thank you, lidia, and my fellow panelists. since this panel is apparently being recorded on c-span, i'll borrow a line from former senator specter, who often opened congressional hearings by welcoming in all of the insomniacs who are watching on the 2:00 a.m. rebroadcast. so welcome to the insomniacs. on behalf of senator cornyn i first want to also acknowledge the strong bipartisan partnership that chairman leahy and senator cornyn have forged on open government issues over the years and their record of bipartisan achievement. that strong working relationship extends to many in the requester community. many of you are here today. to keep us informed of developments and trends. without these partnerships and good working relationships built by senators cornyn and leahy, the open government act and follow-on legislation could not have been possible. since he arrived in the senate almost a decade ago, senator cornyn has been laser focused on accountability in terms of timely net and responsiveness, but also in terms of overall c

matt and lidia have worked on many of these issues. and provides for all of us a model of what the kind of cooperation can and should be in the u.s. senate. and we're glad to have you both sitting next to each other here today. chris deboyd, who also returns here, she is with the minority staff of the house government oversight and reform committee. and she also has had experience with the freedom of information reform legislation during the last years. and she shares with other panelists, also having had a stint on the senate side for senator max cleland. so it's a heavyweight group from the standpoint of experience and authority when it comes to freedom of information legislation. and i told them that in terms of the issues, the title of the program says it all. what we want to know today is the legislative outlook, what has happened, and what is going to happen in terms of the freedom of information and access to information activities on the hill. so lidia, we'll start with you. >> it's been a fantastic week. there have been a numb

> la portavoz de la corte de san francisco dice que la audiencia judicial quedo inconclusa, porque lidiar un avión. >> y debido a la confidencialidad de esto, la portavo aclara no dar más detalles. >> y si es que cristina flores testifica en el juicio, el juez mla tomara la proxima semana. >> los consejares quieren aumentar el impuesto a la venta, este aumento generaria 1 millón 800 mil anuales, también se dirigen fondos para un nuevo fondo de llamadas de emergencias. >> cada vez más personas cancelan sus cuentas bancarias y llvan su dinero a las uniones de creditos. >> buscan menores gastos. >> personas como guillermo suarez, y las tarifas que le cobran son duras a su bolsillo. >> te cobran por un gasto que no considera. >> estos cobros continuaran de una manera o otra y los beneficios de una unión de crédito es buena. >> es una unuion o cooperativa ofrece prestamos personales, con los cuerpos de ahorro. >> ?pero i los beneficios son tan buenos y más baratos, porque no tienen tanto? >> es que son muchos los bancos y menos las uniones de crédito. >> y en otro temas, recliclar es más redi

annan who were meeting i have an ins mission to damascus both also spoke out against any move towards lidia's style foreign intervention but as refinishing now reports from syria there are forces at work who hold the opposite view. ahead of his visit to syria kofi annan who's traveling to the country as the joint you and arab league envoy has announced that his mission's main goal will be to ends the violence by persuading the warring sides to speak to each other he's also said that he believes that a solution to the country's roy growing crisis lies in a political settlement which hopes are fading already but this mission will succeed the leader of the syrian national council in turkey based opposition group be recognized by e.u. as a legitimate reason to the syrian people has said that anons cummings and his idea to find their way out of crisis through dialogue are disappointing while syrian people he said are being massacred every day here in the country but hunger you has also said but any political solution will only work in syria if it's a company by military pressure on the regime of b

in a new motion filed today, lidia stiglich told the judge it's unfair to let it in because the sheriff's wife said she will not testify against her husband. so there is no way to cross- examine her about why exactly she had that video made in the first place. >> constitutional right to confront and cross-examine the accusers. i don't think any of us agree we should, tried by videotape. should we have all witnesses make videos send them in and play them? you can't cross-examine a video. you can't ask a video what they were thinking, how they were feeling, what their motivation were, what happened before and after. so the best person to answers those questions, we can't make her come. >> reporter: that argument has already been rejected by the judge so it's not clear why another motion was filed today. so at this point, monday morning 9:00 they will meet back here jury selection will continue. and the video is in -- for now. joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> new at 6:00, two former richmond police officers have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice. danny harris and ray thomas were fired

. >> vamos a saludar a lidia gonzÁlez desde nueva york. >> buenos dÍas.unque me dicen que no tienes uno, verdad? >> no. no lo tengo. >> te voy visualizando como sie stuvieras plasmando tus ideas, pero necesitamos ponerle ese enter al computador, vamos a poner esa informaciÓn, proque eres una persona correcta, pero no plasmas las ideas, una cosa es creer, y otra orar con fe agradecerle a dios que sÍ crees, asi que aprieta esa tecla de enter aquÍ. >> es lo mÁs importante siempre ponerle fe alos proyectos, gracias por compartir en su casa a travÉs de nuestra lÍnea telefÓnica, si quieren comunicarse con francis puede hacerlo al telÉfono en pantalla. ahÍ lo tienen, gracias una vez mÁs. pasamos con ustedes muchachones. >> claro que sÍ. como dice francis hay que decir las cosa. ♪ >> mire, tambiÉn vamos a hablar de un tema muyinteresante, hay que hablar de la concientizaciÓn, donar un órgano podemos salvar la vida de una persona, en breve los detalles. >> y no se pierdan amigos, las imÁgenes exclusivas de galilea montijos, preparÁndose ra la llegada del primer be