mr. brown: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. browp brown i rise t member rigt -- as a result of a brants's comument to working together, an unused farm field will soon cultivate the next area of brian area baseball plashings supporting sportsmanship. this new indoor field in williams' county honors the lightest of a young ohioan. david betz would have been 26 on december 10 this year, the day this field will open for members of the entire bryan community. david was the beloved son of john and joy betz. he died in a march 2007 motor 13 coach accident along with other members of the bluffton university baseball team in atlanta, georgia, on the way to spring training. he was a graduate of bryan high school. after this tragedy, john and joy betz married a promise that their son's death and the l

brent was removing or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. >> brent and brown were college teammates at the university of illinois. the two were reunited in october when the cowboys signed brown after the indianapolis colts released him. cowboys owner jerry jones said at this time our hearts and prayers and deepest sympathies are with the members of jerry's

brown. >> when our officers arrived on scene, mr. brent was dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. >> reporter: brent was given and failed field sobriety tests. brown was rushed to a hospital where he died. >> once our officers learned that mr. brown had passed away, then mr. brent was under arrest for intoxication manslaughter. >> this was like losing a little brother. >> reporter: it's not the first time he's been charged with drinking and driving. he was arrested in college and sentenced to 60 days from behind bars. he released a statement overnight saying i will live with this horrific and tragic loss every day for the rest of my life. it has been a tragic week for the nfl. last saturday, javon belcher murdered his girlfriend, then killed himself leaving his infant daughter or fanned. just hours earlier, police talked to belcher found passed out in his car. >> how are we doing tonight, man? >> reporter: he has been drinking. since he wasn't driving, police cut him a break. >> all right, man. >> i do appreciate it. >> reporter: with no way of knowing what

mr. brown: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. brown: i ask unanimous consent top dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the period for morning business for debate only be extended until 3:00 p.m. with senators -- for debate only to be extended until 3:00 p.m. with senators permitted to speak up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: thank you, madam president. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: madam president, i'd like to ask unanimous consent that we vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. corker: madam president, i just listened to the president and my heart is still pounding. i was very disappointed to hear what the president just had to say in front of a pe

mr. brown, congratulations. how have you done it? >> thank you, mainly through 35,000 men and women in uniform, but particularly through something called operation at attack where we send as many uniformed police officers as possible into areas where we have seen spikes and violence, particularly shootings. >> that sounds almost like a back to basics campaign. why was the decision taken to go in that direction? >> well, it started with mayor bloomberg and commissioner kelly coming into the office right after 9/11 with a deep downturn in the economy, less tax revenue. we lost 6000 police officers through attrition, we have 6000 fewer now than we had then. that forced us to take a look at how we deploy officers into the city. instead of dividing them up as we usually did into 76 precincts, we focused better on defining exactly where the most violent crimes were happening and putting the biggest number of officers there, the biggest bang for the block. new recruits coming out of the police academy, they all went there. they all went the

mr. brown, congratulations. how have you done it? >> thank you, mainly through 35,000 men and women in uniform, but particularly through something called operation at attack where we send as many uniformed police officers as possible into areas where we have seen spikes and violence, particularly shootings. >> that sounds almost like a back to basics campaign. why was the decision taken to go in that direction? >> well, it started with mayor bloomberg and commissioner kelly coming into the office right after 9/11 with a deep downturn in the economy, less tax revenue. we lost 6000 police officers through attrition, we have 6000 fewer now than we had then. that forced us to take a look at how we deploy officers into the city. instead of dividing them up as we usually did into 76 precincts, we focused better on defining exactly where the most violent crimes were happening and putting the biggest number of officers there, the biggest bang for the block. new recruits coming out of the police academy, they all went there. they all went the

here mr. brown and mr. helman and a few others decided to make this an enterprise department. now that it's an enterprise department and i know that mr. moran is looking at me with big eyes, and that's rightly so. now that this is an enterprise department we need some sense about our assets. so i was at the last meeting, and i missed the first portion where (inaudible) and i was there in the succession portion with lafco, and i strongly feel that hetch hetchy was taken, and all the mandates laid down in the regular act, which people do not want to read. which we should read. are to focus on hydroelectricity. and how much of that can we increase to bring here to the city. we are not paying attention to it. we are like arbitrarily thinking if they pay us something, we can be content. we need to revisit that. now i don't know if you have visited our toilets. at long last they have what is called water flows that are going to save us millions of gallons of water. this is in our great city hall in the year 2012. and i think in the year 2013 that will be accomplished. that's good. t

