and then lastly, some other standouts that are worth watching here today will be the gold index and the biotech, very strong here today. the oil services and crude oil having a great day and we're seeing a bit of a comeback from the badly beaten and lagging semiconductor group. amd and one of the big performers. >> melissa, back to you. >> that will do it for us here on "the call." i'm melissa francis. >> i am trish regan. >> i'm larry kudlow and see you on "the kudlow report" at 7:00 p.m. eastern and now "power lunch" is is next. >>> hello. i'm dennis kneale. this is "power lunch." today we've got an exclusive interview with carol bartz, the ceo of yahoo and she came in a year ago at a time of crieses and what has she done to fix this company and find the real yahoo and unlock that shareholder value? we have it coming for you in just a moment. sue? >> thank you, dennis. i'm sue herera, as

lastly, i will keep the pressure on the international institutions to deliver resources to haiti without adding to the nation's long-term debt burden. in over 200 years of independence, haiti has been saddled with unsustainable debts. whether extraordinary high debts owed to the french as a condition of independence, as often brought up by congressman green of houston, or international institutions saddling the people of haiti with debts diverted by dictators in the second half of the 20th century, or over $1 billion in debt owed today despite the country having earned debt forgiveness last year. the people of haiti have worked far too long and far too hard to repay debt they had little say in securing and which yielded little benefit to the average citizen this game of debt accrual and debt forgiveness must end. i will be doing my part to try to make sure that happens. the people of haiti deserve better than that and deserve a chance to invest in their own futures. madam chair, i reserve the balance of my time. . gentleman from california is recognized. mr. miller: i yield to the the ge

lastly, i mentioned last week, and i'm going to mention it again, that in the last few weeks even thoughas not been fully conscious i have been reading to him and talking to him. several dear friends of mine who have had similar experiences of unconsciousness if not coma have said that they could remember clearly hearing things said to them while they could not communicate in return. and so that's another little piece of advice. i've been reading him mostly james thurber short stories and i came across one that seems relevant to our political time. if you'll permit me to close with it and remove my glasses in order to do so. it is from his fables for modern times and this one is called "the peaceable mongoose." forgive me for doing it this way but there is no better way. the peaceable mongoose. by james thurber. in cobra country a mongoose was born one day who didn't want to fight cobras or anything else. the word spread from mongoose to mongoose that there was a mongoose who didn't want to fight cobras. it was his own business if he didn't want to fight anything else but it was the duty

and lastly, we wish the family of officer cooper as well as the u.s. marshal, deputy marshal joe gardner and his family the best in the future. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia yields back the balance of his time of the the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1061. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and call up h.r. 4783 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4783, a bill to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in chile and to extend the period for which such contri

but lastly, let me just say, i believe it's not supportive of our troops. i mean, it's impossible for me in the many trips i have made to visit soldiers in iraq and afghanistan, impossible for me to meet with those soldiers without being profoundly inspired. i will acknowledge the gentleman from ohio has spoken in glowing terms about those in uniform, and i do not suggest that he has done otherwise. i believe in my heart that a resolution of this nature in the midst of a moment when we are providing our soldiers with the reinforcements and resources to be successful in afghanistan has the potential of having a demoralizing effect on the men and women who are doing freedom's work. i believe this resolution, however intended, should be opposed. it's not supported in the law, it's not supported by the facts and not supportive of our troops and i believe it should be rejected. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from ohio. mr. kucinich: yes, i yield myself five minutes. the speaker pro temp

next, haiti death service payments would be suspended and, lastly, grants would be provided for additional assistance so that haiti does not accumulate additional debt. it is my hope that as we continue to rebuild, our rebuilding effort will not begin until the relief effort has concluded. and it is dependent on all allowing haiti to focus solely on humanitarian aid. to do this, it is imperative that we count on the haitian government and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. miller: continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. meeks: i'd like to recognize the gentleman from the great state of texas, the hardworking, the honorable al green, for a minute and a half. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. green: thank you. i want to thank the team that worked on this effort. of course, that would be the honorable chair of the u.n. is committee -- subcommittee, mr. meeks --

