mrs. johnson, who was so good with words. she said when somebody asked how it felt to be in that house, "history thunders down the corridors at you." it does indeed. i remembered when charles lindbergh came back and the astronauts were there. i was in charge of setting up a picture of him with the astronauts because we thought they'd be thrilled to be photographed with lindbergh, and he hadn't been there since hoover. when the cameras clicked and that flash went off, you could see him flinch visibly. i knew that this was a man that really hated the spotlight. i could remember great heads of state coming through there, and those wonderful two andrew jackson trees outside the windows, the big magnolias. i could remember funny press conferences down on the first floor. i was press secretary and there were about 85 women reporters, primarily women, who covered mrs. johnson, and i was trying to get them to go to the big bend out in west texas, so the more i would talk about the fact that you had to be careful of panthers and we wo

mr. lazard to read the spirits of officer suguitan. >> on saturday generate 23, 2010 at 1721 hours, ms. johnson phoned the police to report that her roommate, mr. smith, was suffering from psychological problems, had been drinking, and was taking medication. in her request for the police, this johnson indicated mr. smith was not known to carry weapons and that she wanted vice from officers on how to deal with mr. smith. she needed assistance based on his behavior. officers brodericks suguitan and samuel fung arrived at the scene within four minutes. officer suguitan and fung were met by the woman outside of her porch. officer suguitan observed at the front door of the residence was open and stepped inside. officer suguitan noticed mr. smith and mr. rios, an additional roommate, were standing face to face having a conversation. both men were approximately 7 feet in front of officer suguitan. officer suguitan looked at both men and stated, how are you doing, we are here to help. mr. smith and mr. rios both faced officer suguitan. immediately, officer suguitan realized mr. smith's and were behind

mr. johnson knocked on the door. you may have figured it out by now. to us, he was still the great dark man. a mythical man or object to desire. it was probably why we jumped to attention. jesus. tucking the incriminating evidence. wait. let this go down first. >> why? i don't know. seems rude. ben widened his eyes at me. did you learn that from miss manners. i hid myself. this probably made me look grand. that somehow seemed preferable. men opened the door. he was standing there. i'm sorry fellows. come on in. our visitor shot a quick glance. can we get you something to drink? remaining seated. there's a soda machine. no thanks. did you have a hard time finding us. i'm michael i said. finally standing. this is ben. he shook our hands. i'm patrees. i am worried that it might make me squirm. i found it hospitable. that it put he more at easy. we're glad you came. patrice smiled. ben caught my guy. he began to rearrange the forskin. it seemed to swell. when he removed it, he said, i open it's okay. i'm sort of a kiss pig. no problem. as i caught my breat

mr. johnson's death >> reporter: johnson was usually asleep at that time, about to wake up and work all night long. following his graveyard shift at wal-mart and before taking a break, ennis johnson came here to solano community college to weight train for the football team. the falcons won the season opener last week. they play tomorrow. >> his number was 9 so i have some 9s ordered that i hope will come in today and they are he going to wear 9 on their helmet this year to honor him. >> reporter: the man arrestd in fair willfield will be arraigned tomorrow. >>> investigators are trying to figure out what led to an officer-involved shooting. officers from the region at yo theft task force were trying to pull over a mustang. the mustang did not stop and that led to some sort of confrontation. the officers opened fire hitting one man. >> we have to make sure that we do some investigation to make sure that the officers were incompliance with policy >> the victim is now in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. the officers belonged to the san jose police department. it's not clear which

mr. johnson has written a guide on how to hire an inspector. it has a good list of recommendations. live translated it to the six different languages that we have been transmitting material. america's cup. we are reaching out to the business organizations to get a meeting on the books scheduled in late september or early october to begin to talk to small businesses in terms of what they can do to engage with the event authority or with america's cup. that is being worked on and the plan for the types of businesses, what is going to be needed, by that time, should be fairly well-defined, probably at the 500 foot level. but that we can start beginning to have the conversations about how they can become engaged with doing business. because the timing will be pretty quick once is done, trying to consolidate the number of presentations so that we maximize the number of businesses attending a meeting with getting this information out. i will be providing you with a list of the presentations as they get scheduled so that you are aware of that. if you know of any business organizations that

