joining us now liz palka, reporter for charlotteville's news plex. has been covering the yeardley love murder case since it broke there are clearly a lot of questions tonight, liz. what is the very latest? >> well, jim, there are a lot of rumors flying out. there has been different stories that we've been hearing all week about george huguely's past possible anger issues or signs of abuse that may have happened. earlier this week we heard about an incident that happened in lexington, virginia where he actually acted out against a police officer when he was intoxicated in public and ended up getting tasered as a result. we're also learning today according to the "washington post," a uva teammate came out, a former uva lacrosse teammate that huguely actually attacked another teammate while he was sleeping because he allegedly kissed yeardley love while they were dating. so there is a lot of stories that we're hearing coming out every day. meanwhile, the charlottesville police are still leading this investigation. they're looking at these rumor, and the

liz native sweding as a journalist dedicated to denouncing the activities of extremist groups. he was also a novelist not long before his death of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 50 he had turned in three crime novel man jew ewe scripts to his publisher. those books, known as the millennium trilogy, has since become a global publishing phenomenon, selling more than 40 million copies worldwide. the "washington post" says the trilogy ranks among those novels that expand theorizons of popular picture. the third and final book of this series, "the girl who kicked the hornets' nest," will be published in the united states on may 25. joining me to talk about this extraordinary phenomenon of stieg larsson, his life and his work, eva gedin, larsson's editor and publisher at in order stedz in sweden and sonny mehta, editor of knopf and chairman of the knopf/doubleday publishing group. i'm here to have them here to talk about this remarkable kind of publishing event. norstedts. have you seen anything like this before? >> well, i've seen it with "harry potter," stephanie meyer, maybe

. >> i'm liz crenshaw. bugging out over dust mites? what's the best way to get them out of your home? my story is coming up. here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to upgrade and build out our wired and wireless networks. making them faster, smarter, and more secure. connecting small businesses to markets across the country, and around the world. we invest now, because we know it will pay off... with new jobs, new growth, from a new generation, putting their belief in the future on the line. now is the time for investment and innovation. the future is waiting. and the future has always the future is waiting. and the future has always been our business. at&t. >>> anti-government riots in greece turned dea

liz, great story of you, nothing to do with the economy. you met mother teresa one time and she attempted to give you a blessing. she was going to bless you. most people in the world would have been thrilled to have had a blessing from mother teresa. what did you do? >> i was thrown because mother teresa used to go up to her volunteers and coworkers -- i'm a last catholic. if i walk by a church i'll burst into flames. she would go like this and block out your face to see how you look in a habet. so i got distract and he would -- make pretend you'll put blessing on the head. show what i did. i high-fived her. >> way to go. high-fived mother teresa instead of taking the blessing. >> her nones are thinking who let this american lunatic in the door? >> mike: i'm not sure we could make a baptist out of you with that. >> i can't top that. >> thank you for humiliating me on national television. >> thank you. we'll be right back. [house] wow, i feel like a new house after my quick home energy check-up from bge. it's the closest i'll ever get to a d

yeah, i'm here with liz. i need a brilliant idea right now. guys ! i just gagged. here it is. deductible. take $50 off. wait. take $100 off for every year she doesn't have an accident... ... and call it vanishing deductible. hook, line, sinker.

liz, great story of you, nothing to do with the economy.ou met mother teresa one time and she attempted to give you a blessing. she was going to bless you. most people in the world would have been thrilled to have had a blessing from mother teresa. what did you do? >> i was thrown because mother teresa used to go up to her volunteers and coworkers -- i'm a last catholic. if i walk by a church i'll burst into flames. she would go like this and block out your face to see how you look in a habet. so i got distract and he would -- make pretend you'll put blessing on the head. show what i did. i high-fived her. >> way to go. high-fived mother teresa instead of taking the blessing. >> her nones are thinking who let this american lunatic in the door? >> mike: i'm not sure we could make a baptist out of you with that. >> i can't top that. >> thank you for humiliating me on national television. >> thank you. we'll be right back. wow! it's even bigger than i thought. welcome to progressive. do you guys insure airstreams? yep. everything from travel t