all of whom who tragically lost their lives serving so bravely, so selfishly in afghanistan this lastly pick out also also like to add the attribute to everybody on these benches and to the late and lamented michael as we know from the tributes paid order that he was a great parliamentary, a great orator, a great and great integrity. it lifts the lid on labour's dark secrets. 13 years, 13 years of tough talk on crime has actually turned our prisons into colleges of crime. repeat one is the report shows now cost the taxpayer 10 billion pounds a year and the human cost of the tens of thousands of victims is even higher. we now admit the truth, this government isn't tough on criminals because it is during the young offenders of today into the hardened criminals of tomorrow. >> mr. speaker, i just got to tell him the facts. it is now 25%. so whatever he says he's got to face up to the fact that crime is down in this country, violent crime is down in this country. the number of police in this country has gone up. people have a right to feel safer, and we're doing more with neighborhood polic

lastly, the graduate of license laws for teens, the stand-up act, we support that. there are other things that can really work to support high visibility enforcement. there is an opportunity to support the driver out call. there is the road safe act which puts many to try to develop research to prevent drivers getting access to vehicles were starting vehicles. we appreciate very much your work and i understand how challenging it is. we look forward to working with you to help develop a common- sense solution to some of these challenges. >> the chair thinks all the witnesses -- thanks all the witnesses. there has been a lot of testimony. some of this has centered on the black box and a technological solution. that would help in gathering data and determine the causes for accidents. what is the industry's response to this phenomenon of the black box? >> we believe the information from the vin de recorders is important for and it's a to do its job. they have a role that has been recommended standard for the type of data that would be acquired. i think the industry is m

lastly, that nielsen report also showed that each week americans watched 2 hours of time shifted dv and dvr. i'm trying to figure out the points. >>> finally, you said when you are on red eye you are writing songs in your head. do we get royalties? >> i have this great melody in my head. i uh poll. >>. -- i apologize. my lawyer is still asking if a hemaphrodie. take issue with that. >> i am done. >> let me welcome back our guests. she is sexier than a smurf slowly licking a lollipop made out of the head of a my little pony. tara palmeri examiner and columnist. she knows politics like i know a scissor kick. and andrew wk, music, music, performer, what's wrong with my mouth? and record pro -- producer. >>> did jesse james' little nut have a former life in smut? sadly i speak of the idiot's mistress, michelle "bombshell" mcgee rather than the ex-wife, sandra bullock. we found out she started self- fetish flicks for chloe creations .com and the results couldn't be more resulting. among the offering that mcgee made, a giant fetish film where "bombshell" is filmed from a low angle as to look

lastly, i think u.s.quities, if we pull back at all, that's another sign that the bullish nature is growing on a daily basis. >> thank you, michael gurka. we've got the bells, mark. >> here we go! at the big board, inergy, a diversified energy infrastructure and distribution company, celebrating the transfer of its two securities, nrgy, nrgp, from the nasdaq. we will talk to the ceo in a few minutes. at the nasdaq, gammy award-winning artist angelique k kidjo. >> our market reporters are standing by. we are down slightly, down 26. let's start with bob pisani. >> the big story today is fitch's downgrade of portugal's credit rating. put pressure on the euro, ten-month low, dollar went up, put pressure on stocks. but i think the biggest story is the ipo market. take a look at the crowd here. this is the crowd for max linear. they make chips for broadband video, look, so you can watch tv on your cell phone, look at it that way. the price talk for this ipo was $11 to $13, the price was $14. the crowd is talkin

lastly, i am hopeful we -- avoid the one-size-fits-all approach.his is true to affordability, relevancy, and literacy hurdles facing one-third of americans today. each one of these has its own importance. thank you for the opportunity to be here today and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you to each of the commissioners and chairman for your thoughtful comments to us today. we appreciate your sharing some of the rationales you have had in developing this comprehensive and very well constructed plan. commissioner, i was pleased to the ambitious deadlines that you set forth in the plan for achieving the competitive availability of the set top boxes. i think if consumers could shop for set top boxes and choose one that had buried functionality, a variety of different functions available from different manufacturers all of which are compatible with every cable system and every satellite system for delivering multichannel video. we would see tremendous innovation in the market for the origination of these devices and i think we would soon see

and lastly, there are web sites, our web site, livesecure.org, you can go there and find pictures, backgroundsf every registered offender. realize there are about 126,000 sex offenders out there. >> clint, i appreciate your time this morning. >> sarah palin john mccain on t trail. he's the one who needs the boost. >>> all of a sudden, are we paying through the nose to go to the movies? we'll be right back. eqqteueueu how do we know how how mmany roads we need?e, 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. wow! [ grunts ] oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. aah! [ door opens, closes ] wow. what's the occasion? [ male announcer ] relax. pam helps you pull it off. here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol is as effective as the leading wrinkle prescription brand at reducing the look of wrinkles. that's because olay has teamed with a highly specialized group of dermatologists and created a wrinkle protocol that gives you the results of the lea

