mr. dicks, ranking member of the full committee. >> i also want to welcome secretary chu to the energy and opportunity to discuss the fy-13 department of energy budget request. and for fy -- i bet you could have thought of better things to do on your birthday and on your anniversary. but we'll be brief. for fy-13 the president's budget request for the energy department is a sensible proposal that carries on our investments and important national programs and defense, science, and energy efficiency. this proposal represents a further investment for many programs that are the building blocks for a more efficient and independent energy future. this fy-13 budget request contains a small increase for naval reactors but healthier increases for nuclear weapons activities such as modernization as well as nonproliferation programs. while the increase for weapon activities is less than what was outlined in the budget document of a few yaeears ago, the fundi seems adequate to maintain our capability. howe

. >> mr. dicks, ranking member. >> can you bring us up to date on yucca mountain? >> as far as i know, what is happening is that this is before the courts and we're waiting the decision of the >> we believe this still is the law the land. you have to start forward. how much you would estimate it would cost to get this project o moving forward? >> i would have to get back to order t is to proceed, we'll proceed. i can get back to you on the exact details. >> we understand it's around $100 million to get started. now tell us about your blue ribbon commission. what recommendations do they have on nuclear waste? >> well, what they recommended is, first, they -- as we all do acknowledge that we have to solve thisd it very important t do solve the problem. i commend them for the excellent job. one of the things they noted is that other countries have done it in different way, notably sweden. they think also finland has gone a different way. and so what they found was that -- >> can you tell us what those ways are? >> yes. sweden set up a public-private type of company. i

here to tell us about them is mr. dick. welcome back. i hear you have some great gadgets. get to them. starting with gas. serve worried about high gas prices. >> exactly. there are apps that help you save money on gas. and not owning a car, i decided to ask people what app they use. 90% of the people said there's an app that can save me money on gas? but a couple of chauffeurs and cab drivers recommended gasbuddy. now this is what gas buddy looks like. it's free. it's ad supported. the bar on the bottom is the ad so it's very unobtrusive. just put in your zip code or city. and here's a list of gas stations in the neighborhood with all the prices. you just tell it if you use regular, medium grade or high or diesel. >> i tested it out. it was very easy to work. just type in your zip code and it worked. now we're going to move on to a program thermostat. >> 50% of your energy cost is cooling and heating your house. >> a lot of money. >> 90% of the people who have programmable thermostats -- >> okay. >> -- don't program them because -- >> that's me. >> this is the best learnin

mrs. mccain and dick cheney supports gay marriage. my campaign is historic. i'm the first openly gay candidate to run for president of either party, so that's important and i think it should be a republican because the republican party of abraham lipping on and theodore roosevelt -- lincoln and theodore roosevelt was very progressive on the issue. >> that party is long gone. the needle has not moved in terms of the polling in republicans and gay marriage. 28% support and however many great majority are against it. don't you feel a little bit left out? >> i'm trying to change some hearts and minds. i was speaking yesterday to a class. i think younger people are a little more open to a candidate like myself who are not quite driving them out of the party like rick santorum may want to or even mitt romney. i want to before i in an inclusive republican party that reflects what -- bring in an inclusive republican party that reflects what america should be in 20 years. >> where are you on the issue of large government? do you think the government should be a lot sm

joining us now from florida the purveyor of dick morris.com mr. morris. do you think president obama can overcome the high gas prices? >>. no i think it's going to be very serious for him. probably lethal if the recession didn't kill him the gas prices will. the gas prices will cause the economy to turn down. because he is so clearly been on record that oil is the fuel of the past, that we have to move on to renewables, that we shouldn't drill off the coast and we shouldn't drill in the gulf and we shouldn't do the keystone pipeline and we shouldn't glil anwr and, by the way, i don't agree with the associated press story. i read that story and it completely misses the point. over the last 36 years, it is true that slight increments in our drilling have not affected the global price. but the united states now has the capacity so to increase the global supply of oil that we can, in the future, completely control gas and oil prices. >> bill: you say we haven't done enough drilling. that you exploited the reserves in anwr and other places, that there would be

