mrs. phylicia white. the honorable william burns. mr. james taylor and his wife, mrs.> no. >> we have, i think, five or six songs, no real surprises, sort of greatest hits. i'm just excited to be in this company and just to perform at the white house is a privilege. >> have you ever been here before? >> yes, we have. i received the national medal of the arts. that's when we met. we met during the campaign. they actually suggested "you have a friend" for the theme of the evening. >> how is your german? [speaking german] learned it in school. >> boarding school, new england boarding school. >> my father. >> what are you wearing tonight? ♪. >> the president, chancellor merkel and their spouses later appeared in the white house grand foyer for a traditional official photograph. just before the state dinner, president obama and chancellor merkel delivered comments on the relationship between the u.s. and germany and the president presented chancellor merkel with the medal of freedom, the highest honor. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. oba

mr. williams tell them this isn't vancouver. >> vancouver was just in the global spotlight as host city for the last winter olympics. and those of us who were there conveyed through our coverage the image of a friendly, liberal, peaceful and polite place. disdain on that image fueled the national anger across canada. >> we understand and empathize with those in our community who are mourning the loss of the stanley cup and those here at home and across the country who are mourning the loss of the reputation we have all suffered at the hands of these criminals. but i now urge every one of us to quickly get past this and help us bring these people to justice. this will truly send a message to the world about what we are and what we believe. >> so while everybody knows they do take their hockey very seriously in canada, this did seem different, it seemed excessive and now we know it was and we know why. volunteers were on duty helping to clean up vancouver today while in the meantime, this was a big day in boston. and a quick note here tonight about concerns building over the condition of the

mr. williams? >> no. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is margie. and here to support the compromise by supervisor farrell. the building is too large for the neighborhood. i do not know the terminology, but for the planning department to amend the code so that it allows for this building of such scale and height -- i think is wrong for the neighborhood. i urge you to support the compromise by supervisor farrell. thank you. >> i am going to read some more names. please come on up. >> my name is ronald li. i am a long-term member of the community. i do support booker t. washington. i think the proposed measure should help the community center. the height of the building is not the issue. the young people who are trying to be in the apartments, to not think of the height of the building, think of the well- being of the community and the young people who are going to stay in these apartments. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> my name is richard wu. i am the executive director of a nonprofit. we work wito support people with training and e

mr. william bane. >> thank you, mr. speaker. is the prime minter aware that 6,037 people according his policy impact will have a disability. will lose up to 13 pounds a week because of his changes in housing benefit under occupancy rates? isn't this a complete betrayal of his chancellor's promise not to balance the budget on the backs of the poor? >> i've looked carefully at this issue and i know that there are -- i know that there are concerns. and the point -- the point i'd make is this, i think it is right that we reform housing benefit, the costs have gotten completely out of control under the last government, rising to 22 billion. i think it's right that housing benefit reflects the size of a family rather than the size of a house but we've actually made an exception for people who have ca care. 's no sense of saying you're in support of welfare reform and cut welfare but never finding a part of the bill that you support. >> thank you, prime minister. will the prime minister join me in the reform group? my wheelchair is my

mr. williams, this is john wooden, the former basketball coach at ucla. i am thinking, i know who you are. i am not worthy of such a project. testing you like to do that, you can go on ahead. in every poll, he is rated poti number 1 coach in the history of sports. by all rights he could be arrogant and impossible to get along with. there was just this week, humble spirit to him. every time you left them, there was a desire, i want to be more like coach. tavis: one of the things i found fascinating about him, he was an unapologetic and abiding christian. one of the seven principles was loving the bible and love in literature. when you talk to the folks who knew him, amongst all of these players over the years, christians, agnostics, atheists, kareem goes another direction. i never got the sense from his players or anybody else that he was into proselytizing. >> he was not found his only stephanie studies throw to. he left his face out in front of us. we saw great consistency in his life. we saw an incredible marriage in front of their eyes. the only woman

