he had to say earlier today. >> before we begin, i would like to send my best wishes to senator mark kirk for a speedy recovery. senator kirk is a valued member of this committee and he is a ranking member of the sub committee in appropriations which i chair. i have no doubt that with his strong will and determination, he will be back at work as soon as humanly possible. our thoughts and prayers are with him and i look forward to his return. >> south dakota democrat tim johnson, who suffered a stroke several years ago, paying tribute to senator mark kirk who is now in fair condition at a chicago hospital. >>> this is "washington today" on c-span radio. we will continue the conversation. a look at the results from the florida primary. we will talk about jobs and manufacturing with congress member tim ryan. he is the democrat from the youngstown area. he is a member of the house bud budget committee. senator jim demint. he has a book. "now or never, saving america." thanks for being with us on this tuesday and a reminder. live coverage on c-span radio as we watch the results from florida. t

senator mark kirk continues to recover from a major stroke few people allowed to see the senator.he is currently being treated at the rehabilitation institute of chicago after undergoing 3 surgeries at a northwestern memorial hospital dr. say they expect more kirk to recover fully mentally but he could suffer lasting paralysis on the left side rep judy baker tells the tribune that she has not been able to visit the senator yet but he is keeping up with the legislative issues his office continues to function in his absence she predicts it could be six months before mark kirk can return to washington >>we will be right back after the break academy awards. the golden statue is up for grabs and here are the dean richards packs for the big winners all this week have been sharing my predictions for the winners of the fourth and annual academy awards the best supporting actor category is are the easiest this year octavia.spencer will win for our role in the help. and christopher plummer will win for his role in the beginners. there will be a battle for best actress between viola davis fo

before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois in wishing our senator mark kirk a speedy recovery. [ applause ] we're all pulling for you, mark. and i know i speak for all of illinois and all of america in thanking our service members in every branch of service who have volunteered to protect our democracy. we're here today because of everything that our service members have done for us. we are especially proud of our service members in the illinois national guard. in the early morning last december 18th, a convoy of the illinois national guard's 116th transportation company led by their commander, captain michael barton crossed the desert into iraq. the unit made 73 dangerous trips between kuwait and iraq. they drove nearly 4 million miles. the convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife, kelly and their daughter, m myly is with us. thank you, kelly. thank you myly. thank you captain barton and thank you to the members of the illinois national guard. you're our hero. [ applause ] i'm very proud to be the commander in chief of

move for senator mark kirk suffering a stroke last month transferred today from northwestern memorial hospital rehabilitation institute of chicago doctors will develop a rehabilitation program center has undergone several surgeries at northwestern including operation to reattach a piece of this call tuesday. doctor says age and a good health better recovery. what happens at the super bowl stays with 100 million viewers. halftime show of last sunday's game mia gave audience in the middle finger outraged nbc parent groups and a lot of people. today madonna's slammed the incident calling it teenager is irrelevant thing to do gesture is no place in her upbeat show. madonna is bringing her 2012 report to the united center. tom skilling back with how much snow fall and the frigid temperatures that will follow. as you can see i'm in a tricky situation here. i'm bidding on a 1979 dukes of hazzard lunchbox. my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding on the same lunchbox ! it's airbrushed ! but i've got verizon 4g lte. it's so fast, i can outbid him at the last second. i got

before we begin, i'd like to send my best wishes to senator mark kirk for a speedy recovery. he is a ranking member of the sub committee in appropriations which i chair. i have no doubt that with his strong will and determination he will be back at work as soon as humanly possible. our thoughts and prayers are with him and look forward to his return. today marks the first banking committee hearing of the year. i'm confident that we will have another productive year in the committee as we build on the foundation set in the first session. our committee tackled an aggressive agenda last year and i thank all of my colleagues for their contributions. in 2011, we held 72 public hearings and executive sessions including 60 oversight hearings. of those 26 were sub committee hearings and i want to acknowledge those members for their leadership. i'm proud to say that we were successful at finding bipartisan consensus more than a few times. 26 nominations with the senate confirming 17 of those nominees. we were also unanimously approved authorizations for the national flood insurance pr

believes the government intends to develop nerve gas agents for the police to use against rioters mark kirk from the education activist network says it's part of an intensifying crackdown on shows of public discontent. income past the. nerve gas as it is as it is called has been used against protesters in the general strike in greece and amnesty international condemned the use of tear gas in normal language it's called choking gas and has said that the greek government has waged a chemical warfare upon its very own citizens now you can actually die from the from the gas is being used against protesters against larger crowds and what we have seen is that the police time and time again has lost control of the streets and thus it doesn't come as a surprise in the context of global revolutions and revolt that now the u.k. is starting to use the same measures as countries as mubarak has done in egypt or even the greek government has done to its very own citizens over the general strike so it wouldn't surprise me if these chemicals are being used on british streets that similar a cure and so this

