ms. howely, how effective are these coordinators? >> well, i think they're pretty effective. i think their hearts and their professional commitment is largely in the mission. so i think it's a good thing, and it's good that they're in those offices. they are, of course, not attorneys. they're people who work for the attorneys. so it's a bit of an awkward relationship. >> well, one of the things that we have to recognize is some of this is labor intensive, coordinating, letting people know and taking the time to treat people with the dignity that you would expect in a court system takes time. and if you have somebody whose job is just that, the job of u.s. attorney with a stack full of files may cut people a little short, but if you have somebody whose job it is to take some time and describe when the hearing is coming up, when to show up, what to expect, that could be helpful if you have enough of them. >> exactly. i would say that the victim witness coordinators and also at the investigative stage the victim assistants are what make victims' rights workable for the criminal

like ms-13, and how law-enforcement is reactg. he spoke in anaheim california. >> our next paper, our keynote speaker for the conrence is tom diaz. and imagine the book earlier, "no boundaries," and i have read it and i think it is excellent. if you work at ms-13 to 18th street, any hispanic game, latino gang, i think it is a must read. so when i read it, i asked him if he would come out and do this and give us some insight from the non-law-enforcement perspective. looking at law-enforcement and how we work with them. tom has written several books on terrorism, or a book on terrorism. and other books. he is also an attorney. his home base is out of washington, d.c.. we've known each other for a few years. we talk about games for a long time. tom? [applause] >> thank you. i am deeply honored and i'm deeply a part that wes mcbride in california gang investigators association invited me to speak here today. wementioned that i've talked to a lot of people across the country in researching my book. and just about everything investor i

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speculation is mounting in israel about the container ship in the arctic sea and how to stop delivering might -- msffice to iran. >> he says he is disgusted by media reports claiming that the runner has both male and female sexual organs. the bbc and understands that the world champion may have what is medically known as an inter-gen der condition. we had this report from south africa. >> she is a south african sensation. this was her homecoming after winning the gold in berlin. the mystique about her gender will not go away. it has been reported that the tests on the woman has revealed internal mail sex organs and no womb. the ministers here are shocked at the intrusion into her privacy. >> she remains our heroine. we strongly believe the government and all well-meaning citizens should protest. >> it was in this stunning when at the berlin championship that put her in the international spotlight. it led to revelations that the sport's governing body had called for gender tests, it normally kept confidential. her coach resigned earlier this week. he said they let her down. >> we should have anticip

that's how we'll balance the budget. >> ms. whitman talked about taxes.e your specific plan. she says she doesn't want to raise them and she would like to cut them over time. but her greater emphasis was on controlling california spending through line item veto, through citizen statewide initiative ballots and changing the culture in sacramento. in your judgment, which is more important? spending cuts or the lower tax plan you've outlined. >> last night she said there didn't need to be a change to the tax structure in california. i couldn't disagree more. lower tax rates are essential to stimulate our economy again. 3,000 people a week, 3,000 taxpayers a week pick up and leave the state of california each and every week the only person running for governor about these tax cuts, and as we know, the curve actually works. lower tax rates will stimulate job growth and that's how we'll solve the bulk of the problems that we have in the state. >> one that i did not ask ms. whitman about, but it's circulating around. some kind of soda tax to stop obesity. would

before i begin my questions i just want to say how deeply moved if i was to hear the testimony of mr. gendernalik and ms how is your daughter? >> she is improving gradually. her condition has a seizure disorder she is now on a medical diet designed to alleviate seizures. we are having some success but she is way off of her benchmarks. we don't know if they will leave her severely mentally retarded. >> your family remains in our thoughts also, ms. ackley, i have the chance to read the exhibits but in particular the obituary of your dad who was obviously a wonderful person and i can imagine what it is like for you to testify. one nablus listening to both of your testimony, and was not just hearing the words i could feel it in my heart. this is the kind of testimony that i think can move the country. you can feel this. they he for being here and our condolences too you and your family from your experience perhaps congress can become better informed from the actions we need to take. if i want to thank dr. stern for sharing his testimony as well as dr. peeno with the workings of the industry. i want to be ca

