we were, we had a meeting after some confuse about the review process with mr. navy and the project manager and we requested that they come to our house and we hosted them at our house to review the plans. we had our neighbor with us as well who is here and has the comments as well. to review the comments as well. we raised a lot of concerns about the size of the remodel and as they were stated earlier, it would dramatically change the mid block open space and infringe on our privatecy in a large way, my daughter's bedroom is on the rear side of the house and so the large open windows would pier right into her bedroom and we are not comfortable with that at all. it did not seem appropriate to have a long discussion at that time, we had just met our neighbor for the first time and so we wanted to respect that he was in our home. and so we said that we would outside of our concerns, we would like to get back to them and compromise if possible as we have had done over 20 years almost, now with the rest of our neighbors. and we heard nothing from that point on. we were s

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mr. brolosconi will be banned from holding public office. >>> a navy helicopter opened fire and mistakingly killed five afghan police officers manning a highway checkpoint. it happened after the officers were attacked by insurgents and called for air support. a spokeswoman for the u.s. led international security assistance said the incident is now under investigation. >>> hundreds of veterans turn out today honor a san francisco man who died in a prisoner of war camp in north korea. >>> they joined the remaining family of sergeant joseph steinburg for funeral services. sergeant steinburg's whereabouts where unknown until recently when dna from his niece was used. >> if it wasn't for american soldiers like mr. steinbach i wouldn't be here. >> when i saw him sitting his urn into the ground, i felt now i can rest. now it's over, he's home. >> reporter: sergeant steinburg was buried right alongside his three brothers all of whom were veterans of world war ii. >>> the historic i magment building will soon be the sight of a new call building. the building sold for $8.9 million. that business is l

mr. brolosconi will be banned from holding public office. >>> a navy helicopter opened fire and mistakinglyled five afghan police officers manning a highway checkpoint. it happened after the officers were attacked by insurgents and called for air support. a spokeswoman for the u.s. led international security assistance said the incident is now under investigation. >>> hundreds of veterans turn out today honor a san francisco man who died in a prisoner of war camp in north korea. >>> they joined the remaining family of sergeant joseph steinburg for funeral services. sergeant steinburg's whereabouts where unknown until recently when dna from his niece was used. >> if it wasn't for american soldiers like mr. steinbach i wouldn't be here. >> when i saw him sitting his urn into the ground, i felt now i can rest. now it's over, he's home. >> reporter: sergeant steinburg was buried right alongside his three brothers all of whom were veterans of world war ii. >>> the historic i magment building will soon be the sight of a new call building. the building sold for $8.9 million. that business is led b

mr. speaker, i rise today to pay tribute to captain lafare who recently retired after 27 years of service in the united states navy. mr. garcia: he fought for freedom and democracy throughout the world. his 27 years of service, he completed four different deployments and will be remembered in service for his strong character, work ethic and love of country. it is with pleasure that we can say that captain lafare will continue his career in public service as director of operations and planning in the monroe county school board. mr. speaker, i'd like to extend my best wishes to him on his retirement and in particular to his family and his wife, wendy. our thanks to his continuing contribution to our country and to our community. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to bring attention to the sad truth about sex trafficking in

navy today. keep saying that, slipping into mr. putin and putin does not want that base hit so it won't be.top of that, this is a war, a civil war that is being run by an outside party. the outside party is the islamic revolutionary guard corps headquartered in tehran. we're not going to hit tehran. tehran is the one -- they are the ones calling the shots how the syrians fight. this. >> greta: what can we do? we're in the spot we are. in what do we do? >> actually, it would take guts ball for this guy to look into the camera and said i should not have said anything about a red line, what i am going to do taksim immediately beef up the security after the every one of my embassies all over the middle east and africa. because as you and i both know in nine days you have the eve of another 9/11 attack. and those anniversaries really are important to the bad guys. so do that imimmediately. second of all, go to the israelis right now and say i'm going to pull back my horns. you have got the southern part of that country targeted. you take care of the things that you need to take care of to make s

base outside russia, bimt by the soviets in the bad days, used by the russian navy today, keep saying that, splipg in with mrtin. and putin doesn't want that base hit so it won't be. on top of that, this is a war, a civil war, being run by an outside party. the islamic revolutionary guard core from tehran. we're not hitting tehran. they're calling the shots how the seer nans fight this. >> it would take guts for this guy to look into the camera and say i should not have said anything about a red line. what i am going to do is immediately beef up security at every one of my embassies all over the middle east and sub saharan africa. you know in nine days, you have the eve of another 9/11 attack. those anniversaries are important to the bad guys. do that immediately. second of all, go to the israelis now and say i'm going to pull back my horns. you've got the southern part of that country targeted, you take care of things you need to take care of to be sure you're not hit as reprisal, because syria can't come after us, but the iranians can go after the israelis and every embassy on the planet. lastly, what the