mr. johnson. we want to congratulate you on the special award. your heroic actions took a lot of courage to go into a burning building in be saved many lives. i want to commend you for your work. >> on behalf of the board of directors, thank you for the outstanding work that you have had for many years in the agency. >> i want to thank god for giving me this courage -- the strength and the courage to do it. i have to recognize the citizens. when i know that a fire is out of control, they are waiting for the bus, they came down and assisted me. thank you for this, have a nice day. [applause] >> in the next award goes to maggie. please step to the podium. she has been a hearing officer for 11 years. she conducts a hearing for protests, parking citations, and burglar alarm penalties. she is in charge of administering and conducting coordination with federal and city agencies. penalties, she was instrumental in facilitating that. she is a diligent individual. for example, in 2009, she worked with the information technology subdivision to streamline t

mr. johnson. can you share with me your announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit copies of materials to the committee, please submit final. if you wish to submit a speaker card, then turn it on to your left -- and turn it to someonine to the left. item one. on sale of beer and wine license for the expansion of the city beer store into the adjacent office space located at 1168 folsom st. will serve the convenience and necessity of the people of the city and county of san francisco. >supervisor avalos: thank you. inspector paulson. >> good morning. what is before us today is an existing business. in short, it is a privilege that allows privilege to sell on site wine and beer. this is an existing business. what they are applying for is to expand. it is a business of high crime and concentration. based on the business plan, we're recommending license for approval. it has existing conditions that would transfer to the existing space. supervisor avalos: we c

mr. johnson, and the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walz, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio flsm johnson: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. johnson: h.r. 2646, as amended, the veterans' health care facilities health care improvement act would encompass the department of veteran's affairs request for facility projects and leases for fiscal year 2012 and extend certain expired authorities. the bill before us today tracks with the resources provided in the propings bill that passed the house with bipartisan support. the v.a. provides high quality medical care and services to our honored veterans through an extensive and diverse portfolio of medical facilities this national infrastructure generates a great deal of costry construction and maintenance needs which the department must address. section two of the bill would authorize the appropriation of $87 million for seismic correction and renovations at facilities in los angeles, california,

mrs. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in strong support of president obama's american jobs act. as a senior member of the house transportation and infrastructure committee, i'm especially glad to see that the president has maintained his unwavering commitment to modernizing america's infrastructure. our roads, bridges, highways, and strit system, and support millions of jobs throughout the country that are crucial to strengthonning our economy. the -- strengthening our economy. the establishment of a infrastructure bank is a bipartisan proposal that i have been a strong proponent for many years, more recently i have learned my senior senators also are very supportive. this bank would leverage private and capital funds to invest in infrastructure projects of a national significance. its public and private partner -- it's public and private partnerships like this that make our country succeed and we need more of them. i urge all of my colleagues to support this bipartisan measure. god bless the troops. god bles

mr. johnson, the law requires fda to inspect domestic drug establishments every two years. the law is silent about how fda must inspect foreign establishments. can you elaborate on the need to level the playing field? >> thank you, senator enzi. yeah, currently there's two components to i think to answering that question. the first being the parity that foreign establishments should be inspected at the same level intensity and frequency as domestic facilities. there's a substantial cost for inspections to drug companies. and i might use the example of companies setting in philadelphia or new jersey, may have fda visiting each month or the other month. and it takes resources, time, personnel to accommodate these inspections. the contrast is foreign inspections when companies, facilities are visited on a three, four, five-year basis. there's additional costs to the american industry and, more importantly, to the public health by having equivalence in terms of inspections, the fda has the opportunity to evaluate these foreign facilities, determine if there are any gmp or quali

mr. johnson. >> i agree with the prime minister that we shouldn't rush the judgment on some of these issues, but would he agree with me that it's at least questionable of the last government to send u.k. police officers to libya to train gadhafi's forces when those reasonable for wc fletcher's murder were still at large? >> i think my honorable friend makes an important point. i think it is right to form a with libya when it gave up weapons of mass destruction, but we had to do it in the right way an i don't believe we made enough progress on the murder and the case was not handled in the right way. >> mr. henry smith. >> here. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. five years ago, the then governments conducted sums to visit headquarters. when it comes to the appeasing of dictatorship. >> i've got a feeling if they invited him again, they might treat him rather differently this time. what having a relationship wrong gullible, carried out for all the things that have been

