local roads. so for some regional administration has to take care for the locality administration. so this is mainly a guideline that has to support local administrations in their work. and why do local administrations need this? because there is a regional regulation that says that all our local authorities need to have a local mobility plan. i heard this morning about a problem like neighbors complaining when things have to be changed and the whole debate that is coming up then. but i think we have it similar because it's our local mayors who sometimes are hesitating to put into practice -- that's one of the reasons why those cycling routes sometimes get stuck, because you have a regional cycling route, but local authorities, we have 19 in brussels, local authorities do have to give permits for that. there is a lot of

we have the ladders that connect to the next balcony, those are regulated under the local, administrativeletins and there's retroactive provisions in the state building code about how they have to be. >> the angle and width. i believe that's all covered in the handout. >> typically san francisco fire escapes and we will see, had angles of somewhere between 60 and 72-degree ladders. i can't from this angle tell what that is. the state has made it clean that 60 degrees is what they consider to be the maximum safe angle. most of the existing ones are steeper, up to 72 degrees. and these hand rails and they step down on to a landing and you walk around and go down. at the bottom, this is the way to get to the ground. this is great. this has something called a counter balance lde

doesn't you think, administrator, especially coming from your local government background that isn't it time we ask government to start participating in the answer? isn't it time that we start requiring the local governments, the states and the counties to start looking at how we're doing business and start changing the way we're doing it and go to smart traffic management as much as we're requiring the private secretary sector to go to private -- >> i think it happening because they're using -- >> ma'am, i'm going to stop you right there. city council member pointed out he said there's no financial reason for our city to do that. give us a financial incentive to that that. we pay the auto industries to go to a more fuel efficient or did we tell them they've got to reduce emissions and fuel consumption? if we do that with the private sector, damn, it why do we hold cities, counties and private counties immune for it? and how can you say that we're doing everything we can to have fuel efficiency and clean a gve take a free ride on this one? >> well, sir, i would refer you to drpt of t

we need election administrators to be better trained on compliance with the law. we need i think a stronger message on the local level of the importance of those election administrators in valuing the vote of our overseas voters. but we also need i believe to build a stronger physical presence of the voting community on these bases. right now the information comes to us from television, the armed forces network, commercials, e-mails that we get, and banners and posters. there needs to be more service member to service member conversations about voting. and in that regard, my organization, the michigan center for election law has developed one program that we're implementing on the local level, recognizing that in engaging voters and educating voters, sometimes the best method is through people they know, people they trust. and to get veterans who recently returned from eof or oif assignments in michigan to reach out to those serving actively, and encourage them to vote, reaching out on facebook, reaching out through electronic means, talking about the issues, encouraging them to vote, we're launching that progr

endemic, justice white believed in the good faith of police officers, school boards, local officials, juries and administrators charged with the public trust. to be sure, the assumption was rebuttal, the confidence couldn't be broken. he never expected or demanded perfection for he well understood that neither human beings or any institutions they create could be flawless. public officials were accountable under the law for transgressions, but they were allowed discretion to perform their public duties. when justice white died in 2002 at the age of 84 almost a decade after retiring from the court, "the new york times" struggled to capture the significance of his career. his own judicial legacy remained a complex and somewhat ambiguous one. he never achieved the stardom recognition on supreme court. an authentic celebrity in an era before fame became an everyday commodity, he was the most reluctant of celebrities dealing viewing with intense distaste which remained with him the rest of his life the media strut any that he encountered in his early life. the passage is telling to be sure, i think it reveals much

now don't you think, administrator, especially coming from your local government background, that isn't it time we ask government to start participating in the answer? and in time do we start requiring the local governments to states and counties to start looking at how we're doing business and start changing the way we're doing it and going to smart traffic management as much as requiring the private sector to go to smart cars? >> but i think that's happening. in the recovery act, i spoke -- >> wait a minute. wait a minute. it's happening voluntarily? >> it's happening because local governments are looking at their energy impact and using investments like in the recovery act to make investments. >> ma'am, i'm going to stop you right there. city council members and i pointed out there is no financial reason for our city to do that. give us a financial incentive, pay us to do this. all i'm saying is did we pay the auto industries to go to a more fuel efficient or did we tell them they've got to reduce their emissions and their fuel consumption? if that with the private sector, then why d

