so she and mrs. petit went to the stop & shop here in town. >> reporter: the older daughter, hayley, had just graduated from a prestigious prep school. she wanted to be a doctor like her dad. as jennifer hawke-petit, a pediatric nurse, drove back from the supermarket, she had no idea she was being watched. watched, police say, by two career criminals paroled from prison just weeks before. within hours, their worlds would collide. >> i often liken it to what armies do to countries when they take over, raping and pillaging and that's kind of what happened in that house. >> reporter: the two men allegedly watching mrs. hawke-petit and her daughter are joshua komisarjevsky and steven hayes. between them, they've been arrested nearly 50 times. on hayes' rap sheet, illegal possession of a firearm, burglary and forgery. komisarjevsky, 30, has a criminal past that includes 20 arrests for burglary and larceny. a connecticut judge once called him a cold, calculating predator. he started breaking into homes at 13 but

mrs. hawke-petit to the bank.her, in a desperate attempt to save her family. that's jennifer hawke-petit on that bank security camera video in a small town of connecticut. her husband, beaten, bound, and gagged, is being held hostage along with her two daughters, michaela, 11, and hayley, 17. mrs. hawke-petit says that she needs to withdraw $17,000. ransom money. she tries to remain calm. one of the two suspects, steven hayes, is waiting outside. the teller alerts the bank manager who quietly calls 911. >> we have a lady who is in our bank right now who says that her husband and children are being held at their house. the people are in a car outside the bank. she is getting $15,000. but if the police are told, they will kill her children and her husband. she is petrified. >> minutes later, mrs. hawke-petit leaves the money with the ransom money. >> they told her they wouldn't hurt anybody if she got back there with the money. she believes them. she's walking out now. she's walking out now. >> reporter: police are

. >> because he's the one who let steven hayes go out to the bank with mrs. petitictims here, and get the money and come back. now, if you were not in charge and in control, would you let him take the money with it? no, because he's going to take the $15,000 and take off. you send your lackey out because you know that you are in control. not only does he give a statement to police but he has horrible journals and writing the most hateful things. he's calling dr. petit, who we know is the oinl survivor here. and let me tell you something, brooke, this man may be alive but his life will never be the same. his wife and two beautiful young daughters were not onlily sexually assaulted but they were brutally murdered. the girls were burned alive. the evidence is that gasoline was poured over their body and then burned alive. dr. petit is alive but will absolutely not be the same. and when this animal is writing this out, he calls him a coward. he says, this man had an opportunity to save his family. i gave him all kinds of chances. >> so given the evidence, given the jou

mr. petit was asked if the verdict gave him any kind of closure.what he had to say. >> it's not clear to me that time heals all wounds but you form some form of scars that like i said in some interview that jagged hole in your heart you smooth out the edges a little bit and you just take it one day at a time. >> 251 for, 170 against. the house of representatives passed a bill that amends the health care law that prevents funds that provide abortion services. the it's called the protect life act and it quickly gathered republican support. only 2 republicans voted against it along with all but 15 democrats. the white house says it will veto the measure. >>> the ceo of solyndra has resigned. brian harrison and solyndra have been under fire since they filed for bankruptcy protection after receiving $500 million loan guarantee from the government. he was among the company execs who refused to testify during the hearing into the controversy. >>> thousands are expected in washington this weekend for the official dedication of the dr. martin luther king jr

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mr. garre: --it's in his affidavit, your honor, the petition appendix page 256. justice antonin scalia: his affidavit after -- after the fact, right? mr. garre: that's right, your honor. justice antonin scalia: did -- did he tell the clerk of the court that that was the case? mr. garre: he did not. justice antonin scalia: you know, you know, i'm counsel of record. he's the counsel of record, right? i'm counsel of record, but i don't even do so much as to forward notices to the guys that are doing the real work? did he tell the clerk that? mr. garre: he did not tell the clerk. but the state itself, your honor-- justice antonin scalia: extraordinary. mr. garre: --must not have viewed him as a meaningful player, because when the default at issue in this case occurred the state sent a letter -- faxed it -- to mr. maples directly on death row in alabama. justice ruth bader ginsburg: he said that even before that. in the rule, you said the rule 32 -- didn't you say something about -- the -- the notice that went from the prosecutor to maples did not go to the local couns

