but mr. brown believes that people don't know the planning that was involved or the options available and rejected by high officials whose frequent indecision and occasionally bad choices changed a serious situation into a needlessly deadly one. secondly, he talks in the book about the lack of available documentation during katrina, but i'm going to let michael brown explain all that to you because he is the author of this book, and he knows it a lot more than i do. so, please, give me a warm press club welcome for michael brown. [applause] >> hi, everybody. thanks for coming out. i appreciate it. i was just thinking that, jan, as you were talking, one of the things that struck me that i really hadn't thought about for a while in terms of this book, between your introduction and some of the people who are in this room, there's another story that hasn't been told that probably needs to be told about katrina. and that's all of the people, i heard this come up the other day, and i forget who asked me

mr. brown: could i for a moment, mr. president, i only wanted to add my voice to yours about agnes varis, and i appreciate the senator from west virginia, the junior senator from west virginia giving me a moment or two. i've known agnes for many years, i've worked with her on generic drug issues for the last decade, more than that when i was in the house of representatives, and she had a commitment for the underdog that is rare in this world, especially for someone as successful as she was. i remember hearing her story as a greek immigrant and with -- with a mother who actually could not read and write and how agnes was so important to that family after her father died when agnes was a very young woman, a girl still. and how agnes went to brooklyn college and was the only woman i believe the only woman there at the time. and something else agnes did, and i apologize to the senator from new york, now the presiding officer for not hearing all of his remarks but agnes really stepped up after hurricane katrina and helped not

last year the international industrial bank known in russian as mr brown bank was the first private bank to default on euro bonds in more than ten years it received a more than one billion dollar loan from the state as part of the anti-crisis support program but the state has not been returned the money nor have all the creditors been paid off at the book or among the bank it was mr to get jobs pocket bank that caters varies various businesses in the wake of its license being revoked it practically halted its operations and focused on transferring the assets through credits to show companies that moved it on and on and in the end of the money probably ended up in the structures affiliated with the owner of the bank which were to come on the banks database was deliberately erased and investigators say the bankruptcy was intentional it's the largest bankruptcy case of a financial institution in russia's modern history along with a bank the rest of the business empire seems to have to solved into other offshore assets a similar scandal broke out with the bank of moscow russia's fifth larges

mr brown thank you very much indeed for being with us so now we have a temporary government with no experience of democracy a little knowledge of how to run a country almost no cash can stability really be built on such a fragile foundation. well we'll have to wait and see obviously kind of goes without saying but the fact of the matter is you know be careful what you ask for you might get it then again you may not the example of egypt that was just given they're not really they're a they didn't get what they were fighting for that may happen in libya as well. it seems that. the west is very there's a there's a bond between the libyan rebels and the western countries there's a lot of input. now what will have to do are a lot of you know a lot of interplay i should say but now we'll have to wait and see. the rebels who are still sort of you know exactly who are what are they and how will they did they are they just using the west to get to take over tripoli in the country and get rid of gadhafi and then once that's done they're going to do their own thing and they don't need the west anymore we

going on there a story from one of our reporters laura and and i want to get your response to that mr brown and let's take a look. so we are here to tell you now islam. is unstoppable in europe stoning for adultery cutting off hands for stealing death of renouncing islam this group of men is trying to enforce shari'a law in the u.k. they started a campaign to make certain areas of london and other cities islamic law control so starting with walthamstow east london people are good for being evil because of these numbers were targeted to the muslim an enormous community also looking we believe that was suspended together trade according to sharia has all the problems of the sharia and even police themselves for logic start hopefully one day try to summit governments which will have a policy locally security locally and you provide water locally choudhry and his friends are fly posting parts of london with large muslim populations they want to ban drinking gambling and playing music and they say they've got bands of young men ready to patrol and in full shari'a law by any means now that enforc

and mrs brown starts across you choked up trying to explain who he was and. i've never seen a grown person cry of lisa had a didn't didn't register with me but it really hit me that something bad had happened here i was born so i've always been interested but really my father probably was a person who maybe really aware of the world and the need to stand up for justice he was born in abject poverty on the edge of memphis tennessee joined the military to get out of poverty got out put himself through college but he put his little brother through college to help put a cousin through college then he put me and my sister through college and he was one of those original kind of bootstrap or guys that he spent his whole life after get out of military educating some of the tough as rough as kids in our county as they assisted principal in a public high school and the press would you know the public middle school and you know i grew up with that kind of service and that kind of dedication and i've just been that way my whole life was extraordinary it seems like the r

