mr. matthews. you got to love the cool of mr. because he knows it's not even a fight. >> you can see his head is exploding like champagne bottles. >> the students he's got them. >> it's not fair. >> yet again, the crowd goes nuts. >> i hope that kid that changed mr. matthews is good in chemistry because he has no future in rap. >> let's find out more about it. joining us right this minute the wrap master, mr. matthews, yes. >> what's up? >> tell us how this challenge came to be. >> when i got my lunch out of the cafeteria i saw abunch of students that gave me a high school flash back. i've always even when i was in school myself i always dabbled in raps. before you knew it they were chanting my name. i was like okay. >> nice. >> does this give you major street credit with your students? >> i don't think i have anymore credit or less. it was weird today because it's almost a different generation and i get in and everybody's like you're trending. i'm like i'm what? >> did you get called to the principal's office for having a battle

mr. matthew's can you provide the. >> 30 seconds. >> endeavors to find a very well experienced hedge fund manager thank you. >> thank you silva. >> any other speakers? seeing i'll >> sure. >> welcome. >> hi thank you. i'm kay walker i am very much against what i know of the download fund as an investment it didn't seem like it will be yielding much although there are things discussed not on the mayors housing web page that has to do with it is a second also takes thirty years before the person that gets the loan pays it off and doesn't seem like there's an interest this is limited to a certain amount of profit and fourth it's a loiter and chances are most think won't win the lottery i've been in the programs a couple of times and it is he will on who's also for the consumer you go to turn in your application and half the time there's nobody there this is like really hard one side people you know that are on public transportation like a myself that are seniors and takes an hour to get there or the person like doing the showing says their supposed to be there to closings we have too many ap

mr. matthew will sit down with president obama tomorrow. you can catch the full interview tomorrow night on "hardball" at 7:00 eastern time, again tomorrow night at 7:00. doth miss it, huge deal. we'll be right back. >>> do you have any friends that are active in republican politics? your friends are probably very excited right now. there's news tonight about what everybody considers to be the very important invisible primary this year. it's not for real voters. it's for the love and affection and money of the billionaire koch brothers. the billionaires of them all in republican politics appear to have chosen their candidate for 2016 and it is wisconsin governor scott walker. that's the reporting from the "new york times." they both spoke at a gathering of top republican donors in new york city today. according to two people who were there, he told the group of donors, we will support whoever the candidate is, but it should be scott walker. the sound you are hearing is champagne corks popping in every corner of scott walker-ville. might be

mr. matthew boreman currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary of commerce for export administration. and this position, mr. boreman is responsible for implementing the bureau of industry and security controls. on the export of dual use items for national security foreign policy nonproliferation and short supply reasons. welcome, mr. boreman, and i look forward to your testimony. i thank undersecretary for being on time. just remind the witnesses that most senators can read all all of their staff can read. feel free to summarize your statements. >> thank you mr. chairman, thank you, it's a pleasure to be here. of course i'll address the role the department of commerce with regard to agricultural trade with cuba. as you know in terms of the cuba embargo the commerce department is responsible for regulating the export of items to cuba. treasury department responsible for financial transactions, including travel. as you know on december 17th of 2014, the president announced the most significant changes in cuba policy in more than 50 years. as the president noted these changes are intend

mr. matthew borman currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary of commerce for export administrationmr. borman is responsible for implementing the bureau of industry and security controls on the export dual use items for national security, foreign policy, nonproliferation, and short supply reasons. welcome, mr. borman. i look forward to your testimony. i think undersecretary scuse for being on time. most senators can read all of their staff can read. feel free to summarize your statements. mr. borman: thank you, mr. chairman. it is a pleasure to be here. i will address the role of the department of commerce. as you know, in terms of the cuba embargo, the commerce department is responsible for regulating items to cuba. the treasury department responsible for financial transactions. as you know, on december 17, 2014, the president announced significant changes in cuba policy. these changes are intended to create more opportunities for the american and cuban people. to implement these changes, we at the department of commerce amended our export administration regulations on january 16,