i've got to remind our viewers of something, liz is a great story of you, has nothing to do with thenomy. you met mother teresa one time. >> yeah. >> mike: and mother teresa attempt today give you a blessing. >> oh, god. >> she was going to bless you and most people would have been thrilled to have blessing from mother teresa, what did you do? >> well, i was thrown because mother teresa used to go up to her volunteers and co-workers, i'm a lapse catholic, if i walk by a churchle' burst into flames and she would block out your face to see how you look in a habit like cecil b demille. oh, no, here she comes and make me into a nup and make believe you're going to bless me, i high-fived her. >> mike: you high-fived her instead of taking a blessing. >> and her poor nuns are thinking who let the american lunatic in the door. >> mike: i'm not sure we could make a baptist out of you with a deal like that. >> i don't think that mother teresa got espn over there. >> i can't stop that. >> mike: you can't top that. >> thank you for humiliating me on national television. >> mike: we'll be right b

and i thought that what liz cheney -- yes, liz cheney, what liz had done was to cross the line because it went to the very integrity of our judicial system. i thought that those on the right who deserved lots of credit for their courage, joining those on the left to speak out against it made absolutely the right sense in the case of janet, there was no boycott. janet did not urge a boycott against cnn. what she did was to raise her voice in criticism of the substance of a cnn on-air personality who misstated and distorted facts for purposes of achieving a political objective. and she succeeded by puts together a criticism that was sufficient to get him removed from the air. that was not a boycott. >> la raza was trying to get somebody they didn't like fired, and liz cheney was trying to get somebody she didn't like fired -- >> you can reduce to that. these things look very similar. >> let's -- if we can, frank, you made a point it sounded like media access where you have two responsibly well attended demonstrations or protest for something similar, crowds, and yet the media went to the

[applause] this includes your nber one overall cadet and your valedictorian, liz and alex. this is the first time in the academy history where your top awards have been burned bb female candidates. earned byeen b female candidates. [applause] this underscores the fact that we have taken our troops from baghda to basra. our women play an indispensable role in our national defense. they have proven themselves to be room models for our daughters and our sons, as students, as soldiersand as leaders to the u.s. armed forces. th faces in the stadium show a simple truth. america's army represent the full breadth oamerica's experience. you come from every corner of our country, from privilege and from poverty, from cities and small towns. you were here all of the great religions that enriched the life of our people. you include the best ever feared race and ethnicity that with fundament -- fundameal to our nation. there is one thing that sets you apart. here in these quiet hills, you have come together to prepare for the most difficult tt of our time. you signed up knowing your ser

. >> liz makes a good point about the pay structure. here is the thing.nly time people are willing to put up with the wait and byzantine structure now is when they apply to ivy league schools or declaring bankruptcy. i don't want those people in my government. >> david: rich, what is happening specifically, he is trying to cut the time people have to wait to get applications from 200 days to 80 days. all he is talking about really is streamlining the process of getting government workers, not necessarily hiring more. >> david, that's because the election is about 165 days out. i mean you can do the math and figure that out. >> you you're paranoid. >> to get as many people on the payroll as possible. >> that's a conspiracy theory stuff. >> david: forgive us for being scynical but we have seen cynicism in the beltway before, haven't we? >> yes, and i'm usually very cynical can about these things but he is taking private sector lessons and applying them to the public sector. give the guy props for doing that. he does it all the time. >> only when it comes to

author, journalist and fox news contributor liz trotta is here with her thoughts. only president to have his own blackberry and it was sophisticated. what gives with the mixed messages? s>> we can push that aside. he's being a little ingeneralous when he says he has -- ingeneral youous when he says he has nothing to do with technology. when he was at hampton university he went on the attack against the new media. >> ipods and ipads and x-boxes and play stations, none of which i know how to work. information becomes a distraction. a diversion. a form of entertain rather than tool of empowerment. >> well, there we are. the tiger that he rode in the campaign so-called "new media" is now coming back to bite obama. it's mostly opinion. face it. we've gone from the dictations of three networks and the "new york times" to an explosion of information. and most of it is opinion. and they're after obama as they would be after any public figure. except there is this irony that he, these are the people he mobilize and propelled them to office, almost 13 million people on the i

the water bottles, the soda bottles, liz, what we're trying to advocate is smart material, smart usetic. >> reporter: now, 10 weeks into the voyage and thousands of miles out to sea, de rothschild says he's finding exactly what he feared. >> we dove boat water and your first impression is everything's fine, and then when you start to look very, very closely in the water and run your hand past the front of your face, you start to see all these little bit of plastic gathering on the front of your hand. >> reporter: like the old message in a bottle, de rothschild is hoping his boat made of bottles can deliver a message that the ocean needs help. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> glor: that is the cbs evening news tonight. later on cbs, two editions of "48 hours" mystery. russ mitchell will be here tomorrow night. i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

