mr. morales? - no, your honor. i'm done. - we the jury find the defendant ben corrigan guilty of one count of murder in the first degree. - thank you for your verdict. the court will reconvene tomorrow to consider sentence. captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com >>> tonight after "law & order" the new video that casts light on how the airline dealt with saggy pants. >>> next on a special edition of nbc bay area news. the seven-hour stand-off in fairfield that ended in the arrest of two men and the recovery of a homemade pipe bomb. >>> the news starts in 30 seconds. >>> the results of a seven and a half hour stand-off? fairfield. we'll have a live report straight ahead. we spoke with one of the dozens of americans headed to gaza on a humanitarian mission to help palestinians. and last year a similar flotilla ended in violence and controversy. >>> new video of the college football player pulled off a flight for wearing sagging pants. the news starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm diane dwyer, thanks for joinin

mr. morales' issues about the licensing, if we could get the city attorney to respond as to our jurisdiction on his specific case, maybe in writing, and then also, i think that the issue of the director's ability and our ability around deputy directors and our responsibility under the charter -- that maybe something that we could get an update from our city attorney. i think that we have -- the previous director actually made huge changes in or adjustments to what the charter mandates, and we approved that. i think we need to understand what our requirements and responsibilities are under the charter. commissioner murphy: you are saying you want that on the agenda? i would agree with that. >> is there any public comment on item -- commissioner lee: wait, there's still more. just piggybacking on the vacant buildings and blight laws, maybe we should include that to see what departments are doing parallel with each other or in conjunction with each other to solve the plight issue, so to speak. we might need the president to craft something on the agenda so that it includes everything back commi

mr. cronk is a morally bankrupt individual who actually took caylee's body and hid her. s a $225,000 reward in this case. but it was for a live caylee. mr. cronk didn't read the fine print. and he thought he had himself a lottery ticket. >> reporter: but when cronk took the stand today, defense attorney cheney mason over and over tried and seemed to fail to paint cronk as a man attempting to cash in on a child's death. >> do you remember talking also to the detectives about the issue of the reward you were looking for? >> we were discussing the crime line tip,sy. we weren't talking about the other ones, sir. >> you were joking, you say, with alex roberts and the others about finding this body? >> no. we were joking about the money, sir. i never joked about finding the body, sir. that's not what i said. >> reporter: cronk said he went into the wood to relieve himself on august 11, 2008 and saw something that looked like a skull. he called police. >> i'm a meter reader with orange county. and i had the route including the anthony's home. i noticed something that looked whit

mrs. obama said while that moral struggle has been won more has to be done. >> you can be the generation that and says violence against women in any form, in any place, including the home, especially the home, that isn't just a women's rights violation, it's a human rights violation. [ applause ] >> the first lady said the sacrifices are worthwhile. michelle obama is on a goodwill mission and that will also take her to bostwana. [ music ] >> the big temperature cooldown today. after yesterday's first day of summer triple digit heat fog at the coast. live stormtracker 22 and all of our friends out in san francisco, twin peaks and in richmond it's foggy. and the fog will be in many bay area neighborhoods late tonight and early tomorrow morning. more fog than we have seen in a i will who. that means more of a temperature decrease tomorrow as we go through the day. so triple digits yesterday. today i had a 98-degree reading in antioch in some of the inland areas. but those temperatures are going to come down as well. with temperatures and hot spots into the low 90s, mid-80s. dense fog right along

mrs. obama said while that moral struggle has been won more has to be done. >> you can be the generation thats violence against women in any form, in any place, including the home, especially the home, that isn't just a women's rights violation, it's a human rights violation. [ applause ] >> the first lady said the sacrifices are worthwhile. michelle obama is on a goodwill mission and that will also take her to bostwana. [ music ] >> the big temperature cooldown today. after yesterday's first day of summer triple digit heat fog at the coast. live stormtracker 22 and all of our friends out in san francisco, twin peaks and in richmond it's foggy. and the fog will be in many bay area neighborhoods late tonight and early tomorrow morning. more fog than we have seen in a i will who. that means more of a temperature decrease tomorrow as we go through the day. so triple digits yesterday. today i had a 98-degree reading in antioch in some of the inland areas. but those temperatures are going to come down as well. with temperatures and hot spots into the low 90s, mid-80s. dense fog right along the coa