mr. johnson out because he is only 85 years old. >>> over 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate northeasternpennsylvania. the susquehanna river is expected to crest this afternoon. parts of new jersey is still flooded. residents must deal with a new round of storms. >> reporter: they have suffered a great deal of flooding. now the latest has done this. this is the downtown area. i dare not step off the curb because the water is coming under my knees about two feet deep. we're about one block from the passaic river. you can see some of the homes that have been evacuated. there are some people who have remained here. they rather not be in the shelter, a few stragglers still here. the situation is expected to get much worse sometime tomorrow. the passaic river is expected to crest at about 12 feet, five feet over flood stage and also compounding the misery here. the latest flash flooding as caused electrical outages, there are about 2,000 plus people in the state of new jersey once again without power this, new, as more rain is expected. back to you. >> hard to believe. live in paterson, new je

mr. gordon johnson with the generic pharmaceutical association. welcome. please proceed. >> good morning chairman harkin, ranking member enzy and members of the committee. thank you for asking me to participate in this timely and important hearing. i am gordon johnston senior adviser for regulatory sciences. gpha represents the manufacturer's and distributors of generic pharmaceuticals and active ingredients. generic pharmaceuticals now fill 78% of all prescriptions in the united states. i served in the u.s. public health service, and in 1987 was assigned to the fda. securing the nation's pharmaceutical supply chain is of vital importance to gpha and our member companies. we have a key interest in a level, competitive and accountable playing field in the supply chain. we commend the committee for your focus on ensuring the safety of america's pharmaceutical supply, brand and generic. gpha is committed to doing everything possible to promote a vigorous and rigorous oversight of the nation's drug supply. as the committee begins to take a closer look at this

mr. hank johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. ranking member. i rise in strong support of this bill which will keep people working, building our infrastructure. failure to pass this bill would put politics first and mean unnecessary economic pain for millions of americans. we've seen in the past that stop signs and guard rails have been put out, traffic jams have been started and now we want to blame the drivers of the car for the traffic jam that the other side commits -- commenced. it doesn't make any sense. but let's go ahead and pass this i recommend or i commend my brother on the other -- brethren on the other side of the aisle for putting it forward, clean bill. in georgia the highway bill provides more than $97 million a month for infrastructure jobs, employing more than 22,500 georgians. i urge my colleagues to support this bill so we can move past this stalemate and pass a long-term bill. thank you. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from west

mr. johnson, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2646 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2646, a bill to authorize certain department of veterans affairs major medical facility projects and leases to extend certain expiring provisions of law and to modify certain authorities of the secretary of veterans affairs and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-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.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 412, the nays are three. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection th

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, last year illegal immigrants built 4.2 billion dollars from u.s. taxpayers due to a loophole with the refundable child tax credit. according to a new report, this rampant abuse has cost american taxpayers billions. that's just wrong. it's time to close this loophole. that's why i reintroduced really a commonsense legislation, h.r. 1956 that stops the child tax credit sham. the bill requires tax filers to provide their social security number to receive that benefit. with the dire need to cut government spending, i hope this simple fix gets a serious look as a way to stamp out waste, fraud and abuse. if you want to stop illegal immigrants from duping taxpayers billions of dollars every year by fraudulently claiming this credit, call the white house at 202-456-1414. tell them to pass this bill right now. tell them that h.r. 1956 should be a top priority. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia r

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker, and mr. ranking member. america was united in its disgust as the spectacle in washington during the debt ceiling fiasco. the republican threat of defunct default is part of modern american history. it reduced faith in the united states of america. it also undermined the american people's trust in its government. there's no reason to have a debt ceiling at all. it doesn't restrain spending since the spending has already been committed. it just threatens our credit, and it weakens our country. that's why i, representative nadler and representative moran introduced this morning the full faith in credit act, a bill to do away with the debt ceiling once and for all. but if we are going to have a debt ceiling, the threat by members of congress to refuse to raise it is an outrage. we've already made these commitments, yet, some would have us default. some would undermine the full faith and credit of the united states. some would do irreparable damage to our country and our standing in the world. it's a disgrace, it