this has been one that -- >> brown: mr.one decided. >> it's very possible our credit rating, we want to avoid that. there's enough revenues to pay our credits, that's about 10% of our revenue each month. so it was an issue that we meet our commitment to the american people and find a way to pass a balanced budget. that's a fundamental rirl that americans follow through every day, and frankly i just don't think folks -- good enough in order to get our fiscal house in order. >> brown: where does this leave you in your caucus vis-a-vis the leadership? >> well, we had changed the debate in washington and the packages and where we could borrow and spend more money. now we're talking about how do we balance. i think fundamentally we have an entitlement system that is unsustainable. we have 10,000 -- medicaid and medicare and social security need to make some changes for future generations. >> brown: mr. grijalva, it sounds like the prospect for longer term questions are ready. >> it's going to be the 2012 election will provide th

to mr. brown, i apologize for you beating the crap out of rhianna. it is disrespectful to address the fact that you put her in the hospital. and it is not my place to make people remember you beat a woman with your face leaving face contusions. and you tweeted me letting mooy know children conduct themselves better than i do. you are correct, and i can only hope to one day mature to the point where i can conduct myself in a more mature manor and storming out of the room with my shirt off. i ask only for your patience. team breezy, thank you. and thank you for the creative possibilities of spelling. possibilities i never imagined before last night. in particular, i would like to thank the female members who have taught me as long as you can sing you can beat the living hell out of a woman and other women will still love you. and lastly i apologize that it is disgusting a guy who put his girlfriend in the hospital can be warmly welcomed back into society and appear on "saturday night live" as if everything he did magically didn't happen. it won't happe

mr. brown recounts the military career of john m. porter who served in the ninth kentucky cavalry during the war and penned the events of his services following the end of the war. it's about 30 minutes. >> john porter was a, um, young fellow from butler county, kentucky, which is a county down in south central part of the state. who, um, joined the confederate army in october of 1861 when the confederate armies occupied southern kentucky. and he ultimately became a lieutenant in the ninth kentucky cavalry that rode with john hunt morgan. and, um, he was probably prouder of having ridden through the war with john hunt morgan than he was almost anything he ever did in life. and he penned this memoir for his daughter whose name was minnie belle. he married shortly after the war was over, and his wife died after giving birth to minnie belle. and so he raised this child along with his two sisters and a brother in bowling green, kentucky, a county, warren county, it's a neighboring county to butler, and bowling green is the county seat, s

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quorum call: quorum call: mr. brown: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio is recognized. mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order the senate stands in recess until 12:30 p.m. >> well, the senate's in recess until 12:30 eastern. senators are attending their party caucus meetings this morning to discuss the debt ceiling agreement hammered out over the weekend. when they return we expect a debate on the debt ceiling with a vote on the measure possible later today. and, of course, you can see live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. right now, though remarks from senate majority leader harry reid this morning on the debt ceiling debate. two leaders or their designees. i want to spend a few minutes with the united states senate today and the american people to talk to them about this great body that we serve in. i know that there are all kinds of pundits and commentators who talk about how the system is broken. they poin

mr. james brown, went missing. >> we were really, really concerned that this wasn't going to end well. >>. >> reporter: analisa burnes from pet search and rescue worked on the case. >> good girl! rainbow, ready? search. where's the dog? >> reporter: it workrkvery much the same as for a missing person, using dogs to try to find the scent. john and dina's story had a happy ending. they got mr. james brown back. >> thank you. >> reporter: but that is not always the case. >> most people, over 80% to 90%, they can get their pets back on their own if they know what to do. they don't need the search dogs. >> reporter: what do you need to do to prevent your pet from becoming a statistic? >> the biggest prevention tip is a collar and tag. hands down. it's the easiest, simplest, most inexpensive thing you can do and really has that increasing your chance of getting your dog back safe. >> simple steps. >> those microchips work, too. there was a dog that was dog napped in california and turned up in seattle and it was a microchip that reunited them. >> really? yes. >> there's my day job. >> look how

