mr. adams? >> so, as ann marie mentioned, the planning commission last december approved an update to our procedures manual and that update really codified a series of best practices and lessons learned over the last five years of managing the program. we're very pleased to, to have inclusionary program which is really considered one of the best around the country. and i want to recognize shondra eagan who is here with us to answer questions to really bring in the program to a level where it attends to a lot of need in the city. so, the planning commission approved the update to the procedures manual. it included a number of modifications that require adjustment to the planning code through legislation and that's what we're here today to review with you. in addition, we're taking advantage of the legislation to do just a couple of clarifications that result from the recent passage of prop c. so, what i wanted to do is first kind of walk through the modifications and clarifications related to our

last year's champion, bubba wat on and of course, our new 2013 champion, mr. adam thank you. jim: let's begin with the youngest competitor in masters history, and tianlang, guan, i have to ask you oar -- about your experience. what was it like for you? >> it was a great week for me and i learned a lot from the top players here and i learned a lot. jim: how do you think this performance will affect young golfers around the world and specifically in cloyne? >> i think it will invite more young kids in china to start playing golf. it's really helpful and i'm so fortunate. jim: it was an incredible performance. congratulations. >> thank you. jim: and adam, what a riveting, incredible day, and at long last you are a major champion, and australia is going to be wearing a green jacket here in just a moment. how do you put into words how you finished today? with the birdie at the 72nd and then the birdie to win on the second playoff hole? >> i don't know how that happens. it seem add long way away from a couple of years ago and even last july when i was trying to win anoth

and mr. adams, you have been replaced. oregon hospital uses therapy lama, alpaca.ile and lift spirits. no word on how their bedside manner is. am i the only one? i think it's a good idea. but whatever. >> come back. one year! >> and someone else is now in hot water. the orlando man charged for a heist involving $75,000 worth of campbell soup. $75,000. the thief was actually caught, charged with two counsel of grand theft. he must really like soup or a real idiot. probably a bit of both. and my fox los angeles reporting baby elephant rescued from well. he took a wrong turn while searching for food and fell down the well. good news, they were able to save the baby without a hitch. >> and voting in florida is no easy task but it's easy to get a tick. even running the wrong way. this miami man says he was cited by list for jogging backwards. the unusual style caused him problems. miami police wrote him a ticket for obstructing traffic. and the written word could be something of the pass. the los angeles times reporting 3d printing pen raises more than $1 million on kic

and so that's where we are stuck mr. adam kinzinger. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you mr. second your trick since my time as they cut down on what to make a few brief comments and a couple of very brief questions. first off i wanted to say i was one of six republicans to support the president in libya. i support his decision to go into. i think it was the right thing to do. i believe, you mentioned in your testimony in the strength of america and that america cannot retreat from the world even at times will be faced tough budgets and everything else. and i'm glad to hear you say that. where i was dismayed in the libya situation though and what i've seen since then is the study of america leading from behind. entity strategy that i know was mentioned a couple times in passing, but i worry we are now trying as a nation to be more of a leader from behind and i believe personally that went america retreats from the world are retreats from the leadership role of the world, that chaos ensues. and so it's an area, i want you to address that i want to make a couple of quick commen

mr. varney. adam: mr. varney. call him other things personally you about that sendly to his face. the deal in washington, says a plague on everyone's house, ben bernanke, both political parties. we have a sound bite what he had to say. >> sure. adam: want to get your reaction. >> what i do know this market lives and dies by the last word of the fed and the people at the fed have no clue what they're doing. bernanke is the most dangerous man ever to hold high financial in the history of the united states. >> well, i think that there may be some hyperbole there as david stockman is wont to offer. are there issues? absolutely. is the money supply, you know, and, and, the balance sheet larger than we would like to see? absolutely. but without it, we would have, i think, a round of deflation the likes of which would be crippling. we've got to maintain some perspective and david stockman is a bright guy. he knows better than this. lori: why is he such a doom sayer? why he is trying to get everyone to run to the exits? >> that is great question, lori. it is impossible for me to say what