mr. johnson, the generic companies are working with the f.d.a. to do their fair share and provide the f.d.a. with additional resources to increase foreign inspection capacity. while i realize that the brand companies don't occupy as much of the market as generics do, would your member companies be willing to contribute to securing the supply chain through increased user fees? >> thanks very much for that question. i think it's important to recognize that since 1992 the user free, prescription drug user fees that we are look fog re-authorize next year have supported preapproval inspections since their inception in 1992. as the g.a.o. has reported, the majority of facility inspections that are conducted are both preapproval and g.m.p. inspections combined. our industry is really committed to this issue and has supported inceptions in the form of user fees since 1992. there will never be enough resources for the agency to get to all the places they need to get. that's why we believe using a risk-based approach to target facilities for inspection and

mr. johnson: scrap the tax code and implement a flatter, fairer tax code. eliminate all pending regulations not directly tied to public health or national security. establish a clear national policy and repeal the president's health care law. i've discussed all this with countless residents of eastern and southeastern ohio and they all like what they hear. but the popularity of this agenda has little to do with me. these ideas are rooted in the american dream and they can boost america's economy and lead to real job creation. if this administration wants to help us, we can start creating the jobs ohio and america needs. with that, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i have asked some of my colleagues to join me today to pay tribute to a wonderful, wonderful stateswoman who represented florida's 17th congressional district for more than a decade. congresswoman carrie pittman meeks. it is my present district and a

mr. johnson: thank you, mr. speaker, and mr. ranking member. america was united in its disgust as the spectacle in washington during the debt ceiling fiasco. the republican threat of deunct default is part of modern american history. it reduced faith in theunited states of america. it also undermined the american people's trust in its government. there's no reason to have a debt ceiling at all. it doesn't restrain spending since the spending has already been committed. it just threatens our credit, and it weakens our country. that's why i, representative nadler and representative moran introduced this morning the full faith in credit act, a bill to do away with the debt ceiling once and for all. but if we are going to have a debt ceiling, the threat by members of congress to refuse to raise it is an outrage. we've already made these commitments, yet, some would have us default. some would undermine the full faith and credit of the united states. some would do irreparable damage to our country and our standing in the world. it's a disgrace, it's

mrs. kennedy talks about lyndon johnson's own self-doubt.s a good president from a truly great one. >> when we came to somebody's house in georgetown the other night, got very drunk and said i don't know if i'm capable to be president, if my equipment is adequate. people were thinking i'm bitter. but i'm not bitter. i want it to be put in context the kind of president that jack was and the kind of president that lyndon was. some of the great things that jack did, can't be stopped. when something really crisis happens, that's the difference. i just want them to know because they don't have that kind of president but not because it's inevitable. >>> joining me now to discuss is george will, cokie roberts and abc's senior political correspondent jonathan karl, george, she did, jackie captured a truism that president's mettle is tested in a crisis, is this president rising to that bar? >> i don't think so. his default position is, give a speech. he has astonishing faith in his persuasive powers. it's refuted by evidence. he went to massachusetts

mr. johnson, the distinguished gentleman -- gentleman from georgia, for having served as co-sponsors.romotes an important goal that is providing security for federal judges. under ethics in government act, judges and other high level judicial branch officials must file annual financial disclosure reports. this requirement increases public confidence in government officials and better enables the public to judge the performance of those officials. however recognizing the nature of the judicial function and the increased security risks it entails, congress also enacted legislation that allows the judicial conference to redact statutorily required information in a financial disclosure report whether release of such information could possibly endanger the filing or his or her family. those seeking to harm or intimidate federal judges might use a disclosure form to identify where someone's spouse or child works or requests to school on a regular by a -- or goes to school on a remember -- on a regular basis. targeting judges for harassment have also been known to -- or individuals targeting

mr. gordon johnson with the generic pharmaceutical association. welcome. please proceed. >> good morning chairman harkin, ranking member enzy and members of the committee. thank you for asking me to participate in this timely and important hearing. i am gordon johnston senior adviser for regulatory sciences. gpha represents the manufacturer's and distributors of generic pharmaceuticals and active ingredients. generic pharmaceuticals now fill 78% of all prescriptions in the united states. i served in the u.s. public health service, and in 1987 was assigned to the fda. securing the nation's pharmaceutical supply chain is of vital importance to gpha and our member companies. we have a key interest in a level, competitive and accountable playing field in the supply chain. we commend the committee for your focus on ensuring the safety of america's pharmaceutical supply, brand and generic. gpha is committed to doing everything possible to promote a vigorous and rigorous oversight of the nation's drug supply. as the committee begins to take a closer look at this

