mr. butler speak amen ago. -- a minute ago. we are very proactive to firms who are not currently in our program and contracts on our project. as a developer we are very engaged with outreach firms and providing technical assistance to those firms whether or not they are certified and helped them with the process to become certified. we are definitely prioritizing the firms that we are working subcontractors on projects but reaching out to many others. we do that on a regular basis. mr. butler can a test that when i refer firms to the team, if they don't get to the firm i'm on them to be sure they are being served by the technical assistants in the neighborhood. that's one. two, what's also not shown in the statistics. the report is good and i feel very proud of the report that you are seeing today but what's not reflected on the report is the effort and commitment we have made behind the scene not just to put them to work but keep them working. we have that b role that is very important to provide support for the small contract

mr. butler can a test that when i refer firms to the team, if they don't get to the firm i'm on them to be sure they are being served by the technical assistants in the neighborhood. that's one. two, what's also not shown in the statistics. the report is good and i feel very proud of the report that you are seeing today but what's not reflected on the report is the effort and commitment we have made behind the scene not just to put them to work but keep them working. we have that b role that is very important to provide support for the small contractors working on the project to keep them working if they are running bumps along the road and working with oew and the team to keep the folks who are placed, we are talking about the workforce, the folks that are working keep them working. there is a lot of management happen with city partners and city builders to keep them working there. there is one thing about the numbers who we continue to train and train up but we want to keep them on the jobs to complete the contracts that they are awarded. >> can i just do a follow up since you went into

mr. butler terfield? and he said no, i do not think it is absurd at all. as to the actual april 15 tape am, which would have been one of the great doozies of all tapes, according to the secret service, the reel ran out before i arrived, so that conversation was not recorded. moderator: oh, my. just please give us a little bit of color -- ah -- how did you prepare for that riveting testimony before the senate watergate committee? what did you do that morning? john: john: i was denied access to my files before i testified so i had a few documents, had taken when i left, charlie, my lawyer, wanted me to get a hold of what i can to refresh my recollections and so forth because we were talking about things when i first started saying these things, you know, that prosecutors and even sam dash thought, you know, this is just unbelievable. i cannot even comprehend it. so any documentation would have been helpful. the -- i had little of that, though. to prepare, sort of do it in a chronological fashion, this was precomputer days, i did not have a laptop to work on,

mrs. hughes the housekeeper, for fans of the show you will know they met the butler mr.n n costume design. clearly i would imagine she's having quite a lot of fun wandering around the set. due to leave in about half an hour. >> thanks very much. >>> britain's prime minister has weighed in to the controversy over whether the staff the bbc's "top gear" presenter david clarkson should continue presenting the show. he was suspended for allegedly production one of his production team in a disagreement over catering. the bbc launched an investigation. the show is off the air. lucy manning reports. >> i've been suspended. >> reporter: he said with a smile after this was a rout about food. >> no no. >> reporter: did he have regrets a about what happened? >> any regrets? >> oh, yes. yes. >> about what you've done? >> >> reporter: he might be about to lose his job but jeremy clarkson hasn't lost his sense of humor. suspended facing allegations of a physical altercation with producer on the left in a routh about the lack of food after filming the show last week. >> revive the name.

so if you go i killed the butler with poison in the in mr.pouses. who in the world wouldn't understand that these clintons who were part they fly all over the world, they got to talk to each other via e-mail. right? so we understand that. the american people understand that. >> right, right. >> so what's wrong with that? >> well -- there's that problem. >> what problem? >> that they don't e-mail. >> no but she just said that that's why she didn't turn it over, because they e-mail. >> well -- >> because they -- listen if we're going to get so intrusive into their relationship, that we don't allow them to carry on a loving, kind relationship over e-mail because they travel so long, i'm sorry. that is a step too far. >> so -- a spokesman for bill clinton -- says that the former president has only sent two e-mails ever and both -- >> well but a i'm sure they were loving e-mails to her, like when she was at the state department, right? >> no. during his presidency. i don't think that was a good time. >> one to john glenn. 50% of all his e-mails to

mr. sumner give a speech, call the crime against kansas speech. this is what he said. in a speech he abused a pro-slavery senator named andrew butler from south carolina. who wasn't actually, he was absent from the senate but he is addressing butler. "butler has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows and who, though ugly to others, is lovely to him. though polluted -- i mean the harlot slavery." a vicious speech. a south carolina congress man by the name of works to prevent 0- -- took offense at these metaphors. brooks entered the chamber of the senate where sumner was at his desk and he was accompanied by lawrence kite who brandished a pistol on the senate floor. what brooks did is brutally beat sumner with his cane while kite held off the rest of the senators by brandishing this pistol. when sumner was not to the floor, brooks continue to beat him with his cane. it took three years before mr. sumner could recover and retake his seat on the senate. it is one of the most brutal offensive acts on the floor of the senate, which happened in 1856. and, oops. i missed mr. clinton. we will skip him. but this is charles sumner, wh

tim butler who most recently served as my district chief of staff, left my office to represent the people of the 87th house district in the illinois general assembly. mr. davis: he was an asset to my team from day one as we set out to make sure every constituent in the 13th district knew we were there to serve them. by getting answers from federal departments like the v.a. listening and acting on legislative ideas, and much more. under tim's leadership, we opened five district offices, helped more than 1,500 constituents through casework and launched 10 advisory boards just to name a few of our team's accomplishments during my first term. tim began his service in the house in 1991 with the committee on education and labor and after leaving the committee he worked for then-congressman ray lahood for 14 years. it was during his time with congressman lahood and my time as projects director for congressman shimkus that tim and i met and became friends. with his dedication and record of success helping constituents in congressman lahood's office i knew he would be a perfect fit for mine. his leadership in my office will be missed but i know he'll provide t