ms. walter, but how lucky or week that in some small way, we are able to carry on the tradition and the rock-solid foundation that he built for us, and not just for those of us at cbs news, but for everyone in the news business. in a remembered cent of the new york times, " it was summed up perfectly what the life of walter cronkite means to us all. "some deaths in only a life. some in a generation. walter cronkite's death in something larger and more profound. he stood for a world and a century and that no longer exists. his death is like losing the last veteran of the world changing more, one of those men who sought to much, but was never embittered by its. walter cronkite's gift was to talk to us about what he saw, and we were very lucky to have been able to listen." i would say we were very lucky indeed. thank you very much. [applause] >> to the cronkite family, his children cathy, and chip, president obama, and all of our distinguished guests, friends, colleagues, and fellow admirers of walter cronkite, it is a deep honor to be here to pay respects to an extraordinary man who touched the live

ms. goodwin. what was your impression of him? how stunned were you when you heard this news?> i was shocked, but knowing him like i did, which wasn't that well, i believe that he could have done it. >> why do you say that? >> just because he seemed like the type of person that could snap at any minute. >> has it ever been reported that he had a controlling personality, a control freak? >> yeah. i've said that. i said, i know him to be controlling with his girlfriend. >> in what way? >> just bossing her around, telling her to, come on, hurry up, like if he dropped his keys, i've seen him drop his keys, she'd bend down to get them. she always walked behind him. that type of thing. >> huh. and you personally observed that? >> yeah. they had to walk by my door twice a day, coming in, coming out, every time they left their house. >> and what exactly would he say and do? >> he was just a very negative person. every time -- i've never seen him say a positive thing. he wouldn't stop to say hello to you. he yelled at my son one time. >> about what? >> trash being in the hallway. >> ho

ms. goodwin. what was your impression of him? how stunned were you when you heard this news?>> i was shocked, but knowing him like i did, which wasn't that well, i believe that he could have done it. >> why do you say that? >> just because he seemed like the type of person that could snap at any minute. >> has it ever been reported that he had a controlling personality, a control freak? >> yeah. i've said that. i said, i know him to be controlling with his girlfriend. >> in what way? >> just bossing her around, telling her to, come on, hurry up, like if he dropped his keys, i've seen him drop his keys, she'd bend down to get them. she always walked behind him. that type of thing. >> huh. and you personally observed that? >> yeah. they had to walk by my door twice a day, coming in, coming out, every time they left their house. >> and what exactly would he say and do? >> he was just a very negative person. every time -- i've never seen him say a positive thing. he wouldn't stop to say hello to you. he yelled at my son one time. >> about what? >> trash being in the hallway. >> h

. >> you haven't seen the videotape, you haven't seen how casually he sauntered off after assaulting ms. hill. >> i would like to mention that while i was getting attacked, there was several -- there was a white man they remember, i looked up and i saw him, he had a smile on his face. there were several people that were just standing around. they were -- once they got that -- the first door open, there were people in there and even when -- >> nobody came to your aid? >> there were two witnesses that spoke up on my behalf. there was one woman that was an african-american woman, the other woman was a white woman. >> is that the nora brown? >> i don't know their names, sir. >> okay. >> all i know is that those two women, out of that entire environment, only two women spoke up. >> how many people were there? >> i can't remember. >> was there more than ten? >> there was a lot of men and women standing around and they were all white. >> and when he was beating you, nobody came to your defense? >> nobody. >> the videotape clearly shows two men within six feet of the door who did not respond to

ms. farrell, could you help me understand how i can increase my sympathy for health insurance companies? >> ms. farrell? >> the way we look at premium increases every year and the way they are calculated is based on the underlying increase in medical costs. and so -- >> so you have to do it? >> but the profits are greater -- and the only people i can think of that make more profits than the industry that you six represent is oil and pharmacy. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> oh, i'm sorry. okay. >> we are grateful that you are here. >> thank you very much. >> and the chair recognizes mr. kennedy. we are grateful that you are here, mr. kennedy, and we are grateful for your family's lifelong commitment to health care for all americans. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. to the panel, as my former colleague was just talking about, the public option, and given the environment right now in congress with respect to the political viability of a public option, i wanted to get to how we are going to implement savings in the event that a public option is not passed. i am in strong favor of