know premeds and he is made of ink but lives to drink g to see you again, pimpblg does a good job is liz robbins throwing rather than lob ins by never be a snobbins making my bad place thobins. the end. >> i wish it was the end. i wish it was the end. all right? now, to the gregga long. it's a jack-a-lop of justice. oh. and so especial lay lock the border can you lighten up a little on the new immigration law? i don't want to know arizona's opinion on whether taxi fares in nyc should be raised. all politics are local. take these un human rights experts and oxy moron, saying arizona's new law could violate international standards whatever that means. they claim, quote, a disturbing pattern of legislative activity has been established and may allow for action targeting individuals on the basis of their perceived ethnic origin. blah. blah. blah. of course, they leave out the fact the law exists, hence the term illegal immigration. it's illegal or there hasn't been a single incident that targeted so called action, yet. the un spouting off on human rights is like hitler giving advice on hanuk

yeah, i'm here with liz. i need a brilliant idea right now. guys ! i just gagged. here it is. deductible. take $50 off. wait. take $100 off for every year she doesn't have an accident... ... and call it vanishing deductible. hook, line, sinker. done. >> these are professionals, should be dealing with the dignity entrusting. >> shocking discovery in a maryland funeral home. the deplorable conditions inside compared to piles of trash. >> your hard-earned money going down the drain. how much your water bill could go up and why the increase might be unavoidable. >> keep your home phone and save your life. that and 4 other very simple tips to keep your family safe. >> rain clouds in at the end of the week, when we will see showers and if they cause problems for mother's day plans. coming up in the forecast. >> and 2 sexy for 17? the controversy over mylie cyrus's new music video. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. >> hello, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. dozens of bodies piled up like trash. that's how authorities de

wait until you hear what liz has to say on the media coverage of elena kagan.homping at the bit for a chance to try and interview supreme court nominee elena kagan. but each time we've seen her before the cameras or the lawmakers, she kept her thoughts pretty much to herself. here is some of what she shared with the media this past week while visiting with members of the senate judiciary committee. >> this is not very animated. it's the end of a long day. >> for me, too. thanks, everybody. >> everybody has been very gracious. >> there is the interview. it's a piece of art, really. >> it's beautiful. >> it's a hand made flintlock. beautiful. >> gorgeous. >> joining us as she does every week at this time with a commentary, liz trata. good morning. >> good morning. >> eric: what's the media to do? >> all this laughing, the media doesn't know what to do. nobody know what is kind of justice she's going to be. each side, liberals, conservatives are afraid that she's a trojan horse, that she'll go in there and violate their ideals as she has never indicated before. so

>> liz crenshaw is here with clever ideas for packing perfect picn picnics. >> and i have snacks with me. >> we call it picnic tricks of the trade, whether you're packing a snack for the kids or an afternoon lunch for you and a friend. forget the quick peanut and butter jelly sandwich. in the same amount of time, you could enjoy so much more. >> we're going to do packing a pick nim nick trick of the trade. we're starting with chicken wraps. >> i don't want you stopping at fast food restaurants. it's expensive and time consuming. here's a trick for doing it yourself. the first trick is using already cooked chicken. >> you don't waste your time cooking it, right in the. >> exactly. just need a tortilla wrap. and it keeps the kids happy pop i always turn to a typical tuna sandwich. will. >> let's go wild. the strict is using wild sock-eye salmon. celery, mayo, walnuts, amle and the salmon. i'm going to put it on ezeke yal bread. >> what is that? >> it's a sprouted bread that has many different grains and it's much healthier than whole wheat. lettuce, swiss cheese, cut nit half and then p

liz crenshaw will reveal her tricks of the trade. that's tonight at 5:00.ishes you two whipped up might work. >> i think that salad was fabulous, wasn't it? >> i'd like the acorn squash with orange. >> we have other recipes on the website you'll have to look at. >> i'll try all of them. >> thank you, pat. >> see you. >> tom kierein joins us with the latest on the forecast. >> still low clouds hanging in. some people are seeing a few breaks in the clouds but not here in washington. we haven't had sun this morning. the latest temperatures in the scan of our radar showing it holding in the 60s, just a few sprinkles around the northern shenandoah valley. in the 60s to near 70 now. we'll have the temperatures out the mountains and the eastern shore hovering in the low 60s and 70s. all coming from circulation off the atlantic seaboard, giving us this easterly flow that will keep the clouds in for the rest of the day. a few breaks and a chance of a passing shower and cool. we have to make it into the 80s. over the weekend some cooler weather returns and we'll retu