. >> mr. adam kinzinger of illinois. >> thank you for being here, mr. secretary. since my time's been cut down i wanted to make a few brief comments and a couple of very brief questions. first off i want to say i was one of six republicans to support the president in libya. i supported the decision to go in there. i think it was the right thing to do. i believe you had mentioned in your testimony and the strength of america and that america cannot retreat from the world even toughes when we face budgets and everything else. and i'm glad to hear you say that. where i was dismayed in the libya situation, though, and what i have seen since then, is this idea of america leading from behind. and it's a strategy that i know was mentioned a couple times in passing, but i worry that we are now trying to, as a nation, be more of a leader from behind. i believe personally that when america retreats from the world, or retreats from the leadership role in the world, that chaos ensues. so it's an area -- i want you to address that but i want to make a couple of other quick com

february 1848, on the floor of the house, one member of congress looked over in his direction and said, mr. adams is dying. his four head had flushed, he tried to stand and fell over. he was carried to the speaker's office, just off the floor of the house. henry clay came to visit. louisa came, and he did not recognize her. supposedly, his last words were, this is the last but i am content. which i don't believe, i don't think he was content for a moment. he died doing his duty. >> do we think it was a stroke? >> yes. how old was he? and how long did she live after his death? >> 81. she lived another four years. she stayed in washington, and by her son's wife. she lived quietly. her health is fading. she had a stroke the following year and is somewhat invalid for the rest of her life. actuallyrancis adams meets with her about a year before she dies and records in his diary how content she seemed. not that she was looking forward to death, but that she had truly resigned herself and would face the end with great courage and faith. >> you are looking at some footage of the presidential burial place

mr. chairman. adam secretary, thank you for being here. worked with several colleagues on a white paper issued yesterday and outlines concerns about the electronic health record program created by the stimulus bill and one of the chief concerns is the program wasn't thoughtfully planned in cms are insufficiently focused on the issue of nr operability. i'm also concerned the office as if the loss be focused on the blue crocheted federal taxpayer dollars out the door and using the dollars out the door as a measure of success of the program without sufficient oversight of those payments. i'm wondering if you agree with that. >> i do not. >> is noted in a report that the fighters self-report they've met the necessary criteria to receive payments for adoption of health i.t. with no documentary evidence necessary. few regency's office has warned this is a potential problem. he issued a report saying medicare does not verify the accuracy of the self-reported information they hope providers, claiming incentives prior to the payment and even a few

. >> mr. adam kinzinger of illinois. >> thank you for being here, mr. secretary. since my time's been cut down i wanted to make a few brief comments and a couple of very brief questions. first off i want to say i was one of six republicans to support the president in libya. i supported the decision to go in there. i think it was the right thing to do. i believe you had mentioned in your testimony and the strength of america and that america cannot retreat from the world even at times when we face tough budgets and everything else. and i'm glad to hear you say that. where i was dismayed in the libya situation, though, and what i have seen since then, is this idea of america leading from behind. and it's a strategy that i know was mentioned a couple times in passing, but i worry that we are now trying to, as a nation, be more of a leader from behind. i believe personally that when america retreats from the world, or retreats from the leadership role in the world, that chaos ensues. so it's an area -- i want you to address that but i want to make a couple of other qu

adam (inaudible) and nick (inaudible) we already had. and michael sanbrono and gina luna and aaron stomreston and tom mcduna. >> good morning, and thank you again, mr. supervisor. my name is adam sherman and i am also a member of the san francisco state university of fossil free divestment and i am the chairman of the under graduate committee which is to put simply is to preserve the integrity in the impending graduation of the senior members and first of all i want to commend everyone for showing up and you are showing an incredible amount of support what i want to say is that a lot of the activities that happen on the san francisco state campus are often concurrent, recent report within our environmental studies says that we are on track for within the next five to seven years, both the city and the university to achieve 0 waste, this is incredible and shows how the great minds are thinking alike and i highly, commend it and i urge that this continues, both parties are doing an incredible job. there is also a clause in the sfsu foundation policy that says that we as the university do not in any way con donor invest in the social responsible and c

