attorney to the district court of maryland. he has been the southern division coordinator on tough issues like project exile, a federal-state partnership addressing gun and violent crimes in prince george's county and surrounding areas. he spent five years in private practice at wall, gochel and menges. he's also a man of faith, involved deeply in his church, metropolitan baptist church, where he serves as a d decon. most recently he has worked with the baltimore state's attorney's office. baltimore state's attorney's office faced a lot of challenges. it faced dated technology, difficulties in maintaining chain of custody on evidence. he came in to work with our new state's attorney, which was an elected position, and a real reformer -- a real reformer, so that whether you were a prosecutor or you were a defendant, you knew it was going to be one of the best, well-organized offices in maryland. hazel brought that kind of know-how both to make sure the apparatus of government worked, because that was all part of making sure you

the gentleman from maryland has 6 1/4 minutes left. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: i yield two minutes to mr. davis of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: i agree that one of the responsibilities of our committees is to investigate, to try and make sure that the laws are carried out the way we intended and to try and make sure that the money is being spent the way we intended for it to be spent. that we spent $14 million up to this point investigating this one issue, and while i think the investigations are designed to tell us something we don't know , we have not learned anything new. we have not learned of any kind of conspiracy. we have not learned of any kind of underhandedness. the only thing that we know is that we have said to a united states citizen that you cannot invoke the fifth and say that i have a right not to answer questions if i think it's going o damage me. i'd rather see us spend the there are 14 million creating jobs, providing educational opportunities for those that need it, doing something that

the gentleman from maryland has 6 1/4 minutes left. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: i yield two minutes to mr. davis of illinois. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. davis: i agree that one of the responsibilities of our committees is to investigate, to try and make sure that the laws are carried out the way we intended and to try and make sure that the money is being spent the way we intended for it to be spent. that we spent $14 million up to this point investigating this one issue, and while i think the investigations are designed to tell us something we don't know , we have not learned anything new. we have not learned of any kind of conspiracy. we have not learned of any kind of underhandedness. the only thing that we know is that we have said to a united states citizen that you cannot invoke the fifth and say that i have a right not to answer questions if i think it's going o damage me. i'd rather see us spend the there are 14 million creating jobs, providing educational opportunities for those that need it, doing something that

s where the redskins are kind of a home team, the two maryland senators, the two democratic maryland senators both signed it, joe donnelly, joe mansion and mark prior of arkansas did not sign the letter as well. bill is calling in from cleveland. bill, what do you think about congressional involvement in this issue? host: yes, i personally believe that there are just so many other person issues in this country. i'm not for the name of the redskins but i really think that our economy, quite frankly, is number one and rarely -- really, the congress should be focused more on that more so than the name of the football team. that's really it. you know, i'm not really for the name myself but i think that there are more pressing issues. host: bill, you're calling from cleveland and you've clot the cleveland indians baseball team. should that name be changed? host: yeah, i'm opened it to if the time comes for them to change it. ok, i have no problem with that. host: harry reid sent out a tweet. here it is. my colleagues and i wrote a letter to the nfl urging it to change the derogatory name

massachusetts, nevada, maryland, oregon. it says that these four state exchanges spent at least $47 $474 million and are now in shambles. look at it. maryland, $118 million. massachusetts, $57 million. nevada, $51 million. oregon, $248 million, taxpayer money from around the country, sent to oregon for programs that are now in shambles. so now these states, some of them want more money to fix what's gone wrong in the first place. according to "politico," maryland spent $118 million to set up its own exchange and that state officials did such a bad job that they're now planning to scrap the whole thing and use software from connecticut's exchange. massachusetts, $57 million. "politico" calls that program in massachusetts fatally crippled. nevada, $51 million. "politico" says salvaging that exchange would be a huge feat. oregon, $248 million to set up its own exchange. it was such a spectacular failure that cnbc ran a headline on may 5 saying -- quote -- "f.b.i. probing oregon's obamacare exchange." the f.b.i. probing the exch