mr. johnson. he covers a wide range of domestic policy issues.prior to working at "nj," he worked at "national journal daily." >> can you all hear me? after that rousing debate now we are going to talk about details. i cover transportation for national journal and had been involved through the ins and outs in congress to the last year, which got interested in the summer. with a wideroup o variety of perspectives on the transportation debates, so i will give you a brief opener and we will talk. a reminder, we are taking questions. i believe you have cards that our folks are collecting, and they are given to me. we are tweeting this. many of you have questions this week. and if we are friendly, i will call on you. let's talk about who we have here. on my right he is jim coon. he is the chief of staff of the house committee for transportation and infrastructure committee. i have seen -- he has seen a lot. we also have -- he has worked for the air transport association and the boeing co. paid one of the things i asked the panelists to talk about is h

mr. death of a community college athlete. 21-year-old johnson was a football player for the community college. he was gunned down in his fairfield home two nights ago. police say johnson knew his killers and was engaged in some transactions. they identified the suspects and have arrested a 23-year-old man. but 18-year-old suspect mccallie remains at large. >> and fire is still burning to night in tracy. news chopper 2 was overhead. officials at the us an explosion was heard at a transfer station that supplies power to warehouse. about 600 were evacuated. no other buildings are in danger and they're letting the fire burn itself out. the crater caused by the explosion will be filled next tuesday. neighbor versus been invited to throw in the first shovels of earth into the hole. the national gas pipeline exploded last september. neighbors say they're ready for that crater to go. >>> the -- it is amazing to us. in a year it should have been done a long time ago. that street should have been opened a long time ago. >> and destroyed 38 homes it left a huge hole that has remained in neighborhood. .

mr. chairman. >> senator johnson? .. it very far complication. can go through component by component and say look, when the department was created, we've had as an border patrol agents coming out with 21,000. they are on the field. i can go to and say we started the department, the tsa didn't really exist and that all has almost had to be built from scratch with the company personnel, training and technology e. and i would recommend and be happy to sit with you and go through that and see where we are. we are trying to keep the administrative are missing as possible given what we are asked to manage and how we are asked to manage it. but the goal is come as i said earlier, senator, is to do that with asp in a layer of management as possible to enable and empower business deal to do their jobs. >> one thing i would appreciate it if you could look at the headcount of the agencies consolidated and then i could work up in terms of may at 230,000 employees in the department. 63 at the tsa. in earlier testimony, direct or mueller, we are concerned abou

mrs. kennedy quoted her husband saying of vice president lyndon johnson "oh, god, can you ever imagine what?" she described martin luther king as a phony and french president charles de gaulle as an go maniac. but throughout the interviews she described her husband as courageous, kind, and sensitive. one of their lowest moments came during the cuban missile crisis when he called her at their virginia weekend home and asked her to return to washington. >> it was just so unlike him. i could tell from his voice it was wrong and that's the whole point of being married, you can sense trouble in their voice and you musn't ask why. so we came right back. >> reporter: the missile crisis lasted more than a week-- one of the few times americans thought a soviet nuclear attack was a real possibility. >> i said, please don't send me away to camp david, me and the children. please don't send me anywhere. i just want to be on the lawn when it happens. i just want to be with you and i want to die with you and the children do, too. >> reporter: today would have been their 58th anniversary. chip reid, cbs n

mr. chairman. >> senator johnson? .. the did not have enough, so things like procurement -- that is why, as the senator mentioned, we are making this. we can go through component by component epically -- component by component. component and say look, when the department was created, we've had as an border patrol agents coming out with 21,000. they are on the field. i can go to and say we started the department, the tsa didn't really exist and that all has almost had to be built from scratch with the company personnel, training and technology e. and i would recommend and be happy to sit with you and go through that and see whe we are. we are trying to keep the administrative are missing as possible given what we are asked to manage and how we are asked to mage it. but the goal is come as i said earlier, senator, is to do that with asp in a layer of management as possible to enable and empower business deal to do their jobs. >> one thing i would appreciate it if you could look at the headcount of the agencies consolidated

