mr. cooper referred to several times? it's the one about the the bussing and the methods of bringing diverseit to the schools. >> that's the crawford case. >> yes. >> what the crawford case said was to the extent not required by the constitution remedies for constitutional violations could be restricted by the people of the state of california, but that doesn't change anything. i heard mr. cooper mention the crawford case five times, not once anywhere in the crawford case does it suggest that an initiative measure somehow rises above the 14th amendment to the constitution of the united states, and that's certainly what the wrightman case held and that's certainly what the roehmer case held. >> are you suggesting a gay marriage is required by the constitution of the united states? >> what is required by the constitution of the united states is the fundamental right of its citizens to marry. mr. cooper defined that as it as it has always been between a man and a woman, but the united states supreme court has never said that

mr. cooper pointed out, it's been a long time. and i think all of us think it's very reasonable that a conclusion should have been reached by this particular point in time. so i hope that that comes back to both of our committees so we understand where things are. i think that's an extraordinarily important question. we talked about some of the nuts and bolts today. that is one of those efforts hanging out there that i think leaves us all in a very uncomfortable position. i thank mr. cooper for bringing it up. i know it's a difficult but a very, very important issues for this. and we look forward to hearing something d where that is. >> i believe -- excuse me. i believe the general wanted to exem comment on that. >> yes, if i could. as we went through the investigation for what we have with the two outstanding urns reservations in particular, as we move forward we look at violations of policy, guidance, if it's criminal we hand it over to the criminal investigation division. they have completed their investigation for the departme

mr. cooper for bringing up. i know it is a difficult but a very, very important issue for this, and we look forward to hearing something definitive back from the army as to where that is. >> excuse me, general wanted to comment on this. >> yes, congressman, if i could. as we went through the investigation for what we have with the two outstanding issues, as we before we look to the violations of the policy guidance - it's criminal we handed over to the criminal investigation. they've completed their investigation with the department of justice now and that is the decision and that is wh w

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you, chairman wittman. we now have ranking remember jim cooper of tennessee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the title of the hearing, i'm worried we're hearing more about accounting and bureaucracy than we are hearing about accountability. when i talk to folks back home they think accountability means that somebody was in charge and they had to account for what they did or did not do while they were in charge. and we're not hearing much about that. and to refresh everybody's memory, july/august of '09 the newspaper, the "washington post," discovered irregularities at the cemetery. i think it was june 2010, almost a year later, the secretary of the army responded. we had a hearing in '11. now it's '12. we are years into this and, to my knowledge, not one person, either military or civilian, has been punished in any way for one of the worst scandals in the 150-year history of arlington national cemetery. now, as this was going on, we've learned from the news media that the air force was apparently improperly disposed of the remains, the ashes, of over

mr. cooper. >> thank you, your on why are. just a few moments, if you will, please, indulge me. first mr. olson spoke of the loving case at great length. but we know if mr. loving had desired to marry mr. jeter that the case would not have come out the same way. we know that with certainty because baker against nelson rejected that very claim and it rejected that claim on the heels of loving where the gay couple who brought that 14th amendment loving claim relied on loving very heavily. we also think that mr. olson is simply wrong when he says the baker case did not involve a claimed classification based on just gender. here's what the plaintiffs in baker said. "there is no justification --" and this is throughout their jurisdictional statement, your honor, "there is no justification in law for the discrimination against ho homosexuals. appellants are being deprived of a basic right, the right to marry. as a result of this deprivation, they have denied numerous benefits awarded by law to others similarly situated -- for example childless heterosexual couples." this is clearly a c

from three to six over the next decade that's a lot of money and that was the reason why finance mr cooper and quit last fall over the excessive what he saw as an excessive military spending coming down the river which is so hard to shift from the american point of view from europe when. i want to call it hawkish in a way it's not more hawkish than before so he didn't say anything new i would rather stress interesting details for example he's talking about how to modernize how to transform military industry which seems to become one of key issues for the next president the next mandate and looking at conflicts all the time about between our me and me their industry which prism is really of try to address so putin was very clear in saying that the military industry basically should be private and it was interesting how well let's hear what mr putin says about why a country needs and especially strong military muscle these. in a world of economic and other our people there is always the temptation to resort one's problems at another's expands to pressure and force it's no surprise that someo

