mr. thomas for $1 million because that is three times the amount he said thomas took from the public till and after a five-month investigation, he is warning tonight that this is just the tip of the iceberg. the civil complaint alleges that d.c. council member harry thomas jr. owes taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, money the attorney said thomas used for his person >> we're interested in getting back every penny of the district's money, the taxpayer money that was wrongfully taken, put it back into the general treasury for the use of the district. >> reporter: court documents claim in 2007, the city council had earmarked $400,000 for youth baseball. a thomas persuaded the truck seized and given the money to the langston 21st century foundation which in turn diverted $316,000 to thomas' two corporations. one for-profit and the other not-for-profit called team thomas. the ag said thomas used the money for golf vacations to las vegas and pebble beach, wrote checks to cash for which there are no receipts, put out a brochure for his constituents outlining the public service and bough

mr. thomas? >> good afternoon, mr. chair, members of the board. i am here on behalf of mr. mcgee. he did not be here today. i have a petition from 12,000 voters opposing the golden parachute you are voting on today. is equivalent to giving the entire city of san francisco free parking for three days. i just want to make clear that our issue is that with mr. ford, personally. our issue is with the management of the mta. six of the mta. six months ago, the board approved

mr. thomas is one of the best teachers i've ever met. he's one of the best people i've ever met. he knows what he's doing. >> welcome to our annual spring concert. >> reporter: this year's recital they say was the biggest and best yet. >> my ultimate hope is to see them have a complete education. to see them develop into noble adults who can give back to society in their own way. >> reporter: even though thomas lost his job, he still has a mission -- to teach with compassion and a song in his heart. ron allen, nbc news, paterson, new jersey. >> good note to end on. that's our broadcast for this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we're reporting tonight from our nbc news washington bureau. we'll look for you back in new york tomorrow night. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> good evening and thanks for being with us tonight. >> and i'm raj matha sgli not so fast. that's the word from state controller john chung who is holding the paychecks of california lawmakers who thought they had agreed to a new budget last week.

mr. thomas? >> good afternoon, mr. chair, members of the board. i am here on behalf of mr. mcgee. he did not be here today. i have a petition from 12,000 voters opposing the golden parachute you are voting on today. is equivalent to giving the entire city of san francisco free parking for three days. i just want to make clear that our issue is that with mr. ford, personally. our issue is with the management of the mta. six months ago, the board approved the contract with mr. ford. the mta has no business signing a contract that rewards poor performance superviosr wiener -- proof -- poor performance. this $80,000 golden bears to -- we argue, plus the 1200 boaters -- voters -- argue that this is one. please agree with us. to the right thing. did the right thing for the city and for muni. chairman nolan: would any other members of the public like to address the board? simenon, public comment is closed. we should have talked about it in there, but in terms of going forward, are we ready to talk about that? >> we might want to ask if it is appropriate. chairman nolan: 2 we have legal c

mr. thomas and we will pursue this matter vigorously. >> attorney general irvin nathan says his office's probe started with questions about charitable donations and broadened to the misuse of public grants. it alleges thomas intervened with the children and youth investment trust corps, directing funds to another organization, which directed $300,000 back to two groups controlled by thomas. >> did you use public money for yourself instead of going to kids programs? >> absolutely not. the body of work that my life represents will defend that and secondly, the body of work in which i personally perform those clinics are and other things that were involved with this was done and no misdirecting of funds. >> now the attorney general is seeking a million dollars from thomas to pay back to the district. it is also seeking an injunction to keep thomas from soliciting further charitable donations. but thomas' real trouble, more trouble could come in possible charges because the u.s. attorney's office is investigating, lesli. >> all right peggy fox, thanks for that report. and while thomas was on