that time were so honest that when maulana maudoodi taunted liaquat ali khan the prime minister showed lizill at the next gathering that he still had to pay the taylor. what a contrast now!- our rulers and leaders own luxurious villas, extremely expensive cars, foreign properties, and foreign-currency accounts. their luxurious way of living would put many to shame. their motorcades bring city traffic to a halt, causing untold miseries to the public. the emperors and kings in our history were kind. what do you say about this? we are seeing this in our own country now. >> that's the way popular -- he's stating a very popular view. at the same time, he's become very much an islamist. he's holding fundamentalist views on almost everything. what his argument boils down to is that we are not following the presepts of islam. >> many young pakistanis believe this. of course, many of this is true. we still don't have a stable government. we have corrupt rule. the political leadership includes the military, both civilian and military. the united nations is trying to develop the nation. our economic

in connection with your second question relating to press. -- to chris and liz. i have to say part of the reason i hired her to read director a mms is because she had no relation to industry. you can look at her record from harvard to brown and her work has been in the department of the interior and on the hill. she brought in a fress perspective. that perspective has helped all of us move forward with the reforms which include the ethics reform and a whole host of other things. we will need three very strong people to run these three agencies. she is certainly a very strong person and we will see how she fits in with the agency. she is not here because she is testifying before a committee. >> and jim with a bloomberg news. two quick questions. when you think about what the president called a "real or perceived conflict of interest." is there anything in this reorganization that restricts are limits that -- that restricts or limits that interaction? is there any firewall there? my second question is yesterday in your testimony you referred to some push back from

. >> liz birnbaum has been a strong leader. >> suarez: her boss, interior secretary kennal is sar gave no answer as to why she left but he noted her work to clean up the agency. but that may be little consolation to many on the gulf coast who see a shoreline fouled with oil for years to come . >> we will lose more coastline from this catastrophe than all four hurricanes-- katrina, rita, tkpwaous of the and ike. >> suarez: researchers in florida reported find ago new underwater plume of oil 22 miles long off alabama stretching toward mobile by a. >> brown: the spill and its continuing aftermath was the focus of a news conference this afternoon, as president obama faced pointed questions about his administration's response. here are some excerpts, beginning with his opening remarks. >> lehrer: and to judy woodruff. >> the american people should know from the moment this disaster began the federal government has been in charge of the response effort. as far as i'm concerned, spwao *ep responsible for this horrific disaster and we will hold them fully accountable on behalf of the united st

on inc.le took it over from liz patton.gingrich revolution and committed three terms and really leaving and did leave, ran for the senate and lost and went back to private life for a while and then went back into office in the same district when jim ran for senate. >> we saw him endorse a number of tea party type candidates or more conservative republican candidates. what's h political standing. what impact does it have on his own future in south carolina and lindsay graham who is seeking re-election? guest: sure. senator democrnt is trying accomplish himself in the right wing of the republican partner. it's a litmus test and he doesn't fit this story. the interesting part is of course if he's in trouble, then senator graham will be when he comes up for re-election. because bob inc. less is threatened as much as anything on the basis of tone. he's not as - clearly conservative as some would like him to be. ho host is lindsay graham viewed the same. guess guess i think s guest: i think so. conversion investigations on why ma

fox business network's liz mcdonald is here. so it's going to be called united, right? >> that's right. jon: what are the other ramifications? >> there's talk that maybe the antitrust department and justice department may take a hard look at this because there's blockbuster airline mergers under the bush administration and the fear is prices could rise if they had too much concentration in certain cities. jon: i was thinking about the fact that if a major airline, if it goes on strike, all of the sudden, you've got massive problems. >> you would have massive problems, jon. that's right. we're already seeing airlines' fees go up for things like blankets and the like, so there may be some routes that could get dropped. there's a hard look being taken at united's flight from chicago into new york, chicago into houston and d.c. into cleveland. so those routes may be dropped, or they may be forced to drop the routes. jon: it's not a done deal. >> no, it's not a done deal. there's a question whether it could get blocked. we haven't asked the antitrust department, wall street

joining us is constitutional attorney, liz, good to see you.s been framed as establishment clause versus school but as i understand it prisons the issue. >> there could be no state contract with any state based organizations, any kind of social services. it started with prisons and is expanding to the schools. >> gregg: what the argument for schools? >> schools are saying, the administrators are saying, look, there is no establishment clause. you can't mix schools and religion. that is what you are doing. here is the problem, gregg -- the teachers at the public schools don't feel like they could read the bible. don't they have an first amendment right themselves? >> gregg: they do have school is over, after 3:00? >> of course, they do. if i could just jump forward. what they are trying to do beyond is change the constitution in florida. as you know, gregg it's not easy to do but it's possible. 60% of floridians voting on it they could change it. i have the language from saying no revenue the state can be directly or indirectly provided to a new