ms. farrell, could you help me understand how i can increase my sympathy for health insurance companies? >> ms. farrell? >> the way we look at premium increases every year and the way they are calculated is based on the underlying increase in medical costs. and so -- >> so you have to do it? >> but the profits are greater -- and the only people i can think of that make more profits than the industry that you six represent is oil and pharmacy. >> the gentleman's time has expired. >> oh, i'm sorry. okay. >> we are grateful that you are here. >> thank you very much. >> and the chair recognizes mr. kennedy. we are grateful that you are here, mr. kennedy, and we are grateful for your family's lifelong commitment to health care for all americans. thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. to the panel, as my former colleague was just talking about, the public option, and given the environment right now in congress with respect to the political viability of a public option, i wanted to get to how we are going to implement savings in the event that a public option is not passed. i am in strong favor of

ms. woolsey: absolutely. mr. ellison: how many boats can i ski behind? how many houses can i own? if i have to pay a little bit more to make sure that some poor single mom and her kids have health care, why wouldn't i do that? why wouldn't i do that? i don't know. do you have any thoughts on this? i yield to the gentlelady. ms. woolsey: well, i have a lot of thoughts on that. you see, i represent probably the wealthiest county, not the wealthiest district, but the wealthiest county in the country -- in the congress. and i have not gotten one letter from one constituent that says, how dare you think about raising my taxes -- the people that would have to pay the taxes -- so that -- that is not the kind of people i represent. they're educated and progressive and they get it. that if other people are taken care of, they're better off in the long run. their employees are, their kids in school are safer because the other kids are covered, have good health care. they just totally get it. and i think if there weren't so many fear factors around, most people would understand the concept.

how are you employed? >> fcaa, florida christian association of america. >> what do you do for the florida christian associates of america? >> aftercare. >> an aftercare teacher with them? >> yes. >> ms. jenkins, are you a mom? >> yes. >> how many children do you have? >> four. >> can you tell us their name and current ages. >> cher ronda williams, 19, darrell petty, 17, katherine jenkins 11, david jenkins junior 8, sherdavia jenkins, 9. >> mrs. jenkins, when was sherdavia born, march 22nd, 1997. >> where? >> miami, florida. >> here in dade county? >> yes. >> did she live most of her life or all of her life in dade county sdm. >> yes, all of her life. >> i know this is a difficult topic, but i'd like to take you back to the day she died. that day were you home with your children? >> yes, i was. >> were all of your children home or only some of your children? >> some of my children. >> which children were home? >> darrell, katherine and sherdavia. >> what day of the week was it? >> saturday. >> was that july 1st, 2006? >> yes, it is. >> were the girls inside of the house or outside of the house? >> outside playing. >> were you watching them? >> yes, i was. >> and what were you doing?

how to make it go away. >> there is help available for teens in bad relationships. we talked to ms. schofield while she was an assistant attorney general at the u.s. department of justice. her advice --don't be afraid to seek out an adult you know and trust. talk to your mom or your dad or your aunt, or if you have a favorite uncle, your gym teacher, your teacher and say "johnny did this to me. is this something i should be accepting of? and what should i do about it in the future?" with help from her parents, rae transferred schools to get away from her abusive boyfriend. that might have saved her life. >> less than a year later he murdered his girlfriend in front of a lot of kids. >> dating abuse can happen to boys as well as girls. and she'd you know say things like "i don't like your friends." >> so everyone needs to know the early wawarning signs of an unhealthy relationship. if your boy or girl friend seems to be following you around, checking up on you. if you're being told what to wear. how to behave. who to be friends with. if you feel you're being isolated from your family