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

lived a long time and in 1947 she met president eisenhower at a fancy dinner and she was identified mrs. thomas preston it so he had no idea who she was then they started to talk about and said you know, i used to live a washington. he said really quote? where? [laughter] so only then that francis identified herself as a former first lady but to her credit she agreed there should be an account published of what happened 1893 on the night up. so finally he broke the embargo to publish the account of the operation on the saturday evening post producing he would go to a medical journal to talk about this amazing achievement but instead i interviewed a couple of pathologist researching the book and said why do think keane did this article in the saturday evening post and nodded journal of medicine? >> like all doctors he had a big ego and wanted everybody to know and it was the most popular peat -- periodical in the country so that was a place to brag. the account came out and it did indicate edwards 24 years after the fact as 83 roach finally edwards reputation as a truthful correspondent was vind

and her place card just identified her as mrs. thomas preston. so eisenhower had no idea who she was. and they began chatting, and at one point they began to talk about washington, and she said, you know, general, i used to live in washington. and the general said, really? where? [laughter] eisenhower was quite embarrassed by that. but francis, to her credit, agreed with keane that there should be an account published of what happened on the oneida. so keane finally broke the embargo and published an account of the operation in, of all places, the saturday evening post. now, you think he would go to a medical journal to talk about this amazing achievement in american medicine and encology, but instead he decided to publish anytime the saturday evening post. i interviewed a couple of pathologists researching the book, and i said, you know, why do you think keane did this article in the saturday evening post, and the pathologists said, it's like all doctors, he had a big ego, and he wanted everybody to know. and the saturday evening post was the mo

mr. thomas, what most sadens me is it saps the spirit of the district of columbia. we're going in the right direction, we have so many good things going for us. we have so many things that we have to attend to. all of these things, they are more than just distractions, they are points of great disappointment. >> wish we had more time to talk. hope you'll come back as these things all work themselves out. this is council member mary cheh of ward 3 in the district. steve, over to you. >>> phase 8 of the 14th street bridge project begins overnight and that means a change for tomorrow's commute. and we'll let you know what to be aware of coming up. >>> and also going to check the roads with a view of the aforementioned 14th street bridge. and tony perkins coming up as well. stay with us. we're back after this. yefrouewti o?c,3@ñp aapú >>> 7:44 right now. look who is back. it is tony. >> hello. >> looking dapper as always. >> why, thank you. i try my best. i have to compete with you two. >> i like the pinstripes. >> the bold look. >> much like the forecast. >> yes, it is

. >> hi, mrs. thomas, how are you?when ike made land fall. >> we have been through a lot of bad times and a lot of good times. >> after the hurricane of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in u.s. history. more than 6,000 lives were lost. we didn't have bonds, fema, insurance, the city had no money. the mayor saw the city through the darkest hours. and now the city's wounds are still healing. if 2011 marks the return of another active hurricane season, at least one survivor is prepared to stay. >> family and memories and you know, tears. yeah. too much. >> and chris, i have to tell you, there is a bit of a contrast. where you saw all that, the streets are bustling with folks. businesses are expected to come back. but closer to the sea wall you can see one rebuilt house and two empty lots. one house in the process of being constructed and then four empty lots. galveston lost 10 to 12% of the population and they are working to bring folks back. we will see you ain i couple of minutes. >> joins us now, fema administrator

mr. thomas talks about his sources and how a be news -- abc news handles the stores. our guest tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span. >> this weekend on american history tv, more than 20 years after the end of the cold war, a new york historical society reflects on ronald reagan and mchale or chop. but john hopkins professor on the civil rights movement and the promise of suburbia. a photographer on restoring civil war photographs from post- war charleston. get the complete we can schedule at c-span.org/history, or press the c-span on alert button to get them e-mailed directly to you. >> on wednesday, the obama administration faced another appeals court challenge to the health care law. a three-judge panel at the 11th circuit in atlanta heard oral argument in florida v. hhs. 26 different states have banded together in opposition to the new law. if the state's argument is that congress has exceeded said authority. this is two hours and 25 minutes. >> this is florida v. hhs. before we put you lawyers on the clock, i want to make a couple of remarks about this

mr. thomas lenard. once again, our purpose here will be in the time remaining to us, which is not yet determined, but let's say it is 20 minutes at the maximum, for all five of you to give testimony. that is a challenge. but you're exceptionally bright, well educated and advanced people and so you should be able to meet it and we will start with you, mr. pratt. >> and incidentally, the questions will be submitted from the committee members to all of you. >> chairman rockefeller, members of the committee. thank you for this opportunity to appear for you today. i'm stuart pratt, the consumer -- the chairman of consumer data. >> we know that. get right to the point. >> whether it is counterterrorism efforts, locating a child who has been kidnapped, preventing a violent criminal from completing the job, databases, software, analytical tools are critical to how we manage risk in this country and consumers are treated fairly and protect victims from violent and white collar crimes. let me skip some of the exa