people in nine states and 40 midwestern cities obama administration says estimated 50,000 personal jobs permanent jobs to the beach in a thrilling to local business people and representatives >> probably up 70% in the summer months because of the lake close by. >> when you hit the speed is of little bit bouncy. not exactly turbines but you do feel bouncing around. but plenty smooth to pull out the laptop with wifi and other comforts cruising on the fastest passenger train. >> president obama in milwaukee today outlining what he calls blueprint for america built to last. >> manufacturing is coming back. companies are starting to bring

but not grants, according to a new explosive report the number of grants approved by the administration for localized at their highest. the same months congress was debating massive pieces of legislation. look at the spikes on the chart. cap and trade, dodd-frank, obamacare. coincidence? would you go so far to say as the administration was buying votes? >> well, it's difficult to look into the hearts and minds of the officials who were in charge of giving out these grants, but certainly the chart you just showed, it suggests a correlation that raises a number of pressing questions that i-are appropriate to ask the administration. >> actually those questions were asked of the administration. they were asked at a news conference today. and listen to his response about your report. >> i'm confident that the issue ance of grants through agencies, the process is done on a merit-based -- in a merit-based way and i would simply suggest that the report itself, given some of the authors, are not particularly credible. >> now, sir, not particularly credible. having a go at you. what's your response? >> i encou

united states presidents who by it are we all have passed up with the previous administration even had a seawall was local or prosecute and your carping about eight years and here within the first three years or are obama administration we have had six that we know are not in some cases the. existence of grand jury hears are classified secrets or the assertion here is the so-called war against was a blowers are supposed to dissuade sort of other people from from speaking out as well but i sort of want to broaden the discussion because it's almost as a dissent as the target here earlier this month with a top u.s. official telling the new york times or anyone to criticize as the u.s. drone program is helping al qaeda succeed are we sort of seeing our blurred line between activism and terrorism these days. absolutely not i mean yes you're right is learning lying and it's getting worse and what you know the most people here in the united states they still think that these laws and these these actions on your towards some suspect terrorists are all you know since nine eleven and now unfortunately because we go

local population on? in general, and the u.s. administration is talking about a quick exit. this should give pause to what appears to be a political incentive to take forces out of afghanistan and focus on conditions in the country that are required to do that. >> you mentioned the local population, does this kind of incident swing the local population where the other? >> i think that it does temporarily, but i have been on the scene several times during past riots. they tend to have a several weeks or several months effect, but rarely do they have a long- term effect. what would be problematic here is now a civilian casualty incident where nato planes dropped bombs hawn afghan civilians accidentally and created a spiraling affect. that would be particularly problematic and create more of a long-term situation. >> just a month after the boat ran aground killing at least 25 people, the owners are leaving with a second accident. a number of vessels are draft after a fire more than 1000 people drifting 200 miles. richard has the latest. >> in the midst of the indian ocean, they

one i think closer attention on the stateside of things and the actual election administration officials at the local level. and evaluating not just those service members' attitudes, but their attitudes as well. we've been told things in trying to vote as well, i guess it just didn't work out for you this time. and things like that that are not the message perhaps that -- >> true, definitely true. >> but the second piece, i underscore the need for more information about particularly local election campaigns and state election campaigns, and the methods of providing that. but also the physical presence on the base and on the local level. not just of an individual officer, but of an actual kiosk, or something of that sort. in some view, it would be great to have an actual polling place at the base where you could actually go and cast your ballot and see it counted as opposed to dropping it in the mailbox or handing it to someone else to transmit back for you. i think in some ways our resistance to that is financial as well as local officials not fully embracing that concept. but i hope we can move in t

