mr. grant, this is shireen. vis called all the way from nigeria to check on how the deal was progressing. >> i got a call from mr. davis and he said to as soon as you come to give you a call. >> okay. >> just as we suspected the scammers apeer to be part of a sophisticated overseas network. >> somehow this going to work today? >> bring it over here. >> what over here. >> the boxes with the money. >> yeah. >> for mr. grant the first meeting seems to be a scouting mission to make sure we aren't the police. he tells us he will come back later with the paper work and the money. >> one hour. >> one hour and you will bring the money up here? >> yes. >> before he leaves, there's another phone call from the barrister. >> hello. mr. grant is here sitting right in front of here with me. >> it's almost as if the crook overseas is checking up on his partner in america. >> we'll meet back here in an hour and let's do that. >> okay. >> and when he comes back, we're hoping to get a look at one of the crook's favorite tricks. re

this comes just weeks after officer mehserle was released from prison in the shooting of mr. grant bay area rapid transit police chief says one of the pair of officers who confronted a man on the u.n. plaza civic center trained platform last night was armed with a taser. but it wasn't used. instead a bart officer shot and killed the man who police say was not only carrying a knife, but also using a bottle as a weapon. for the bart police department it was the third officer involved shooting in the last two and a half years, including the controversial shooting of oscar grant. >> a confrontation occurred as a result of the suspect's aggressive actions. and fearing for the safeties of one of the officers discharging his duty weapon striking the suspect. >> bart released this time line, bart's police dispatch receives a call about a man carrying an open bottle of alcohol on the platform. dispatch updates the call, describing the man as wobbly and drunk. at 9:45 two bart police officers arrive on the platform. one minute later at 9:46 an officer opens fire. >> let me say this, anybody

there was a tsunami warning in effect and you heard mr. grant these travel at 400 miles an hour or faster. they would have seen it by now if it was going to occur but still from march 11th, we know nerves are on edge there considering there was a double whammy. the earthquake tsunami really triple and then of course, the fukushima nuclear power plant, which went offline and then caused radiation to go into the atmosphere and into the community. we'll continue to follow that developing story with our folks on the phone and also with our ivan cabrera. our meteorologists here in the cnn severe ef weather center. also breaking news tonight. it is out of washington. the debt talks in washington to be specific. it now appears plans to ambitiously attack the deficit have faltered which isn't to say they won't keep trying but already, expectations are being lowered. we just got the breaking news a short time ago. we'll go to congressional correspondent kate bolduan joining from us washington. we're looking at live pictures, kate, of the capitol and of t

. >> mr. grant, how about al qaeda? we reports about al qaeda generally. a lot of news and a lot of focus on the may 1 and may 2 with regard to the killing of osama bin laden. of course, inappropriate shift in focus to a place like yemen. -- appropriate shift in focus to a place like yemen. i think some folks would say that is where they are the strongest or seem to have the strongest foundation in place, but what is your assessment today with regard to aqap, is strength and viability in al qaeda, and generally, forces today and where we were six months ago. >> there is low level of activity that is often mistaken as criminality. you'll see bank robberies, occasional killings. a lot of these are precursors of the beginning of an organization. they're gathering money for future operations. they acquired more weaponry. the fact that could now -- i do not understand how many were involved, but at least 200 if not more, to overrun zinzibar. it takes a lot of people at minimum. also the ability to communicate and confidence of the regular foot soldier in his le

mr. sanchez's faults. >> not tonight. >> is there any public comment? ok. >> i will move to uphold the permit -- excuse me, grant the appeal. >> mr. duffy has made reference to the stairs and that is a separate permit. actually on the application, it refers to the violation to look at that particular application. what i would ask the board to do would be to deny the appeal and to give mr. duffy and i the opportunity to sit down. i can give you my pledge of good faith. i don't think that they have had any problems dealing with me. this will allow us to move forward without concerns over what exactly it is that the board has told us that we cannot do. >> he is constrained about figuring out what has been done rather than trying to figure it out. that is my concern. thank you. >> is any rebuttal from you? >> i think we're done. >> this was simply require a continuance. >> we to hold to other tenants in the building because there is work that could be done. unless we can go over it, i would be voting blindly. this seems like mr. duffy is uphold in the arrangement. >> i would personally be more comfortable with that.