races robert in clinton, maryland. caller: i was wondering about our race in maryland.e have a primary next month. on the republican side, there is a black republican, charles, who won the gop straw poll. your thoughts on his chances on being able to bring fresh air and a new image of the republican party. he has been reaching out into black neighborhoods. could maryland see its first african-american governor on the republican side? i do not think it will be this psychotherapy look back to when michael steele was a credible candidate for the senate, that looked like an opportunity and ended up fading comes final days. when it to the race in maryland, it comes down to the democratic primary. three people are in the race, but it comes down to the lieutenant governor. that primary is fascinating because we are seeing health care and the affordable care act layout in a different way. a criticizedcandidate ofwn for the implementation the affordable care act in the maryland exchange, criticizing the rollout of it in maryland. it is i didn't touch a dynamically do not see in

the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: just shy of a year ago, the secretary general of facts administration reported the i.r.s. had used inappropriate criteria to review applicants for tax exempt status. the same day, chairman issa wept on national tv, before he received a single document or interviewed a single witness, and said the following. this was the targeting of the president's political enemies. targeting of d -- the president's political enemies and lies about it,ent end of quote. the republicans have spent the last year trying to prove these allegations. the i.r.s. has produced more than half a million pages of documents. we have interviewed 39 witnesses, 40 witnesses, i.r.s. witnesses, treasury department employees. and after all of that, we have not found any evidence of white house involvement or political motivation. yesterday, i issued a report with key portions from the nearly 40 interv

the gentleman from maryland. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. ruppersberger: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: a record -- the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 345. the nays are 59. the bill is passed. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is on the question on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the jo

heavy rain and maryland and new york. people have to be rescued from flash floods profs has eather when things are hot. why will tend to 80s by noontime. even with the possibility of noontime. an explosion and pensacola florida during a giono its bloated. he's been caught at public events rob ford has agreed to take time off of political campaigning to see alcohol abuse rehabilitation the world's largest fast food chain. is also the biggest violator of fair labor practices. the sandwich artists may have more in common with starving artists than you think. and another community deals with the aftermath of a crude oil train derailment. check out this video of a of maryland. the same storm that created some 65 tornadoes in mostly arkansas and mississippi earlier this week brought warnings of more tornadoes and flash flooding farther north yesterday. around maryland, motorists were stranded in high water, and a block-long section of street collapsed. in yonkers. the heavy rain collapsed a retaining wall creating a mudslide ac

races robert in clinton, maryland. caller: i was wondering about our race in maryland. we have a primary next month. on the republican side, there is a black republican, charles, who won the gop straw poll. your thoughts on his chances on being able to bring fresh air and a new image of the republican party. he has been reaching out into black neighborhoods. could maryland see its first african-american governor on the republican side? i do not think it will be this psychotherapy look back to when michael steele was a credible candidate for the senate, that looked like an opportunity and ended up fading comes final days. when it to the race in maryland, it comes down to the democratic primary. three people are in the race, but it comes down to the lieutenant governor. that primary is fascinating because we are seeing health care and the affordable care act layout in a different way. a criticizedcandidate ofwn for the implementation the affordable care act in the maryland exchange, criticizing the rollout of it in maryland. it is i didn't touch a dynamically do not see i

but if you drive just thirty minutes from maryland into washington dc, there's a completely different system in place. and yet, out of everyone arrested in this city, almost all of them show up for court. >> judges in washington are allowed to set money bail only if the defendant can afford it. they are also allowed to detain - without bail - anyone they deem too risky for release. the results have been far fewer people spending time behind bars. >> we are the only city in america where tonight, at our jail, there's not a single man or woman who is sitting because they don't have the money to meet their money bond. >> since the adoption of that rule twenty years ago, money bail, and bail bond companies, have all but disappeared. in their place, washington uses a federally funded pretrial program that functions like parole, requiring defendants to check in on a regular basis, or wear an ankle monitor. >> ninety percent of the people come back, ninety percent of the people are not rearrested. we are proof, living proof, that you don't need money. >> the bail bond industry views public p

this is near bowie, maryland.t had to be rescued. >>> in virginia, standing water a problem on these roads near the potomac in alexandria. heavy rain driving creeks out of their banks. the risk of flooding is still very high there this morning, so be careful. >>> in delaware, more than 4 inches fell, causing this, big lakes on the streets! some still thought it was okay to drive through, though, and as we have told you, very bad. >> a lot going on with this weather, which is not ending. indra petersons is tracking the storms for us this morning. indra, what can we expect? >> yeah, when we talk about heavy rain, look at these numbers from just sunday alone, places from alabama down through florida seeing totals over 17, in some places almost as high as 19 inches out towards alabama. radar indicated even higher amounts, but of course, these are the official amounts that were reported since just sunday. now, it wasn't just into the southeast. a lot of flooding concerns are in the northeast as well. the numbers do not