mr. speaker, in my opinion, is morally indefensible. instead of making investments in our nation's agriculture and anti-hunger programs, this bill slashes funds for w.i.c., csfp, and the food safety programs. those aren't just meaningless acronyms. c.i.c. is the women, infant and children's program. funds from w.i.c. provide food and nutrition education to pregnant women, newborn children and kids up to 5 years of age. csfp is the commodities supplemental food program. it helps put food on the tables of america's senior citizens. there's the emergency food assistance program, providing assistance to food banks dealing with decreased donations and increased demands? these difficult times. pl-480 prvidse american grown food to hungry and impoverished people around the world. it's known as food for peace. and the food safety programs protect our citizens from food borne bacteria like e. coli and salmonella. taken together, cuts in domestic antibiotic hunger programs total more than half a billion dollars. add in the cuts to pl-480 and the

will stand for reelection next year but made it clear that he and mr putin will not run against each other. joins us live from moscow for moral it's really looks as there are still waiting for that big question to be answered that. indeed well it is a question that has most recently been most frequently put to the russian president whether in fact will run for a second term in office but russian president john. keep the suspense out for a little longer. because you don't feel the new leader especially one who occupies the president's seat has to be willing to run for reelection however it's not a question of whether he would make that decision for himself i suggest waiting a bit longer and keeping the intrigue. well for a while everyone does wait for him to answer that specific question russian president wants come forth coming with a lot of answers to many different questions including one where he said he will not be running with the democrats in office. it's hard for me to imagine driving we are putin and i both running for president of the same time for at least one reason the thing is we strictly speaking represent the s

mr. pascrell: we are morally broke, but that's how we're broke. let's be straight here. what's our vision for america? that has to be that issue. we can say we don't want it to be fiscally broke, but no one comes to this well with clean hands. this is something we should be sitting down and talking about together. how can we solve america's problems. so what's our vision? it may be a balanced budget. i could support that. it may be cutting waste and fraud. well, that sounds good. we should all be supporting that. and maybe to get americans back to work, over 14 million are still unemployed and the underemployed. it may be to halt the loss of our homes, like we did on the western frontier 150 years ago when people worked together to end those foreclosures. my vision does not include hurting our most vulnerable children and seniors just to make a point. you heard -- the gentleman from maryland talk earlier how little this means in bringing down the deficit for one year or 10 years. we've got our priorities screwed up. so, yes, we want a balanced budget. isn't it interestin

morales. here she comes. and mr.i ended up traveling to south america for a special series for a starring role on the hit latin show. let me tell you, that drama was flying on and off the set, even a cat fight is involved. you'll see some of that coming up. >> you're a tough cookie, based on what we've seen. >> i can throw a good cat fight. >> no stunt double? you did all your own stunts? >> i did my own stunts. i rode on a horse and almost got flipped off. >> meaning? >> the horse. >> oh, okay. didn't know where we were going with that. >> you know, i'm going to take it in another direction. we're going over to the grill and meet the winningest man in barbecue. >> i thought that was you. >> no, no. this is the real deal. byron mixon. >> that looks good. >> sausage. >> before we go any further, can we say hi to two stars of very hot shows on usa network. >> hi. >> hi. >> how are you guys? >> let me get this right. you're starting season three, starting season two. the critics love these shows. does that make it easy?

the problem is not just that it's morally questionable, it also wouldn't work. struggl mr. president, the deficit we are struggling with n right now has been called by unpaid for war, tax breaks to the rich in medicare part ad prescription drug programs written by theof l insurance companies the bailout of wall street, the declining economy and less revenue coming into the treasury to read thecee republican solution is tohe balance the budget on the back of the sick, the elderly, the children and the poor to cutteco back on environmental protection to cut back on theba transportation or providing evet more tax breaks to those who don't need it. is that is unacceptable, and that o is what the american people have got toot stop.ndividua it is not just wealthy individuals making out like bandits. as hard as it may be to believel some of the largest most large profitable corpstorations in tht country are not only avoiding paying any federal income taxese whatsoever, but they're actually receiving tax rebates from the o this reality is to provide even more tax breaks to these co

moral imperatives. to the taxpayers of this country. please, mr. werfel. >> it's an excellent question. one of our objectives out of creating this board is to drive a decision, not necessarily to exclude viewpoints and exclude perspectives and stakeholder interests. we're not getting around the stakeholder interest problem by saying you shall deploy with one stakeholder interest in mind, and that would be savings, or deficit reduction. i think that's an incredibly important when. and for some of these objectives i think deficit reduction will shine through as the primary objective. but i also believe that there are a lot of legitimate stakeholder interests, homeless groups being one of them. other community interests, when we vacate or rethink how we're going to use the property. and the goal here is to make sure that voices are heard, issues are surfaced and considered by a knowledgeable set of individuals, and that ultimately to make a decision that maybe not everyone is going to walk away fully happy with. but there will be a fair and open process, and a decision will be made and we