on inc.le took it over from liz patton.ingrich revolution and committed three terms and really leaving and did leave, ran for the senate and lost and went back to private life for a while and then went back into office in the same district when jim ran for senate. >> we saw him endorse a number of tea party type candidates or more conservative republican candidates. what's his political standing. what impact does it have on his own future in south carolina and lindsay graham who is seeking re-election? guest: sure. senator democrnt is trying accomplish himself in the right wing of the republican partner. it's a litmus test and he doesn't fit this story. the interesting part is of course if he's in trouble, then senator graham will be when he comes up for re-election. because bob inc. less is threatened as much as anything on the basis of tone. he's not as - clearly conservative as some would like him to be. ho host is lindsay graham viewed the same. guess guess i think s guest: i think so. conversion investigations on why m

pplause] this includes your numbeone overall cadet and your valedictorian, liz and alex. time in the academy history where your top awards have been burned bb female candidates. earned byeen b female candidates. [applause] this underscores the fact that we have taken our troops from baghdad to basra. our women play an indispensable role in our nional defense. they have proven themselves to be room models for our daughters and our sons, as students, as soldiers, and as leaders to the u.s. armed forces. the faces in the stadium show a simple truth. america's army represent the full breadth of america's experience. you come from every corner of our country, from privilege and from poverty, from cities and small towns. you were here all of the great religions that enched the life of our pple. you include the best ever feed race and ethnicity that with fundamt -- fundamental to our nation. there is one thing that sets you apart. here in these quiet hills, you have come together to prepare for the most difficult test of our time. you signed up knowing your service would send yo

i will defer to liz burnbalm in terms of the b.p. wells in terms of the numbers. i will say that there are in the gulf of mexico 1,988 deep water wells currently and 35,000 shallow water wells. so this is a -- this is a -- there has been a significant amount of drilling activity here over the last several years. in terms of your second question, do we have good maps? are we doing a careful job of evaluating the potential impacts on coastal resources? it has actually been a very important initiative we have had in the recent weeks. we have had national park service, fish and wildlife service and other and noah and e.p.a. folks but particularly our research agency folks doing a baseline analysis before the oil hits so that we will be able to quantify the damage and that the fact that the spill stayed offshore for the first couple of weeks provide us with that opportunity to do that. >> before you go on. you did not fully answer the first question because i was asking the number of b.p. wells. deep wells. >> yes, i will have to defer to the director of m.m.s. i do no

on inc.le took it over from liz patton.gingrich revolution and committed three terms and really leaving and did leave, ran for the senate and lost and went back to private life for a while and then went back into office in the same district when jim ran for senate. >> we saw him endorse a number of tea party type candidates or more conservative republican candidates. what's his political standing. what impact does it have on his own future in south carolina and lindsay graham who is seeking re-election? guest: sure. senator democrnt is trying accomplish himself in the right wing of the republican partner. it's a litmus test and he doesn't fit this story. the interesting part is of course if he's in trouble, then senator graham will be when he comes up for re-election. because bob inc. less is threatened as much as anything on the basis of tone. he's not as - clearly conservative as some would like him to be. ho host is lindsay graham viewed the same. guess guess i think s guest: i think so. conversion investigations on why

relating to liz birnbaum, part of the reason i hired her to be director of the service is because she had no connection to industry. you can look at her resonume with your past work -- with her past work and she brought in a fresh perspective. that fresh perspective has helped all of us move forward with the reforms that we have made, which included the ethics reform, the kind program, and a whole host of other things. we will need three very strong people to run these three agencies. she is certainly a very strong person and we will see how she fits and within this agency. she is not here because she is tough to find. one more question. >> i am with bloomberg news. when you think about our real or perceived conflict of interest, you think about the interaction between the regulator and the company officials. is there anything in this reorganization that restricts or limits that interaction? what kind of things -- the people in the bureau of safety can and does -- can discuss with the companies, is there any fire wall there? and yesterday in your testimony you referred to push back fr