the students get special consideration but due to budget cuts administrators want to make it tougher for local students to get into san jose state. a meeting will be held tomorrow on whether to adopt the stricter policy impacting about 1400 south bay applicants. >> a victory celebration for the san jose earthquakes, the team has been given the green light to begin a brand new stadium. >> i think the key thing is we had a successful night. i'm thrilled with the turnout. there was 50 or 100 at the door turned away. we're fire code in there. i think it carried the day. >> huge day for the team. the 18,000 seat venue will go up near mineta san jose airport. the city approved permits for the facility but neighbors appealed that. the planning commission then denied that appeal last night. crews will break ground on the stadium later on this year. >> time to look at the forecast. >> yesterday was just gorgeous. we've got more of the same for you today. a little bit of a difference, though, we'll see more of a breeze. they are downsloping winds that tend to warm us up but they will be strong enough to

we have calls into the federal aviation administration and the local port authority of new york and newes as we get them from newark liberty. well, the syrian government today touted a vote on a brand new constitution as it reportedly murdered more of its own people. and a lot of them. according to syrian state television nearly 0% of voters approved the measure. 90%. that allows other political parties to compete with the president bashar assad's ruling betty party. they have called it a ploy and a sham and absolutely cynical. the on sis boycotted the vote entirely while calling their president to step down now. but the syrian president assad is showing no signs of slowing the brutal assault on his own people. the president seen here casting his vote over the weekend with a british born wife by his side. he said his regime is under a media attack. never forget everything is our fault. meanwhile, activist groups report syrian troops killed more than 120 people today alone. and according to the a organization for human rights, president assad's crackdown has killed about 8500 syrians. "t

i think the administration is going to look carefully especially at the recent decisions and keep an eye on them and also hope that they work with local and regional parties to address any shortages that might cause. >> well, as i understand it, one of the main reasons that the refineries are closing in the philadelphia area, they're now going to refine that in nigeria rather than the united states. and it was in large part because the cost differential between the two. >> sir, again, it's a private sector decision. i don't -- i will not speak for them. i will tell you my understanding has been about supply, but i only know what i read of their decision making process. >> epa was recently criticized in the magazine the economist for how it measures benefits from the expensive mac rules. i don't know if you saw the story or not. it was just recently here, february 18th issue. the article explains that when analyzing the cost of benefits of the rules, most of the benefits come from cobenefits. and the question that i have is why doesn't the epa take the time to analyze the public health benefits associated with most of the pollutants ac

food and drug administration is investigating whether inhaling caffeine is safe. we talked to local doctors. we'll have a special report wednesday at 11:00. >>> shoppers have been celebrating president's day all weekend here in maryland. friday marked the beginning of the second annual energy star product. christy is a new homeowner. she has been waiting for this weekend to save on several new appliances. >> today i would say are the best times to be buying appliances. we waited just for this weekend to be able to come out here. if you can save a couple hundred dollars it is nice. >> some appliance stores like best buy are throwing in other incentives like interest-free payment plans and gift cards. >>> coming up, today is the final farewell of whitney houston. today she was taken to a final resting place in new jersey. she went in style. we'll explain. >>> whitney houston was buried today. she had a super star studded send off on saturday. we have the report from the cemetery in new jersey. >> reporter: one day after the joyful noise of her church homegoing, her family, including h

. >> it is the administration's view the district's local budget should be authorized to take effect without a separate annual appropriations bill. >> many agree this is a good step by the white house but wonder why it has take on the president so long to get out in front of something so important to many district residents. >> it is an installment payment, on the pledges that the president has made and commitments he has made, first when he campaigned and as he continued to serve. >>> dcs shadow senator michael brown remembers the conversation he had with then senator obama. >> i was a super delegate and got to sit down and talk about state hood he said he supported state hood. >> no talk of state hood but district leaders say this statement from the president is a small victory and long battle for equal rights. >> we certainly hope this will go further this is just the beginning. >> remember this is a proposed budget this issue still has to get through congress and the president has not had much luck getting anything through congress. >> thanks very much. >>> gas prices hit a recor