joining us now from florida the purveyor of dick morris.com mr. morris. do you think president obama can overcome the high gas prices? >>. no i think it's going to be very serious for him. probably lethal if the recession didn't kill him the gas prices will. the gas prices will cause the economy to turn down. because he is so clearly been on record that oil is the fuel of the past, that we have to move on to renewables, that we shouldn't drill off the coast and we shouldn't drill in the gulf and we shouldn't do the keystone pipeline and we shouldn't glil anwr and, by the way, i don't agree with the associated press story. i read that story and it completely misses the point. over the last 36 years, it is true that slight increments in our drilling have not affected the global price. but the united states now has the capacity so to increase the global supply of oil that we can, in the future, completely control gas and oil prices. >> bill: you say we haven't done enough drilling. that you exploited the reserves in anwr and other places, that there would be

former vice president dick cheney in intensive care after a heart transplant. mr.heney had a history of heart problems, suffering five heart attacks, and he had been on the transplant waiting list for 20 months. i'm joined by our chief medical reporter dr. nancy snyderman. >> we think of 70 as being the cutoff. but if the tissue matches right and he waited a pretty long period of time, then, you know, there are just times that it gets matched up. he had run out of options. >> in terms of his overall health, it is good? >> this is where the ethical issue comes up. because there are younger people also on transplant lists. when you have heart failure over this prolonged period of time, lungs and kidneys take a hit. that will be the question as he moves forward. he'll be on immuno suppressive drugs for the rest of his life. >> thanks. >> you bet. >>> the president visited the border region between north and south korea. >> reporter: making his first trip to the demilitarized zone, which separates the two koreas, president obama peered intently at the isolated north. >

dick cheney heart transplant. it was breaking news last night and mr. cheney recovering in a hospital in virginia, the candidate sending well wishes to the former vp. more on thinks condition later on the fox report. strong words on president obama, and warning of tough punishment if the north goes ahead with a rocket launch last month. they had treed in exchange for help feeding a starving population, if the readers go ahead with the test, the aid for food could fall apart. as mr. obama meets the world leaders in south korea where he is at this hour how to talk nuclear weapons out of the hands of extremists. our wendall goler is with the president, and wendall the isolated nation next door is front and senior for the president of soul. >> north korea plans to launch a satellite and the rest of the world sees it as a poorly disguised missile test. president obama warned against it. >> to constitute a direct violation of his own commitments and its international obligations and moreover, it would only deepen north korea's isolation, damage further its re

mr. geithner says those who are posing the bank regulatory reform have financial amnesia. dick and others say, wait a minute, mr. geithner has amnesia because you have the regulatory tools and you have the monetary tools to stop this without stiffling credit creation. jimmy p., i want you to take a whack at that. who has the amnesia? does geithner have the amnesia, or does wall street ebanks have the amnesia, or maybe neither of them do? i don't know. what's your take? >> well, i think tim geithner has a little bit of amnesia because one of the reasons we have this tremendous financial crisis is because the too big to fail. banks take risks, and they can be bailed out by uncle sam, and we have the interest rates too low for too long. guess what, we have the dodd-frank reform. we shoved it through. it's tremendously long, and guess what, we're standing here right now. banks are bigger. their economic wealth is more concentrated and too big to fail still exists. big banks have a huge funding advantage over smaller ebanks. that tells you that banks are too big to fail so dodd-fran

dick-endrizzi? >> so i just want to be clear because mr. lowe had said it's not currently in the current form of legislation, but willing to amend to make sure that any use size over 75,000 square foot would then trigger an additional use so to support that proposed amendment, if that is something in addition to the roll-up of what you just said. >> why don't i restate my motion. i move that we approve this legislation with the provision that there is a maximum size of 75,000 square feet and a cause to prevent the roll yupt of existing spaces into larger spaces. >> i second it. president adams: roll call. commissioner dooley: may i ask for one clarification. are you saying prevent the roll-up or it would trigger it? >> that's a good question out of my general knowledge base here. >> i think trigger. >> you want to trigger a review. for example, i can imagine some cases where we wouldn't want 258 square feet to sit idle because no one wanted 258 square feet. if peer one said, well, i'll take that, maybe that's ok under a conditional use. so