mr. williams? >> thank you, mr. chairman on behalf of florida's 67 counties and more important our coastal communities of northwest florida i would like to thank the chairman to address the house oversight and government this morning before i begin my presentation to the committee i would like to take the opportunity and tell the chairman thank you for sending down two great staff members that saw firsthand the things within my community and the state of florida. mr. tyler graham and mr. ryan hamilton. their presence provided a special opportunity for our entire community to share their experiences and tell their story firsthand to members of this committee. i'm here to speak about the struggle that the florida counties that our constituents faced in the days and months following the deepwater horizon oil spill. it is clear in hindsight that even in the face of these struggles we cannot ignore the efforts by the federal and response state teams. and even the responsible party that tried to do their best while facing

mr. william should be released from prison. [applause] he is currently still in prison because the state has an appeal, but the judge basically said, it will be remanded to the same judge at said the evidence was bogus. the police department basically botched all the evidence. they executed more people in harris county than in many states. the judge says by next year this time, they fully expect him to be home with his family after being locked up for more than 18 years, more than half his life. so even just a small part of this victory on the horizon, that has been a blessing and an honor to be a part of that. i have a friend who is a skinhead -- was a skinhead. he was a white guy who used to beat up black people and gay people in texas. when he was the same age of the guy that got into trouble with the law as well, they used to hang outside of dallas. they would wait on a park bench, send a guy out, and when somebody came out to flirt with him, they would beat him up. that was their weekend fun. they would go gay bashing. a s

mr. williams. >> thank you, mr. chairman. on behalf of florida's 67 counties and more specifically our coastal and communities of northwest florida, i would like to thank the chairman and the committee members for the opportunity to address the house oversight and government reform committee this morning. before i begin my presentation to the committee, i would also like to take the opportunity and tell the chairman thank you for sending down two great staff members that saw first hands the things wthin my community and the state of florida, mr. gravel and hamilton, they created a special opportunity to create the experiences and tell the stories first han to -- firsand to the members of the committee. i'm here to tell you what we faced in the days and months in the deepwater oil spill. we cannot ignore the good intentions and herculean efforts by the federal and state response teams. even the responsible party that tried to do the best while facing the unique and global tragedy. however, as a lifelong florida resident and su

mr. williams to give you the opportunity here today to respond to those articles and to what they have alleged about your conduct in the wake of the bp oil spill disaster. mr. taffaro, would you like to take a stab at it? >> sure, congressman. i'll be glad to if you could give me a specific question, i'll be glad to answer it. >> sure. in both articles the "washington post" and "propublic a" they talk about hand picked contractors and they talk about you taking a and implementing a 30-day emergency which allowed you to pick contractors outside of normal government procedure. one contractor was given -- was renting or leasing land at $1700 a month and happened to lease the land back to bp for $1.1 million a month. is that accurate? >> well, i would be glad to respond to that, mr. congressman. >> the gentleman will suspend. your under oath, you are required to speak truthfully, you are not required to answer questions outside of the scope of this hearing. you may choose to answer, but that would be true of any of our witnesses. if something is outside the scope and meaning of this hearing, inclu

mr. met william, i want to return back to you. you talk about redesign of the program. that works very well with our legislation. i appreciate that, but we have been waiting a long time for a redesign. when you expect to revamp it? >> our deadline, or objective is to have this in place by this november -- veterans day. >> ok. in november of this year. >> yes ma'am. >> dod is opposed to mandatory tap. you say members would benefit from attending the workshop. had you explain the disconnect between the two agencies? >> madame chair, i hate to speak on behalf of the department of defense, but i believe that is their issue. the mandatory issue, perhaps, gathers people who are retiring and not going into employment, just strictly retiring. i believed there concerns have to do with demobilizing the reserve. >> we will be calling up with them as well. senator? >> we have so much that really does not pertain to the bills we are here to talk about. we could spend a day with just the va alone. i want to acknowledge the fact that both of you apologize for not having your testimony

mr. williams. >> thank you, mr. chairman.a's 67 counties and more specifically our coastal and communities of northwest florida, i would like to thank the chairman and the committee members for the opportunity to address the house oversight and government reform committee this morning. before i begin my presentation to the committee, i would also like to take the opportunity and tell the chairman thank you for sending down two great staff members that saw first hands the things within my community and the state of florida, mr. gravel and hamilton, they created a special opportunity to create the experiences and tell the stories first han to -- firsthad to the members of the committee. i'm here to tell you what we faced in the days and months in the deepwater oil spill. we cannot ignore the good intentions and herculean efforts by the federal and state response teams. even the responsible party that tried to do the best while facing the unique and global tragedy. however, as a lifelong florida resident and survival of 20 hurri