and i ask because ralph peters, in his book "and liz war" states that putin's russia could emerge as the number one security problem. >> guest: well, i will say that there is no doubt the japanese did, the atrocities you mentioned of nanking and manila, the experiments on the soldiers, these are appalling atrocities and the chinese do remember them very well. the chinese also remember the humiliations' they suffered under the -- under the of the western imperialists powers, especially the opium war where the british in post opium, the right to sell opm to the chinese people and they fought war to maintain that right, and the chinese were humiliated very much which is when you got the box rebellion of 1900 where the americans and marines and others went up there 55 days to beijing and charlton heston said the situation i guess. but let me talk about the red army. i disagree to this extent about russia. putin is a nationalist. the america's enemy was the soviet empire with a communist and player it was their ideology and appeal and in the shins. i think with the collapse of the soviet

the tools we need to meet our ambitious targets for a low-carbon, energy-efficient future to revite liz the economy and protect the planet. i look forward to supporting this in action. the chair: the gentleman's time has expire. the gentleman from michigan continues to reserve. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. markey: would the chair inform us as to which side completes the debate? what is thed or over completion of debate? the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts has the right to close. mr. markey: i do not see any other speakers, it would be my intent to close debate so i ask for the minority to be recognized. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. upton: thank you, madam speaker. i yield myself the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. upton: i do want to thank the majority for working with a number of republicans in the committee. the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. markey and mr. waxman and mr. welch worked with me on allowing home builders to be certified for the work s

remarkable people like liz blackburn who were right to be awarded the prize for the enzyme that maintained those ends of the,, some so they don't get right to like your shoelaces. remarkable stories all of those. many of them coming from a direction you couldn't have predicted that one of the wonders of the way that nih has been able to support the research is we base our decision many of them on what comes across to us by investigators with ideas that go through the most rigorous review system in the world and then are given the funds to chase after those ideas. a new program that we are investing in called a pioneer award is particularly trying to identify those very creative individuals who we could unleash to follow their ideas and not have been quite so constrained by the systems that sometimes are in place that we need to track research but there are times you want to let somebody just go for it and we are determined to use those kinds of mechanisms and things like new innovators to make that happen. in that particular area the nih is supporting, i will mention cancer because i think

and 18-inch, three phase, innovt line near the liz durham18-inch production center carrying crude oil, water and natural gas from church, sprained the content over an estimated 84,000 squares feet. i ints addition to the pipeline incidents, they're have been several personal injury actspipe where employees have been led as was the tragic case on november 18th when he was crushed between the pipeline and a truck. today we are here to investigatn the latest bp tragedy. one that has resulted in ther t loss of 11 lives and is well onp its way to become one of then to largest oil spills in the on i w nation's history. the let me to get on behalf of thelr entire committee to convey the top sympathies to the family,me friends and co-workers of the 1m individuals lost on that fateful day. april 20 of an explosion and ont fire occurred in the deep water rise in drilling rig that bp waa leasing to drill a well in the gulf of mexico. the of rick was owned and bp was operated by transocean, the of e largest offshore drilling and company under contract from bp. on april 22nd it capsized and l sank

liz riley, director of the program and a guest of our speaker. senior business editor for national public radio. john murphy, vice president of international affairs for the u.s. chamber of commerce. turning over the podium, andrew schneider. skipping over our speaker, joe winsky. laura bachman. michaelle hirsh. and a broadcast journalist with aahn tv. thank you. [applause] >> the u.s. chamber of commerce has occupied one of the most enviable physical locations in washington. at 1615 h st. nw, the chamber's headquarters stands directly across lafayette park from the white house. no president can look out his front window without it commanding his attention. the relationship of these neighbors may be described as < harmonious since the current occupant -- less than harmonious since the current occupant moved in. they have found common ground to promote growth. two weeks before he delivered his state of the union address, our speaker delivered his address on the state of business. both called for the doubling of u.s. exports. able to target. factor

subcommittee, in particular i want to commend our great staff, captain will eb, s, heath, jesse and liz with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. e gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virnia, mr. forbes, the ranking member on the readiness subcommittee. the chair: the gentleman's recognizesed for two minutes. for example for example -- mr. foes: thank you, mr. chairman, for the oortunity to stand in strong support of this bill as recommended. i'd also like to express sincere apeciation for chairman skelton, ranking member mcke and the chairman of our subcommittee and my good friend from texas, solomon ortiz. creating legislation of this magnitude and of critical importance to the defense of this nation is no easy task and i appreciate their leadership and hard work in crafting a solid bipartisan bill. mr. chairman, our founding fathers kw that our freedoms were so precious they were worth protecting d defending. they also knew, as we know today, that one of the realities of having thes