mr. hardings? >> that would be a fair statement? >> mr. emerson? >> yeah, i think when you evaluate the 3% test and take a look at lower load amounts specifically in the range of 100 to $150,000 and there are going to be folks that fall into the bucket that will fall outside of the 3% test, therefore falling outside of the qm rule. >> being from memphis, i serve in a community that's over 60% african-american, and a lot of loans, 11%, affects a major part of these individuals. now my procedures based on this new rule state prices on qm mortgages to address the risk. i don't want to -- it's just not going to serve my community if i have to kmarj somebody for a mortgage i would have given them last year because there's a rule in place. if you find a lower income borrower who doesn't mean the qm standard are you going to charge them a higher interest rate and higher fees? >> i would not go any higher. the problem is on my balance sheet i can only hold so much. if i do say okay, we're going to go full blown into nonqualified mortgages, it's a limited t

mr. harding carried this key for a long time.t was the key to his newspaper building, "the marion star." you cannot dig about it without bringing florence into the picture. she had the circulation department for 12 years. it was very much a joint enterprise between the two of them, certainly a sense of pride . it was something that was kind of their baby. i would like to take you into site tog them on our other things connected to "the marion star. mrs. harding kept the books that the "star." this is an accounting book in her handwriting. she's keeping track of the money going in and out. worn work the editorial side. she is running the business. she's keeping the books, running the circulation department, assembling newsboys and starts home delivery of the newspaper for the first time. so you don't have to come to the newspaper office to buy your newspaper. you can have it tossed on your front porch. also, in this case, we have the time start ash timestamp -- timestamp from "the marion star." a picture of the building at that ti

mr. harding carried this key for a long time.s the key to his newspaper building, "the marion star." while he was the official owner, you cannot speak about "the marion star" without bringing florence into the picture. she had the circulation department for 12 years. it was very much a joint enterprise between the two of them, certainly a sense of pride. it was something that was kind of their baby. i would like to take you into the using them on our site to -- the museum on our site to other things connected to "the marion star. let me show you what is in here. mrs. harding kept the books that at the "star." this is an accounting book in her handwriting. she's keeping track of the money going in and out. warren worked the editorial side. she is running the business. she's keeping the books, running the circulation department, assembling newsboys and starts home delivery of the newspaper for the first time. so you don't have to come to the newspaper office to buy your newspaper. you can have it tossed on your front porch. also, i

mr. harding and mr. wickenand said you won't do non-qm loans. >> that's correct. >> okay. why not? give me a quick answer because i've got this lady behind me who has a stop watch on me and general ronald reagan once said trust and verify but since she's a nice lady, i'm not going to verify. i'm going trust her. i need to get done quickly here. >> as a community banker we like to keep things simple to afford to be able to do it in our setting. i don't do higher price mortgages today for the same reason because of the extra regulatory burden. the real fear of litigation and what at that means long-term. i know we talked about this as marking it today and we'll know six months from now or a year from now how it is affected. my concern is those consumers that want to buy a house in the next six months or year because they'll are harmed if we're not right about this regulation. i believe it will restrict credit. >> i agree with mr. hartings. by the very nature of qm and that's the loan that you should be making and there's a stigma that lending outside of qm is a loan that's not necess

mr. obama hard at some points, including where he questions the president's commitment to winning the waranistan. gates writing, quote, the only military matter apart from leaks about which i ever sensed deep passion on his part was don't ask don't tell. in an interview with cbs news taped before the injury, and before the media storm, gates did not pull any punches. >> it's one thing to tell the troops that you support them. it's another to work it, making them believe that you believe as president that their sacrifice is worth it. it was this absence of passion, this absence of a conviction of the importance of success that disturbed me. >> in the oval office today, the president went out of his way to reject that specific charge. >> just as i have continued to have faith in our mission, most importantly, i have had unwavering confidence in our troops. and their performance in some of the most difficult situations imaginable wit imaginable. that job is not yet done. >> as for the timing, they said they believe secretary gates wanted the book out now in order to influence final decisions

