mccallum. eliminates sequester for fy2013, paid for rate reductions in oil and gas subsidies. >> an example of the distributed copies. ms. collins is recognized for 25 minutes. >> thank you mr. chair. last august the house, the senate passed the budget control act and president obama signed it. it wasn't an ideal solution but it share the burden of deficit. defense spending tickets necessary sheriff cuts are going fortunately, the version we marked up today changes the rules of sequester. it chooses military hardware over american seniors. right here. pentagon triumphs over property program. latest cuts frame long-term budget choices, budget choices while the choice was wrong. what i'm doing here with this amendment will protect access to vital health care services, for seniors and people with disabilities. it will ensure that physicians, nurses, home health care aides, hospitals, clinics and many other health care professionals will be able to continue to provide critical services to these vul

miss mccallum? >> aye. >> miss mccallum, aye. mr. yarmuth? >> aye. mr. honda? mr. ryan? >> aye. >> mr. ryan, yay. miss wasserman schultz? >> aye. >> miss moore? miss castor? >> aye. >> miss castor aye. >> mr. schuler. >> aye. >> mr. schuler, aye. >> miss bass? aye. >> miss bonimic sydney. >> aye. >> mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 12, the nos are 21. >> the nos have it. the motion it not agreed to. are there any other motions? miss had schwartz? >> i have a motion at desk. >> the clerk will call -- the clerk will designate. >> a motion offered by mischwar and miss wasserman-schultz. >> the staff will distribute the motion. >> miss schwartz is recognized for 25 minutes. >> to continue the discussion about the choices that with remaking and in fact there are choices being made by the republicans, this one again i think is quite stark. the republican budget sacrifices the health of millions of women and children in this country in order to preserve tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. again, this is a choice. ho

. >> we hope you are smarter than mccallum. >> steve doocy, march thumb mccallum and you compete forrights. >> bill: maccallum very interested in villains and bad people. she anchors with hemmer. >> bill: can you hold your own against doocy, maccallum and me? >> smells like bacon to me. [crickets chirping] il

now we are rolling, mccallum. here is question number four.ean movies very loosely based on exploits of famous real life pirates such as black beard. >> [inaudible] [no! >> yes. >> in addition to the skull and cross bones many pirates put what items on their flags to symbolize death and frighten their victims? scardz up please, the answer is a an hourglass. that was a really hard one. i don't know why an hourglass would frighten anybody. >> i am afraid of hourglasses. >> bill: depp has more mascara which-than maccallum has. >> hard to do. >> bill: two wives beheaded british invasion band had a hit song called henry the eighth. what is the name of that band? who sang it? cards up, please. and the answer is -- roll the tape. ♪ i'm henry the eighth i am. henry the eighth i am, i am ♪ i go the widow next door >> bill: dumbest songs ever recorded. >> great song. >> bill: it was just dumb. sold millions of copies. >> it was a simpler time. >> bill: very simple. you you lost maccallum it's okay you gave a spirited defense. great american news quiz th

now we are rolling, mccallum. here is question number four.s of the caribbean movies very loosely based on exploits of famous real life pirates such as black beard. >> [inaudible] [no! >> yes. >> in addition to the skull and cross bones many pirates put what items on their flags to symbolize death and frighten their victims? scardz up please, the answer is a an hourglass. that was a really hard one. i don't know why an hourglass would frighten anybody. >> i am afraid of hourglasses. >> bill: depp has more mascara which-than maccallum has. >> hard to do. >> bill: two wives beheaded british invasion band had a hit song called henry the eighth. what is the name of that band? who sang it? cards up, please. and the answer is -- roll the tape. ♪ i'm henry the eighth i am. henry the eighth i am, i am ♪ i go the widow next door >> bill: dumbest songs ever recorded. >> great song. >> bill: it was just dumb. sold millions of copies. >> it was a simpler time. >> bill: very simple. you you lost maccallum it's okay you gave a spirited defense. great americ

