mr. patrick. our next speaker -- >> would be florence kong. >> good morning directors. my name is florence kong and for the bay view and construction business. about the trans bay project we have some concern. it's about -- we noticed that the steel package is going to be rebid and sbe -- dbe [inaudible] is dropping from 23% to 12%. that means the goal is almost cut into half, and actually we know there are many local business that they will have the ability to do this project, and we always encourage hire [inaudible] because if we can encourage more local business to participate in this project it is actually also helping the local hiring and it will bring up the local hiring goals so this is our concern and hope that directors can look into this issue. thank you. >> thank you. >> and then we have manny florez. >> good morning commissioners. manny florez local 22, the carpenters union. i want to thank director sartipi for the kind words and get the word out and speaking to middle schools and doing our part but it works both ways. i have to commend her and her staff and

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you can see them him there with deval patrick. now, mr. cameron toured the site. it's part of his three-day trip to the u.s. yesterday, he met with president obama at the white house. he called the bombing attacks an appalling outrage. mr. cameron wants to offer condolences to those victims. >>> actress angelina jolie has revealed she has undergone a preventive double mastectomy. she wrote that she has the gene that sharply increases her risk of dreping breast cancer. coming up at -- developing breast cancer. coming up at 7:45, pam cook will have the deeper reasons behind angelina jolie's surge to get -- surgery to get surgery and how her family played a big part. >>> jerry brown will release his budget plan and will reveal what he wants to do with the surplus money. he doesn't want the state to go on a spending spree. the budget has to be approved by the state legislature before it takes effect on july 1st. >>> 7:33. new in palo alto, you smokers will soon have one less place to light up. last night the city council passed a city ban in parks. brian flores is liv

he is the author of "race-baiter" and patrick in new jersey, you're the first caller. >> caller: thank you very much. mr. deegans, i think your book is pertinent and america unfortunately -- i don't know why we avoid having this conversation about race. it is a troubled part of american history, unfortunately, but we need to talk about and it instead of saying somebody is completely a racist or i have no biases at all we have to have national dialogue how to get past this and learn from each other and grow, because america is a wonderful country that can build on ideas and not be solely about one race against another or biases or troubled pasts. what are your thoughts on this? >> guest: well, i totally understand what you're talking about. i agree with you. there is too much of a hesitancety -- hesitancy to have these conversations. but people are afraid of being accused of being racist, and so -- especially white people are afraid of being accused of being racist, and one of the things i try to talk about in my book is stereotypes is productive. prejudice can be very productive. if explains the world i

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: yesterday afternoon i called home to check, see how things were going, to visit with my wife a little bit, and she said, you can't imagine what i'm watching on tv. she said, it's hard to watch. she was talking about the terrible storm that had hit oklahoma, the devastation, the death, the injuries she tried to explain to me was hard to relate, even though she was watching it on tv. homes destroyed, schools destroyed, even elementary schools destroyed. i think what she did was described what all americans felt. our hearts go out to the families whose loved ones were lost. those injured are missing in the devastating tornadoes in oklahoma. we feel so sad for them. our thought are with those who are affected by this tragedy, and so many people have been affected. families are still searching for their family members, their children. i recognize and commend the heroic efforts of the first responders who rushed to the scene and have been working tirelessly to help those injured.

mr. speaker. i rise today to congratulate patrick henry college's moot court team on their fifth consecutive national championship this year. the team boasts two two-time national champions as well as a national orator champion who holds the record for the most points earned in the history of the league. patrick henry college, p.h.c., has won a total of seven national moot court championships and built a strong reputation for success success nationwide. i thank the team coaches, dr. michael farris, founder of p.h.c., and dr. frank gleason for their investment in these young people. at a time then we're asking the government to get out of the way, p.h.c. is a shining example of what can happen when freed from the government purse strings. mr. modos: from day one, the college has not accepted federal money. i congratulation the school for the example it has and will continue to -- mr. meadows: i congratulate the school for the example it has and will continue to set. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? without objection. the gentlelad

patrick millsap and not you. caution. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> so fast forward, mr. hicks, to the sunday talk shows and ambassador susan rice. she blamed this attack on a individualsio. in fact, she did it five different times. whatwhat was your reaction to that? >> i was stunned. my jaw dropped. >> bill: brutal testimony today about how the obama administration mishandled the attack on our ambassador to libya. and three other americans who were murdered in benghazi. a key question. why did washington refuse to send help? >> i notified my leadership that we needed to go forward. when told that it was not the right time. >> bill: another key qu