lastly -- >> but leslie, let me interrupt you for a moment, because think they the complaint was thatof the deals worked out for example with the pharmaceutical industry, phrma as it is called, there were no c-span cameras inside when the white house officials negotiated with the representatives of the pharmaceutical lobby to get their support. >> wolf, i can't -- i can't dedis disagree with that, but whether you are on the left or the right, why are we surprised when politicians play politics. this is what had to happen to get the republicans to the table. this is not a bill with the public option and that is what the democrats wanted and the president wanted and i wanted and that was not going to get the republicans to the table or get the votes to pass it. >> dr. weil, you are a doctor and you want people healthy and get the access to medicine they need and to get the right treatment, and you hear this debate going on, what do you think? >> well, i am happy that more americans will be covered. i'm happy that there is at least an attempt to make it harder for the big insurers to kic

and lastly, we know you're a street fighter but we talked a lot about bipartisanship.ou feel you're contributing to an atmosphere that fosters bipartisanship? >> well, you know, i'm trying to be a commentator on a cable network of yours and trying to give people an informed view of what is going on there. but i'm also allowed, because i'm a commentator, not a journalist. but chuck todd and i share a lot in common. before we leave, i want to say something about that. i'm trying to do my part to inform people and at the same time keeping my right as an american to speak out on the issues. >> okay. >> all right. karl rove, thank you. >> thank you for coming on. >> chuck, i want to compliment you. you and i share something in common. we have a face for radio. you do better than i do because you have the facial thing going and you're paired with a fantastic co-anchor which covers up all of the problems that you and i might have in appearing on television. >> the facial hair covers up that chin. >> exactly. >> thanks for coming up. >> good luck with the tour. >> take care. >

and lastly siena has been called the training ground of greats.ats like former california governor george deukmejian -- or actor ron vawter, who of course you remember as paul krendler from "silence of the lambs." [ light laughter ] and, of course, also home to the best sister in the world, mine, gloria fallon, class of 1995. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. she wouldn't give me a picture. she was like, "don't you dare." [ light laughter ] they've also produced a great basketball team, and a lot of that is thanks to their head coach fran mccaffrey. you know, the coach, right, tiriq? >> tiriq: yeah, you're talking about fran mccaffrey, right? >> jimmy: yeah. >> tiriq: oh, man, let's do this. fellas? ♪ ♪ fran, fran, the man frannie mac of the mac of t mac conference ♪ ♪ franny mac, the big mac dlt he keeps the hot side hot ♪ ♪ and the cool side cool and when he puts it all together, look out ♪ ♪ you're not only the coach you're the player president no wonder players ♪ ♪ from purdue are hesitant back when you were a baller your nick name ♪ ♪ was white m

all of whom who tragically lost their lives serving so bravely, so selfishly in afghanistan this lastly pick out also also like to add the attribute to everybody on these benches and to the late and lamented michael as we know from the tributes paid order that he was a great parliamentary, a great orator, a great and great integrity. it lifts the lid on labour's dark secrets. 13 years, 13 years of tough talk on crime has actually turned our prisons into colleges of crime. repeat one is the report shows now cost the taxpayer 10 billion pounds a year and the human cost of the tens of thousands of victims is even higher. we now admit the truth, this government isn't tough on criminals because it is during the young offenders of today into the hardened criminals of tomorrow. >> mr. speaker, i just got to tell him the facts. it is now 25%. so whatever he says he's got to face up to the fact that crime is down in this country, violent crime is down in this country. the number of police in this country has gone up. people have a right to feel safer, and we're doing more with neighborhood polic

lastly, there are some with mixed concerns. a long-time 25-year congressman here. he has survival concerns because he barely won his seat last time, but he also has student loan concerns. his health bill has the student loan bill attached. well, student loan companies would lose a lot of money and sally mae has a big office in his direct. >> the president just a few hours away from actually coming on capitol hill. is there any feeling that the president's visit could make any difference? >> well, as you see, he has a tempest of dynamics to try to control. absolutely. democrats are placing the bets that he is the one that will bring them home. we have seen in the last week he's been able to turn at least one or two votes. they are counting on him to do it again today. >> lisa, thank you so much from capitol hill. let's just say health care reform passes and you're one of millions of americans needing insurance. think you will be covered immediate sf immediately? think again. i spoke with dr. sanjay gupta to find out when we woul