ms. kilroy: may i inquire how much time i have? the chair: the gentlelady has 2 1/2 minutes remaining. ms. kilroy: i yield such time as he may consume to representative andrews from new jersey. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. andrews: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. the committee expresses its strong support for the gentlelady's amendment. the amendment is very much about a person who is not simply seeking a new job like the story you told about ryan, like the gentlelady told about ryan, but who is seeking a new career. frankly this is the difference between the issues raised in the work force investment act, which we should re-authorize, and this bill. the work force investment act really focuses on switching from job to job and helping someone do that. the gentlelady's amendment and this bill focus on building a whole new life and a whole new career which is necessary for many of our people. they have to do it involuntarily, but it also makes that available for the persons who -- person who perhaps is doing it involuntarily. the gentlelady's amendment properly focuses

ms. walters. but howsmall way, we are able to carry on the tradition and rock- solid foundation he built for us, and not just for those of us at cbs news, but everyone in the news business. in a remembrance in the "new york times" it was summed up, but -- perfectly what life will for cronkite means to us all. "7 deaths and only a life, some and a generation, walter cronkite's death and that something larger and more profound. he stood for a world and a century which belong exists." his death is like losing the last veteran of a world-changing war. one of those men who sought to much but was never embittered by it. walter cronkite's gift was to talk to us about what he saw and we were very lucky to have been able to listen. i would say we were very lucky indeed. thank you very much. [applause] >> to the cronkite family, his children, nancy, cathy, and chip, president obama, president clinton, and all of our distinguished guests, friends, colleagues, and fellow admirers of walter cronkite, it is a deep hono

ms. burns, as you look out five, 10 years, will xerox be more of a services company and less of a copier company? how will xerox look? >> it's a beautiful question. i love it. it's great. xerox's strategy all along -- before we bought a.c.s. -- was to become -- not even 10 years out, even closer than that more of a services company. we are growing -- a document-services business is now about $3.5 billion of revenue. most of those services are around print and copy infrastructure. a.c.s. and xerox together allows that vision to become more of a reality significantly sooner. >> your competitors are getting into the services side, dell computer announcing acquisition, hewlett-packard -- whose market share are you going after? >> if you look at dell computer and hewlett-packard and even i.b.m., they're at a space -- it's called i.t.o. -- information-technology outsourcing. they're at the server, computer kind of infrastructure space. that's not where we play at all. we don't do that type of service. we provide a service right above that which is called document services. all of those services, i.t.o. ser

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how good he looked when he did it. >> we consulted a parachuting expert. i don't know if you've heard. ms. shannon sharpe parachuted incorrectly. we're just giving him a hard time. there's sharpe. he used to play for denver. parachuting into denver's mile high stadium. he was being inducted into the broncos' ring of honor. robin here said he didn't lift his feet up. you've got to lift your feet up. that's fine. what an entrance there for sharpe. and he was honored during halftime as well as they put his name up on, like i said, the ring of honor there, joining other great names like john elway. but then during halftime he actually broke down. and that's a tough man right there. he was very moved by the moment. meanwhile, denver went on to beat the browns. >>> and they were both in "gq." now it's time to square off on the field. jets rookie mark sanchez the new heartthrob in new york, led the jets to their first win over tom brady and new england since 2000. brady was made to look downright ugly by the jets' defense. and this just in. sanchez, we are hearing, is now dating gisele. i kid. the

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ms. ros-lehtinen: you need an additional minute? how much time do we have, mr. speaker? speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida has two minutes remaining. and the gentleman from new york has three minutes remaining. mr. ackerman: mr. speaker, i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york's recognized for two minutes. mr. ackerman: mr. speaker, the day after that horrific event, i was back in new york. i went to the piers where the people were waiting to claim bodies and hear of missing loved ones. there was a gentleman before this huge wall where people had posted pictures of relatives that were missing, and there was one gentleman standing there, was close to midnight, all by himself in traditional orthodox jewish gash with a long black -- garb with a long black coat standing in front of a picture that looked remarkably like him and he just stood there stoned face and i just went over and stood next to him as one of the firemen called him to my attention. and he said without turning away from the picture that he was looking a