mr. garamendi: you say it's a moral obligation to cut $500 billion out of the health care bill. no way. that was money that came out of a subsidy to the insurance companies. and you say it's a moral obligation to leave the insurance companies alone so they can continue -- against the people of america. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. reed: we'll continue to reserve, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california -- colorado is recognized. mr. polis: i yield myself the remainder of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for 2 1/4 minutes. mr. polis: thank you, mr. speaker. in addition to moving forward the homeland security bill under an open rule, which would have strong bipartisan support, and i praise my colleagues on the rules committee. i hope this is the first of many open rules. in addition to moving forward the homeland security bill under the rule, this rule includes language deeming the ryan budget passed. that's ri

so out of charity we help people, not only morale obligation but to have a vested interest that this region comes on its feet. >> thank you, mr one of your more important allies. in libya do you believe that more germany operation would bring a conclusion and did you ask chancellor merkel for that. and did you ask her for the greek bailout and that is holding up that and which you blamed european sluggishness for the economy. and chancellor merkel, do you believe that it was a mistake to get militarily involved in libya and if not, what more could you do. and more about that recovery. >> first of all, with respect of libya, it's important to note that this is a nato operation, that's fully liberated. which means you have german personnel involved actively in these activitys in their nato role. as i indicated before, germany has stepped up and taking responsibility in afghanistan to free up operations in libya. we share the belief that qaddafi needs to step down for the sake of his own people. with the pace of the operation, if you look at where we were three months ago. and where we are now, or two months ago and where we are

mr sherry really or not if you care. but why does it take money to get us to start questioning whether something like capital punishment is moral or you know or is a good idea i mean often we hear you have the same arguments coming out with the war on drugs right now only when we're in a budget crisis do people start actually looking at the situation where we have a lot of mortality the legislates many laws in this country if you talk about abortion if you talk about gay marriage but capital punishment we don't think about oh i think that we lost greg they're going to we're going to try to dial him back in and see if he can come back but in the meantime if our viewers want to answer that question for us to you can respond to us on twitter or on facebook and tell us why you think it is that it takes a financial crisis something that has to do with a budget problem to get people to finally start changing their minds on any kind of moral issue including this when it comes to capital punishment in california specifically california actually has i think the highest prison population in the united states and don't forget of course we

moral obligation. we hope in our vested interest. >> mr.el one of your closest global allies. in libya, and you believe that more german military involvement in that operation would bring it to a faster and more decisive conclusion? and the u.s. chancellor merkel -- and did you as chancellor merkel for such help? chancellor merkel, do you believe it was mistaken in getting involved militarily in libya? if not, why are you not more directly involved militarily there? what can you do to promote an accelerated european economic recovery? >> first of all, with respect to libya, i think it is important to note that this is a nato operation that is fully integrated. that means you have german personnel who are involved actively in these activities in their nato role. as i indicated before, germany has stepped up and take an additional responsibility in afghanistan that have free up resources for us to be able to conduct our operations in libya. chancellor merkel and i believe that colonel gaddafi needs to step down for the good of his own people.

damaging fiscal orthodoxies, but the problem isn't just that ryan's budget is morally questionable, it also wouldn't work. mr. president, the deficit that we are struggling with right now has been caused by unpaid for wars, tax breaks for the rich, a medicare part-d prescription drug program written by the insurance companies, the bailout of wall street, a declining economy and less revenue coming in to our treasury. the republican solution in quotes is to balance the budget on the backs of the sick, the elderly, the children and the poor, to cut back on environmental protection, to cut back on transportation while providing even more tax breaks to those who don't need it. that is unacceptable and that is what the american people have got to stop. mr. president, it is not just wealthy individuals who are making our life bad. as hard as it may be to believe, some of the largest, most profitable corporations in this country are not only avoiding paying any federal income taxes whatsoever, but they are actually receiving tax rebates from the i.r.s., and the republican response to this reality is to provide even

