>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," april 9th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a shocking story about mother and child. it involves a tennessee woman, torry hansen, who says she was unable to control the son she adopted from russia six months ago, calling him, quote, mentally instable. so, what did she do? she had her mother put the boy on a plane back to russia, by himself. she's now under criminal investigation, and there may be major repercussions. outraged russian officials have threatened to freeze adoptions to the united states. there were 1,600 last year. as juju chang report reports. >> reporter: 7-year-old artyem flew on a united airlines flight from washington, d.c. to moscow. he arrived with no parents, no guardians. just a note in english from his adoptive single mother, torry hansen of tennessee. this child is mentally unstable, it reads. he is violent and has severe psychopathic issues. i was misled by the russian orphanage regarding

jim moran is absolutely right.hat this proclamation suggest is that that period was something, well, just a little spat. well, we did the best we could but we were overwhelmed. and why were we overwhelmed? we were overwhelmed because the right won. if those people had been successful, you and i wouldn't be here talking like we are today. i know i wouldn't be here at all under any circumstances. it is revisionist history. unfortunately, it got us -- i hope the governor sees fit to revise his statements. even revise the proclamation, because if he doesn't, it will be inevitably in story and it will be something that will continue to define his administration. he doesn't need that. he doesn't want that. virginians are beyond that. >> i want to get to to the constitutional questions here, gentlemen. congressman moran, jump on this here. here's the health care issue that is still very much debated in this country. florida attorney general, bill mccollum, former colleague of yours, who is running -- an attorney general i

moran. >> mr. chairman, thank you. i think it was mr. jaycobs talk about cftc and the public utility of this exchange and yet we for the general counsel talk about that's not one of the criteria in which the cftc looks at so i want to explore with you and others on the panel was the public utility and benefits of this exchange in this kind of product? >> i think it's twofold. there's what we call in this industry the price discovery function but what others would say is what's the box office going to generate from economic value point of view. as we've heard here, many decisions are made on whether that box office is going to be strong or weak or whether you take the risk of not and its investment decisions made by individuals and advance, knowing what films would be produced with the money invested. the screen allocations, it's the budgets for advertising. there are in number of business decisions that are being linked to that box office value. >> i assume then the theory would be that those -- that the market would become much more eff

they are all joined tonight by terry moran, coan author of abc news "nightline." the questions for tonight's work is coframed, in addition, he's also the supreme court correspondent. he has reported extensively on the wars in iraq, afghanistan, and he was white house correspondent during the presidency of bill clinton and george w. bush. let's welcome our guest and get excited for a great evening. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, todd. thank you. it's an honor to be here with all of us and with this remarkable panel. it's a great topic too. a topic of abiding interest really to generations of americans. you never know where it's going to turn up. i was in the taxi over here, told the taxi driver, i'm going to national constitution center. he starts driving, a couple of minutes later,

moran would be here shortly. he said it's okay to commence without him and we will in the interest of time. i'll have a couple more questions and we'll yield but back again to our first two presenters. mr. jaycobs, mr. swagger. how far ahead of a movie premier will you offer the contract on that movie's receipts? >> in the case -- in the case -- i'm still getting used to this excuse me me. the use of the canner exchange the provision is up to a year but we expect it will be up to six months. >> six months. >> in an initially proposed, we're looking at four weeks. >> okay. who will be using these markets for price discovery purposes or bona fide hedging in your opinion? >> well, again to reiterate my opening comments, many deals are negotiated on the basis of what a box office potential will be. the amount of advertising that is justified by a film will be reflected by the expectation of that box office. the number of theater screens and seats that are allocated to it. it will be based on that sort of decision. ag

moran in class i heard her say invest in your money.oney and now i'm going to listen to her. >> these kids are awesome. students can opt to get their profit in cash on graduation day, ali or put it in a 529 college savings plan. in which case ariel kicks in an additional $1,000 reward. >> that in itself is a lesson. don't take the cash, think about the future. put it in a 529. there's so many options with that 529. >> totally. >> invest in somebody else's. invest in yours, get a tax deduction. >> the majority of the kids do they take the money or 529 investment? they do the investment. >> great. >> kids have learned as they've gone through that money's going to grow. starting to learn about compound interest. the more time the better it will be for them. it you're not lucky enough to have ariel in your neighborhood, how do you make sure your kids learn all mees these money lessons? they're the exception, not the rule. >> our good friend joins us again, editor of kiplinger's personal finance and an authority on raising money smart kids.