following actions represent the way in which i differed from the two presidents who had preceded me, mr. adams and his excellency, general washington. first, a, i shook people's hands when i greeted them. b, i lived in what is now known as the white house in washington, d.c. c, i believed that there should be no political parties. or, d, i believed that education was absolutely essential to the survival of a republic like ours. >>tucker: i'm going to be with b, you are the first person to live in the white house. >>alisyn: i'm going with a. >> a is correct. john adams was the first person to live in the -- >>clayton: ali. >>tucker: just for the record, tomatoes are still immoral. >> tomatoes are known in some quarters, and in my day they were known often as the love apple. >>clayton: that was my nickname in college. >>alisyn: mr. president, thank you so much for joining us. happy birthday. have a wonderful celebration tonight. >> thank you. >>tucker: he is charged with killing while driving drunk and he's here illegally. despite that a judge says he doesn't have to stand trial because he doesn

is it buchanan, both adams's, and mr. lincoln? answer me this, after the slaughterhouse goes out of business, how long will it go on stinking of red death and white desire? should we just cover the presidents' faces with gas masks? who cares? i've never been to rushmore. it's too silly. even now, as i write this, i'm thinking, "who's on that [ expletive ] mountain, anyway? is it jefferson, washington, reagan and lincoln? >> now go eight pages over to page 38 and read me your footnote. >> so it's footnote 13. honestly, i've never been there. this is not a conceit for the poem. i've truly never had any interest in visiting mount rushmore or the crazy horse memorial. once while driving in the region, i thought about stopping by, but i didn't. i have no regrets. i've seen alfred hitchcock's film "north by northwest," where cary grant's climactic battle with the bad guys happens on the face of mount rushmore. it's exciting. but i much prefer the ending where we watch grant and eva marie saint start to make out in their train car, and t

that sounds a lot like a plot to a certain adam sandler movie, maybe "mr. deeds." says sue ever heart, you may be as straight as an arrow and you may have a friend that is straight as an arrow. say you had a great job with the government where you had a wonderful health plan. what would prib you from saying you are gay and y'all get married and still live as separate, but you get all of the benefits. just see so much abuse in this? it is unreal. in the past, everhart is turning into bad boy professional golfers. let's discuss in the -- >> lightning roooooouuuunnnddd. lightning round. >> shibani, i feel like the right is losing this arangement. they -- this argument. they keep coming up with crazy arguments. is it an argument against marriage in general? >> have you seen that movie "chuck and larry get married"? >> i haven't seen it. >> it is the worst movie of all time. >> how dare you insult the adam sand leer cannon woman? >> adam sandler is very successful with his comedies. >> it is the worst movie of all time and to suggest anybody would mimic that movie is in

mr. soros. david: thank you, very much adam.ek we got word that another government green energy sector is on the verge of bankruptcy. fisker karma failed on monday to repay almost $200 million in loan money from the department of energy. it is closing down operations and estimated to lose over $500,000 for every car that they sell. now there is word that the government micromanaging of the car company made a loss is even worse. we would welcome our next guest now. next, losing $500,000 per car, for every car -- that sounds like a terrible thing. is that possible? >> it is not possible to succeed, that is why they are in such financial dire straits. this is the problem when we have the government investing in things of the private sector should be investing in. we don't know how to manage risk and reward properly with using taxpayer dollars and this is what happens. speech it was this a bad debt from the beginning? personal investors, toby smith and some others some private sector folks, partly based on the government initiating