ms. norman, what is your job and how would you describe it? >> i'm a member of the executive team here at the hospital. guest: my specific focus is finance in the hospital. that is the same as any other corporation. worrying about borrowing funds if we need to borrow. day-to-day finances of the hospital, which includes collecting funds for billing. also includes pay. we have substantial payroll, supplies that we purchase. all of those normal accounting and finance functions you have in any corporation. with all of the complexity of health care. host: how do you remember the coast of things here at the -- the cost of things here at the hospital? guest: it is easy and it is not. with cost at the hospital, we're not making wiggets. not a -- widget. i expect every widget to cost so much. how much supplies, which specific supplies needed for that patient. allocate the overhead as in any cost accounting system in other organizations. so we're able to determine, down to the patient level, the cost for each service that we provide. >> prior to a patie

ms. norman, what is your job and how would you describe it?ber of the executive team here at the hospital. guest: my specific focus is finance in the hospital. that is the same as any other corporation. worrying about borrowing funds if we need to borrow. day-to-day finances of the hospital, which includes collecting funds for billing. also includes pay. we have substantial payroll, supplies that we purchase. all of those normal accounting and finance functions you have in any corporation. with all of the complexity of health care. host: how do you remember the coast of things here at the -- the cost of things here at the hospital? guest: it is easy and it is not. with cost at the hospital, we're not making wiggets. not a -- widget. i expect every widget to cost so much. how much supplies, which specific supplies needed for that patient. allocate the overhead as in any cost accounting system in other organizations. so we're able to determine, down to the patient level, the cost for each service that we provide. >> prior to a patient coming int

ms. ros-lehtinen: you need an additional minute? how much time do we have, mr. speaker? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida has two minutes remaining. and the gentleman from new york has three minutes remaining. mr. ackerman: mr. speaker, i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york's recognized for two minutes. mr. ackerman: mr. speaker, the day after that horrific event, i was back in new york. i went to the piers where the people were waiting to claim bodies and hear of missing loved ones. there was a gentleman before this huge wall where people had posted pictures of relatives that were missing, and there was one gentleman standing there, was close to midnight, all by himself in traditional orthodox jewish gash with a long black -- garb with a long black coat standing in front of a picture that looked remarkably like him and he just stood there stoned face and i just went over and stood next to him as one of the firemen called him to my attention. and he said without turning away from the picture that he was looki

ms. goodwin, thank you for being with us. what was your impression of him? howed were you when you heard this news? >> i was shocked, but knowing him like i did, which wasn't that well, i believe that he could have done it. >> why do you say that? >> just because he seemed like the type of person that could snap at any minute. >> has it ever been reported that he had a controlling personality, a control freak? >> yeah. i've said that. i said, i know him to be controlling with his girlfriend. >> in what way? >> just bossing her around, telling her to, come on, hurry up, like if he dropped his keys, i've seen him drop his keys, she'd bend down to get them. she always walked behind him. that type of thing. >> huh. and you personally observed that? >> yeah. they had to walk by my door twice a day, coming in, coming out, every time they left their house. >> and what, exactly, would he say and do? >> he was just a very negative person. every time -- i've never seen him say a positive thing. he wouldn't stop to say hello to you. he yelled at my son one time. >> about w

ms. hill's aid and called the police. back to the story. tanya acker, witnesses say she did not spit at him. you see how soft-spoken she is.ovoke him in some way, so what? that doesn't give you the right to legally pummel anybody, if you have a problem with somebody, you call the cops. >> that's exactly right, jane. i mean, putting aside the gross immortalitity of this issue, a beating down a worm, army reservist willing to put her life on her line for the country who apparently can't make it out of the state of tennessee without getting beaten up, putting aside all of that there's no legal defense for that. you can't assault somebody because they spit on you. now, if she did do that, again the witnesses are saying she did not, if she did, there's other recourse. but simply to assault this woman in the manner that this took place is completely unconscionable and my understanding is that he's only being charged with a battery which i also find, i'm sorry, with a mice demeanor which i also find fairly unconscionable. >> that's wild. it is wild. we've had instances we've covered tanya, somebody is driving a car and taps someb