she met me at a maryland gun range. >> red means you're not the authorized user or you have not activated the watch. >> when you grip that, it's telling you right now you cannot fire this gun. >> correct. >> the ip1 part gun only functions if the owner is wearing a special watch. >> my code is entered. it says it's good. i hit enter, now i pick up the handgun and it's green. green means i'm the authorized user and now i'm ready to fire. >> if the watch and gun are separated by more than ten inches, after, say, suspect wrestled it away from a police officer, the gun stops working. >> putting the am mission in. -- ammunition in. i fire and take the wristwatch away, more than ten inches. the grip tells me i cannot fire. i pull the trigger, i get nothing. i return it here within ten inches, pull the trigger. [ gunshots ] >> created by legendary gun designer, the armitex smart gun is supposed to retail for $1,800. three times the cost of some popular traditional handguns. it may just be the beginning of what could be a technological revolution in firearms safety. >> the ones clamyearing most f

republican representative andy harris of maryland. you're both in the "crossfire." i'm going to start with you. i cannot believe that the republicans even today are not willing to at least give this president some credit. ronald reagan in 1987 had 6.3% unemployment and you guys called him a hero. we got 6.3% unemployment today. how many airports are you going to name after president obama given his performance so far? >> well, considering the labor force participation rate is lowest in decades. honestly, isn't that what this is all about, how many people are actually participating in the labor force? look, you know, they tell me in the eye of a hurricane weather looks pretty good. that's what we're in. we had one piece of good news amidst all the bad news of this economy. low economic growth, 0.1% gdp growth. the only thing that was good about that i guess is because obamacare raised health care spending 9.9% in the first quarter. we bent the health care cost spending way up. >> this is going to be a very hot show. i'm going to let my congresswoman from oakland put

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but researchers at the university maryland school of medicine hope they are closer to creating a vaccine. >> we are several stems before we get to humans. all of the vaccine the preparations have taken time to do testing and to do clinical trials. that is not a rapid process unfortunately. >> health officials say there's a great deal they don't know about where mercer comes from or how the virus spread. take common sense pleasures, wash hands frequently and avoid touching eyes, nose, mouth. natasha guinane, al jazeera miami. >> dr. nadine gounder is an infectious disease specialist. welcome. >> thank you. >> how deadly is the virus? >> so far we haven't seen anybody come down with any symptoms and we're basically out to almost 14 days. >> what doos that mean? >> that marines essentially that you have had a lot of people on the same planners with the person in florida with mers and no one has become sick with mers despite having been in contact with him on the plane. >> that's good news. who's most at risk for this disease? >> our thought is health care workers are a very high risk. espec

that's near bowie, maryland.e's said to be okay, but he tried to do this and had to be rescued. >> even in an suv, a big truck. look at that. >>> all right, in virginia, standing water was the problem on roads over the potomac in alexandria. heavy rain building up and driving creeks right out of their banks. the risk of flooding still very high there this morning. be careful. >>>? delaware, more than 4 inches fell, causing big lakes right on the street. some still thought it was okay to drive through, like that person. a very, very bad idea. >> you know, i was on my way to work this morning and saw a whole line of cars all stalled out in the standing water on a highway. indra petersons tracking the storm for us this morning. is it going anywhere? >> it is not going anywhere just yet. you know, just to that note, i don't think people realize, more people die from flooding and trying to drive through floodwaters than they do in any other severe weather. it is absolutely dangerous. please, do not do it. there is def

the port of baltimore is an economic engine for the state of maryland. we have the ninth busiest port in the nation in baltimore. it's number one on roll in and roll off, the automobile truck import-exports, we're number one we're number one on ores and sugar and gypsum. the bulk products we rank number one there. so our part is critically important to our country, critically important to our national economy and vitally important to the maryland economy. so what we -- last summer, i might add, that the port of baltimore entered into a new contract with -- with several car manufacturers in order to increase its -- mazda, in order to increase its traffic within the port of baltimore. so my point is that there are thousands of jobs directly and indirectly, tens of thousands of jobs, in my community directly and indirectly related to the activities of the port. so why is this legislation so important? well, i'll give you many reasons but let me give you the primary reason. we need to make sure that we have acceptable sites to deal with the dredge material i