as of the time when i wrote the book, 2008, they had given away $16 million in literacy grants. mrs. bush said to me, i have nothing to do with the grant selection process. she said they are nice enough to keep me up today and let me know what's going on. interestingly one of the first grants by literacy foundation was to a literacy projects in little rock arkansas being run by hillary clinton. interesting that they intercept. during her time in the white house 18% of misses bush's speeches were devoted to literacy. she was a voice for the program, a friend who is very much involved in curriculum and development said to me she put a human face on literacy. she talked about an issue that at that time no one was really very interested in addressing. this whole idea of into generational literacy. mrs. bush did talk about it. she traveled to school, she traveled to the places where students were receiving ged degrees. she showed up on oprah. she spoke about it there. she wrote articles. we know, for sure, that she affected both the national literacy act, the a bolt -- adult education ac

mrs. kennedy. it was not that common for women to wear sleeveless attire in those days to a formal event. now we take that for granted and mrs. obama has brought the sleeveless dress back into vogue but jackie kennedy does that from the beginning. and note the color. a vibrant bright pink rather than dark somber suits or dresses and full sleeves or a little doubt the hat. i say she could wear this hat to the kentucky derby and be in style. this gives her husband another boost of symbolism of youth and fashion. we know what one of the other elements she is famous for is redecorating, restoring the white house. when i was doing my research for this book are called the curator of the white house in the 1990s and told her i was writing a book and jacqueline kennedy and i was interested in mrs. kennedy's restoration of the white house. the curator said to me do you know that restoring the white house is so associated with the name and memory of mrs. kennedy that americans think that no one has touched the white house since mrs. kennedy left in 1963. yet we know everyone who moves into a new apartment or condo or house doe

grant program. thank you for all of the leadership you have had. [applause] >> water? [inaudible] [applause] >> thank you, mr. mayor, for your leadership on this. during his time as dpw director, during the community challenge grant program, and now as mayor, it is great for us to see a mayor that gets it on what matters to our neighborhoods and is encouraging all of the departments to embrace things the way he did. thank you for your leadership in enabling things like this to happen. someone else who really gets this is the supervisor that represents this area. he is very much focused on the importance of keeping the streets and sidewalks cleans welcoming, and beautiful. i know he was regretful he was not able to be here today. he did send a representative from david campos' office. >> i want to thank the mayor for his kind words. as a member of the committee, i would personally like to show my appreciation and thank julian and the friends of bernal gardens for their work so that we can enjoy these beautiful places for generations to come. on behalf of the entire community supervisor comampos, in the board

mr. mcmullen, if we can stick to this -- because i know that you and hue grant -- >> i was by murdock. again, little sympathy for stars who take the money for a 20th century fox picture. >> mr. mcmullen can you hear me? >> analyzing their private life, it hasn't caused change. this week, laughingly, but when hugh grant turned me over in the same way that i had -- >> producers, can we stop this, please? yes, i would like him to be able to hear me, so we're going to bring him back after the break, because he's not answering my questions, that's paul mcmillan who's a former news of the world reporter, he says that that type of behavior has been condoned and encouraged at his newspaper and others. when we can hear me we'll bring him back right after the break. >>> a kentucky woman is told to stop speaking in court and goes after the judge, it's all caught on camera, you're going to see how it all played out. and if you haven't heard of southern california's one of the major highways is shut down today prompting fears of a carmageddon. we have reporters covering just about every angle of thi

jurisdiction was granted on april 20, 2011. we will start with mr. flanagan. who have two minutes. >> there are just a few of us. thank you for hearing us tonight. i have been in the current location for 20 years. i am representing a number of my neighbors to night, and we are really concerned about the growing numbers of wires and equipment going up over the last couple years. nearby streets have been underground, so we have become a thorough search for new boxes, so i was excited to read the general plan that there was some relief. before you is the appeal that i submitted on june 23, and in that appeal, there is a number of pictures i have taken with my iphone camera and a tax -- and attach, and those pictures all support what i consider to be part of the general plan, and i will read for it as part of the general approval for this project. they have such wording answes highlighting the views and the lifestyles of residents, especially those on hilltops should be maintained and approved. i also said anything blocking or comparing these street the use -- imp

