jeremy morton arrested earlier this week during a traffic stop. he is accused of robbing six banks. the first in february at a bank of the west in concord, two more banks robbed in stockton. morton is also accused of robbing banks in oakland, san leandro and livermore. [ male announcer ] a car is either luxury or it isn't. if you want a luxury car with a standard power moonroof, your options are going to be limited. ♪ if you want standard leather-trimmed seats, you're going to have even fewer. ♪ and if you want standard keyless access, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. >>> decision 2012. republican presidential candidad texas congressman ron paul was in the bay area today at a fundraising lunch in san francisco. then he spoke at uc berkeley tonight. charles clifford was in the east bay and has more. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: around 7:00 thursday evening, congressman ron paul walked to the stage before a crowd of several thousand here on the campus of uc berkeley. >> i hope i'm different

. >>> a man suspected of robbing several bay area banks has been arrested. 22-year-old jeremy morton was arrested during a traffic stop in sacramento county. morton is believed to have robbed banks in concord, oakland, san leandro, livermore and stockton between february and march of this year. >>> a car stuck on oakland railroad tracks near jefferson street overnight this. happened just before 1:00 a.m. the driver was apparently not familiar with the area and made a wrong turn. one freight train had to stop while emergency crews removed the vehicle. the scene was cleared in about 45 minutes. >>> several new options are now under consideration to stop erosion at san francisco's ocean beach. the chronicle reports the army corps of engineers is considering pumping sand to the hardest hit erosion zones at the beach to form a sunday dune. however that would cost 5 to 8 million dollars and would only be a temporary solution because the dune would wash away. another idea calls for closing the great highway south of it to allow more inland erosion. >> fair skies and warmer weather is fillin

morton was in vermont, we discussed that then too. i think you're doing the best you can in the absence of congress taking up meaningful immigration reform. as you know i supported president bush's efforts for meaningful and comprehensive immigration reform. i would like to see that though it has little impact on my state of vermont, it has on the rest of the country. as we hold this hearing today the supreme court is hearing argument on the constitutionality of an arizona immigration enforcement law. the constitution of the u.s. declares the congress and federal government have the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. national immigration policy is properly a subject we should act upon. it shouldn't be left to a hodgepodge of state laws. i hope we can get back to where we can do good strong comprehensive bipartisan immigration policy. 2010 we passed an emergency appropriations to provide $600 million for border security enhancements. you've reportedly made significant strides there. i understand illegal border crossin

tras la operacion mas grande en la historia de ice, su director john morton respondio a criticas. contrario a las acusaciones de algunos, no estamos negandonos a hacer cumplir la ley, no tampoco nos enfocamos en familias o en casos de baja prioridad. tambien anuncio que la revision de mas de 300 mil casos de deportaciones se completara para fines de ano. para los que se quejen que es 1 proceso lento, les decia que es importante hacer esta revision cuidadosamente porque muchos de estos casos son extremadamente grandes, casos que llevan anos de anos en el proceso y queremos ser justos, y para ser justos tenemos que tomar nuestro tiempo en esa revision. el director de ice agrego que 1 numero significativo de casos revisados seran cerrados nistra orleans, orlando y mas adelante a nueva york, los angeles y san francisco. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. asi como los estudiantes "los dreamers" y los agricultores , ahora, quienes se benefician del tps, tambien quieren su propia legislacion con miras a residencia permanente... claudia esidencie para los 270,000 inmigrantes c

morton would like any of these skulls. we didn't know if he sent any. then we found the record online that those skulls had been donated and it turned out there were six san jacinto skulls of mexican soldiers that were donated. four of them were by james audub audubon. we got a hold of dr. ausley at the smithsonian and they did a forensic study and they presented that two years ago at the san jacinto symposium, these skulls still exist and it was amazing to see the wear and tear on these guys. not only fresh wounds that they died of but also old wounds. we even got a forensic reconstructionist, amanda danning from columbus, she worked closely with dr. ausling, she's been in the news doing reconstruction of these skulls. just to give you an idea of what they showed, it's amazing. this is an entry wound right here. you can see how nice and clean it is. this is the exit wound which is much bigger. try to imagine what the position this soldier was in that he got shot here. more than likely he was either already wounded and on the ground or possibly down on

