mr. sullivan that, she might have one answer and mr. watkins might have another, and i might have another. and you don't have to answer that now, but in a minute, will this result in any efficiencies or will it streamline management? will it increase the likelihood of the program's success by meeting mission requirements on schedule and within budget? would you like to answer that, ms. sullivan? you have an opinion on that probably. >> the administration is taking the senate's proposal very seriously, mr. hall, and is analyzing facts in all those areas in points that the senate highlighted in their proposal. we don't have an official position from the administration yet so i can't give you details of those considerations. we share the senate's concerns about growth in the program costs and the consequences that this has had on other elements of noaa's budget, so we certainly appreciate where they are coming from on this and are working very diligently to look at the possible impacts, assess the places there will be savings and look at t

mr. sullivan: i've heard in my area about sex slaves and human trafficking. mr. dicks: reclaiming my time. again, i would just ask the gentleman to contemplate if we have a secured communities program that is dealing with this same issue and doing it at 10 times less for the taxpayers, why wouldn't we -- and this program has had the inspector general all over it, why wouldn't we get rid of it, if it's that expensive to do and use secured communities? so i yield back. this is a commonsense thought here. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from washington state yields back. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. sullivan: this program actually cuts costs. it's a program that's very efficient. it's one that has to be implemented at the local levels because the federal government's failed to do its job. the federal government doesn't do anything in immigration policy at all in this country. and it's been thrust upon local communities like my local sheriff's office. my local sheriff, stanley glands, has instituted this 287-g program in our communit

mr. sullivan of oklahoma. an amendment by mr. turner. an amendment by mr. pol is of colorado. the chair will reduce to two minutes after the first vote in this series. this will be a 15-minute vote. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the first amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa, mr. king, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: first amendment offered by mr. king of iowa. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. by electric tron -- this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of re

sullivan and mr. watkins, if you could answer that, that would be very helpful. >> i appreciate your remarks and question. with respect to a continuing resolution, one big item that would concern me there is fy 13 is when goes-r has a scheduled budget bump in order to accommodate purchase of a launch vehicle. if we're unable to proceed with the scheduling and acquisition, that could compromise schedule. with respect to gpss, if we were held on a continuing resolution at the appropriated level of the fy 12 plan, that's in line with what we have e come forward for in the president's budget. i would forecast with the same caveats of the forecast. less impact on jpss. >> the only thing i would add to that is that with respect to the goes-r program, currently we're at a budget in this fiscal year. we're planned to be increased to $803. if we were under a continued resolution that went beyond the first quarter of the fiscal year, it would begin to have negative impacts to the cost and the schedule. specific

mr. sullivan, what did you do to create this book? what was your thought behind it?> i don't have many thoughts, but what i did was, well, i spent my whole life drawing up a sense of time, living in oregon where my wife is from, but pretty much growing up in this landscape and hearing kind of vague notions about maybe george washington did that here or that there. i remember running a marathon and saying no idea where the hills are and the valleys are. at some point i start to put those ideas together. the landscape, and the lost history of new york, can they be put together. and so i went to look for the revolution in new york and new jersey. the revolution in the 11:00 news rooms weather map of the new york area. >> what did you find? >> well, i mean, growing up you about boston, the tea party. emerson wrote a poem about it. all the stuff about virginia and virginians. and so you can attend to think new york didn't have much to do with anything. but i discovered that it all happened here. it all happened here. i kind of want to start a battle and say yeah, yeah, i

mr. sullivan, what did you do to create this book? what was your thought behind it? >> me, thoughts? people would argue i don't have many thoughts. but, um, what i did was, well, i spent my whole life growing up in this vicinity. i spent some time living in oregon where my life's from, some school in other towns. but, um, pretty much growing up in this landscape and hearing kind of vague notions about maybe george washington did this here or that there. and, you know, and i remember running a marathon at one point in new york city and saying, wow, now i get where the hills are and the valleys are. and at some point i kind of decided to put those ideas together. the landscape and the kind of lost history of new york, can they be put together? and so i went to look for the revolution in new york and new jersey and in the tristate area. the revolution in the 11:00 news' weather maps. of the new york area. >> and what'd you find? >> well, i mean, you know, growing up you always hear about boston. tea party, lots of great things happened in boston. emerson wrote a poem about it, you hear