mr. thomas delare is the director for terrorism, finance and checks policy at the state department. mr. kevin whitaker is the acting deputy assistant secretary for western hemisphere affairs at the state department, and mr. adam szubin, i hope i said that properly, is the director of the office of foreign assets control at the treasury department. pursuant to committee rules, all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you. you may be seated. in order to allow time for discussion, please, limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be made as part of the record. we'll now go ahead and recognize mr. benjamin. >> thank you very much, sir. distinguished members of the committees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss venezuela's sanction bl activities. i'm pleased to be here with m

mr. thomas baxter jr. and the general counter and executive vice president of the legal group that the federal reserve thank new york since 1995. he also served as deputy general counsel of the fomc. mr. baxter has been with the new york fed for more than 30 years. without objection, your written statements will be made a part of the record. it has been agreed upon by the witnesses, ranking member clay of myself and mr. alvarez will deliver the oral remarks for the joint written testimony of mr. alvarez and mr. baxter. this testimony may run longer than the customary five minutes and i yield now to mr. alvarez. >> chairman paul, ranking member clay members of the subcommittee, thomas baxter the general counsel of the federal reserve tank and i appreciate that part our tendency to discuss the way the federal reserve informs the congress and the american people about its his policies and actions. .. lost to date on an discount window lending. a federal reserve regular larry releases sycophant detailed informa

i wanted to say something about mrs. thomas. she has a right to file separately as a full citizen of the united states and her income was reported and that is why we are talking about it now. she does not give up her right just because she is married to a justice. host: what do you think about the term, the overarch of it and any individual cases? caller: i do think the supreme court is getting involved in too many things that should be taken care of the people. that is why we have a congress. we don't make mistakes like the supreme court did like dread scott and the slaughterhouse cases and plessey -- they have made terrible, awful decisions. when we make a bad decision, like an prohibition or stuff like that, it only took us 13 years to repeal prohibition. supreme court, once they make a decision, it is eternal. host: weighing in, at the wing what of but caller -- one of the callers said. also tweets that talk about how the cases came down this year. independent caller from cleveland, ohio. go ahead, anthony. caller: i would l

mr. thomas lenard, president and senior fellow of the technology20 minue of you to give testimony. that is a challenge, but you are exceptionally bright and well educated people, so you should be able to meet it. we will start with you, mr. pratt. the questions will be submitted from the committee members to all of you. >> chairman rockefeller, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. my name is stuart pratt, -- >> we know that. get to the point. >> whether it is cut tourism efforts, locating a job that has been kidnapped, preventing a violent criminal from taking a job, or entering the soundness and safety of lending decisions, our software and analytical tools are critical to how we manage risk in the country to protect consumers from becoming victims from the island and white-collar crimes. but these kids some of the examples in the record and skip to the key points. i think this committee has a tremendous opportunity before it today. first of all, it can fill an important gap in current law by ensuring all u.s. businesses which are not

bring some security to a community facing a scary and uncertain future in fukushima city sean thomas r.t. . mrs arty live from moscow now more parties could soon be represented in russia's lower house of parliament after the president proposed a lowering of the threshold from seventy five percent of the vote that will be the minimum level needed to take up a seat in the duma speaking before making the decision that dmitri medvedev said it could be possible to lower that figure to three percent in the future if you think the reform aims to boost political competition and help to modernize the country however medvedev pointed out that the december parliamentary election will be held that using the current regulations the change in the threshold if you look try to elections in two thousand and sixteen. well having to give politics some fresh impetus is one of russia's richest men who now has his sights set on parliament. has been elected leader of the right course party which plans to run in december elections it stands for a more liberal russia but profit off himself didn't want to call it an opp