ms. norman, what is your job and how would you describe it? >> i'm a member of the executive team here at the hospital. guest: my specific focus is finance in the hospital. that is the same as any other corporation. worrying about borrowing funds if we need to borrow. day-to-day finances of the hospital, which includes collecting funds for billing. also includes pay. we have substantial payroll, supplies that we purchase. all of those normal accounting and finance functions you have in any corporation. with all of the complexity of health care. host: how do you remember the coast of things here at the -- the cost of things here at the hospital? guest: it is easy and it is not. with cost at the hospital, we're not making wiggets. not a -- widget. i expect every widget to cost so much. how much supplies, which specific supplies needed for that patient. allocate the overhead as in any cost accounting system in other organizations. so we're able to determine, down to the patient level, the cost for each service that we provide. >> prior to a patie

i don't know how you people get up this early every morning. >> you ms beautiful pictures like that. >> i'm not missing anything. i'm not missing anything. >> you like to keep those eyes closed, huh? >> oh, man. >>> celebrate your birthday in style with the news4 bargain blast. get a free lip gloss trio from sapora on my day. >> go there and sign up to be a beauty insider and get a coupon for the lip gloss on your birthday. for more deals go to nbcwashington.com and search key words "bargain blast." >>> let's find out what the clouds portend out there above us. it does look a bit on the ominous side. >> yeah. but no rain aroundur region except on the eastern shore just to the south and east of cambridge right now on radar. we are getting a few little light sprinkles there as well as just northeast of baltimore. these are moving to the east and pulling away from the metro area and elsewhere right around town we have just a little bit of patchy fog. at the minimum visibilities are about 1/2 mile. temperatures are in the 60s to near 70. from adams morgan to near suit land, oakland and u

i know how much value to presidents have in your advice and we are very grateful to you. ms.ckhart. i think we have-- we are two senators away from an interruption. >> i thank you for the opportunity to address you. there is now emerging recognition there's no military resolution to the situation in afghanistan and governance developments are more important tools. i believe the establishment of afghans sovereignty by which i mean enabling afghans to exercise self rule through afghan visitations that can provide their own security, governance and revenue raising capability provides the framework that we need and it will provide first a means of stabilizing afghanistan and the nine space for the taliban to recognized primarily from the weakness of the afghan institutions. that provides the basis for an honorable exit for american forces and presence on the ground for a transition strategy of the don't want to call it an exit strategy and third demonstrates to the afghan population that the u.s. and allied-- is not an occupation. norris of an open-ended occupation. the military

how similar they look. yeah you guys get a good laugh. before we get going quickly, can you come over there to ms. nikki. >> you are taking pictures of me. say happy belated birthday jamie. >> thank you. thank you. >> oh my. >> no comment. >> let's leave it at that. sorry about that jamie. this is principal cook doing a great job helping to explain to the students some times how we improvise when we do demonstrations in public but you guys have done a great job here with the school. i came here and you just finished a revitalization project. >> we had a two year renovation. so we are basically finished and have pretty much a brand new school. >> you have the smart board, plasma tv. >> we have a lot of technology and we have a tv studio going in. we would love to come back and show. >> you are talk k about new technology. we are using old technology, about to show this to the student, it is called a radio -- do you know there are almost 100 spots across the country, everyday that still send up weather balloons, this is a package of instruments as i show you on tv i show the students that measures t

9 million americans are getting jobless claims or qualify for job ms claims in one form or another. so it's very hard to know just how much improvement they are when there are three separate markets out there. that number is a little delayed. we only have september 5th data. it did improve though by 100,000 if you add up the three different programs available. mark, i want to say one thing. the market may be fickle on a variety of things when it comes to, for example, the dollar. it strengthened yesterday as stocks put up. one thing i think is clear this morning and has been true for a while, the market likes to see improvement in the jobs market. mr. haines. >> mr. liesman, thank you very much. also see how all of this is affecting things premarket. bob pisani kicks it off here at the big board. robert? >> futures rose as jobless claims were a bit better than expected. existing home sales at 10:00. that may be a market mover here. commercial real estate, where is the bottom? we had two weak ipos priced last night. priced half the amount of shares anticipated. we had a pile of commercial real estate, colony financial