mr. speaker, it is hard -- mr. holding: mr. speaker, it is hard to see anyone out of the obama administration singing high praises with the nuclear ideal with iran. iran has taken to the media to declare how the obama administration is overselling the terms of the agreement. how there will be no dismantling of centrifuges and how the united states, quote, surrendered to the iranian nation's will. so while this administration, mr. speaker, gives back access to billions of dollars in frozen assets and relaxes sanctions on the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, iran, their centrifuges will continue to spin. history has taught us that we are dealing not with an honest broker in tehran. the election of president rouhani does nothing to change the fact that the supreme leader is still in charge. and nothing in this agreement denuclearizes a hostile and oppressive regime. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chai

mr. harding, good lick. thank you so much for getting on the phone with us. good luck to you and all the passengers on that train as you hopefully make it to chicago at some point this morning. thank you so much. >> thank you too. good wie. >> trying to keep good perspective. >> certainly got nowhere to go. hopefully the situation changes soon. unlikely though because the temperatures not going away. it's been decades since we've seen this kind of sustained life-threatening cold. being outside for five minutes can be dangerous. what about the men and women who have to be outdoors for hours to get their jobs done? in chicago the over night low was 16 below. now it's warmed up, minus 9 now. the windchill 289 below -- 28 below. how is it now, george? >> reporter: chris, good morning, feels like maybe negative 30 and more. very cold out here in downtown chicago. and for anyone who has to go out today to work in this cold weather. two words, bundle up. >> bundle up, put my boots on, two or three pair of socks. >> reporter: with temperatures plun jing below zero in

. >> working hard. mr. gibbs, how are you? >> pleasure. >> great to see you. >> congratulations. great book. >> thank you. we're on c-span now, but got to talk to lanny about what he and i i talked about yesterday, our new plan. >> i love it. i like it. >> so -- >> it fits really well. i flipped through the week, and i read various -- the book, and i read various -- [inaudible] so interesting, all the personalities. >> right. >> i'm really glad you wrote this book. >> it's a story that had to be told. i mean, you know this because you're living down in north carolina. but the -- >> so easy to forget. it's so easy to forget. >> and, you know, the other thing that drives me crazy in today's politics, nobody cares about ideas, nobody cares about performs. it's all about posture. >> i love your thought of party unity is not the goal. >> right, right. well, you know what? you were a very important guy because you wrote all those speeches for -- [inaudible] >> well, you know, i can't tell you how many times i repeated the words responsibility, opportunity. >> yeah. >> it's a really goo

thanks to staff for all their hard work and thanks to mr. grim for standing fast on what's been a long process and thanks to my neighbors who have been civil and great. special thanks to you commissioners particularly commissioner bonilla and commissioner levitan and commissioner president buell especially commissioner president buell for you for your leadership. and let's get on with it. my only comment this is an opportunity for saying we hope in the 3 months that remain before the enjoy us opening that some attention will be given to the areas around the park. we hope this will be an opportunity for the participating park to the regender the lighting in the park is now one hundred periods of time number one functioning we've been working with the department it's a place that gets invited a lot of at night that he we have worked with the department an crowd control measures that have helped to stop erosion. we hadn't being able be able to reach an agreement with the new staff. fencing we need for the replanting of the hill. the south lawn

if he cares about house building and homeownership, why not make -- get on with hard-working people? >> mr. speaker, in labour council there are five -- far more housing than in tora council. his housing measures as he supported to the mayor of hans stacey supports. he doesn't know what he thinks. here's the reality. he is not doing enough to close the gap between supply and demand. the truth is a number of social housing starts is down. he shelved his plan for new and rents are rising because except that britain is building 100,000 fewer homes so we need to meet demand a? >> of course we need to build new homes. that's why we are of reform the planning system which they oppose. that's what we've got help divided which they oppose. that's why we are helping in all the ways to get britain building. what we are seeing, tried to is he is now having to jump around all over the place. it started off with the deficit reduction wasn't going to work. now he can make that argument. and it was we needed plan b. he can make that argument. next the cost of living but yesterday we saw inflation fall to