once our officers learned that mr. brown had passed away then mr. r arrest for intoxication manslaughter. >> tim: brent and brown were teammates at the university of illinois. brent was suspended from the illini team in 2009 after a d.u.i. arrest. he was sentenced to 60 days in jail. 200 hours of community service and two years probation for that offense. his current charge is a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years of imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000. "the nfl today" will have more on this tragic story tomorrow. turning back to army-navy, joined by spencer tillman and aaron taylor. heartwrenching close for trent steelman at army. >> spencer: a recurring theme in his four years as signal caller at army, the fumbles. the missed punt was a major problem. ular redixon on this particular play. one of the fumbles on the day. it was costly. two seasons ago, shades of that, trailing 17-7 first and goal navy three yard line and steelman fumbles the ball again. this was two years ago. niumatalolo consoling him but this is the type of thin

brent was removing or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. >> investigators say brown was unresponsive and died at a hospital. they say speed and alcohol are factors in the crash. brent failed a field sobriety test. >> based on his performance of those tests along with our officers' observations and the conversations they had with him, he was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. once our officers learned that mr. brown had passed away, then mr. price brent was under arrest for intoxication manslaughter. >> according to court records in illinois, brent was arrested in 2009 for driving under the influence, speeding and driving with a suspended license. he finished probation in july 2011. a criminal investigati is ongoing to determine exactly where the two spent the evening before the crash. >> that was sarah story reporting. the dallas cowboys are set to play the bengals in cincinnati today and the game will go on as scheduled. >> we're getting a better idea of what happened the morning kansas city chiefs linebac

brown. >> when officers arrived on scene, mr. brent was removing or dragging mr. om the vehicle. >> brent was given and failed field sobriety tests. brown was rushed to a hospital where he died. >> once our officers learned that mr. brown had passed away, then mr. price brent was under arrest for intoxication manslaughter. >> on behalf of josh, a tremendous loss to him. this was like losing a little brother. >> it's not the first time brent was charged with drinking and driving. he was sentenced in college and sentenced to 60 days behind bars. from his jail cell overnight brent said i will live with this tragic and horrific loss every day the rest of my life. it has been a tragic week for the nfl. last week kansas city chiefs player belcher killed his girlfriend and then himself, leaving his daughter an orphan. and after belcher had been drinking but since he wasn't driving, police cut him a break. >> all right. you have a good one. >> with no way of knowing what he was about to do. clayton ssandel, denver. >> state lawmakers are deciding how to dole out money to h

mr. brown, congratulations. how have you done it?through 35,000 men and women in uniform but particularly through something called operation at attack where we send as many uniformed police officers as possible into areas where we have seen spikes and violence particularly shootings. >> that sounds almost like a back to basics campaign. why was the decision taken to go in that direction? >> well, it started with mayor bloomberg and commissioner kelly coming into the office right after 9/11 with a deep downturn in the economy, less tax revenue. we lost 6000 police officers through attrition, we have 6000 fewer now than we had then. that forced us to take a look at how we deploy officers into the city. instead of dividing them up as we usually did into 76 precincts, we focused better on defining exactly where the most violent crimes were happening and putting the biggest number of officers there, the biggest bang for the block. new recruits coming out of the police academy, they all went there. they all went there, teams of experienced

brent was removing or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. >> brent and brown were college teammates at the university of illinois. the two were reunited in october when the cowboys signed brown after the indianapolis colts released him. cowboys owner jerry jones said at this time our hearts and prayers and deepest sympathies are with the members of jerry's families and all of those who knew and loved him. news stunned cowboys fans. >> man, that's sad to hear. i mean, life plays out sometimes like you don't plan it. >> many say they are standing by their team. >> i love my cowboys. i love my cowboys, and i'm routeing for them, and i'm hoping everything turns out okay. >> the team arrived in cincinnati saturday. >>> and police say brent will stay behind bars until he goes before a judge. turns out this isn't the first time he's faced drunk driving charges. he was also charged with dui in 2009. >>> an investigation under way afters is tapes are lost in a dc metro train. according to cnn a contractor working for the secret serv

