mrs. jackson. >> no. this is cross examination. the reality is that mrs. made many statements that make her ripe for cross examination. when you take a big step back jackson's testimony is not critical to the case. they have to prove that aeg employed this doctor and that they did so in a negligent manner. jackson's testimony here is critical as faith says. however it is critical for humanizing michael jackson and showing the jury the loss that having him die caused to his family. when you take a step back, however, it is not that critical to the overall case and chief except to humanize michael jackson and make his loss much more real. >> in terms of what danny just said i think you have to be careful when you are cross examining a mother of someone who has died. i think the defense attorneys are aware of that. this is a jury trial. when you come across it being too compattive and hitting below the belt with someone's mother i think that can back fire on you in the end. >> she got very emotional in court. talking about critical testimony we heard from dr.

mr. jackson. >> good evening, everyone. my name is kerri win ford. and i'm a graduate of city build cycle 16, and i live in san francisco community. questions, what brought me to the city build academy? what brought me there was a friend who followed me to it. and he referred to it as it was something. but, as i went to the mission hire hall i met chavez which i think is exceptional who really helped me a whole lot through this. and i can't say enough about her. thank you gracy, very much. thank you. [ applause ] >> she told me that i would be a good candidate for city build academy. and i'm here now standing. and as a representative, addressing city build academy cycle 16 super stars... >> and the most valued experience with city build academy was being accepted at my age, but my heart and my hard work paid off. since completing the city build academy, i like this change. personally speaking, i now have a life long career. and i'm thankful for that. >> personally, excuse me, professionally, personally, speaking to the city build academy is such a gr

mr. jackson, you may have made these two women feel foolish. it's your turn. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. the people are real. the cases are real. the people are real. the cases are real. the rulings are final. captions paid for by cbs television distribution rochelle douglas is suing her former boyfriend, kevin jackson, for breaking a lease. kevin says he and rochelle were never a couple. >> byrd: order! all rise. your honor, this is case number

mr. jackson. good evening, my name is jessy nelson and i am a graduate of the contract administration cycle seven program and i live in the bay view community in san francisco. what brought me to city build was that i was at orientation in the (inaudible) industries and they passed out fliers outlining acceptance and to the requirement. and out comes for the city build program, and i thought about it and i said, to myself, i am going to attend one of the orientations sessions because i'm interested in beginning the job market and to update my skills after six years of retirement. my most valued experience at cap was especially my accounting skills and learning quick books. since completing cat my out look on life and job entry has changed. the program gave me a chance to evaluate my administrative skills as well as feeling technical expertise in a state of art consumer-based management tools. first, excel, powerpoint and accounting. professionally speaking, i know that i can compete with the best

mrs. jackson, was it a lie at the time to say your son had a problem with prescription drugs? e responded, yes, because i didn't know he had a problem. but earlier, katherine jackson admitted attending an attempted family intervention at michael jackson's neverland estate five years earlier. >> she's now looking to blame someone else for the very things she and her family knew, and that's why those questions were asked. >> caller: the jackson family matriarch has appeared confused, tired, and irritated on the stand. >> i think for being as old as she is, 83 years old, i think she did a great job trying to answer the questions. she didn't remember everything, but i think it was clear what happened. ♪ >> reporter: aeg live, which promoted what was to be michael jackson's big comeback concert series is trying to show it had no way to prevent michael jackson's drug overdose death, when even his own family couldn't. ♪ the trial has been filled with dramatic moments, including intimate home videos of jackson and his children. >> i'm daddy's baby, and i love my daddy. >> reporter: and