mr. chairman. admiral. senator adams, secretary. admiral, if we had another v.p. spill -- b.p. spill today, who's in charge? >> the coast guard is in charge. for response to the spill, sir. >> does that mean you? >> yes, sir. >> you would be the authority? >> it's certainly my responsibility. i may assign people who might be the primary response person, whether it's the district commander or an area -- ncident commander. >> what happened after the b.p. spill, that it was described to the the coast guard that 51% guard is in charge and b.p. is in charge 49%? >> i've heard various quotes like that and i don't know who to attribute them to specifically. i think when people are being interviewed either in hearings or in press conferences and other things, one of the things that the coast guard does traditionally in order to be prepared for incident responses is to partner both with the federal, state and local agencies and from time to time industry because industry will have to pay for and come up with the ultimate solution. we bear the responsibility to direct industry. so as far

mrs santa was your sister. well billy bob's got some competition with a rowdy rabbit in san diego patrolman adam griffith was enjoying a leisurely easter sunday shift when he noticed something strange zipping by him it was a man dressed up in an easter bunny suit driving a classic side car motorcycle officer griffiths noticed that the bunny wasn't wearing a helmet so you pulled him over. this video shows the moment the easter bunny was pulled over captured by a helmet cam worn by a fellow biker even down and waving at the c.h.p. officer as he walked over to tell him why he was being stopped reason to stop was his right and once they had no home and because of his big head the c.h.p. called a visual impairment what he was doing is compromising his safety and everybody else on the roadway by his vision that. maybe he was on his way to a furry convention in the end however everything worked out for the holiday hair he got off without a ticket a true easter miracle. after the break if you listen real carefully you can hear the sound of money being sucked right out of your wallet by america's wealthy elite internets daily

mr. johnson may be in danger of losing his job at jcpenney. adams alone. >> over failure to do due diligence. tracy: cot court order martha stewart to buy back her own stuff? >> yes. in this context, the court's authority to reshape and reframe the relationship between martha stewart and jcpenney is almost limitless. tracy: wow. >> the court's goal is to prevent waste, destruction of that property. adam: but martha stewart's claim she went to jcpenney to offer product not being offered at macy's. tracy: original. adam: what if the contract with macy's has that kind of little window opening allows them to sneak in. >> then the prediction that macy's will win will not come to pass and martha stewart will continue to sell a different product to her customers through jcpenney than she selling to her customers through macy's. all of these things are the types of things the judges have to decide. tracy: before we let you go --. adam: see what the courtroom looks like? it looks like a warehouse from macy's and jcpenney because the products are in there. t

mr. actman would say it's a company be that should be dead and done, it is far from that. back to you. liz: thank you very much, adamming up after the bell today, we're going to have full earnings coverage on herbalife, but also buffalo wild wings. it tends to be gyrating depending on what sports event is surrounding it. those two on "after the bell." closing bell ringing, we're about 15 minutes away. apple, is the stock holding up the -- [inaudible] growth fund? it's been shrinking, pretty wild ride here. howard world, chief investment officer, gives us his latest view of apple and what other stocks he really likes right now. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] $3.95 arade. visit us at marsco.com. no trading minimum. no share limits. no inactivity fees. go to marsco.com to open your account today. $3.95 a trade. ♪ ♪ liz: welcome back. yeah, that's site i'm looking at right now: palm trees, the global conference here at the milken institute, beverly hills hotel. a long, storied history here. we've got the s&p 500 one point above a brand new high today. the number to beat is 1593, we're at or around 1594. my next guest says he th

adams. >> here's the dedication. >> let us pray. we have gathered here today, oh, god, to offer thanks to the life and legacy of president and mrs. george w. bush. we thank you for their distinguished leadership to our nation. moreover, we are grateful for their moral courage and commitment to public service. oh, god our lord create ore and sustainer, today we honor a man who genuinely believes in your quest of freedom for all. we ask that president bush and his family continue to feel the prayers and support of people all over the world who recognize his past and continued work for the expansion of freedom. we ask your blessings upon the george w. bush presidential center and all who will walk through these doors. we pray that it will serve as a beacon of hope and freedom throughout the world. we pray that it will remind each and every one of us of our nation's heroic past and generate noble insights for future leaders of our country. grant that each of us today will rededicate our lives to the values of this great institution as we continue to learn the lessons of history. help us to live out the words of the prophet micah, to

