm very interested. >> i am as well. that will be the first question we ask the whitt. >> i don't know if he's going by whit these days. >> regardless, if we call him that, that's what it is. well, i mean on the show it is. commodities continuing their run higher on

it reminds me of jack kennedy saying i'm not going to fight for laos, though eisenhower said to do it fight for vietnam. kennedy didn't believe in the south vietnamese struggle. he was indecisive. is this a problem when the president is not following his own hunch, simply making a political move, then finds himself in a real situation which is hellish and has to make a real decision, not a pr or political decision? isn't there something more important than politics? should we be losing lives in afghanistan right now? >> that is the question on the table. in march barely six weeks into his presidency obama decided to send additional troops, new strategy, into afghanistan. he talked about it throughout the campaign and in the early weeks of his presidency that afghanistan was the good war. we took our eye off the ball in iraq. we should have nipped that in butt. we didn't do it. things have deteriorated. in the last six months. not only efblglating casualties this months, the debacle of the election of afghanistan. the president said, let's take a look, let's not send resources after a

the greater may con region ex fends through china, myanmar, laos, thailand, cambodia and vietnam.e first lady michelle spent set morning watching their 11-year-old malia play in northwest washington. and their dog bo did a little tugging, as well. who knows, maybe he wanted the soccer ball. president obama spent about a half hour at his daughter's game. >>> no word on why he did it, but a man snuck into the grizzly bear exhibit at the san francisco zoo yesterday. lucky for him, a zoo visitor tipped off the staff. they fired a warning shot to keep the bears at a safe distance from the man. he was rescued and had no apparent injuries. >>> a "saturday night live" new bee dropped the f-bomb on the comedy show's season premier and it's all over the internet. now the question is, was it a slip of the tongue? take a listen to the new cast member, jenny slate. >> you know what? i fricking just through an ashtray through of butts at my head. you know what, you stood up for yourself and i [ bleep ] love you for that. >> you're in my heart, babe. you're in my heart. >> according to "entertai

those countries are vietnam, jamaica, china, india, ethiopia, laos and iran. these countries won't take back their convicted criminals. these individuals are really people without a country. so what happens to them? because they have served their time in our federal and state prisons for felonies, they are actually released back into our communities. they are people without a country. right now, there are over 1 60,000 of these criminal aliens roaming our nation and our streets. these people have been lawfully deported after they served their prison time, but their home nation refuses to take them back. so i'm introducing legislation that will plug up this loophole. my bill will make it more likely they will go back where they came from. this bill says that any country who won't take back lawfully convicted foreign nationals who have been deported will lose foreign aid. but china, for example, doesn't receive foreign aid. so what will happen to china is, they will not receive legal visas for their citizens to come into the united states. no more student visas

it i will laos sophisticated commercial entities to direct access to the surplus line's access and prohibits states from avoiding a established contractual agreement between insurers and companies. policyholders in a number states are facing skyrocketing rights rathes. the nonadmitted and reinsurance reform acts has -- helps in this. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr. garrett: thank you, mr. speaker. i give myselves such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. garrett: mr. speaker, i would like to begin by thanking several people who played a significant role in getting us to where we are today. starting, of course, that is the gentleman from kansas, mr. moore. the sponsor of the bill. you know, he has exhibited tremendous leadership and persistence as well, as he indicated, in moving this legislation to the floor today, and so he should be commended for his hard work. but i'd also like to