. >> we hope you are smarter than mccallum. >> steve doocy, march thumb mccallum and you compete for>> bill: maccallum very interested in villains and bad people. she anchors with hemmer. >> bill: can you hold your own against doocy, maccallum and me? >> smells like bacon to me. [crickets chirping] >> bill: steve

. >> we hope you are smarter than mccallum. >> steve doocy, march thumb mccallum and you compete for. >> bill: maccallum very interested in villains and bad people. she anchors with hemmer. >> bill: can you hold your own against doocy, maccallum and me? >> smells like bacon to me. [crickets chirping] >> bill:ve

miss mccallum, no. mr. yarmulth, no. mr. pascrell. mr. honda. mr. ryan. miss wasserman schultz. no. miss moore. miss castor, no. mr. shuler, no. miss bass, no. miss bonamici, no. mr. mullvainy, aye. mr. amash, aye. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> mr. chairman, on that vote the ayes are 21, the noes 9. >> the motion is agreed to. the sequester replacement act is reported to the house of representati representatives. i note a quorm is present. >> thank you. i ask unanimous consent that the chairman be tlorsed to go to conference and file a conference report pursuant to clause 3 of house rule 19 and the staff be authorized to make any ness sar technical and conforming corrections prior to filing the bills and the motion be considered to be reconsidered laid on the table. >> without objection so ordered. that concludes the procedural business required to mark up an order report of the sequester reconciliation act. but before we adjourn, i would be willing to entertain up to four purely procedural motions as long as they do not have the effect of amending the bill as ordered reported, and they

. >> bill: that's mccallum where else would i start?le market. >> bill: bill clinton played theke saxophone on arsonnial hall. what song did the former president play on arsenio hall? cards up, please. roll the tape on it. ♪ ♪ ♪ heart break hotel. ♪ heart break hotel. >> appeal to younger audience. >> bill: when they liked elvis, they were young. >> i get it. you know, it wasn't exactly a hip song at that time. >> >> bill: something really strange is happening.ng doocy has got them all right. he is four for four. he has won already you can't beat him? >> it's swimming in the freezing cold pool. >> first host of the today show on nbc. he famously had a chimp as a sidekick. >> do you remember me? i workre here all the time. a long slow look. i'm looking at you. no, i'm not looking at you. take your mouth out of my glasses there. i can't see too good without these. >> the chimp jay fred mugs is actually still alive. 6-year-old chimp is currently at a chimps retirement center of course is he located where? retirement center? cards up please

ann romney is the leading lady and spoke exclusive with martha mccallum just in time for mother's daynext mother's day you you could be spending it at the white house? >> i don't think that far forward but that is a possibility. >> what kind of first lady do you think you would be and what kind of mission would you set for yourself? >> every first lady brings her own personality to the white house. for me it will have something to do with the things i care about and the things i love. having had breast cancer i'm sure i will be involved in breast cancer awareness. having had multiple sclerosis which will be involved with trying to promote research. i have worked for many years with at-risk youth and so i know i will never be able to give that up either. >> when you look back at first ladies are there any that you particularly admire and what did you admire about them. >> i love you think about barbara bush and her frankness and outspokenness and her realness. you just loved her. laura bush was lady like and just wonderful. >> what do you think about mrs. obama? >> i think she is lovel

. >> i am and author and journalist, bill mccallum. i wrote a book about political buddhism in sri lanka. going back to burma after 20 years. i am curious. when i go back will i find a group of monks, sayinga more politicized less so? >> i spent a lot of time in sri lanka in 2010 after getting expelled from burma. the situation in sri lanka's makes a fascinating contrast because as you are aware they have a similar variation of buddhism and they're quite devout countries but the burmese saying --sanga. large portion had a great sins and great rhythm to avoid being politicized. that might sound strange because you have the revolution with hundreds of thousands of monks marching through the streets of the city's. but a lot of buddhism called ingrid george abbott-this is a spiritual manifestation manifesting their disapproval of the refusal to apologize for beating months of. it did not have an overtly political dimension and is interesting to see in the recent election campaign that the sega has been nowhere to be seen. in sri lanka you