mr. matthew borman currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary of commerce for export administrationmr. borman is responsible for implementing the bureau of industry and security controls on the export dual use items for national security, foreign policy nonproliferation, and short supply reasons. welcome, mr. borman. i look forward to your testimony. i think undersecretary scuse for being on time. most senators can read all of their staff can read. feel free to summarize your statements. sen. stabenow: -- mr. borman: thank you, mr. chairman. it is a pleasure to be here. i will address the role of the department of commerce. as you know, in terms of the cuba embargo, the commerce department is responsible for regulating items to cuba. the treasury department responsible for financial transactions. as you know, on december 17, 2014 the president announced significant changes in cuba policy. these changes are intended to create more opportunities for the american and cuban people. to implement these changes, we at the department of commerce amended our export administration regulations

matthew. >> mr. secretary -- >> my question for you, prime minister abadi came out today and said tikrit was a model. is that your assessment given there have been reports of looting and executions happening in tikrit? and if you could speak more broadly about the strategic threat that is posed in yemen such that it demands the u.s. provide intelligence saudi arabia? what is the u.s. strategic interest in that fight in yemen. >> i'll start with the question about whether tikrit was a model. it was a model how to integrate the efforts of the counterterror simple a conventional brigade and that part of the possible already mobilization forces under direct control of the iraqi government. it is a model in that sense. the first time those three groups ever work together under the central control of the ministry of defense, and we were able to support that and provide the necessary fires to let that campaign reach a successful conclusion. we have watched and are continuing to watch reports of whether ther

kentucky nbc's kelly o'donnell, with the crowd there at the event site in louisville and chris matthews mr. hardball himself and steve schmidt and michael steele and the "washington post" chris cillizza, mr. fix. thanks all very much for being here. first to you, kelly. obviously an excited crowd. what is the game plan of rand paul? we've seen how he's changed his twitter handle. he's rebranding himself as dr. rand paul. >> reporter: very much so. we just saw a video that profiled his work as a physician in guatemala. there's a series of vid toshios reintroducing different parts of who rand paul is and they believe as a campaign he can appeal to a wider type of republican voter. i've talked to people in the crowd here. young people who have said they are energized by his positions on nsa spying. there's a young woman at the podium now talking about that connection to civil liberties. this is a way to say rand paul although he is a senator, is in many ways trying to scrub that from his campaign bioat the moment running against washington saying that he can be a voice who can bridge what the

it's criticism president obama was asked about earlier today by our very own chris matthews. >> mr.. senator elizabeth warren is out there saying things like this about the trade agreement we're beginning to talk about today. it's going to help the rich get richer and leave everyone else behind. she also says it challenges u.s. sovereignty. they're throwing the kitchen sink at this trade agreement. which will involve 11 nations and ourselves and the pacific rim. why are they saying these things? >> i guess they don't want it to happen. i love elizabeth. but she's wrong on this. think about it. i spent the last six and a half years yanking this economy out of the worst recession since the great depression. every single thing i've done from the affordable care act, to pushing to raise the minimum wage to making sure children can get good job training to what we're pushing now in terms of sick pay leave. everything i do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal. now, i would not be doing this trade deal if i did not think it was good for the middle

mr. grafton and miss matthews that she was well aware of this, that he even indicated that there's a dude at the door and i don't want him to see mason's bruising. >> reporter: both have been charged with third degree murder, reckless endangerment, conspiracy and related offenses. both are are being sent to the delaware county prison without bail to await future court dates. we're live here in norwood delaware county, dann cuellar channel6 "action news." >> thankthank you dann. >>> police say this man ronnie reid shot a man several times on march 28th outside the happy inn bar in darby. surveillance cameras caught the suspect allegedly pointing a gun at a group of people. police say reid then shot the victim four times before taking off. >> he just pulls out the gun and starts firing. you can see when the victim is hit the first time because the victim actually jumps and then he fires at least four more times or more. >> reid has several very distinctive tattoos on his face and arm like that one. police believe he may be in upper darby or philadelphia. he is currently wanted for attempted

mr. gray. i just left matthew henson elementary school. i was joined by community leaders, volunteers teachers, and our ravens. we handed out thousands of pounds of food. you know what everyone to a person they're concerned about their community. they want justice, and they also want peace in their neighborhood. they want to know when we're going to be able to rebuild their community. that has to be all of our focus. that has to be all of our work. and i know that we can get there. you know reverend sharpton i was listening to you talk about the fact that there are three african-american women who are pivotal in this case and it made me think about the fact that we are on a national stage. i'm from here. you know this. i told you. grew up across the street from -- where's pastor carter? where did he go? sorry. grew up across the street. i don't have any stories to tell you about him. he was good from the whole time i've known him. my parents grew up here. i wanted to serve the city of baltimore and the people of the city of baltimore since