mrs. jackson was it a lie at the time to say your son had a problem with prescription drugs? she responded action yes, because i didn't know he had a problem action but earlier she admitted attending an attempted family intervention at the neverland estate five years earlier. >> she's now looking to blame someone else for the very things that she and her family knew. that's why the questions were asked. >> reporter: the jectionen family matriarch has appeared tired, confused and irritated. >> i think for 83 years old, she's doing a great job trying to answer the questions. she didn't remember everything, but i think it's clear what happened. >> aeg live, which promoted what was to be the big comeback concert series is trying to show there's no way it could have prevented the death when even his own family couldn't. >>> the trial has been filled with dramatic moments, including home videos, and testimony from paris jackson, who is recovering from a suicide attempt. >> and casey wian joins us live from outside the courthouse. casey, jackson admitted knowing michael took pain pi

mrs. jackson, was it a lie at the time to say your son had a problem with prescription drugs? ttending an attempted intervention five years earlier. >> she's looking to blame someone else for the very things she and her family knew and that's why those questions were asked. >> reporter: the jackson family may tree yark has appeared confused, tired, and irritated on the stand. >> for being as old as she is, 83 years old, i think she did a good job trying to answer the questions. she didn't remember everything, but i think it's clear what happened. >> reporter: aeg live is trying to show there was no way it could have prevented michael jackson's drug overdose death when even his own family couldn't. the trial has been filled with dramatic moments, including intimate home videos of jackson and his children. >> i'm daddy's baby and i love my daddy. >> reporter: and testimony from paris jackson, who's recovering from a suicide attempt. this aggressive questioning of katherine jackson could prove risky for aeg live, even though they have been able to point out inconsistencies in her

mrs. jackson: "was it a lie at the time to say your son had a problem with prescription drugs?" n't know he had a problem." >> reporter:but earlier, katherine jackson admitted attending an attempted family intervention at michael jackson's neverland estate >>"she's now looking to blame somebody else for the very things that she and her family knew, and that's why those questions were asked." >> reporter:the jackson family matriarch has appeared confused, tired and irritated on the stand. >>"well, i think she for being as old as she is, 83 yrs old, i she did a great job trying to answer the questions. she didn't remember everything, but i think it was clear what happened." >> reporter:aeg live, which promoted what was to be jackson's big comeback concert series, is trying to show there was no way it could have prevented michael jackson's drug overdose death when even his own family couldn't. the trial has been filled with dramatic moments including intimate home videos of jackson and his >> my daddy and testimony from paris jackson who's recovering blames a-e-g for hiring from a d

mr. crumb. and miss natalie jackson to two shots fired, a boy pleading for his life and here's another shot, theshot. and people in the media were very complicit -- >> they had witnesses of their own saying who's -- >> no, they went out and said that they heard two shots fired. you know, they did that before we got into a trial. they went out and said, mr. crumb. and miss jackson both, that you hear a shot, a clear shot, then you hear a boy pleading for his life, and then you hear george execute him or something to that effect. >> but that did not make it into the courtroom. that was not presented to the jury. >> what you're saying is that is not in fact truth and courtrooms have a way of filtering what's actually true. so what they did was they took a false narrative based on untruths and the media ran with it and the media puts them on television and doesn't rebut any of their assertions even when they're caught in their fabrications. >> so are you and your family -- i sense that you're angry at the media. >> i'm not angry at the media. i think the media has to do a better job when you have pe

mrs. natalie jackson. this was a false narrative. this had nothing to do with the case.nately, in this country, when people allege racism, they do not need to have proof. it's simply enough to allege and declare whoever it is can be a racist. this person has to defend himself from these charges. what must happen is that if there is a base, a foundation to accuse someone of something, that should be the first step to make such a serious acquisition. it must not be that lawyers simply declare racism and we all accept it. >> something that he said is that he feels that the last name had a lot to do with it. >> do we have the last name sound bite? i would like people to hear that where he talks about the last name. we don't have it. >> yes. basically what he said if the last name hadn't been zimmerman, would have been gutierrez, that state of mind in the people would have been different. the whole dynamic of the case perhaps would have been different. >> what would have been different about it, do you think? people are going to perceive this as, is he saying that just becaus