navy. and to mr. jeff wassmer, i would like to be an advocate for you to receive more national funding for anything they you would need there of the port and just thank you all for your service and keeping a safe. >> host: all right. let's hear from don n. viejo. hello. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i travel overseas i would like to ask the gentleman, have you ever been any one of them, the dubai port? >> host: the dubai ports? >> caller: the dubai port, yes,. >> guest: i have not personally. i have been to hong kong and singapore. >> guest: i have not been to dubai, but people have been. >> guest: -- >> host: why? >> guest: it is a major trade center, a major trading shipment of. a lot of cargo goes to the buy and then is exported from to buy >> host: did you have a follow-up? >> caller: i think these two gentlemen have to realize that we don't want to just compete inside the united states. the world is changing. the fastest-growing part in the world, and if we want to invest

navy. enter mr. wasner, i would like to be an advocate for you to receive more national funding for anything that you would need there at the port. thank you for your service and keeping us safe. host: all right. let's hear from john. caller: i travel to overseas. i would like to ask it anyway them had been to the dubai port? guest: i have not personally. i have been to hong kong and singapore. guest: i have not been to dubai. it is a major trade center. it is a major hub. a lot of cargo divides. it exported from divide to the final destination. do you have a follow-up? caller: i think they have to realize that we do not want to just compete within the united states. the world is changing. it is the fastest port in the world appeared if we want to invest, we have to get rid of people like eric cantor who does not want to invest in the state or country. that is the whole thing about this. i've traveled to dubai many times. i've never seen anything like this, any port like this in the entire world. for

confidence in realizing my little brother graduated from newport news and i just want to say go navy and to mr. wassmer i would like to be an advocate definitely for you to receive more national funding for anything that you would need there at the port port and to thank you all for your service and keeping us safe. >> host: all right cynthia. let's hear from john who is in virginia a democratic caller. hi john. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. i travel to oversees and i'd like to ask the gentlemen have they ever been to any of the- ports? >> host: to the dubai ports? >> caller: the dubai port yes. >> guest: i have been to hong kong and singapore. >> i have not been to divide but people on the staff have been to dubai. >> host: why? >> guest: it's a major trade center. it's a major shipment hub. a lot of cargo goes to dubai and then it's exported from dubai to its final destination. >> host: john did you have a follow-up? >> caller: i want to say these two gentlemen have to realize that we don't just want to compete inside the united states. the wall is changing. the fastest ports growing

mr. obama in deciding to go ahead with a strike and that pentagon officials say that the navy has now moved the president is kurnly leading a meeting at the white house with national security council and secretary of state john kerry is expected to make a statement within the hour. top administration officials including susan rice, john kerry and chuck hagel briefed two dozen congressional leaders on the possible attack on syria. the call left lawmakers di voided. john cornin said the administration failed to -- house armed services committee chair buck mckeon said he was disappointed in the president. other lawmakers, including nancy pelosi and senate foreign relations chair bob menendez were convinced. this morning congressman elliott engel threw his support behind the administration and its intelligence. >> were you convinced? >> i was convinced. first of all, what we've all seen is horrific. i don't think we should be allowed to see population, civilian population children burning. i don't think we should see attacks on them. children frothing at the mouth and gas -- >> take the video o

mr. roosevelt that looks at fdr's years as assistant secretary of the navy during world war i and fdr with world war ii, was president at that time, he got his start in world war i as secretary of the navy. >> what do we learn about fdr as assistant secretary of the navy? >> he was very disillusioned, his time in the navy taught him that but then you see he learned to play the game and went on to do so well and make his way in that world. his introduction to politics, and his introduction to life, when he and eleanor were having problems and a year later developed polio. you hear the personal story and professional story. >> what is the history of capo press? >> we have been around 25 years, started as music books and then our publisher took over and expanded the list exponentially. we do a lot of history, military history, even have an imprint called lifelong books, parenting and cookbooks. >> based in boston. >> we were in cambridge and data across the river. >> how long have you been part of perseus? >> about a dozen years. it is great. we have our own department for editorial, marketin