immediately followeding the speech, sullivan got to shake hands with mr. obama. en the president realized sullivan skipped school, he got out a pen and card with presidential letterhead. the note reads, "mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler, he was with me." a good excuse. the proof is even better. >> i don't know if he'll get the excused absence. but it is a good -- the president did it once for 2009. a 10-year-old in florida. wrote her a note because

mrs. sullivan in universities. then, of course, there's the governor who is a saying that, well, it wasn't handled quite. it wasn't handled well, quote/unquote. it wasn't handled well. the boards deciding to dismiss her. but there is -- you used the right word -- turmoil. there is quite a turmoil out in the public court about this woman being dismissed. >> dave? >> well, it's extraordinary. i mean, critics are saying this is the world's worst way to handle a situation like this. the ringleaders behind the ouster, as identified in reports and wtop here on channel 4 and elsewhere insisted they had been very clear and up front and polling the board, telling the members of the board that they thought it was time for her to go for a variety of reasons. she wasn't moving fast enough on improvements. yet, several people on the board say they didn't know anything about it. so you wonder, you know, the question is raised, was this a fait accompli or not. and then graduately, the more they looked at it, the less they liked i

tyler sullivan missed school to watch president obama speak. he got to shake hands with the president. when mrskipped school, he got a pen and a card with the presidential letterhead on it. the note he wrote read, "mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler. he was with me, barack obama." sullivan -- >> that's all. >> he framed the note, of course. he plans to show it to his teacher and the rest of his class today. >>> facebook is branching out, and some parents may not like it. we have more on what the social network has in its works. >> reporter: good morning. facebook is developing technology to let kids under 13 join the site. of course with parental supervision. facebook may link kids' accounts to their parents and let parents decide whom their kids can friend and what apps they can use. the features could let facebook charge parents for games their children use. >>> get your bids in. the annual charity auction to win a lunch date with warren buff sfet underway. the auction on ebay runs through friday night. all proceeds go to benefit the glide foundation which helps the homeless in the san franci

immediately polling the speech, sullivan had a chance to shake hands with the president. when mr. realized sullivan skipped school he got a pen and a card with presidential letter head. the note he wrote read -- reads, mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler, he was with me. sullivan framed the note and plans on showing that to his teacher today. i guess that's a pretty good excuse for him not being at school. >>> a look now at some of the stories following on news4 this afternoon. here's pat lawson muse with a preview of things to come. >> hi, barbara. coming up this afternoon on in our four, as you mentioned some big stars will be performing today at the celebration of the queen's jubilee. we will have continuing coverage at 4:00 and special reports from news4's doug kammerer on "news4 at 5:00" and 6:00. barnyard animals on the mend after being attacked. tonight at 5:00, they are back in front of the public as police increase the amount of ret reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. the latest on that and the weather on this monday. starting on "news4 at 4:00." barbara

mr. chairman. >> thank you, dr. sullivan. appreciate your testimony. now i recognize our next witness, mr. marcus watkins of nasa. mr. watkins, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear here today to share information regarding the nasa role in and commitment to noaa's joint polar satellite system and noaa's geostationary operational environmental satellite r series program. jpss -- >> could you pull your microphone slightly closer? >> is that better, sir? okay. jpss and goes-r are critical to the weather's nation forecasting system, climate monitoring and research activities. nasa and noaa have been partners for over 40 years in developing the nation's pollard and geo synchronous weather satellites. with the president's direction in 2010, nasa and noaa returned to the successful partnership for jpss. since that time, the nasa program management office was established and is nearly fully staffed. in addition, noaa and nasa have established joint c

immediately following the speech, sullivan had a chance to shake hands with mr. obama. when the president realized sullivan was skipping school he got out a pen and card with presidential letterhead and the note reads "mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler. he was with me." sullivan framed the note and we assume he showed it to his teacher today. >> got that seal on it. beats the doctor's note. >> it sure does. >> we're just getting started on news 4 at 4:00. the inside story of lindsay lohan and liz taylor. we'll get the scoop, live. >>> plus, drew barrymore is hoping the third time is the charm. more on her wedding coming up. >>> plus an update on the queen's jubilee celebration plus david beckham's though >>> all the stars came out in hollywood last night for the 21st annual mtv movie awards. "twilight breaking dawn part one" took the night's biggest prize best picture. "the hunger games" won for best actor and best actress. emma stone got the first ever trail blazer award meant to highlight an up and coming star. johnny depp picked up this year's generation award after p