>>reporter: administration also points out local city and counties were given an extra half billion dollarsunrestricted funding this year. and can use that to hire more drug enforcement agents. >> i am mortified to hear the news. >>reporter: drug prevention grawps are worried. local city and counties are already stretched thin and what doesn't get seized by drug agents will lakely end up in schools and in communities. >> i fear that there's going to be an explosion of drugs and once the issue is there it's harder to get back under control. >>reporter: while some say field office have only a few agents left, san jose, orange and redding will be completely unmanned. in sacramento, abc 7 news. >>> standard and poor bumped out look for california credit raying up a notch from stable to positive. agency noted improvement in the state money picture governor brown calls it a powerful vote of confidence in our state. >>> alameda county supervisor says she's getting treatment for drug addiction. the supervisor who is married to state treasurer bill lock yer release add statement after a report she w

local goods made right here in san francisco. [applause] clearly, i can go on and on about jobs. i will. jobs will remain the top priority of the administration. you should care about jobs, the economy, and innovation. if you care about muni, like i do, you should care about jobs, our community, and innovation. whether it is parks, health care, the arts, public safety, the environment, where schools, our ability is directly connected to giving every family the ability of a paycheck and willingness to embrace innovation. through all of this, we are partnering with a new generation of community oriented business people, joining a long time neighborhood and community activists to help san francisco realize its goals. whether it is the great new economy, like ron and gail conway or mark danny cox, who is leading the 21st century movement, or neighborhood and community leaders, like rows in chinatown, mary and al harris in the mission, or dr. joe marshall in the bayview, san franciscans from across the city are working together to find new and exciting ways to address social problems. they are bringing legions of committed people to the table with

the pipeline and has less safety administration responded by saying it is committed to safety and working with state and localfficials to improve it. much more ahead on the kron4 news, do not forget we still have to talk about "lin- sanity" into that game winning shot last night. here is a live look at the james lick freeway in san francisco, nice weather ahead. plus, we have to talk about the rain that could impact the bay bridge construction. all >>mark: congressional ago should have harnessed a temporary agreement on the extension of a payroll tax cut through the rest of the year. the deal also covers two other extensions brouhaha lough >>craig: republican congressman of ohio says it is a go. >> i think it is a done deal. hamas in a car half the deal. you have people that did not get 100 percent of what they wanted. >>craig: agreement would extend the payroll tax it was set to expire this month following a short-term deal reached in december. it is worth about $83 a month. it would also include an extension of of of one of benefits and prevent the cuts in payments to doctors to treat patients to medical ca

local communities, not leave them to dry. now on to questions. last year when you appeared before us to discuss the administrati administration's 2012 budget request, you noted that add daptation to changing conditions is a significant issue faced by the nation's drinking waters and waste water utilities. unfortunately, the cost of these add daptation needs is not currently included in epa's replacement cost estimates for water and waste water systems. since that time, epa's budget has further experienced cuts. data continues to accumulate, demonstrating the scope of challenges faced by water systems. for example, a report recently released by the johnson foundation, american rivers concluded that our nation's drinking and waste water infrastructure is not prepared to deal with extreme weather events including persistent drought, shifting precipitation patterns and snow pack. this the strain water systems to previously unknown levels. and impose drastic costs on local communities across the country. however, since last year i've taken steps to address this issue by introducing the water infrastructure, resillency and sustainability act. this would

acknowledged the positive economic news but speaking to local business leaders, he said it had little to do with the policies of this administration. >> they have slowed down the recovery, made it more difficult. as a result, american families are suffering. businesses have laid off people and having a hard time rebuilding. politics,ond the friday's report is confirmation -- >> beyond the politics, friday's report is confirmation that there is momentum. factories created 50,000 positions. with factories across america hiring, this manufacturing program cannot turn out trained workers fast enough. >> the local companies we are feeling it with our begging us almost to get the young high school students recruited into our program. questor program was developed with help from several leading local manufacturers thought >> -- >> the program was developed with help from several leading local manufacturers. the jobs are there for those with the right training. >> one of the big problems we have had as manufacturers is that there is not enough skilled talent to run these machines effectively. >> 100% of students are likely to find jobs wh