take out morton andersen. >> i distinctly remember $1,000 being discussed. against my word. >> reporter: coach jerry glanville told "the boston globe" a year after the andersen hit that when you've got a guy that good you've got to figure a way of making him less effective. he missed two kicks, so i guess it worked. like johnson, glanville turned down our request for an interview, but in an e-mail denied johnson was paid any money, adding, "at no time did we ever have a bounty on anybody in the history of my coaching career. never happened. never did." i keep hearing from a lot of people out there, they don't understand, what's the big deal? >> because the nfl players pride themselves on being such a fraternity. and when we get together on sunday, boy, we go at each other's throats, but we're all brothers. i don't know any other fraternity where somebody tries to knock out and break the leg of one of his brothers. or do whatever to one of his brothers. it's just -- it's over the top. it's wrong. >> reporter: so wrong in the eyes of nfl commissioner roger goo

"en este caso estan evitando la directiva de morton de los 19 factores porque ella si llena muchos de positivos". magdalena dice sentirse defraudada y que su mayor miedo es estar lejos de su esposo.. "pues se le va a acabar tambien la vida, con quien va a pelear". sus hermanas dicen sentir el mismo dolor y que sin magdalena, nunca sern las mismas.. sot nora ortega - hermana "que estaban destruyendo familias y uno decia pues si, destruyen familias pero ya nos tocó a nosotros y es bien duro". top vo ---y como esta historia de magdalena, hay cientos dentro de la comunidad hispana. ---nuestras cmaras la acompaÑaron hasta el aeropuerto de san jos, --- hasta el ltimo minuto, magdalena guardaba la esperanza de recibir buenas noticias desde washington... take sot 00:11:26 "de nada sirvió todo mi trabajo que hice por tu país... 00:11:36 haz algo por favor, que por favor tengan conciencia " cu ---ortega dice que seguir luchando desde su pas para que las cosas cambien para el resto de latinos que estn en esta situacin. cu a propsito de este tema de deportaciones... take vo el presidente barack o

investigators think morton robbed banks in concord, san leandro and stockton. they all happened between february an march of this year. >>> here's a story only on 2. a survivor on the japanese attack on pearl harbor is hoping to get item stolen from his truck. at 7:00 wednesday night he left the diner to check on his truck in the parking lot and found that someone had jimmied the lock and broke into his truck. he stole several things he uses to give presentations to schools and community groups. >> my hat, my badges, my treasure for pearl harbor survivor association there. it means an awful lot to me. >> he says he just wants the items return. no questions asked. >>> 6:26. now is your chance if you want to own a piece of hunger games memorabilia. $1.4million. it's where many of the scenes for hunger games were filmed but in real life the yarn mill that the town was centered around it closed down in the 1960s. last resident there packed up in 1987. >>> 6:27. it's time for baseball. we are live at the coliseumen the a -- at the coliseum as the a's prepare for the

i have a note here from craig morton, from 1626 schrader, submitting his opposition. >> thank you, you can leave it up here. >> thank you. >> good evening. 155 belgrave avenue. i am strongly against this variance. as you have heard from the neighbors already, there are no exceptional or extraordinary circumstances having to do with this lot. 7500 square feet and a land of very large lots, all of the homes on belgrave avenue are conforming lots. they were all grandfathered in, the exceptions. the largest what is more than 11,000 square feet, at and at least 70% are effectively 5000 square feet. 27 are conforming out of 38. the previous owner deliberately enlarged his own lot. sorry, i don't think i got a reset. thank you. the previous owner deliberately enlarged his own lot, 75 _ feet. this developer should not be able to take advantage of the predecessor's action for that variants. the slope of a lot also does not justify a variance. all of the properties have the same slope. it creates no hardship for use ofa the use. it variance would not help them. rejecting the variance would not r