mr vaile has had these is hard to be. he's already the cd got me to east and africa and is planning to visit the meeting this week the paintings to the continued use of kids coming to the policy. a colleague in informing the wall japan's post. do you want. well this is a curious about how those policies will play mt and helping ministers make progress on an international trade deal that japan has been negotiating for months. i instead chances now from the distance as i sit as is this straight you're expected to come up that the boss what happened it's not an official meeting of all the members about the delegates to the japanese and american delegates were at the davos are expected to meet on the sidelines. now japanese economic revitalization minister after nominee says he hopes meetings this weekend with the u s trade representatives of both the men ten in the trans pacific partnership free trade talks. for too long tpg negotiations may fall apart in the next ministerial meeting yields lukewarm results. cooperation betw

mr. o'rielly promised you, you will have a chair. and on behalf of the hard work of the fund and mr.lly, i want to present you with your own action track chair. i was in a track chair last year and driving around the woods and i my first thought have to get one of these. >> what do you think of that track chair standing in the back. dow want it. this breaks the possibility barrier. >> you get under the hod a lot. now i k. >> i don't want my life to be a injury but my life of how i became better of the injury. >> mr. o'rielly thanks you for your service. >> the gift is liberating and thafshg you to mr. o'rielly torenabeling it. >> i challenge him to come and play ping-pong. and we'll play paint ball. >> i am going to do that. >> i told him. bill doesn't lose. >> last time i went down to walter reed and talk to these guys before we started this campaign, what that their spirit is not crushed. most of them. some of them i guess succumb to it. but they are just so brave, that is the word. brave. and so that those of us who department have to sacrifice in these wars and haven't had to sac

i commend senators menendez, landrieu and isakson for their hard work. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: tonight members of both parties will welcome the president to the capitol as he lays out his plans for the coming year. we look forward to hearing what he has to say. we also look forward to hearing what congresswoman rogers has to say too. she is a leader in our party with a compelling story, someone who truly understands what it means to overcome adversity, someone who is dedicated to helping every single american realize her greatest potential. the people of washington's fifth district are lucky to have her, and so are we. as for the president's speech, this is a pivotal moment in the obama presidency. we're now entering our sixth year with president obama at the helm of our economy. the sixth year of his economic policies. and at this point we've seen just about everything in the president's toolbox. we've had a year's long clinic on the failures of liberalism, the government stimulus, the taxes, the regulatio

hard spot. danny says charge against mr bank and send these vehicles here. it's a very fine station. it's alleged that yesterday mr very similar to the new fence he's accused of last year set fire to these vehicles. like last year and these vehicles have been used for trading purposes. mr brown is also charged with writing this my cds car early yesterday morning a khaki pants higher detective garda marsh only asking for the garda station to the court that the accused made no great friday and the charges were put to him the court also heard there may be more arson charges brought against mr barron judge james mcnulty said these were very serious charges. he remanded mr birney who was unemployed and they are for one month of strict conditions of staying at speed between observing at twelve. our curfew from nine pm every night and keeping the peace. mr during his twenty year stint in the district court on the twenty fifth of every phrase next hearing geraldine high need fourteen years. tama county district court. minister for enterprise trade and employment richard burton's to participa

they worked very hard through mrs. reagan and initially through the president before he became ill.is is telling ronald reagan's story but today it is seen as a way of maintaining his legacy. we know in the republican party today, ronald reagan is still very much a revered figure as is nancy reagan. the library is part of telling what ronald reagan did as president, what he believed in, but also perpetuating some of those views. they hold seminars, speeches. speakers come and talk. it is a beautiful setting right there on the california coast. >> philip is watching us in brooklyn. >> thank you. let me say at the outset, i just love mrs. reagan. first i have to say i watch every episode of this series and how nice it was to find out that nancy was not the first lady -- the first first lady that wanted to bring new style into the white house. i was very happy to hear there were other ladies that wanted to do that as well. it didn't go on for weeks or onths. the china story went on for years. the media really went after her. one of nancy's good friends was an expert at protocol. such a

he worked hard on that. but, mr. president, we haven't followed bowles-simpson as a bible but it's certainly been a guide that we have followed. and while we could have done better, we've done pretty good. we're approaching having reduced the debt by some $3 trillion right now as we speak. we could reduce it another trillion dollars if we could get comprehensive immigration reform done. now, the goal of bowles-simpson was $4 trillion. so when i say this is something that hasn't been paid for ordinarily in the past, that's true. but that doesn't take away from the fact that we all are -- we're going to continue to work on this side of the aisle on reducing the debt. but i do hear that some of my republican colleagues want to pay for this. i disagree with them but that's what they want to do. so for -- so far, all we've heard from republicans pay-fors is this -- take a big whack out of obamacare. there are 9 million people, approaching 10 million now, who will benefit from obamacare. they want to damage every one of th