and just lastly i'd like to say the obligation is on border communities, local border communities and the federal governments to also develop a new means of coordination. the fact is that the central governments in mexico and washington for most of u.s.-mexican history basically ignored the el pasos, the brownvilles, the matamoras and the diegos of the border. we need to see new relationships, new federal relationships develop between the federal governments of both countries and their local communities and then, frankly, we need to provide a lot more flexibility for local communities to solve local problems across border. the good news is that all of this is underway. the bad news is that i must -- [speaking spanish] >> there's more to do than we have time for. but it is a turning point on the u.s.-mexican border and i want to again commend the u.s.-mexico chamber of commerce for being at that point out on the pointy spear where history is being made and always to honor my friend and a great american leader chairman reyes for having been president at the creation and having stuck wit

lastly, what i was looking at was a decision to kill the bill or enable it to keep breathing with the that that will be part of a larger discussion for comprehensive health care reform. >> this is a bad bill. it has been a bad bill, because the premise of it has been faulty from the start. we would like for those who know this is a bad bill to stay firm on their belief that it is not good for the american people and certainly not good for our patients and not good for the health care system in general. >> here is where it stands right now. the house convenes at 1:00 people. we are going wall to wall with special coverage of today ace historic health care vote. stay with us all day as we bring you the latest, right down to the actual vote right here on cnn. >>> it is the scandal that the catholic church has no choice but to address. the pope took a step this weekend in addressing it, apologizing to sex abuse victims in ireland. >> sorry is the beginning. that's all it is. it is the beginning. we need to see the pope coming here. he needs to hear us, meet us in the flesh. we need to see

lastly, how many people could this help? about 1 million. the most optimistic forecast 1.5 could be helped this year. right now 4.5 million loans in this country are either in foreclosure or 90 days delinquent. that's nearly twice as many foreclosures as there were last year which was 2.8 million. john corzine, the head of the mortgage association thinks this is something that needs to get done. >> these are people in economic circumstance not of their own making. clearly, if it's a second home or an investment property, you are not eligible for this program. we are helping people and families stay in homes. >> one important point, shepard, is let's say you get your mortgage waived for three months or six months or you get a better job or decent job. eventually you will have to pay all that back. that's not waived forever, just for the time being. >> shepard: i hear the national credit card is maxed off,. >> 14 billion-dollar could go up to $15 billion. that's all taken from unspent troubled assess set relief program. tarm rp tarp or bailout

lastly, let me say a few words about hud is transforming the way it does business at the agency. with your help, hud's 2010 transformation initiative is allowing us to take long overdue steps to upgrade and modernize our department, helping us replace computer programs written in the 1980s, senator bond, you mentioned this, and we have been growing our resources for technical assistance, and demonstrate what works and what doesn't. it has begun to provide us with creating cost-cutting initiatives. a critical next step for 2011 is to take this further. in part is a matter of additional fund to go move forward with large multiuse projects and just as important as the flexibility to use up to 1% of hud's budget as unexpected needs arise during the year. to revamp fha in the mortgage market or technical assistance trying to use neighborhood stabilization funds in the most impactful ways. these are the most flexible investments other cutting-edge organizations have the ability to make and they're essential to building the nimble resorts-oriented agency we need and our subcommittee des

lastly, miss ohio, you do not have to die to be a patriot.people against what is in their own interest. washington, d.c., you are immoral. host: think your that input. cathy? caller: the reason why the young lady up there said that president obama's numbers were dropping and that the republicans were picking up, government does not run the house and the senate. second, all of these people running around saying that they do not want the health care, why would you sign a piece of paper and not have it? that is why president obama was elected. i work for the department of defense. my health care goes up every year and i get less and less. i do not care about the tate party -- the tea party or rick perry, do you know why they will lose a lot of votes? i am tired of people saying that this country, the majority of people saying they do not want it. that is not the point. they need to get on these insurance companies, working with republicans, they spent eight months working on this. host: thank you for that, we will let you go there. patricia murp

lastly they grew up with reality tv. how many people here what two reality tv?laughter] what is it about their obsession with drama and emotion? i don't know what it is perfect training for interrogation because emotions rage like wildfire and the interrogator has to understand the ability to use the motions and the emotional approach to appeal especially to enemies in this war who were recruited based on an emotional approach is. the young generation gets that. have a can we sort techniques? training resources coming and research. we have to improve the training i can tell you there is now princeton's for islam on culture in the middle east, a history, the most courses are typically taught by contractors are soldiers. and if we want to expose people to the culture to have acumen to use culture and not just know it those glasses should be taught by those people who grew up in it. the other thing that is important is because our education will eradicated the root cause of the method of reduce of interrogation to eradicate stereotypes and prejudice about our enemi