brent was removing -- or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. >> reporter: brent and brown were college teammates at the university of illinois. the two were reunited in october when the cowboys signed brown after the indianapolis colts released him. in a statement, cowboys' owner jerry jones said -- >> reporter: news of the deadly accident stunned cowboys' fans. >> man, that's sad to hear. i mean -- life plays out sometimes like you don't plan it. >> reporter: but many say they are standing by their team. >> i love my cowboys. i love my cowboys. and i'm rooting for them and i'm hoping everything turns out okay. >> reporter: the team arrived in cincinnati saturday ahead of their game against the bengals on sunday. teresa garcia, cbs news. >> a standoff between police and an armed man barricaded inside a jack in the box ended with the suspect being shot. around 1:00 this afternoon, police say the man took two women hostage after he tried to rob the restaurant. after four hours police sharp shooter opened fire on the suspect and

brown. >> when the officers arrived on the scene, mr. brent was dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. >> reporter: this comes one week after kansas city chiefs linebacker jovan belcher killed his girlfriend, kasandra perkins, before turning the gun on himself at the team's practice facility. >> you were visiting somebody at these apartments? >> this newly-released video taken hours before the vicious murder shows police responding to a 911 call about a suspicious man sleeping in his car for more than two hours. >> do you live here? you need to go upstairs, dude. we're trying to cut you a break. >> reporter: according to reports, belcher was out with another woman that night before falling asleep in his bentley. five hours later, police receive another call about belcher. this time with a gun. this video shows an officer carefully approaching the suicide scene outside the chiefs stadium. >> i have cars everywhere kind of staging. i'm just trying to get an eye from afar. >> reporter: the question now, could perkins' death and belcher's suicide have been prevented?

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brown, a might be of the team's practice squad. he was found unresponsive and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. >> when our officers got there, they made contact with mr. he was standing outside the vehicle. he was determined to be the driver of that vehicle. our officers also located larry brown, jr. who was lying on the ground and he was unresponse identify. he was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. >> gregg: no word so far from the dallas cowboys. much more to come on this developing story. >> heather: to brand-new jobs numbers out for november. the jobless rate is now down to 7.7%. that is lowest rated in four years. but the labor department reports a drop in the size of work force as a whole reporting 350,000 people have just given up looking for work all together. patricia powell is counder and ceo of powell financial group. joins us to talk about these numbers. you know, the lowest rate, 7.7% in four months. so that should be good news? >> it should be good news. it really is not. how you got to that number, 350,000 people that dropped out, they don't count anymore. we have been dropping people out of the la

brown. >> when our aefsers arrived on screen, mr. brent was dragging mr. brown from the car. >> brent was given and failed field sobriety tests. brown was rushed to a hospital where he died. >> once the officers learned that brown had passed away then mr. price-brent was under arrest for intoxication manslaughter. >> on behalf of josh, a tremendous loss to him. this was like losing a little brother. >> reporter: it's not the first time that brent has been charged with drinking and driving. he was arrested in college and sentenced to 60 days behind bars. from his jail cell overnight he released a statement. saying, will live with this horrific and tragic loss every day for the rest of my life. it's been a tragic week for the nfl. last saturday, kansas city chiefs jovan belcher murdered his girlfriend and then killed himself. but newly released footage shows just hours earlier, police talked to belcher found passed out in his car. >> how are you doing tonight, man? >> reporter: belcher had been drinking. but since he wasn't driving, the police cut him a break

brent was removing -- dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. i should also point out that the vehicle actually did catch on fire. >> the passenger, brent's cowboys teammate, 25-year-old jerry brown, was pronounced dead at the hospital. brent was initially arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after failing a sobriety test and after brown died, that charge was upgraded to intoxication manslaughter. cowboys owner jerry jones issued a statement saying, we are deeply saddened by the news of this accident and the passing of jerry brown. at this time our hearts and prayers and deepest simple this are with the members of jerry's family and all those who knew him and loved him. this incident comes a week after kansas city chiefs linebacker javon belcher killed his girlfriend and then took his own life at the team's practice facility. a newly released video taken before the murder-suicide shows police responding to a 9-1-1 call and finding belcher passed out in his bentley after reportedly being out drinking with another woman. present is being held wi

brent was removing -- dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. i should also point out that the vehicle actually did catch on fire. >> the passenger, brent's cowboys teammate, 25-year-old jerry brown, was pronounced dead at the hospital. brent was initially arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after failing a sobriety test and after brown died, that charge was upgraded to intoxication manslaughter. cowboys owner jerry jones issued a statement saying, we are deeply saddened by the news of this accident and the passing of jerry brown. at this time our hearts and prayers and deepest simple this are with the members of jerry's family and all those who knew him and loved him. this incident comes a week after kansas city chiefs linebacker javon belcher killed his girlfriend and then took his own life at the team's practice facility. a newly released video taken before the murder-suicide shows police responding to a 9-1-1 call and finding belcher passed out in his bentley after reportedly being out drinking with another woman. present is being held wi