investigators say jeremy morton crime spree began in mid february. this he say the target included bank in oaklan oakland, san leandro, concord and livermore. he was arrested last subpoenaed by sacramento county sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop. >>> more to bring you this evening. up next. explosives locker room tape shocking recording from the saints locker room just before they played the 49ers. you hear part of that. >> why the coast guard bomb a ship off the coast of alaska today. you will get that story. >> also what presidential candidate ron paul told a big crowd at uc berkeley tonight here visiting and hear what had he to say. all coming up later on "nightline". >> coming up next. may seem like average teenagers but the girls claim they are actually demon battling exorcist. take you to a fat camp for dog. vanity or should you actually worry about your best friend's pwaes weight? worry about your best friend's pwaes weight? that's situation. sports is making news tonight. timing could not be worse for the new orleans saints. on the same

morton was arrested last sunday. >>> opening day for the bay area. tim lincecum will take the mound for the giants away in arizona tonight. don't worry, you won't have to go far to join other fans looking for a place to tune into the game. the team is inviting to you at&t park for a watch-party. it is $20, the game will be shown on their high-def scoreboard. brian wilson will be back on the . >> i don't look too deep into that. from a fan standpoint it would be nice to go and obviously sweep. more important, take the series. more important play fundamental, sound baseball. timely hitting and hopefully we can get off to a great start. >> wilson suffered elbow problems that cut short his 2011 season of the first pitch is at 4:00 our time. >>> across the bay, a's hold their opening at the oakland coliseum tonight hosting the mariners. they christened the season by playing at the tokyo dome in japan. first pitch is at 7:05. boys of summer back in action. >> exciting. let's see how the weather will be. >>> looks like temperatures will be around 58, 59° dr

those earning over a certain amount of money and giving everyone else a pass, the ice director john morton argues it is a question of priorities, in los angeles, fox news. >>> another cruise ship disaster hundreds of passengers finally safe back on land after being stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of the philippines. >> city of brotherly love pulled a prank on its citizens for april fools day, they had city workers create texting lanes on sidewalks and signs for distracted pedestrians who can't seem to put their phone down. all kidding aside he hopes this draws attention to inattentive pedestrians the signs and texting lanes will stay up through the week [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ [ clang ] my h

thomas in the east, a parish on the eastern shore of jamaica, in a small colonial town of morton bay. on a routine court case, there is an african-american defendant who is being charged with a fine for alleged trespass on an abandoned plantation. that had essentially been allowed to become overgrown, and this particular defendant in the case had crossed onto the land, and we think that he may have attempted to cultivate some food. but regardless of the case, what it was essentially the land-owning class was attempting to clamp down on black attempts to establish property rights within the colony. and this individual was brought before the court, prosecuted, threatened with a fine. and after he's convicted, he's brought outside of the courtroom and he's met by paul bogel, who is an affiliate of menard's, an ally through the liberal faction within the colonial legislature, and bogel, with a group of men, basically liberates this prisoner of his captivity after the court ruling. governor eyre does not take kindly to this. and cracks down with an iron fist upon the settlers of morant bay

investigators say jeremy morton crime spree began in mid february. this he say the target included bank in oaklan oakland, san leandro, concord and livermore. he was arrested last subpoenaed by sacramento county sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop. >>> more to bring you this evening. up next. explosives locker room tape shocking recording from the saints locker room just before they played the 49ers. you hear part of that. >> why the coast guard bomb a ship off the coast of alaska today. you will get that story. >> also what presidential candidate ron paul told a big crowd at uc berkeley tonight here visiting and hear what had he to say. all coming up later on "nightline". >> coming up next. may seem like average teenagers but the girls claim they are actually demon battling exorcist. take you to a fat camp for dog. vanity or should you actually worry about your best friend's vanity or should you actually worry about your best friend's pwaes weight? situation. sports is making news tonight. timing could not be worse for the new orleans saints. on