how you played? >>well, i won the second set in the tie breaker and after i start to play much better i see his backhand, h starto ms easy balls and hisovement is going slowly and a say this is my moment. i tried to kp the defense. >> he's got the t. >> he's t a match. >> because rer, everybo knows 's the best one and if he has an opportunity take it and i d trust myself just trust what my coach ys and that's it. >> charlie: wh was t strategy? >> first tried to ensure it and was so nervous last night in the fit set andf course i would love to be in the final but i would love to win and the strategyas trying to find his backhand and i i have the chce to go to the net do it and be focussed every point becaus inow -- iream with th moment and will take my chance. >>harlie: you are must have talked on theelephone with your parents. >> yes, i talk whe i finished the matc but we can't speak too much because i was crying d they were crying andverybody s so excited and it w difficult talk. >> chaie: you have gone from ranked 60th to six in the last year. what changed aut your game? >> a lot. i changedmy serve, my forehand i

how are you? >> i'm very good. do you know these two women by any chance that were in that office? >> yes, i do. i definitely know ms. bloom. >> does it surprise you that this is going on? >> i'm stunned. i was called by one of our producers and told that just a few hours ago of whats was happening, and i was so sure that this wouldn't happen at the d.c. office. i had no idea that there was anything like this that occurred at acorn housing. glenn: right. but you are sure something is going on because they wouldn't let you see the books and that's why you're fighting, because you are saying it's corrupt in some levels. you're concentrating -- which i think people might misunderstand when when they see these videos and think that the bad guys are the ones working at acorn. well, especially last night and these ladies as well. i mean, they're engaged in illegal activity. they're doing the bidding of people way up above them. these people are doctors poseable, are they not? >> they are absolutely disposable. the real truth of it is that they are forced to push for numbers. there is always the need for more numbers. when

ms. lawrence, did the g.a.o. examine how the courts are doing in enforcing victims' rights under the cvra and are courts aware or judges aware of their obligations under the act? >> we did look at a number of actions that the courts have taken to make the judges aware and they have taken quite a few actions in terms of training. they revised the judges' bench book and revised rules for criminal procedures. they have made extensive training available, including over their closed circuit tv network. so they have made -- taken numerous steps to increase the awareness among the judiciary of those rights. >> it seems to me years ago there was a philosophy, general philosophy among prosecutors that victims were just another witness in their case. do you think that is still a philosophy in the u.s. attorney's office or do you want to comment on that? >> i would say, congressman, that is not the case. if it ever was the case among federal prosecutors, the cvra has certainly helped make everyone sensitive to their obligations to vict

ms. farrell, so we can better understand the relationship between your information technology and how it serves as a tool for decision-making, if you could provide this subcommittee with a narrative so that we can come to an understanding of the relationship between the data that you gather and the way it is used as a tool for your decision-making with respect to your customers and whether they will continue to have policies. this would do shedding, recisions, and even -- and any use of information technology that would be used to shed any of those 8 million customers. and you know, since we are trying to be fair to each and every one of you, this subcommittee is going to ask each and every one of you by letter to provide that information. the information technology that you have, and how does it help, you know, does it help you to decide which customers to shed, and how does it do that? okay. my time has expired. we are going to go to mr. schock and you have five minutes. you may proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i guess in response to some of the concerns raised i would only say

i think there's a sense -- there's a different sense of how you manage this over a period of time. you're nodding your head, msto share your perception then? your body language got you in trouble there. >> i think twofold. i would agree that there is absolutely a winning enthusiasm amongst public opinion in europe. i think that's partly because there has yet to be a credibility articulation of exactly what the strategy is going to be and particularly the failures in homeland in britain is infecting the public debate. that's again partly because in helmut there was not a credible articulation of a governance and development strategy. that remains open. i do believe public opinion could be reconvinced if that strategy is to be articulated. >> your strategy involves a pretty significant commitment of resources, investment personnel, civilians -- it really is a nation-building strategy. >> it is. and i believe that there will be more appetite in europe and other countries for engagement on training, as general krad dock articulated, and on the civilian surge elements, particularly in areas like capacity-building a