you have put in a lot of hard work. mr. morris, he talked about the hours. how many hours do you spend -- did you spend on first? first season structure was a lot like a sports season. we have our off-season, so we are preparing for our season. much,hard to estimate how but i would say at least three hours a week, at least, and sometimes we would be at an outreach event or volunteering to 10 hours a day. then you get to the build season, when we construct our bot. and that is every night on our to six hours every night after school, i and eight hours on saturday. for the duration of six weeks. after the build, a few months back into repair mode, and then competition, three days of very intense 24/7 work, basically. they are a lot of fun. that is the summary of the hours. i do not know if some of these other teams work differently, but that is how my team works. >> anyone else want to comment? sevenaverage i would say to 10 hours a week on robot activities. they say football never stops, you are still working in the off-season. you still work in the off-seaso

a federal holiday that probably wouldn't exist if it were not for the hard work of mrs.elebration comes on the heels of the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty and the march on washington. the march emphasized jobs because while the civil rights movement initially focused on ending discrimination against african-americans, dr. king also understood the connection between social and economic justice and the dignity of work. he believed that a focus on eliminating poverty could actually help bridge america's racial and economic divides and unite americans of all races who share similar economic struggles. president lyndon johnson knew he couldn't wanl his war on poverty without dr. king, so just two days after being elected president in 1964, president johnson called dr. king. >> we're going to spend a lot of time with shriver on our poverty thing and i wish you'd give a little thought to it because that offers a lot of opportunity for our young people that have been denied. we got this behind us now, and we've got to move on the next four years and make some advances, a

if he cares about house building and homeownership, why not make -- get on with hard-working people? >> mr. speaker, in labour council there are five -- far more housing than in tora council. his housing measures as he supported to the mayor of hans stacey supports. he doesn't know what he thinks. here's the reality. he is not doing enough to close the gap between supply and demand. the truth is a number of social housing starts is down. he shelved his plan for new and rents are rising because except that britain is building 100,000 fewer homes so we need to meet demand a? >> of course we need to build new homes. that's why we are of reform the planning system which they oppose. that's what we've got help divided which they oppose. that's why we are helping in all the ways to get britain building. what we are seeing, tried to is he is now having to jump around all over the place. it started off with the deficit reduction wasn't going to work. now he can make that argument. and it was we needed plan b. he can make that argument. next the cost of living but yesterday we saw inflation fall to

mr. kelly's point i've been here 4 years and know how hard the staff work and so long as people say we're not doing enough that should help us to keep working hard. i disagree receptor if you 11 gedz out of 15 people who didn't get a diploma is a very, very good thing thing and have a lot of receptionist. i was happy to get 11 people to get a job and not have to loaf san francisco. that's enough for me. any other commissioner? commissioner caen then we'll go ahead and move on the next item and a commissioner caen >> sorry for the next budget meeting i would like the following addressed: i would like to get a sense of the overall overtime their your projecting for next year and if you can compare w that with loose fiscal year over time i'd like a i'd appreciate it. secondly, we've worked very hard to get this budget looking the way it does and it's much more efficient we had line items, however, some of us talking with some people both staff and the commission would liquor to see the line items and i'm sure that's easily done that's how you arrived at the material here. so if we could have

good jobs are hard to find. mr. president, where are the jobs?t's the mantra, bill, where are the jobs? unemployment has fallen below 7%, but a lot of that has to do with discouraged people giving up on their job search, so how do democrats win the argument that they have a better plan? >> well, i want to start by saying that i actually agree with a lot of what chairman steele had to say about the president's speech in that it's one thing to give a speech, and it's another to actually see all those things come into reality, so there's a lot of work that still needs to be done, and winning the argument is a big part of that, which is why the president's going around the country today, but if you look back to 2008 and again in 2012, there was a very vociferous argument made over the tax cuts, over how do you drive economic growth in this country, and president obama won that argument going away, and it was one of the first times in a long time the democrats were able to win an economic argument by saying what we need is the middle class to be lifte