mr. cooper. >> thank you, your honor, just a few moments of you will indulge me. first, mr. olson spoke of the land, but we know that if mr. loving had desired to mary mr. jeter the case wouldn't come out the same way. we know that with certainty because baker against nelson rejected that claim and rejected that claim on the heels of building where the day couple who brought the 14th amendment claim rely on loving very heavily. we also think that mr. olson is simply wrong when he suggests that the case did not involve the classification, claimed classification based on sexual orientation the was just gender. here is what the plaintiffs and baker said. there is no justification and this is true of the jurisdiction statement, your honor. there is no justification for this commission against homosexuals. of olives are being deprived of the basic right to marry as a result of this thing is been denied numerous benefits awarded by law to others similarly situated to a for example, childless heterosexual couples. this is clearly the case where they challenged the classification as

mr. cooper defined that as it has always been between a man and woman. but the united states supreme court has never said that. but the united states supreme court has said in 14 cases involving the right to marriage in the context of abortion, and the context of prisoners, in the context of contraception, and that in the context of divorce the right to marry is an aspect of the right to liberty, privacy, association and identity. in responding to crawford that there's a constitutional right to a marriage. do we have to reach that point because what you are answering is taking away a constitutional right, and if that's your answer i'd like to note that also. >> we are taking a way for a constitutional right given by the state of california recognized by the state of california that in and of itself makes though proposition unconstitutional under roemer, but i would also say that it is also constitution, and i wouldn't call it, judge reinhardt, a gay marriage or i wouldn't call it single-sex marriage anymore than the supreme court of the united states cal

mr. cooper. >> good morning, your honor. the people of california and americans tlouhroughout the couy are engaged in an earnest and profound debate about the definition of marriage. the issue is a momentous one, for it goes to the nature of a ubiquitous institution that is fundamental to the very existence and survival of the human race. so this court is presented with, in our submission, this fundamental question. it is whether the definition of marriage, that momentous issue, is one for the people themselves to resolve through the democratic process as they did in enacting proposition 8, or whether our current institution takes that issue essentially out of their hands and decides it for them as the plaintiffs argue here. >> could the people of california reinstitute school segregation via public vote? >> no, your honor. >> why not? >> well, your honor, that would be inconsistent -- >> with what? >> with the united states constitution. >> as interpreted by the u.s. supreme court. >> yes, yes. yes, your honor. so the issue

current and former committee member and current employee who was requested for interview fully cooperated with mr. martin. however, mr. martin has advised that one necessary witness has reviewed -- refused to appear voluntarily and when subpoenaed to testify communicated to the committee that the witness would refuse to answer questions on the basis of the witnesses -- witness' fifth amendment privilege. the witness' refusal to answer

mr. cooper. >> we are going to continue to follow this case. we are on facebook. follow me on twitter at anderson cooper. let me know what you think of this case. >>> up next, what are the keys to victory. we crunch the numbers. the headline statement that romney made. it's taken out of context. later, one young survivor of the florida highway tragedy that lost her family. there's another dimension to the story. let's check in with isha. >> an amazing story of heroism. a driver is saved from his car that is engolfed in flames when 360 continues. ble to use your in to open a bank account in ordern to make your money his money. [whoosh, clang] you need lifelock, the only identity theft protection company that now monitors bank accounts for takeover fraud. lifelock: relentlessly protecting your identity. call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. [ jody ] four course feast. man it's great. the guests love it. [ male announcer ] red lobster's four course seafood feast is back. get soup, salad, cheddar bay biscuits, dessert and choose one of 7 entrees. four course