moral decency demands. there are many interpretations, mr. speaker, of sizeable swift or significant as the requests for him in his drawdown, but none of those interpretations go so low as 5,000 now and 5,000 by the end of the year. sizeable, swift or significant is not what 5,000 troops would accomplish. 10,000 troops doesn't even bring us to where we were before the surge. that's not a new way forward in afghanistan. we were promised a new way forward in afghanistan. and it's going to take 18 months just to get even that much done. how many times are we going to move the goal post? anything less than a major shift in afghanistan policy will be a huge disappointment to the americans who are paying for it in blood and treasure. clear, strong jorts of our country -- majorities of our country believe it's time we finally end this awful foreign policy blunder. this is not a partisan stance. you just heard congressman walter jones from north carolina. this is common sense. several republicans in this body oppose this war. even some of the republi

feel, but on the other hand, you know, we have a right and moral responsibility to protect our citizens and our quality of life as well. >> mr. mayor, i have to let you go on this, because i want to ask, because like you say, this conversation can sometimes go in a nasty direction with two sides pitted against each other, but this is one of the things that the poultry producers in your community attributed to saying, and i'm quoting here, they would love to hire white people or anybody able to work rather than hispanics and saying that white people have actually gotten too lazy to work. do you believe there is any truth to that statement in that you hear all of the time and oftentimes that you hear that the illegal limmigrants are doig work that people won't do? are you hearing from statements from the poultry producers that quote white people are too lazy to do this type of work? >> i e beliebelieve that is a c and i don't believe to that statement and maybe a smidgeon of truth, because you have lazy individuals in any nationality, but i don't agree with that. >> mayor lyons, we appreciate your coming on and this law is goi

that we hold people -- not only a moral obligation, but we have also a vested interest in seeing to it that this continent, this region comes on its feet. >> thank you, mr. president. chancellor merkel. you called chancellor merkel one of your closest global allies. you have a different approach on a couple of issues, libya and the economic recovery over the years. in libya, do you believe more german military involvement in that operation would bring it to a faster, more decisive conclusion? and did you ask chancellor merkel for such a commitment? and on the european economic question, did you ask her specifically to drop her insistence that the private sector become involved in the greek debt bailout, which is holding up that and which you've blamed the european sluggishness for america's own stalled recovery? chancellor merkel, if i could ask you, do you believe nato is mistaken in getting involved militarily in libya? and if not, why are you not more directly involved militarily there? and what more can you do to promote an accelerated european economic recovery? thank you. >> first of all, with respect to libya, i think it is important to note that

moral obligation. but we have also a vested interest in seeing to it that this continent, this region, comes on its feet. >> thank you, mrr merkel. mr. president, you called chancellor merkel one of your closest global allies, but you have differed in approach on a couple of key issues -- libya and the global economic recovery over the years. in libya, do you believe more german military involvement in that operation would bring it to a faster, more decisive conclusion? and did you ask chancellor merkel for such a commitment? and on the european economic question, did you ask her specifically to drop her insistence that the private sector become involved in the greek debt bailout, which is holding up that and which you've blamed the european sluggishness for america's own stalled recovery? chancellor merkel, if i could ask you, do you believe nato was mistaken in getting involved militarily in libya? and if not, why are you not more directly involved militarily there? and what more can you do to promote an accelerated european economic recovery? thank you. >> well, first of all, with respect to libya, i think it is impor

mrs. roosevelt stays at white house overnight. [laughter] here she is visiting enlisted men at a base in the galapagos island off the coast of ecuador during a world war ii morale-building trip to latin america. here she is in england inspecting troops. why, she's certainly the first first lady to ever do this sort of thing. of course, she's traveling without franklin. and in washington here she and mary mcleod bethune are visiting a residence for african-american women war workers. once again eleanor's making history by showing that she and the roosevelt administration really care in the plight of people who are at the margins of society. but she continues to play her official role as white house hostess too. here she is entertaining madam chiang kai-shek in 1943. we all know the story of eleanor as first lady. franklin dies in 1945 unexpectedly. guess who's with him when he dies? lucy mercer, the old girlfriend. um, eleanor is appointed u.s. delegate to -- by the -- i'm sorry, is appointed u.s. delegate to the united nations by president truman, and she is instrumental in the creation of this document, one of the most important documents of the 20th century,

out of charity that we help people, not only a moral obligation, but we have a vested interest in seeing that this region comes on its feet. >> thank you, mrhancellor merkel. mr. president, you called chancellor merkel one of your closest global allies, but you have differed in approach on libya and the global economic recovery over the years. in libya do you believe more german military involvement in that operation would bring it to a faster and more decisive conclusion? and did you ask chancellor merkel for such a commitment? and on the european economic question, did you ask her specifically to drop her insistence that the private sector become involve inside the greek debt bailout which is holding up that and which you blamed the european sluggishness for america's own stalled recovery? chancellor merkel, if i could ask you, do you believe nato was mistaken in getting involved militarily in libya? and if not, why are you not more directly involved militarily there? and what more can you do to promote an accelerated european economic recovery? thank you. >> well, first of all, with respect to libya, um, i think it is important to note