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 10:30. the republicans will control the first half and the majority the feignal half. following morning business, the senate will resume consideration of the water resources development act. there will be up to seven roll call votes to complete action on the bill and we're going to start the voting at about 10:30 this morning. mr. president, there's a lot going on here, committees meeting, but i want to alert all senators, my democrats and the republicans, we have a lot of votes to do, and we're not going to wait around while someone strolls in. we're going to first vote -- i direct this question to the chair: are the final six votes ten-minute votes? so the first vote will be the regular 15-minute vote. after that it is 10 minutes. i am alerting everyone that we're going 0 close the votes as quickly as we can, so we can finish this. the republicans have an important meeting beginning by 1:00

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: mr. leader. mr. reid: the republican leader and i just spent a minute commiserating on the fact that we follow, both of us, very closely the washington nationals and we talk often about how they fare on a given day, and we talk about the las vegas young man, bryce harper, often because he's really a phenomenon in baseball. and yesterday he got -- they're playing in los angeles, a late game, two walks, a hit, and, like he does all the time -- or not like this -- he's chasing a ball at full speed and runs into the wall full speed. i'm told by the republican leader -- i'm going it talk to his family. the time is too early in the west. i will a talk to his mom rand dad to see how he's doing. he crashed into the wall. he has 11 stitches in his chin. his shoulders, so. we'll see how he is. mr. mcconnell: if the majority leader would yield, as the majority leader indicated, we were talking about this before we went into session. this kid is the most incredible competitor i've ever seen. the game is on the w

patrick millsap and not you. caution. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> so fast forward, mr. hicks, to the sunday talk shows and ambassador susan rice. she blamed this attack on a individualsio. in fact, she did it five different times. whatwhat was your reaction to that? >> i was stunned. my jaw dropped. >> bill: brutal testimony today about how the obama administration mishandled the attack on our ambassador to libya. and three other americans who were murdered in benghazi. a key question. why did washington refuse to send help? >> i notified my leadership that we needed to go forward. when told that it was not the right time. >> bill: another key question. did president obama and secretary of state clinton do anything wrong? >> did she ask you about the cause of the attack? >> i don't recall that being part of the conversation. will. >> bill: tonight. we have straight talk about benghazi. also, upcoming on the factor, there is a verdict in the jodi arias murder trial. >> guilty. >> bill: and the latest on that horrendous kidnapping in cleveland. caution, you are about to e

mr. cohen has received a subpoena? >> there was talk of it last week. >> larry ckudlow is in the hous. if that wasn't enough, we have danica patrick coming up ahead of her big race this weekend in charlotte. power lunch is back in 2. [ male announcer ] what?! investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. none of them charge annual fees and all of them offer low cost investments. e-trade. less for us. more for you. at bny mellon, our business lois investments.nts. managing them, moving them, making them work. we oversee 20% of the world's financial assets. and that gives us scale and insight no one else has. investment management combined with investment servicing. bringing the power of investments to people's lives. invested in the world. bny mellon. >> back now to the queen of breaking news this hour. mary tompson with yet another update. >> hurricane season starts on june 1 and runs through november 30th. predicting it will be an above normal hurricane season this year. they are predicting we would see 15 to 20

patrick smith. he was an information officer with the u.s. foreign service serving libya. on september 14th, 2012. mr. smith was you'll eulogized by president obama. >> sean smith, it seems, lived to serve. first in the air force, then with you at the state department. he knew the perils of this calling from his time in baghdad. and there in benghazi, far from home, he surely thought of heather and samantha and nathan and he laid down his life in service to us all. today, sean is home. >> bill: joining us now from washington pat smith, sean's mother. first of all, heather is the widow. and then there are two children. how old are the children? >> 10 and 19. >> okay. 10 and 9. so, we have a situation here where the president, i think his remarks were heart felt. they looked sincere to me. but there was no follow-up. is that right? >> that's correct. >> did you -- what did you want secretary of state clinton and the president to do? >> >> i wanted somebody to tell me why this was done. i wanted to know why there was no security there when it was asked for. it was begged. they begged them. begged to hav

patrick, along with members of the defense team. first, the judge will ask if keenan has accepted the plea deal. >> is mr.keenan prepared to go forward with this change of plea? >> your honor, he is not. >> okay. that being said, then i have an opinion with respect to the motion to dismiss. and so i'm going to read that opinion here this morning. it is without question, based on the egregious history of the prosecutorial misconduct in this case that the state willfully withheld exculpatory evidence from keenan and his attorneys. the knowledge of this material prior to trial would have clearly benefited mr. keenan's case. i do want to state that the court wants to make a clear statement that the decision here today is not a reflection on the current team of assistant county prosecutors that have been assigned to this case. they have conducted themselves in a professional and forthcoming manner. nor is this a reflection of the court's opinion on keenan's guilt or innocence. instead, it is a decision that is founded on the basic right that our forefathers envisioned for those accused of a crime to be afforde