petition. we anticipate the work will take longer than three months. then we have to give a 60-day notice. depending on what mr. collier and his clients want to do, which could end up with three jury trials. negotiation is important to us. i am sorry that got misunderstood early on. we are perfectly willing to negotiate. vice president garcia: as our director explained, if we were to continue this, at any time between now and the date we continued it to, you could simply call and withdraw the appeal. if that would accommodate both sides, that might be the best sides, that might be the best tack to take.

mr. reid: i ask that the manned fry quorum under rule 22 be waived for both cloture petitions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the republican leader, the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 410, that there be four hours of debate equally divided in the usual form, upon the use or yeed yielding back of time, the senate proceed to vote to vote on calendar number 410, that the vote shall subject to a 60-vote threshold, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, no further motions be in order to the mom nation, any statements related to the nomination be printed in the record, the president being immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate then resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to calendar number 125. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 125, s.894, a bill to amend the united states code and

mr. kissell: i thank my friend for yielding. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- unanimous consent to insert into the record 27,000 petitions from american textile workers, pressing opposition to the korean free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record congresswoman sutton from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sutton: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the afl-croix on korea's labor violations the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: i ask unanimous consent for congresswoman from california, ms. sanchez, to submit into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sanchez: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a resolution from the league of united latin american citizens expressing position to the free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: thank you, madam speaker. i would now like to yield to the congressman from pennsylvania, mr. critz, for the purpose o asking for unanimou

petition. we anticipate the work will take longer than three months. then we have to give a 60-day notice. depending on what mr. collier and his clients want to do, which could end up with three jury trials. negotiation is important to us. i am sorry that got misunderstood early on. we are perfectly willing to negotiate. vice president garcia: as our director explained, if we were to continue this, at any time between now and the date we continued it to, you could simply call and withdraw the appeal. if that would accommodate both sides, that might be the best tack to take. >> i understand that. we would prefer not to have the appeal upheld. we would like to go forward with the project. but like i said, mr. collier and these clients -- there are a lot of steps before we can even start the project. some property owners would like to speak as well. but there are lots of steps to negotiate before moving forward. we would like to get onto the next step. we would welcome any opportunity to negotiate. >> the concerns, as i see it, are relocating aspects. i am meeting the tenants with a reimbursement for their reloca

but it doesn't want to be discovered with but takes petition must go on thanks for saying cares is a very high to me but yet over there in the cave in mr salter or at least discover some traces of a sprinter so let's go there if the snow men or at least new signs of its existence i discovered common knowledge of this type of these creatures could deliver a blow to the many skeptics and sure enough clues in there is what seems to be there was a told me he held back even just a bit of a grin certainly not a bad as scientists agree while remaining cautious of jumping to conclusions this is beautiful surface book in which we're tracking it and there's only one interesting one here and certainly here you must be right there. on the right. bigfoot playing hopscotch should like to see a left foot. but the last one has never been discovered and celebration is put on hold usually the real thing or there are convenient crops to make a very new story but i know it would be quick to determine which of those two alternatives is the truth without further study and study it will take a while could provide cost iran proof of the yet is existence. plen

mr. romney said he would cite china for currency violations. do you think that statement may have an impact on the leadership or some of the republicans that would like to sign the discharge petition? >> i think should talk to mr. boehner and suggest a move that. >> hopefully they will. >> clinton told the economic club of new york that would be appropriate, fitting, and timely to challenge them on their foreign exchange policy. as the white house given an indication that this bill is the appropriate way to do that? >> i do not think we have discussed with the white house whether it is the appropriate way to do this or not. i would welcome the secretary of state on that. i think everybody here would agree. however, we believe this is the appropriate action for us to take. we took it in the last congress and passed it overwhelmingly. it has now passed the senate and we have more than a majority of sponsors in the house. tim ryan, betty, mark cook, sandy levin, they have all been working very hard on this and we clearly think it is the ability of the house to work its will favorably on this as mark has pointed out than they ought to do some, but we certainly agree with the secretary