he said no on something that the fbi had pushed back on hard was recommendation from that group that mrmorell was on that said that if there's ever a national security issue, there are thousands issued, they should also have a judge pass on those. president rejected that one. what he didn't talk about, bob, were the issues that were of most concern in some ways to american companies and to the nsa, which was a recommendation that the nsa not weaken the encryption systems used to protect all of our data, what goes to target, our health data, the nsa has weakened those over time so they could break in to them. also recommendation that the nsa get some additional supervision when they're looking at weaknesses of software to do cyberattacks on other countries. on those the president still said that. >> schieffer: you've been covering president obama for a long time s. this a different president obama than the obama who came to office talking pretty critical. >> he was. that's what people remember when they think about barack obama who ran he was critical of the bush warrantless wiretaps, fo

mr. gates, secretary gates, is a hard core partisan. this is one of the most respected and credible people in washington speaking with authority about our commander in chief in my opinion abusing his solemn responsibility of putting our troops in harm's way, using politics to make those determinations, not good and smart politics. >> in the book gates does say every situation president obama made with regard to these wars he believed was correct. i'm going back to my original question, bernard. does the president of the united states owe an explanation to the people who have served this country, and to every other american about these wars and whether or not what bob gates said was true or false. >> does the president owe an explanation about a disagreement with direct reports? absolutely not. owed to american people to fulfill on his promise to end the war. fewer people are dying in these wars because barack obama -- >> more people died in afghanistan than under president bush. >> and my son always reminds me afghanistan is a place whe

it's hard for me to comprehend that, mr. president. you could explain that to someone, but that's their job to explain it, not me. my explanation is it is something the american people need and want and should have. i ask consent the senate now proceed to a period of morning business, senators allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask the senate proceed to calendar number 271. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 271, senate resolution 312, calling on the government of iran to fulfill their promises of assistance in this case of robert levenson and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: i ask the resolution be agreed to, the nelson amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble as amended be agreed to and the nelson amendment to the title be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, tha

mr. huizenga, for all his hard work on this legislation and bringing it to the board at a time whener in' dealing with regulation and red tape, this type of bipartisan, pro-small business, pro-job legislation is exactly the type of thing we need and i urge my colleagues on both sides to pass it as we did in the committee in a bipartisan manner. and with that i think i'll yield back initially and then -- the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman reserve? mr. garrett: i reserve, i should say. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from alabama. ms. sewell: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. sewell: today i rise in support of h.r. 2274, the small business mergers, acquisitions, sales and brokerage simplification act of 2013. h.r. 2274 provides a much-needed exemption and clarification for current m&a brokers who perform services in connection with the transfer and ownership of small and medium-sized businesses in privately negotiated transactions. small and mediu

mr. johanns: we have worked so hard to get everybody on board. states are on board. it does empower states. it does allow them to do what they need to do. and i just urge my colleagues to be a no vote on the coburn amendment. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: if this is true with no optout then why not do it for lawyers, why not do it for credits, why not for every other thing that's licensed that would be better for consumers to not give an optout is not right to the individual states. so you can say -- i support the bill. i just think we need to have a protection for the states. and the reason there's opposition to this is because there's obviously some people who don't agree that everybody is on board. i yield back. the presiding officer: all time has expired. the question occurs on the amendment. is there a sufficient second? there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: yo vote:

mr. speaker, thank you to the chairman and ranking member for your incredible hard work. the folks of oklahoma and minnesota should be proud of the representative that they have sent here. i'm proud of this piece of legislation. i stand in support of it. it's been two years. i feel like we have been at it most of our life. while i hear people pointing out problems, i'm certainly there. if we had each written this bill it would look different. i hear people say it's not perfect. we had a former colleague once who said, of course it's not perfect. if you want perfect, you'll get that in heaven. at times this place is closer to hell. this is a pretty good compromise we have come up with. it certainly does things, and i am proud to say it makes bold new investments in clean renewable american made energy. this is a tough decision. tough budgeting times and the commitment of this committee to make that happen i could not be prouder. it also takes bold steps moving the country forward on conservation measures. one piece in here protecting our native prairies in the midwest is f