the chair: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for two minutes. . mr. harris: thank you very much. i rise to oppose the amendment. my state's named in the amendment. everyone supports compassionate, effective medical care for patients with cancer, epilepsy, chronic pain. you'll probably hear anecdotal reports, maybe even during the testimony this evening, about how medical marijuana can solve some of these problems. but there are two problems with medical marijuana. first, it's the camel's nose under the tent, and second, the amendment as written would tie the d.e.a.'s hands beyond medical marijuana. with regard to the camel's nose under the tent, let me quote from the d.e.a. report just published this month. organizers behind medical marijuana movement do not really concern themselves with marijuana as a medicine. they just saw it as a means to an end which is the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes. they did not deal with ensuring that the predict meets the standards of -- that the product meets the standards of modern medicine. becaus

the gentleman from maryland is advised he has two minutes left. the gentleman from michigan is advised he has two minutes left. mr. ruppersberger: i'm ready to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for closing. mr. ruppersberger: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the u.s.a. freedom act is a bipartisan compromise that is strongly supported by the administration. our bill protects privacy and civil liberties while also protecting national security. i urge members to support the u.s.a. freedom act. nothing in this bill will legalize bulk collection. unfortunately, there are those members that are saying this will legalize bulk collection. it is clear that this bill, read the bill, states there will be no more bulk collection by the government. that's what the bill says. end of story. this bill balances the issue of taking care and protecting our country from people and individuals who want to kill us and attack us and our allies. yet it also does what's so important to americans, to make sure tha

just like i can't say see that guy in rockville, maryland?n't deserve due process because, you know, due process for a guy like that endangers the community. so this is the problem with the left. they can't decide which parts of the constitution they like, if any of the constitution. and there have been study after study by, among others, john lott and so forth that contradict your premise. whatever i say here won't matter to you anyway, but it may matter to somebody out there. >> host: doreen e-mails in: people from all political persuasions cite tokeville's great work. is that because de tocqueville was unclear in practical implications or because of something else? >> guest: well, i don't see him being cited that often by harry reid or nancy pelosi, and i don't even know if they've read the two volumes of democracy in america or have them read to them. i have no idea. these are people that said you have to read the obamacare law to though what's in it, and apparently none of them read it including the president, because they didn't know wh

actually, taoson, maryland were wbal television is.aiting for a news conference to come because of this crazy happening this morning. about 11:45, this guy has a stolen vehicle. he drives up to the television station, he walks in, tells them he's god and he wants to come in. security guard and receptionist are like, no, you're not coming in here, god. the guy who claims to be god goes outside and gets a stolen vehicle crashed it three times into the situation and the truck is into that station. he's barricaded, believed to be on the second floor. all the news personnel and station personnel have been evacuated. they were tweeting about what was going on there for the longest time. but now, it's nothing but silence. members of law enforcement will come to that microphone and give us an update. and when that happens we'll take you there live right after this. >>> the man who wrote the legal justification for droning americans overseas could soon be one of the nation's top judges. he is one of the obama's administration most controversial

joining me now from his store in maryland is andy raymond, co-owner. andy, how are you doing?> i'm doing okay, boss. how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. i wanted to check in on you because it was remarkable after we had that conversation to watch the trajectory of what happened, to read your facebook page, which we were all reading and the ugliness and nastiness on the facebook page, to watch your video about the decision you made to not sell the gun. i'm curious what the reaction has been after that after we did the pace and in the wake of this whole fallout. >> well, in the wake of all of this, things have been pretty positive. i got a lot of e-mails from a lot of people including the people i wanted to reach originally with the gun, fence sitters, anti-gun people. and i've even gotten e-mails from pro-gun people saying you have every right to sell what you want to sell. that's what i do. i'm a gun dealer. so i thought that was pretty cool. i haven't gotten a lot of negativity in the past few days and that's been refreshing. >> i thought we had a really good conversation.

