mr. kelly, you have crept up closer and closer so say something. >> i think we have initial confusion. if you look at the footnote on the letter, you will see that the initial resignation was submitted november 7th. which proposed the 16th, but the principal received her resignation and then the rescission for that. so the timeline that mr. bushman gave you would apply if that were the only thing, but she then submitted a rescission for that that doesn't show up in his timeline. then again when she was frustrated with the job again submitted a resignation, which she then again rescinded. so she has gone through this cycle twice. and what mr. bushman is giving you is action based on the first time that she did it and what we're following up is action based on the second. we thought the first one was already rescinded and that is why we didn't pursue that. >> so for clarification, mr. bushman, so there was no rescission -- she didn't rescind her initial november 7th resignation? >> she did not an

i'd like to commend my colleague, mr. kelly, for his work on this bill and urge all members to support its adoption. i reserve the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri. mr. clay: mr. speaker, i thank the majority -- the majority for working with us to make additional improvements to h.r. 6016, the government employee accountability act, as amended. i want to thank the gentleman, mr. kelly, from california, who introduced this bill to address an unfortunate intstans where a few senior executive service officials at the g.s.a. received a lot of attention regarding their extravagant spending on a los angeles -- a las vegas conference. while i fully support the purpose and intent of this legislation to prevent misappropriation and misuse of taxpayer dollars, we need to be careful not to allow the bad actions of a few government employees to take away from the good work that our federal workers do every day. i have the greatest respect and appreciation for our federal workers. and i think we all

and mr. kelly is correct that we did not appropriately notice the union. we have as a matter of practice, we have a lot of resignations throughout the year, and have not historically noticed the union. i did not know there was a requirement. my bad that we noticed the union, but certainly our attorney's opinion is that doesn't affect the fact that an adult teacher made an adult decision to resign. and there was no indication that -- and a -- in good faith based on the resignation, we hired another teacher and placed that teacher in that position the first of the month. i don't think she is in it yet, but has been fired to go into that job and has a contract to fill that position and that was done in good faith. i added a block that specifically states, do you want us to contact the union, yes or no? and then the last thing that i will submit to you is an email written by the teacher in support of the fact that it wasn't one day. written by the teacher to my staff and to a representative of the union, when says, "i would like to rescind my resignation, the

herring -- mr. kelly, sorry. thank you, i am barbara hale, assistant general manager for power. by way of updates item four i just wanted to remind you in your packets is a detailed timeline for implementation of our cca program. we also are in working constructively with lafco in their advisory role to the board in implementation our cca program we are operating under a memorandum of understanding with lafco that describes the roles and responsibilities of our respective staff and we expect that as we get to actual program launch we will come back to you with a new mou that describes our ongoing relationship at the time. the mou we're operating under this point is expired but i think we're both comfortable to serve those roles until the program takes better shape and we can then revisit roles and responds with that information in hand. then the other item i wanted to make mention of by way of update is some of our activities at the california public utilities commission. we did go forward with the filing of our revised implementation agreement, implementation plan at the califo

-the sheriff's out there now, mr. kelly, holding him. he's already confessed.r letting the nesters settle here in the first place. i say, let's teach him a lesson. let's string him up to one of his own trees. -now, wait a minute, ray? hey, who's side are you on? the nesters? hey, larry, go with him. bring your rope. -you come with me. casey, you ride out and tell the other ranchers what's going on. -you listen. -beat it, injun. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ kemosabe, tarbuck say sage guilty of murder. lynch mob come here. a lynch mob? -i'm sure those men are essentially honest? when they hear the truth... -the truth? and who will they believe? a homesteader? a man wearing a mask? i think they'll believe marshall john lawton. -lawton? the marshall up in rockville? -ah. tonto, i'd like you to see that marshall lawton gets this as soon as possible. -what you do, kemosabe? i'll stay here with jim.

mr. speaker, in conclusion, i'd like to thank my friend, congressman kelly, as well as chairman ros-lehtinen, ranking member berman, for their leadership on this issue, my friend, mr. engel, the incoming ranking member, i look forward to working with you to continue to work on these vitally important issues. i urge my colleagues, mr. speaker, to support this resolution. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentlewoman from florida continues to reserve. the gentleman from new york. mr. engel: thank you, mr. speaker. i have no further speakers so i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york yields back. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i also have no further requests for time and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida yields back the balance of the time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 834. those in favor s

jamie: we'll bring you something a little special this holiday from my talented cohost mr. kellybiased. jamie: take it away. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas, make the uletide gay. from now on our troubles will be miles away. ♪ ♪ jamie: bottom of the hour. homestretch for us. time for the top of your news. pope benedict addressing the faithful today calling for middle east in his christmas mess message while blasting the killing of defenseless people in syria. kelly: gunman behind a deadly ambush on firefighters left a note and saying he would like to burn down the neighborhood and do quote, what i like doing best, killing people. the gunman had served time for killing his grandmother. jamie: a police woman who killed an american contractor in kabul is identified as iranian. so far they have not found any links to terror groups. kelly: the countdown to the fiscal cliff not slowing down at all, even though congress is on break and the president is in hawaii on vacation with his family. we are now just a week away from the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts kicking in. t