lastly, i am hopeful we -- avoid the one-size-fits-all approach. this is true to affordability, relevancy, and literacy hurdles facing one-third of americans today. each one of these has its own importance. thank you for the opportunity to be here today and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you to each of the commissioners and chairman for your thoughtful comments to us today. we appreciate your sharing some of the rationales you have had in developing this comprehensive and very well constructed plan. commissioner, i was pleased to the ambitious deadlines that you set forth in the plan for achieving the competitive availability of the set top boxes. i think if consumers could shop for set top boxes and choose one that had buried functionality, a variety of different functions available from different manufacturers all of which are compatible with every cable system and every satellite system for delivering multichannel video. we would see tremendous innovation in the market for the origination of these devices and i think we would soon se

. >>> lastly, the harlem globetrotters became the harlem glow-trotters.the basketball was glow in the dark. the glow explosion and as usual, they beat the washington generals. coming up, we'll tell you why this nfl player turned down a quarter of a million bucks to impress his kids. >> he's going to be the hero of many people. >>> you ever try to wash your dog and it's not always easy or fun? that could be just -- a little bit easier with a dog-washing machine made especially for doggies and especially safe for them. that story is new for you in 15 minutes. there's a french fry cut-back. apparently whether it's because of the recession or our diet, more americans are saying hold the fries. mccain foods, which produces one-third of the world's french fries has told its farmers that they're cutting potato orders by about 30% this year. reports say that people have been eating fewer fries because they're not going out as much. because of the economy. fast food restaurants have also been seeing a dip because people are saying skip the fries. ddd >>> in abo

lastly, we are working very hard to complete a composite error rate for the part d program.ty for you, this is a high priority for the congress. we understand this is a high priority for the president. we have completed three components to this five part in composite error rate and we expect to produce all five components to produce a composite part d error rate by the end of next year. lastly the president has made fraud and abuse program integrity one of his highest priorities for the medicare program. he has proposed historic new resources to root out, to fight medicare fraud and abuse for the fever seethe program. it is true that in the past cms lack the resources to do sufficient oversight, to do sufficient auditing, but i'm confident that with the resources we have, that congress has given cms, that we have sufficient resources to address concerns in the past that cms has more work to do. we have made tremendous progress, but we have more work to do. we have several concerns that we are working very hard to address. we have concerns about marketing practices by our par

lastly then know you're a farmer, know your your food initiative. this is something i have sensed in the last few years a growing interest in. in fact, we are more and more basically young people. my age. a lot of people are dying. anyway. gender people are getting involved in agriculture that with big, mines and 10,0 00 acres, but smaller things where they are raising nietzsche markets with fruits and vegetables, and will husbandry, that kind of thing. then may not be a full-time occupation, but it is something they're doing with their families. i sense this is a growing movement all over the country. to the extent you have focused on that and focusing on local processing and local meat-packing and things that can build off of that this generates income. people tend to stay in the as the communities. i commend you for your focus on that the energy to continue to of really pushed that know your a farmer near your food ood pro. okay. those are all the good things. obviously i want to get to conservation. we work very hard on the farm bill to strike a

and lastly, we want to recognize and also say hello to our former colleague, a member of this house, a very able member from oklahoma. very bright and intelligent. the honorable david mccurdy, from the alliance of automobile manufacturers. we welcome you, again, to this subcommittee hearing. we would like to recognize, for five minutes, for the purposes of the opening statement, -- >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. i am the last person to require an out of company to have a recall. this was 31 years ago. i would like to say that when you do find the defect, the automobile companies will do a recall, and you do not have to go to court. but sometimes you will have to go to court. in the toyota case, this elaborates on that. there has been a misconception on the defect. the last case that was litigated by the department of transportation on this issue, the federal court of appeals made several important comments. this is not in my testimony. i hope that this will be on the record and i know that this is an important issue that has come up several times. what you have said is that to f

vote on the rule and then the vote on the health care bill that the senate passed in december and lastlyf changes . by the way, in case you were bondering about deem and pass and not actually not vote. that is gone. enough pressure took place and now they abandoned that method and we expect a up or down vote on that bill. >> if you are standing outside of the capitol today, you would see the battle over health care in front of your eyes. number two republican in the house using his space in the capitol to send a message. look at this. look at this. vote no. signs could be seen hanging in two windows that are part of the offices of virginia congressman. he is the house minor whip. interesting. democrats can't find the vote to pass health health legislation this afternoon, the next step will be the lawyers to defend it. take a look at this map. 38 states are pushing back against what could be federal law. these states have passed or intend to file legislation requiring lawsuits against the government take over of health care. peter johnson junior and joins me now with more. thanks for bein