but before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois in wishing our senator mark kirk a speedy recovery. [applause] we're all pulling for you, mark. and i also know i speak for all of illinois and all of america in thanking our servicemembers in every branch of service who have volunteered to protect our democracy. we're here today because of you. we are especially proud of the servicemembers of our illinois national guard. in the early morning last december 18, a convoy of the illinois national guard's 1644th transportation company led by their commander captain michael barton, crossed the desert of southern iraq into kuwait. their unit had made 73 dangerous convoy trips between kuwait and iraq. they drove nearly 4 million miles. their convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife kelli, and their daughter myleigh are with us. on behalf of a grateful nation and a grateful state, thank you kelli, thank you myleigh, thank you captain barton and thank you servicemembers of the illinois national guard. you are our heroes. [applause] [appl

senator mark kirk recently put an amendment on the national defense authorization act the pass one hundred to zero unanimously putting sanctions on the bank of iran that would prevent financial institutions from dealing with them and if they do we cut off from our markets and our access to capital and stuff like that which you have to go through for stuff like that makes me you know i frankly i remember when bill clinton sanctions against saddam hussein and. half a million children died as a result you know there's there's a provision in that that amendment actually that says for humanitarian efforts they can provide things for that and there's also a provision that gives you i say so you can't you can't send in anything that might be a w m d n a lot of those kids who died died because we couldn't import quarrying in and they couldn't they couldn't purify the water systems i mean i just think the whole thing the whole the whole the whole process of belligerence if iran is trying to get a nuclear weapon is because they're if they feel insecure if they feel insecure it's because there's peop

illinois republican senator mark kirk left a chicago hospital and is now in a stroke rehabilitation facilitye 52-year-old kirk was stricken last month. his doctor says experts will spend the next few days assessing his condition and developing a rehabilitation plan. a middle east peace movement for the sake of madonna. that's next in the grapevine. is it over for the occupy wall street >> bret: now fresh pickingsings from the political grapevine. three months ago, former white house advisor van jones predicted about pie wall street would expand from strictly protests to politics and said it would recruit 2,000 candidates to run for office under the 99% banner. you'll remember in october, house minority header nancy pelosi gushed that the occupy movement was young, spontaneous, focused. and, "it's going to be effective." "usa today" editorial board writes the occupy wall street movement is fading out in a whimper. mostly because of lack of action, leaders and clear goals. "future political operatives might view it as a case study in how not to organize a lasting movement." madonna fans in isr

senator mark kirk able to watch the super bowl with his family last night doctor released a statement condition continuing to recover from a stroke last month and upgrade. doctors think able to start rehabilitation very soon. still ahead united states turning up the heat on egypt 19 americans facing prosecution including illinois son of a member of the president's cabinet and husband of missing woman blows himself up and children why the tragedy could have been prevented. [ coughs ] what is this shorty? uh, tissues sir, i'm sick. you don't cough you don't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop. ice breakers frost. a great tasting mint core, frosted in powerful cooling crystals. ice breakers frost. feel the frost. [ female announcer ] with swiffer wetjet, cleaning better doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna... drink this... on the porch! ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ [ female announcer ] mops can be a hassle but swiffer wetjet's spray cleaner and absorbent pads can clean better in half the time so you don't miss a

illinois republican senator mark kirk left a chicago hospital and is now in a stroke rehabilitation facilityd kirk was stricken last month. his doctor says experts will spend the next few days assessing his condition and developing a rehabilitation plan. a middle east peace movement for the sake of madonna. that's next in the grapevine. is it over for the occupy wall street movement? hey, did you ever finish last month's invoices? sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get bk to these invoices... whh i'll do right after making your favorite pancakes. you know what? i'm going to tidy up your side of the office. i can't hear you because i'm also making you a smoothie. [ male announcer ] marriott hotels & resorts knows it's better for xerox to automate their global invoice process so they can focus on serving their customers. with xerox, you're ready for real business. so they can focus on serving their customers. it doesn't look risky. i mean, phil, does this

in close contact with the people on the ground and working together with my colleague, senator mark kirk's office here in washington. they share our concern for the devastation, damage and death associated with this and both senator kirk and i have extended to the state of illinois our willingness to help in any way possible to deal with this. my thoughts are with the residents of these hard-hit towns, with the first responders and the red cross volunteers who are always, always on the scene, who are working to assess the damage and help those who've been injured. jonathan munken had a conference call with many members of the illinois congressional delegation just a short time ago. he assures us that all requests for state and fema assistance are being met at this moment. we will continue to make a promise that that will be in the future as well. my staff and i are in contact with local officials, including harrisburg mayor eric greg, the mayor of ridgeway, becky mitchell, state senator gary forby and state representative brandon phelps. i, along with senator mark kirk, are -- we are commi

