the one that loretta told you about, cake lawrence. all the people that knew him called him cake, he used to steal the warm cake that his mother put out. he would cut a slice and run off to the crawl space. they call him cake. i use that in my story. those 2 come from my grandmother, she was the germ, the seed of those 2 books and many others. let's go back to that front porch again. this time daddy james is the story teller. we sit at his feet and listen about stories about sara and pat and nollen. that is my brother, my sister, and me. we thought we were just as clever and smart and just as brave as the children in his story. he told stories vaguely familiar, but different some how because he told them his way. you see, i had no idea my grandfather was a functional illiterate and encouraged all 3 of us, his grandchildren to read. the way he encouraged me, he'd say y'all read to me what they taught you up at the schoolhouse today. i would whip out my dick and jane. see jane run. run, he endured that. he allowed me to read to him. i ha

having this conversation is the debate. >> congresswoman loretta sanchez, congressman michael grimm, we can see why everything is easy in congress. >>> joining me now, regular contributor and senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin, who also happens to wright for "the new yorker." he is an amazing writer. you wrote a fascinating article about fred wilpon, who owns the new york mets, who lost an unbelievable sum of money with bernie madoff, the con man. tell us what's going on as a consequence of those huge losses. >> it's really an extraordinary human drama in addition to the financial and legal story, because fred wilpon is this extraordinary self-made man. you know, he grew up in bensonhurst, which is a then and now kind of lower middle class part of brooklyn, he went to the university of michigan, and made his way in the new york real estate business. wilpon takes over the mets in the 1980. gradually, he and his family become sole owners. >> a good price. shoo buys them for $20 million in 1980. today the mets are worth close to a billion dollars. >> right. >> he -- you know, he has go

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up next, actress loretta devine. please welcome our friend to this program. the talented actress has enjoyed success on broadway and television, including her role on great's anatomy. catch her in the ensembles cast. here is a preview. >> hello. the is nice to finally meet you. >> i am sorry, i did not think a handshake expressed of the moment. i like to hug. >> he certainly raise her whole wonderful daughter. >> i wish i could say the same about you and your daughter. i said that the wrong way. i wish i had met her earlier, before now. tavis: ouch. i guess that gives us some insight as to who your character is. tell me more. >> i am the mother of the broom and i am not pleased with the bride bb. she has not come across well to me. they are talking about going to china, and that may have to break this wedding up for real. >> there is a class issue at play here. >> it turns out that the family is a very wealthy family with a french background. i think they feel that they are better than i am, so when i take my family, it is just a great concept. they taken to

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. >> .down there and.and i stood off in the wings and dolly and porter and stonewall and loretta and roy acuff and cousin minnie pearl, they were all there and.and they just were having such a fine time and.and i thought to myself you know a person could do this. >> mm-hm. >> a person could. >> yeah. >> and there's where i stepped off the precipice. >> right. >> .and -- and went down this long slippery slope that i'm still. >> still on. >> .sliding down. >> yeah. how difficult was it to.i mean you mentioned the.the benefit that you enjoyed from. >> mm-hm. >> .the new yorker relationship but how difficult was it to get this started in the earliest days? >> not.not difficult at all. they.they -- they mixed the show on a little five.five-channel mixing board with.with knobs. >> right. >> .potentiometers and -- and they had big microphones the size of footballs and -- and we stood in front of them and you know played and sang. it was a dreadful show -- [laughter] -- and -- but we had the benefit of a.of.of a.of a tiny, tiny audience. >> yep. >> .so that our mistakes were -- were only spr

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i think loretta is right. we could reduce the number of troops we have, but get back into the role we had originally when the taliban was defeated. let the northern alliance take out their natural enemy, the taliban, for us. they did a lot better job than we have done since we took it back over from them. guest: next call from texas. marty -- mary is a republican there. caller: good morning. mr. gohmert, i am one of your constituents and i'm 80 years old and my husband is 83. we are on social security and medicare. and there is talk all over the place about taking away our medicare and social security. i wanted to know if you are one of them who is going to take it away from us, that's what we are hearing from the democrats. and there was a $500 billion taken out of medicare. and we paid 96 .50, where did all that money go? >> it's going into the general treasury, just like social security tax money is. we should have had a law that said social security tax monies had to go into the social security trust fund.