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i may not get to the international policy recommendations as much as i want to, but let me just lastlytalk about surgical needs. i know that doctor shaw and administration imagine that surgical services haven't been increase in several hospital and clinics where they did not exist before. however, there is no staff to maintain these clinics. nor are there supplies to continue the services. they also were not there. the surgical capacity in haiti was incredibly low before this earthquake, and that was shown. welcome we filled by thousands and thousands of volunteers from deny states and canada and other countries. what we need to do is make sure that the surgical capacity is maintained and sustained over, you know, you know, in at dinnertime and helper for medical education, nursing education, et cetera. and lasting, what a great picture haiti presents is now to tie into foreign aid reform and how we can really try to make things better with the effort in houston efforts in the senate. state department and the white house. thank you very much. [applause] the our next it will be mr. mari

. >> and lastly i have to ask you about a possibly movie of the sopranos. happen? >> i'm always the last person to know. if i hear more about it, i'll let you know, but i've heard nothing thus far. >> would you like that? >> i miss my friends a great deal, so, yeah, i would do it in a heartbeat. >> and what do you think about the sopranos being named in the top five tv families of all-time? >> i didn't -- >> with the bradys and hugs tables. >> i think this family is in terrible trouble. >> thank you so much. you're wonderful in "nurse jacki jackie". and if you haven't seen it, tune in tonight. the second season premieres at 10:00 on show time. >>> we are kicking off our spring awakening series with our own breath of fresh air, katie lee. i know that's a laugh line, right? she's here to show us a little spring cooking and spring cleaning for your kitchen. so what is all this stuff? >> spring has sprung. let us start in the kitchen for our refreshing reawakening. i like to start my spring cleaning right in the kitchen. so if your cabinets are really cluttered

lastly i think the differential in sifrss 19-11 and again that's because the indiana pacers have guysasket boykins and the pacers were shootinga % in the -- shooting 50% in the first half. at the half it was 4 #-14 '41 and they looked flat boykins that's when it good to what flip saunders was saying about the depth of the team, anybody can stay win -- you keep the game close for a certain amount of time but throughout the course of the game you have to have guys that break you out of your slump. you have to have guys that can fill in and get you going. tonight it was a guy like josh mcroberts, usually doesn't start, thrust into the line-up because roy hibbert was out with an injury, he steps in, gives them the boost you need. then you have a guy like a danny granger who's been an all-star in this league, one of the main go-to guys in the league, he can rack up points in a moment's notice. they have slightly more options. the game was close. the wizards did a good job of fighting and krapg for half the game. but then the 3rd quarter, pacers blew it open boykins you mentioned danny gran

. >>> lastly, one utah great, great grant mother took the plunge. this out, with the support of her family and inspired by her neighbor, u.s. olympian and schedu schedule ten racer fulfilled a lifelong dream, it lasted seven minutes and she loved every second of it. she has been battling terminal cancer, she's all right outlived doctor's projectations. vie says her greatest accomplishment is her family. she has three children, ten grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and seven great great grandchildren. she also has one heck of a story to tell all of them. >>> nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with a check of your forecast. >> what happened to my warm spring weather? you're going to blame me for that, right? >> good morning. we are in the 30's. here is a look at >>> now to the economy, the government is projecting 8 million or more foreclosures over the next five years so the obama administration has just announced some new measures to help those in trouble. cnbc senior economics reporter steve liesman is here to explain what this all means. go

lastly i will provide an update on dca's report that reviewed kbr's labor operations in iraq in light of the military drawdown. the report concluded that kbr was ineffective at managing their staffing levels during the planned drawdown. we estimated that a more effective management of kbr's work force could potentially save the government approximately 193 million. in response to our report kbr briefed the army and dcaa on the latest drawdown plan. the february 23rd plan calls for an overall staff reduction of about 38% through august, 2010. we have initiated a follow-up review of kbr's plan. although we have not drawn any conclusions to date, we are evaluating the specific aspects of the plan to obtain a thorough understanding of the plan's assumptions and the basis for those assumptions. for example, kbr proposes a supported head count of about 189,000 in august 2010, which is significant higher than other government estimates of about 105,000. also about 60% of kbr's planned staff reductions occur within the final month of the current period of performance, july, 2010, to august, 2