in the first ad for his senate bid, moran is shown driving around in a sedan. visualize it.ngs we thought you should know. that does it for this hour. thank you so very much for joining us. interesting topics across the board. join me tomorrow, each weekday, 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. eastern. in the meantime, donny deutsche is up next. donny? >> tamron -- >> i think some people are extremely -- >> i think people are fed up with it. i'm going to work on this entire week. today's show, the media, coconspirators. the michael douglas son case going to trial. do celebrities get special attention? is that causing some anger? boss: y'know, geico opened its doors back in 1936 and now we're insuring over 18 million drivers. gecko: quite impressive, yeah. boss: come a long way, that's for sure. and so have you since you started working here way back when. gecko: ah, i still have nightmares. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. empowered. me powered. that's what i am on weight watchers. i'm learning stuff that i thought i knew, and i didn't. turns out i jus

>> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," march 31st, 2010. >> good evening. we begin tonight with renewed controversy facing the catholic church. no pope has resigned his position since the 1h century. but if some critics have their way, that's exactly what the pope would do. this holy week has seen him defending the vatican and himself against allegations that he knew about and failed to act on sexual abuse by priests years ago. but in one major scandal, his role may have been far more complicated than that, as our chief investigative correspondent brian ross reports. brian? >> reporter: cynthia, with growing questions about the role of pope benbenedict, there is n attention to his handling of probably the most e agree jous, notorious case of them all, involving a priest with powerful connections inside the vatican, who was also a drug addict and a pedophile. for years, despite repeated allegations that the father sexual by abused young men, poem john paul ii continued to call him an i

." >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, th is "nightline," april 7th, 2010. >> good evening. we begin again tonight in west virginia coal country, where toxic conditions earlier today disrupted the search for the four unaccounted for miners. but tonight, the danger has begun to subside, and a delicate drilling effort resumed that may soon allow rescue teams back into the mine. for the families of the four, the hope may be fading, but as david muir found out today, it is still alive. >> and just assure as death is, jesus christ is a sure savior. >> reporter: tonight, a candle light vigil in this tested part of coal country. so many have lost fathers, grandfathers and sons. this pastor, a coal miner himself, led the prayer. >> in the name of jesus christ, amen. >> reporter: now more than 48 hours after the explosion, and there is still some hope here. four coal miners are still missing, and their families still waiting. waiting to hear it if the men made their way into rescue chambers. the wait has been excr

global resources of abc news, with martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, and terry moran in washington, this is "nightline," april 6th, 2010. >> good evening. amid the grief and anger and prayer in west virginia tonight, there is faint hope. hope that the four coal miners who remain missing may still be alive. but even if a miracle is waiting underground, the damage has been done. and along with the mourning now come the difficult questions about how this mine is being operated, and whether this explosion could have been prevented. our chief investigative correspondent brian ross has tonight's report. brian? >> reporter: terry, tonight, authorities continue to hold out some slim hope that four miners who are unaccounted for may have somehow survived the horrendous underground blast. otherwise, it was a day of very grim news. 25 dead and many troubling questions about why a mine with serious and repeated safety issues was still operating. the scene at the mine is quiet tonight. recovery efforts ended because the buildup of methane gas made it unsafe for anyone to go back i