enjoying the rise of another human projectile in the pool james the mr money and making a strong bait to take over the mantel from a limp dick hero ian thorpe after qualifying for a second offense at the fast approaching london games the twenty rule making a big splash in the fifty metre event of the adelaide trials by hitting the finnish wall in twenty one point seven four seconds that mark just less than a second shy of the world record twenty point nine one suffices or c.e.o. in two thousand and nine but that was before full length body swimsuits were banned one person had already won the one hundred metre freestyle the trials fight some of them pick champions thorpe will not be taking part in london twenty twelve after missing out an earlier qualification offense. as her sport looks at this hour whether is next year and twenty four hour party. wealthy british style. market trying to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mikes concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our key. be. line in russia would be soon which would rise or if you will about

mr. cheney received the transplant yesterday. nbc's mike vicara starts us off tonight with the latest at the hospital. >> reporter: dick cheney remains here at the hospital after undergoing a heart transplant surgery early yesterday. we learned this after the fact from a statement from t family. it came as a surprise in that sense, but in another sense, not much of a surprise at all. the vice president has a history of no fewer than five heart attacks, the most recent one about two years ago. he was at george washington university hospital on that occasion and shortly after that, he was outfitted with what's called a left ventricular device. that's for people with end stage heart disease. he was put on a wait list for a heart transplant. just this past december, he reached the top of that list and yesterday he had the surgery. as far as we know, although we have not heard anything from the doctors or the cheney family since that statement last night where they thanked the now anonymous donor, they thanked the hospital staff and outlined the fact the vice president had been on that list for some 20 months, we assume he's still here in

mr. obama met with troops at the demilitarized zone that splits authority and south korea and told them they were guarding freedom's frontier. after more than 20 months on a transplant list former vice president dick cheney finally got a new heart. he's recovering from the surgery today in a virginia hospital and that's where we find athena jones. she has the latest on mr. chaip's condition. atheeng that, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, randi. well, the latest we have from former vice president cheney's office is the statement they put out last night saying that although the former vice president and his family do not know the identity of the donor, they'll be forever grateful for this life-saving gift. now, it's not uncommon, of course, for recipients of organs not to know who the donor is. i should mention we have a statement also put out last night by newt gingrich who is friends with former vice president cheney and he said, vice president cheney is in our thoughts and prayers tonight as he recovers from surgery. calista and hope his recovery is peaceful and wish him and his family all the best. now, i've spoken with hospital spokesperson this morning here, randi. they don't h

mr. president, your deeds worry us. >> sean: joining me is reaction former clinton advisor dick morris. the vetting of obama has kicked in. it's slow but it's going to be steady. i would argue at some point an avalanche. issue of national security, it will be a big issue in the campaign. what did you did i thi of that ad? >> i think the ad is good the statement by the former israeli chief is shocking. the question is what is their warhead. are they conventional warheads. they have the anti-aircraft missiles that have been very effective in shooting them down or are they nuclear tipped? that is the question that israel has to face. look, there reason obama does not want netanyahu to strike iran is not that he thinks the sanctions are working or diplomacy will solve the problem he doesn't want gas prices going up and lose the election. >> sean: gas prices, blame the administration. >> of course, they do. >> sean: if they don't turn it around i don't see the president winning the reelection. >> i don't think he does. except in one case. that brings us to the next topic, if mississippi and