on a different topic, last year john morton, the director of u.s. customs enforcement, issued a couple of memoranda that between them set out certain priorities that would govern the use of prosecutor -- the exercise of procesecutorial discretion within ice. within that memorandum, there were a number of considerations outlined, which end up mirroring to a very significant degree the same factors that were outlined in the dream act. the same version of the dream act that the senate refused to pass four years ago when it came up for a vote and didn't get the necessary votes to pass. one of the aspects the agents were asked to consider included the aliens length of presence in the united states which mirrored the factor in section 3b-1a of the dream act. alien's arrival into the united states, particularly when if it happened when the alien was a child. factor in 3b-1d of the dream act. with particular consideration given to those that have graduated from a u.s. high school or who have is successfully pursued or are pursuing college or advanced degree

if you have another morton day western conquest it was again seek to impose its values this time it twenty first century weapons. bludgeoned of the infallible dumbest influence isn't purpose possible for syrian seeing themselves as a nation of great warriors who value a ball or about everything else but a revolutionary violent strain of the country more and more syrians are far more eager to amplify the other part of their cultural heritage that i was of a peace loving peace cherishing nation. and he's true that syria doesn't have a long record of political pluralism the main growing right of the opposition there are efforts to change that nine political parties for a graduate student in recent months some of them openly seeking to challenge the dominance of the baath party. we used to have three times whose religion sex and politics at least we can talk about politics now that there is a member of the party of supporters it can boast only fourteen hundred people so far they're still figuring out the details of their political agenda but the first says he's pretty certain of the means it w

now, on a different topic, last year john morton the director of u.s. customs, immigrations customs enforcement, issued a couple memoranda that between them set out certain priorities that would govern the use of the exercise of prosecutorial discretion within i.c.e. and within that memorandum, there were a number of considerations outlined, which end up mirroring to a very significant degree the same factors outlined in the dream act, the same version of the dream act that the senate refused to pass a couple years ago. it came up for a vote and didn't get the necessary number of votes to pass. among those factors that the agents were instructed to consider in exercising prosecutorial discretion included the alien's length of presence in the united states which mirrored the factor in section 3b1a of the dream act. the circumstances of the alien's arrival in the united states, particularly if it happened at a time when the alien was a young child. which mirrors what can be found in 3b1b of the dream act. the alien's criminal history mirroring 3b1d of the

not only was his brother more significant, but i think the great mohawk leader john morton served with the british was also more important. he made sure that the grand river your oh coy during the war. and that was a more important front than the front further east in the old northwest. so it looks to me like tecumseh might not have even been the second most important indian leader in this war. all right. number six, american heavy gr frigats relied heavily on british subjects and it helped the u.s. win the war at sea. now, this sentence has three british myths and one american one. the first british myth is is that our frigates weren't frigates at all. they were really battleships rather than cruisers. and thus, we defeated the british frigates because we were fighting them with ships that were far more powerful. well, in point of fact, our frigates were more powerful. they were more heavily armed, and more heavily armed, they were really the super frigates of the day. it was no disgrace for british frigates to lose to these more powerful frigates. they fit the convention that it was

. >> you look like the morton salt girl. the storm is pulling off the coast.got more rain out of this than i thought we would get. needed the rain. it got rid of the pollen. the pollen count was way up yesterday. you probably feel better if you suffer from allergies. it will take a couple of hours for the clouds to move. it will turn out to be a nice day. wish to make it into the upper ups -- we should make it into the upper 60's. high temperature between 65 and 70 degrees. if you take the boat out today today.ess choppy tonight, clear and chilly. temperatures will drop into the upper 40's. tamara, a storm will be coming out of the plains states -- tomorrow. this front will go through on saturday night. low pressure will develop along the front and run up the coast on sunday. the tail end of the weekend will be wet. 73 tomorrow. partly cloudy skies. scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely on saturday. a good chance for rain on sunday into monday as the storm comes up the coast. high temperatures around 60. it to clear up on tuesday and wednesday. >> tha

