mr. ellison: mr. speaker, today world leaders are meeting in geneva to negotiate an agreement which could lead to the elimination or reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons in the middle east. this is a good thing. the goal of the negotiation is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, particularly those that are in the possession or could potentially be developed by iran. we don't want iran to have a nuclear weapon. we don't want -- we ourselves are trying to reduce stockpiles. so negotiations to prevent that are squarely within the united states' national security interest. the american people support these negotiations. a new "washington post" poll shows that americans want a negotiated deal with iran by a two to one margin. the alternative negotiation is not good. in fact, it could lead to war. americans do not want another war, and therefore negotiations are the right way to handle this particular problem with regard to the preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. the speaker pro temp

mr. ellison creates a double standard for what is acceptable on field conduct.e insisted officials are held to a high standard but others involved in the game are held to no standard. apparently the nfl accepts and condones a culture where players and coaches and teams can use racial slurs and profanities toward each other and at officials. ellison is appealing that league suspension. on the basketball coach the wizards were looking to put together their first three-game winning streak of the season. they seem to be back ontrack. tonight they got derailed against the raptors. north of the border visiting toronto. pick it up third quarter. wizards down by two. off the raptors' turnover. john wall getting fancy. behind the back. that tied the game at 57. later in the fourth wiz down by five. wahl misses a free throw but gets the ball back. he is going to bury the three-pointer. he had 37 points in the game. wiz within two. just a few seconds later, closes the door on that come back. he had 17 points. wizards win it, 96-88. to the ice caps and the canadiens. didn't

seven percent of shareholders voted against say on pay measure sounds like a close one right well mr ellison owns a quarter of the company's shares so if you take out his and the rest of the company's directors votes of a full eighty five percent of shared votes against the pay package that seems a little concerning now despite concerns about executive pay shareholders still they still reelected oracle directors that's kind of incredible debate is sure to rage on over this c.e.o. and what c.e.o.'s oh. their shareholders well there you have it those are some of the headlines we're tracking for you today well as always we'll be keeping you posted on all the latest events. say good bye to the c.e.o. of blackberry monday morning the company announced for steven hines departure now this comes as takeover talks from black berry's largest shareholder fairfax financial holdings fell through and instead of fairfax buying and taking it private the mobile communications company announced it would receive one billion dollars from fairfax and other institutional investors wall street isn't having any of

mr. ellison went into the v.a. in philadelphia for some routine extractions of teeth. >> reporter: ellison's attorney shannon spector says his client went to the v.a. to extract some teeth. doctors saw that his blood pressure was low but continued with the procedure. >> that was a very big police take. within a few hours he had sustained a severe stroke and rendered terribly brain injured. >> ellison won a $750,000 lawsuit. the largest lawsuit against the v.a. in more a decade. >> all this has gone on way way too long. >> reporter: jeff denim has long been critical of the v.a. and growing pay out of malpractice cases. in searching government data bases two investigates found last year alone v.a. claims $98.3 million. up almost 30% from $72 million in 2011. and since 2003, the v.a. has settled or lost more than 4,400 cases. the pay out and cost to taxpayers more than $844 million. >> it's not just about the dollars more importantly it's about the lives. >> reporter: the v.a. pays out 20% of the claims. that's higher

mr. ellison went into the v.a. in philadelphia for some routine extractions of teeth. >> reporter: ellison's attorney shannon spector says his client went to the v.a. to extract some teeth. doctors saw that his blood pressure was low but continued with the procedure. >> that was a very big police take. within a few hours he had sustained a severe stroke and rendered terribly brain injured. >> ellison won a $750,000 lawsuit. the largest lawsuit against the v.a. in more a decade. >> all this has gone on way way too long. >> reporter: jeff denim has long been critical of the v.a. and growing pay out of malpractice cases. in searching government data bases two investigates found last year alone v.a. claims $98.3 million. up almost 30% from $72 million in 2011. and since 2003, the v.a. has settled or lost more than 4,400 cases. the pay out and cost to taxpayers more than $844 million. >> it's not just about the dollars more importantly it's about the lives. >> reporter: the v.a. pays out 20% of the claims. that's higher

mr. ellison, for five minutes. mr. ellison: thank you, mr. speaker. u know, mr. speaker, we have been in this huge debate around the affordable care act for quite a while now, and one of the things that i cannot ever forget is the health care nightmare stories that i listened to before we passed the affordable care act. and so as i see so many of my republican colleagues gleefully celebrate the difficulties with i website or cancellations, think that's going to somehow help them in an election, i can't think about any election. all i can think about are people like the people who i want to share with you right now. let me tell you about marty olson. marty built a small business creating marble sinks and counter tops. he poured everything he had in his business and it flourished. he became a job creator in the language of some people. call his customers job creators. just a few years ago he employed more than a half a dozen employees. recently things changed drastically for him. over the course of the last year his 9-year-old daughter, abby, was diagnosed with leu

mr. ellison, what is your reaction when you hear someone like speaker boehner simply, noncha chantly say,mmigration ain't happening. what is your reaction to that as a dedicated lawmaker, as someone who wants to resolve the predict for almost 12 million people in this nation? >> well, it's incredibly frustrating. mi i mean, you know, look, immigration, blisteringly important issue. we're ignoring it. but not only that, what about gun safety? you know, there was another mass shooting just recently. and so the bottom line is that there are so many things that call for a legislative fix, call for congressional attention, that he's ignoring. why? because he's gleeful he's gotten hold of stagnating. we still have a situation where preschoolers are not getting access to the head start. we still have a lot of problems. but they don't want to deal with those problems. they just want to sort of maximize the public's outrage at a glitchy website. that's where they're at and that's where i think they're going to stay. >> you just mentioned raising the minimum wage. and that's another issue that's ve