." >>> from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, martin bashir and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, this is "nightline," april 13th, 2010. >> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with faith and a woman who calls herself one of the world's leading practical bible teachers. she's perhaps the most powerful female. consider the numbers. over $100 million. that's the amount of money her ministry raised last year. 474, that's the number of television stations which broadcast her show. 80. that's the number of books she's written. or one. that's how many private jets it took before critics started a asking questions. i went to st. louis to talk to joyce meyer for our series, "faith matters." joyce meyer is as close as it comes to a christian rock star. >> we love you! >> reporter: though, she herself says she's an unlikely success story. ♪ we will overcome >> i was told i didn't have a personality. i was told i didn't have the voice. i was told i was a woman. it was like -- god, i'm a woman, he said, "i know." i stand amazed all the time. the bible says god u

i'm terry moran. we begin tonight with breaking news in america's coal mining country. we now know today's deadly mine explosion in west virginia has claimed the lives of at least seven workers. that number could rise substantially. at this hour, rescue teams are working frantically in search of 19 unaccounted for workers. it was mid afternoon, 3:00 p.m. at the end of the day shift when a massive explosion ripped through the mountain. miner steve smith was near the blast. >> it was almost like a tornado. we got -- it stopped us dead because we couldn't go any farther because there was so much air coming towards us. we couldn't move. we had to turn around and back up and go back out the other way. >> reporter: another witness said the explosion caught the mountains on fire. first responders on the scene began a frantic rescue operation. helicopters in the landing zone took the injured and dead to nearby hospitals and morgues. the early reports, seven miners were killed and at least 19 are missing, trapped in the mine. and as so often in coal country, over the years, the

they are joined tonight by terry moran, co-anchor of abc news's "nightline." terry is uniquely call need to frame the questions for tonight's program. in addition to his work at ""nightline"" he is also answer news' supreme court correspond correspondent. he has reported extensively on the wars in iraq and afghanistan and white house correspondent during the presidencies of bill clinton and george w. bush. so let's welcome our guests and get ready for an exciting evening. thank you. [applause] >> thank you todd. it's an honor to be here and with this remarkable panel. it's a topic of abiding interest to generations of americans. you never know where it's going to turn up. i was in the taxi over here, told the taxi driver, going to the national constitution center. he starts driving. a couple minutes later of absolutely nothing, she said well, maybe we'll get our constitution back some day. now, they could have been someone who didn't like president bush, or somebody that didn't like president obama, could have been anybody, but it's that word our that really i

so, we asked terry moran what else is going to factor into the president's choice. >> reporter: it's a short list of nominees, according to administration sources. four women and one man, who offer a range of judicial academic, political and life experiences. at the top, elena kagan. >> the supreme court's jushs diction is discretionary. >> reporter: kagan, a brilliant legal scholar and former dean of the harvard law school is a traditional liberal on social issues like abortion and gay rights. but she's a strong defender of presidential wartime powers. >> kagan is very impressive and very appealing, because she meets the goldilocks standard. just right. >> reporter: if the preference is for real world political experience, as president obama has said, two other women from the political arena, homeland security secondary janet napolitano, and jennifer granholm would bring change to a court, which today is made up entirely of judges. and then, there are two sitting judges, diane world and eric garland. judge wood is probably the most liberal candidate. garland, more of a moderate, is

moran for may 6, myself, in poe, for may 6, mr. jones for may 6 and mr. shimkus for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extends their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey for five minutes, ms. kaptur for five minutes, mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and and you previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. woolsey, california. mr. moran from kansas. ms. kaptur, ohio. mr. poe, texas. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: thank you, madam speaker. i want to bring to the attention of the house a serious problem that we have encountered. it seems as though we have such a problem on our borders th