mr. romney may have violated massachusetts voting laws in 2009 and 2010 when he voted in the special election for ted kennedy's old senate seat won by republican senator scott brown. romney voted once in the primary and once in the general election in massachusetts. at the time that he cast those ballots, he claimed he was living in his son's basement in belmont, massachusetts, having sold his own multimillion dollar estate there in april 2009. his son's basement at the time was an unfinished space. meaning that mitt romney, a multimillionaire, was claiming himself to be the legal resident of his son's unfinished basement. he is claiming under massachusetts law that his son's unfinished basement was the center of his domestic, social, and civic life. massachusetts officials told us when we asked there would be no investigation into the claims made by mr. karger. but despite having a number of people on his own side who really do not like him and are willing to say so out loud, mitt romney of course also has his fans. people who do like him and write rather large checks to further his political career. he has powerful and wealthy people who really like him, want h

brown jr. [applause] >> mr. mayor, thank you very much. i am just delighted that you were in position to be able to present this to me, and i will work and see if i can win it next year, and i will ask you to stick around. and present it to me next year in your capacity as mayor of san francisco. mayor lee, you have to note that the women of san francisco that you gave an opportunity to in your capacity as head of the department of public works and your capacity as the chief administrative officer for this city, even to this day, persons that you designated to replace you, you have allocated women to positions of importance and side of the mayor's office. i saw them out there, one of your deputies. i don't think they call them deputies any more. every mayor has his impression of what happens in this city, but i am delighted. i am excited working with many of you here on the women's summit, when we did those over at the bus going. -- at the bosconi. when i think of all the other women who headed the maersk summit, i hope that mayor lee will

mr. johnson? >> light brown or blonde. from my memory. >> these are the kind of things you might want to take note of. what color -- she did have always we all agree. what color were her eyes? don't remember? okay. maybe you will remember this. what was her complexion? not everybody at once, please. >> she was caucasian, right? >> yes, and european ancestry. is that a fair statement? is their consternation with saying this, does this take you out of your comfort zone to say that jihad jane was not at all? does everybody agree that jihadists jane is what we would call in this country a white person? would you kindly raise your hand? >> of the gentleman would yield for a second? >> i would but if you would extend my time -- began as a guest of the committee i will take into consideration. you are leaving a series of questions that have no basis at all and anyone who's ever sit in this committee. no one said anything of a person's ancestry or their race. what we are seeing is al qaeda by its own statement is attempting to rad

mr. wagner. thank you very much. thank you to the mayor's office for their help in preparing for this. i'd like to now open this up starting with reverend ames brown followed by low gordon, terry anders. i have some cards i'll read off for folks. >> thank you, mr. chairman. supervisor cohen, and others assembled, i'm aim yes, sir brown, president of the san francisco naacp. and i just want to simply say that, number one, the issue of incarceration in this nation will be at the top of the agenda at the naacp national convention in los angeles next week. number two, as we think about the topic, realignment, as it pertains to those inmates who are incarcerated from the state to the county, might i suggest that maybe he would do ourselves a favor by first having a realignment of our thinking. i want to recommend that everybody gets this book and reads it. chairman mirkarimi: "the new jim crow" right? great book. great book. >> my by she will alexander dealing with the mass incarceration in the age of so-called colorblindness. if we read it, it just might help our thinking on this issue. thirdly, i wish to say that we appreciate all of the data that ha

senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. just to follow-up, a member your hatred actually as a result of your testimony, talking to some of the challenges with some of the prime properties that could be sold and taken off your roles and put you back, having more money for the veterans that need our help, instead of using it to keep buildings open and the li like. you testified at down cipra was a welcome addition to the toolkit that you would need in reducing unneeded assets. could you just elaborate on that as to how that will complement your existing tools? and also, what rule does politics, to the politicians have in interfering with you doing her job? i mean, if you have some assets and you want to sell them, how often do state or local, state or federal government come up and can put a monkey wrench in the plan? >> senator, i'll try to answer that a couple of different ways. the first way would be our toolkit right now is to use are these authority, and in those cases where we can develop, if you will, a win-win strateg