ost: let's hear from loretta first. caller: good morning. i am so florida about what i am hearing. -- floored by what i am hearing. if you were representing me, after the show i would be out collecting signatures. i cannot believe you would come on that air and say we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem, and tax cuts for the rich is just half a day. what is health care? what is education? is that five minutes of the budget? you have no problem cutting that. guest: actually, if you would hand me back the slide -- loretta, i love your accent. you have a couple bits of reality we have to deal with. one of the interesting things you are hearing in the phone calls, and you could start to hear the divide between republicans and democrats across tax thentry is attacked th rich. you just saw less than an hour a borrowing per day. what you tend to do with the other 23 hours of borrowing that happens every day? at some point it does become about the map. -- about the math. here is where we are in 2011. what you see in the blue and purple is

ost: let's hear from loretta first. caller: good morning. i am so florida about what i am hearing. -- floored by what i am hearing. if you were representing me, after the show i would be out collecting signatures. i cannot believe you would come on that air and say we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem, and tax cuts for the rich is just half a day. what is health care? what is education? is that five minutes of the budget? you have no problem cutting that. guest: actually, if you would hand me back the slide -- loretta, i love your accent. you have a couple bits of reality we have to deal with. one of the interesting things you are hearing in the phone calls, and you could start to hear the divide between republicans and democrats across tax thentry is attacked th rich. you just saw less than an hour a borrowing per day. what you tend to do with the other 23 hours of borrowing that happens every day? at some point it does become about the map. -- about the math. here is where we are in 2011. what you see in the blue and purple is

need to move in order to construct more, and what he said wawhen i get through this phase this year, loretta, i will come back, and i will ask you for more money to build the thing,ut first i need to make sure that it works, and there are better places to put the money. >> thank you. reclaiming me time. >> that's what the general said. >> mr.-- recognize now the gentleman from new jersey for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield to mr. turner. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman, and i appreciate you giving us construct of really where we are on this. let's do a review. i don't have an amendment to increase missile defense spending by $100 million. what we have is an amendment to reduce it. what we provided was a secondary amendment to stop the reduction. there should not be a reduction in missile defense spending. i can't respond to the private conversation with the general she had, but i can only respo to what general o'riley said in testimony in front of the subcommittee, and he testified there was a need for more ground based intercepters as a result of recent flight test f

as the youngest of 12 sisters, my sisters stepped up and became my rock i want to thank my sisters loretta green, carolyn harris janet berry and gwen berry and wish them a helpy mother's day. if you want to share your two cents, this is what it's all about. we want to hear from you. tell us and head to the wmar facebook fan page and leave a comment and we will keep the comments coming throughout the morning's show. >>> but first, the story of a real life desperate housewife amount northern california woman serving time for having sex with two teenage boys including her daughter's 14- year-old boyfriend. christine was known as the hummer mom for driving teensaround in the suv and doing more in the vehicle. we have the exclusive interview with the woman leading a secret life. >> reporter: from the outside they appear to have the perfect life. met at brigham young and got married at the mormon temple. 4600 home and cabin at lake tahoe and fancy cars. >> out of 22ees of marriage, 20 years were --22 years of marriage 20 years were good. >> don't drink or do anything. >> reporter: rough times st

congresswoman loretta sanchez on before, from california, she is on the armed services committee. what does the death of bin laden mean to the front to the war in afghanistan to you? >> i think the killing of bill laden marks a significant beginning to the end of this war. you couldn't win this war with bin laden still alive. by taking him out, by killing him, we can now talk about how we end this operation in this war. not to say that the terror threat's not alive and well. it certainly is. we have to be very mindful and vigilant about that. with respect to afghanistan, i think there's a timetable already in place that general petraeus has set forth to begin the withdrawal in july. and to begin a transition of power to the afghan people who ultimately will have to win this. >> congresswoman sanchez, do you think we should get out of afghanistan now? >> absolutely. i've been one of the advocates saying what the heck are we doing there now. getting osama bin laden was our key to us being able to pull out, as my colleague has said. i think the way in which we got him, points to the

journal, we will discuss terrorism following the death of the son of bin laden with congresswoman loretta sanchez. the legal mark will be on washington journal tomorrow. washington journal begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. this weekend on booktv, the origins of government from early tribal societies to modern states of china and europe. an author pulled discusses translate -- his transformation from liberal to warrior. also this weekend, david cole field on the role of religion leading up to the civil world. look for the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> michelle bachmann is here, i understand. she is thinking about running for president. which is a weird because i hear she was born in canada. [laughter] yes, michelle, this is alex starts. >> which more than 6 million views, video of president obama's speech at the white house correspondents dinner is the most watched video on youtube for the past few days. watch it at youtube.com/cspan. >> janet napolitano testified at a hearing for the senate homeland security committee. she talked about preventing terrorist attacks following the