mr. obama is considering military action against syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons. the navydy sent a fourth warship armed with ballistic missiles into the eastern mediterranean sea. >>> more protests in egypt this morning, but this time demonstrators are trying to keep them peaceful. [ crowds cheering ] >> supporters held this march yesterday following morning prayers. organizers urge people to stick to the main streets and avoid military confrontation at all cost. they say too many people have lost their lives in recent violence. yesterday's protest ended without incident. >>> california attorney general kamala harris has launched a criminal investigation to look into complaints against outgoing san diego mayor bob filner. filner did agree to step down from office effective august 31st. his resignation comes after 18 women accused him of sexual harassment. during a special city council hearing yesterday, filner apologized to his victims, but also said he was the victim of a, quote, lynch mob. >> not one allegation, members of the council, has ever been independently verifie

the biggest one that the navy sponsors is the national shipbuilding research program, the nsrp, which happens to be a favorite of our big boss, the acquisition executive, mrackly. there is the defense be ordnance technology consortium which does about $140 million worth of business on a yearly basis. there's a robotics technology consortium that i had the ridge of helping to stand up for osd. there's a vertical lift one, and then there's a brand new one which has just started up, and you need to keep your eyes on this one as well if your business area happens to be anything that has to do with security of our country relative to our borders. this is the border security technology consortium that dhs-cbp is just standing up. we're going to divide the work up in technology areas so that expertise can be brought to bear in these seven areas that you read on the chart. it's pretty self-explanatory. i won't read them to you, i but that's a logical breakout of how technology could be grouped together to give it the maximum benefit. so we're waiting on the official turn on from mr. stackly, we anticipate that may be this fall or the first quarter of fiscal 2014.

mr. speaker, and sincere appreciation from one american to the families of the fallen that i'll now read the names of these americans whose lives were taken that day in defense of our country. these are navy servicemen killed that day. jonah kellso. lewis j. langless. thomas a. ratcliff. craig m. vickers. . kevin a. houston. matthew d. mason. steven m. mills. nicholas h. null. robert j. reefs. heath m. brothis. derrick c. benson. christopher g. campbell. jared w. day. john dera. michael j. strange. john t. tomilson. aaron c. vaughn. jason r. workman. jesse d. pittman. nicholas p. spear. five soldiers killed that day. david r. carter. brian j. nichols. patrick d. hamburg. alexander j. bennett. spencer c. duncan. airmen killed that day, john w. brown, andrew serb. ell, and daniel l. mr. speaker, as these families continue to struggle with their loss, we continue to pray for them asking that god will give them a special measure of grace and peace on this day and the days ahead. i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. and i rise tod

navy has four destroys any issue mediterranean sea within range of targets inside syria, and the u.s. also has warplanes in that region. secretary hagel spoke during his visit to asia. british prime mr. david cameron is recalling parliament for discussion on the possibility of a military response to the alleged chemical attack in syria. minister cameron said the crisis session will be held thursday. and lawmakers you are starting to react but according to ap, republican lawmaker is rallying support to pressure president obama into seeking congressional authorization or a military strike against syria. representative scott -- signed a letter to obama that urges him to reconvene congress and seek approval for any military action. he says that engaging the u.s. military in syria and the absence of a direct threat to the united states and without prior congressional authorization would violate the cost additional separations of power. >> in our original series first ladies, influence and image, we look at the public and private lives of the women who serve as first lady strength nation's first 112 years. now as a move into the modern era we will feature the first ladies in their own wor

navy. sunday at 7 a.m. eastern and pacific. >> now, afl-cio president richard trumka talks about his union's agenda. also about danielle and and larry summers, to potential successors to ben bernanke. mr. trumka spoke to reporters at the christian science monitor breakfast for one hour. >> here we go. i am dave cook from the monitor. thanks for coming. our guest is richard trumka, president of the afl-cio. he has brought a guest that he will introduce. he grew up in pennsylvania and followed his father and grandfather into the minds. he worked his way through penn state and earned a law degree from villanova. in 1982, he was elected president of the united mine workers of america. -- it was a job not without risks. i read that he and his wife were married in a small private ceremony after a threat on his life wanted a large public wedding to be canceled. he survived and went on to serve three terms. be secretary-n to treasurer of the afl-cio and became the youngest person to hold that position where he served for 15 years. he was elected president in september 2009. so much for biography, now to the portion of our program. we are on the record. fees, no live blogging or tweeting. no m