mr pastimes family. there's been an emotional comeback to wimbledon for serena williams as the women's defending champion burst

mr. william kovacs is from the chamber of commerce. mr. david goldston is director of government affairs at the national resources defense careful. with that, gentlemen, the committee is holding an investigative hearing and doing so, always have the practice of taking testimony under oath. any objection to taking testimony under oath? the chair adviseds you the rules of the committee are advised by counsel. the desire to be advised by counsel during your testimony today. please rise and i will swear you in. raise your right hand. do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? under oath and subject to the penalties in 18 section 1,001 of united states code. if you would give a five minute summary of your written statement. mr kovacs, we will start with you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate being invited to discuss executive order 13563 which call on agencies to eliminate outdated and unnecessary rules. this is a positive first step. we have said that many times. i would like to bring to y

mr. william is at the u.s. chamber commerce, and m. david goldston is a fellow at the research center. you are aware this is an investigative hearing and in doing so we have the practice of taking testimony under oath, do you have any objection of taking testimony under oath? no. the chair advises you the rules of the house and committee and you can have counsel. do you desire to be advised by counsel today? no. in this case, please rise, and i'll swear you in. please rise and raise your right hand. do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? you are now entitled under oath in the united states code. now, if you would give a five minute summary of your written statement, we would appreciate it. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member degette. i appreciate being invited to be here to talk about the unnecessary rules. this is certainly a very positive first step, and we've said that many times. i would like to bring to your attention congress first mandated this in 1980 in the regulatory flexibility act, and it's been a struggle to ge

mrs. williams garrett and their sons, d.d. jr. and michael and the entire greenville community. greenville, north carolina, is a better place to live and work because of the enormous contribution of dennison d. garrett. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. pence: mr. speaker, the economy, the national debt -- but today i rise to congratulate the marietta baseball team for winning their record fifth division iii college world series title yesterday. our people have something to cheer about. the pioneers won the deciding game in convincing fashion with a victory over chapman university. mr. johnson: it was led by strong pitching performance from all-american honorable mention blaske. he earned two hits and one earned run. the pioneers were led by right fielder harper who had four hi

a student of professor burns at williams college mr. beschloss attended the harvard business school. he holds five honorary darkness and lectures both in the united states and abroad. he has served as a senior associate member of saint anthony college at oxford, visiting fellow at the harvard russian research center and a senior fellow at the annenberg foundation. he is a trustee of mir at school the white house historical foundation and the national archives foundation. he has written nine books on american presidents the most recent of which residential courage, brave leaders and how they changed america and the conquerors, roosevelt truman and the destruction of hitler's germany were both on "the new york times" bestsellers list. his previous works include two volumes on lyndon johnson's secret tapes, the crisis years, kennedy and khrushchev and kennedy and roosevelt the uneasy alliance. he is currently writing his trip american presidents during wartime. i'm sure many of you also know mr. beschloss from his television work. he serve

the streets of cairo not a peep out of the corporate media and meanwhile we have william burns in cairo talking with mr time tally the provisional head at the moment of the government and even the trial of the interior minister who is hated so much on the interior minister and also mubarak has been adjourned people are not getting what they thought they were getting when they toppled hosni mubarak we must remember that joe biden and hillary clinton didn't want also to mubarak to go as well as the mubarak and his cronies so many of them are retaining power and it's a very dangerous situation and we mustn't forget what's crucial here for be international. financial outlook is the zoo is canal that's where trade goes through and it is the most populous country arab country in the arab world and we're not hearing anything about it in the corporate news it's as if that revolutions done and dusted in the egyptian people of. well let's take a look at some other stories making headlines at this hour as many as twenty people were killed in southwest of ghana stand when a lab mind exploded under a passenger bus

mr pettus family. tennis now in defending champion serena williams overcame a punishing first round encounter with a french woman out of a resigned to go through to the second round at wimbledon williams having lost in the first round of any of her previous forty four grand slams after returning from a year long injury layoff she was pushed hard before winning six three three six six one in just over an hour and a half the result of the world number sixty one counted serena's powerful ground strokes to take the seconds that she lost her momentum in this region broke twice and dropped up victory also in court this tuesday as world number one caroline wozniacki and former champion maria sharapova thanks to patrick and the chocolate sounds that while there have been mixed results for all the russians to time quarterfinals nadia petrova cruz policy does not belong in a pool russians match i'll be able to shove in a crash as soon as he leaves rebirth of him she also in straight sets however honest to see a positive change about managed to battle past last year to yank it from ukraine six four seven six. turned