sandol to morton. and scores and it's 3-3 after 5. still 3-3 in the 9th.ling to bunt redeems himself with a single that sends the player to 3rd. based loaded for melky cabrera. >> on the ground. no! the ballgame is over! the ball gets by himself and giants will win this one in the bottom of the 9th inning. >> 4- is your final. finals win their third straight. back to .500 at 4-4 and brian wilson's condition is still the talk of the clubhouse. >> this bullpen is going to have to tighten up with wilson gone and they did it. i feel terrible for willy and i know how hard he was worked. he will be back, but right now we have to go with our 25 guys and find a way to get it done. >> from a personal ststl, it hurts. you look at the type of person he is and the type of teammate he is and what he means foyt ball club as a teammate and mayer. is our captain and leader in the bullpen and i mean, you can't really replace a guy like that reno nevada native wieland making his major league debut. kemp takes him deep. dodgers win 6-1. . >>> oakland played seattle tote for

investigators say jeremy morton's crime see began mid february.s in oakland, san leandro, concord and livermore. he was arrested last sunday. >>> the new march jobs report is just out. that's our breaking news. the unemployment rate dropped to 8.2% from 8.3% in february. employers added 120,000 jobs for the month far below expectations they were estimating at least 200,000. >> we'll see how wall street likes the news when trading begins. >> baseball fans like the news it is opening day for the bay area. tim lincecum will take the mound for the giants in arizona tonight. you won't have to go far to join other fans looking for a place to tune into the game. the team is inviting to you at&t park for a watch-party. it costs $20. brian wilson says he's looking forward to getting back on the mound. >> i don't look too deep into that. i'm sure has an organization and from a stand point would it be nice to go in and obviously sweep. more important take the series, play fundamental sound baseball time i had hitting and hopefully we can get off to a great s

morton is believed to have robbed banks in concord, oakland, san leandro, livermore and stockton. of them happened between february and march of this year. >>> a car stuck on oakland railroad tracks near jefferson street overnight. this one here happened just before 1 a.m. the driver was apparently not familiar with the area and made a wrong turn. now, one freight train did have to stop for a while while the emergency crews removed that car. but the scene was cleared in about 45 minutes. >>> concern is growing about peeping tom incidents on the uc berkeley campus. between february and march there were at least five reports of someone spying on women in dormitory bathrooms. in one incident, a woman told police she saw someone recording her with a cell phone camera while she was in the shower. university police are now urging women not to go to the bathroom alone and to notify police right away if they see something suspicious. >>> the search continues for missing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar, but the focus has shifted. coming up at 8:00, where search teams are now looking in h

you need to take care of that, and eleanor holmes morton, our chairwoman on the oversight committee,alled. she has a couple questions about paid pieces for executives. the obama administration discussion about executive pay and incentive. >> we got this video from capitol hill today, and i'm told that the house oversight chairman daniel isis' office got this on a disk as part of the criminal investigation of all this excess spending. i also just obtained, erin, a letter that isis sent to the director that says it turns out they were briefed on this last may. that's right, 11 months ago, and they sat on it. >> wow. i mean, at least the kid doing the rap looks like he could be successful in another industry. everybody else seemed cool. thank you very much. >>> okay, the department of justice has responded to a highly unusual demand from a federal judge in texas. with knowledge in writing, the court's power to overturn laws are unconstitutional. why would they have to do this? because president obama said this on monday. >> i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would b

then of course all of the restaurants and stuff again offer morton's steakhouse, they do offer detailso offer you reviews and stuff like that. so it's really cool. it's called triple-a's trip tick mobile and it is for your iphone and your ipad. good thing to have these days especially when you're out someplace and low on gas. might be a good thing to find the cheapest gallon around there. don't forget to download our own nbc 4 iphone app for free. you can stay up to date on the latest news and weather. search nbc washington on i-tunes and you can get it. >> all right. thank you, wendy. >>> coming up on news 4 at 4:00 titanic is back and in 3-d. kate winslet reveals how the film changed her life forever. >>> and doug is back with a look at the major weather change heading our direction. the party starts on nonstop wednesday on fun and fashion where personal style is celebrated everywhere we find it from the street to the runway. #. >> this is very dangerous. >> on "first look" we're giving back in style. >> check us out on comcast 208, verizon 460, and cox 803. and over the air on 4.2.