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mr. jim cooper, the ranking member of the oversight investigation subcommittee for any opening remarks they might wish to make. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate the hearing today. general vangiel, i wanted to welcome you. inds you recently took over from general mccoy as the army inspector general. ms. martin and mr. lepore, i look forward to hearing the government accountability assessment of the army's efforts with respect to arlington and ms. condon, welcome back. we've got a chance to see each other quite a bit, and i really appreciate your efforts. arlington national cemetery as we all know is one of the most hallowed grounds of this nation and we must hold it to the highest standards of performance. members of the subcommittee of military personnel in conjunction with the oversight investigation subcommittee are interested in the actions taken by the army to improve its accountable of arlington national cemetery since our hearing in september. ms. condon, i recognize the hard work you and mr. callaghan have done to turn around the cemetery and know you could not have done it a

mr. cooper. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have no opening statement. >> will proceed with their witnesses. the order will be low peters and then the inspector general at the u.s. army. next of the ms. delta martin, director acquisition and sourcing management team, u.s. government accountability office and thirdly because mr. brian jay lepore, director of defense capabilities and management u.s. government accountability office and forth and finally we would have ms. katherine condon, who is the executive or that the army's national cemetery's program. and so, general, thank you for beginning. >> chairman will send, chairman wittman khmer ranking member couperin distinguished members of subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak today for your oversight and support over the past 18 months. it has made a difference at arlington national cemetery. since assuming duties of the army inspector general in november, ever the previous inspections and that was executive director and her team and other stakeholders involved

subcommittee and longstanding know that we can work through our differences in a cooperative and a bipartisan fashion and again, mr. chairman, i appreciate you yielding your time. >> the chairman of the full committee is recognized, mr roger. >> thank you in your ranking

mr. vice-president, even as our cooperation grows, as we discussed, the united states and china will continue to compete, and as americans, we welcome competition. it is part of our dna, and it propels our citizens to rise to the challenge. cooperation, as you and i have spoken about, can only be mutually beneficial if the game is fair. >> that is why in the meetings we have this morning is essentially a continuation of the meetings we had in your country in august, and we spent a great deal of time discussing the areas of our greatest concern, including the need to rebalance the global economy, to protect intellect -- intellectual property rights and trade secrets, to address china 's undervalued exchange rate, to level the competitive playing field, to prevent the forced transfer of technology, and to continue constructive dialogue on policies that would benefit our citizens and the world. >> [interpreter] >> while the united states and china, as you pointed out, mr. vice president, will not always see eye to eye, it is a sign of the strength and maturity of our relationship that we can be

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. >> the stress has been on the mutual benefits of closer cooperation between the two countries. mr. xi stopped off at the cliffs, one of the country's most stunning natural landmarks. showcasing ireland with chinese audiences, a welcome spinoff of this visit. mr. xi's irish trip will be shown on television screens all over china, making tourists, as well as investors, it's hoped, aware of what ireland has to offer. ruth mcdonald, bbc news, dublin. >> it's now two months since the devastating floods that hit the southern philippines, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving many more homeless. officials admit that deforest asian was the cause of much of the construction, and the government says it renewed efforts to prevent any more trees being cut down. but the bbc has seen evidence that logging is still continuing. kate mcgeown reports from one of the worst affected areas. >> the logs that destroyed this city are now being used to rebuild it. two months after torrential rains brought devastation to this part of the philippines, there's a growing realization that it wasn't the wa

subcommittee in long standing, know that we can work through our differences in a cooperative and bipartisan fashion. and, again, mr. chairman, i appreciate you yielding the time. >> thank you very much. chairman, the full committee has recognized mr. rogers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you and your ranking members for doing great work over here. you're doing good. >>> mr. secretary, happy birthday, happy anniversary. welcome. this week, the national average price for a gallon of gas is $3.60. it's up 20 cents over last month. 40 cents more than this time last year. the increasingly unstable middle east, a belligerent iran threatens to hold its exports, shut down of the strait of hormus. our contracts around the world, monopolizing new foreign sources. once again, energy security, key to economic prosperity and national defense, is the focus of public debate. the congress has sent a very strong message that we must have balance in the conventional fuels. coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear. to provide energy today and to renewable energies to power our future. and while the president has repeatedly mentioned