my name is rick scarborough and myself and others who are here, matthew staver and mr. jackson are the original authors, there are copies you can see one if you'd like. you can read the pledge and see the key signers and over 6000 have signed the pledge. all of that will be discussed in the course of the presentations today. we had to members that could not be here because of one case that we had and they both submitted a copy of their position and that includes mr. jackson. [inaudible] >> another by the president of the caucus for american [inaudible] [inaudible] >> let me say that again into the microphone for those that are watching. we are passing out to handouts, one by mr. jackson who is in europe today who wanted to give you his perspective on this, he is a tremendous black american leader. pastor of the local church in the dc area and a champion for the cause of christ. and then also we have a handout going out by rabbi rj spiro. he is president of the american caucus and here is part of the remarks as well the first presenter will be doctor james dobson who mad

mr. scully: you have three boys, names? ages? representative torres: robert is 28. christopher is 25. my baby matthew is 22. mr. scully: what do they think of their mom being in congress? representative torres: they think it is an incredible challenge for them. we have a very competitive household. their biggest complaint is how are we going to be a road to compete with mom. what do i have to do to be better than congress? and i think they are now realizing that. it is not a title that makes me who i am. it's my involvement in my community. mr. scully: is there a budding politician in your family? representative torres: maybe. my oldest son, robert, ran for local office. unfortunatley, he did not win. he stayed very well connected and continues to get involved with community issues. mr. scully: how did you and your husband me? representative torres: we met at a baptism. some friends were having a baptism party, a barbecue, a backyard barbecue, and that's how we met. i always said that i did not really like him, but i fell in love with him over the phone. he was my best friend. eventually we started dating and w

mr. gray. and i just left matthew henson elementary school. i said community leaders, teachers volunteers, and our ravens, and we handed out thousands of pounds of food. to a person they're concerned about their community. they want justice, and they also want peace in their neighborhood. they want to know when we're going to be able to rebuild their community. that has to be all of our focus. that has to be all of our work. and i know that we can -- we can get there. you know reverend sharpton, i was listening to you talk about that there are three african-american women who are pivotal in this case. and it made me think about the fact that we are on a national stage. and i'm from here, you know this. i told you. grew up the street from -- where is pastor carter? where did he go? >> right there. >> he's on -- in the back? sorry. grew up across the street. i don't have any stories to tell you about him. he was good the whole time i've known him. my parents grew up here. i wanted to serve the city of baltimore and the people of the city of balt

exclusive interview with hard ball's chris matthews warned that the united states will do whatever necessary to prevent iranian weapons from reaching the rebels. >> mr. president we're all watching what's going on with the iranian navy. how do we -- it seems like the old cuban missile crisis where we're trying to send signals back and forth. what signal are you sending as commander in chief to the iranians? >> we've been very straightforward with them. right now, their ships are in international waters. there's a reason why we keep some of our ships in the persian gulf waters. if there are weapons delivered to factions within yemen that could threaten navigation that's a problem. and we're not sending them obscure messages. we send them very direct messages about it. >> let's go now to jim at the pent done with more on the looming military showdown between the u.s. and iran. >> craig the u.s. military brought in their big guns for this one and they're close on the tails of the iranians. the usair craft carrier theodore rows vilt in the north arabian sea stalking is warships, but at a time at a distance. a convery of five friggots and two freighters.

matthew gabe. >> sam pandey? >> his testimony is pretty fresh with us, he presented testimony last night. and is mr. joiner here? >> he won't be attending. >> okay. mr. koppel? >> good morning, supervisors, it's a pleasure for me to submit my application to serve my fellow veterans and i want to begin with a story of my past, present and future in what i advocate and bring to this position. at the age of 4, my father died, i was in an orphanage, my mother found job training and we were reunited. k-7 were spent in the ferman gardens housing projects of detroit, michigan. i wasn't supposed to graduate from high school, i had below a c average but i was socially passed. [inaudible] if a disability and [inaudible] cause in joining the army, i could have claimed a stuttering problem and walked away easily but i felt i wanted to serve my country. for me, it was the most transformational experience in my life. the one thing i received 8 weeks of in-patient treatment at walter reid army medical center for stuttering. i had never been with a group of stutterers before, we used to joke about, we're going to g