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developing at this hour, former vice president dick cheney recovering in a virginia hospital after undergoing a heart transplant. his office telling us mrcheney is in the intensive care unit at a nova fairfax hospital in falls church, virginia. he's been on a transplant wait list for 20 months. he does not know who the donor was and his family says they are very, very grateful to whomever that person and their family who has made the sacrifice might be. >>> also, we're awaiting the results from louisiana's republican primary. polls set to close at 9:00 p.m. eastern. all four candidates battling for 20 battle that are at stake right now in that state. louisiana also has 26 other delegates, which will be awarded at the state's convention in june. while we wait for the official numbers, we're getting some interesting exit polling information. they're starting to show two competing sides of the republican party. voters who say they want a candidate who can beat president barack obama in the fall go for romney over santorum by 48% to 31%, but exit polls show if voters say they want a true conservative they overwhelming go for rick santorum.

mr. obama is in south korea tonight touring a military base near the north korean border. he entered the demilitarized zone to greet troops stationed 100 yds from the demarcation line. former vice president dickcheney has a new heart. the 71 year-old had the surgery this morning and aides say he has been waiting for a transplant for more than 20 months. the vice president and his family will forever be grateful. he has had five heart attacks since age 37 and has had several other procedures including quadruple bypass surgery. it is not clear how long the former vice-president will be in hospital. elisabeth, i know we need the rain but is it too soon to start complaining about it? >> it is never too soon to complain. spring has already been a wet one. high-definition doppler radar has been busy all day. that yellow is the heaviest rain and when you see the purple that might be some light snow in the higher elevations. rainfall totals, we got more than a half-inch, close to 1 in. but check out places farther east. a widespread of rainfall totals in the last 24 hours. the rain will continue overnight with temperatures in the low to mid-40s. tomorrow, scattered showers once again. temperatures ar

mrs. bales has to say. our exclusive interview coming straight up. >> also coming up this morning, dick cheney's weekend heart transplant. the former vice president, of course, is 71 years old, and even though he has waited longer than most to receive his donor heart, some are questioning whether someone that old should be getting one. ahead of younger patients who are also waiting. dr. nancy synderman will be weighing in on that story. and also coming up this morning, madonna's new video has sparked some controversy, including the fact that she is seen smoking a cigarette. youtube has already put restrictions on just who can see it. so now the controversy is growing, with new photos this morning showing the pop star's 15-year-old daughter lighting up. some are saying like mother, like daughter. anyway we'll be talking about that this morning. >> we begin on a monday morning with new details on the mirders of 17 afghan civilians, allegedly by an american soldier. we'll hear exclusively from his wife in a moment. but first, nbc's john yang is at fort leavenworth in kansas with the latest. john, good morning to

are following former vice president dick cheney continues to recover from a heart transplant the 71-year-old is still in intensive care in falls church this morning. mrheney waited nearly two years for his new heart. >>> republican presidential candidate rick santorum won the primary with 49% of the vote mitt romney came in a distant 2nd, with 27% newt gingrich 16 and ron paul 6%. >> tonight is the opening ceremony for the cherry blossom fest very well from 5 to -- festival from 5 to 6:30 p.m., grammy nominated singer, song writer, sarah barealis is highlighting the event reservations are required, check the festival website for information they told me initially there were 6,000 tickets available i tried to check this morning to see if any were vailable i couldn't tell if people are interested in going get on that website and check and see. >> well, our cherry blossoms are taking a hit this weekend unfortunately because of the weather, so, keep our fingers crossed they don't all disappear, but it has been kind of a grey cloudy day out there, let's lookout side and fog as well, hardly see anything because of that fog. pretty good indication what we a