the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. cummings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: just shy of a year ago, the secretary general of facts administration reported the i.r.s. had used inappropriate criteria to review applicants for tax exempt status. the same day, chairman issa wept on national tv, before he received a single document or interviewed a single witness, and said the following. this was the targeting of the president's political enemies. targeting of d -- the president's political enemies and lies about it,ent end of quote. the republicans have spent the last year trying to prove these allegations. the i.r.s. has produced more than half a million pages of documents. we have interviewed 39 witnesses, 40 witnesses, i.r.s. witnesses, treasury department employees. and after all of that, we have not found any evidence of white house involvement or political motivation. yesterday, i issued a report with key portions from the nearly 40 interv

streets in newark, new jerso baltimore , maryland.using a street to collapse >>> record rainfall has flooded streets in newark, new jersey to baltimore, maryland even causing a street to collapse. there were cars, check them out, at the bottom of that massive hole there. water levels rose so fast in some places, people found themselves trapped and had to be rescued. this is the same storm system that dumped five inches of rain in florida in just 45 minutes yesterday. >>> well, east coast weather is trending right now. also trending, kurt cobain. seattle police just released a note from the late singer's wallet scorning courtney love. >> judge judy is trending. the tv judge is going prime time in a one hour special on cbs this month. >> wow. >> and yale? >> the university is the pick for a new york student who made national headlines after being accepted to all 8 ivy league schools. so he is going to yale. that vacation spot, people are taking to twitter to share where they would not want to travel just because. you can follow us on tw

, to be university of maryland office -- >> in college park?in college park. it is an nsa facility. it has the cooperation of government employees because it is a public school. that was the first facility at which he worked. >> can students freely go in and out? >> i don't know the details, i just know it was a secure building. >> so edward snowden was there as a guard? >> literally, security guard wearing the uniform and makeshift badge. i don't think he had a gun, but he had the rest -- >> how does he end up working at dell? >> he advanced to the national security state and got clearance. once you get security clearance, means there are all kinds of job openings available for you. he spent three years working directly for the cia in geneva, became disillusioned with the cia and decided to shift to the nsa. because so much of our national security state is now privatized and outsourced, what it means to go work at the nsa usually means you're going to work for some huge corporation like booz allen wardell, general dynamics and all sorts of ot

frente a la casa blanca se dejaron arrestar esta semana entre ellos estuvo el director de casa de marylandy kathia paz una madre salvadoreÑa con una orden de deportaciÓn para mes de mayo, ambos gracias por estar con nosotros en "enfoque", don gustavo querÍa comenzar con usted ¿por quÉ se hizo usted arrestar el jueves pasado frente a la casa blanca?. >> bueno porque tenemos familias como la familia de kathia que se va a quedar totalmente su familia totalmente separada, nosotros pensamos que el presidente tiene la facultad para parar las deportaciones. recordemos que van mÁs de 2 millones de migrantes deportados bajo esta administraciÓn, ahÍ estÁ el congreso. los republicanos no quieren hacer nada por la reforma migratoria. no quieren moverse entonces pensamos que el presidente sÍ tiene la facultad legal para hacerlo y por eso nos dejamos arrestar y por eso vamos a seguir luchando para lograr que se pare la divisiÓn de nuestras familias. >> kathia usted tiene dos hijos pequeÑos, es de de el salvador originalmente se hizo arrestar tiene un proceso de deportaciÓn para este mes. estÁ en una sit

that was just one outbreak of flooding in the state of maryland. all together, this week-long weather outbreak affected almost half the country, over 20 states. some have seen record-breaking rainfall. we begin with peter alexander. peter, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. days ago this was a quiet creek but as you see now, it's a rushing river. after several states collected historic rain totals in this massive storm. tonight there is a hole in the heart of baltimore, heavy rain causing the road to collapse, swallowing cars, and sweeping debris over this crucial east coast rail line. >> oh my god. >> reporter: tim rogers watched in disbelief as crews crushed his car and others to get them off the tracks. in maryland fed frederick lost 28 cars when flood waters went into his dealership and body shop. >> you see the dollars flying away. >> reporter: in this case floating away. >> exactly. >> reporter: that water came from this dam officials decided to open overnight to avoid a possible breach. from the plains to the northeast, violent

i'm proud of the preliminary making industry in maryland. -- of the film making industry in maryland. it's very important to our economy. literally hundreds of jobs depend upon this every week literally. and we have new companies coming in, extending this credit will help us in this regard and that's in the underlying bill. a provision i worked with, with sort portman, the work opportunity tax credit -- with senator portman, the work opportunity tax credit, this is a credit we give to employers to hire very difficult-to-hire individuals. and it's been very successful giving people who would otherwise not be employed, getting them jobs. they're taking a risk factor and they get compensated for it because it's a more vulnerable group of workers. senator portman and i expand that to long-term unemployed. long-term unemployed are -- when an employer is looking for someone to hire, they don't normally go to the long-term unemployed list. this will allow us to deal with, takes the pressure off of the unemployment insurance system and again provides incentives for job growth and help us. tha

