mr. harper already. this guy has had a busy day.en surrounded by the media and he took to the field to warm up and get ready for the diamondbacks. this is the youngest nationals player to be called up. some think he's the future of the franchise. he's trying to fit in. >> the same game i have been playing. i'm trying to take one game at a time, one bat at a time and not get too excited. trying to stay calm and not, like i said, get too excited. >> not trying to get too excited. i'm joined by paul white now. nobody knows it better. i'm talking about baseball. u.s.a. today, national baseball writer, you saw the los angeles experiment. chavez, ravine, how do you think harper handled it all? >> certain guys understand and embrace the role they're going to have. you look back to derek jeter, these guys get it. you're not going to be successful as this megastar unless you understand how to embrace it. >> he didn't get phased by it at all. he seemed like he deserved to be there. and he said i belong here. that's the attitude you have to ta

better and the first time i have a higher leverage narrative because stars in their ads are observed mr harperand i got a day after the anti protests law was passed a quarter of a million people spilled onto montréal streets in defiance in a peaceful march more than seven hundred were arrested in just one day there were people coming out from the bar actually at that time and they were arrested and they weren't going to do that once ration there or there had been tear gas. a lot of physical our station but the people keep more and banging their pots and pans each now risking a fine of up to five thousand dollars when there are so many people that get arrested ready can it is me. via or in spending much time showing incidents of police brutality. journalists in canada live in which the politicians and a live look good good good good good the gang are making the rules show they don't going to get outside and see what's happening in the streets really and they don't want to go about all these good values he didn't want to know about it. was you can see how dramatically the protests have evolved o

mr. harper: mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from hawaii. ms. hanabusa: mr. speaker, i yield the remainder -- 10 minutes to the gentleman from american samoa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from american samoa is recognized. mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of house concurrent resolution 105, to authorize the use of the emancipation hall in the capitol visitors center for the rlei draping ceremony on june 24 of this year to celebrate the birthday of the great warrior king, king kamehameha. i want to thank my colleagues for their leadership and to all the members of the hawaiian congressional delegation for their support on this important legislation. i also want to take this opportunity to commend my good friend, senator daniel, for his stewardship on this and many other issues befitting the people of hawaii. the senator has been an integral part of the lei-draping ceremony for the past 36 years. and it is befitting that his outs

mr. harper, to suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 105, on which the yeas and nayse wordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 105, house concurrent resolution authorizing the use of emancipation hall for an event to celebrate the birthday of king kamahameha. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] >> leon panetta met with his counterpart in china. >> good afternoon. it is my privilege and honor to welcome general leon panetta back to the pentagon. i am pleased that in the course of his visit to the united states, general has had the opportunity to visit in number of important military installations and received some very thorough briefings and demonstrations from our m

. >>> tony horowitz on the 1859 harper's ferry raid which he details in his latest book "mid might rising." mrment and civil war. >> you can't wiggle. >> for most of us, it is a wonderful welcoming to our home here in waterford. to celebrate both the journey which is really the result of the work of many in this room as well as to celebrate our dear friend and favorite author tony horowitz. yes, indeed. under the economic conditions, thank you. he is selling his house. >> you can tour it afterwards. >> we are here through the journey of hill ohallowed groun. engaging our partners as well as our hers in bringing to the f e forethe the history to monticello. we could not be more thrilled to have tony with us who has not only been a best-selling author of "con fed rafederates in the " his newest, "midnight rising" which is about john brown and events that changed the course of american history forever. he worked for many years for "the wall street journal" and "the new york times." he's a swre, very dear friend. one of the things i want to tell you about tony, he really and truly has a notion we