moran: mr. pomeroy and i have helped communities who would be disconnected except for their short line and regional freight rail. our bill which extends 45-g short line rail tax credit is supported by 259 of our colleagues. unfortunately for kansas businesses that dependent rail service, the 35-g credit expired last year. as a result, small railroads like the kansas and oklahoma railroad, the kyle railroad and the nebraska, kansas and nebraska railroad are unable to maximize their infrastructure investments to best serve their customers. the 35-g tax credit generates nearly seven million good-paying track record hours each year. it helps could he opts in rural kansas to move grain to food processors in kansas city and to manufacturers in wichita to move their goods to market. i rise to express my hope that we will move a path toward to continue the economic development and sound transportation policy fostered by the tax provisions contained in h.r. 1132. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's

moran from kansas. ms. ros-lehtinen: i ask permission to claim mr. moran's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: i rise tonight to recognize the vital work of an important south florida organization called our kids of miami-dade and monroe. since the year of 2005 our kids has worked to ensure that at-risk, abused, neglected and abandoned children are afforded to grow up in safe, permanent families. as a grandmother and former educator, i recognize the great opportunity that our kids has to fully support at-risk children. under the leadership of the c.e.o. and the board chairman, our kids has risen to the challenge and given direction to our local child protection system. since 2005, our kids has created over 1,600 families through child focus family-centered adoption and created an environment of seamless, cohesive and comprehensive service that has led to a 15% increase in children who are adopted within 24 months of entering federal governmenter care. that means today there are 36% fewer children in federal governmenter care in miam

so we headed over to virginia's eighth district and talked to the very colorful jim moran. >> this office looks a little negative. and what i notice right away is there is no computer in here. >> i'm kind of old school anyways. >> the other thing i notice there is a jar. and i would wish there to be candy. >> brian? >> brian, get in here. we need something in this jar immediately. >> if the office was burning, what would be the one thing you grab off the wall? >> there is a really poignant picture of the night i was elected. my daughter was crying buzz not everyone had voted for me. >> i'm going to wear the congressman's glasses. >> we can pull over there and park right there. >> filling the meter. >> i was mayor here. >> what is a cooler job, mayor of alexandria, or congressman of this district? what is cooler? mayor sounds cooler. >> mayor was cooler. i was single then too. >> favorite meal? >> my wife's risotto. >> favorite television shows 067 all time? >> we sit and watch jon stewart and stephen colbert. >> what size shoe? >> 14. >> that's a big foot. 14. i wear a size eight. do you

andy busch is the public policy strategist with bemo market, and mike moran is a strategist with standard charter bank. good to have you on the program. thank you for joining us. andrew, does this hit to the credit rating on greece? does it suggest that in fact things are worse than we thought? >> well, definitely, and obviously, the blowout of the spreads against german debt and what they would have to refinance out actually takes away with the ability to reduce their budget deficits, so, i expect something to happen this weekend as far as a bailout from the imf or the eu because of the greek banks are losing their repo lines, and it is at a critical stage right now. >> what about that, mike? is the greater worry that the debt problem is spreading beyond greece or just that greece's issues are worsening? >> well, i think that if you tug on this thread, it will be a lot of other risks that comes through here. first of all, we do need a package and stabilize the situation. what it does do is this package that may come out this weekend reduces the tail risk of an outright default by greece,

moran, today, april 14, and 15 and 20, five minutes each. mr. neugebauer today, five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen, today, april 14 and 15, five minutes each, ms. foxx, today, april 14, 15, and 20, five minutes each. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise? ms. sutton: i ask that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, that the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes and revise and extend their remarks. ms. sutton for five minutes, ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes, and mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. ms. sutton of ohio. ms. sutton: madam speaker, i rise today with a heavy heart to honor the life and service of police officer james kersetter. . kerstetter. on march 15, he was tragically shot and kille

moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. moran: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. as the chairman knows, i have some reservations about the effectiveness of a sanctions regime, but there's no question in my mind but the worst thing that can happen is military confrontation, because that would, in fact, unite the iranian people against america and on the wrong side of history. you no, 7 -- now, it is too easy to think of iran as a monolithic people. the reality is that iran is the successor to the great persian civilization and is a very diverse civilization. i share the chairman's concern about the current government of iran, which i doubt think is consistent with persia's history. and in fact their actions have been inexplicable and inexcusable. and the chairman is right, obviously, to respond. but the reality is that a very substantial portion of the iranian population, perhaps the majority, in fact embraces american values of democracy and human rights and individual freedoms o

