stack is here we ought to let the board do this i don't think so we heard mr. mel history of the very unfortunate incident that is going to be characteristic of the way the board of supervisors as a perspective body with they are own actions to ground and their own constituents i say this their own payoffs from interest groups or other things they're not the group that can look at this neutral it is asking the fox to ensured the chicken come up that's and one of the reasons one of the main reasons as indicated here that this commission is unique is that we have this independent power to pit things on the ballot where we know that if we go ahead well we'll submit to the board of supervisors they'll grind it up like hamburger and put it in the waste basket and it's not going to happen not happen we all know that so i think that should be taken off the table right away the board is not going to do it we have an obligation we've leader from the citizens of the san francisco and lots of people we see that something was revolt when this change was made by this commission

our museum was founded in 1982 by mr. mel fisher. he was the world's greatest treasure hunter and he went out to look for sunken spanish galleons around here and is quite famous for having discovered the rest -- the wrecks of the center margarita and a spanish galleons that wrecked in 1622 about 25 miles west of key west. back in the colonial time, spain had set up a worldwide trade network and a lot of it sailed right past here following the gulfstream back to spain. the spanish had colonies in south america and central america and they were doing a lot of mining. they were generating a lot of precious metals, especially silver, from these mines. a whole network was set up of trade fleet sailing from spain to the new world bringing european goods to the colonists in the americas. but then on the return voyage, carrying lots of silver back to spain. in 1622, one of the treasure fleets which had gone to south america in this case, went to colombia and panama. this fleet took europeans to the colonies and it picked up people who wanted

mel brooks. >> one of our fondest memories was we lived in seattle and he came up to do radio. and my daughter emily was there. mr. van patton. do you mind if i put on space balls. he did. and her memory is that he laughed so hard he started crying. and it was so sweet of him. some people say, no no autographs, plose. or whatever. he was open that way and kind. >> tom brad ford is gone. dick van patten at the age of 86, patriarch of eight is enough, thank you for sharing your memories. >> thank you, jon. >> very sweet memories for sure. >> and there are new details on the postal worker who landed a gyrocopter on the grounds. he rejected a plea deal from prosecutors and louisiana governor telling fox news when he was announce his plan. the life behind it. ♪ those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. ♪ usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. i like my seafood like i like my vacations: tropical. and during red lobster's island escape, three new dishes take me straight to the islands. like the ultimate i

mr. watt's office is offering no comment on the story. at least they were offering no comment at first. we contacted mel that reporting in the "huffington post" and he provided us with the following statement, which he then subsequently gave to other news outlets, quote, over 15 years ago, i heard an unseemly rumor from someone who, contrary to what has been report, was not an intermediary or advocate for the alleged victim's family. it would not be the first nor last time that i as a member of congress would hear rumors or innuendos about colleagues. i had no direct knowledge of any abuse by former speaker hastert and, therefore, i took no action. so former congressman mel watt, absolutely unlikely personage in this story, right? foremaner congressman watt confirming tonight that he did hear something about denny hastert more than 15 years ago but that he believed it to be, quote, an unseemly rumor, shot to him by somebody that he says was not an incident intermediary for the alleged victim's family, contrary to that reporting today by the "huffington post". this makes me want to ask sam stein about th

mr. farr: it's time we represent them in the united states congress to allow mel marijuana laws to to allow 39 states 41 total, the mascrort of the america can population to support this amendment. i reserve the balance of my two minutes. the chair:. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from louisiana i l is rick niesed. rsh recognized. mr. fleming: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. chairman. the supporters of this amendment claim that this is a states' right issue. however, it's not that simple, not hardly. drug manufacture and use is inherently an interstate problem. for example, we need look no further than one of the two states where marijuana has been legalized. the colorado department of revenue reports that 45% of marijuana sales in the state were to out of state i.d. holder. governor hickenlooper said, if i could have wave a wand the day after the election and said, this was a bad idea, i would have. colorado is being sued by nebraska and oklahoma who claim colorad

mels on members on the subcommittee for taking part in our hearings and in crafting the provisions under this subcommittee's jurisdiction. i look forward to working with our colleagues to pass this important legislation. mr. president, i yield back any remaining time that has been allottedallotted. and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: . quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call mr. president, and speak in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, the quorum call is vacated. mr. wyden: i ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: thank you very much, mr. president. we have had a number of our colleagues come to the floor to talk about the importance of the export-import bank, and i want to see if i can put in context the exceptionally important work done by our colleague senator cantwell and senator heitkamp on this issue. we have been talking in this body for weeks now about the importance of trade and particularly capping global