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mr. maples had to file his 2254 petition and, based on his 20 years of experience, said that in light of the fact that the state court proceedings were over, the most prudent thing for him to do would be to send the letter to maples himself. >> so, he had figured out that something had terminated the relationship between mr. maples and his lawyers? >> no, your honor, i don't think that's -- i don't think that's an accurate characterization of -- >> well, even -- >> of what exactly happened in this case, but in the very least, his lawyers had missed -- had missed the deadline. >> even if you assume that he had figured it out, that -- you would have to impute his knowledge to the clerk of court to -- to find the -- the fault on the part of the state that's alleged here. >> well, more so than that, your honor. >> did he tell the clerk of court that he was only going to send it to maples? >> as far as i know, no, your honor. but, of course, the cert -- the notice came back to the clerk long before the state's attorneys sent the letter in this case. but that's an important point, i think, bot

me, on filing a couple of cloture petitions that we're going to recipient for votes either friday or hopefully we can get them done tomorrow. and we're going to -- mr. mcconnell: if i could just echo the remarks of my friend. we do have a number of amendments pending. we're working our way in the direction of getting back to a normal process here and i share the majority leader's hope and his view that we will have a number of votes hopefully tomorrow as a result of an agreement we're working on. mr. reid: mr. president, i move to proceed to calendar number 204, s. 1723. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion motion to proceed to s. 1723, a bill to.for teacher and first responders stablization. mr. reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on hereby move to bring to a close debate on the mows to proceed to calendar number 204, s. 1723, the teachers and first responders back-to-work act signed

petition. i want to thank you, mr. chairman and the ranking member, for getting us to this point. senatorwant to thank senato bingaman and senator sanders. >> [inaudible] >> i am sorry. title 1, amendment 1. senator bennet, amendment 1. when i took over as superintendent, i found and accountability system that was asking the wrong questions. we asked how one class of fourth graders was doing compared to the previous year. it was not useful to any parent. we had a backward system where washington was telling us out to do things but not setting a high bar for excellence. i think there will washington is to set high expectations for all of our students and let the people closest to our kids figure out how to meet those goals. we are taking huge steps in the right direction. we can look at the student's progress over time, but it is important that all students are expected to make progress. i am introducing this amendment so states set performance our goal is that we are increasing student achievement with the tools that they need. they have told me that performance targets are a usef

mr. norquist, i am very offended that you had the republican party signed your petition to not ever raise taxes. because you don't live in my district, and you have my representative sign that. he is supposed to have an open mind when you go to congress. how can you have an open mind when you sign a position a matter hell or high water, you will never raise taxes. we need revenue in this country. i don't know how -- how do you have so much power to do this? to have everybody son? guest: actually, you have power. i think you understand -- misunderstand with the pledges. it is not a petition. it is a one-cent commitment that the congressman takes to you. if you read the pledge, go to our website, atr.org . use seed238 members of congress and 41 members signed a pledge. it says i will not raise net taxes. a tax reform -- cutting some taxes and raising others, fine. as long as it is revenue neutral. we don't want tax reform to become a trojan horse for a tax increase. you can press to politicians who wants to have tax reform, if they have taken the pledge and made it clear tax reform will not

petition to the united states. o i asked dennis consent thatorde. the mr. lynch of massachusetts and mr. green of texas both of whom are members of the financial service committee be permitted to sit down with members of thee peitommittee today for the purpose of delivering a statement hearing testimony and purp ofn the witnesses today. we look at the opening statements to ten minutes each side based on the agreement with the ranking member and recognizh myself as much time as i might consume.e melf today's youth focus on the crisis and the potential impact on the u.s. economy. despite the financial systems db provided by the european and potential impact on the u.s. economy. despite the financial assistance provided by the european union, eu, international monetary fund, imf, greece, ireland, portugal have plunged into deeper crisis. the german and french economies are showing signs of strain. in the past year there's been a series of credit rating downgrades from many eu members often following the rounds of stress tests on systemically important european banks. these rating agencies h