loretta sanchez of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 276, the gentlewoman from california, ms. loretta sanchez, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. sanchez: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. sanchez: thank you, madam chair. this congress' number one responsibility is to defend and protect our nation. as we all know, the united states faces incredible threats within and from abroad and it's the responsibility of the house armed services committee to assess the threats that we face and to look at the limited resources we have and to allocate them in the most effective way we can. . my republican colleagues increased the founding of the ground-based system by $100 million. my amendment would simply take out that $100 million and give it towards savings for our country to bring down the deficit. we democrats support progress on homeland missile de

i have been walking like loretta young for 50 years land, but a little johnny carson?ays looking around. and sometimes i could get so involved in my impression with johnny carson that i would finished the show and even writing in alimony check at the end. >> tonight, there are still tickets available the opening of the arinda . www.arindatheatersquare. com and www.richlittle.com i'm even going to imitate you! thank you. you are the best, the real show business. >> i like anybody that likes movies. >> and i love movies. back to you, marty. >> marty: still ahead, your seven day forecast in the bay to breakers. a live look at the golden gate bridge with overcast conditions. we will be right back back >> welcome to henry's garden. lance is the perfect expert on citrus. lance, just for starters we are going to be talking about how you can create an entire of garden of lemons. >> citrus is easy to grow in pods. with drainage, the bigger, the better, it looks good and hot saucthe meyer lemon is perfect for a pot and precocious. >> they're even do great. a perfect pot and kumq

loretta, my wife and i, had an opportunity a couple of weeks ago to go out to din wer the mayor and -- dinner with the mayor and maggie. we had a great night. we were at the naja restaurant. i watched as everybody walked on by and stopped to look inside at the mayor and the first lady. they know him because he is chicago. i also want to say kind words about the daley children, nora, patrick, elizabeth, and kevin for sharing their husband an father with us. i close by saying, mr. president, we attend the same church in chicago. it's called old saint pats, and last st. patrick's day was the mayor's big day. maggie, who has been struggling with some health issues, made it that day and the church was packed. everybody was wearing shamrocks and green ties and the irish dancers were there for a great celebration of st. patrick's day. luckily for the daleys, their grandkids were also there. little kids scrambling all over the church pews, waiting in anticipation for the end of the mass, for at the end of the mass, the mayor's favor bagpipe band marched up the mine aisle of the church and the

. >> reporter: she has six girls, henrietta, gaby, rosie, patsy, loretta and lily, and as you can seeheads. >> they're very spoiled very rotten. very doted over. >> reporter: on the menu today a mixed green salad with an assortment of fresh fruit and vegetables. >> they like bananas. they love grapes but they get a little expensive. >> reporter: but she admits her girls can be a little picky. >> usually chickens love watermelons. mine turn their beaks up at it. >> reporter: no smelly chicken coup for her girls. they live in chicken luxury. >> all of the walls are completely insulated. they're well protected. >> reporter: and it was her husband who built their humble abode. >> he thinks they're an expensive habit. >> a ceiling fan wouldn't hurt either. >> reporter: that's because nothing is too good for her girls. >> most people don't go to any of this extent, but again if i will have them i will treat them like royalty. >> reporter: and besides a happy chicken produces the freshest eggs. >> i love them. i just absolutely love them. >> reporter: and her love for her girls shows but it

to move in order to construct more, and what he said was when i get through this phase this year, loretta, i will come back, and i will ask you for more money to build the thing, but first i need to make sure that it works, and there are better places to put the money. >> thank you. reclaiming me time. >> that's what the general said. >> mr.-- recognize now the gentleman from new jersey for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield to mr. turner. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman, and i appreciate you giving us construct of really where we are on this. let's do a review. i don't have an amendment to increase missile defense spending by $100 million. what we have is an amendment to reduce it. what we provided was a secondary amendment to stop the reduction. there should not be a reduction in missile defense spending. i can't respond to the private conversation with the general she had, but i can only respond to what general o'riley said in testimony in front of the subcommittee, and he testified there was a need for more ground based intercepters as a result of recent flight te