mr. thomas delare is the director for terrorism, finance and checks policy at the state department. mr. kevin whitaker is the acting deputy assistant secretary for western hemisphere affairs at the state department, and mr. adam szubin, i hope i said that properly, is the director of the office of foreign assets control at the treasury department. pursuant to committee rules, all witnesses will be sworn in before they testify. please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you. you may be seated. in order to allow time for discussion, please, limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire written statement will be made as part of the record. we'll now go ahead and recognize mr. benjamin. >> thank you very much, sir. distinguished members of the committees, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss venezuela's sanction bl activities. i'm pleased to be here with m

mr. thomas clemens from youngsville, louisiana, who is testifying today in front of the senate health, education, labor and pensions committee. mr. clemens is a small business owner since 2008. he owns oil field c.n.c. machining with his wife and they produce metal parts and systems for offshore oil rigs. his run-in with our overreaching administration started after the tragic 2010 b.p. oil spill with the president's decision in may of 2010 to enact a six-month moratorium on new oil drilling in the gulf. his business continues to struggle today because of the department of interior's decision to slow walk new drilling permits. before these actions, he had a thriving small business that not only provided for his family but also for his employees. today they are barely staying afloat and will likely close unless the administration changes course and actually begins taking steps toward recovery instead of just continued rhetoric. another big drag on the economy is the amount of spending and debt. just yesterday, the congressional budget office released their long-term budget outlook. this was certa

mr. thomas baxter, jr. has been the executive vice president of the legal work with the federal reserve bank of new york since 1995. he also serves as the deputy general counsel of the fomc. mr. baxter has been with the new york fed for more than 30 years. without objection, your written statements will be made part of the record. it has been agreed upon by the witnesses ranking member play and myself and mr. elbra is to deliver the remarks of the joint written testimony of mr. alvarez and mr. baxter. the testimony may run longer than the testimony for five minutes, and i yield now to mr. alvarez. >> chairman paul, a ranking member clay, members of the subcommittee, the federal reserve bank of new york appreciate the opportunity to discuss the way the federal reserve and forms the congress and the american people about its policies and actions. central bank lending facilitates the implementation of monetary policies and allows the central bank to address short-term liquidity pressures in the banking system.

mr. thomas leonard, president and senior fellow technology policy institute. once again, our purpose here will be in the time remaining to us, which is not yet determined. let's say it's 20 minutes at the maximum for all five of you to get the testimony. that is a challenge, which are exceptionally bright, well-educated beings people come so you should be able to meet her. we'll start with you, mr. pratt. and into that question would be submitted from the committee members to all of you. >> chairman rockefeller, members of the committee can't thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. for the record and store practice either the consumer data industry association. >> get ready to the point. [laughter] >> tdf numbers protect consumers and interests, whether counterterrorism expert, look at that child could not with access to children or the elderly or ensuring safety and soundness of winning decision on members databases, south were critical to how we manage risk in this country and ensure consumers are treated fairly and how we protect members b

mr. thomas kochan,d miss dalmia and bruce gump. delphi in 2005 filed for bankruptcy and took over the company's pension plan. gm agreed to top up the pension of delphi unions. meaning they will receive the pensions they were promised. such were not provided to the salary employees or certain other union employees. given the statutory limits on the benefits that they can pay, many of delphi's salary retirees are receiving benefits that are far lower than promised by delphi. the consequences of the short falls are truly heartbreaking, particularly as the employees have also lost their health coverage. this matter is, however, the subject of ongoing litigation that makes the pbgc as a defendant, it names the pbgc as a defendant. mr. bloom is not just being sued, but as an individual on the line. obviously, this will prevent him from answering questions on this matter, a situation that i hope everyone will respect. again, mr. chairman, i want to thank you for this hearing and with that, i yield back. >> thank you, gentleman. i ask unan

mr. thomas baxter junior has been executive vice president of the legal group at the federal reserve bank in new york since 1995. he also served as general counsel of the fomc. mr. baxter has been with the new york fed for more than 30 years. without objection, your written statements will be made a part of the record. it has been agreed upon by the witnesses ranking member clay and myself, mr. alvarez will deliver the oral remarks at a joint written testimony of mr. alvarez and mr. baxter. this may run longer than the customary five minutes and i yield now to mr. alvarez. >> chairman powell, making member clay, members of the subcommittee on the thomas baxter, we appreciate the opportunity to discuss the ways the federal reserve informs to congress and the american people without its policies and actions. central bank lending facilitates implementation of planetary policy and allows the central bank to address short-term liquidity pressures in the banking system. this role as lender of last resort is a critical one longfield around the world, especially during times of economic crisis an