mr. kissell: i thank my friend for yielding. madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent -- unanimous consent to insert into the record 27,000 petitions from american textile workers, pressing opposition to the korean free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i rise to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record congresswoman sutton from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sutton: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from the afl-croix on korea's labor violations. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: i ask unanimous consent for congresswoman from california, ms. sanchez, to submit into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sanchez: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a resolution from the league of united latin american citizens expressing opposition to the free trade agreement. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. michaud: thank you, madam speaker. i would now like to yield to the congressman from pennsylvania, mr. critz, for the purpose of asking for unan

mr. speaker, this morning here on capitol hill i stood with other members of congress to receive more than $1.6 million -- 1.6 million signatures on petitions calling for the immediate repeal of last year's huge health care law. we've now had 18 months to find out what's in the bill. and it's only looks worse every day. mr. pitts: we found that billions of dollars in slush funds that the secretary of health and human services controls without any input from congress, we found a class act, long-term care insurance plan that is so broken that h.h.s. had to stop planning for its implementation. we've seen health care premiums climb faster despite promises that the law would save every american family $2,500 per year. we've seen federal courts reject as unconstitutional the notion that the government can force to you buy insurance. i need much more than one minute to catalog all the ways this bill is hurting job growth and destroying health care innovation, simply put this is a rolling train wreck and the american people know it, we need to listen to them and repeal this destructive and unconstitutional bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempo

mr. norquist, i'm very offended you have the republican party signed your petition to not ever raise taxesyou do not live in my district. you had my representative sign that. he is supposed to have an open mind when you go to congress. how can you have an open mind when they sign your petition come hell or high water you are never going to raise taxes? we have to raise revenue in this country. how do you have so much power to do this to have everybody sign? guest: actually, you have power. i think you misunderstand what the pledge is. it is not a petition. it is a one sentence commitment that the congressman takes to you. if you read the pledge -- go to our website hea.org. 41 senators have signed a pledge. is that i will not raise net taxes. tax reform, cutting some taxes and raising others, fine. as long as it is revenue neutral and does not increase taxes. we can press the politician who wants to have tax reform if they have taken the pledge and made it clear that tax reform will not turn into a tax increase. and that pledge, when you have a chance to read it, is to you. it is to your c

mr. obama. it's a chance to tout what he's done for the state of michigan, a state that's critical to his re-election. brianna keilar has details. >> president obama climbed into the rather petite chef sonic, the only sub compact made here in the u.s. and president lee was his passenger. that was the photo op, but the real reason for his visit was to promote the new u.s.-korea trade agreement and to claim success in the auto bailout. president obama held it up as an example of the government successfully intervening to help the economy. >> president obama hit the road friday touring a gm plant in detroit with korean president lee. >> tit is great to be back in te motor city. >> the purpose of the trip, to tout the free trade agreement between the two countries this week ratified by the congress. >> americans can buy kias and hyundais from korea and korea should be able to buy some fords and chryslers and chevys made here. >> the united auto workers union endorses the deal, but others like the aflcio do not, concerned it will cost their workers jobs. lee, a former ceo of hyundai, dawned a detroit tigers cap for the visit, a nod to the people here as he tried to assure them. >> i

mr. speaker, and perhaps most importantly, the freedom enshrined in the first amendment which guarantees, and i quote, the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of their grievances, end of quote. it is the job of law enforcement to uphold these freedoms. uphold our constitution. uphold justice. even in the midst of the most difficult of situations. using mace and tear gas against our own people, exercising their constitutional rights? that is unacceptable. unacceptable. more importantly, it is un-american. i do sympathize with the tough job our nation's police officers face now and have faced, and i can't understand -- i can understand why they may feel intimidated by the sheer numbers or mistake the demonstrators, their passion, for aggression. however, i ask in a humble way, i ask the police officers who are monitoring these protests to act with a rational head, with restraint, violence, -- violence only breeds violence. such unwarranted crowd control method would only serve to create mutual contempt between protesters and the police alike. dividing americans against americans, citizens against the police. we do