stopping, the bush tax cuts end, there is going to be a lot more money due on the national debt, and lastly, which is a biggie, all these new programs like health care are going to be just costing us a ton. bill: you're referring to the beginning of next year i think in your answer, right? >> yes, i am. 2011. bill: 2011. back to the polls numbers. check this out, is the federal government larger and more costly than before, 78 percent, yes, what describes your feeling for federal government, 65 percent say it's too big and restricts your freedoms. that's not a boost of confidence, not a sign of faith in washington. >> people are far more rational than we give them credit for. it's our lawmakers that need to listen to the people more and they're not. and that's on both sides of the aisle. bill: a clear plan for fixing the economy, on the screen, watch the bottom line there, does president obama or congressional democrats were congressional republicans have a clear plan, barack obama has the highest number there but still at 62 percent no. congressional dems, 71 percent. republican members of

miraculously and survived with little more than scratches but that is the exception, not the rule, and, lastly, bill, one other reason we have seen the death toll increase, spike over the weekend, the authorities have a figure from one of the coastal towns, hit by a tsunami, and they say the death toll there, 350 people, and, again we expect that number to increase. >> david lee, chilean governments will handle it on their own and don't need outside assistance. has that changed? >> reporter: the government here has changed its tune and the president speaking out saying this is a -- and i quote a massive catastrophe and now the government is in fact asking for help, and a number of countries, and entities, now stepping up to the plate, among them, japan and the european union, and, in the next few hours, actually, tomorrow, we expect hillary clinton is going to arrive in the chilean capital of santiago. and will be able to see for herself the damage done, and the u.s. has offered its help. we expect to hear some specific details about the extent the u.s. is going to give a helping hand and one

lastly, madam speaker, this week each of us may be receiving visits from our local school lunch fund service directors. i want to acknowledge the fine work of the school lunch workers. they are the front lines in thevert and deserve our thanks. i would like to thank representative watson for introducing this important resolution that highlights the needs of this program and urge my colleagues to support it. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: i rise to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. thompson: i rise in support of house resolution 36 , expressing the support of the house of representatives for the goals and ideals of the national school lunch program. the national school lunch program was first established by the school lunch act in 1946. the program enables students to purchase school lunches at a free or reduced price. focusing on students whose families cannot afford the full price of a

and lastly and quickly, they're nutritious, they're delicious, they're also higher.quita brands initiated a buy at cantor fitzgerald, $20 price target. hope you had your dose of p potassium this morning. >> thank you very much, el nesto grande. time for the word on the street. on the floor, alan valdes joins me. alan -- >> good morning, mark. >> good morning. 150 away from 11,000. seems like no matter what -- >> we're going there. >> -- this is the tortoise market that just keeps moving forward. >> that stealth rally. even yesterday with its reversal, we still closed above the previous day. i mean, we're just going to keep on going. >> there's no question this will persist? >> no question. the trend is your friend, we say down here. we're up the last 6 of 20 days. it's zero interest rates, this is the only game in town and they're coming here. >> why not more enthusiasm? in the rally. i mean, don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining the market's gone up, but i mean, with zero interest rates, why aren't we really pooling? >> you'd think it would be through the roof, yo

lastly, i want to put into record three studies that were made on job creation.forward with climate change in legislation, the clean energy of the economy in america predicts millions of jobs in the nation. they did a study in california where the clean energy jobs are the only sector that has been growing in providing jobs through this recession. a university of california study also attend the same conclusion. i want to ask you about the brownfield funding. you are requesting an additional $41 million. i think the senator worked with us as well. can you describe the job creation benefits you expect from the brownfield program under your budget? >> history has shown that brownfield money is heavily leveraged with private sector money. the way to start the engine, economically, around a particular site or community from the increased from the refunding is a recognition of that fact. not all committees are dealing with super sites. oftentimes there are smaller sites that are holding back economic growth. the money will be used to do the assessment to determine the