mr. obama begins a ten-day vacation. joel brown is in washington with more on this. good morning, joel. >> hey, betty, good morning to you. after a bruising summer of debt limit battles and increased concern about a double dip recession, president obama heads off on vacation later today leaving strong hints about what he has in store to jolt the economy when he gets back. president obama returned to the white house wednesday night but he won't be there long. now that he's wrapped up his economic bus tour he'll head to martha's vineyard for a ten-day vacation with his family. wednesday the president told cbs news's anthony mason he doesn't think there will be a double dip recession but he is concerned about the country's weak job market. >> we are in danger of not having a recovery that's fast enough to deal with what is a genuine unemployment crisis for a whole lot of folks out there. >> reporter: a new gallup poll taken before the president's midwest trip found just 26% of americans approve of his handling of the economy, his lowest rating yet. still president obama

with that i'm happy to turn over to senator scott brown from massachusetts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to our witnesses. i would venture to guess we are the only hearing in d.c. right now. and it's interesting listening to mr. chairman, and i want to thank you for holding this important hearing, through a lot of our efforts, your efforts, we've been able to put the spotlight on some of the programs that just aren't doing it right. and it's funny, half a billion dollars, at least office space, it just blows my mind how we get in these situations. and people wonder where the money is going. it's very clear where it's going. it's going some places very poorly chosen, whether it is lease spaces, programs, whether they be military programs that are not working or obsolete, but we are just wasting money all over the place. in the middle of a financial emergency, i find that very disturbing. and that's what i was proud to put party politics aside and work with the president and congressman denham on civilian property realignment act, or cpr a, the bipartisan legislation th

mr. mohammed nuru. >> reporter: amos brown, head of the naacp called a man racist after he was appointed active director of the department of public works. they say his appointment is cronyism and raises questions. >> his quality doesn't allow him to

brown. >> thank you issue mr. chairman. mr. sullivan, to follow-up, i remember your hearing actually as a result of your testimony talking about some of the challenges with some of the prime v-8 properties to be sold, taken off your rolls, and having more money for the veterans that need our help instead of using it to keep buildings open and the like. you testified as to how sifa was a welcomed addition to the tool kit needed in reducing unneeded assets. can you just elaborate on to how that complements your existing tools, and who role do politics have with interfering of doing your job? if you have assets to sell, how often does state or federal governments come in and put a wrench on the plan? >> senator, i'll answer that in a few ways. first way is our tool kit right now is to enhanced lease authority, and in those cases where we can develop, if you will, a win-win strategy with the local community, veterans, veteran service organizations, and the private interests in that area, we can forge out leasing in a public-private

the companies that are are being judged paying the bill and they could like john browning a big bill of berkshire the mr buffett also pointed out the market requires it because these ratings agencies has been around forever so they're in shrine by government regulations which oh yeah they have a stake in test for objectivity don frank legislation the financial reform has restrictions on rating agencies and the rules that are yet to be written and they carry huge deal about what those rules and up looking like saw it wouldn't surprise me if they were trying to curry favor with politicians in fact they spent a combined total of one point seven six million dollars this year lobbying washington over the regulations which brings us full circle to the downgrade of u.s. credit the u.s. was downgraded by s. and p. because of government debt berman where the government ran up that debt in part because it bailed out the big banks and a.i.g. back in two thousand and eight remember the one saddled with all of those bad mortgage bonds which the ratings agencies graded triple a when in reality they were a d. or an f.

i want you out to finish and then senator brown and i will take turns asking questions at the third mrey, please are sepia thank you for coming. >> at afternoon chairman carper, ranking member brown. appreciate being invited to discuss gsa's efforts to reduce clients on the space, a person this acquisition and how we manage of authority. gsa searches for the most cost effective ways to fight space to help them achieve missions. our first priority is to use existing government of space and memory space already under contract to the government. when existing space is not available, gsa determines the best method to acquire space, whether through leasing a new construction. we consider the size, duration, cost and complexity of the requirement. for most long-term needs, especially with unique requirements that court houses or land ports of entry it is more to it for the government to building a new facility. for a small short-term general office requirements leasing from the private sector is typically more economical. gsa currently manages inventory of 380 million square feet of space of