mrs. jackson's testimony here, and cnn obtain ed this exclusive clp not played in court.e is all over the story and back into the courtroom today and tell us what is the latest here, alan. >> well, katherine jackson does not apparently does not like martin putnam, the aeg live lawyer, and she has been fiesty in response to the questions, and reminding him twice in questioning that i have already answered that, and her lawyeren acknowledged that she had actually lost her temper, but did it in a christian-like way. right now, they are asking her about her son's drug difficulties, and she doesn't believe that he abused drugs. she says that she did take part in an intervention along with some of her children in 2002 at the neverland ranch, but however, she does not believe he was a drug abuser, and she does not believe that he was broke at the time of his death, and she says that the things that she has heard in the trial in the first 12 weeks are making her very upset, and that is why she is there on the stand to straighten them out. martin putnam has a difficult job to not

jackson lee: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in strong opposition to the farm bill rule and the underlying bill because it takes food from children and it increases the number of starving children in america. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman's time will be charged. the gentleman from massachusetts. ms. jackson lee: parliamentary inquiry, mr. speaker. one is allowed to give explanation for their opposition and those words are to be counted as part of the unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: in the opinion of the chair, the woman exceeded those simple declare tif statements. m trying to be fair with this. ms. jackson lee: can you declare, mr. speaker, what the interpretation is for excessiveness? the speaker pro tempore: the chair will judge each statement as to its simple declare tif nature. ms. jackson lee: continuing the parliamentary inquiry. is the amount of passion in your voice in opposition to the idea that this bill creates

item one is the granting of the permission to come up the hospital operations at 835 jackson street. >> thank you mr. chair this is a simple resolution to move forward the chinese project. in order to allow some tanks and vaults to be included in the public right-of-way. i want to ask t dw to present the presentation and i have a couple of quick technical amendments so we can resolve the matter quickly >> good morning. i'm john from the department of public works. we have received a question from the chinese hospital. among them is a 5 though gallon storage tank for 4 transforms and two water storage tanks and a rainwater storage tank for reuse of rainwater. there's a petroleum station located under the sidewalk at 8:30 jackson street. those are the facilities that are identified in the encroachment permit >> great. thank you i don't have any questions. we can go to public comment. i have a cough of technical comments. i'll record this into the record. there are a couple of references inform the public utilities commission on items 8 and 9 it is to be determined by the public utility commission and

jackson lee: mr. speaker, on the basis of such an eloquent statement by our ranking member, my inquiry is, at this point could we not in essence table this bill and begin the process of reconstructing the bill as the ranking member has so eloquently stated, in order to be able to feed america's children and not continue the starvation that this farm bill will create and promote for years to come? the speaker pro tempore: any request for disposition of this bill will have to come from the majority manager. ms. jackson lee: mr. speaker, if i could continue my parliamentary inquiry. is the bill not flawed as the ranking member has said for it has left out what has traditionally been a major component of the farm bill, which is the supplemental nutrition program, which deals with feeding hungry americans and hungry children? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has not raised a point of parliamentary inquiry, she's raise add matter discussed in debate. ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. chairman. the spea

mr. crump and miss jackson.nd then another individual i don't know his name. >> was there any law enforcement present? >> no. >> no law enforcement present but officials, politicians. "out front's daryl parks, an attorney for trayvon martin's family and our legal analyst mark nejame is still with us. i want to ask you a question and get reaction. boneparte question about the 911 call, you say it points to what went wrong in the handling of this case. when you say that, what specifically do you mean? >> well, look, any proper police practice would be not to go ahead and have a mass of people around somebody when they are going to be a critical witness in a case, a criminal case. and so what ended up happening here there was all of one side all gathered around when this tape was being played. i recognize the sensitivity and the compassion that wanted to be expre expressed, but this is a criminal homicide investigation. and so proper police practices should have been followed through. chief lee was told by politici

