mr. thomas notes that the significant increases occur because the agreement was negotiated in stages. where the agreement was modified annually based on the work plan for the particular year involved, but we recommend that you approve this resolution. supervisor chu: thank you very much. supervisor kim: i just have two questions for dpw. actually, my question is just in reference to our budget and legislative analyst's report. just wanted to hear from dpw in terms of the rationale for increasing -- negotiating the increase rather than doing a competitive rfp process. >> as was mentioned, the intent was to have a consistent and continuous presence of particular positions, specifically, the firm has provided us with cost estimation with schedulers as well as with engineering support and inspection support. specifically, we have provided inspectors of record, which, when the state approves an inspector of record to be assigned to a program inspector, they have continuous inspection for the life of that program. the lion's share of this contract has been for supplying additional inspector

mr. hank thomas, one of those freedom riders. hank, good morning to you. >> good morning, russ.ou doing? >> i'm doing just fine, sir. let me ask you, does it feel like 50 years ago to you? >> no. it doesn't. but then again, sometimes it does. i don't move quite as fast as i used to move. >> i know this week you got to meet with the sun of one of the klan members who burned the bus all those years ago. what did he say to you? what did you say to him? >> well, he immediately came to me and embraced me, which surprised me. pleasant surprise. and it was a genuine -- he's a bear of a man, so to speak, and it was a genuine hug and embrace. and he asked me for forgiveness. and i told him, obviously, there's nothing to forgive. he can't be responsible for what his father did. and beside, i told him that i have mentally left aniston a long time ago. and that, you know, i carried no -- i didn't carry the baggage of bitterness with me. but i thought it was a very good gesture. and he asked if sometime in the future he and i could break bread together. and i said i think that would be a goo

mr. attorney general, i point out i believe thomas perez was less than truthful with the committee when testified they achieved the highest penalty under the law. just ask consent for an additional minute. >> with that objection the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i also wanted to bring up the issue of bigford farms. can you cite for this committee the authorization you had or may believe you had to open up negotiations for a second round. >> the attorney general has the -- >> would you cite the farm bill exclusively on pigford 2. >> i'm not sure i understand your question. >> i can understand why. so i'd ask did you negotiate with john boyd on settlement for pigford 2. >> did i? >> yes, or did anyone from your office authorized by you do so. >> i'm not sure i know who mr. boyd is. >> that's instructive to me and i won't push my time limits any further. appreciate it. >> the gentlewoman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here. two nights ago president obama announced osama bin laden had been killed. as persons around th

mr. bush's appointment to the supreme court, clarence thomas your so she had a certain amount of concern. but then came the clintons. and things with the clintons started out on kind of a strange floating. a magazine concocted what became known as the great cookie controversy. some of you i can see nodding your head's. you remember this. the question of who baked the bread chocolate chip cookies? was a barbara bush or was it hillary clinton. and hillary clinton sort of dismissed this and said, i'm too busy to bake cookies, your, let's forget about this. and mrs. bush said she thought the whole thing was forgotten. and then a few months later the same magazine ran a story saying that any taste test people like hillary clinton's cookies better. and barbara bush said well, that's interesting because that's not my recipe. well, i mention it because even though it seems like a silly thing perhaps, it garnered all of a sudden very serious comments from reporters and columnists. and this also gave mrs. bush a certain amount of growing disease with what she saw developing here. she gave a very mu

mr. president, look at your hair. if your hair gets any whiter the tea party is going to endorse it. oh, i'm going to get an angry voice mail from jenny thomasn 19 years. but i believe the president would agree with me that the mood has changed a bit since the beginning of his term. at beginning of his term, mr. president, housewives were trying to sneak into the house. now everyone is leaving. by this time next year it will just be you and joe biden trying to find toner for the copy machine. >> we'll have a lot more for you. >>> still ahead, a wedding anniversary gift from mariah carey that will change her life forever. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, attack on libya as moammar gadhafi now squarely in the cross hairs. you are watching "msnbc sunday." 100 ways to enjoy pringles. ♪ ♪ and they're the same price as the leading bag chips. 100 crisps... 100 ways. ♪ everything pops with pringles. we all have one. that perfect spot. a special place we go to smooth out the ripples of the day. it might be off a dock or on a boat. upstream or in the middle of nowhere. wherever it may be, casting a line in the clear, fresh waters of michigan lets

mr. president, look at your hair. if your hair gets any whiter the tea party is going to endorse it. i'm going to get an angry voice now from ginny thomast i believe the president would agree with me that the mood has changed a bit since the beginning of his term. at the beginning of this term, mr. president, house wifes were trying to sneak into the white house. now, everyone is leaving. axlrod, gibbs, rahm emanuel. by this time next year it will be just you and joe biden trying to find toner for the copier machine. i bet it is hard getting back in campaign mode again. do you know who is dreading it it? will i am. he is writing down words that rhyme with debt ceiling. the heritage foundation projectd that joke would get a standing ovation. i probably shouldn't trust those guys. mr. president, i have confidence for you. for one, you still have the first lady and, of course, you still have joe biden. what can i say about joe biden that hasn't already been said incorrectly about joe biden. i imagine having joe biden as vice president is kind of like taking your blue collar dad to a fancy restaurant. he is more comfortable at the olive gar