immediately after the speech, sullivan had a chance to shake hands with mr. obama. president realized sullivan skipped school, he got a pen and card with the presidential letterhead. the note reads, "mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler. he was with me." sullivan framed the note. >> how lucky is he to have that kind of excuse for missing school? >>> still ahead at 6:00, perfect for heavy sleepers. the alarm clock that will wake you up with a bang. >>> back in jail. this morning, george zimmerman waking up in a cell again. why his wife

mr. sullivan that mitch daniels is not loved here. we cannot wait until he is gone. he made our state a right to work state. we cannot wait for him to be gone. so that as a correction that needs to be made publicly. we cannot stand mitch daniels. number two, ever since the 2010 elections and this new congress that came in with john boehner and the rest of those fools, when did it change that a union became a dirty word? my husband is a 36-year united steelworker. we belong to local 1010, proud of it. we have contracts coming up and it is discussing how they started off thinking how they're going to treat us. i don't think so. when has it become a dirty word? i don't know where people get this notion because of karl rove and big money -- when is it a crime that you have to penalize a teacher, a police officer, a fireman, people that are scraping by but they actually get up and go out there and protect the people? mitt wants to be president of the united states, but he lies to the people when he has offshore money and offshore tax haven accounts that he will not adeven

mr. sullivan, what did you do to create this book? what was your thought behind it?est: the thought, i would argue i don't have many thoughts. but what i did was, well, i spent my whole life growing up in this vicinity. i spent some time living in oregon where my wife's from, went to school in other towns, but pretty much growing up in this landscape and hearing kind of vague notions about maybe george washington did this here or that there. and, you know, and i remember running a marathon at one point in new york city and saying, wow, now i get where the hills are and the valleys are. and at some point i kind of decided to put those ideas together like a landscape and the kind of raw history of new york. can they be put together? and so i went to look for the be revolution in and new jersey and in the tristate area. kind of the revolution in the 11:00 news' weather maps of the new york area. >> host: and what'd you find? >> guest: well, i mean, you know, growing up you'll hear about boston, the tea party, the way things happened in boston, lexington and concord, all

mr. sullivan, mitch daniels is not loved here. we can't wait until he's gone. he made our state a right to work state. we cannot wait for him to be gone. so that's a correction that needs to be made publicly. we can't stand mitch daniels. number two, ever since the 2010 elections and this new congress that came in with boehner and the rest of them fools, when did it change that a union became a dirty word? my husband is a 36-year united states steelworker, ok. we belong to local 1010. proud of it. and we are going -- our contract is coming up and it's disgusting how they started off thinking how they are going to treat us. i don't think so. when has it become a dirty word -- i don't know where people get this notion because of big money and money bgs mitt that -- when is it a crime you have to menalize the teacher, a policeman, fireman, people that are scraping by, actually get up, go out there, and protect the people like money bags mitt, the guy wants to be president of the united states but he's starting off lying to the people when he's got offshore money i

mr. sullivan and charlie, i can't remember charlie's last name, we talked about equity. we're not only bound by the rules of the house but the chair has the power of equity in his possession. rule 21 has its or-ins in 1824, when john quincy adams, the only president of the united states to come back and serve in the house of representatives, decide the appropriations process was bogging down and we should have rule 21 to prohibit authorizing on appropriations bill. it was designed to keep the appropriators from poaching on the territory of the authorizing committees. we don't have that here. the chairman of the authorizing committee was just here, mr. ba cause, he -- mr. baucus, he didn't have a problem with this. the only person who has a problem with this is the distinguished subcommittee chair of the appropriations committee. that's my first argument on equity. second, because i had some spare time today, i looked at the precedents of the house. i would suggest to the chair that this is a matter of first impression. the last time this came to the floor, the -- to the