exclusive interview with hard ball's chris matthews warned that the united states will do whatever necessary to prevent iranian weapons from reaching the rebels. >> mring on with the iranian navy. how do we -- it seems like the old cuban missile crisis where we're trying to send signals back and forth. what signal are you sending as commander in chief to the iranians? >> we've been very straightforward with them. right now, their ships are in international waters. there's a reason why we keep some of our ships in the persian gulf waters. if there are weapons delivered to factions within yemen that could threaten navigation that's a problem. and we're not sending them obscure messages. we send them very direct messages about it. >> let's go now to jim at the pent done with more on the

mr. bates or others have had. >> before this incident occurred i talked to john matthews in dallas. i asked him to come up and look at the sheriff's office and look at our manning levels and other shas issues and i've recontacted him and he's going to come up and look at this incident and our reserve program and how they help us operate and looking at aca and all of the different acred dayskredccreditations we have to see that they're proper. he has community safety institute. he's done a lot of these investigations. we're asking him to come up and investigate this entire issue and see how to improve our training and our training records. >> reporter: in 2012 employees that didn't comply would be terminated. what happened to that? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> hold on. we're going to take three more questions and that's going to be it. it will be 9:30. the sheriff has other issues he has to deal with again. there will be a groundbreaking ceremony later this morning. three more questions. hold it to questions that maybe -- >> we'll jump out of this news conference again and

matthews in washington. in march of 1981 25-year-old john hinckley shot president ronald reagan and three other men. [ gunfire ] >> mr

in his interview with president obama tuesday more than's chris matthews asked the president about iran's role in yemen's civil war. >> mrident, we're all watching what's going on with the iranian navy. how do we -- it seems like the old cuban missile crisis where we're trying to send signal back and forth. what signal are you sending as commander in chief to the iranians? >> we've been actually straightforward to them. right now, their ships are in international waters. there's a reason why we keep some of our ships in persian gulf region, and that is to make sure that we maintain navigation. and what we've said to them is that if there are weapons delivered to factions within yemen that could threaten navigation that's a problem. and we're not sending them obscure messages, we send them direct messages about it. >> chris mathews is host of " "hardball" on msnbc every night at 7:00. did you get a sense of how involved the president is prepared to get in this proxy war? >> yeah, and i was surprised -- he uses the rationale protecting navigable water. he's clearly saying we're doing what we have a right to do as a major p

matthews in washington. in march of 1981 25-year-old john hinckley shot president ronald reagan and three other men. [ gunfire ] >> mr. president! >> oh, my god. >> had it not been for secret service agent jerry parawho rushed reagan to the hospital the president would have died. hinckley has spent the last 34 years under psychiatric care at st. elizabeth hospital ever since a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity and hinckley appeared to show no regret for his actions. >> john hinckley jr., not guilty by reason of insanity says he feels no remorse for shooting president reagan in. four telephone calls over the weekend to the "washington post," the newspaper reported today that hinckley said he was not sorry he shot the president and a secret service agent and was shocked that the jury accepted the insanity defense. said hinckley of reagan i helped his presidency. after i shot him, his polls went up 20%. >> well the insanity defense was hinckley's obsession was actor jodie foster whose role in the 1976 movie "taxi driver" stirred hinckley to contact her and stalk her before attempting to kill president reag

today with "hardball's" chris matthews and they got right to the politics of a controversial trade deal that's supported by the president but opposed by some democrats. >> mr. president, obviously the hot question u.s. senator elizabeth warren is out there saying things like this about the trade agreement we're going to talk about today. it's going to help the rich get richer and leave everyone else behind, and she also says it challenges u.s. sovereignty. they are throwing the kitchen sink at this trade agreement which will involve 11 nations and ourselves on the pacific rim. >> yeah. >> why are they saying these things? >> well, i guess they don't want it to happen and i love elizabeth. we're allies on a whole host of issues, but she's wrong on this. now, i would not be doing this trade deal if i did not think it was good for the middle class. >> right. >> and when you hear folks make a lot of suggestions about how bad this trade deal when you dig into the facts they are wrong. >> we'll play more of the interview later in the show including president obama's defense of his economic record a hot topic going into 2016. and be sure to catch the full intervi