mr. chairman. chairman wilson, ranking member davis, chairman whitman and ranking member cooper and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to present our findings from our review of oversight and management of arlington national cemetery. as you know, we issued our report on the management and oversight of arlington on december 15th of last year. my testimony is based on our report, and i will make two points today. first, i'll discuss the policies and procedures that the current leadership team at arlington put in place to begin to address the deficiencies that became apparent, and i'll identify some of our recommendations to assist in that endeavor and secondly discuss factor that could potentially affect the feasibility and advisability of transferring arlington from the army to the department of veterans affairs. the v.a. here's the bottom line -- i think it is fair to say the current leadership team at arlington has taken many positive steps at the cemetery current leadership team at arlington has taken many positive steps at the cemetery to addr

western leaders have criticized the decision by moscow and beijing not to cooperate here's a response by u.s. ambassador susan rice mr president the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here addressing an ever deepening crisis in syria and a growing threat to regional peace and security for months this council has been held hostage by a couple members. and secretary of state hillary clinton calls their unwillingness a travesty pointing to an event a few days ago in which up to two hundred people were killed by syrian forces in the city of horns and today the united states closed its embassy in damascus citing security concerns are to correspond to honest i see a chair going to has been covering this process and i spoke with her just a little earlier on russia's view of allowing syrians to regain control. well christine definitely that's a very popular warren and trying to find put the blame on russia are not supporting this resolution the west has been very kind of excited and eager to talk about the fact that russia doesn't fact have

mr. chairman, thank you. you and my colleagues have been very cooperative with me in this regard. this is a significant issue for me. i have had wonderful conversations with both senator collins and senator carper as well as my colleagues who are co-sponsors of this amendment. would it be appropriate to ask the assistant postmaster general or someone from the postal service to confirm my understanding that they are not going to rush out and close post offices while this legislation is pending, that they're going to allow the effect of this amendment and legislation to take effect? >> you're not here under subpoena. but do you want to answer? >> i would just say that the postmaster general has said he agrees with this vision. so i think it's his intention to at least use this as a guiding post. >> senator m, specifically raise that issue with the postmaster general when we were negotiating the language that you so thoughtfully brought forward. >> thank you. finally, mr. chairman, just to conclude. to shorten the day, he will withdraw my request for role call. i'm happy to have this

cooperation and not before. with that we recognize the -- >> mr. chairman, our view i dis. we think the provision of that february 4th material was done voluntarily. not under coercion. >> threat of criminal prosecution isn't coercion. it's the fact that we were given false information. >> that was not -- >> and it was subject already to a subpoena. cooperation subject to a subpoena by this committee's standards, we asked for things long before we issued a subpoena. we were told no. we issued at a subpoena and we were at the level of going next before we got there. so i appreciate that everyone on both sides of the aisle has a different opinion, but the timeline is undeniable that we have never received voluntary cooperation until we had elevated it considerably in any case here. certainly senator grassley would say the same thing when, in fact, he was told he didn't have subpoena authority, he wasn't the chairman. it's the reason he originally came to this committee, so that we could begin the process of getting what he was denied in the senate. >> well, i can say this. i

western leaders have criticized the decision by moscow and beijing not to cooperate here's a response by u.s. ambassador susan rice mr president the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here addressing an ever deepening crisis in syria and a growing threat to regional peace and security for months this council has been held hostage by a couple members five. secretary of state hillary clinton calls the unwillingness a travesty pointing to an event a few days ago in which as many as two hundred people were killed by syrian forces in the city of horns and today the united states closed its embassy in damascus citing security concerns now are due course why honest going to has been covering this process she's in new york to shed some more light on the process and the problems still in play ana safiya let's talk about russia first moscow has made it clear from day one that any transfer of power must be a decision made from within syria and not by others so talk about this point of view and why you think it's getting so much backlash. well