mr bêtise family. tennis now in defending champion serena williams overcame a punishing first round encounter with frenchwomanout of an resigned to go through to the second round at wimbledon williams having lost in the first round of any of her previous forty eight all ground slams but after returning from a year long injury layoff she was pushed hard for winning six three three six six one in just over an hour and a half resigned the world number sixty one count of three in his powerful ground strokes to take the seconds that she lost to the mentor mentee serina broke twice and wrapped up big three also on court this tuesday is world number one caroline wozniacki and former champion maria sharapova days after the chocolate sounds it while there have been mixed results for other russians two time quarterfinals nadia petrova cruz passed does not belong in the russians much needed to show in a crash as to italy's record when she also in straight sets however one of the spirit of the change that managed to battle passed last year to yank up from a crane six four seven six. turned on the men's side roger federer

streets of cairo a lot of people are out of the corporate media and meanwhile we have william burns in cairo talking with mr turn tally the provisional head at the moment of the government and even the trial of the interior minister who is hated so much on the interior minister and also has been adjourned people are not getting what they thought they were getting when they toppled hosni mubarak. talking about the military government they're in power now is there a danger that this military government could hold on to power. well the americans seem to be wanting one to get that way they're into space and as i said william deputy secretary of state along with the c.e.o. of general electric and the head of coca-cola the middle east i want to what they're talking about at least the egyptian government such as it is did refuse the three billion dollar loan which would have been in return for mass privatization and all the things that many of those protesters that we saw in tahrir square earlier in the year would not have wanted to particularly the loss of sovereignty they had a loss of sovereignty anyway they ce

brian williams now will continue our coverage of -- analysis of mr.bama's speech. >> see you back at 6:00.

mr pastimes family. there's been an emotional comeback to wimbledon for serena williams as the women's defending champion burst into tears after a hard fought victory against french women are on resign williams haven't lost in the first round of any of her previous forty four grand slams but after returning from a year long injury layoff she was pushed hard before winning six three three six six one just over half the world of the sixty one countering his powerful brands first take the second set she lost a momentum in the third serena. and. it definitely entered into the match. not a cryer so i don't know i think it was something in my eyes and who couldn't believe it. it definitely was just so emotional for me because. the last twelve months i've been through. a lot of it's. normal things you guys really know about so it's just was it's just been a long arduous road. to stand still just really awesome. well swell while number one caroline wozniacki dropped just three games on route to beating spain's at lunch at palace on poignant image. explained compatriot chapter threads that. while there have been

mr. munro. >> james monroe is popular among his classmates at william and mary and his fellow soldiers in the continental army and respected by his colleagues in the virginia legislature and in the congress. and james monroe, like james madison, to whom he looked up to as a mentor and someone who is more experienced, seven years older, he looked to for guidance they were both concerned with getting an energetic national government in america. .. >> having a strong national government. where he fell apart, most importantly, he said without the bill of rights. the good news is we had a good idea of what the bill of rights looked like. for a couple of reasons. number one with the state constitutions and other constitutions, there was a good since throughout the continents that what the rights were that were fundamental. we were rich tradition dating back to the magna carta. what rights did you have to have against your government? to be safe. number two, the greatest as king george iii and king of england, once you had a mad tyrant, inflicting upon you everything, you had a good idea. we had an

. >> william davis. >> mr. ambassador, i'm will davis with the office here in washington. thank you for your time today. you're a former local politician so from that perspective i'd be curious to see what you have to say to our friends in europe when they have to tackle the political buss saw of lowering the agriculture subsidy. we've been mixing met tores for a long time, and seeing that's the major hang up it appears, what new can we bring to the table to help them realize the challenges of their situation presenting in the global trading system? >> wul, one, and this may be some fusion, will, of your observation and mr. richter's that no industry is probably as protected that local politicians are more attuned to than agriculture. the example i give is whether you were an elected member of the united states congress or a parliamentary body in asia, africa, not every elected official is blessed to say i have i want or boeing -- intel or boeing or texas instrument in my backyard. every one has a farmer. they look at our farm support policies, but broadly the argument we

