and mr. louis anderson. >>> for members of the military moments with the family mean everything, especially at thanksgiving and christmas. you can thank a military member for their service right now and the number to call is 202-895- 5560. fifty dollars will feed a family of six. >> everybody getting excite when those phones start ringing. that's what we want. get them going, everybody. >>> we all know that one of the toughest things about being in the military is often you have to be away from family. that call of duty and family life, not always a good mix. >> and it's ever present, but as andrea roane reports, this is when the uso of metropolitan washington steps in. >> reporter: family is everything to staff sergeant anthony nelson. >> we're in the military. we're tough, right? but deep down i'm a family guy. i love family. i just love being around. >> no. >> you won't both? >> reporter: anthony also loves his air force career. he's been in 10 years. he's used to being away from home, the frequ

the commission has been pushing the staff hard on this back logs of nov so i just wanted to thank mr. louy and everyone who has worked on updating this regularly, and that i think this is very helpful. i had a question, because this came up in the previous discussion regarding putting tenants at risk. and i was wondering if we could look at some novs, where, because i feel that there is a lot of complaints that i have gotten personally involved in because i have gotten calls from the community, and where this is the building, and illegal building going on that does not involve tenants. so usually, it is a deck that has gone up or someone has built something that is attached to everybody else's house or something like that? can we separate novs that do not ininvolve like illegal units or do not involve tenants and so that we can push those a little bit quicker because i think that is one of the concerns that is out there. and is that there is illegal building, that is happening and then, we send out a notice of violation and then either the owner or whoever is involved just chooses to ignor

the commission has been pushing the staff hard on this back logs of nov so i just wanted to thank mr. louy and everyone who has worked on updating this regularly, and that i think this is very helpful. i had a question, because this came up in the previous discussion regarding putting

mr. mayor and louis the entire village to create what i see in front of me today. you are an inspiration and i'll go back to washington and talk to the president and make sure that this example lives up to the expectation because no child should grew up because of the zip code they were born in arrest thanks for hosting this today. let's take some questions >> questions? >> as you know we're not out of a housing authority sites and are you saying we should get away from the housing authority model and it's innovate truly a private-public partnership but a nonprofit partnership so this is not the way to go. >> so first of all, this is a housing site. ; right? this is what public housing used to be still owned by the housing authority with a strong partner it guarantees affordable housing and we had a young girl this morning to say what's the challenges and some housing is getting more expensive. look my job is not to come into cities and say this is the only model that can work. in some cities around the country preserving public housing is traditional funding form

mr. monken speak. but there is about an hour outside of st. louis in washington county. an ef-4 tornado. that is the assessment of the damage that occurred there from a tornado earlier in the day. ef-4, the path, three miles long, estimated winds at 166 miles an hour. that's an estimate. but we look at overall damage. they will look at that damage, all the way from peak to suburbs of peoria. don, with you were talking to the gentleman there who said already three fatalities, homes flattened, destroyed. it has been a devastating afternoon. now we look across kentucky. still a number of tornado warnings out for this area. we have severe thunderstorm warnings out extending into ohio and eastern sections of indiana. also, extending into michigan. numerous reports of very high winds, heavy downpours, earlier we had some high wind reports coming out of grand rapids. also near purdue university, at the airport there. i will mention that cape gerardo, we haven't spoken much about that, but i'm sure the national weather service will look at damage there from what appear to be tornadoes that touch

mrs. robbie. holy [ bleep it's oprah. >> when she showed up, i was so excited. i could hardly believe my eyes. i knew she had life class in st. louise time to come visit little old me. >> the tv show has increased our business 100%. it's opened the doors for us. we have a lot more things on the table. >> is it ever difficult to do day today operations of the restaurant because of the tv show? >> yeah, normally we're out working in the restaurant, but now, we have people that come see us, you know. >> that's right, people want to come see us, take pictures, get a hug, and we appreciate that because some people say i just came to eat today and they're going right back. >> they came to eat from out of town and go right back, that's right there is a blessing. >> that must be an amazing feeling. >> it is, it's wonderful. >> i watch the show, and i suspect, i suspect that it will be difficult for you to hand that restaurant over 100%. >> yeah, a little old lady was 90 something still in her business, and i thought that's me. if i don't have to work, that's different. they can take over the business, i just need to be there, sitting in th

mr. make? >> travel forecast. dallas is a major area and winter area is moving through headed to little rock and it will stay south of st. louis but if you are traveling through this, memphis, it will be wet. look at the snow that is moving down on milwaukee and chicago and that could have delays today. back at home if you are traveling around the state, it is going to be gorgeous, sun shine, a few high clouds, low-to-mid 60's to east tahoe at 50, headed down south the nicer days are today and tomorrow and near 70 in san diego and los angeles and 74 in palm springs all with sunshine. safe travels. >> san jose is wide open right new and we do not have construction this and certainly no accidents as we take you over to 101, 85 and 280. it is clear. ing in but green. that means you are at top speeds and the nimitz, northbound and southbound direction, you are at top speed. as we look at drive time traffic, antioch to hercules the entire stretch to i-80 westbound is 28 minutes and still in the clear. when you get to 280, traveling to the maze that is 15-minute delay and 87, away from highway 85 to the san jose airport is under ten

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mr. speaker, today if a frivolous lawsuit is filed against you and i don't mean frisk louis because i think it's silly -- frivolous because i think it's silly. i mean frivolous because the judge in the case says it has absolutely no merit, no merit on either the facts or the law. when the judge says it has no merit whatsoever, but you've had to pay to defend yourself against it, this bill says the fellow who filed it ought to make you whole. you know, punitive damages are something we often hear about from the trial lawyer bar. this bill doesn't have punitive damages. this bill doesn't say, if you try to bankrupt the mom and pop company that's down the street from me, we're going to punish you. i think probably it should. but they didn't want to go that far. they said, if you're trying to destroy the mom and pop company down the street with a frivolous lawsuit, you have to make them whole. if a judge decides that your case has no merit, no merit, not a possibility of merit, but no merit on either the facts or the law, the poor small business owner who's being harassed by that lawsuit should

mr. davis: i certainly think the boston red sox showed the st. louis cardinals and the rest of the world why they are deserving of the slogan boston strong. however, i hope that this series win will forever erase the curse of the bambino. yes, red sox fans, no more excuses for losing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, tomorrow will mark 50 years since president john f. kennedy's tragic assassination in dallas, texas. as americans pause to remember president kennedy's legacy of public service and fight toward achieving racial equality, north texas will host events related to the equation -- to the occasion in dallas and fort worth. mr. veasey: former house speaker wright who accompanied the president on that day will be a speaker at the downtown fort worth hilton, formerly known as the hotel texas, it's where president kennedy spent his last night and delivered one of his final tw

mr. defazio: then, according to the m.i.t., then the head of exxonmobil purgered himself under oath in the senate. the federal reserve bank at st. louis is wrong, because they have an in depth study not paid for by the industry that says indeed speculation is a major factor. and i don't know how we can describe -- here's over one month where you see the price of -- vary by up to $11 per day. now, you're telling me the supply chain -- changed by $11 worth in a day and then, whoops, the next day it's back down and then when ben bernanke says that -- here's a quote from when he said he saw a further decline coming, the industry tanked, oil futures by $6. this is pure speculation. don't defend it. support the amendment and give the american people real relief from high gas prices that run necessary. the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized. the gentleman has one minute remaining. mr. hastings: i yield myself the balance of the time. the chair: the gentleman from washington voiced for one minute. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, i know there is will there is no truisms specific -- i know there is no truisms specifically in economi

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