mr. libby discussed this information about valerie wilson at least four times prior to july 14, 2003. on three occasions with judith miller and one occasion with matthew cooper of time magazine. brian: is that true? judith: no. i testified that i had learned that valerie plame was an agent from, i believed, scooter libby, though i said at the time that my memory was very foggy and that my memory was note driven. i thought that it was scooter libby that had told me about it because we had been talking about wmd and what had gone wrong with the information. i was not focused on the wife. i had an ambiguous notation in my notebook. i thought it came from scooter libby. mr. fitzgerald knew that, at the time, that it wasn't scooter libby who had outed valerie plane. it was richard armitage who was the top assistant to colin powell who was a critic of the war. this whole notion of, we were lied into the war, to punish joe wilson for having criticized the administration, this was not true. this was the administration's own war critics who outed miss plame. he also knew that she had used as her cover a state department's office. brian: when she was working fo

matthews sad down with the president for an exclusive interview. we have a sneak peek where they talk about trade. let's take a look at that. >> mr.sident obviously the hot question u.s. senator elizabeth warren is out there saying things like this about the trade agreement, it's going to help the rich get richer and leave everyone else behind. she also says it challenges u.s. sovereignty. they are throwing the kitchen sink at this trade agreement which will involve 11 nations and ourselves on the pacific rim. why are they seeing these things? >> well, i guess they don't want it to happen. i love elizabeth, we're allies on a whole host of issues but she's wrong on this. chris, think about it i spent the last six and a half years yanking this economy out of the worst recession since the great depression. every single thing i've done from the affordable care act to pushing to raise the minimum wage to making sure the young people are able to go to college and get good job training to what we're pushing now in terms of sick pay leave, everything i do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal. i w

mr. dent ever had any cocaine himself actually. >> kevin dietz, great job reporting on this. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >>> the indiana time bomb. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthewsn washington. three big stories tonight. first, the time bomb started in indiana is blowing nationwide. the governor of arkansas said today he'll have no part in what many say is a gay bashing move. second, the talks will continue overnight in geneva with republicans howling. my question, do the republicans even have a foreign policy or is benghazi all they have? >>> and then bob menendez with enough corruption charges to put him away forever. is this payback from the right we think or good old new jersey justice? let's start with the indiana time bomb. this has forced the governor to retreat as he fixes the law and avoid the public fallout. asa hutchinson signed identical legislation and shocked everyone by announcing that he first wants the state's legislature to fix the freedom religion law before it gets to his desk. here is he. >> the issue has become divisive because the nation is split on how to deal with the traditions mixed with firmly held convictions. it has divided families

mr. dent ever had any cocaine himself actually. >> kevin dietz, great job reporting on this. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >>> the indiana time bomb. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews the time bomb started in indiana is blowing nationwide. the governor of arkansas said today he'll have no part in what many say is a gay bashing move. second, the talks will continue overnight in geneva with republicans howling. my question, do the republicans even have a foreign policy or is

matthew allen gibbons, his brother. somebody considerably shorter than him. lighter come plegs. but it was a case of mistaken identity that wound up with him being tazed and brutalized by mr. slager. >> there are major discrepancies between what mr. gibbons says hamd to him and what the police department says. >> actually, my reporting partner interviewed him yesterday. the things that struck us was, one, officer went out of his way to say the two brothers looked just alike. that people couldn't tell them apart. he also did not does the fact that there was a woman there, the woman that reported the burglary. he was yelling, you've got the wrong guy. that's not him. officer slager also made it sound like justifiable use of force. he said he resisted him. that he refused to follow the directions of the police officer. and you know made it sound like he deserved to be tazed, or at least required to be tazed in order to subdue him. >> michael, when your colleague spoke to him, was he -- do you know if if he was nervous then. we know he was very nervous in this press conference as joy mentioned. at one point he walked out of the room because of the cameras. was he nervous when

matthew 25. those who would therefore the least one of these my brothers and sisters is there for me. and you, mrinto the circle of opportunity, which was my father's great passion for this country. [applause] but all of us know joe biden, just like my dad, loved people, loved the fray and loved to get into it, and then solve the problem. and he was a happy warrior, and our next speaker our vice president joe biden is also a happy warrior. please give a great round of applause to our vice president, joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you very, very much. thank you for the introduction, patrick. teddy junior, caroline the key -- vicky, it's a great honor to be asked to speak here today. there are many others in the audience and behind me who deserve this honor more than i do. joe and jean, the whole kennedy family, my sister valerie and i are truly honored to be here. you know there are scores of stories that we could all tell. my guess is everyone of you in the audience has a story about ted kennedy's generosity and friendship towards you. stories that made a difference in your l