mr. hammer's return. steve. >> reporter: kelly, after four months in a notorious mexican prison for this u.s.f combat in iraq and afghanistan it all ended just one hour ago right here. john hammer and his father drove right into the garage. john junior is suffering from ill effects of the stomach flu and dehydration. they had to stop off at a hospital, an emergency room on the way back here to miami but he says he's in pretty good condition. the father came out a few minutes ago and spoke to me, he says despite the ordeal this will be the family's greatest christmas ever. >> they allowed us to use their facilities that were secure in there and we pulled in, and i got him in the car, and i thanked the u.s. consulate guys, and we took off, and made a beeline to san pedro island and spent the night there. johnny -- while i was sleeping johnny got up to the morning and walked to the beach and watched the sun come up. >> reporter: it must be a really stuff time for you right now with what you're feeling. >> no, this is great right now. i'm glad to be talking to you about it. that it's over with, b

mrs. mcpeek derided the fact that they were making fun of the irish in the united states, you know, things like i survived the kelly murphy family gathering, things like that. and they wrote letters poking fun at what i thought was a couragous op ed piece. so this is in response to the irish americans who don't feel the pride that they should. and please excuse if i manhandle the irish manner of speaking. this is a joke told to me by one of my friends. he said that an american, an irish american, was golfing with his wife on a weekend. and he hit the ball into the rough. went looking for it. all of a sudden, a leprechaun jumped up. we're back to the leprechaun theme. he said, top of the morning to you, lad. he says, you're a leprechaun. he says, yes, i am, and you have 3 wishes. three wishes? he says, yes. you have 3 wishes. i want to be a par golfer.. he says, no problem. from now on, par and under. he says, i want a porsche. he says, when you go home tonight, there will be a porsche in your garage. and he says, i want a million dollars. he says, done. when you go to the bank on monday, there will be a million dol

text the word "no" to my cell phone right now." [ light laughter ] yep, kelly clarkson got engaged. so, i guess now she'll be mrst. [ laughter ] listen to this, you guys -- on wednesday, "time" magazine will unveil its person of the year. yeah, i can't wait to see who it is, or should i say honey who who it is. [ laughter ] i heard a little something. >> steve: a little something, something. >> jimmy: here's some political news here. the white house announced that it has no plans to prosecute marijuana users in states where the drug is now legal because they have quote, "bigger fish to fry." when they heard that, stoners were like, "wait, phish is in town? [ laughter and applause ] i follow trey on twitter. i didn't get anything." ♪ [ cheers ] ♪ that's how i actually dance. [ laughter ] that's how sad that is. some more news out of washington. it's rumored that john boehner and president obama are considering a partial deal to avoid the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. it's rumored that a partial deal is being considered. [ light laughter ] or to put that in layman's terms, "oh, we're going to go off this cl

mrs. mcpeek derided the fact that they were making fun of the irish in the united states, you know, things like i survived the kelly murphy family gathering, things like that. and they wrote letters poking fun at what i thought was a couragous op ed piece. so this is in response to the irish americans who don't feel the

mr. monti should stay out of politics. kelly? >> carolin roth from milamilan. that wasn't her voice, that was the audio. >> i don't know about him staying out of politics. don't see that happening. >> clearly not. >>> still to come, we'll talk to the global ceo of sanrio. the owner of the iconic character hello kitty about the outlook for holiday spending. ♪ any tree on this lot is on me. i'm the messenger, by the way. what's your name? joanne. with the hundreds that i save with progressive on my car insurance, this tree is on me. no way. way. this tree is on me. really?! yes. aah! let me just trim it up a little bit for you. [ buzzing ] thank you. saving's greetings. you guys are gonna get this tree right here? are you sure that's the one? i'll tie it to the roof for you. make savings a new holiday tradition. ♪ look this isn't my first christmas. these deals all seem great at the time... but later... [ shirt ] merry christmas, everybody! not so much. ho ho ho! this isn't that kind of deal. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shippi

mr. ackman, thank i for being here. >> sure. >> we have been watching the number of reports that kate kelly has been doing.ve a number of follow-up questions. the first know is about your short position in this country. when did you start the position, at what price, and when does it end? the reason i ask is because michael johnson, ceo has said publicly that he believes you have puts that expire on friday. >> sure. very clear, we own no puts on herbalife. we are short the stock, only. we are not short any other company in the industry. just herbalife. we shorted the stock, i would say, seven months ago or so, and we've had our position since then and have built it up over time. >> at what point would you consider the success in terms of getting out of the position? >> success here, look, the company can survive in a middle grout. if it is found to be a pyramid scheme, it is a zero. >> at what point, if you succeed, you are donating money, by the way, to charity. you called it blood money. >> yes. i don't want it make money o 06 of this. because -- >> it is not a happy thing. all right? you've had millions