mr. president, look at your hair, if your hair gets any whiter, the tea party is going to endorse it. i'm going to get angry voice mail from jenny thomas19 years. but i believe the president would agree with me that the mood has changed a bit since the beginning of his term. at the beginning of his term, mr. president, housewives were trying to sneak into the white house. not anymore, now, everyone's leaving, axelrod, gibbs, rahm emanuel. by this time next year, just you and joe biden trying to find toner for the copy machine. now your re-election campaign has begun. i bet it's hard to get back in campaign mode again. you know who's really dreading it, will i am, writing down words that rhyme with debt ceiling. the heritage foundation projected that joke would get a standing ovation. probably shouldn't trust those guys. mr. president, i truly still have confidence in you. for one, you still have the first lady and, of course, you still have joe biden. what can i say about joe biden that hasn't already been said incorrectly by joe biden? i imagine having joe biden as vice president is kind of like taking your blue collar dad to a fancy

couldn't believe there is anyone alive in there i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull some debris. i looked off to my side and i saw mr. henson about 10 feet away. inside this kind of cave of debris. already my uniform is starting to melt. my shoes are starting to melt. i'm really, really eager for him to get out of there and go, but he says he can't budge, under desperation i laid on my bang underneath him and put feet on debris. i leg pressed as hard as i could. >> with me pushing with my back against this pile and him pushing up with his legs. he managed to get most of the debris far enough to extricate himself from this huge pile of rubble that pinned him to his desk. >> i think the total thing took about 30 minutes. i didn't think i had very much time left when the rescue team came. in. >> somebody was still up in there. we couldn't get everybody out. >> my boss didn't make it. section didn't make it. >> -- that survived. >> d.c. fire, e.m.s., is going to our plan e, that's an emergency plan which requires all off duty personnel to report back to the duty stations immediately. >> they are trying to evacuate the w

. >>> joining us now on the phone, thomas heidenberger, his wife michelle was on flight 77 that crashed into the pentagon. >> mr. heidenberger we are happy to talk with you this morning and we're curious to see what your reaction was when you heard the news last night. >> good morning, steve, good morning, allison. my initial reaction was that they got the guy, but then in the overall big picture, it doesn't change anything. it didn't bring michelle back, it didn't bring any of the other 3,000 victims of that day back. but it is in many respects a closing of a particular chapter in this large history book, so to speak, of the events of 9/11. >> as you move forward now, and i hear you loud and clear, closure is a very poor choice of words, but as you move forward from this day knowing that osama bin laden is now dead, is there anything to pass along to the viewers as someone who feels this perhaps a little more personally than we do? >> well, from a purely personal aspect, it's gratifying to see on the news and the like that there is now this reunification, so to speak, this unit and bond of the american public

mr. attorney general, i point out i believe thomas perez was less than truthful with the committee when testified they achieved the highest penalty under the law. just ask consent for an additional minute. >> with that objection the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i also wanted to bring up the issue of bigford farms. can you cite for this committee the authorization you had or may believe you had to open up negotiations for a second round. >> the attorney general has the -- >> would you cite the farm bill exclusively on pigford 2. >> i'm not sure i understand your question. >> i can understand why. so i'd ask did you negotiate with john boyd on settlement for pigford 2. >> did i? >> yes, or did anyone from your office authorized by you do so. >> i'm not sure i know who mr. boyd is. >> that's instructive to me and i won't push my time limits any further. appreciate it. >> the gentlewoman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here. two nights ago president obama announced osama bin laden had been killed. as persons around th

mr. eric eriksson, who wants my office by the way. he can't have it. [applause] >> evan thomasif you would. did you bring an iphone up here? >> i want you people to know i called evan thomas and asked him what he wanted me to say. he said first of all, thank god the award came out before making that statement about obama biblically proving himself to be an effective commander in chief. also that is very funny that he would get an award called the obamagasm. the only person who uses it more is jay carney watching "the west wing." imagine what a real white house press secretary looks like. in all seriousness, evan thomas wanted me to convey his sincere thanks to david brock and his crack team of medium researchers. they spend day after day eating twinkies and drinking red bulls. combating racist tea baggers. but for the fine efforts of media matters, he would not be able to do his job. said it is not media matters. it is media research service. he said brent bozell can go to hell and thank you very much. [applause] >> he can't wait for me to retire. [laughter] now by the way, eri