matthew 25. those who were there for the least one of these, my brothers and sisters, is there for me. and you, mrnt have carried that same faith to help bring more americans into the circle of opportunity which was my father's great passion for this country. but all of us know joe biden just like my dad, loved people, loved the fray and loved to get into it and then solve the problem. and he was the happy warrior and our next speaker our vice president, joe biden, is also a happy warrior. please give a great round of applause to our vice president joe biden! [applause] vice president biden: thank you very much. thank you very, very much. thank you for the introduction, patrick. teddy jr., caroline, vicki, it's a great honor to be asked to speak here today. there are many others in the audience and behind me who -- who deserve this honor more than i do, and to joan and to jean, the whole kennedy family. my sister, valerie and i are truly honored to be here. you know, there are scores of stories that we could all tell. my guess is every one of you in the audience has a story about ted kennedy's gen

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matthew mansell and johno espejo married in california in 2008. in 2009, they adopted two children. now, in reliance on the protection that is afforded by marriage, mr. espejo was willing to give up his job to give the primary caregiver of their children. mr. mansell is the primary breadwinner. his job in an international law firm was transferred from california to tennessee, and the cost of that transfer for that job for them was the destruction of their family relationships, all that they had relied on in building their lives together. and in support of that, the states offer exactly nothing. there is no reason that the state needs to disregard that marriage. no reason the state needs to destroy the reliance that mr. espejo has had in giving up his career to look after their children. they are doing everything -- justice scalia: it would have been it would have been the argument made with respect to the first question, namely, that the existence of same-sex marriages erodes, erodes the feeling of society regarding heterosexual marriages. mr. hallward-driemeier: as i said as i said before, your honor, i don't think that that holds up because opposi

mr. gray was taken out of that van, he could not talk and he could not breathe. >>> welcome back to "morning joe". we have mark halperin still with us and joining thehealy. and in washington, chris matthewsith president obama tonight. chris, good to have you. >> chris, what do you want to hear from the president tonight? >> all kinds of things joe. i've got two hours to prep again after this show. obviously what is going on with iran and possible military confrontation, of course this reminds me of the cuban missile crisis. avoiding a war but yet military force to do it. it's tricky business. >> obviously the president is in the middle of debate over massive trade pac, that will be a big part of your conversation as well. >> it is. because presidents in the democrat being h.kbeingic have tended to be for trade. hillary clinton is a little murky, but i think she's for it in principle. so you have the democrats at the top have been for trade. and yet the democratic party represents the rust belt from northern new york pennsylvania, ohio across the midwest. very concerned about hollowing out of manufacturing in those areas. so the republican party has becomed settled in the south largely an

mr. president the actions taken by special agent matthew o'neill attest to this critically important work done by thousands of individuals across the department of homeland security every single day. these men and women are courageous. they're dedicated and exemplary federal employees who selflessly serve our country year in and year out. like special agent matthew o'neill these unsung heroes and heroines walk among every day protecting us from the unknown or unexpected and more often than not the good work that they do goes unnoticed. but not today. not today. special agent o'neill, thank you. thank you for your dedication to this country. thank you for your tireless service to all of us. with that, mr. president i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call:

mr. president if you'll allow me i just want to read their names into the record. ross almadine. jamie bishop brian bloom ryan clark austin michelle kloid, josselin nowak daniel alejandro cueva matthew gwaltney jeremy herbstreet emily hillshire, matthew laporte, henry lee liviu lebrecue lauren mccain, daniel o'neill juan ramon ortiz aaron peterson, michael polley julia pride mary karen reed, reamos ramaha, leslie sherman, maxine turner, and nicole white. 32 precious, precious people of amazing accomplishment and even more amazing promise. 17 others were shot that day and wounded. six others were not shot but were injured leaping from windows in a classroom building to escape the carnage. and so many others were affected mr. president first responders pastors counselors the entire hokie nation is what we call the virginia tech community. i know there has been a presentation on the floor about mental health issues and first responders, some of the most painful discussions i had in the aftermath of this shooting and i had many with family members and students who were injured but some of the most painful were first responders, the e.m.t.'s on the scene included students who were volunt