lastly, i would like to say this -- i have a young daughter and son.p them through their challenges in medicine is going to be the relationship between the doctor and them. if we do not move forward with this motion to instruct, i am afraid it is going to beat the washington bureaucrats, government -- be the washington government and bureaucrats that will decide the care of my children and your children. the american people have clearly said they do not want government to be involved in the decisions being made on their health care. they want to preserve that for the doctor, themselves, and -- for the doctor and themselves. this is an important motion and goes to the heart of the frustration and fears of the american people. i would hope that all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle recognize the importance of this and will support this motion to instruct. at this time, i would like to ask my colleague if he would like to make some comments. >> thank you for yielding. thank you for offering this motion that is very important. let me emphasize that

lastly, i will talk about what the industry needs to do about cooperation.if you look at banking, which can all walked into a bank in rome and get cash. or alabama, or detroit and get money. why is that possible? it is because the banks cooperated on the standardization of technology and application and that opportunity in a way that make it convenient and easy to do business with them. in health care, we need to do the same type of thing. some years ago, we met with our biggest competitors in the state of florida. we came to a quick agreement that we were going to totally eliminate the nonsensical transactions. we developed a single standardized approach, offered it free to providers, the business model was basically built on the idea that we save as much money on our side that would allow us to pay for this. it is now moving across the country. virtually 100% of doctors and hospitals and for that use this put a 700 million transactions went across the platform this year. it is now going into texas, mexico, and elsewhere. that is absolutely critical long-te

we lastly want to recognize and also say hello to our former colleague who is a member of this house representing the state of oklahoma for many years, a bright and intelligent human being, the hon. david mccurdy who is the president of the alliance for automobile manufacturing's. . . i think there has been a misconception on what a defect is. the last page that was litigated on this issue, the central court of appeals made several important comments. this is not in my testimony. i think this is an important issue. it has come up several times. what the court was was do find a defect -- the vehicle must be shown to be defective. it manifest itself in performance of the automobile. it could be performance defect. they do not have to show there are five or 500 or 5000 consumer complaints that have arisen. often, those claims are not allowed in court. it is not going to find the result. george 11 fesays it is not mind any application of identifying the manufacturing failures. it to me be based exclusively on the performance records of the vehicle. i think this changes if you look at the

. >> lastly, private aviation. >> very, very quickly.e have a vote coming up. >> as i mentioned to congressman rodriguez, we are in the process of preparing the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking for general aviation for later this year. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we really appreciate your service. thank you for the job you have been doing. there is a lot of concern that the christmas day bomber was on a terror watch list and got on an airplane. how did that happen and how can we make sure if they are on the list they don't get on the plane? >> sir, he was not on a terrorist watch list. he was neither a no-fly nor a selectee. we didn't have visibility into him. >> he had a valid visa but it was my understanding he was on a terror watch list. that's not correct? >> no, sir. >> he was on a british watch list. are we looking at watch lists from other countries? >> right now i probably shouldn't answer that in open session. i will tell you that right now president obama did direct that the u.s. government

and lastly, it's always going to be how do we take the millions of agriculture workers, which it is already stated that about 70% of our agricultural workers are undocumented. how do we bring them and incorporate them into our labor system in a full and meaningful way? how do we take the other millions? what are the tests? what's the punishment? what are the things they are going to have to do? english classes? we agree. civics classes? we agree. pay a fine? we agree. put them at the end of the line? we agree. put them in a program to, how many years does it take before they graduate from the program to say the past is the past and that they paid for their infractions and now we're going to embraze them fully. but look, you can't have comprehensive immigration reform until you take those 12 million people and bring them out of the shadows. you can say they have to learn english, you can say what kind of penalty they are going to have to pay. you can incur extra taxes on them. we can do all those things, we can discuss those. what we can't have a discussion about is allieuing them to remain

and lastly, in closing, i must say this on a serious note. i know that the choices we have ahead of us are tough, and not everyone agrees with my choices. however, i promise you that by the end of my term, america will be able to stand up together, for the first time, and agree that once you go black you don't go back. thank you all very much. god bless you, and god bless america. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen. our headliner tonight is a self-titled all-american immigrant. joe wong has come a long way from a rosy eyed new immigrant to one of the hottest properties in the world of comedy. he's appeared several times on both david letterman and the ellen degenerate shows. and since 2001, has been a boston favorite among comedians and audiences alike. ladies and gentlemen, i give you joe wong. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. my name is joe wong. but to most people i am known as who? [laughter] >> which is actually my mother's maiden name. [laughter] >> and the answer to my credit car security question. [laughter] >> but joking aside i