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader.r. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business until 11:00 a.m. this morning with republicans controlling the first half, the majority controlling the final half. following that morning business the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of david medine. at noon there will be a vote on the confirmation of the nomination. the senate will recess from 12:30 to 2:15. at 2:15 the senate will be in consideration of the water resources development act. mr. president, this afternoon, as i've indicated, the senate will work on the bipartisan water resources development act which will provide water protection and other improvements to communities across the nation. the legislation has two able managers in chairman boxer and ranking member vitter. they each represent their caucuses extremely well. tkpwaoeufpb -- given them free rein tpo complete that bill and hope that will be done. this measure will protect jobs by investing in t

mr. president, mission accomplished. pat buchanan is with us, and joe trip by. as i check off all of these, patrick buchanan, i don't see a lot of success here or potential for success. your reaction? >> i was going to tick off about four out of those five that you did, and i would add immigration. i think after boston i think the president is going to get some border security. i think amnesty is dead when you are going to give that 12 million people. included in them are folks like the tsarnaevs. i don't think he will get that. unfortunately for our country iraq seems to be coming apart, the syrian war is disintegrating, and iran situation is not hopeful. the country has problems. this president is facing basically what he must see as a stacked deck. i don't see what he gets between now and november of 2014. brother trippi and i were talking about that in the greenroom. >> the gun legislation, didn't happen. and with the president we have zero chance of the global warming agenda? do you agree with that. >> no. i don't agree with you on the gun control. >> what happened then? >> no, he didn't get a

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader.mr. reid: i would yield to the senator from massachusetts, senator warren. ms. warren: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from massachusetts. ms. warren: thank you, mr. president. thank you, mr. leader. and a warm thank you to the reverend miniard culpepper. your words of faith and community are greatly appreciated here today. for a long time now reverend culpepper has been praying over me. last winter before i was sworn into office reverend culpepper held a special sunday prayer service for me in his home church, pleasant hill baptist in dorchester. that december evening the pews were packed. at the conclusion of the service, the ministers circled around me, wrapped their arms together and pray to god to give me the strength to work for the poor and powerless among us. i feel blessed to have received their prayers, and i've tried my best to keep them in my heart, in my work here. but i'm just one of many who appreciates the hard work that reverend culpepper in pleasant

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i'm going to have a few things to say, as will senator mcconnell, but now i would yield to my friend from delaware, the junior senator from delaware, and i would ask unanimous consent that when senator mcconnell and i finish our remarks that he be recognize trecognized to speak for up to six, seven -- seven minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coons: thank you, senator reid. thank you for the opportunity to recognize and celebrate this ths morning's chaplain. rabbi michael beals has served our community in wilmington, delaware, our country with the strength you heard this morning in this morning's prayer. he is joined by his wife, a caring veterinarian, and his daughter and many other family and friends. he has a wonderful education having studied at the american university, the university of california at berkeley. in addition to his remarkable education, he is someone who is profoundly grounded in the calling, in the challenge of rebuild being. as you hea

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in executive session considering the nomination of ernest moniz to be energy secretary. there will be up to three hours of debate on the nomination. at about 2:00 p.m., there will be a roll call vote on confirmation of that nomination. mr. president, for months my republican colleagues argued that the obama administration is engaged in a cover-up regarding the tra tragic events surroundig the attack on the consulate in benghazi. the administration provided congress over 100 pages of e-mails following that attack in libya during closed-door sessions. the e-mails proved there was no cover-up. yet the republicans claim the white house was hiding the truth. yesterday the administration released even more e-mails to the public. this is the latest effort by the administration to ensure transparency for the media and the public regarding this awful attack on americans. this new information came out for a number of reasons, not the least

let's check in with patrick doyle, ceo of domino's pizza and hear more about the quarter and where his company is headed. mrdoyle, welcome back to "mad money." >> thank you. good to see you. >> you know, it's funny. the show is not about making friends. it's about making money. but when i see you, and i know the performance, it's phenomenal. >> thank you. >> and i want -- a lot of our viewers watch it. there is something else you never talk about i want to mention. it is a common story among domino's pizza workers, 90% of its franchises are owned by former delivery people or entry-level workers? >> yeah, that's right. we've got 1,000 franchisees in the u.s., over 900 started in the stores as drivers or answering the phones or assistant managers. they have worked their way up through, made a little money, buy their first store, they build their way up. but it's the energy of our system. that's why we've got the best operators. >> so they're totally vested. >> absolutely vested. it's what they have done. it's what they love and they started from the ground floor, and now they're owners. it's fabulous. >> in t