her sister-in-law had lost a child, and william low took her sister jesse to a seaside resort to have a weekend off, and there mrs. anna bateman, a widow, spotted mr. low, and she moved in for the kill. she was everything his wife daisy was not. she moved in circles, she didn't mind those new mores, and before he knew it, she had moved into wells burn house with the lows in a separate wing. daisy low's status was sliding down. as their marriage becomes a verbal assault back and forth, she finds the ultimate indignity, mr. low told the servants only to obey ms. bateman and not mrs. low. the handwriting was on the wall. she left her husband at that point. this was a serious problem in savannah and in england. um, these things were normally quieted down, the king's affairs and such were never mentioned. it was just impolite. marriage went on no matter what, and here this american woman who's going to file for divorce? this is unthinkable. it was a sad situation for the turn of the century for this generation of low. mrs. low is at her bottom point. she really has little or no allowance. the family is dividing, takin

mrs. forward. -- environmental sense. not many folks have participated. >> did evening. i think this project is a very smart one. the our jobs, parks, schools, runs. i urge you to move forward. >> thank you. >> i'm sherri williams. we are the hiring hall for the program. they have the support. i we are here to certify them. it is said the project can finally get started. they currently have 250,000 units. it represents about seven and a thousand. meanwhile, it'll facilitate environmental cleanup and improvement. edulcorate committee -- it will cultivate committee amendment. we urge you to move the project forward to employ thousands more. it also provides more safety and services. thank you very much. >> good evening. my name is emily rappaport. i am a resident of treasure island. i also work on treasure island. everything that has been done has been to the betterment of the program. i am urging q to pass it -- urging you to pass it. those of us who live there really want to see this happen. there is so many benefits that have been given to us. i am asking you for myself to pass is a move the project forward. >> we are a proud member of tihda. we support 200 families. we urge you to find that it is an adequate

our first witness today is william hall. mr. sabonis at dairy queen franchisee with five locations in texas i believe. mr. kottler serves on the international franchise association and shares her credit access committee. we appreciate you being here. they came along way and look forward to your testimony. >> thank you, chairman grays. i want to thank you as well as ranking member velazquez. five minutes apart for me to say hello, but i'm going to do my best. i'm at dairy queen franchisee is a member the international board of directors. i want to talk about the important role in the economy franchising hauled as ms. velazquez mentioned, small-business startups are an important part of our economy and franchising meets that need, but with a little bit of a lifetime for the first row in the business because they do have a system of training that allows them and to start a business without being totally themselves. the world grew at a faster pace than the non-franchising with up to 2008 he had financial meltdown. since then, recove

so mr president asks some of the old timers around the white house lyndon johnson took fed chairman william martin into his office and literally physically beat him up then slammed him up against the wall and then delivered his ultimatum it's time for you to do the same metaphorically at least with eric cantor in the tea party republicans in congress who want to destroy your presidency but he's throwing the credit worthiness of our great nation slamming the op against the wall by pulling all federal funding to every state whose member of congress wouldn't vote to raise the debt ceiling and then let them try to explain to vera voters why their food stamp cards don't work why their social security checks aren't arriving and the road repairs all stopped and half their schools are closing time for some hard bolster respectfully of course. coming up senior scholar truck collatz joins me tonight for a conversation with very. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right. i think. even want to well. whatever government says there's confucius safe get ready because their freedom. you know

william daley. i spoke to him this afternoon at the white house. mr. daley, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> brown: was the president drawing a line in the sand yesterday saying tax increases must be part of any-- of any deficit reduction plan or no deal? >> well, the president is saying in order to solve the deficit and in order to have a plan that is fair to the american people it must be balanced. there must be cuts, obviously, which the president is very well and has been doing-- and at the same time, you've got to get additional revenue. there's no one who is not a politician who is observing this system in any fair way that is not saying there must be a balance. and to the american people, i think they really want to see that balance. without that, you're going to have a very hard time peeking to the credibility of a plan that's really going to solve the deficit. >> brown: most noticeable to a lot of people was the tone yesterday. the president was angrier. he was more challenging. he was even a bit sarcask, comparing the lawmakers' work habit