mr. mcinerney for a few minutes. >> thank you very much. dr. sullivan, i can imagine what it looked like when the budget reduction came known and the uncertainty of what the funding was going to be like, and there must have been a sense of panic and scramble. and let me ask you, has that passed now or things still in a scramble of how to deal with this shortfall. >> you are referring to the continuing resolution in fy 11 or continuing resolution? >> that fy-11 was a difficult year with a final appropriation and not in hand until sometime i forget the exact calendar date of the enactment and then we had spend plan negotiations with various chambers to get alignment on the use of those funds. so it was very late in the year and less than 30 days before the end of the fiscal year before we had full agreement on all parties on the hill about how to spend our resources. that is as you suggest extremely difficult to manage. it is difficult to manage a federal agency itself, and it is extremely difficult to maintain continuity and performance and contractors a

mr. president what, about some retail opportunities. >> tyler sullivan went to see president obama give a speech last friday and the president offered to make sure tyler didn't get an unexcused absent. >> he came up and he asked me if he wanted an excuse note since i was missing school friday. >> jon: boom! and an extra 20 bucks gets that kid out of gym for the rest of the year. ( laughter ). mr. president, you're a likable guy with a lot of talents, and if you want to remain president, you're going to have to exploit all of them. >> is that balm rock? >> it sure is. >> well, turn it up. >> obama rock with all the president's tom hits. "let's stay together." "sweet home chicago." "let's stay together." and who could forget "sweet home chicago." >> smooth. hey, how much is obama rock? >> those two song fragments can be yourself for just $2,500. >> you mean the statutory limit for individual limit limits to a candidate for federal office for election. >> make check or money order care of: send your money now. >> ike right now. balm rock. ( applause ) >> jon: w ( cheers and applause ) >> jon

sullivan. he ordered the board of visitors to act decisively today or be fired. >> i think this will be a unifying and healing event for the university and mr. jefferson's university can move forward. >> reporter: before the vote an about face came when sullivan entered the room along with the woman who entered the forced resignation. >> i apologize for the way this was presented. -- some students admit they are wary with all the talk now of funding concerns and a push to online loo learning. >> i guess i fell a little bit better because a lot of dialogue has been opened up. these issues have been brought to the forefront. >> reporter: the final word on the saga won't come for a few days until the governor announces which board of visitors members he intended to reappoint. helen's term ends july 1st. julie carey, news4. >>> the december to uphold a controversial part of arizona's immigration law drew protesters to the supreme court including undocumented teenagers. they denounced the provision that requires police to ask anyone they stop about his or her immigration status. critics say that amounts to racial profiling. advocates for undocum

obama wrote this official absent letter for a minnesota fifth grader whose name is tile letter sullivan. mrdent. tile. >> he came up and he asked me if he wanted an excuse note since i was missing school friday. i was like, i was so shocked, i didn't say anything. >> i knew, obviously, he was absent from school on friday. i wasn't sure what he was doing. and i found out after the fact that this all happened to tyler, which i was very excited for him. very excited. >> you can totally see them fighting over who gets to keep this piece of history! >> it's hard for me to contain myself on this. if the note from the president is an excused absence, when does it become an unexcused absence? secretary of state? ambassador? >> that's cold. >> when i took my girls to haiti i took them out of school and said we are going out of town. excused absence. >> anywhere from the president to the mom. >> anybody older than a fifth grader who hasn't written the note himself! any adult vouching for a reasonable absence i think will count. just wait until your little kids are fifth graders. >> every teacher now

mr. jefferson wanted for this university. >> the "washington post" reports that sullivan was fired because she wouldn't make cuts to university programs. now top donors have threatened to stop contributing. tomorrow the faculty senate will meet with the rector and vice rector of the board of visitors. >>> millions of americans use spray tans to get that beach bronze look. a lot of people figure it's easier and less harmful than baking in the sun or lying in a tanning bed. but as amber soehn reports, it may not be the safest alternative. >> reporter: we all know exposure to the sun's rays can cause skin cancer. and now what was thought to be the safe alternative, spray tanning, can be just as dangerous. >> look at her. >> arms, legs, face. neck, chest, everything. >> reporter: 27-year-old carla homez has maintained her bronze glow with self-spray tans for ten years now. that means she has been exposing her lungs to the active chemical used in spray tans, hide roxi acetone, or dha, which browns the skin. >> when you do the spray tanning using dihydroxy acetone, there could be a risk that if it is absorbed or inhaled it could be