adam green. let's hear from byron in cleveland, tennessee, republican. caller: good morning. i would like mr. green to explain exactly what a progressive is. the reason i'm asking is because the communist party usa and the socialist party usa and they also call themselves progressives. i would also like to make a comment on his wanting more,ies to be taxed because i worked on budget and the company i worked for. into thexes were rolled next year's costs. you want to pass those are to the consumer. i will let you comment. guest: i don't know what your business was. against small businesses, nothing against businesses badly by the rules or operate in good faith. but when general electric pays $0 in taxes, that's a problem. we are against egregious things like that. host: it also talked about from his perspective seeing socialism and communism as being also labeled as progressives. guest: always happy to talk about what progressive means. for us, the fundamental question of do you side with the little guy or the small guy on economic issues? that's all. that can be applied to pretty much any iss

i am very adamant about things that are important to me and they generally fall into the categories of justice. the whole slave trade, which is a huge growing industry, child labor, and mruck's case, which is a poster child for what is wrong with the death penalty. but now i can approach these cases with a lot of clarity. i have been inspired for many years by a quote who says there may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to speak out. and that quote resonates with me even stronger now. >> linda geffin, the response of other prosecutors in your office. you're still in the harris county d.a.'s office, assistant prosecutor there. coming out for the meeting of duane buck's sentence, even though you were involved with helping to achieve his death sentence? >> i've gone across the street and i am with the county attorney's office. here in harris county, it is two separate buildings. i was with the d.a.'s office for 10 years. now and with the county attorney's office. buildings, but i have not heard any negativity about what i'm doing. >> thank you so much and i'm so sorry of gone through what you've gone through pe

attention by blaming mental illness, gee, take a look at adam lanza, take a look at jared loughner, take a look at james holmes, take a look at mrroberts, the man who shot up the mall and murdered two people. and they're crazy and that's the problem, it's not about gender and it's not about race. >> megyn: obviously, there have been, unfortunately, many mass murderers who are not white men. i mean, there's been too many in general and too many people of color and people who are white as well. john alan mohammed, the d.c. sniper, and the man who the shot up virginia tech comes to mind. and the folks expanding on this further, leslie, the wall street journal did an interesting retort to the twins' piece, points out that some of the folks on board with this theory have taken it to another level, suggesting it's white men who commit niece crimes and that it's white men who advocate on behalf of guns in this country because they have another issue, and they cite somebody from buzz flash as saying, and i quote, you won't find anyone willing to dare say much in the media, a good percentage of the white men who oppose gun control of any

mr. martinez. >> judge, would you please admonish the witness. jenna: we may all need a timeout every now and then. adam he is live in los angeles with more. >> reporter: report wouldn't that be great to say to someone we'll give you a time out and start this thing over in three or four minutes. there is probably times in the trial that would be a good thing. that really didn't surprise a lot of us. a harry met salary ref lens came up as well yesterday. once again the third full day of cross-examination of this final defense witness. the domestic abuse expert alice laviolette. less what happened after that point, after he asked the judge to admonish her he did make he got her to admit even if jodi arias lied to her she could have come to the same conclusion that jodi arias was abused person, abused by travis alexander. he got her to come to the point that there is no physical evidence of any abuse ever. take a listen to this exchange. >> the words never indicated that he ever hit her, correct? >> correct. >> never indicated that he choked her, correct. >> correct. >> the words never indicated that any o