with john laughlin director of studies at the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris thanks for being with us once again mr laughlin approving the cuts has been to say the least i think painful for greece surely implementing them is going to be even tougher. it is but the pain is already there because after all this is not the first time that greece has been asked to cut spending it's been cutting spending for eighteen months and in that period it's fair to say that the greek economy has entered a death spiral in other words there has been an economic collapse in greece when the first plan was mooted eighteen months ago the e.u. and the i.m.f. suggested that the economy in my contract by three percent will in fact it's contracted by six percent in the last year unemployment has gone up to twenty percent sixty thousand small businesses have gone out of business since the summer so we are watching an economy now in free fall and certainly if the new measures which have just been voted are implemented then that free fall will continue and this isn't just a matter of figures percentages. fractions of g.d.p. an

european scientific community and what will the new level of cooperation mean for russian research or asking the director general of cern mr rove for. the european nuclear research center or simply cern operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world its most celebrated project is the large hadron collider the giant facility built to task fundamental physical theories it's a unique particle accelerator that unites scientists from nearly one hundred countries some seven hundred russians to take part in constructing the collider and many of them continue to work its or. however mr herder thank you for joining us on the show. welcome mr heard rush has started the procedure of joining has an associate member well what are the benefits well first of all for russian scientists of this procedure can you can you tell us please where the benefit is not only for russian scientists the benefit is for russian nationals in general engineers technicians in the administration every there because they can apply for positions at certain limited duration for example and then learn doing science or engineering new technologies

chairman ryan and ranking member van holen for their work and -- van hollen for their work and cooperation. mr. chairman, i support a line-item veto because the congressional appropriations and spending oversight is broken. they're broken. almost every year appropriation bills are rolled into one massive package at the end of the year with little opportunity to review, debate or amend the provisions. that means members have little ability to eliminate a wasteful expenditure or program. this past year was a perfect example. despite the expressed desires of speaker boehner that we would have open debate and have open amendments on every appropriations bill, that did not happen. instead, the bills were rolled into one huge package in the 11th hour, released with -- i think ranking member van hollen said, 15 hours to review, and then we were asked to have an up or down vote. we had little or no ability to amend the bill. that's not how it's supposed to work. the congress must endeavor to effectively exercise its responsibilities and scrutinize every appropriation and be able to debate and amend ex

western leaders have criticized the decision by moscow and beijing not to cooperate here is a response by u.s. ambassador susan rice mr president. the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here addressing an ever deepening crisis in syria and a growing threat to regional peace and security for months this council has been held hostage by a couple members we also heard from secretary of state hillary clinton she called the unwillingness a travesty pointing to an event a few days ago in which to as many as two hundred people were killed by syrian forces in the city of horns now also today of the united states closed its embassy in damascus citing security concerns are to correspond on a stasia churkin to has been following this process and is in new york right now which had some more light on this and as i say a let's talk about a few different aspects of this i've seen u.n. ambassador susan rice today on all the cable networks sort of giving her take on exactly what happened and one of the things that i've been reading in various places

coopers. did they raise any concerns about the previous reporting relationship between mr. roseman and the ceo and the board and the change that you reported to the coo? did they raise any concerns with the processes that mf global had in place for pro pry takery traiting? was wise water house coopers, did they know about the ending of the direct reporting to the board by the cro? >> i was not involved in the -- any direct relationships or discussions with price waterhouse. >> are you aware of any? did anyone -- did anyone tell you they talked to price waterhouse coopers or that they raised any concern or they said it's okay with us? >> not to my understanding. >> you know of no discussion at all of price -- any conversation, any communication with price waterhouse coopers, pwc, about the changes in the organization of mf global, the changes in reporting relationship between the cro and the board or any changes or any -- anything regarding the processes for pro pry takery trading and account segregation? >> to the best of my recollection, i was not involved in those discuss