thank all of my colleagues on the strategic forces subcommittee and in particular my ranking member, loretta sanchez, and the staff for their work on this year's strategic forces mark and i'd like to thank our director. this bill builds off a strong bipartisan and bicameral consensus and fully funds the nnsa, the national nuclear security administration, and supports continued modernization of our nuclear forces and infrastructure. it also supports robust oversight of the administration's implementation of the new treaty and establishes prudent measures to slow down the rush toward nuclear disarmament. the bill responds to the affects of prior cuts by this administration to missile defense, providing an additional increase of $110 million above the president's request. it adds these funds to fix the system that protects the united states' homeland from long range ballistic missile threats. it also provides an increase in funds to support the implementation of the administration's phased adaptive approach, an important cooperative effort with japan and israel while recommending reductions in

i'm pleased the amendment i submitted with co-sponsors walter jones, loretta sanchez, john lewis, ron paul, david cicilline, and peter welch was made in order. we have five minutes to describe why the president needs to clearly lay out to congress, to the american people, to our military men and women, and to our military families exactly how and when we will complete the accelerated transition of our military operations to the afghan authorities. five minutes, mr. speaker. not to mention why the president needs to accelerate talks to achieve a political solution and reconciliation in afghanistan. and why we need to have a new national intelligence estimate, not just a report from the national counterterrorism center on the leadership locations and capacity of al qaeda. five minutes. this defense bill would give the executive branch carte blanche to fight global terrorism anywhere by any means, but we don't even have an up-to-date n.i.e. on al qaeda. that's not debate, mr. speaker. quite frankly, it's an unsult. not to mention that if we add up the time of all the amendments, at best

loretta sanchez of california. amendment number 111 by ms. jackson lee of texas. amendment number 148 by mr. turner of ohio. amendment 152 by mr. can vack of minnesota. the chair will re-- mr. cravaack of minnesota. the chair will reduce to five minutes the votes. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 38 by the gentleman from florida, mr. mica, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 38 printed in house report 112-88 offered by mr. mica of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote followed by 19 two-minute votes. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-capt

loretta winters bell lows was dearly loved by those in her community. she was described by friends as a generous and beloved friend who will be greatly missed. her sister attended brayton baptist church and was previously very involved in the fremont church. those that knew her said her faith and church family were a very important part of her life. her family says they will remember her as the best mother, grandmother, and wife in the world. debbie gibbs foxx was known as an avid animal lover, and her husband, was described by friends as someone with a lightened spirit who was always a joy to be around. to all the families and friends of each of these victims, i'm sorry for your loss and offer my deepest sympathies. i would also like to take a moment to recognize the many emergency management service workers and volunteers that have worked tirelessly to help the victims overcome this terrible tragedy. while touring the damage left by these storms, i was extremely touched by the kindness and generosity of the many people who were there immediately to le

i have a few remarks regarding the nomination that we're voting on today, arenda loretta wright allen is nominated to be u.s. district judge eastern district virginia. mrs. allen received her b.a. from cookstown state college in 1982 and her jiewrs doctorate from -- and her juris doctorate from north carolina central university school of law in 1985. following law school, she was commissioned into the united states navy as an ensign. she was -- she served there as legal intern in the naval legal services, office of judge advocate general's corps. in the same year, she was promoteed to lieutenant and became defense attorney for the navy. in 1988, the nominee became the staff judge advocate at the naval air and engineering center where she was the sole legal advisor to the commanding officer. leaving the navy in 1990, mrs. allen joined the united states attorney's office for the western district virginia as an assistant u.s. attorney. in 1991, she moved to the eastern district of virginia where she remained for the next 15 years as an assistant u.s. attorney. in 2005, the nominee left t

loretta orlando. let me get that right here now.ld today. still sharp as a tack and still rides her snowmobile. now how about that, boys and girls? take a look at paul even gibson, a gibson girl from beaver, pennsylvania. 100 years old. excellent cook and she is -- says the center of her life is family and church and friends. you can't beat that combination either. william stark of north wales, pennsylvania. 100 years old. owned a successful jewelry business for years. and he loves to hang around with his family. they love him. that's wonderful. we have arthur downes jr. of louisville, ohio. 100 years old. became a civil engineer and also is an owner of a company for years and has been very successful in business. and we have anita sampson from beautiful simsbury, connecticut. 100 years old today. loves all her friends and family and dearly, dearly enjoys her friends when she can have them for dinner. how about that? and elizabeth caesar, owensville, missouri, 100 years old today. the eldest and the only survivor of six children. an