. >>> for more on this let's bring in congressman jim moran of virginia who introduced resolution to protect federal employees. congressman, obviously there are reports of some pretty wild stuff going on around this country as the congressional members are on recess right now. we have a threat on a united states senator. reel this in for a moment. how serious it this in your opinion? >> i think it is serious, ed. the problem is not that there are crazies out there. we know that, but it's being fanned and legitimized, really, by people in the media. it kind of started with ronald reagan back 30 years ago when his theme was that government is not the solution to your problems, government is the problem. and then, of course, his media person roger ailes takes over fox news and they've done very well by appealing to people's base emotions. this like, erickson, would never mention the reason we have a census is so that he and the people in his community can get a fair share of road funds, can be equally represented in the congress, can, you know, we need to know how many people are aware

congressman moran april 22. congressman bartlett, today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes and include extraneous material. mr. hoyer of maryland, mr. skelton of most, myself, mr. engel of new york, mr. klein of florida, mr. israel, ms. schakowsky, mr. wiener of new york, mr. markey, ms. schwartz, mr. schiff of california, ms. sanchez of california, mr. marshall of california, mr. garamendi of california, ms. chu of california, mr. smith of washington, ms. woolsey of california, mr. defazio of oregon and ms. kaptur of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy january 6, 2009 and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. moran of kansas. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from flo

moran's initiative. i want to thank john duncan from tennessee for his efforts to introduce h.r. 402. this bill would name the veterans' affairs outpatient clinic in knoxville, tennessee, the william talent. he served honorably in world war ii. s. 1963 would also establish a new all-encompassing system of support for family caregivers. as we all know, some veterans of iraq and afghanistan have been severely wounded and will be required a great -- and will require a great deal of care for the rest of their lives. in previous wars, these veterans would probably not have survived their wounds, but significant improvements in battlefield medicine, the medical logistics chain and the follow-up treatment have improved the survival rates for the most severely wounded combatants. family caregivers are more often than not at the core of what sustains the treatment and recovery of a severely wounded or injured soldier. their commitment is strong and heart felt, yet it can be enormously challenging in a prolonged r

. >> reporter: ever see rick moran necessary in the movie "parenthood," his little girl patty getting the language lessons and the flash cards and the martial arts are funny, because we probably all know parents who are almost like that, who mean well, but gotnik says all of that well-intentioned developmental exercises could actually be getting in the way of development. >> what babies and young children are much better at doing are actually finding out things that are new. exploring new possibilities. imagining new alternatives. >> reporter: gotnik argues the child development is really happening not so much when very young kids sit and do formal learning, but when they're doing this. playing by themselves. with other kids. without so much adult intervention. >> what are you pretend figure. >> a super baby polar bear. >> reporter: because kids at play are constantly experimenting. every made-up game, every what-if, a kind of developmental puzzle to work through. >> oh, no! >> reporter: which brings us to those little kids in the little chairs. gotnik's carefully constructed experime

moran's time. claim his time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, plr rules and procedures for coming into the united states legally. you have to sign the guest book at the port of entry so we know who you are. we have the right to know why someone wants to visit our country, and we have the right to tell them when it's time for them to go home. but right now america's hardworking taxpayers foot the bill for everyone who sneaks across our borders unabated. american taxpayers are expected to pay for the world's problems. we have enough problems of our own right here. let me mention some of our border issues and some of those issues that we have on the texas-mexico border. criminal aliens are part of that problem. there is a crime wave taking place in our border regions. there are 14 texas counties that border mexico, and recently i called the 14 county sheriffs and asked them this question -- how many people do you have in your county jail

moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr.i thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. as the chairman knows, i have some reservations about the effectiveness of a sanctions regime, but there's no question in my mind but the worst thing that can happen is military confrontation, because that would, in fact, unite the iranian people against america and on the wrong side of history. you no, 7 -- now, it is too easy to think of iran as a monolithic people. the reality is that iran is the successor to the great persian civilization and is a very diverse civilization. i share the chairman's concern about the current government of iran, which i doubt think is consistent with persia's history. and in fact their actions have been inexplicable and inexcusable. and the chairman is right, obviously, to respond. but the reality is that a very substantial portion of the iranian population, perhaps the majority, in fact embraces american values of democracy and human rights and individual freedoms of expression, collective gatheri

moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. moran: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. as the chairman knows, i have some reservations about the effectiveness of a sanctions regime, but there's no question in my mind but the worst thing that can happen is military confrontation, because that would, in fact, unite the iranian people against america and on the wrong side of history. you no, 7 -- now, it is too easy to think of iran as a monolithic people. the reality is that iran is the successor to the great persian civilization and is a very diverse civilization. i share the chairman's concern about the current government of iran, which i doubt think is consistent with persia's history. and in fact their actions have been inexplicable and inexcusable. and the chairman is right, obviously, to respond. but the reality is that a very substantial portion of the iranian population, perhaps the majority, in fact embraces american values of democracy and human rights and individual freedoms o

moran for may 4. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislation -- legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, to revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. mr. towns of new york for five minutes, mr. wol -- ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, mr. davis of illinois for five minutes, mr. mr. -- ms. kaptur of ohio, five minutes, and mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. towns of new york. is recognized. mr. towns: madam speaker, i rise today to recognize boys and girls high school in brooklyn, new york. the boys basketball team last month won the new york city public school athletic lea

moran from kansas. ms. ros-lehtinen from florida. ms. foxx from north carolina. ms. blackburn from tennessee. mr. rohrabacher from california . mr. garrett -- i'm sorry -- mr. garrett: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: mr. garrett from new jersey. the gentleman is recognized. mr. garrett: madam speaker, on september 11, 2001, almost 3,000 individuals were victims of the most devastating acts of terror in our nation's history. first responders and civilians, mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, friends and neighbors, we acted towards impunity and the nation still mourns this tragic loss. i would like to specifically remember one of those victims and that is richard j. morgan. mr. morgan, or dick as he was known to his friends was many things to many people. he was an enduring husband to his wife patricia, a beloved father to his four children, a proud grandfather to his seven grandchildren and respected colleague to all that he worked with and cherished friend to those who were fortunate enough to have known him. dick gradu

moran this time. >> thank you, mr. berkovitz. how does the cea define a commodity and how does the box office futures contract fit within the designation? >> the commodity exchange act defines a commodity very broadly. it's basically anything they could come an article, a service or an interest in anything in which a contract for future delivery is built-in. so if something is subject to a contract for future delivery, then under the commodity exchange act it would be a commodity. >> in the future delivery in this case is what? the future delivery is the box office receipt. it's a number of bits related the actual box office receipts. >> my questions may be more related to the actual contracts, but what type of data to the exchange is used to settle those contracts? >> according to the information that's been supplied to us today and we're up this question in great detail, but they basically -- they're going to be relying on the tally of box office receipts that is provided as a service that provides from the movie theaters to th

moran, april 21 for five minutes. mr. poe, april 21 for five minutes. mr. jones, april 21 for five minutes. and mr. thompson today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman from california. ms. woolsey: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend their remarks, and include therein extraneous material. mr. skelton, missouri. ms. lee, california. ms. woolsey, california. ms. berkley, nevada. ms. sutton, ohio. mr. heinrich, new mexico. mr. defazio, oregon. mr. smith, washington. mr. sestak, pennsylvania. mr. larsen of washington. mr. taylor of mississippi. ms. sanchez of california. mr. mcmahon of new york. ms. jackson lee, texas. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. poe o