mrs. obama pretty good at doing sit-ups. the bishop tutu is there for moralreatest olympians of all time, swimmer michael phelps. 16 olympic medal and 14 of them solid. >> gold. >> that's right. >> he not done saying he is competing in the 2012 london games and through his foundation he is helping kids find that same passion for swimming. this week, i sat down with him and asked him about his motivation to succeed. a lot of people are telling you you couldn't do it or a lot of people saying kids are picking on you a little bit about, what? about your ears? >> ears, shaving my legs, whatever. wearing a speedo. >> some kind of self-confidence, to get over that. >> i got to the point i didn't care. i was happy. and i love what i do. >> right. >> you know? i have goals that i want to accomplish in the support before i retire and i didn't care what anybody else said. and, you know, when people doubt me now, it just fires me up and gives me more motivation. >> can you tell me what those goals are? because you have so much medal around your neck. i can't imagine you

moral obligation. but we have also a vested interest in seeing to it that this continent, this region, comes on its feet. >> thank you, mr. president, chancellor merkel. mr. president, you called chancellor merkel one of your closest global allies, but you have differed in approach on a couple of key issues -- libya and the global economic recovery over the years. in libya, do you believe more german military involvement in that operation would bring it to a faster, more decisive conclusion? and did you ask chancellor merkel for such a commitment? and on the european economic question, did you ask her specifically to drop her insistence that the private sector become involved in the greek debt bailout, which is holding up that and which you've blamed the european sluggishness for america's own stalled recovery? chancellor merkel, if i could ask you, do you believe nato was mistaken in getting involved militarily in libya? and if not, why are you not more directly involved militarily there? and what more can you do to promote an accelerated european economic recovery? thank you. >> well, first of all, with respect to liby

morally bankrupt person who took caylee's body and hid it. let's watch this together. >> you will not be able to trust a thing having to do with mr.s for obviously several months. where he found her, we do not know. nor will we ever know. >> so sunny, jose baez, defense attorney there trying to make cronk look like a bad guy. was he successful at doing that? >> i don't know if he was successful. they really neededed a home run. i think they got more of a base hit basically. they got him to say some interesting things because his story is a bit curious. he called 911 three times in august and no one responded and he calls again in december, december 11 of 2008 and he does find her remains. everyone else was searching in the act same place. his story was curious. they pointed it out. did they make him look like a morally bankrupt individual? i don't think they can say that. >> first here, let's listen to cindy anthony. >> prior to december 2008, did you tell your son lee anthony that ed sent dominic casey and/or jim hoover to look for casey with a video camera? >> i never told anybody that i sent those guys there because i never sen

mr. speaker, our nation can't afford a third war. the ones we're already fighting are bankrupting us morally and fiscally.ngress must reassert our power of the purse and not fund an unauthorized war. and today we must send a clear message. the american people and this congress will not support perpetual war. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from georgia. mr. woodall: mr. speaker, at this time i'm pleased to yield to the chairman of the rules committee, the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. dreier: i thank my friend from lawrenceville for his particular stellar management of this very important rule, but i have to say, mr. speaker, that it sadens me greatly that we are here on -- sadens me greatly that we are -- saddens me greatly that we are here on the house floor to debate this. we are in the midst of a celebration. the celebration is described as the arab spring. we saw a few months ago a young merchant in a small town in tunisia very, very distraught over the fact that a

mr. president, it flies in the face of common sense and our moral responsibility here. so here's what i see wrong with this amendment. it hurts protection for families and communities, it stops or delays important protections for those people, it ignores public health and safety benefits, only looks at the benefits of economics. yes, we have to do that but we also need a balanced approach. as i said, if someone is sick and they can't go to work, they can't keep a job, so it would also create additional expensive litigation. the amendment allows polluters to sue federal agencies during the public comment period on a proposed federal safeguard that allows one polluter to hold up an important, let's say, drinking water or clean air protection standard for months, maybe years. so i urge a no vote on this. let's get together and come up with something that balances economic growth with protection of the health of our families, and i would yield the floor and i hope that we would now go to a vote under the previous order. i would ask for the yeas and nays on the amendment. th