the past few years tight budgets have forced a lot of states and local communities to lay off a lot of first responders. my administration, when i first came into office one of the first things we did is through the recovery act make sure that states and local governments help helped, or got the help they needed to prevent some of these layoffs and thousands of jobs were saved. harold and i were talking as we came over. thousands of firefighter jobs were saved because of the actions we took. but budgets are still tight. that is a problem we need to fix. jobs that protect our families and communities shouldn't be the first on the chopping black. they should be one of the highest priorities as a nation. the past three years, my administration has made it possible for states to keep thousands of first responders on the job. but today we are announcing that communities who make it a priority to recruit veterans will be among the first in line when it comes to getting help from the federal government. i know that is one thing, chief, you have been doing here in arlington. we want to prioritize veterans and we want to help sta

makes the america's cup a public-works project under the administration code, particularly in one section, which includes the prevailing wage, local hiring, and enterprise ordinances. i understand if the city work spending contracts to spend the city dollars, all of this section 6.22 would apply, but without the public and the structure financing made available through the legislation, the event would not happen. simply because a private entity in this case the event authority is spending money through a is spending money through a contract does not and should

makes the america's cup a public-works project under the administration code, particularly in one section, which includes the prevailing wage, local hiring, and enterprise ordinances. i understand if the city work spending contracts to spend the city dollars, all of this section 6.22 would apply, but without the public and the structure financing made available through the legislation, the event would not happen. simply because a private entity in this case the event authority is spending money through a contract does not and should not exempted from section 6.22. in drafting the legislation, it was my intention that projects benefiting from the financing, whether spent by the city or county or a private party through contracts would prevail judgment comply with prevailing wage and hiring laws. it is my belief that all of section 6.22 should be applied to the project. given that this position is supported by the three largest trade unions as well as community advocates and as part of the original signed host agreement authorized by the board of supervisors in a december 2010, it is clear that the event of 48 must follow the local

makes the america's cup a public-works project under the administration code, particularly in one section, which includes the prevailing wage, local hiring, and enterprise ordinances. i understand if the city work spending

by flight and hazardous materials safety administration responded by saying that it is committed to safety and working with state and local officials. >>stanley: coming up, bicycle is running red lights. i will show you what happens in the next edition of people behaving badly. >>pam: singer tony bennett joined seven choirs of honor, i left my heart in san francisco. he was given the key to this city and today was named tony bennett day. he says he is on a that his rendition has left such a lasting legacy for the city of san francisco. >> i always thought that it would be a local song in this area. coffee is the fact that it is that in international falls, everyone loves it and love the city. >>pam: a coming up next on of pablo sandoval with gary radnich yet another chapter in the german lead story gary has highlights on all of this for the next. the answer >> stanley roberts found some people beating badly. >> bicycle lists are required to stop at all red lights just like anyone driving a car. if you watch it is more common to see riders breaking out lauder regular basis, insert the san francisco police department. these

francisco coalition, members of the local 261 who work hard with us from getting the bond pas sed, san francisco capital planning committee, the office of the city administratornorman kelly is here, the mayor's office of public finance, the mayor's office of disability, the san francisco planning department, others and all the staff, the public utilities commission. we have been working hard with them to make sure that we support all of the projects and that we will be ready to implement. we're here today to launch the bond program that will make a significant -- that will make significant repairs to our streets and build new streetscapes for many neighborhoods. last week, the board of supervisors unanimously approved the sale of the first round of bonds. we're very happy about that. we're getting ready to start work. i will ask our mayor to come up and say a few words. mayor ed lee. [applause] >> you do not have to lower it that low. [laughter] thank you, everybody, for coming today. i very much enjoyed these particular events. we have worked closely to make sure our infrastructure gets done. we enjoy seeing things get started, not just good legislation, but

pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration responded by saying it is committed to safety and working with state and local officials. a quick break as the kron4 news is with you a hell for the air. here is a live chat on wall street. elicit else that day we will tell you why coming out to the greeks. storehouse the opening bell on wall street. we just have production numbers coming out. dow futures are up 53 points. we are also keeping our eyes on bay area based zynga. they had almost a half billion dollars in losses. zynga stocks have been getting hammered in overnight trading down 7%, down over $1 per share. >>mark: the search for more human remains continues today in the san joaquin valley with investigators focusing on duty as thousands of bone fragments have been found so far. it is believed this is the site used by two men and known as the speed freak killers. today's decision date for caltrans to decide if they're going ahead with the closure of the bay bridge this weekend, it is all dependent on the weather forecast for saturday, sunday and monday. suspected serial killer joseph naso is back in co