. >>> panic at a tv station in maryland.iming to be god rammed a stolen truck through the front door. it happened yesterday at wmar, which is located in the baltimore suburb of towson. and as craig boswell tells us, the suspect hid inside the studio for hours. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. teams surrounded a baltimore area television station after a man rammed a large truck into a lobby. an employee at wmar-tv shot this video on his cell phone as it happened. >> the whole wall, the glass was going through and then i see the beginning of the truck and our news director kelly walks in and says everybody out and we just high-tailed it. >> reporter: police got their first 911 call just before noon when the suspect banged on the station's door demanding to be let in. >> he was shouting "i'm god" on foot. our security guard was able to hear him, and from that point he walked away because she wouldn't have let him in the building. he got in his truck and decided to let himself in. >> reporter: the employees evacuated as the officers search

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for five minutes. mr. cummings: i rise in strong opposition to this resolution. benghazi was a tragedy. we lost four brave americans that night. and i extend my deepest sympathies to their families. in my opinion, we honor their memories best by bringing the killers to justice and by working in a bipartisan way to strengthen security for all u.s. personnel overseas. as family members of ambassador stevens has stated, and i quote, what chris never would have accepted was the idea that his death would have been used for political purposes, end of quote. unfortunately, that is what house republicans have been doing for the last year and a half. n april 23, 2013, republican five n of dive -- different house committees issued a staff report with no consultation or input from a single democratic member of the united states house of representatives. their report included a reckless accusation that secretary clinton authorized security reductions in benghazi. chairman issa then went on national television and said

. >>> now the breaking news going on in baltimore county, maryland. this is where police say a dump truck has rammed a television station and there may be an armed person inside the building. a hole the size of several garage doors can be seen in the front of the building. the station is wmar television. you are now looking at live pictures of that. this is the abc affiliate in baltimore, maryland. no word on any injuries. again, police are in a possible standoff with a man who rammed a dump truck into this tv station near baltimore. we'll stay updated throughout this story on our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> and today, san jose city council will once again address the issue of medical marijuana shops within city limits. the council says they aren't trying to shut the shops down, but they are trying to put some control on them. there's an overflow of collectives in san jose. 80 have set up shops within city limits. more oversight for the marijuana regulations, that's needed. the overflowing ordinance will be discussed at 1:30. they would like to limit

baltimore, maryland was the place to be. pimlico racetrack to be exact. just don't know who the preakness attracts. warriors steph curry in the crowd. bottom right corner there's baltimore native olympic swimming icon michael phelps who had his eye on the horse everyone was talking about. >> the california chrome looked so good at the derby. i'm hoping we see some triple crown --some drama going into the belmont and i'm getting more and more into horseracing so it's a very, very fun sport. ♪[ music ] >> california chrome, jockey victor espinosa on his back. and he got out of the gate clean ten-horse field mile an three -sixteenths. almost a mile in he made his move but could he finish? >> right to the outside, ride on curlin is closing. california chrome comes into the final furlong with a two length lead! right on curling on the outside is trying to catch him! california chrome reaching for the wire. another 16th on the outside ride on curlin can't get him. california chrome has won the preakness! >> 38 have won the kentucky derby and preakness. 11 have

and ad to oregon going bust and maryland on the brink, and byron says the whole law is maybe stitching but maybe that was the plan all along. >> we know that a number of supporters of obamacare actually wanted to have a single payer government system. >> that's right. i remember well. >> like you saw in canada, like you see in great britain. president obama, he was asked. he said if i had it to do from scratch, i would choose a single payer. remember tomorrow harken, very liberal of the senate, in 2010 liberals wanted the public option as part of obamacare. harken said, we can't get that but don't worry. think of obamacare as a starter home. we'll just build small to begin with and then expand it later on, and then more recently we have had senate majority leader harry reid say that he would like a singing payer plan. so, i think we have a lot of democrats who view obamacare as really just the beginning and not the end of their healthcare reform plan. >> i've always thought, too the rage -- it would be a papp able rage -- that builds up among americans to see their premiums soaring and