mr. speaker, every family in america has the balance its checkbook. they have to do so responsibly but they have to pay the mortgage, pay the credit card bills. jindal thomas time is expired. >> i urge my colleagues to vote no on this resolution. >> the gentleman from michigan, mr. levenson reserves. . mr. mp: before i yield to the gentleman from new mexico, i would just yield myself such time as i may consume and say that the medicare trustees have said that medicare goes broke in 2024. and so if you support an unconditional debt limit increase, as 100 democrats wrote to their leaders and ask be made a position of the democrat caucus, that does nothing about preserving and protecting medicare for the ture. so i wld say -- no, i will not yield. i will not yield. i control the time, mr. van hollen. and so i would say that by supporting an unconditional increase in the debt limit, as more than 100 wrote in to their leaders, again, it does nothing to preserve for the future. at this time i yield to the gentleman from new mexico one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico, mr. pearce, is recognized for one minute. mr. pearce: i thank the

thomas mazzucco? >> president. >> commission vice president dr. joe marshall. >> here. thank you. >> mr. petra dejesus is excused. commissioner angela chan. >> present. >> commissioner carol kingsley. >> present. >> and commissioner james slaughter is en route. you have a quorum of commissioners additionally on this evening we have ms. joyce hicks and chief of police. >> thank you very much, lieutenant falby. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday, june 15, 2011 san francisco police commission hearing and tonight's agenda we'll have closed session matters to deal with discipline but the rest of the agenda seems light and we'll move to that. the commissioner is to the dayous. let's call number one. >> item 1 is general public comment. the public is welcomed to address the committee regarding items that don't appear on tonight's agenda but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. the speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or the department or o.c.c. personnel. under rules of order, under public comme

. >> so thomas rose joins us now from pennsylvania. mr. rose, thanks so much for joining us, happy father's stay this weekend. >> why, thank you, you're welcome. >> so how long have you and your wife ann been fostering children? i know since the grandkids and kids grew up, but about how long years wise has it been? >> we have been at it for almost 15 years, it will be 15 years in august. >> that's incredible. so how gratifying has it been? >> it's very satisfying, it's really a lot of fun to see the little kids develop and go from not being able to sit up to maybe being able to crawl and then walk and then talk so it's pretty rewarding. a lot of fun. >> that means you and your wife have an awful lot of patience because kids are coming from all walks, of various backgrounds, et cetera, you just have to create for them a very loving environment? >> yeah, we do, we try to provide them with a very loving environment and try and keep them safe and healthy and so forth. but also to teach them to have fun and to get a sense of humor, and if they'

mrs. obama in the bay area, and two other republicans will soon jump into the race. here's garvin thomas. >> reporter: republican john huntsman quit in april as president obama's ambassador to china. and the former utah governor confirmed this afternoon he wants his ex-boss' job. >> i intend to announce that i will be a candidate for presidency a week from today. >> reporter: friends of rick perry say he'll declare soon like michele bachmann at last night's debate. >> i filed today my paperwork. >> reporter: the last poll put mitt romney in front of the six rivals. so where is huntsman jumping in? why mike perry, even sarah palin? >> what it submarines nobody is afraid of mitt -- it mean is nobody is afraid of mitt romney even though he's running well in national public opinion surveys. this second time around, he didn't perform that well in 2008. >> reporter: tim pawlenty if not afraid was cautious, pulling back his attack line linking romney to obama health care. >> using the term obamaney care was a reflection of the president's comments. >> thank you. >> reporter: in san juan, presid

thomas lippe represents lippe and wagner. we are one of the appellants of the environmental impact report. mr. lippe had to be excused to work with his colleagues. with regards to tomorrow, he asked me to make the following statement to you. the city attorney interprets the administrative code as allowing the committee to oppose this public hearing and forward this matter to the full board without a recommendation. our attorneys disagree. closing is public hearing and forwarding this matter to the board is considering the approval of the project, because it indicates you have reached a closure on this part of the process. this is a matter i think our attorneys will be revisiting with you at some point in the near future. i have materials here for the district attorney. i have also materials for the board members here. supervisor weiner: i am just curious. if we don't forward it to the board, what are we supposed to do with it? >> the proposal would make is that you table the matter until tomorrow. typically, no action is taken prior to the appeal being heard by the board. then the clock starts