mr. unger spoke and took questions for about an hour. >> there is nothing so easy is to persuade people that they are badly governed. those words were spoken by the 18th century massachusetts governor thomas hutchison and i look to you more about him later. let me tell you what else he said because his words hold true today as much as they did then in 1774. governor hutchinson said you can take the happiest and most comfortable people and use malicious, rhetorical skills to arouse popular discontent with their government, with their rulers, everything around them, even themselves. this is one of the weaknesses he said. these are his words. this is one of the weaknesses of human nature which ambitious politician make use to serve their purposes. a year before he uttered those words, a group of boston rabble-rousers had convinced americans they were mr. bowles and those who think they are miserable arseneau. despite all real evidence to the contrary. now i doubt if there is a single one of today's so-called tea party patriots who knows with the original tea party and tea party about. far from being patriots, those original tea partiers were mostly smugglers. some of them among the wealthies

thomas. >> i have a surprise. we have one male today. mr.own that. >> it's the way i roll. >> donny is bringing out our first model bobbie. she is always looking stylish. >> she would look good in a rag. >> i didn't know this, she loves hello kitty. >> i know that story. >> look at her gorgeous slippers and the gorgeous eye mask. this is her comfy look. >> you look adorable. >> come on, sit. enjoy. >> madeline is next up. >> madeline, like i've never seen you before. >> look at madeline now. start with her shoes that actually bobbie introduced us to. bunny slippers. this is her kinky side. pajama jeans. >> are they soft? >> they are so soft, so comfy, they are fantastic. if you watch our show the biggest ad of pajama jeans are every before. >> say you have a long, long flight, you look like you're wearing jeans that you can sleep in. >> come sit with us. look at joy. >> joy has pimple medicine. >> and her reading material in hand. >> that's what we are talking about. this is her juicy robe available at bloomingdale's. she sleeps in pimple me

mr. president, look at your hair. if it gets any whiter, the tea party will endorse it. [laughter] i am going to get an angry voice mail from jenny thomas i believe the president would agree with me that the mood has changed a little bit since the beginning of his term. at the beginning, housewives were trying to sneak into the white house. not anymore. not everyone is leaving. but this time next year, it will be just you and joe biden trying to find comes for the coffee machine. i bet it is hard to get back into campaign mode again. you know who is really getting it? will i. am. he is having trouble finding words that rhyme with "debt ceiling." [laughter] the heritage foundation predicted that he would get a standing -- that that joe would get a -- that that joe could get a standing ovation. of course, you still have joe biden. what can i say about joe biden that has not already been said incorrectly by joe biden? [laughter] i imagine having joe biden as a vice president is like taking your blue-collar debt to a fancy restaurant. he is more comfortable at the olive garden. he talks been little too loud and mispronounces the sauces. and

mr. president, and michelle. to show that he believes in ireland, to make that precious connection with his irish roots, as thousands before him have done. today, the 44th american president comes home. [applause] when thomasout on his long atlantic crossing, he may have dreamed that one day his progeny would return as president of the united states. [applause] that boyce said goodbye -- that boyce said goodbye -- that boy said goodbye, like the millions who were leaving, packing up the remnants of their lives. for some, it was like setting into space. their path is our path. their story is our story. this evening, my call is directly to those 40 million irish-americans. whether you are listening and watching in new york, new haven, san diego, or st. louis, whether you are irish by birth, or by marriage, or by desire, you are irish nonetheless. [applause] we, your family, you're irish family, are right here to welcome you, to welcome your present home. [applause] last week, queen elizabeth came to our shores. the irish heart glittered above the heart of the english queen. pride and happiness, with two words of irish, we told our history. today, with president obama, we draw another circle. we tell the worl

mr. eric ericson who wants me office by with the way and can't have it. [cheers and applause] >> you sent your rugrats. give this to evan thomas you would. would you bring an iphone up here? a script? oh, jeez. >> i called -- >> here. >> i want you people to know i called evenan thomas and i asked him what he wanted me to say and he said, first of all, thank god the award came out for -- beforifyman made that statement last week about obama being an effective commander in chief. then he said to thank the academy because that's what you do at times like this, and also it's very funny that he would get an award called the obamagasm because he's gone through wet wipes like the parents of graudrupe lets. the only person who uses them more is jay carney watching "the west wing," imagining what a real white house press secretary looks like. in all seriousness, he wanted me to convey his sincere thanks to david brock and his crack team media researchers. he said they spent hours each day eating box after box of twinkies, fighting clips of people like evan thomas, racist tea baggers and their racist political allies, but for the fine

to that, i have sent a letter to thomas perez, the assistant attorney general of the civil rights division of the department of justice alerting him to this fact. and, mr. president, i have quoted in that letter -- i have quoted several supervisors of election, both democrats and republicans, that have said that cutting the early voting period 1from 14 dpais to days to 8 wiln fries a significant number of voters. that was what the supervisors, the elected officials in each of the counties, were telling me. and i want to quote a republican supervisor of election, deborah clark in pinellas county, the county of st. petersburg and clearwater, florida. this is what she said. "not allowing address or name-change changes on election day will create an undue burden on eligible voters." and she continues, "it will also result in long lines at the polls and discourage many voters from voting." end of quote from mrs. clark. it is self-evident. and this is an assault upon our democracy that should not be tolerated, but it happened, and it happened in the last week of the legislative session. and, mr. president, i hope -- i hope -- that there will be such an outcr