mr. demint: i ask unanimous consent for two more minutes. the presiding officer: hearing no objection, two minutes is granted. mr. demint: this is very little to ask this congress to do, to agree within the next six or eight years to do the hard work to balance our budget in return for giving the president more ahority to borrow more money. we owe it to the american people to let them decide for themselves, let the states ratify. this is a huge decision, and all we're asking our democrat colleagues to do is to let america decide if we should have a balanced budt, let america decide if it's really a radical, extreme idea that we live withi our means and stop spending more than we're bringing in. i know how america's going to answer that question, and that's why want to give them the chanceo answer it. mr. president, you have got the money you need to meet our obligations, but once and for all we need to mean what we say and stop spending this country into bankruptcy. thank you, mr. president, and i yield back. mr. joson: thank you, senator demint, for your leadership on this issue. it is the most important issue f

mr. president, first, i ask unanimous consent that gerdana sidner, eddie sahik and tyler smith of my staff be granted floor privileges for the duration of today's proceedings. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hark harkin: mr. presidentd like to follow up a little bit on what the senator from new hampshire just spoke about and that is the absurdity, the absolute absurdity, of what's going on in washington here today. mr. president, our nation used to have a two-party system in our country but it's increasingly apparent that one of our two parties has morphe morphed -- has morphed into some kind of a quasi-religion, driven by one ideology: preserving and expanding tax breaks for the wealthy and for big corporations. to that end, many republicans in congress are perfectly willing to push the united states of america into defaulting on its debt obligations with dire economic consequences. this is y dangerous detour in our nation's political and economic life. but just as dangerous, just as dangerous as the prospect of a default on our debt obligations is the republicans' determination to def

mr. sessions: i thank the chair and would ask consent i have one additional minute. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the minute is granted. mr. sessions: just an inquiry. was there a time limit on this? the presiding officer: there was a time limit earlier and it was 5:00 to 8:00 equally divided and now a member of the other side is here. all the remaining time has expired on the minority. mr. sessions: i thank the presiding officer for his courtesy and would just say th that, forgive me if i'm a little bit offended. i don't think it's wrong to be offended. the majority leader walks in here and says a piece of legislation that is critical, i know, to the future of america is -- i believe, to the future of america is senseless, not worth discussing, he changes his mind entirely and going to file a motion. i guess he figures he'll have the majority members of his party will stick with him and just kill off the legislation tomorrow morning. and i think it's a very valid piece of legislation, an important piece of legislation. the only piece of legislation in the senate that would raise the debt ceiling. i really think it's

mr. president, why didn't you tell us at grant park the night you won that in 30 months you would have cuts to the big three on the table? why didn't we get that part of the campaign speech snf because the campaign speech i remember was that you were going to protect all of that. that's who i voted for. that was the hope and change that i was looking at. now this is no the a hit commentary on president obama and i don't dislike president obama. i'm being told time and time again as every other american is that we're in the 11th hour right now. well, if we're in the 11th hour, this is the time to speak up and speak with clarity across this country that we do not want these programs attacked by a radical group of politicians who want to give more breaks to the top 2%, who don't want to serve up any revenue to the treasury. they don't feel obligated at all, and they are not -- don't insult me -- they are not the job creators. 1361 west mooreland avenue is where george and mary raised five kids. they lived on a fantasticed income. my mom was a high schoolteacher, my dad was a civil engineer, he

mr. chairman, if you look to this item, it requires a cfo to review before the authority is granted to the executive director to make that decision. it is related to the issues quickly coming down the pike, making sure we do not lose momentum with those small decisions that need to be made regarding real-estate. chairman nolan: is there a motion on this one? >> i will move that. >> is there second? >> second. >> all those in favor, say aye. >> item 11? >> you do have a few members of the public who wish to comment. >> we have consultation on this fairly recently. and we have received -- >> and we have a citizens advisory committee recommendation. >> [reading names] chairman nolan: good afternoon. >> hi, good afternoon, directors. in an 18-year resident of parker said --