. >> sunday night james grant on his new biography of thomas reed. mr. speaker, on c-span's q&a. you can download this and other q&a podcast. one of her many signature interview programs on line at c-span.org. >> today marks the first time when our legislative branch in its entirety will appear on that medium of communication through which most americans get their information about what our government and our country does. >> several times a day this has been referred to as and historic occasion. whether or not it will be and historic occasion is i think a subject for the judgment of history. >> this week marks 25 years of televised coverage of the u.s. senate are going to first day in 1986 c-span2 was carrying a little more than 6.5 million homes. gudaitis available in over 89 million homes. >> now discussed on political uprisings in the arab world. including yemen and syria. the center for a new american security host this hour-long panel. >> i am karen. i'm on the board here and spent years in washington as a diplomatic correspondent for "the wall street journal," and then bec

thomas ballinger versus the zoning administrator, protesting the granting to kelly kryc up a lot variants adjusting a property line between two single-family homes to follow an existing were defense -- existing wood fence. mr. ballinger, you have seven minutes. >> i am a resident at 285 mullen avenue, across the street from the lots in question. i was unable to attend the variance hearing. i sent a letter with my objections to that hearing. i believe the variance was granted without attention to the demerits of redrawing these property lines. these small buildings across the street from me were formally outbuildings of a larger victorian house that were split off from the property about 25 years ago. they were evidently garages, because there are three curb cuts that remain, facing the two buildings. perhaps 30 or 40 years ago, they were converted into small residences and have been taken care of and rented out for all the years i have been there, which is 35 years. the proposal to redraw the lot lines makes sense for the new owners. they have a common agreement and can separate their property and enjoy the full use of separate properties. i am not completely opposed to this idea. but i am afraid that allo

mr. jeffrey w. thomas of columbus, ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker. house of representatives, sir. under clause 2-g of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives i herewith designate robert reeves, deputy clerk, and clerk boil, legal counsel, to sign any and all papers and do all other acts for me under the name of the clerk of the house which they would be authorized to do by virtue of this designation except such as are provided by statute in case of my temporary absence or disability. this designation shall remain in effect for the 112th congress or until modified by me. with best wishes i am, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: at this point the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise? >> i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from

thomas tonight. >>> a rare state dinner tonight at the white house. the president and mrs. obama are honoring the german chancellor. it is the fifth state dinner. laura evans joins us live. >> reporter: they're at the white house for a splashy state dinner. thank goodness it's a beautiful night because this dinner is actually being held in the rose garden under the stars. president obama toasted the german chancellor as an extraordinary leader presenting him with the presidential medal of freedom, which is the nation's highest civilian honor. merkyl then spoke claiming she dreamed of freedom as a child in east germany and thanked americans for all they've done to help the germans. earlier today, a 19-gun salute welcomed the chancellor and president obama met to discuss with her a wide range of issues, including nato operations in middle east and afghanistan and libya and the world economy. in fact, the president touched on differences with germany and the global economy and europe's debt crisis which arguably is taking a toll on the recovery here in the us. >> but i'm confi

. >> sunday, james grant on his new biography of thomas reed, mr. speaker. says the three big automakers are now turning a profit and that an agreement has been made to sell the remaining stake of chrysler . he made remarks to workers as a chrysler plant in toledo, ohio. this is about 30 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, to introduce the president of the united states, please welcome jill. [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is jill. i have been a chrysler employee for 17 years. i am a second generation jeep worker. my mom retired from here after 30 years of service. jeep has provided for me and my family growing up in toledo. like many of you, i am a parent. my husband, chris, who also works here, and i i have two beautiful children, jenna who is 8 and carter who is 3. in may of 2009 when chrysler announced the bankruptcy and closed the doors, things did not look good. my family's future became uncertain. we rely on this company for our livelihood. many thoughts were running through my head. would we be able to keep our home and stay in toledo. would we h