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i'm glad to have you with us today, i'm martha mccallum.l hemmer. take a look at this, 45 people were arrested where police and demonstrators clashed, most taken into custody after refuse ago police order to disperse, follow ago march that ended just blocks from the main convention place. martha: mike tobin has been on this throughout the weekend and is live at the center of that action again outside the boeing headquarters in downtown chicago. what do we expect there today mike? >> reporter: well, we're going to see more police in numbers, as you can see them forming on randolph street, they're here because the last of the planned demonstrations will take place across the street, headquarters for the boeing company, the focus of the demonstration, of course, because boeing makes drones and other military hardware. the demonstrators, at least a segment of them, came to chicago, looking for a clash with police and yesterday they got it. when the march terminated over close to mccormack place, the demonstrators tried to push through and get a

. >> brian: let's check in with martha mccallum. the big question is, what is in the future, folks in afghanistan? we'll talk about that quite a bit this morning. also companies may save billions if they decide not to offer health care. where does that leave us? a lottery ticket that was thrown away, but the garbage picker weapons a million. what happened after that? bill and i tell you at the top of the hour. we'll see you then the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. no way. marty doesn't have a big hole in his head. i got mixed up with some bargain brand cooking spray. look the only way to go is pam. works 70% better than the bargain brand. why you gotta rub it in, pal? pam helps you pull it off. >> brian: earlier this week, president obama's reelection team announced a brand-new slogan for this campaign. it's called forward. onl

but first, let's check in with mar this mccallum for what's on at the top of the hour. >> hey there.e sex marriage and why. and where are the two missing daughters in the tennessee manhunt? a family tragedy and a man who must be caught before this gets worse. and a ban on bake sales? i kid you not. the ridiculous story has the pta fuming. bill and i will see you at the top of the hour. ♪ . >> brian: so you can play weather music, but what about his big band music? that's what he's doing with his latest record, his latest cd. he joins us. there is john tesh looking kind of casual after what seemed like a long night out. john, welcome officially back to the show, one of our favorite all-time guest. >> thank you. >> brian: everyone knows you're a broadcaster now. look what you have done as a musician. two grammy nominations, four gold records. why big band now? >> i grew up on long island, garden city. mr. wagner, i don't know if you -- i don't know his first name, was my trumpet teacher in elementary school. these were the songs in my house and i played in a jazz band as a kid. we play

first, let's check in with martha mccallum. >> i better stick around for that one.owards us like a freight train right now, folks. and both sides are dug in with no signs of compromise to stop it. we'll tell where you this is headed. marco rubio on the rise. why the talk is heating up once again of his vp possibility when we join you at the top of the hour. we'll see you then [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. i'm more active, i eat right, i'm making changes to support my metabolism. and i switched to one a day women's active metabolism, a complete women's multivitamin, plus more -- for metabolism support. and that's a change i feel good about. [ female announcer ] from one a day. >> gretchen: is our nation raising a generation of future w

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first, let's check in with martha mccallum, a mother who is going to be joining us in 11 minutes. >> on "america's newsroom," this week i sat down for an interview with ann romney in massachusetts. she talked candidly about her own struggles, the vp choice, and which former first ladies she admires. and her most important role in the campaign. >> i've been called the mitt stabilizer and say sometimes when he's out campaigning and it's been too many bars and you've been apart, they know they need to bring you in and give him time to rejuvenate. is that true? >> that's true. my sons are the ones that named mitt the mitt stabilizer. >> we'll find more about that coming up. ann romney in-depth here on "america's newsroom." we'll see you with all of the morning's news at the top of the hour [ male announcer ] what's in your energy drink? ♪ wer surge, let it blow your mind. [ male announcer ] for fruits, veggies and natural green tea energy... new v8 v-fusion plus energy. could've had a v8. they claim to be complete. only centrum goes beyond. providing more than just the essential nutrient