hard for it and came together. i'm so proud of our coach here mr. win. i'm here to honor you as the san francisco board of supervisors because you earned that. you brought not only your team together band the school together and the community together. that's what people do. they inspire people and make them want to work harder and you do that. you were 12-1. and when coach played back in the day, he was older than i am. i just want to be clear about that. i was at galileo when he played and he was a part of something that's never been done in the history of our football public high school since i was there and that is we had a three-peat at galileo. that is 88, 89 and 90 and you were a part of that winning team. and you were senior class president in 1990. did i fudge your year? sorry. but what i appreciate about you is you grew up here in the tenderloin. your parents, migrated from veet -- vietnam. you worked hard and played hard and you have friendships that have lasted a lifetime. and you continue to work with these young men and continue to work on

hard work. >> to turn a recognizes the gentleman from new mexico, mr. pearce for one minute. >> thank you, mr. chairman. again, we appreciate your appearance here today. we have heard in previous hearings and in this one that your job is to protect the consumers they do you in fact yourselves stay your focus on making financial markets better. i believe the several states like new mexico, you're making the market first. i would call from a banker, hard-working people in rural new mexico are being denied access for purchasing a manufactured home because of cfpb policies. policies are hurting the small guys. a site is maintained and never hearing we had so far. tenure at times to protect melody and access to credit. 50% of the homes in new mexico or trader houses and because of that, almost all of our lenders are out of that market. 25% has gone out of loaning money for houses completely. you are hurting new mexico with a two express our position in this hearing. >> the time of the gentleman has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr.

mr. chairman, and thank you and just as hard work on this legislation. this is not easy stuff. the amendment that i would like to bring up is mccaskill amendment number one. it establishes a one year moratorium on closing rural post offices and it strikes the five year sunset. it is offered on behalf of myself, senator heitkamp, senator tester, senator pryor and senator begich. there really is no rational reason for sunsetting these protections. protections are there for a good reason, to make sure that the universal service mandate is respected and usps should have the right an opportune to right size itself based on the size of its business revenue and there's nothing in this amendment that prevents that. these requirements are not onerous on the postal service, but it does force them to recognize the unique role of post offices in world communities. and i would urge the adoption of this amendment by the committee. >> dr. coburn, do you want to go first? >> when you visit with the postal service, their post plan has -- and it said no closing of rural post offices. to whether

mr. chin. much appreciated it and for all of your continued hard work on this. if no other questions at this point let's call up josh harsy and commission of the environment here in san francisco. >> thanks supervisor farrell, supervisor mar. i am really excited from the moment that supervisor farrell made the call and said i am thinking to restart greenfinancesf, and then got the call from roger, the mayor's office, that said we're going to work with supervisor farrell to do this and i remember sitting down with supervisor farrell and talking about the work that supervisor mar had done to get the program before the feds stepped in and said no, and one of the things if i can speak to the work force development piece that i think one of the highlight briefly i remember sitting with supervisor farrell saying i want to do this. i want to put local folks on the projects, get local contractors. i really want to do this. where do we start? and i remember we pulled out thes are liewgz before. this is where we got before and we can move forward and supervisor farrell sa

mr. guinn is passionate about his work and works hard to help others. despite being paraplegic and partial arm amputee, he often works seven days a week. thank you, angel. mr. speaker, the work of darell and angel do every day on behalf of individuals afflicted with this condition is very important. there are an estimated 12,000 new cases of spinal cord injury and paralysis each year, and over 36% are the result of car accidents. i know from the many personal stories from my constituents and friends just how devastating these injuries can be. the toll is often not exclusively physical but the emotional and financial tolls can be substantial. both on the victims and their families. the provision of a power wheelchair can return confidence, freedom, and independence to a victim. this life changing piece of equipment, however, comes at a considerable cost of approximately $25,000 a chair, and that's where the darell guinn foundation comes in. they are committed to improving the victim's quality of life by providing each with a power wheelchair. i encourage