adam lanza. a package of gun safety measures is on track to pass in connecticut this week. it bans high capacity clips, assault weapons, even forces some dangerous gun criminals to register. the nra's mr. hutchinson called it totally inadequate at protecting schools. is this something you'd like to see? >> i mean, obviously this kind of ban is extremely critical because it takes out of the hands, as the chief has indicated, of people who are out to do harm to our children and other members of our society. like law enforcement officials, the d.a. who was killed and others. and he was the second. so the reality is that as the chief has indicated, we're not going to stop law-abiding citizens from, you know, expertly and efficiently and safety and legally dispatching their desire to be a hunter. the reality is for those people, mentally ill on the one hand, and those who are criminally inclined, those people will have a more severe test to meet. if we say we're committed to our children and concerned about their future, it makes sense to have these bans in place. the only reason it doesn't make sense is for those who have been captivated by the extraordinary blitzkrieg that the nra has do

adam green of the progressive campaign. let's hear from byron from tennessee, republican. hi iran. >> caller: i would like mr. graham to explain exactly what it progressive is. the reason i'm asking that is because the communist party usa in the socialist party usa call themselves progressives also. i was also like to hear a comment on his comment about taxing the companies more, for them to pay taxes. i worked on budgets in the company i work for, those taxes are rolled into next year's cost so what you are talking about you would taxes to the consumer. i will get off a muddy comment. >> guest: i don't know what your business was. nothing against small businesses or businesses that play by the rules or operating good faith but when general electric pay $0 in taxes that's obviously a problem. we are investing more in egregious things like that. what was the first one? >> host: he also talked about from his perspective seeing socialism and communism has eaten also labeled as progressive. >> guest: always happy to talk about less progressive means. it's the fundamental question is do you side with the little gu

mr. president, as senator durbin pointed out, 20 kids and six adults were killed killed in newtown that day, two others, adam anden nancy lanza, that's less than the average number of people killed by gun violence across this country every day. and we deserve to talk about them as well. and so before i leave the floor today i want to just tell you about a couple of the most recent victims of gun violence because you can't really even read this poster that senator durbin referred to because each one of these little dots is an individual figure representing people who have been killed in this country since december 14. the 28 people in newtown aren't even on this chart. and we're talking about 3,300 people who have died as a result of gun violence. and as you'll hear, some of these people died because they were maybe doing something wrong, but or in the midst of activity they shouldn't been part of, but chuck walker was 15 years old, and he was just walking on his way to visit his girlfriend to deliver some new shoes that he had bought for her. he was grus just bringing a gift to his girlfriend. and his family

adam: when you talk about problems receding into the past, the big problem would be countrywide. i thought that was all put to bed? mr and settlements the bank had reached with freddie mac and fannie mae put this behind them but it appears they face future problems and payments base of the mortgage situation with countrywide? >> yeah. i think the bulk of the big risks are behind bank of america. they pretty much settled everything with the gses. if the bank of new york settlement goes through that will take a large portion of private label. they announced today a settlement in securities litigation they were facing. i think the big risks are out of the way. on the other hand bank of america is still spending $900 million a quarter on litigation costs. that is something will continue on even if the cases themselves pose a smaller risk. they're still paying a lot to deal with legacy assets, servicing, foreclosures, things of that nature. no one is you can talk about bank of america putting countrywide into bankruptcy at this point as they were a year, year-and-a-half ago but at the same time, it is still costing them m

adam levine, usher, and shira. wel see that cing up. >>> speaking of , mr.e gardening and he's going to be transferring those plantings to what's called a living wall. >> a living wall. >> that's right. and we're goingo explain exactly what that is. >> he's beenery busy this morning. >> i know. he did all of that. >>> and why do certain songs get stuck in your head? >> and why is it mostly the bad songs? >> i know. i was going to give some examples, but then i'll just get in trouble. ryan seacrest, of course, knows the answero that. he'll talk about that phenomenon and more, and he's going to be our special guest host tomorrow ring the 8:00 hour. >> all right. a lot to get to. let's go inside. natalie's got a check of l the headlines. >>> good morning, everyone. officials have started their interrogation of the surving suspect in the bostonarathon bombin. however, they say 19-yeye-old dzhokhar tsarnaev has trouble speaking and has to respond with write i wring. the fbi also wants to talk to the widow of his older brother, tarlan tsarnaev, who was kill early