mr. obama and his opening act. >> i want to feel the energy of the coming election. also, i like the band. >> reporter: he's referring to ben harper performed before the president spoke tonight. it cost $250 million at a minimum to get in to the fox theater to hear the president. from here, mr. obama goes to san jose for another fundraiser. the price to get into that one? $3,500, and it's sold out. >>> more details now, air force one touched down about 6:19 at moffett field. it was several minutes before president obama left the plane, he was greeted by the mayors of sunnyvale and mountain view. hanger one was pointed out, and she let the president know in her opinion it needs to be preserved. >> the president headed off to atharton. people lined the streets hoping to catch a glimpse of the president's entourage. >> i feel he needs to improve his image, because he's too much in the hands of the gangsters of wall street. >> the fundraiser was filled with executives from very postable companies, such as google, pandora, and aol. we have learned the president discussed educational reform, and his healthcare act, but said he needs ano

mr. obama and his opening act. >> i want to feel the energy of the coming election. also, i like the band. >> reporter: he's referring to ben harper who performed before the president spoke tonight. it cost $250 million at a minimum to get in to the fox theater to hear the president. from here, mr. obama goes to san jose for another fundraiser. the price to get into that one? $3,500, and it's sold out. >>> more details now, air force one touched down about 6:19 at moffett field. it was several minutes before president obama left the plane, he was greeted by the mayors of sunnyvale and mountain view. hanger one was pointed out, and she let the president know in her opinion it needs to be preserved. >> the president headed off to atharton. people lined the streets hoping to catch a glimpse of the president's entourage. >> i feel he needs to improve his image, because he's too much in the hands of the gangsters of wall street. >> the fundraiser was filled with executives from very postable companies, such as google, pandora, and aol. we have learned the president discussed educational reform, and his healthcare act, but said he needs

harper. >> thank you. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for the opportunity to hear the at -- told the hearing and look of the programs of the 2012 farm bill. florida's highest by you'd agricultural product is trees. 16 billion isn't used in to the florida economy each year. forestry contributes and supports many communities including 133,000 employees and provides a nervous bedrock to the community. and it resides in my congressional district i am proud to welcome the witness from our district district, mr. richard schwab with over 22 years of experience and representing southeastern would producers' association. as well as the american and loggers council. rethink him for his commitment to strengthen the future of forestry and for our community. i yield back. >> they give for your introduction congressmen. >> i apologize. i want to do housekeeping this is for the purpose of unanimous house consent the. >> i think you for you to deal with but unfortunately i have to go public by have unanimous consent to submit from the i a was

harpers magazine may 2012 edition. first this news update from c-span radio. >> we're picking up on mr. krugman's comment.rmed services committee meets this morning to work on version of the 2013 defense department budget that rejects administration call for military base closing. the spending blue print calls for a base budget. that compares with the administration's proposed figures of $551 billion. you can watch that markup session at 10:00 a.m. it expected to go past 10:00 p.m. eastern. today at the white house, the president host nato secretary fog rasmussen. the two leaders will discuss final preparation for the nato summit. the president will hosting that meeting in chicago may 20 and 21st. u.s. mortgage giant fannie mae said it made money in the first 3 months of the year. it's the first time the company has reported a net income gain since it was taken over by the government during the financial crisis. the company say the improvement was due to slower home price decline and fewer mortgages in serious delinquency. fannie mae received about $116 billion so far in the treasury department. that's th

mr. roker?. >> good morning. this will be awet start with off and on showers -- disobey a wer >> all right, thanks a lot, al. >> you really are cute. >> coming up next, bob harper'sught to you by bayer advanced aspirin. fast, safe pain relief. >> we're back at 8:37. this morning on "today's health," simple rules to losing weight. bob harper, the longtime trainer on nbc's hit show "the biggest loser" has helped countless contestants shed hundreds of pounds. now, he's put his advice into a new book called "the skinny rules: the simple nonnegotiable principles for getting to thin." bob, good to see you. welcome back. >> really nice to see you, two. >> two words in that title jump out at me. simple, nonnegotiable, not so simple. >> when i wrote this book. which by the way is out today, you can go to bobharper.com and get it. i wanted to show people sometimes rules are not meant to be liked they're meant to be followed. >> but nonnegotiable means they're very strict and a lot of people have a difficult time following that. >> well, i mean, we live in a day and age right now that we are really battling obesity and we have to have a set of rules to live by. it just -- i