neighbors working side by side digging through the rubble to help salvage whatever they can for kristin mortonally didn't know what to think at first. everything that we've ever worked for is right here and it's all gone. >> reporter: her home leveled by one of the many tornadoes that ripped through the region. >> everyone pulls together when there's a tragedy of any kind. differences are put aside and people come together for the goodness of each other. >> reporter: in woodward, oklahoma, one of the hardest hit areas bulldozers already working on clearing out the debris, people stunned at the extent of the damage. at least six people here died from the deadly storm system. oklahoma governor mary fallon touring the town taking action. >> i have called for a state of emergency for 12 different counties which certainly includes woodward and this county and that will allow to us access services quickly. >> reporter: in wichita, kansas, what people used to call home is now a wasteland, folks finding it hard to control their emotions as they sift through what's left over of their belongings. >> mak

now on a different topic, last year, john morton, the director of u.s. customs, immigration and customs enforcement issued a couple of ment aranda that between them set out -- memoranda that would govern the use of -- the exercise of prosecutorial discretion within the i.c.e., and within that memorandum, there were a number of considerations outlining which ended up mirroring to a significant degree the same factors that were outlined in the d.r.e.a.m. act, the same version of the d.r.e.a.m. act that the senate refused to pass four years ago. it came up for a vote and didn't get the necessary votes to pass. while those factors that the agents were instructed to consider in exercising prosecutorial discretion included the alien presence in the united states which merit a factor and section 3, b1 and and and a the d.r.e.a.m. act. the circumstances of the alien's arrival into the united states particularly if it happened at a time when the alien was a young child which mirrors what can be found in iiib, one via the d.r.e.a.m. act. mirroring the factor one b

a different topic, last year john morton director of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement issued a couple of memoranda that between this and that certain priorities that would gather in the use and the exercise of prosecutorial discretion within i.c.e. within that memorandum, they were a number of considerations outlined and mirroring to a very significant degree the same factors that were outlined in the dream that come the same version of the dream act that the senate refused to pass a couple years ago where they didn't get the necessary number of votes to pass. among those that there is the agents were instructed to consider in exercising prosecutorial discussion included the alien like the presence in the united states commotion near the factor in section three, b1 any of the dream act, circumstances of the alien's arrival in the united states, particularly if that happened anytime an alien with alien with a young child. which nears for can be found in three b-1 b. they factor in the dream act. the aliens pursuit of education at the

. >> two days in december '05, 13,000 pound in cash at the local bank in morton. >> that's a weekly basisning the past year. 300, 400 pounds. >> one week, two weeks over the last 18 months or so, there's probably something in the region of over 100,000 pounds going through that account. which isn't bad for a lady that's unemployed. as we suspected, the warrants and the evidence from the searches is giving us a much wider portfolio of crime. we're looking at money laundering, looking at the turnover that they put through these accounts. so if we just charge it now and deal with the brothel as we said yesterday, that will all disappear. we'll never see them again and they will set up somewhere else. if we're going to stop them and hit them hard, then we have to take their assets off them. >> the large sums changing hands suggest to superintendent drummond and his team that chung could be managing more than just one brothel. she might be one of the big fish they have been looking to catch. >> she is probably involved in the management chain quite clearly. >> yeah. she could be perhaps in the

director, john morton, argues that it's a question of priorities and that breaking up families and deportinggal parents is not one of those. back to you. jenna: interesting story, william. thank you. jon: it is winner take all for tomorrow's republican primaries in wisconsin, maryland and washington d.c. mitt romney appears to have a strong advantage. win or lose, though, rick santorum says he won't drop out of the race because it's better for the party if he stays in. >> they just want it to be over. ladies and gentlemen, we saw four years ago it was over, it was over quickly. the republicans got their nominee. within a couple of months, the democrats fought and slogged it out, and all the democrats, oh, this is going to kill us, oh, we're not going to win because we're dragging this out so long. how'd it work out for us to cut this short? cutting it short and getting the wrong candidate is worse than making this a fight for the heart and soul of america and the heart and soul of the republican party. jon: brett bay is the anchor of "special report." it's kind of interesting, bret, one of t