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: almost? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business for an hour. republicans will control the first half. the majority the second half. following that morning business, the senate will resume consideration of s. 954, the farm bill, managed by senator stabenow and senator cochran. we'll continue to work through amendments to the farm bill today. progress was made yesterday, and we need to continue working on the amendments. at 4:00 p.m. today, we'll proceed to the consideration of s. res. 65, regarding iran sanctions. the vote on that resolution will be at 5:00 p.m. today. mr. president, there are three bills at the desk due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 1003, a about i will to amend the higher education act of 1965, to reset interest rates for new student loans. s. 1004, a bill to permit voluntary economic activities. h.r. 45, an act to repeal the patient protect

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: mr. president, i'm told that s. 888 is at the desk and due for its second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 888, a bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the commodity exchange act and the security exchange act of 1934. mr. reid: mr. president, i object to further proceedings with respect to this bill. the presiding officer: objection having been heard the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: for years republicans have been singing the praises of regular order. week after week, month after month, it's gone into years now. even though that may have been not correct, they did it anyway. they said how they missed the days of committee markups, how they long for amendment vote-a-rama, amendments, and how they pine for a budget resolution. the junior senator from texas said just before the election -- and this is a quo

patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. mr. reid: almost? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following reared foll- following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 3:00 p.m. today. at 3:00 p.m., the senate will begin consideration of the farm bill. at 5:00 p.m., the senate will proceed to executive session to consider two court nominations, the chappell nomination from florida and the mcshane nomination from oregon. at 5:30 there will be two roll call votes on the confirmation of these two nominations. mr. president, democrats and the tea-party republicans disagree on many things. so it is very encouraging to see how well senator stabenow and senator cochran worked aes a team to bring the agriculture jobs bill to the floor. their work has been exemplary, some would say old-fashioned, the way things used to be. the committee members included many of the amendments that were adopted last year and the senate considered and passed a farm bill. as we'll remember, it went to the house and of course they did nothing. the committee did this in

patrick, new hampshire. >> guest: thank you remembering the questions. >> caller: hi. >> host: go ahead. >> caller: thank you very much. i would like to ask mr. el elder -- first i admire and impressed if you your courage to confront your father and go through the -- working things out with him. i couldn't think of the word. and -- but i grew up with a very loving father. however, my mother was an alcoholic, so they had all of these fights when i was really young, and i was never aware of what was going on, and so i never -- i always wanted my father to tell me, you know, why he was so angry and stuff, and later on i figured it out. my question is, how open do you think, from your experience, how open do you think a father should be with their children or child as to how -- what his feelings really are and how -- his most intimate feelings as far as things that might be dealing with within himself, his own issues. >> host: all right, patrick, we foot the point. thank you. >> guest: i think this is the $64,000 question. what you're asking is to what extent should your father be a friend as opposed to being parent and the answer is simple. he s

mr. speaker, in closing i'd like to quote patrick henry. he claimed the constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interest. let's put an end to the chaos and do what's right for families and businesses. repeal obamacare today. the quicker the better. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california is recognized for two minutes. ms. matsui: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong opposition to the rule and the underlying legislation. here we go again, in fact, i lost count of how many times i have had to vote, we had to vote on a bill to repeal the affordable care act. the underlying legislation before us today would deny my constituents and the ame

patrick philbin, associate deputy general. i sat down in an armchair by the head of the attorney general's bed, the two other justice department people stood behind me. mrs. ashcroft stood by the bed holding her husband's arm, and we waited, and it was only a matter of minutes that the door opened and in walked mr. gonzalez carrying an envelope and mr. card. they came over and stood by the bed, greeted the attorney general very briefly, then mr. gonzalez began to discuss why they were there, to seek his approval for a matter, and explained what the matter was, which i will not do, and attorney general ashcroft then stunned me. he lifted his head off the pillow, and in very strong terms expressed his view of the matter, rich in both substance and fact, which stunned me, drawn from the hour-long meeting we'd had a week earlier and in very strong terms expressed himself and then laid his head back down on the pillow, seemed spent and said to them, but that doesn't matter, because i'm not the attorney general. >> but he expressed his reluctance or would not sign the statement that they -- give the authorization that they had asked, is that right? >> yes. and

patrick, peter borrow, new hampshire. >> guest: thank you for remembering the questions, peter. [laughter] >> host: please go ahead. >> caller: thank you very much. i would like to ask mr elder -- well, first, i would like to say i really admire your, and am impressed with your courage you had to confront your father and go through the working things out with him. i couldn't think of a word the use. >> guest: that's right. >> caller: and i grew up with a very loving father. however, my mother was an alcoholic, so they had all of these fights when i was really young. and i was never aware of what was going on. and so, um, i never, you know, i always want withed my father -- wanted my father to tell me why he was so angry and stuff. and, of course, later on i figured it out. but my question is, um, how open do you think, you know, from your experience, how open dune dune -- do you think a father should be with their children or child as to how, what his feelings really are and, you know, how -- you know, his most intimate feelings as far as things he might be dealing with within himself, his own issuesesome. >> guest: right. >> host: all right, patrick, i think we got th