hold people -- there's not only a moral obligation, but we have also a vested interest in seeing to it that this continent, this region comes on its feet. >> thank you, mrt, chancellor merkel. >> you called chancellor merkel one of your closest allies, but you have a difference on a couple key issues, libya and the global economic recovery over the years. in libya, do you believe more military involvement in that operation would bring it to a faster, more decisive conclusion, and did you ask chancellor merkel for such a commitment? and on the european economic question, did you ask her specifically to drop her insistence that the private sector become involved in the greek debt bailout, which is holding up, and which you have blamed the european sluggishness for america's own stalled recovery. chancellor merkel, if i could ask you, do you believe nato was mistaken in getting involved militarily in libya? and if not, why are you not more directly involved militarily there? and what more can you do to promote an accelerated european economic recovery? thank you. >> well, first of all, with respect to libya, i think it is important to note that this is a n

moral equivalence. they are not. our president said, "the tragedy of 911 brought so many children of having a mommy or daddy." mr. t everybody under that we defined marriage will lack either a mommy or daddy and that is morally wrong. [applause] it is morally wrong for a group of congressmen to rob our children of their futures. dallas shalt not steal is crystal clear. -- thou shalt not steal is crystal clear by understand biblical truth. these issues at their core or spiritual issues. what is it going to take for us to see this nation actually turn? imagine with me for a moment. i recognize i am not in charge. but just a dream with me for a moment. and what would happen if 10% of america's pastors would stand up and boldly declare the truth on these issues? what would happen in our nation? [applause] we have 350,000 churches. many pastors or bowl. you just heard a bold one. we need thousands like him. why are they silent? what are some silent? frank wright of the national religion organization said recently in a conference that many pastors or self-censoring. they are not talking about politics. and what happens

mr. tatelman is correct, his interpretation of the constitution, even the u.n. might -- you and i might agree that is wrong morally, it is nonetheless the right of congress to do that, is that you're having? >> i don't think -- welcome i -- >> i'm just following the logic here. >> there is a lot out there. >> excuse me, this is my time, sir. if we have, as mr. talbott said, and unfettered absolute right for information of the executive branch in respect of the consequences want us to stop in and by the congress, not like this one, but one that might be more politically motivated to deliberately taint the outcome of a pending criminal trial. you look like you're ready to answer, mr. fisher. >> i would say on the absolute right i think you have to establish a committee chaired legitimate inquiry, and i think you do. there are some increase which i don't think would be legitimate, perhaps going into some individuals employee and executive branch, private file and so forth. so have to establish some legitimate business. >> mr. chairman, i know i'll have another chance and thank you. i would simply say to you the const

morale, and the health care marketplace. thank you very much and i would be glad to take any questions. >> make you very much for your testimony. mr. steele, let me start with you. in supporting our hiring act, you stated it is critical we bridge the gap between military service and the civilian workforce. and i wanted to ask you did it if you could share with this committee what you think the biggest challenges are facing our young veterans when they tried to get a job when they come home. [inaudible] >> the biggest challenge is the job market itself. we have suffered in 2007-2008 in mass in financial crisis that has led to a large overhang. this is an overhang that will take years to work off. therefore, acknowledgment of that fact will come and this is in deference to senator burr, limit what we can expect to do. there's only so much you can do. it makes it important that we acknowledge that, that we may be target certain programs only for the time that it takes to recover, instead of making open-ended programs forever. this is trying to balance both senators concerns, but the one other thing i would note is in my opinion young

mr. bernanke said. but the debt limit is the wrong tool for that important job. a few other people commenting on this. jpmorgan's c.e.o., jamie diamond, a default would be a moral disaster. it would dwarf lehman. every single company with treasuries. every insurance fund. every requirement that it will start snowballing, automatic if you don't pay your debt. there will be default by rating agencies, all short-term financing will disappear. that's jamie diamond of jpmorgan. the chamber of commerce, failure to raise the debt ceiling will create uncertainty and fear and threaten the credit rating of the united states. moody's rating service on downgrading america's rating. since the risk of continuing stalemate has grown, if progress and negotiations is not evident by the middle of july, such a rating action is likely. fitch rating service. failure to raise the debt ceiling in a timely manner would imply a crisis of governance which could imperil the a.a.a. status. first, we have two problems. we have a long-term problem that has a long-term fiscal plan. and we have a long-term plan which is to protect the integrity of america's reputation for paying its bills. we