reports indicate that pell grants -- pell grants may be put on the chopping block in speaker boehner's latest effort to appease the most extreme members of his party. mr. president, this is getting ridiculous. rhode island's great senator, claiborne pell, first proposed the grants that now bear his name. he envisioned a grant that would enable low-income students to attend our country's wonderful colleges and universities so that they, too, could share in the american dream. why do these far right extremists in the house want to snuff that out? in 1976, the first year that pell grants were fully funded, a full pell grant paid 72% of the cost of attendance at a typical four-year public college. today a full pell grant covers just 34% of those costs. even that they're willing to attack. this vital assistance from pell grants can often mean the difference between being able to attend college or not, with many families in rhode island and across america still struggling in this struggling economy, we should be looking for ways to strengthen pell grants, not weaken them. america needs more college graduates, not fewer. during my time in the senate, we've t

mr. speaker, that line of credit's not something we can take for granted. it is not something that we can take for granted. too often i hear folks come forward and say, just raise the debt ceiling. as you know, mr. speaker, we've had that vote. we brought a clean debt limit vote to the floor and i would say for the sake of all the young people we're blessed to have here in the gallery with us today, mr. speaker, we voted no. we defeated that clean debt ceiling to say no, we cannot simply extend america's line of credit, with he must take action to bend that curve of debt. . that was this houses acting. last week america's credit rating agencies joined in that debate. i read to you, mr. speaker, from moody's last week. while the debt ceiling has been raised numerous times in the past, and the issue sometimes has been contentious, bond interest and principal payments have always been paid on time. if the debt limit is raised again and default is avoided, triple-a rating would likely be confirmed. that's what we hear all too often, mr. speaker. what we don't h

mr. presid, i ask that madge thee levy be granted privileges of the floor during the dur traiftion today tomorrow's session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: objection. mr. reid: the time until 2:00 p.m. today will be divided with the republicans controlling the first 30 minutes and the majority controlling the next 30 minutes we'll have a full debate on this bill over the next few days. i hope that we can accelerate the time on this. if people feel we've debated it enough, i hope we can move to some other matter. mr. president, first let me get this off my chest. coming in here today -- i just heard there is an announcement in the house of representatives that they're take the weekend off. i've reached out to the speaker. i haven't had an opportunity to speak to him. but i want everyone that can hear my voice to understand that time is of the essence. we are running out of time. procedurally things can't move very quickly through the senate. under the best of circumstances. and when there are people who want to cause problems it takes a long time to get things done. t

mr. chairman, i have seen firsthand that clean air grants are effective. when you consider in an area of mine that's home to 16.8 million people and it's one of the smoggiest areas in the nation, the south coast air quality management district is one of the air pollution control agencies for orange county and los angeles urban areas, riverside and san bernardino counties as well. clean air agencies also assist companies in being able to help them to comply with clean air act regulations. this assistance has allowed many businesses to expand and to create jobs. mr. chairman, i urge my colleagues to support clean air, support public health and support american jobs. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho rise? >> strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, a good friend of mine from virginia once said that he would hear this on the floor and i guess this is probably the fir

of homeland security, 2009 port security grant program fund, for the pier 27 cruise ship terminal security system at the port of san francisco. >> good morning, mr. chairman. director of homeland security at the port of san francisco. i come to request approval of an accept and expend of $7,783,556 to install and maintain the infrastructure. supervisor avalos: thank you. public comment. >> good morning. my name is douglas yepp. i would like to speak in favor of this item. i know this may bother some people but in my discussions, it seems san francisco has been overlooked as a target for terrorists. some people think that no one would dare to damage san francisco's reputation as a tolerant city, but i, among others, feel like our enemies might be bold enough to use our tolerance against us. this item should be approved, and it would be well-used, especially when there has been some emphasis on the federal level to inspect incoming cargo containers. thank you. supervisor avalos: thank you. we will close public comment period moved forward as a committee report with recommendations. item three please. >> item 3. resolution authorizing the port of s