the move act does not intend to, in fact, take administrative control for military and overseas voting out of the hands of local officials, compliance remainses the state responsibility and states will continue to be the main entity against which the provisions of move in kabul will be enforced should the enforcement by the department of justice become necessary. >> and in fairness, too, for instance in maryland, the state took responsibility just for that activity, just to ensure, you know, we passed a law in the general assembly to avoid this, which is also an alternative, because everybody, i think, has got right on their side here. they want to enforce the law, we want to comply with the law, but it's the mechanics of it. and one way or another, if we talk about it and resolve the mechanics, it might make the issue go away. >> again, i look forward to further conversations with all of you on that issue because i do think it is a big issue and we all have a shared interest in doing the right thing and we all have a job to do, and i think that's what can bring us together. yes, sir? >> quick question, we're t

it was going to be the major focus for her administration, which -- to attract approximately 10,000 new families to baltimore. >> a localalyst says that increase could help the city make up for the approximately 30,000 people who left between the previous two census reports. crime stats have dropped compared to previous years. a spokesman for the mayor says she wants to build on these lower numbers and will unveil her ideas to make city streets safer. she is also expected to talk about her plans to cut the city's property tax from $2.26 to $2.20 by the year 2020. when it comes to city schools, the mayor is expected to talk more about funding construction projects through a tax on bottled drinks. this could generate millions, but not enough to pay for all of the necessary construction. of all the issues facing the city, the analyst says creating good schools is the most important. >> first because it now begins to seem realistic. we have seen the schools begin to improve. test scores have begun to go up. and second because that is what keeps families in the city. >> the address will take place here at city hall at 2:30 t

>> i would say basically they talk to the administrator and if they can work out something locally, theyit. we have not had a complaint. if we were inundated saying i wanted it but couldn't get it, on you something impeded me from having access. we've not had that problem in our state. these organizations do a tremendous amount of good in our state and all over this country. knoll they'll be told not only can you not and have to go against your religious convictions, you'll also be fined if you don't comply with the law. on top of that we're going to fine you and we're going to penalize you. that's not who we are in this country. >> all right. senator joe martialing, democrat from west virginia, and senator marco rubio from florida. thank you both for coming on this morning. >> thank you. >>> that was my conversation that took place earlier this morning before the live airing of my show, with senator joe manchin and senator marco rubio. >>> coming up, the thursday panel. we have a lot to go over. the white house soup of the day. here we go again, it's been a tomato-heavy week. so they ha

. >> the prior administration used $200 million of our own money to cover a cut to local governments in support of local education -- education pre-k through the state in the state of connecticut. that $270 million, if i had not covered that in reworking the budget in addressing $300 billion deficit, would have led to the loss of thousands and thousands of jobs for teachers, administrators, and professionals in our school system. our school systems. so let me assure you it was my highest priority to make sure that we bridge that gap that had occurred, which is another way of saying they used our money to keep teachers employed. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing. and thank you both for being here. governor snyder, i certainly share your frustration with the highly skilled international students. do the creativity and innovation that we need in those foreign countries than remain here and i hope that we will be able to -- congress will put aside the partisanship and work out a way to keep them here. but i'm also very conc

of recommendations for national policy and for state and local, can we think about a place a year from now, right? beginning of a new administration, whoever is elected, where is there a small set of big systemic changes that will occur at the nation scale to buttress in leverage. is that outside of the realm of possibility or are we in a three-to-five yeear cycle where the cities have to innovate? is this one of those few issues where we can actually get beyond partisanship? it seems like the way we are talking about it here, who is going to be against these kind of practical or non-ideological approaches? >> i said at the outset, i believe there is a huge opportunity here with all of our challenges we have with our economic structures and i mentioned energy, also regulations and taxes. there is no reason this can't be bipartisan. the president's own jobs and competitiveness council, as you indicated, as the advanced manufacturing. it is regulatory relief, which includes some of the things we talked about earlier. we have a bipartisan bill to do that. the administration has not supported it incidentally. hopefully they will. corp