mr. bartlett said. he said "if you hear any politician saying at any time that earned benefit programs need to be tipped a way to solve the steps it, don't vote for them." thank you. host: adams talked about getting members of the progressive change committed to run for office locally. what are you doing in terms of involvement in your community? caller: i make sure i call the white house number every chance i get. they probably get tired of me, because i'm always calling and letting them know what i feel about whatever subject happens to be at hand. i am in customer service. anybody that happens to talk about politics, i love becoming engaged in that. i write letters to newspapers. i am -- they don't publish a whole lot of what i have to say, because i'm a little too progressive. we have a newspaper here in town that is solidly right- leaning. they don't publish a lot of what i have to say. but i do when i can and i call the white house as often as possible. host: thank you. guest: thank you again, betty. it's inspiring to hear from people like you. the gap between those paying attention to our political dialogue and those who are not, and actually taking action, that's a bi

mr. crodray said this is anonymous. there's nothing anyone can use to tap into your account for find out any information about you. host: we've got another call from adamsiana, on our line for independents. caller: good morning. against amplaint mortgage company who implied i was over 120 days leg with a pimmit which was false. they received three payments from me. my work had gotten slow but i got them the three pennants and they tell me that everything was fine. 28 days later, i received a phone call telling me i was in foreclosure. they said have a good day. and ilained to cfpb stated my complaint in detail. they got back with me maybe 90 days later and said they found the company that i complained about. they said they are not at fault and they closed my case. i told the representative of cfpb that i could prove my case and they basically kicked me out. i am just at a loss. host: are you finished? caller: yes. guest: that is one line of defense but not the only one. they would recommend to you to that couldattorney help someone in your situation to ensure that your not placed into foreclosure. it is one thing for them to make that decision but it c

john adams is arguing for titles of the presidency. the women of these families took it on. mr.ashington is mr. president. martha washington is lady washington. james madison is mr. president. dolley is queen dolley. veryen have to travel this strict line, but the women get to have an aristocratic title. that is one of the messages she is sending out the women at that time, and it was understood a lot at the beginning of that is predicated on loyalty. >> a lot of people called her president. >> who called her queen dolley? >> a lot of people. >> she dressed a queen. she looked every inch a queen. sometimes they say she looked libling a -- like a bride and a queen. so her elegance of dress, she bought a lot of her material in paris. so she is very elegantly dressed, and she looks to american eyes as a queen. and that's fine, because she is not the head of state. she is walking a very fine line where she expresses the finer things to which the nation aspires. she is not royalty. she is always walking a very fine line down the middle. >> you provided a wonderful segue to our next v

mr. speaker, we have faced enormous tragedies this week with the horrific tragedy of boston and now today the tragedy of explosions in west, texas. i rise today to salute minister yolanda adams, who has taken her music to a step where she is ministering and given comfort to those who need comfort. as reflected in her prayer and through her music, yolanda adams has taught us to embrace god's grace and mercy and for those who will listen to stand in the sunlight of joy as one looks toward the hopelessness of their future or of their lives. yolanda adams is a native born american, native born houstonian and in fact someone who grew up in the public schools of houston and began her life in music after she began her life as a teacher. she graduated from sterling high school in 1979 in the oldest of -- and the oldest of six siblings. after graduating from the university of california-berkley, she began her life as a teacher and then began her career as a professional senger. but she wanted to do more. combining her singing with ministry. she is an american grammy and award-winning gospel singer. but she has a heart for giving and she provides every year in our own community a heal