mr. tough guy like he presents himself, isn't it hard to ask for technical assistance?ns like admitting we are ahead of them technically? >> it is embarrassing but i'm sure it doesn't rank on putin's top ten list. what is more embarrassing? asking for assistance or having the olympics turn into a terrorist attack. i think it is clear why they are willing to ask for u.s. support. >> chuck, do you have a sense of the calibration that went into the decision by the president and the first family and the whole circle around him to skip the olympics? >> i know that some would read it as a full fledged snub. i think there was a decision to send a message with the delegation. the relationship is not good. let's not pretend that it is. there is all sorts of disagreements putin does want to be treated like a superpower. and in many ways he goes around searching for ways to poke, stick his finger in the president's eye. i think now in more experts i talk to think it wouldn't matter who was president right now this is what putin would be doing to everybody because it is all about r

it is time to face up to hard truths according to mr. osborne.u thought the government pursestrings would be loosened, you were wrong. austerity is here to stay. we expect to hear from osborne on a whole host of issues. the question is, how do you fund? not by borrowing, but by further spending cuts. >> looking ahead to next year's election, despite the improvement in the economy it appears that the conservatives are losing support? >> this is key. in some polls it certainly shows that. one recent poll shows 37% of voters supporting the tories in 2010. no longer. austerity has not been very popular. ask people if they feel a little bit richer -- many will answer no. labor, the opposition party believe we are in a cost-of- living prices. -- crisis. they are losing half of that 37% to the anti-european party. this is centered around the immigration issue, an issue that has become incredibly politicized but one which is a big concern for many people in this country. expect some comment on that from mr. osborne today. this is about setting up next ye

mr. brashov. the fireworks were terrific. i heard it. that was enough. how long will it take you to fix it, jamal ? oh. i'm not sure. i have to read the instructions again. sometimes it's hard to believe that jamal is an engineer. that's the trouble. he is an engineer, not a repairman. repair person, mr. brashov. thank you, rosa. if he had not been laid off, jamal would be designing bridges and highways right now. - but not burglar alarms. - no. not burglar alarms. look who i found. - hi, jess. - there's a stack of dishes waiting for you, henry. i live to wash dishes. what'll it be, jess ? - what ? - i asked you what you wanted. oh, sorry. how about a cup of coffee and a piece of apple pie ? - something different for a change. - what ? - never mind. - katherine. has anybody called me from the restaurant news ? - not since you asked me an hour ago. - maybe they sent a letter. i gave you all the mail this morning. victor, you look upset. what's the problem ? it's this newspaper. i'm trying to get them to come to crossroads cafe. - the restaurant news. - they list all the restaurants in town... and interview the owners. it would be a good way to attract new customers. we shoul

look, i give secretary enormous credit because he's worked hard to get this conference together and get the russians onboard. ultimately, iran is mrjor benefactor. if they are not at the conference, then it's hard for anyone to tell how they are going to reach any agreement. the most they can do is probably result in obtaining some humanitarian agreements that will provide greater relief to the refugees and those who are suffering in the cities that are under attack. >> and that would be something for sure. >> absolutely. >> let me turn to iran, if i can. short-term deal on its nuclear program started yesterday, limiting uranium enrichment, granting full access to inspectors, eluded stockpiles halted production on the separate plutonium plant. in exchange, sanctions were lifted, including oil exports, auto and airline parts, gold, other metals. rate this where we are now, ambassador, how important is this step? >> well, they reached an important step. there was reciprocity, which is what the iranians and the americans and the p5 countries agreed to, the european countries that are part of the negotiation table, but now the really

hard. w45* a is going on with mr. bieber? what is wrong? >> snowball. it is crazy.t is like he is trying to be the example that nobody wants to follow. it is so good. it is so good that -- it is so bad that it is good to watch him like turn into this horrible -- >> is this hurting his brand? >> no. it is making it like a narrative. he is going to do a britney. i don't know. maybe he has a chance. britney never really recovered. >> it is true. is as she gets older so do her fans and nobody wants to listen to britney when you are in your 20s and have a baby. once you realize you have been wasting your money. buck, do you buy he doesn't do cocaine. he claims he doesn't. >> are you kidding me? this is his pr team at work. the only drug he abuses is children's tylenol. this is cra a p. i don't buy this with the scissor. first of all it is an $800 a pint drug that has no drugs in it. xanax? that is what you have with your cereal in the morning. give me a break. >> xanax is not in this. >> oh he also uses xanax. >> this is prescription codeine which we can agree is fantast