jackson lee: mr. chairman, amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 24 printed in house report 113-158 offered by ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 303, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: i thank the chairman. good morning and i'm pleased to be on the floor with mr. tierney and the gentleman from california in their commitment and their comments on the question of the equality of education for at-risk children. i think if there's anything that comes out of this important discussion and from the chairman's presence on the floor, it should be we should be focused in tunnel vision with the concern of at-risk children, and my amendment is a straightforward amendment. it is an amendment that gives information. specifically, it calls for a study and a report containing recommendations regarding the advisibility of authori

mrs. jackson lee said about lip si. when i reviewed the state department's report and i'm not finished with it yet. much of which is classified. but one question i had for the assistant secretary jacob son is what other countries in latin america did they talk to as they put together that report and her answer was none. and it took me back. when i think back about the iranian influence and activity in this hemisphere, i think about the lebanese canada bank which was more of a financial transaction. i think about the foiled assasination attempt on the saudi ambassador. we got lucky. we had an agent in the right place at the right time. the i rain yans were trying to contact a mexican drug cartel member to transit the board tore come to this country to assassinate the ambassador from saudi arabia. that was the plan. we had the right assets at the right place. i think about the business venezuela hacking attempt and yuan vision reported on i think was talked about earlier. think about the j.f.k. attempt that we talked abou

mr. crump and ms. jackson and trayvon's brother. then there was another individual and i don't know his name. >> was there any law enforcement present? >> no. >> was that a decision that you and/or the mayor made to keep law enforcement out of the room? >> we had asked the family -- i asked the family if they wanted law enforcement. they said they'd rather have law enforcement not in the room at the time. so we obliged their request. >> and did you discuss that with chief lee in regard to his desire to be in the room? >> at that point we just informed the chief as well as the other officers to not be in the same room. >> do you recall how many times the tape was played? >> which tape? >> let's focus on the 911 tape that had the screams for help on it. >>, no i do not. >> were you there for all the times it was played? >> i was in the vicinity. i wasn't always in the room. >> okay. was either you or the mayor in the room at all times the tape was being played? >> i don't recall. >> how many times was the tape played while you were in

jackson lee: mr. chairman. i ask for the yeas and nays. the chair: the gentlelady asks for a recorded vote? ms. jackson lee: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceed option the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas will be postponed. for what purpose does the swrelt from georgia rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will reread. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. broun of georgia, page 59, line 12, insert decreasedly $9,500,000. ge 10, line 12, insert increased by $9,500,000. mr. broun: this would reduce funding and place the savings in e spending reduction account this would -- this with the underlying bill would be a 25% cut. this may be seen as somewhat drastic. however, i have spoken again and again today about the fiscal emergency facing our country. there are legitimate constitutional functions of the federal government which must be funded, particularly those that relate to our national defense. yet even those functions are facing cuts, deep cuts, this m

mr. crump and ms. jackson. and trayvon's brother and another individual. >> was there law enforcement present? >> no. >> was that a decision that you and/or the mayor made to keep law enforcement out of the room? >> we asked the family if they wanted law enforcement and they said they would rather to not have law enforcement at the time. we obliged the request. >> did you discuss that with chief lee? >> at that point we informed the chief as well as other officers to not be in the same room. >> do you recall how many times the tape was played? >> which tape? >> let's focus on the 911 tape with the screams for help on it. >> i do not. >> were you there for all the times it was played? >> i was in the vicinity. i wasn't always in the room. >> was either you or the mayor in the room at all times the tape was being played? >> i do not recall. >> how many times was the tape played while you were in the room? >> i do not recall? >> more than one? >> the tape that has the screams, yes, that was played more than once.