brown? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i remember as a result of your testimony talking about some of the challenges with some of the prime va properties that could be sold taking on a few rolls and put you back adding more money for the veterans that need our help instead of using it to keep buildings open and the like you testified as to how we there was a welcome addition to the tool kit you would need in reducing the assets. can you just elaborate on that as to how that will complement your existing tools? and also what role does politics come to politicians have in a interfering with you doing your job? i mean, if you have some assets and want to solve them, how often does the state or local, state or federal government come up and kind of put a monkey wrench in the plan would? >> senator, i will try to answer that in a couple different ways. the first would be our toolkit right now is to use our enhanced use lease authority and in those cases where we can develop if you will a win-win strategy with the local communit

mr. mohammed, an outstanding public servant from the african-american community, will not be tolerated. >> reverend amos brown says he was never charged with any violation. neither he or mayor and leave a comment on the matter. >>> the great love that wandered into the river beached itself on a sand dune and died creamery mt. it's a -- ruling by august they will try to figure out what happened to a. >>> customers and staff had to leave a store at market and fourth st. when a sprinkler burst. it happened about 45:00 p.m. it is spent -- send water spewing out events. >>> police have promised increase patrols in san francisco .co sunset district after a series of thefts. in one incident, the resident confronted at the end was threatened with a knife. >>> police are searching for a driver after a car turned into this business in belmont seen at president obama goes to america's heart land. >>> outsider doors after a nice, warm day. clouds and fog returning and that he expected in some areas. we will have the forecast, coming up. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you go

mr. kobach. >> suarez: mary bauer, kris kobach, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: next, a very different challenge for the federal government, this one in the black hills of south dakota. hari sreenivasan tells the story. >> reporter: it's august on the pine ridge indian reservation in western south dakota and the annual powwow is in full swing. ( drumming ) the celebration is a highlight for the oglala sioux tribe-- bringing together thousands of native americans to sing, dance and honor their traditional culture. tonight, good cheer, however, is in stark contrast to everyday life on one of the poorest indian reservations in the united states. few people in the western hemisphere have shorter life expectancies. males, on average, live to just 48 years old and females to 52. almost half of all people above the age of 40 have diabetes. unemployment rates are consistently above 80% and in shannon county inside the pine ridge reservation is under $8,000 a year. but there are funds available, a federal pot now worth over a billion dollars that sits here in the u.s. treasury department waitin

. >> reporter: reverend brown said nuru wasn't charged with any violations and bringing up those allegations now isn't nothing more than racial politics. >> his assault on mr. mohammed nuru, an outstanding public servant from the african- american community, will not be tolerated. >> reporter: again mayor lee said that there nuru is imminently qualified and came highly recommended and he stands by his appointment of mr. nuru to head dpw. live in san francisco, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> developing news now where dozens of people have been evacuated from a san francisco building. it happened within the past hour at the ross store on market and 4th street. our crews first brought you live pictures on channel 2 news at 5:00. officials tell us a sprinkler in the building burst, sending water out of the vents. firefighters have since shut off the water and we're told store workers and customers evalue ated the building voluntarily. no one was hurt. >>> bart is facing criticism from free speech activists after cutting off cell service in order to prevent a potential protest. eric rasmussen is live in san francisco with the new defense bart is using

brown bag lunch. today we have an extremely special event. we are here at paige glass on mission street in san francisco with mr. ken paige. ken paige has generously invited us into his glass shop and gallery. and the paige glass goes back a long, long time, right? to preearthquake, whichever earthquake -- >> all of them. they're all good. >> when did paige glass start? >> the big one, 1906. >> this happened afs in your family, was paige glass back then? >> well, the 1906 was a very important year, of course, for san francisco, needless to say. the bad news was the death and destruction, city in flames. the good news for my grandfather was even though he was living, at that point, in a tent out in golden gate park, you know, one of a whole lot of people. the good news, he was a young glazer, and every window in the city was broken. >> a holy grail of glazing. >> [laughter.] >> so at that point, shortly after the tremors sopped, he said wait a minute, i've got this idea. so paige glass really started in 1906, with that quake. >> wow. >> and he was so busy, he didn't really form an actual company-company, a registered compan