to the northwest of vologda's administrative center is belozersk, home to one of the largest and oldest russian forestry operations. local processing of wood n esial source of income r e gi. near the city of vologda lies one of the largest wood processing companies in russia. it produces industrial paper and cardboard. the problems of post-communist transition have also hit this factory. it had troubleinding buyers. a lot of its products used to be exported to the ukrne and belorussia, but these countries no longer buy because of financial problems. with a drop in demand from current customers and the search for new markets, forestry may have an uncertain future. anatoli pak is the region's vice-governor charged with privatization. ( speaking russian ) translator: at the moment, companies see the need to decrease their production... but also to improve quality and carry out the independent trade-- not only with russians, but also with foreign partners, who demand high quality. ( pak continuing speaking russian ) translator: now that the planned economy no longer exists, companies will have to meet each other under market

administration has proposed a new vision for homeland security grants through the national preparedness grant program to create a robust national preparedness capacity based on cross-jurisdictional and readily deployable state and local assets. using a competitive risk-based model, this grants program will use a comprehensive process to assess gaps, identify and prioritize deployable capabilities, put funding to work quickly and require grantees to regularly report their progress. my written testimony includes a comprehensive list of the operational priorities in our budget. today, i'd like to highlight a few more of them. one, preventing terrorism and enhancing security. this was the founding mission of dhs and remains our top priority today. the fy 2013 budget safeguards the nation's transportation systems through a layered detection system focused on risk-based screening, enhanced targeting and information sharing efforts to interdict threats and dangerous people at the earliest possible point. the budget supports the administration's global supply chain security strategy across air, land and sea modes of transportation. by strengthening efforts to prescreen and evaluate high risk containers before they are shippe

tight buckets have forced a lot of states, a lot of local communities to lay off a lot of first responders. now, my administration i first came into office, one -- one of the things things we did through the recovery act make sure state and local governments help -- or got the help they needed to prevent some of these layoffs. thousands of jobs were saved all across the country. harold and i were talking as we came right over here. budgets are still tight and that's a problem we need to fix. you know, jobs that protect our family and communities shouldn't be the first on the chopping block. they should be one of our highest priorities has a nation. over the past three years, my administration has made it possible to keep thousands of first reponders on the job but today we're announcing that communitys that make it a priority to tree croute veterans will be among the first in like when it comes to getting help from the federal government. i know that's one of the things, chief, that you've been doing here in arling ton. we want to -- arlington. we want to hire veterans, all over the country. the second thing we w

administration. >> in criticism of china you write often sells at the national political level. many state and local officials are unabashed to lure chinese investment, increase exports to china and generally cement local economic ties with the world's second largest economy. >> right. you have governors and mayors going on trade delegations to china to drum up business. while in congress and at the national level there's a lot of criticism often of china investment in the u.s., again at the state and local level you have quite a bit going on. in ohio, a lot of the democratic delegation in ohio, they are critical of china but you have in toledo you have the mayor very actively trying to get chinese investors in to help rebuild the waterfront and do other investment activities there. there's a bit of a disconnect between the rhetoric at the national level and what's going on in states and cities. >> joe schatz is a staff writer with "congressional quarterly." why your writing about china >> because it's a huge -- i cover economic policy generally and china in the last few years has really become -- y

administrators and laid out my plan. as a candidate for governor, i told them the system needed to be reformed and that we should empower local officials who are elected at the local level to make the decisions about their schools. and that's exactly what our reforms do. the best reminder of that came from the words of a superintendent of a small school district who said to me, now i get to go back to my office and focus on christmas luck instead -- curriculum instead of on grievances.urriculum instead of on grievances. that's exactly what all this hard work is for, to allow our schools as well as our state and local governments to work better for the people we serve. [ applause ] >> tonight, i want to thank the many teachers and public. [ applause ] >> we're glad wisconsin avoided the massive layoffses of government employee experienced in other states. now, looking ahead, there is much more to be done to improve our education system. no skill is as fundamental to student achievement as the ability to read. something profound happens when a student passes from third grade to fourth grade. from kindergarten to third grade, st