jackson lee. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. i want to thank you and the ranking member for your cooperation and commitment to the security of this nation. i'm reminded of my premise for serving on this committee, mayor, since the heinous tragedy of 9/11. those of us who were in the united states congress had the humble but awesome challenge of coming to view the aftermath, as you well know, many members of congress came to ground zero . sobering, emotional experience. many of us early enough to see the remnants of recovery. it is a scene that will never be forgotten by those of us who served but more importantly the american people. and my inquiry of the chairman on the issue of security to the witnesses and recognition of civil liberties is that i'm always reminded of those words that were said in the aftermath that we would not allow ourselves to be terrorized and we will not allow ourselves to deny our citizens their civil liberties and civil rights. i maintain that as a duo responsibility of this committee. i'm glad to see

mr. al yeatts and others. we have established media opportunity and entrepreneurship opportunity through a simple class. with the support of southeast facility -- if you give me 30 seconds. of dr. jackson and the black leadership chapter we have provided for a model program for the teens. we would like to take our program off line and continue pushing this program forward mr. mayor. >> hi, i am lana miller, with hu hunter's point family. and i have so many things to talk about and so many things we are passionate and work on. now i am here in my role as a member of the mental health board and particularly for trauma and community related violence. i know for the last years barbara garcia has counted mental services in d-10 as community and violence and trauka. and for years we have talked about it and talked about it and when we try to engage the department of health, we got yes we understand it's a priority but we don't know what to do. in november/october last year in 20 2012, we had the southeast mental health summit around trauma. and a large segment of the community and dph and we put together a plan that was adopted by the san francisco mental health board. and signed on by all c

jackson? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court -- there is no justiciable case before this court. petitioner, the united states, does not ask this court to redress the injuries it asserts. the house of representatives' bipartisan legal advisory group, the blag, which does seek redress in the form of reversal, asserts no judicially cognizable injury. while it is natural to want to reach the merits of such a significant issue, as in raines v. byrd, this natural urge must be put aside because, however important the constitutional question, article iii prevents its decision here and requires this court to await another case, another day, to decide the question. in the district court, ms. windsor alleged classical article iii injury for which she sought redress. other persons injured by doma's operation could likewise sue in a first instance court and, if their challenge succeeds, obtain relief. but to exercise jurisdiction on this appeal when the united states asked for the judgment below, fu

. >> bill: what are we to think then of president obama, sharpton, jackson, i don't know if our previous guest, mrmorial falls into that category or not. i do know this. there isn't anyone trying to solve these problems. they want to have a conversation. they want to b.s. about it. okay? but, we, you, me, others, we know that for every problem there is a solution. but the solutions are to get tough. and to call people out. >> i don't agree with that not all problems have a solution. it's sort of the american way. we always assume that is true. the middle east is an excellent example. there isn't a solution it will come one day but you and i are not going to be around. >> bill: are you going to write off the african-american communities in the inner city. >> no. there are one or two solutions. the one about education and the schools there is an answer, school choice. wisconsin has given it a shot, we know it works. >> why does president obama oppose it? >> we know why because the biggest supporter, one of the largest supporters of democrats for the last 30 years is the teacher's union. >> are you s

mr. mcdermott: a minute and a half to the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for a minute and a half. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and thank you to the manager and dr. mcdermott, i'd like to call him. he's been a main stay of good health care in this congress for a very long time and he's managing as well with the gentleman from georgia who has practiced medicine. but we can have a disagreement, and the vigorous disagreement that we have i must say, mr. speaker, the weight of truth falls on what we have done on behalf of obamacare, the affordable care act. you know, i enjoy sledding. i enjoy the snow. when you get on a sled it rolls down and you you're happy and you come to a successful end. we roll down and we keep on rolling because the affordable care act is allowing young people to have insurance. it's reducing the cost of prescription drugs for our seniors. it's allowing a state like texas that has the highest number of uninsured to have some 121,000-plus in my district

mr. broun of georgia. amendment by ms. jackson lee of texas. amendment by mr. quigley of illinois. amendment by mr. heck of nevada. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. hastings of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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 re