. >>> at this moment, former vice president dick cheney is recovering after undergoing a heart transplant. mr. cheney has been on a transplant list for 20 months and doctors say his prognosis is good. nbc's chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman is speaking to me by phone. this is a far from routine operation for anybody, let alone a man of dick cheney's age. how long does it take to perform this sort of surgery and how long is it? >> the difficulty, frankly is finding the appropriate match and that's why he was on the list for 20 months. which is little longer than the average. and then as you well know, getting the right tissue type. because you want to minimize any chance of or minimize the chance of rejecting this organ because it really is a foreign body from one person to another. the technical aspects of taking a heart out of one person and sewing it into another interestingly, is, is rather routine at this point and only takes a few hours. but then the critical time of the intensive care unit, making sure that the fluids are balanced, no risk of infection and long-term, cardiac reh

president dick cheney probably didn't get special treatment when he received a heart transplant yesterday. he was scheduled to speak at an event tomorrow. a former bush administration official said mreney would not have made that commitment if he had known he was going to get a new heart. he had the surgery yesterday after spending more than 20 months on the waiting list for a donor heart. >> the thing we have to worry about now is the next 24 to 24 hours, infection, kidney failure, stroke and finally rejection. but you know, with today's modern medical care, hopefully he's going to live for many, many more years. >> he may be facing a long recovery. here to explain is the director of the heart failure clinic at med star washington hospital. thanks for being with us tonight. >> thank you very much for having me. >> what is the survival rate after a transplant like the former vice president went through? >> it's about 12 years. and over the last several decades it's been increasing ever so more. the first year is a critical year, and i think the doctors are going to keep a close eye on him to make sure he gets through that year well. >> what does he have to do in terms of rehab and

mr. black, isn't this whole thing based on an urban legend? you always hear like to stop war they would withhold sex. there was a movie about smoking. it was with dick van dyke. >> i didn't see that movie. >> it was an urban legend because it doesn't really work, right? >> as a matter man to a liberal i don't have sex. it is one or the other. i don't know. 2* wouldn't work for me. but i agree. it is stupid. >> are we really comparing somebody being upset their contraception is being paid for to ending a war where people are getting slaughtered? >> ending the war on women. >> there is no war on women. >> there will be after this show. >> i want to know how the husbands of these ladies know what it is about. we are not having sex this week. we are off for a week. is it tibet this week? is it the paper or plastic thing? >> do you not understand menstruation? sometimes you have to take a week off. >> you learn so much here. and to think this is a children's show. >> it is on at 9:00 in the morning. >> it is run by children as we saw in the beginning. >> that is true. that was a dig at our producer. >> no, not in the slightest. >>> from political [stance

dick morris, thanks so much. >> later today, i'm going to have a petition on my web site to get rid of mr. e that you long on and sign. it will be posted by around noon. >> all right. dick morris.com. dick morris, live for us and thank you very much for joining us today from it looks like florida. thank you, sir. >> that's right. >> all righty, thanks, dick. now we've got some other headlines for you beginning with the fox news alert. a dramatic stand-off under way in france right now between police and the man they say murdered three children and a rabbi outside of a jewish school. the man claiming to be a member of al-qaida. he's been holed up inside a house in the city all night long. at one point, he opened fire on police leaving two officers injured. french officials say the man is still heavily armed but appears to be surrendering. there are reports the suspect's brother is behind bars arrested before this dramatic raid. >> mean while, republican senators kay bailey hutchinson and jeff sessions adding their voices to the congressional chorus blasting attorney general eric holder. we w

mr. romney. and to be fair, it would be a problem for any republican nominee this year. the most interesting story in american domestic politics continues to be the efforts of post-george w. bush, post-dick cheney republican party politicians figuring out who they are. the party nominated john mccain and sarah palin in 2008, and with all due respect to them as politicians, these two do not seem to have stuck in the minds of anyone, really, as the next generation of national leaders for the republican party. and the legacy of george w. bush himself and of his presidency, at this point, seems still too toxic for anybody to seek that particular blessing in modern politics. not only do we not have a george w. bush endorsement for mitt romney or anyone else, but does anybody expect that there's going to be one? and if it does happen, would that be a good day for the campaign or a bad day for the campaign? and so in order to collect republican party establishment bona fides, in the race for president in 2012, you really can't tap the last republican president, whose legacy is still radioactive and likely will be for a long time. because you can't tap that, you instead have to jump a generation