. >>> another celebrity in the headlines this morning, neil patrick harris, becoming the go-to host for awards. >> mrthey ought to get him to do the oscars, like a triple crown. >> true. >> he's won two emmy's himself on the show "how i met your mother." and it's been fun to watch him grow from dougie houser. he's a talented guy and the right guy for the show. >> he had exactly what it took from the very beginning at a young age. how old was he back in those days? >> let's see. >> 13, 14. >> yeah. >> amazing. >> all right. spelling now. >>> we're going to the spelling bee. of course competition of all competitions. 281 contestants started the preliminary round yesterday in washington, d.c., 42 move on to the finals today. as we told you, new this year, a vocabulary test portion. >> that's not seen on -- >> right, you don't see it. >> televised portion. >> who can forget the sheer determination as we show this clip, 2004 passing out and coming back to nail the word. watch. >> wait for it. >> happy ending, though. >> i can't believe this. >> a-l-o-t-e-c-o-i-t. >> comeback story, right? >> we see that e

mr. d'antonio speaks on a panel with the president founder of the survivors network of those abused by priests. reverend thomas doyle, attorney jeff anderson and former priests and monks, patrick whoa. this is about an hour and a half. [applause] >> good evening everyone. i am michael d'antonio the author of "mortal sins." [applause] with me tonight or the heroes who have lived the story. i have written and co-authored and ghostwritten quite a few books and none of them has meant what this book means to me. this is a book about a genuine civil rights movement. it has been underrecognized and underappreciated for what it has accomplished on behalf of abused children, on behalf of equality, on behalf of the people who are at the church and make no mistake for catholics and for all christians the church is the people and if you are not a catholic and you're not a christian you can appreciate the concept that we are all one. and there are folks on the stage that have done more to promote the unity of humanity than any people i have ever met so i would like to introduce to you from my left barbara blaine. [applause] barbara is the founder and director of the survivors network for t

mr. d'antonio speaks on a panel with the president founder of the survivors network of those abused by priests. reverend thomas doyle, attorney jeff anderson and former priests and monks, patrickhoa. this is about an hour and a half. [applause] >> good evening

patrick in illinois. hi pat. >> caller: yes, ma'am, a point to cleveland and a point i haven't really heard talked about in terms of revenge or what mr about to be visited on to him big time. >> stephanie: are you for the death penalty or life in prison? >> caller: i'm not at all for the death penalty. but life will be appropriate for the way he treated these women. >> stephanie: yeah. the prosecutor said he is going to seek murder charges for the pregnant deaths. dna tests show that ariel castro is the father of the six year old. he said in a statement, forensic scientists worked throughout the night to confirm he is the father of the six year old girl. and the dna did not match any other ohio cases. all right. nathan in illinois you are on the "stephanie miller show." hello, nathan. >> caller: yes i'm nathan haliburton, i am lanced funeral director. the part you say about the entomement is correct. if we ship somebody it has to be in a coffin and it is shipped by airlines never federal express -- >> we were actually joking about that -- >> caller: we want to make sure the public doesn't come to us as professionals with the idea tha

mr. hicks, i want to set the table for the next round. 12th, 2012, did you receive an e-mail from beth copied victoria, patrick kennedy, and cheryl mills? you are on the distribution list. do you recall receiving that e- mail? >> i'm sorry. which e-mail? i was receiving a few hundred per day. >> that's fair. he said hisd, when government suspected that former gaddafi machine elements carried out the attack, i told him that the group that conducted the attacks, ansar al are related to his longest extremists? >> i do believe i remember that e-mail. >> thank you, mr. chair. as a veteran of vietnam and iran, and understand that boots on the ground are the closest to the truth in the situation. you know more about what happened in benghazi than any bureaucrat or politician can. being caught between the political dictates of superiors and the chain of command, doing what's necessary to protect our citizens abroad, and understand the risks to have taken by showing up here today as well. thank you for having the courage to testify before us. recount on you to reveal the truth about the failures of this government and