. >>> no one polls 11-year-olds, taylor sullivan was in the front row when he met the president, mr.bama offered to health him out with an absence from school. >> really? he will really write me an excuse note? mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler, he was with me, barack obama. then i kind of want to brag at school and tell them look at what i got! >> does in the mean you should ship school, not everyone gets a note. it makes a souvenir for tyler, too bad he won't be voting until 2020. >>> tlc has a new spin off show out of "toddlers and tiaras," this show is about honey boo-boo. you have to watch. >> i want to win money! >> make me honey boo-boo. >> her mom would feed her a mixture of energy drink and soda, you know what that -- bill santiago has a lot to say about this and other stuff. there he is. we'll talk to bill coming up after the break. stay with us. a party? [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein. twist my lid. that's three times more than

sullivan's still miss tear just ouster-- >> mysterious ouster. >> no transparency, no complaints they're willing to publish. it's quite absurd. and injures mr. jefferson's university. they really frankly ought to step down. >> reporter: he says sullivan is well regarded and celebrated in the small community of presidents at world renowned universities. >> two years seems to be time to have started but not time to have effected much change. it takes three minutes to make a three-minute egg. if you say to sullivan you want a three-minute egg, you've got to give her the three minutes. >> reporter: but he says there's no question uva will weather this crisis. >> when people talk about blungdzers in university governance so it will be part of the higher education narrative for many years to come, but the university of virginia is much too strong an institution to be brought down by this sort of mistake. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9news now. >> he says boards of clearly supposed to hold university presidents accountable, but he says they have to do it in a sound responsible way and he says that didn't happen in this case. >>> we begin 9news now at

sullivan. i appreciate your testimony. i now recognize our next witness, mr. watkins from nasa. you are identified for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear today to share the nasa whirlwind and the commission to the joint polar satellite system an and noaa's r-series program -- >> could you pull your microphone slightly closer. >> is that better, sir? okay. jpss is critical to the nation's forecasting system, climate monitoring and research activities and nasa and noaa have been partners for over 30 years for the syncronous satellites and the president's direction in 2010, nasa will return to the successful partnership for jpss. since that time the nasa program management office was established and is nearly fully staffed. in addition, noaa and nasa have established joint program management councils to oversee the noaa portfolio satellites and have integrated their decision-making processes to efficiently and effectively manage this cooperative activity. over the last two years the nasa teams have strength

sullivan. the captain regrettably retired last friday and we already miss him. i wanted to thank publicly mr. renne, inspector van cole, bernadette robinson. they worked extensively. having work that they view for the last 15 months during the evening and during the day and having experience, the dynamics of the club at 550 barneveld and things that affect us, trying to provide public safety services, it is quite and efficient plan. it is doable. it is quite fair to come back in six months. the idea of the permit was under much discussion in april, but it is fair for us to evaluate whether that condition should be lifted. i will answer your questions if you have any. president newlin: i think you are aware that your father was my training officer when i got out of the academy in 1970 in central park station. he is responsible -- >> i am aware of that now. president newlin: that is the only question i have. >> i will pass that along. president newlin: is there anybody else from the police department that wants to comment about this? seeing none, we will open it up for public comment. are there

boy has the perfect excuse for not showing up school friday >> tyler sullivan is chatting with the president but he did not expect mrama to approve is cutting class. he attended a campaign event in minnesota with his father and since he was in the vip area he took a chance to speak with the president. the president figured he was skipping school and rode him an excuse note that he will treasure forever. >> a new member to the family of vice president joe biden whose daughter got married yesterday in a private ceremony. the release this photograph of the newlyweds. the couple exchanged vows at a delaware church where she was baptized. a new yorker is joining the party for queen elisabeth. >> here in america we don't take these things too seriously. >> everybody is trying to get them to crack up and that girl did it. these visitors except that they dare buy virgin atlantic, if they could make one of the queen's guards laugh it one tickets from new york to london and that girl who promised a kick in the but if she didn't win proved that the threats do in fact work. >> that is it for today's weekend early edition. i wan