moran: today is april 15, tax day. across the country, citizens concerned with the direction of our nation are rallying together to send washington, d.c. a message. though i was unable to join people at these rallies, it is my duty to be here in the house of representatives today to share their message and to speak and vote against this bill. first this bill is shortsighted because it increases the deficit by $18 billion a cost to be paid for by future generations. this congress has spent and borrowed its way into record deficits. second, the so-called doc fix in this bill is an example of congress avoiding real solutions necessary to improve health care for americans. the short-term doc fix is hardly a fix when kansas hospitals and doctors have to endure this wait and see game every few months while still working to care for folks and keep their doors open. we need a permanent solution to this ongoing problem so that doctors can regain a sense of stability and predictability in their practices. thirdly, despite its in

moran of kansas. for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms.lehtinen: to claim the gentleman's time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: i thank you madam speaker and i thank the gentleman from indiana for allowing me to have the time. as a sponsor of the democracy act, i would like to -- the puerto rico democracy act, i'd like to dispel only myths around this. it provides for consultation with the people of puerto rico regarding the island's political status. h.r. 2499 authorizes the government of puerto rico to conduct an initial pleb site. eligible voters will be asked if they'd like to maintain the current status or a different one. if they prefer the current status, the government would be authorized to ask the question again at eight-year intervals. however if the majority of voters favor a different status, the government of puerto rico would be authorized to conduct a second poll among the different three options recognized by u.s. law. the three options are independence, statehood, and sovereignty in associati

jim moran of virginia, $26 million. thad cochrane, $24.8 million. judd greg on the budget committee, $22.3 million. dave obey of wisconsin, $21.5 million. mitch mcconnell, $21.4 million. next is a call from danville, ohio. jim, republican, you are on the air. caller: my first comment is i think you need another phone number up there to call in. you need a phone number for people who are none of the above. because i do not think there is much difference in either none of the parties except who gives them the money. host: how come you are not on the independent line either? caller: i am none of the above. i am none of the above. the tea party was at the ports. i do not see none of them at the ports to shut down the ports, shut down the imports and bring the jobs back to this country. host: next is ryland, mary, on our democrats line. -- is rhode island, mary come on our democrats line. caller: i have been a democrat virtually all my life. i am soon to be real affiliating, though. what i wanted to say after watching the last segment, what will save thi

raisinc i'm really glad we fina m swi♪ tako see wrein bs ye lo v ) 9s moran uns. >>> police in tennesseetside a hospital in knoxville. they say the shooter who killed a woman and himself was mentally ill. a cab driver says the man took a taxi to the hospital yesterday, gave the driver 20 bucks and told him to wait outside. the woman who was injured during the attack, two women, rather, who were injured in the attack, are in stable condition. the father of murdered teenager amber dubois is speaking out about her killer's surprising courtroom confession. 14-year-old amber vanished while walking to school in her san diego suburb back in february of 2009. last friday convicted sex offender john albert gardner admitted to kidnapping, raping and stabbing amber. gardner pled guilty to killing 17-year-old chelsea king in february. he confessed after prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty. after waiting for more than a year for news of his daughter, amber dubois' father is relieved they have some answers. >> is he a monster? of course. did he ruin my life? yes. did he allow my family to

moran to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 2:00 watch the senate live on our companion network c-span2, the house on c-span. >> meet the grand prize winners of the studentcam competition, the more morning at 9:15 eastern. see all the winning videos at studentcam.org. tonight, at a discussion on fcc policy with members of the commission, talking about the national broadband plan and what the contest decision means for net neutrality. coming up, we will take you to the white house for the daily briefing with spokesperson robert gibbs. until then, part of this morning's "washington journal." >> "washington journal" continues. host: coming up in a moment, a discussion about diversity in the united states and in your community. our first prize high school studentcam winner but that this issue. >> america's strength is in its diversity of its people. >>