instead these recusal requests come from members of the committee who voluntarily cooperated with mr. martin's review, voluntarily appeared for interviews and with -- interviews with mr. martin and and voluntarily produced documents in their possession. the members requested recusal pause, one, they believe that out of an abundance of caution and to avoid even an appearance of unfairness, their voluntary recusal will eliminate the possibility of questions being raised as to the partiality or bias of the committee members considering this matter, two, they want to assure the public the house, and representative waters that this investigation is continuing in a fair and unbiased matter, and three, they want to move this matter forward in a manner that supports the gravest -- greatest public confidence in the ultimate conclusions of the committee. . they recognize a recusal is an extremely rare occurrence. while the members believe that they each can render an impartial and unbiased decision in any proceeding relating to this matter, the committee takes this extraordinary measure and thi

mr. chairman, i would like to thank dr. elmendorf and his staff for their terrific cooperation and support during the work of the joint select committee on deficit reduction. that was a difficult ands fr frustrating experience for me, not because of your doing. i want to commend you and your staff for the really professional and prompt and thorough and thoughtful work you provided and response you gave us. >> can i interrupt and ask, did you find that director elmendorf was always in agreement with your assessment on the matters or did you have the experience like mine that i often find he doesn't agree with my position? >> it was my experience that in the most civil and diplomatic way he expressed his disagreement. but i appreciated his candor and help. just a few thoughts, if i could, mr. chairman. first, i would suggest that comments have been an contribute an attributed to you with comments in the committee. i would just want to encourage you as strongly as i possibly can. i think that is something the committee should take up. i hope we will. then, i hope very much that we will take this up as a full body. i have to say

there needs to be a recorded vote on these matters, and i appreciate very much both sides' cooperation on this. mrrman: mr. president. the presiding officer: morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of s. 2038, which the clerk will report. mr. lieberman: mr. president. the clerk: a bill to prohibit members of congress and employees of congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until 2:00 p.m. is equally divided. the senior senator from connecticut is recognized. mr. lieberman: i thank the chair. you can see i'm eager to get going on the bill. i thank the majority leader, and i want to thank senator collins, senator brown, senator gillibrand, a lot of others who work to get us to -- worked to get us to this point where we can do two things. most important to us who worked on the stock act is that we're now -- have reached this afternoon -- in reach this afternoon of adopting a clear statement that members of co

subcommittee and longstanding know that we can work through our differences in a cooperative and a bipartisan fashion and again, mr. chairman, i appreciate you yielding your time. >> the chairman of the full committee is recognized, mr roger. >> thank you in your ranking members for doing great work here. happy birthday and happy anniversary. welcome. this week, the national average price for a gallon of gas is $3.60. twenty cents over last month. $0.40 more than this time last year. increasingly unstable middle east, belligerent iran, exports shutdown the strait of hormuz. meanwhile china's rapidly growing economy is driving up oil prices through increased demand. from state-owned enterprise securing contracts through -- monopolizing new foreign sources. energy security, keys to economic prosperity and national defense is the focus of the debate. the congress has sent a very strong message that we must have balance in the expansion of conventional fuels, cole, natural gas, oil, nuclear. to provide energy with investment and renewable energy to power the future. the president has repeatedly mentioned support for a

mr. chairman, this is a bipartisan amendment offered in cooperation with my good friend, the gentleman from louisiana, mr. richmond. as he said earlier, the citizens of louisiana invepted offshore exploration and been drilling off its coast since the mid-1940's, but for the first 60 years of drilling off the coast of louisiana our state and other gulf coast states had received no money not a dime from the revenue derived from these wells. starting in 2007, congress passed an act called the gulf of mexico energy security act. this act provided that a small portion of offshore revenues would finally start to trickle in to our gulf coast states. we continue to receive a small portion of those revenues through 2017 when at that time we will start to receive the 37.5% of the offshore revenue of each -- of those wells producing at that time. however, it included a cap which collectively those four gulf coast states could never receive more than a collective amount of $500 million. as the current bill now is going to provide revenue sharing for additional states without a cap, we are simply asking