. >> maryland's great teams and athletes are showcased here.dle. >> [ chuckles ] >> we walked right past all kinds of amazing displays... on our way to something even more amazing. >> a place that you will remember for the rest of your life. come on in to this room. this is kind of a special space. it is called "the archives." and this is where we process all of the 10,000 artifacts that we have in our museum, but the stuff that gets put into safekeeping comes back into this room, which is the vault. so come on in and we'll take a look at the vault. >> the vault is jam-packed with sports history -- from the recent past... >> cal ripken's cleats are here. >> ...to way back when. football players, olympians -- if they made their mark in sports, they're remembered here. >> you can see the baltimore orioles are represented in here, the baltimore ravens are here, michael phelps is in here. so anything and everything to do with the state of maryland and sports is here, but there's one artifact that i thought you might be really interested in seeing,

it will add on dc, delaware, new jersey and more homes in maryland. energizer is splitting into two companies. the company, known for it's iconic bunny, will separate into two publicly- traded companies. its household products company will split from its personal care company that includes banana boat sunscreen and schick razors. shares of energizer hopped 14% higher on the news. the split won't be official until next year. turning to earnings..phillips 66 shares traded near an all time high during yesterday's session after reporting earning that topped wall street predictions. hyatt hotels gained 4% after noting a 10% rise in revenue. the chain attributes an increase in room rates and occupancy to growth in business travel in north america. walmart is getting into the insurance business. the retailer is teaming with insurance companies, which will sell policies through walmart's website. so far the service is in eight states, but will spread nationwide in a couple of months. it's the latest step by walmart to expand services. it added a wire transfer

. >>> hillary clinton is weighing in on domestic policy, speaking in maryland yesterday. she told the room of mental health professionals that she was struck by the latest health care polling. >> a small majority of americans don't think they like the affordable care act. but a large majority of americans don't want to do away with the protections that are in the affordable care act. a small majority wants to repeal it. but that is slowly receding as a rising majority says no fixes. well, that's in the tradition of gold old-fashioned american pragmatism. >> still, recent polls from "usa today" shows obamacare is as unpopular as ever. clinton also talked to america's gun culture vauling the availability and recent licensing of firearms in places way out of bounds. >> i think that we have to rein in what has become a -- an almost article of faith. that anybody can have a gun anywhere, anytime. i don't believe that. that is in the best interest of the vast majority of people. >> all right, a big question today is where in the world is toronto mayor rob ford? he said he was f

host: that's good to edward in maryland. good morning. -- let's go to edward in maryland. caller: good morning. job.ave done a very good i have called in once before. physicist who studied in germany. the german industry requires that when students take a break haveg summertime, they academic standards and they require that the university. the students -- that the university pay the students a starting salary. opportunities.ss we will have that same -- we don't do that in the united states. we don't support the students enough. we have thee -- -- we have a congress that turns their back on science. nasa and you had the right wing people -- if we don't do something about that, we will lose ground. the hard-core scientists -- we have to do something about that. i would like you to talk about that in-depth. that.d to work on guest: the point you make about the rest of the world in germany prioritizing these fields is -- that is very true and there is lots we can learn from what other countries are going. has a national focus on it the education system. they focus on training

saturday may 17th gaithersburg book festival will take place in maryland. you can watch authors like dan bowls and and homes on booktv on c-span2. may 29th through the 30 first, we will be talking with authors and publishing executives at the publishing industry's annual trade show, bookexpojohn merrick on new york city and we will be live from the chicago tribune on june 7th and eighth. on saturday, june 21st, the fdr presidential library will be holding the eleventh annual roosevelt freedom festival. there will be 12 authors of recently published works that draw upon the roosevelt archives. >> i'm not defending lois lerner. i want to hear what she had to say, why she was unaware of the inappropriate material for a year after they were created. i want to know why she did not mention the inappropriate criteria in her letters to congress. i could not vote to violate an individual's fifth amendment rights just because i want to hear what she has to say. a much greater principle is at stake here today. the sanctity of the fifth amendment rights for all citizen