moments ago, the president's ice director, john morton, dollars this saying the administration is noterested in deporting families here illegally or not. shannon. >> reporter: -- shannon: all right, it is interesting timing. william, thank you. >>> in just ten days, secretary of state hillary clinton will sit down with iranian leaders for a new round of nuclear talks, but tehran today said they will not yield under pressure. we'll see if that issue comes up during the president's news conference just ahead. and ambassador john bolton joins us live. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. shannon: we are sending you live now to the white house where the president has just entered the rose garden with leaders of canada and mexico >> our last summit in gad la hara, we remember felipe's hospitality and that of the mexican people including some very good march eachie -- mariachi, and some tequila, if i'm not mistaken! i can't reciprocate the music, but felipe, steven and i are proud to welcome you here today. between us,

dealing with immigration and talking with john morton to follow through.it is a positive step forward. this new policy has the effect of way of improving this end you stand by your commitment to focus on the most important population. esther martin was in vermont. we discussed back then, too. you are doing the best you can. taking a meaningful and comprehensive immigration reform. as you know, i supported president bush's efforts for meaningful and comprehensive immigration reform. i would still like to see that happen, although that has very little impact on my state, but has enormous impact on the rest of the country. as we hold this hearing today, the supreme court is hearing arguments on both arizona immigration enforcement law. the constitution declares the no government to support a rule of naturalization. this is a subject we could act upon and should act upon. it should not be a hodgepodge of conflicting state laws. i hope we can get back to where we can do good, strong bipartisan commission policy. in 2010, we passed an emergency appropriations ma

host: morton, new hampshire, good morning. caller: i am happy to be on. i have been trying to get on for this subject for some time. one thing that disturbs me is that we keep overlooking the economy when we talk about oil. i do not think that the american people are aware that the taxpayers actually own a great supply of oil in the and what preserve, alaska. right next to the alaskan pipeline, owned by the state of alaska. it troubles me that we do not consider, historic way, the economic health of alaska. one answer is that tax time, which we are in now, every resident in alaska gets a check of profits from the alaskan pipeline. how much do they get? $3,000 each year. we have many, many times more oil, in 12% of the preserve, the alaska had in previous reserves. this gentleman is correct. the president has not -- he has steadfastly refused to open it up, which is owned by the taxpayer. it is controlled by the department of the interior, where they acknowledged, all the experts say that there is a potential gold mine, if you want to use the phrase. host:

. >> good morning, chairman, ranking member morton, thank you for inviting me to testify this morning to you can you hear me? how about this? >> as you know i spent 18 years on the committee working in a bipartisan manner to conduct oversight on a variety of general government management issues but with an emphasis on the operation of the general services administration. february 2nd, 2010i hit the 2011i had the honor of being appointed by president obama to the position of the deputy at the minister of the service administration. during my 18 years in this committee, there were serious issues this committee addressed, but none rise to the level of the wasteful spending and lack of management associated with the western region conference. the deputy administrator has is a full-service and as a taxpayer i share your anger and disappointment in the conduct. when i first became aware of the excessive spending related to the conference i requested to the inspector general conduct a review of these obligations. i am grateful to mr. miller and his office for the work they did in uncovering

the reality, the department of homeland security issued a memo, the morton memo, that lays out classifications of aliens who will not be enforcement priorities, including virtually every illegal alien who has not committed a serious felony or is a terror threat. therefore, most people here illegally are no longer in fear of being removed. that is not what i would call -- guest: smart government is about focusing your law enforcement resources. dan, thank you for pointing this out. prioritizing terrorists, drug smugglers, people who are here that could harm the american public. the person who is a landscaper, a nanny, somebody trying to make a go of it and serving our economic needs, that person is lower on the law enforcement priority. this is smart montforts been by the administration, who still has been able to deport -- this is smart on the part of the administration, who still has been able to deport 1.2 million illegal immigrants. guest: justice kennedy seems to be the key point on all this. the supreme court reaches a decision, it will be kicked back to the ninth circuit. it will go thro