mr. jefferson's university. they really frankly ought to step down. >> trexemberg says sullivan is well regarded and celebrated in the small community of presidents at world renowned universities. >> two years seems to me time to have started, but not time to have affected much change. it takes three minutes to make a three minute egg and if you say to sullivan i want a three minute egg, you got to give her three minutes. >> reporter: but he says there's no question uva will weather this crisis. >> when people talk about blunders in university governance, so it will be part of the higher education narrative for many years to come, but the university of virginia is much too strong an institution to be brought down by this sort of mistake. >> trexemberg says boards clearly are supposed to hold university presidents accountable but he says they have to do it in a so unand responsible way and he says this -- in a sound and responsible way and he says this is anything but that. >> transparency would have gone a long way as to what's the decision making process, why did you do this and they're not getting any of those

mr. jefferson wanted for this university. >> it's more than just the faculty angry over sullivan's firing.are threatening to stop contributing to the school because of the move. >>> john edwards' mistress says she still has romantic feelings for the former presidential candidate. hunter wrote a book called "what really happened, john edwards, our daughter, and me." hunter writes before edwards' corruption trial started he told her if he was convicted he would likely be sent to a low security prison in virginia. more like a country club than jail. last month edwards buzz acquitted on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions. jurors were deadlocked on five other felony counts leading to a mistrial. >>> gas prices are holding steady this morning but expect the summertime slide at the pump to continue. aaa says prices are at their lowest level since february. the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.50 right now. gas is actually up a penny in d.c. from yesterday to $3.58 a gallon. maryland drivers are paying $3.4. virginia is seeing the lowest at $3.27 a gallon. prices i

sullivan s that an accurate assessment? >> it is, sir. >> thank you it very much. i recognize for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. powner, one thing that really stuck out about your oral testimony here was the 48% confidence level that nasa will meet the 2015 launch date. is that the biggest threat is not making that launch date? >> yeah. so a couple things. we did some very detailed schedule analysis. there were things we went into great detail on the sensors. and we had some questions about how the schedules were being managed. ultimately what that all means is it calls into question whether you could hit key milestones. they need to reach the launch date. that coupled with the fact their assessment showed there was a 48% confidence level that they were going to hit the october 2015 date raised questions about whether they will be able to do that. i think, and we're under the impression that if you raised it to 70% confidence level, which is i think what the program ultimately likes to operate under, that does push the launch date into early 2016. i think there's a four or five-month slip there. but those are t

sullivan, ph.d. the assistant secretary of commerce for environmental prediction and the deputy administration at noaa. the second witness is mr. marcus watkins, the director of the joint agency satellite division at nasa and our final witness is mr. david a. pounder, the director of information technology management issues for the gao. i thank you all for being here. as our witnesses should know, spoken testimony is limited to five minutes each after which members of the committee have five minutes each to ask questions. your written testimony will be included of the record of the hearing and the complexities of the issues today i would allow you to go after five minutes if you need to, if you can continue to make it within five minutes please do so. i'm very proud of the colleagues for keeping them in five minutes. the practice of the subcommittee on investigations and oversight to receive testimony under oath. when we use the practice today as well. do any of you have any objection to take an oath? >> let the record reflect that the witness withes were all willing to take the oath in shaking their head from side to side. do

mr. eisenhower was...that was very early in his presidency and they have margaret sullivan there with himd beside her is a new member of the house. sam freedale beside him, and i see jack brooks in the picture. lee metcalfe and bob mollahan of west virginia and some other i can't recognize from here. c-span: when we first started talking about all this you hoped that press and students and all would read this -- and why is it -- what does it matter? >> guest: well it matters a great deal. let me explain. the people in the media need to know the history of the united states senate if they are going to accurately report on it and interpret the day's events -- accurately interpret today's events in the light of history. for example, recently following the tower nomination vote i heard a very fine news reporter make the statement on a tv show. she was on a panel she said the senate will never be the same again. well, that reflected to me a lack of institutional memory. the senate's already the same again. i mean, those things come and go. that's why we need to read the history. we could see t