mr. chairman. >> senator johnson? .. it very far complication. i can go through component by component and say look, when the department was created, we've had as an border patrol agents coming out with 21,000. they are on the field. i can go to and say we started the department, the tsa didn't really exist and that all has almost had to be built from scratch with the company personnel, training and technology e. and i would recommend and be happy to sit with you and go through that and see where we are. we are trying to keep the administrative are missing as possible given what we are asked to manage and how we are asked to manage it. but the goal is come as i said earlier, senator, is to do that with asp in a layer of management as possible to enable and empower business deal to do their jobs. >> one thing i would appreciate it if you could look at the headcount of the agencies consolidated and then i could work up in terms of may at 230,000 employees in the department. 63 at the tsa. in earlier testimony, direct or mueller, we are concerned ab

senator brown, carper, johnson, pryor and mccain. senator brown. 64 mr.hairman. >> here is a three part question. several of the reason that the terrorist attacks against the u.s. have been carried out by were inspired by aqap. how would you assess the threat to the homeland, would you put them at top of the list of the threats by terrorist organizations and then as a follow-up is yemen on its way to becoming another afghanistan safe haven for aqap to plot a tax and to we have a sufficient strategy in place for yemen? >> thank you putative reports to that question, the first is that aqap is certainly among the biggest concerns from the counterterrorism perspective. it has shown itself to be to have both the intent and the capability of carrying out attacks against the united states and the homeland. i mentioned the two examples of that in christmas day 2009 and in 2010. beyond the actual attempted attacks one of the biggest concerns we have about aqap is its propaganda efforts. anwar al-awlaki, dual u.s. citizen has transpired magazine sought to inspire w

mr. obama called for quick passage of his jobs bill in his weekly media address. a cbs news/"new york times" poll puts his approval rating at 43%, his lowest yet and as whit johnson tells us, his jobs plan is proving to be a tough sell even to some democrats. >> reporter: to sell america on his plan for the economy, president obama will need support from democrats like joshua scannell. >> he hasn't done much since he has been in office. >> reporter: a former obama '08 campaign activist, scannell has little faith in the president's new jobs bill. >> i think that it's a bad bill. i think that it's a bill that doesn't actually produce the kind of jobs that we need. >> reporter: in a recent cbs news/"new york times" poll, 47% of americans say they are not confident that the american jobs act will put people back to work still, president obama is crisscrossing the country. >> hello, everybody. >> reporter: arguing his combination of tax cuts and investments is the best way forward. >> everything in the american jobs act is the kind of idea that has been supported by democrats and republicans before. >> reporter: but some democrats on capitol hill aren't convinced. ore

mrs. kennedy' revealed that president kennedy did not want vice president lyndon johnson to succeed him, out and his brother, robert kennedy, even discussed possible ways to keep johnson from running for president in the future. to hear the actual historic recordings, watch our two-hour diane sawyer special. >> i want to hear it now. >> you're going to make us wait. >> that's a great tease. >> you have to wait until 9:00 eastern here on abc. september 13th. >> he was plotting to keep him off the ticket. jackie kennedy. wow. >> always plotting. >> that is going to be fabulous. >>> time now for the pop news index, hey, lara. >> ultimate pop news. right now this will have to do. we love our gaga. it will be a very gaga new year. lady gaga is taking over times square. she'll be right outside these windows, performing on the 40th anniversary of dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest. when she was on "gma" this summer, she request aid zip-line for her entrance. only way you can top that, she can dress as a ball and drop herself for the countdown. >> like what she did there. >> righ

mr. boren: i mourn the loss of norma johnson who passed away on september 14, 2011, at the age of 90. ime, as we all knew her, was a very close friend to the boren family, and i can remember seeing her face at some of my earliest campaign events. she was always there. she was the wife of glen d. johnson sr. and the mother to glen d. johnson jr., the former speaker of the oklahoma house of representatives and now our current chanceler for higher education. -- chancellor for higher education. she served her son and husband both faithfully. i know her son will miss her. ime was a civic leader and a dedicated public servant. she was a member of the okema chamber of commerce and past president of the american legion and a member of the p.e.o. in 1999 the city of okema put her in the okema hall of fame. ime was a true inspiration to her beloved oklahoma. again, we are all going to miss her. so many of us, i know, she has family scattered across the state of oklahoma, particularly in okema. her son and many, many other oklahomans who she has touched. again, we will greatly miss her and i yie