brent was removing or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle.ut that the vehicle actually did catch on fire. >> the passenger, brent's cowboys's teammate, 25-year-old jerry brown, was pronounced dead at the hospital. brent was initially arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after failing a sobriety test and of a brown died the charge was updated to intoxication manslaughter. cowboys owner jerry jones issued a statement saying we are deeply sad end by the news of this accident and the passing of jerry brown. at this time our hearts and prayers and deepest sympathies are with the members of jerry's family and all of those who knew him and loved him. incident comes one week after kansas city chief's linebacker killed his girlfriend and then took his own life at the team's practice facility. a newly released video taken hours before the murder-suicide showed police responding to a 911 call and finding belcher pass the out in his bentley after reportedly being out drinking with another woman. brent is being held without bond. the cowboys will play c

brent was removing -- or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. >> reporter: investigators say brown was unresponsive and later died at a hospital. they say speed and alcohol were factors in the crush. brent failed a field sobriety test. >> based on his performance of those tests, along with our officers' observations and the conversations they had with him, he was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. once our officers learned that mr. brown had passed away, then mr. price brent was under arrest for intoxication manslaughter. >> reporter: according to court records in illinois, brent was arrested in 2009 for driving under the influence. speeding and driving with a suspended license. he finished probation in july 2011. a criminal investigation is ongoing to determine exactly where the two spent the evening before the crash. >> brent released a statement to his agent that said, quote, i am devastated and filled with grief for the loss of my close friend and teammate jerry brown. i will live with this horrific and trag

brent was removing or dragging mr. brown from the vehicle. i should also point out that the vehicle actually did catch on fire. >> the passenger, brent's cowboys's teammate, 25-year-old jerry brown, was pronounced dead at the hospital. brent was initially arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after failing a sobriety test and after brown died the charge was updated to intoxication manslaughter. cowboys owner jerry jones issued a statement saying we are deeply saddened by the news of this accident and the passing of jerry brown. at this time our hearts and prayers and deepest sympathies are with the members of jerry's family and all of those who knew him and loved him. the incident comes one week after kansas city chief's linebacker killed his girlfriend and then took his own life at the team's practice facility. a newly released video taken hours before the murder-suicide showed police responding to a 911 call and finding belcher passed out in his bentley after reportedly being out drinking with another woman. brent is being held without bon

mrs. brown's class, i believe.now, we have other funerals to go to and it's a tough -- going to be a tough week. it's going to be a tough road to haul for the next couple weeks. our community's completely devastated. everybody walking around town is completely numb, bags under their eyes, not knowing what to do. we need national support and we don't want you guys to forget about us as you pull away out of our town. something has to be done and there are people standing up ready to do something. we just need to see action. >> one of the people who died was vicky soto. i know that your daughter, who is now 12, remembers vicky. vicky was a substitute teacher when your daughter was at sandy hook. what was it as a father that made her so memorable? >> my daughter said how nice she was. my son knows her from being in school there last year, how nice she was and how kind. she's a beautiful woman, in the prime of her life. the job that she did with the students is echoed throughout the community. just a memorable person an

mr. brown: i thank the senior senator from montana. thank you, mr. president. the bill extending permanent normal trade relations for russia is a positive step for american business and american workers. i've been critical of both democratic and republican administrations' approaches to trade negotiations and enforcement in the past. i think the improved enforcement reporting requirements in this legislation are a step in the right direction toward monitoring and toward enforcement of russia's commitments made as part of its new membership in the world trade organization. for too long both democratic and republican administration have negotiated trade agreements that undermined rather than maximize american job creation. too often these agreements have failed to demand that our partners follow the same rules that we do. too often our government has not held our trade partners accountable when they don't meet commitments to which they've already agreed. we've seen this in our trade relationship with china for more than a decade, from currency manipulation to int

mcwilliams but brent's lawyer has given us a statement and part of it the statement says "it is believed mr. brown already deceased and could not possibly have uttered the calls for help claimed by ms. mcwilliams. it has not been verified but it appears she called the media before calling the police." >>> the screen actor's guild kicking off the award season with this year's nominations and nichelle turner is there. >> reporter: good morning, i'm good don lemon. this is the show where actors honor actors and lots of love for a lot of your favorites this year but there are some big omissions as well. i'll tell you what they are when we come back. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. yes, it is. ...so as you can see, geico's customer satisfaction is at