. >>> tomorrow morning, a fifth grader named tyler sullivan from rochester, michigan, is going to have to convince his teacher, one mrrman, that he, file ler had a very good reason for missing school on friday. fortunately for tyler, he may have the best excuse note in the history of excuse notes. here's abc's nick schifrin. ♪ >> reporter: for as long as there have been teachers, students have had excuses. >> sorry, teach, my dog ate my homework. >> sorry, my computer crashed. >> i had basketball practice and it went really late. sorry. >> reporter: but 11-year-old tyler sullivan isn't like those kids. he's a basketball player who turns in his homework. his computer doesn't crash. he's a good kid. >> if i was president, i would say no more smoking and no more tobacco and no more drugs. >> reporter: but on friday, tyler was very naughty. for the first time in his life, he played hooky. that's tyler when he should have been in class. and that's the president of the united states. tyler played hooky to meet barack obama. >> first i said, hi, mr. president. he said hi, tyler, you must be out of school then. >> reporter:

sullivan. making it simple, to a smiling kid. >> look at his face as he looks at the president. >> mr. the teacher, please excuse tyler. he was with me. tyler skipped class to attend the speaking event at the honeywell plant near minneapolis. he did so along with his dad. figured it was for a pretty good reason. he's pretty thrilled, right? >> what are you writing, what are you writing? >> imagine that moment. i hope they had their cell phone cameras going as well. >> i think the president's people probably took some great photos and he's got a nice copy. >> we thought this was such a nice picture, we called them, got a hold of them, at 6:45, tyler and his fifth grade teacher will join us live on the show. make sure you stick around. it will be great to hear just how that went over. >>> how he enjoyed that very spectacular moment. >>> still to come, actor johnny depp wowing the crowd at last night's mtv movie awards. ♪ >> who knew, right? >> that's with the black keys. depp was honored with the generation award. the twilight saga breaking dawn won movie of the year. "the hunger games"

mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler. he was with me. barack obama. >> yesterday, tyler sullivanol because he was watching the president speak in a nearby town. now, after that speech, you can see mr. obama talking to tyler, shaking his hand, and chatting about him missing school. >> i said hi, president. and then he started asking me questions and he was, like, oh, you must be out of school, then? >> when he found out, mr. obama took out a presidential pad and pen and wrote the note excusing tyler from class. tyler plans on bringing it to his teacher on monday morning. . >>> good morning to you. a live look here at all that blue sunshine -- did i really just say that? blue skies and sunshine over parts of the bay area this morning! we're still socked in pretty good, right along the coastline. pacifica, half moon bay, santa cruz, stretching across the bay into the east bay. oakland, san leandro, hayward still dealing with bright skies. it will peel back. we're looking at mostly sunny skies for the east bay by late morning, then lingering off the coastline with mostly cloudy skies

mr. axelrod -- you don't mention someone unless you are not afraid. i think they are concerned about that check 2. 11-year-old fifth grader tyler sullivan attended a speech by president obama recently and got an experience he will always remember. >> tyler took it all in but also realized the president cares about school attendance. immediately following his speech tyler had a chance to shake hands with mr. obama and they had a moment. >> i said hi president. and then he started asking me questions. and he was like oh, you must be out of school then? >> president obama then reached for a presidential pad of paper and a presidential pen and wrote out an official excused absence note. >> i was like, really? he is going to really write me excuse note? mr. ackerman, please excuse tyler, he was with me. barack obama. >> now, a note like that is worth thousands of dollars but i hope tyler scenes it. it is history. check three, new york city mayor bloomberg continuing to take some heat because of his obesity programs. >> your administration has come out in support of national doughnut day. >> two things. >> come on. >> it sounds ridiculous. >> it doesn't sound

. >> tyler sullivan missed school on friday to see the president's speech in golden valley. afterwards the fifth grader got to shake hands with mrand when the president realized he skipped school to see him he decided to bail him out. he got a pen and a card with presidential letterhead and wrote to his teacher mr. ackerman. please excuse tyler. he was with me. ♪ ♪ >> this youtube clip of miss usa contestants is going viral. they did a rendition of the pop song "call me maybe" with an appearance from donald trump who runs the pageant. >> the winner last night was 20-year-old olivia popo from rhode island. >> coming in very close second was miss maryland nana meriweather from potomac. she graduated from sidwell friends and is currently applying to medical school. >> she did us proud. >>> coming up next on news 4 at 5:00 tonight the cost of convenience. why your cell phone may be posing new challenges for corporate security. >>> authorities in berlin arresting a 29-year-old adult film star this afternoon ending an international man hunt. eric newman is wanted in connection to a brutal murder in montreal. investigators say he poste