how the insurance industry approaches this legislation. >> thank you. >> thanks for being with us tonight. >>> coming up, the gop puts its values on display at the values voter forum. ms. wasilla is a no show, but carrie prejean finds the time to show up. markos joins me to consider all of the ugly thinking going on in the presence of the beauty queen. >>> and later the manufactured distraction from the right wing about president obama's advisers. and joe wilson, he now agrees with nancy pelosi that we need to have a more rational debate on health care. and joe wilson finally falls victim to the writers of "saturday night live." you're watching "countdown" on msnbc. introducing blueprint. blueprint is free and only for chase customers. it lets you choose what purchases you want to pay in full to avoid interest...with full pay. and those you split... you decide how to pay over time. if having a plan matters. chase what matters. create your own blueprint at chase.com/blueprint. >>> coming up, what you've been waiting for, the values voting, and the new masculinity. markos joins us to discuss the values really taking center stage at that gathering. >>> and later, nancy p

how long are they going to serve? do they work directly for the president? who are they accountable to? what if they have some type of job that's under ms. mrs. napolitano: or under geithner or whatever. who do they report to? what's the deal? they report directly to the president. . so we need, really, sunshine on all the appointment, but especially as the gentleman from louisiana, h.r. 3569, it leads to sunset on all these czars. so you know, this is something that the american people are very inquisitive about. i think that because of the number of these czars and because of some of the really communist views and really ultra left wing views that some of these czars have that are being exposed, it's just bringing more and more attention to it. i think the american people want some accountability. i'll go back to the statement, you know, they're sick and tired of being sick and tired of more government being stacked on. we've got a 10% unemployment nationwide. we've got some areas with 15%, 16%, 20% unemployment. the only jobs growing right now is in the federal government. that's the only thing growing. so with that, judge, i hope that any

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ms. chu: as a professor for over 20 years, i know firsthand how important community colleges are to helping hard working americans achieve their dreams. about one out of every two college students attends a community college and they are some of the hardest workers i have ever met. my students came from all walks of life. they were immigrants, single moms and laid-off workers and many of the students were the first in their families to go to college. community colleges are the backbone of our nation's workforce, providing students with technical training to fill our nation's most critical fields. they fit the needs of all students and backgrounds. the investments truly reflects the role community colleges play in our economy. $7 billion is provided to re-invigorate the community college experience to improve instruction, initiate job counseling and create programs for students on the weekends, evenings and online. $2.5 billion is provided to renovate community college facilities and allow them to accommodate growing enrollment and provide students with modern facilities so they are better p

how the american people feel. i would like to submit the balance of this for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. ms. jackson lee, for what purpose does do you rise? the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'm delighted to see you leading today and thank you for your leadership. on just a moment of good news that tells the american people that their government is working, i look forward to holding my job fair number two in houston, texas. where it's been noted that houston has the highest unemployment rate of our state, the state of texas. at the georgia brown convention center in conjunction with the city of houston where we will be hosting private employers, local government, and state and federal government because the stimulus dollars are working and american people want us to create jobs. then we'll have an opportunity to celebrate in my district, the gospel music heritage legislation that myself and the senator from ark

ms. witter, you are recognized. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify before do this morning about how we can better serve america'seterans and their families. i am of leslie witter director of political affairs for the national funeral directors association. i am testifying today on behalf of over 19,000 funeral directors and funeral service personnel who are members of nfda. we help make sure each veteran has the care and dignity different because their sacrifice in the defense of the freedoms we enjoy today. while the responsibility of providing appropriate funeral and burial benefits and proper military honors falls on the va and the dod is funeral directors who help the family organized a personalized funeral and burial that celebrates the life of their loved one and honors the service to the country. funeral directors contact the va to schedule funeral and burial times come help family filed benefit claims come ensure each veteran receives appropriate grave markers and works with the dod and the veterans service organizations to provide appropriate military honors. in preparation for my testimony today, nfda