brown: i mispronounced your name. i've only been talking to you for 20 years. >> thank you, mr. brun. ghter) >> brown: so this is all about boehner and to his right. >> even with this package he's moving to the right. one leveling look at this and be puzzled. we know these are end games. stakes are high, you go right to the very end. but usually when you have these moves made you can figure out what the chez move is and what's it's about. you can interpret this move by boehner to step back from negotiations where it looked like he and the president were only a couple of hundred billion dollars apart on a two trillion dollar package and abandon them for now to go with this as a move of desperation, knowing that any package to be worked out would fail in -- among his republicans in the house. or you could look at it as a clever move where he wants to get them to vote for some tax increase and rate increase and then they're a little bit pregnant. then the next time when you bring back the deal you can say we're not going to raise the rates to 39.6%, it's only 38%, it won't be a million it

mr. brown: thank you, madam president. i want to commend the minority leader on the nice tribute to senator snowe. i rise today to give my closing floor speech for this session in the united states senate. from the date of my swearing in on february 4, 2010, until the last day that i serve in this great chamber, which is a month shy of three years serving, i still say and believe aside from my marriage to my wife gail of 26 years and the birth of my two children ayla and arianna, serving for the great people of massachusetts in the people's seat has been the greatest honor of my life. i want to thank the people of massachusetts for that opportunity to think that someone like me whose parents were married four times each, lived in 17 houses and subjected to forms of abuses growing up has the chance to serve in one of the greatest deliberative bodies in the world is something i will soon not forget. to the young people sitting here and may be watching, take it from me that in this country even when it seems you're fighting a

brown. (applause) >> ann, thank you very much. mr. mayor, members of the boards of supervisors, assemblyman ammiano, [speaker not understood], moscone family, gay men's course, and all of you who are assembled herein, as i look around, i absolutely know that i had probably the greatest pleasure, other than the moscone children, of literally living with george moscone for so many years. mr. mayor, it was when we were in law school together, we were fellow janitors at hastings college of law. george moscone was amazing. he was just as aggressive about inclusionary activities. he was just as focused on sharing. and he had an immense pride in the city and county of san francisco like no other. i suspect that much of my love of the city comes from my exposure to george in those very early years. george went through a considerable amount of evolutionary process politically. he allowed john burton to talk him into running for the state legislature. an unsuccessful effort for the state assembly. he went on to become, obviously, a supervisor i

mr. mayor and i am going to welcome you your predecessor mayor brown and i would like you both to lead usdown, are are we ready to turn the lights on? >> the lights only are electricians are literally at the north pole and they can't flip the switch unless there was a joke about the candle stick. they can only flip the switch from the north pole as we really, really hear them. so before i turn it over to mayor lee and mayor brown to do the count down, i need to hear as loud as you could possibly scream, are you ready to turn the lights on? they said that they heard a dull roar but they could not hear it up at the north pole. one more time. are you ready to turn the lights on? [ cheers ] >> they heard that. all right, mr. mayors all you. >> okay. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [ cheers ] >> it worked.

mr. president, how i will miss serving with my friend scott brown. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. coons: mr. president, today is human rights today. i wanted to simply add my voice to the many others who have spoken out today about the important things that the united states can do to continue our leadership around the world as a country that holds itself accountable and leads others towards being accountable for a world in which human rights have meaning and have substance. there are two things that we can do between now and the end of this calendar year that will make a significant contribution to human rights and to the united states' global leadership. first, the house of representatives can take up and pass vawa, the violence against women act reauthorization bill passed months ago by this chamber, a strong, broad, sensible reauthorization bill that i think well deserves consideration and passage by the other chamber. and second, tdpa, the trafficking victims protection act, needs to be reauthoriz

mr. mayor and i am going to welcome you your predecessor mayor brown and i would like you both to lead us in the count down, are are we ready to turn the lights on? >> the lights only are electricians are literally at the north pole and they can't flip the switch unless there was a joke about the candle stick. they can only flip the switch from the north pole as we really, really hear them. so before i turn it over to mayor lee and mayor brown to do the count down, i need to hear as loud as you could possibly scream, are you ready to turn the lights on? they said that they heard a dull roar but they could not hear it up at the north pole. one more time. are you ready to turn the lights on? [ cheers ] >> they heard that. all right, mr. mayors all you. >> okay. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. [ cheers ] >> it worked. >> hello, my name is jamie harper. in this episode, we are featuring the park locations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. golden gate park's largest body of water is this lake, a popular spot for strolling an