but before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois in wishing our senator mark kirk a speedy recovery [applause] we're all pulling for you, mark. and i also know i speak for all of illinois and all of america in thanking our servicemembers in every branch of service who have volunteered to protect our democracy. we're here today because of you. we are especially proud of the servicemembers of our illinois national guard. in the early morning last december 18, a convoy of the illinois national guard's 1644th transportation company led by their commander captain michael barton, crossed the desert of southern iraq into kuwait. their unit had made 73 dangerous convoy trips between kuwait and iraq. they drove nearly 4 million miles. their convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife kelli, and their daughter myleigh are with us. on behalf of a grateful nation and a grateful state, thank you kelli, thank you myleigh, thank you captain barton and thank you servicemembers of the illinois national guard. you are our heroes. [applause] [appla

but before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois inrise to wishing our senator mark kirk a [cheers an would you please stand. [cheers and applause] give to my family, thank you for all the support that you have given me in standing by my side every day for the last three years. the military herald this evening, thank you for your alsl courageous service to our great state and our great country.ajor i would also like to recognize . and thank major mark stevens. major stevens, please stand. [applause] to wait next month, major stevens will be leaving on translating his soldiersm to kuwait abortive operation enduring freedom for the third time. in the middle east supporting our great country. not only is major mark stevens the commander of the net, but he is also the marketing manager on a company. major stevens is a true citizen soldier. major combat thank you. thank you for your service. thank you fire leadership. we wish you and your union card speed. [applause]being i would also like to thank maing public broadcasting for beingmoe here tonight. i will not promise you a free tote b

that's why i joined with senator mark kirk on valentine's day last year to encourage our colleagues to join us in supporting our bipartisan sugar act. the sugar act would phase out the u.s. sugar program, which costs businesses and consumers about $4 billion a year. this is a big concern for us in new hampshire, where we are the american home of lindt chocolate as well as a number of other smaller candy companies that use a lot of sugar. i know it's a concern for the president, who has hershey's chocolate in his home state of pennsylvania. it is a big concern for illinois, where senator kirk is from, because they have so many candy companies. and this legislation isn't about democrats or republicans. this legislation is about ending a bad deal for businesses and consumers. senator kirk and i sponsored this legislation because we need to end the sweetheart deal for the sugar industry. there is simply no reason to continue a program that makes candy makers, bakers, and other food manufacturers in our states pay double the world average price for sugar. one of the other fallouts from thes

but before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois in wishing our senator mark kirk a speedy recovery. [applause] we're all pulling for you, mark. and i know i speak for all other one away and all of america in thanking our service members in every branch of service who have volunteered to protect our democracy. we're here today because of you. we are especially proud of the servicemembers in the illinois national guard. in the early morning last december 18, a convoy of the illinois national guard's 1644th transportation company led by their commander captain michael barton, crossed the desert of southern iraq into kuwait. their unit had made 73 dangerous convoy trips between kuwait and iraq. they drove nearly 4 million miles. their convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife kelli, and their daughter myleigh are with us. on behalf of a grateful nation and a grateful state, thank you kelli, thank you myleigh, thank you captain barton and thank you servicemembers of the illinois national guard. you are our heroes. [applause] i'm ve

linda yee shows us the aids quilt on display in the castro to mark its 25th anniversary. >> john quinn. >> kirk reporter: one by one, the names were read outloud. >> jack train. >> reporter: 10,000 names stitched onto a quilt, each person lost to the aids epidemic that definite state the san francisco gay community beginning in 1980. 2000 people were dying every year for more than 10 years. >> well, it was devastating, and it felt for those of us who were living it here at the time, really it was like an avalanche. we had never heard of this thing. all of a sudden everyone was dying. by november of 1985, we had lost a thousand people in this immediate neighborhood. >> reporter: cleve jones created the memorial quilt 25 years ago this tuesday. >> i started it in my backyard and i thought of it as a weapon, a weapon against ignorance, intolerance, a call to action. that's why it was designed to be displayed on the mall in washington, dc. >> reporter: 35 sections of the quilt will be displayed at the former tower records space. smaller sections in four other spaces around the castro. for many peop

but before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois in wishing our senator mark kirk a speedy recovery. [applause] we're all pulling for you, mark. and i also know i speak for all of illinois and all of america in thanking our servicemembers in every branch of service who have volunteered to protect our democracy. we're here today because of you. we are especially proud of the servicemembers of our illinois national guard. in the early morning last december 18, a convoy of the illinois national guard's 1644th transportation company led by their commander captain michael barton, crossed the desert of southern iraq into kuwait. their unit had made 73 dangerous convoy trips between kuwait and iraq. they drove nearly 4 million miles. their convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife kelli, and their daughter myleigh are with us. on behalf of a grateful nation and a grateful state, thank you kelli, thank you myleigh, thank you captain barton and thank you servicemembers of the illinois national guard. you are our heroes. [applause] [appl