mr. speaker, i'm pleased to hear the cooperative tone of the other side of the aisle who had the opportunity when they controlled both the house, the senate and the white house to pass a bill and failed to do so. but i'm really encouraged today by their willingness to come together in a bipartisan effort on behalf of the american people and get one of the most important job creations, infrastructure bills and pieces of legislation which is our responsibility done. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for one minute. mr. petri: thank you very much, mr. chairman. i'd be remiss to see the discussion of this conference report conclude without expressing my admiration and appreciation of the service of our colleague, jerry costello, for whom i suspect this may be the last f.a.a. re-authorization, although i know he will not be riding off into the sunset. he will be very much around in one capacity or another, continuing to play an important role in developing public policy. it's been a pleasure to work with him, both as the ranki

mr. xi will be in california for the u.s. china, economic and trade cooperative forum.usy week ahead for him, nina. >> certainly is. >>> here in europe, frigid temperatures and more snow, it seems, are on the way for eastern parts of europe but areas in the west will get a reprieve from the blast of wintry cold we've been experiencing for the best part of two or three weeks now. let's go to ivan cabrera at the cnn international weather center. good morning to you. it's certainly gotten warmer here in london. >> yes, that's important for you. you're welcome. i'll take credit for that. the problem with what you said is that essentially in the east is where we need the milder temperatures. in the west we've been okay. so i can't bring up the temperatures in the east. that is going to be a problem. 32 below this morning in moscow, just brutal stuff, about 25 below in kiev. the sun is out but it is still brutally cold. that's where the heart of the cold air will remain. to the west, london at 3 degrees, my goodness, that feels like spring compared to what we've seen over the

cooperates. >>james: here is a live look at the bay bridge. mrs. maurer, 43-48 degrees outside the door.t would advisor has been issued for the bay bridge. >>james: everywhere around the bay will see pretty strong winds. you'll see the area in dark blue, a 30 mi. per hour gusts. you'll also see 24 mi. per hour sustained winds. tortes for pm is on the web advisor is set to expire. the lead will be particularly strong this afternoon with a breezy conditions. the satellite view shows off wet weather well to the south and off to the sierra leaving us with clear skies for this after a man. we have mild lead to enjoy it thursday, friday, saturday and sunday, clouds will build in we will have the least a 30 percent chance of showers overnight into monday morning. now, on to traffic. >>george: we are still tracking a great writer of the erie. we are now looking for any problems or hot spots. in easy trip from the macarthur maze into the east shore freeway. the san mateo bridge looks good on the approaches it across the span. there are no problems with your interest acting with 101 or 92. ness th

mr. reid: madam president, i appreciate the cooperation of the senators this week. an important piece of legislation. it's something the american people believe is extremely important for the congress to not put itself above the law. there was a dispute whether we were above the law. after this passes there will be no dispute whatsoever. i appreciate the fact we will now move to the f.a.a. bill which will be completed in the form of a conference report. very hard to do, people worked extremely hard on this, these -- isate perfect piece of legislation, no, it isn't but we have not had an f.a.a. bill since 2003. we've had 23 temporary extensions during this period of time the federal aviation administration has basically shut down because we couldn't agree on what should move forward. i repeat, this bill is not perfect. but it's something that is extremely important for job creation and for making our airports more safe. so there will be a roll call vote at 5:30 p.m. on adoption of that conference report i just referred to. if there is no further business to come befo

mr. mccall raised. now, you testified today that the fast and furious was an atf operation. what does that mean with respect to the cooperation or the coordination with dhs? >> i think just as it says, it was an atf led and organized operation. so, that -- that's where it is. >> well, you -- that's where it is. but i mean, it's an ocdef case and i know from your experience, you understand the significance of what an ocdef case, which is a multi-agency case. we have established through testimony and other committees an ocdef case implies and requires that there be collaboration among multiple agencies. fasts and furious was identified as a ocdef case, to what extent are their reporti ining requires for the participation of your agents on ocdef cases? >> if you are asking is there a reporting requirement that any participation in any ocdef matter at the field level has to be reported up to and including washington headquarters? no. there's way too much action for that to be feasible or wise. if you are asking how our inter agencies handled within the ocdef context, my understanding is, as is yours, there's a lead agency that is