mr. crump to not talk about this as a civil rights case. reverend jackson?of course it is a civil rights case. ofhink the department justice will intervene. i think the avoidance of the essence of this case will not do us any service. we are asking people around the country to protest with dignity and discipline. any act of violence will discredit trayvon's legacy. shift from violence [indiscernible] here are two young men, one is dead in the grave, one is a walking dead read he is limiting his life's options --there is something a certain concern about life options of zimmerman. >> pending a decision about his concealed weapons permit, george zimmerman is expected to have his gun returned to him, the gun with which he shot trayvon martin. speaking to abc news, defense attorney mark o'mara said george zimmerman has even more reason to carry a gun now >> does he get the gun back? >> yes, he does. >> what you think he feels about guns now? >> i think he feels truly in his heart that if he did not have that weapon that night, he might not be here. >> do you thi

jackson lee: again, mr. chairman, i want to thank mr. young, mr. visclosky, for their leadership and important responsibility in this nation. my amendment increases funding for the defense health program's research and development by $10 million. these funds will address the question of breast cancer in the united states military. the american cancer society calls several strains of breast ncer as particularly aggressive subtype associated with lower survival rates, in this instance it's a triple negative. but i raise an article that says, fighting a different battle, breast cancer and the military. we all know by the way that breast cancer can effect betting men and women -- affect both men and women. the bad news is breast cancer has been brutal -- as brutal on women in the military as combat. breast cancer has been just about as brutal as women in the military as combat. more than 800 women have been wounded in iraq and afghan. 874 military women were diagnosed with breast cancer just between 2000 and 2011 and according to that same study, more

jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i am just delighted to be able to say that the leadership of the senate realized that the republican bill would have overwhelmed our young people. i was just talking to someone just a few minutes ago and they were saying, we need to have a commitment that every person that graduates from college has a job. we should also have a commitment that every young person that wants to go to school and get a higher education should not be burdened with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt and for over two years, over two years, our good friend mr. courtney from connecticut has been begging and the democrats have been begging and the education committee has been begging, mr. miller has been begging, we have been begging on behalf of the american children to not cause them to pay this enormous amount but to hold the interest rates for middle class families and working families, 3.4%, and we struggled and there were many discussions in the united states senate and the reason why they continued

jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i listened to many of my good friends and to colleagues, we are in fact good friends and colleagues hoping to do what is right on behalf of the american people. and i always appreciate and respect those individuals who have chosen to serve the nation , so i take issue very briefly with my good friend and colleague about the criminal acts of one of the most honest and fortright attorney generals the united states of -- forthright attorney generals of he united states of america. attorney holder has been noted civil great leader on rights, fighting against human trafficking and certainly he has been one who have stood up for our children in this nation and also the many law enforcement officers who are on the front lines protecting us here in america. i hope that we can respect those who offer themselves to the service of this nation for as long as general eric holder has done. i have listened to friends as well speak about the devastation of the sequester and i again suggest to my coll

mr. holder's view, different -- do you think there is racial discrimination in the way voting is conduct fled your state? >> clearly, jesse jacksonknow the facts of the state of texas. he doesn't know raul torres or aaron pina or the hispanic republicans who have been removed from office because of the action of democrats. what people fail is that instead of tex -- the state of tex as is changing in a meaningful way. the republican party has made deep and abiding connections in the hispanic community. and then the democrats rush in and the obama administration rushes in to try to disrupt the connection we have established with the hispanic community in the republican party. >> eric: do you feel that the election system is fair, as you say, holder's complaints are irrelevant? >> we believe that eric holder, for one, is basing his complaints, going back to 1970, when it was democrats who controlled the state at the time, that were discriminating against african-americans and he's basing it on two cases that the united states supreme court has now overturned and vacated the ruling of. so i believe it is unfair, inappropriate for eri