mr. president, i don't know timewise how it can happen now. >> and we just heard from kelly about this possible new deal the president has sent over regarding the fiscal cliff. harry reid, though, there's not a lot of time left. >> no, there isn't a lot of time left. what the majority leader is referring to is we've been talking about a lot, the majority of the majority real that if boehner would put aside this tradition that if he's going to get anything passed, it has to be passed bay majority of the republican caucus. clearly there have been times on the little and in the house when boehner could have passed many bills with democratic votes. but fearing the tea party caucus that he has to deal with doesn't want to go there. and so because that can't happen and because there really isn't a lot of time, that's why you saw harry reid just pause like that because he cannot see legislatively and by the clock how they can get anything done before midnight december 31st. >> it seems to be shaping up for a possible new year's eve vote. which if that were to happen, what would the country think of ou

mr. arbase might win the election in japan. aussie/dollar, steady after we saw decline in australian business confidence. it's okay for kelly that particular exchange rate. that's where we stand right now here in europe. let's recap that asian trading day with sixuan once again in singapore. >> thank you, ross. asian markets closed out the day on a mixed bag. the for some beaten down atlanticermakers bounced back after refuting contamination allegations. in hong kong, financials brought support to the hang seng, closing around a 16-month high. signature lost almost 2% after reporting the flight attendants might stay action over a wage dispute. elsewhere, structure burst at almost 7% over a $240 million loan. meanwhile, south korean shares were listed by foreign buyers. miners and banks lacked support through the asx 200 also ending higher by .4%. lower by .2% is the sensex. back to you. >> thanks very much for that. >> and the good news, as well, is that we're back together for the first time in, like, forever. >> reunited. i won't sing again, i promise. >> if you had been here an hour ago -- >> my heart is filled with song

mr. ackman because after that interview, bill ackman talked to kate kelly and said he is not in any sort of options strategy. yes, there was unusual activity in the terms of the puts that expire this friday but as for mr. ackman, he says he is not involved with any of those. >> is it possible that other people could be aware that he was going to do something like this? >> the question is that illegal? it is not. if bill ackman said -- if i'm bill ackman, jim cramer, imcome out with a neg tifr position on herbalife, you can go out and do whatever you want with that? >> yes. now, obviously, one of the things that you know about, there's a fomentation rule in 13 b. driving the stock down, someone to could say it is manipulation. johnson may not have his facts right. johnson has been on "mad money" a number of times. this is a total battleground. merrill lynch reity traits does make a lot of money. herb greenberg done fabulous work here. in the end, ackman is saying all they are doing is selling product from distributor to distributor and that is a ponzi scheme because it doesn't end with cus

kelly now because herbalife is responding and kate has late-breaking details on that. kate? >> thank you, sue. just to reiterate, response to ackman from herb al life. saying mr. ackman has previously said to beware of companies. we asked to be part of the call today, he refused. his miss statements are mistakes are too numerous to address immediately. once again, michael johnson, their ceo yesterday, called claims being called bogus, add matly denied they are a pyramid scheme. sounds like we will hear more in the days to come. >> i wonder if they will address the issue ever buying back their own stock with which mr. ackman says they are doing today. >> a perfect storm is brewing in washington and at this hour. the house gets set to vote on plan b which the white house has said is a nonstarter. house speaker boehner will hold a news conference in about 15 minutes or so. we will take it live here. first, to john hart wood at the white house. john? >> sue, we've had a pretty relentless game of messaging bing pong between democrats and republicans today. we hear from eric cantor about plan b that house intends to take up. then we heard from harry reed, now just b

. >> kelly: new developments concerning secretary of state hillary clinton set to return to work next week after a three week absence due to some mack virus and related concussion and mrston agreed to testify on capitol hill next month on the benghazi terror attack on our u.s. consulate there. joining me now, former u.n. ambassador to the united nations, john bolton and a fox news contributor. good to have you with us this afternoon. secretary clinton is still recovering from her illness and of course will prevent her from travelling abroad, but it will allow her to testify next month in an open congressional hearing on the september 11th attack on benghazi. what do you think her testimony will reveal about the events leading up to the attack, during and afterwards? >> of course, it depends on how well the hearings are prepared by members of congress, they need to give up their opening statements, they need to ask questions, not make their own statements. they need to coordinate to divide up responsibility because this is, this is an opportunity that's only going to come once and if they're making their own statements or duplicating their questions we're going to find

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and, kelly, that is two months before the actual election day should have taken place previously. now, that's two months earlier. we knew that mr. monti, the technocrat prime minister was going to step down. his days were numbered, anyway. so this is just a change of the time frame. it's not a huge surprises in itself. the only surprise is the timing. markets are selling down somewhat this morning. banking stocks. but some of the economists we talked to here, they say, yes, we may see some volatility in the short-term, specifically over the next two months of campaigning because a lot of horse trading will be taking place, a lot of statements will be made which may rattle the markets, but the crux of the matter is this. if you look at opinion polls right now, as a democratic party under berlusconi, he will likely win this election. current opinion polls suggest that he will walk away with around 30%. berlusconi's party, anti-austerity, anti-german, would only walk around with around 16% of the votes. so that 16% gap will be very, very difficult to be made up just over the next two months. so that's why many people say that the