mr. obama wrote one of the most brilliant memoir on race we have. it would be like michael jacksonan in the white house but couldn't talk about basketball. mr. obama is acutely sensitive and keenly informed about the complicated matter and the speech he delivered the other day was yet but a beginning. now we need him and others to use their spots spaces and spirit in the culture to not only ed fie the conversation and to inform the analysis but at the end of the day, to recognize that young black teens are children of god who deserve every protection because if those women on the jury understand trayvon martin as their child, they may have felt his blood calling from the ground where george zimmerman laid him to his rest. [applause] >> thank you, dr. dyson. it's my pleasure now to introduce to you -- he was born, raised, educate and eventually taught as a professor at morgan state university any -- in the city of baltimore. it was there he made a decision to follow his dreams of impacting society and help shape public policy. at the age of 38, he was elected to the united states co

jackson lee. >> 90 seconds. >> thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you to the manager and dr. mcdermott who has been a mainstay of good health care in this congress for a very long time. he is managing as well with the gentleman from georgia who has practiced medicine. we can have a disagreement. the vigorous disagreement that we have, i must say, mr. speaker, the weight of truth falls on what we have done on behalf of obamacare. the snow. when you get on a sled, and rolls down and you are happy. you come to a successful and. we have rolled down and we keep on rolling because the affordable care act is allowing young people to have insurance, reducing the cost of prescription drugs for our seniors and allowing a state like texas, the highest number of uninsured to have some hundred 21,000 plus in my district now with insurance. it allows about 10 community health facilities to be able to begin enrollment this coming september and be able to outreach to those families who will now have coverage for them and their children. let me be clear. how many times do i have to say no, yo

mr. chairman. one small addendum i served with senator scoop jackson with a long and wonderful memory and sure.inct minority on this panel but i take comfort from the fact that i think i represent the vast majority of americans and certainly the vast majority of those of you in congress on this question. should gitmo be closed? i think the answer resoundingly is no unless there is a better alternative available. i would like to describe why i think there is not a better alternatialternati ves available by putting this into context if i may. and that is to describe why we have gitmo in the first place. it is because we are at war. this is the point that has seemingly been lost on a lot of those who talk about this and in sort of an abstract concept that somehow this detention facility can be removed from bad overarching problem. we are not just at war but at war because others attacked us, and in your wisdom you hear in the congress gave the authority to fight back. i'm afraid increasingly we have lost sight as to who it is we are fighting with and again i think that bears directly on the questi

jackson,ja novemberck 11, caesars palace in vegas, saturday, november 15. those shows will sell out. get your tickets. details on bill o'reilly.com. jan: mr.i sent a check for the defense fund for who $100. tomorrow i will run down the track chair situation and announce the winners of this signed presidential picture for a $25 donation to the independence fund, you get a replica picture suitable for framing. we have the details on billfra o'reilly.com. it's amazing what we've done with these pictures and the track chairs and we will explain it, as i said, tomorrow. finallypl tonight, the tip of the day. last week i was running around the west coast oft of ireland and then up. the reason i like that part ofay ireland is because o things haven't changed much over the centuries. same landscape, same welcoming hospitality. we had a great time there. lots of fans in ireland. there i am. our guides, the best. best in the world, i think. even the irish food was was good. i did not destroy that castle. it was that wayc when i got there. the irish had those big breakfasts over there. you've got to do a lot of walking and running throughout the rest

mrs. rutledge, that had the wrong inscription in it. it was a book to help him, come for him, to help him along. -- comfort him, to help him along. jackson was completely devastated. he was preparing plans to go to washington on a steamboat and it was up more than he could eal with almost. this is something with her picture on it that he had with him pretty much all the ime. it would be on a chain or strap that he could wear around his neck, on his bedside table at night so that he could see it in the morning when he awakened. nd she was with him pretty much all the time, even though she had passed away. this is the book that was very important to jackson. this was rachel's songbook, and she made this cross stitch cover for her book, so it would keep the book nice. after her death, jackson kept a number of things like this very close at hand, so we could refer to them. another way of keeping rachel close. jackson had abbott after rachel died of purchasing were using were keeping the things that reminded him of her. this is a central hallway of the hermitage manchin. although the house burned after rachel's death, jackson insisted that th